Ubuntu-LB Ubuntu-lb Digest, Vol 30, Issue 4

Mon May 17 12:54:00 BST 2010

Hadi you might want to take a look at Windows
Azure<http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/>
 Microsoft's answer to cloud computing. Though it is more oriented towards
corporations and businesses (higher-margin deals). And concerning the
(somewhat) irrational fear of giving all your data to Google, I for one
would want Google to know everything about me, so that they provide me with
a better more customized service.

I didn't know about Ubuntu Light, so thanks for sharing :)

Joe "rahmu' Rahme

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> Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 17:11:46 +0300
> From: Thy Armageddon <thyarmageddon at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Ubuntu-LB Introducing Ubuntu Light
> To: Hadi Harkous <hadi_harkous at hotmail.com>
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> Thank you Hadi for your email,
>
> Well, I truly think that Ubuntu is doing a good job on this, because most
> of
> the people who buy netbooks, and most of the people who buy laptops are
> only
> looking to use the internet wherever they go. Very few of them use computer
> for stuff other then music and browsing and maybe write reports. It is a
> waste of resources to give them a full OS, so why not build them something
> that useful for them. If you think about it, if you have a computer that
> just browse the internet and is able to play music, you will for sure have
> a
> fast computer and really good at doing only that, instead of having a
> computer that can do everything and thus dividing resources on all of them
> and being weak at all of them. Besides I think the light version of Ubuntu
> will be great not only for netbooks but also for old computers which you
> were thinking of getting rid of them, now you should think again before
> doing that...
>
> And it looks a bit like gnome3 is involved in the looks... We'll see how it
> goes...
>
>
> >
> >  *From:* Hadi Harkous <hadi_harkous at hotmail.com>
> > *Sent:* Saturday, May 15, 2010 11:37 PM
> > *To:* ubuntu-lb at lists.ubuntu.com
> > *Subject:* Ubuntu-LB Introducing Ubuntu Light
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > In a recent post, Mark Shuttleworth announced 'Ubuntu Light' or may I say
> > in another words 'The Google Chrome OS rival' as it follows the same
> concept
> > of Google's view of a OS or a light OS which states that 90% of the
> computer
> > users are of the type "Just get me to the goddamn browser asap"
> >
> > Ubuntu Light will be officially released with Ubuntu 10.10, and it will
> > consist of the Chromium browser, optimized to suit Ubuntu Light's taste
> and
> > a basic file manager, please check the screenshot attachment for a look.
> >
> > 80% of the development won't be on adding more apps, it would be on
> > increasing booting speed since it is the main goal of the project as Mark
> > Shuttleworth states in his post:
> > *"**We also learned something interesting from users. It?s not about how
> > fast you appear to boot. **It?s about how fast you actually deliver a
> > working web browser and Internet connection.** It?s about how fast you
> > have a running system that is responsive to the needs of the user."*
> >
> > Hardware-wise, it runs best on SSD ( Solid-state drives ) [It boots in 7
> > seconds on a Dell Mini 10v with SSD] and it is specifically targeted on
> > netbooks.
> >
> > Do you think this a good idea ? do you think this will increase the
> growth
> > of Ubuntu ? or you think that Canoncial/Ubuntu have gone too far since it
> is
> > directly shooting it against Google's project, Google Chrome OS.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Hadi
> >
> >
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> Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 22:16:14 +0300
> From: Hadi Harkous <hadi_harkous at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Ubuntu-LB Installing Ubuntu Light
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> Dear all,
> For anyone who would like to try out Ubuntu Light, since it is not yet
> officially available online, the command is:
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:canonical-dx-team/une && sudo apt-get update &&
> sudo apt-get install unity
>
> Please note that this is an early stage of it and it may kinda buggy
>
> Thanks,
> Hadi
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> Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 00:07:45 +0300
> From: Armageddon <ThyArmageddon at Gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Ubuntu-LB Installing Ubuntu Light
> To: Hadi Harkous <hadi_harkous at hotmail.com>
> Cc: Ubuntu-LB <Ubuntu-lb at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> Thanks hadi for the information it is really helpful, I was talking to a
> guy today and he mentioned Google Chrome OS and I had something to talk
> about... I mentioned Ubuntu Light to him
> he already uses Ubuntu and upgrade to the LTS recently and he also
> shares my view on Ubuntu Light, and that it is a good idea and a good
> move from Ubuntu towards the future...
>
> On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 22:16 +0300, Hadi Harkous wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> >
> > For anyone who would like to try out Ubuntu Light, since it is not yet
> > officially available online, the command is:
> >
> >
> > sudo add-apt-repository ppa:canonical-dx-team/une && sudo apt-get
> > update && sudo apt-get install unity
> >
> > Please note that this is an early stage of it and it may kinda buggy
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Hadi
> >
> >
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> Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 00:59:01 +0300
> From: Hadi Harkous <hadi_harkous at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Ubuntu-LB Final Thoughts on Ubuntu Light & Google Chrome OS
> To: <thyarmageddon at gmail.com>, <ubuntu-lb at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> Now here is my final thoughts and conclusion in my opinion between Ubuntu
> Light & Google Chrome OS unleashing a new type of an OS:
>
> Your welcome Armageddon & I also agree with your point of view about this
> type of OS and seriously many people these days wants the web in a matter of
> seconds and that's a normal Human want about delivering stuff faster &
> faster.
>
> Now to the Analysis:
>
> Although Google states in its Philosophy that 'You can make money without
> doing evil' [Reference http://www.google.com/corporate/tenthings.html ]
>
> But there is something behind Google Chrome OS:
>
> 1) It doesn't have the Ubuntu spirit, if you know what I mean; or maybe not
> the full spirit. The real plan behind Google Chrome OS is to get the user on
> the web as often as possible, most of the services you use on the Internet
> are created by Google, think about it from Google Search to YouTube to
> Google Docs and the list goes on, more visits means more clicks on ads which
> makes more revenue.
>
> 2) Google Wave, yes it has something to do with Google Chrome OS in terms
> of simplicity of communication that's Google again trying to lock you down
> to its services
>
> 3) Google can now everything you can think of with its services and
> analytics about you.
>
> Now this is not in terms of good or bad, it is in terms of efficiency &
> motivation, using Ubuntu Light with the Ubuntu spirit will feel better than
> locking yourself down to one company.
>
> Concerning Microsoft & Windows, I don't think there will be any Windows
> Cloud OS or Internet Explorer OS [lol] but if it came to existence the only
> difference will be that the BSOD [Blue Screen Of Death] will appear on your
> browser instead :]
> So the actual main rival to this type of an OS in my opinion will be XFCE &
> LXDE.
>
> P.S I know this might be bullshit, but its my opinion
>
> Thanks all,
> Hadi
>
>
>
>
>
> Subject: Re: Ubuntu-LB Installing Ubuntu Light
> From: ThyArmageddon at Gmail.com
> To: hadi_harkous at hotmail.com
> CC: Ubuntu-lb at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 00:07:45 +0300
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks hadi for the information it is really helpful, I was talking to a
> guy today and he mentioned Google Chrome OS and I had something to talk
> about... I mentioned Ubuntu Light to him
>
> he already uses Ubuntu and upgrade to the LTS recently and he also shares
> my view on Ubuntu Light, and that it is a good idea and a good move from
> Ubuntu towards the future...
>
>
>
> On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 22:16 +0300, Hadi Harkous wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>    Dear all,
>
>
>
>
>
>    For anyone who would like to try out Ubuntu Light, since it is not yet
> officially available online, the command is:
>
>
>
>
>
>    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:canonical-dx-team/une && sudo apt-get update
> && sudo apt-get install unity
>
>
>
>    Please note that this is an early stage of it and it may kinda buggy
>
>
>
>    Thanks,
>
>    Hadi
>
>
>
>
>
>
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