<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Are you part of CERN :-) ?</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><a href="http://twitter.com/DEVOPS_BORAT/status/223958565633802241">http://twitter.com/DEVOPS_BORAT/status/223958565633802241</a> <br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span
style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Ajay R Ramjatan <ajay.ramjatan@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> LUGM Discuss Mailing List <discuss@discuss.lugm.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, 31 August 2012, 22:51<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [lugm.org] What killed the Linux desktop<br> </font> </div> <br>I don't know about you all but my Linux desktop is pretty much alive<br>and working.<br><br>On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 6:18 AM, Avinash Meetoo <<a ymailto="mailto:avinash@noulakaz.net" href="mailto:avinash@noulakaz.net">avinash@noulakaz.net</a>> wrote:<br>> Hi,<br>><br>> (1) Migel is right:the fact that Linux desktop environments sometimes break<br>> backward compatibility and that different distributions tend to differ a lot<br>> internally means that it's actually tough for independent software<br>> developers to port
their drivers and desktop apps to Linux.<br>><br>> (2) But, I add, Linux on the desktop is not terribly important.. Linux on<br>> smartphones and tablets is the future and, of course, that's Android :-)<br>><br>> Avinash<br>><br>><br>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 10:54 PM, Dominique DERRIER<br>> <<a ymailto="mailto:d.derrier@linkbynet.com" href="mailto:d.derrier@linkbynet.com">d.derrier@linkbynet.com</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>> <troll><br>>> Yep > the truth is that pulseaudio ruined it. <<<br>>> (like java ?)<br>>> </troll><br>>><br>>><br>>> See you :)<br>>><br>>> De : Loganaden Velvindron<br>>> <<a ymailto="mailto:gnukid1@yahoo.co.uk" href="mailto:gnukid1@yahoo.co.uk">gnukid1@yahoo.co.uk</a><mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:gnukid1@yahoo.co.uk" href="mailto:gnukid1@yahoo.co.uk">gnukid1@yahoo.co.uk</a>>><br>>> Répondre à :
Loganaden Velvindron<br>>> <<a ymailto="mailto:gnukid1@yahoo.co.uk" href="mailto:gnukid1@yahoo.co.uk">gnukid1@yahoo.co.uk</a><mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:gnukid1@yahoo.co.uk" href="mailto:gnukid1@yahoo.co.uk">gnukid1@yahoo.co.uk</a>>>, LUGM Discuss Mailing List<br>>> <<a ymailto="mailto:discuss@discuss.lugm.org" href="mailto:discuss@discuss.lugm.org">discuss@discuss.lugm.org</a><mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:discuss@discuss.lugm.org" href="mailto:discuss@discuss.lugm.org">discuss@discuss.lugm.org</a>>><br>>> Date : Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:13:30 +0200<br>>> À : LUGM Discuss Mailing List<br>>> <<a ymailto="mailto:discuss@discuss.lugm.org" href="mailto:discuss@discuss.lugm.org">discuss@discuss.lugm.org</a><mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:discuss@discuss.lugm.org" href="mailto:discuss@discuss.lugm.org">discuss@discuss.lugm.org</a>>><br>>> Objet : Re: [lugm.org] What killed the Linux
desktop<br>>><br>>> No. the truth is that pulseaudio ruined it. Xorg is too horrible. yeah,<br>>> and anything invented<br>>> by<br>>> Lennart Poettering<br>>> (systemd). :-)<br>>><br>>><br>>> ________________________________<br>>> From: Vy-Shane Sin Fat <<a ymailto="mailto:shane@node.mu" href="mailto:shane@node.mu">shane@node.mu</a><mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:shane@node.mu" href="mailto:shane@node.mu">shane@node.mu</a>>><br>>> To: <a ymailto="mailto:discuss@lugm.org" href="mailto:discuss@lugm.org">discuss@lugm.org</a><mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:discuss@lugm.org" href="mailto:discuss@lugm.org">discuss@lugm.org</a>><br>>> Sent: Thursday, 30 August 2012, 20:58<br>>> Subject: [lugm.org] What killed the Linux desktop<br>>><br>>> Pretty controversial post by de Icaza.<br>>><br>>> The thing that I found really interesting is that he was
essentially<br>>> making a case that desktop Linux is developer hostile. I thought that<br>>> was pretty damn ironic. After all, Linux is the poster child of Open<br>>> Source.<br>>><br>>> <a href="http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2012/Aug-29.html" target="_blank">http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2012/Aug-29.html</a><br>>><br>>> -shane<br>>><br>>> __________________________________________________________<br>>> Linux User Group of Mauritius (LUGM) Discuss mailing list<br>>> Website: <a href="http://lugm.org/" target="_blank">http://lugm.org</a><<a href="http://lugm.org/" target="_blank">http://lugm.org/</a>><br>>> Mailing list archive: <a href="http://discuss.lugm.org/pipermail/discuss_lugm.org/" target="_blank">http://discuss.lugm.org/pipermail/discuss_lugm.org/</a><br>>> Forum: <a href="http://lugm.org/forum/" target="_blank">http://lugm.org/forum/</a><br>>> IRC:
#linux.mu on Freenode<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> __________________________________________________________<br>>> Linux User Group of Mauritius (LUGM) Discuss mailing list<br>>> Website: <a href="http://lugm.org/" target="_blank">http://lugm.org</a><br>>> Mailing list archive: <a href="http://discuss.lugm.org/pipermail/discuss_lugm.org/" target="_blank">http://discuss.lugm.org/pipermail/discuss_lugm.org/</a><br>>> Forum: <a href="http://lugm.org/forum/" target="_blank">http://lugm.org/forum/</a><br>>> IRC: #linux.mu on Freenode<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> --<br>> Avinash Meetoo<br>> Managing-Director of Knowledge Seven<br>><br>> Call me on 493-9394 (Mobile) or 464-7446 (Office)<br>> I am on my portal, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+ and Facebook<br>> Visit Knowledge Seven and our other websites<br>><br>> __________________________________________________________<br>>
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