Riding the Goat Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:54:29 GMT Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:54:35 GMT Adam Curry http://blogs.opml.org/mail/podmonster 1 1 144 209 344 573 <script> function ec (id, showClassName, urlExpand, urlCollapse) { var imgId = 'img_'+ id; if (document.getElementById (id).className == 'hide') { document.getElementById (id).className = showClassName; document.getElementById (imgId).src = urlCollapse; } else { document.getElementById (id).className = 'hide'; document.getElementById(imgId).src = urlExpand; } } </script> <style> .divOutlineBody { padding: 0; margin-left: -16px; } .divOutlineList { margin-left: 0; padding-left: 0; text-indent: 0; } .divOutlineItem { margin-left: 16px; } .spanOutlineText { cursor: pointer; float: none; margin-left: 0; color: black; } .show { display: block; } .hide { display: none; } img.expandIcon { position: relative; left: -16px; margin-right: -16px; padding: 0; border: 0; height: 16px; width: 16px; } </style> <div class="divOutlineBody"> <div class="divOutlineList" style="padding-left: 0;"> <div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">I'm winding up the first work week of using Ubuntu exclusively on my work machine. The back-story of my switch to 'Mountain Goat' is <a href="http://blog.curry.com/stories/2012/02/20/movingToMountainGoat.html">here</a></span><a name="imWindingUpTheFirstWorkWeekOfUsingUbuntuExclusivelyOnMyWorkMachineTheBackstoryOfMySwitchToMountainGoatIsAHrefhttpblogcurrycomstories20120220movingtomountaingoathtmlherea">&nbsp;</a><a href="#imWindingUpTheFirstWorkWeekOfUsingUbuntuExclusivelyOnMyWorkMachineTheBackstoryOfMySwitchToMountainGoatIsAHrefhttpblogcurrycomstories20120220movingtomountaingoathtmlherea"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div> <div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">The experience has been nothing but pleasurable. There is very little difference between working on OS X and Ubuntu. This is good.</span><a name="theExperienceHasBeenNothingButPleasurableThereIsVeryLittleDifferenceBetweenWorkingOnOsXAndUbuntuThisIsGood">&nbsp;</a><a href="#theExperienceHasBeenNothingButPleasurableThereIsVeryLittleDifferenceBetweenWorkingOnOsXAndUbuntuThisIsGood"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div> <div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">Of course there's a learning curve, keyboard shortcuts are different for one, and as I decided to not customize the out of the box interface and apps, there's been some learning there as well.</span><a name="ofCourseTheresALearningCurveKeyboardShortcutsAreDifferentForOneAndAsIDecidedToNotCustomizeTheOutOfTheBoxInterfaceAndAppsTheresBeenSomeLearningThereAsWell">&nbsp;</a><a href="#ofCourseTheresALearningCurveKeyboardShortcutsAreDifferentForOneAndAsIDecidedToNotCustomizeTheOutOfTheBoxInterfaceAndAppsTheresBeenSomeLearningThereAsWell"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div> <div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">But learning new apps and work flow is fun and often <a href="http://blog.curry.com/stories/2012/02/22/thunderbird.html">rewarding</a>. It challenges my brain and gets me thinking of new ways to manage things.</span><a name="butLearningNewAppsAndWorkFlowIsFunAndOftenAHrefhttpblogcurrycomstories20120222thunderbirdhtmlrewardingaItChallengesMyBrainAndGetsMeThinkingOfNewWaysToManageThings">&nbsp;</a><a href="#butLearningNewAppsAndWorkFlowIsFunAndOftenAHrefhttpblogcurrycomstories20120222thunderbirdhtmlrewardingaItChallengesMyBrainAndGetsMeThinkingOfNewWaysToManageThings"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div> <div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">As you can imagine, I've received many offers of help and suggestions from the global Linux communities. I like this about Open Source. Yes, the Mac has also has a community vibe to it, but the vibe on Linux is more Punk Rock to OS X's Disco feel.</span><a name="asYouCanImagineIveReceivedManyOffersOfHelpAndSuggestionsFromTheGlobalLinuxCommunitiesILikeThisAboutOpenSourceYesTheMacHasAlsoHasACommunityVibeToItButTheVibeOnLinuxIsMorePunkRockToOsXsDiscoFeel">&nbsp;</a><a href="#asYouCanImagineIveReceivedManyOffersOfHelpAndSuggestionsFromTheGlobalLinuxCommunitiesILikeThisAboutOpenSourceYesTheMacHasAlsoHasACommunityVibeToItButTheVibeOnLinuxIsMorePunkRockToOsXsDiscoFeel"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div> <div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">I'm really impressed at just how much great work a worldwide decentralized group of people can achieve.</span><a name="imReallyImpressedAtJustHowMuchGreatWorkAWorldwideDecentralizedGroupOfPeopleCanAchieve">&nbsp;</a><a href="#imReallyImpressedAtJustHowMuchGreatWorkAWorldwideDecentralizedGroupOfPeopleCanAchieve"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div> </div> </div>