<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/9/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Daniel Robitaille</b> <<a href="mailto:robitaille@ubuntu.com">robitaille@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
install the package msttcorefonts fron the multiverse repository.</blockquote><div><br>
Thanks! <br>
</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">> <a href="http://4.by">4.by</a> the way there was recent blog entry on the OSX vs Linux subject:
<br><a href="http://www.whiprush.org/2005/10/get_out_of_jail.html">http://www.whiprush.org/2005/10/get_out_of_jail.html</a><br><br>To directly quote from that blog:<br>"If 'UNIX on the desktop' is your goal, then that's great. We've got
<br>work to do to get to the Just Works(tm) that OSX has. It's unfortunate<br>that so many OSS people don't realize that the goal was never 'UNIX on<br>the desktop', the goal is 'A Free desktop'."<br><br>At the end of the day it all depends on your personal opinion and goals,
<br>and what you're looking for in an OS, and how you value freedom, open<br>source, etc versus the type of desktop your needs demand; and for people<br>on tight budget I'm sure the price of OS X versus the price of Ubuntu
<br>can make a difference as well. "</blockquote><div><br>
</div>I saw that post. Here's my perspective: It's good
that people have realized the game is about the desktop, not "Unix on
the desktop". The folks who'd insist that fvwm and xterm were all
anyone needed have gone silent. I support the goals of OSS, but
I'm not a developer. It's never been clear to me how an individual user
supports OSS by refusing to use proprietary software he already owns.
No one's freedom is enhanced by that kind of pointless
self-sacrifice. Whatever your opinions about the economic and
social systems that underpin them, a world with OSS, Apple and
Microsoft offers more choice than a world with only OSS ( or only
Apple, or only Microsoft).<br>
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After using Linux on x86 at home rather consistently for a long time
(since 1995), I couldn't take the noise and heat generated by my
last Intel box. So, I bought a Mac Mini a few months ago.
It's small, very quiet, and barely warm to the touch. The
hardware's not all that fast, but I don't do anything that challenges
it, so I don't notice anything. The thing sleeps most of the time. I
installed Ubuntu specifically to see if the desktop is, subjectively,
faster than OS X. I'll give it a thorough try, but if I'm not
happy, I won't feel any guilt about reinstalling OS X. (One thing
I've seen already is there appears to be no obvious way to put the Mini
to sleep. This is a single click on OS X.)<br>
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</div>billg<br>
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