Riding the Goat
Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:54:29 GMT
Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:54:35 GMT
Adam Curry
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<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"> </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"> </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"> </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"> </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"> </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"> </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>
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