Linux is about to take over the desktop but not like you think it will
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What are your thoughts on Linux adoption via Chromebooks? Also, a reminder that in addition to LQ, The Questions Network also has a Chrome OS related site: ChromeOSQuestions.org --jeremy |
Very interesting Cloud computers or the Cloud OS's are a way the digital world wants to go. It will be interesting to see how it unfolds.
And I wonder how people feel about all there data being accessed by admin at a stroke of a key. I am sure they have figured a way around this. That has been My main draw back from the Cloud. My bussiness is my business. But like you I find it wonderful to see this linux backed OS's growing. It really does make since for the mobile world. |
Chrome OS and Android are NOT Linux except for the kernel. They are developed by google, the Android SDK is NOT FLOSS, the security of Android is non-existent, and there are numerous privacy issues with Chrome the most recent and damming of which is:
http://www.ibtimes.com/google-chrome...ations-1569646 So, it's not Linux that is taking over, it is Google, whose New Years resolution is to not be evil, and it always fails to keep up with it. I want nothing to do with Google as they have taken the lead away from M$ and unlike M$ have a real chance of corrupting Linux. |
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Alright, GNU/Linux then. My point is, if you take GNU out of Linux, what are you left with ? Tivo.
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Plus after all we have learned this last year concerning the NSA, etc., why would anyone park their personal and/or business data on a third party server over the Internet? |
How come the future always seems so limited and disempowering?
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Android is Linux, ChromeOS (and its free cousin ChromiumOS) are Linux. |
Call them what you will, but they are not Linux to me. They run the Linux kernel, but the spirit of FLOSS (GNU GPL) is not there. IMO, that is the fundamental part of Linux and doing away with that does away with Linux. BSD is not Linux either, and I wouldn't call Linux kernel + BSD user-space Linux either.
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What happens when your local server 100 feet away in the closet 'vaporizes' because of a power spike, or the NIC and Video go bad at the same time, so you can't connect and can't see anything?
Never put all your eggs in one basket. |
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I agree with cloud computing for many things but back up. is back up if it is that important do not leave it up to some one else. To me cloud is a alternative for another back up. |
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