Sorry for any errors in English, I have a little problem with LibreOffice, with lack of backup memory.
I generally work in LibreOffice and there after paste it on Google blog.
Not Today.
Technology Killing Linux Star (not Textstar of PCLinux).
It is like Radio Killed the "Radio Star"
This was something I wanted to write for a long time but kept postponing it for no good reason.
My previous post was a classic example of developers for speed of action letting slip away the security option in Linux (Pinguy Linux, coming from UK).
Cookie comes on with Firefox and kills both Google and Fire fox one and the same time.
Let me be brief.
I was very happy when Abdroid came in and was very impatient to test it but within a first few shots at it lost all the interest.
It has diverged from all security concerns in Linux.
It is fast.
It is pleasing.
It is cute but even a kid can write a script to destroy it.
Lot of these mobiles do not have USB ports to prevent this but with the emergence of wireless HiFi, there is another port to enter any device on the internet.
Lot of guys and girls do not know that there mobiles and tablets, let others eavesdrop on you every time you use them.
Only a few are snooping currently (except NSA doing it as a default function) but it is a real threat to Privacy and Privacy.
1. Number one is lack of security in modern Linux, especially light weight mobile Linux.
2. Number two Monopoly of Google.
Ubuntu tried crowd source project on mobile and gave it up due to lack of funds.
Even now I do not use Ubuntu since it was the first distribution that let the root function disappear from desktop use.
Even if they succeeded in the mobile market, they would not have worried about security.
3. The Firefox has mini mobile now.
Its entry is good, so there is competition with Google.
FireFox is heavy and in spite of its security, Pinguy made a hash of it by automating at first use and a malaware script has joined force to bring down high state, along with Google.
4.Now even windows 8 is trying to enter the market but making a mess of it.
The surface pro may not get better.
5. So hardware technology, the mobile and the tablets are determining what the operating system do.
It should be the other way round.
Hardware should be independent (OEM) but they should determine the operating system specifications, to be stale, reliable (not only easy to use) and functional.
This we see with surface and windows 8.
6. The one I really miss in modern Linux is the work-spaces that toggle (active and inactive) not the clutter of windows/logos or thumb prints to click on.
They should think of menu and work-spaces to toggle with, which should not be that difficult with Linux.
So hang Android, think fast in Linux and make work-spaces and many menus avaible, even in a mobile (tablets, too).
that is my dream.
I do not like clutter.
One can do one thing at a time on the surface of a mobile or tab.
Let the other work be behind the screen, the music, alerts and friendly messages and updates.
Minimum of two workspces, one active and one working behind the screen.
I prefer 4.
One of them for command line work.
Even latest Ubuntu 14-04 one has to search for a terminal.
It looks like nobody work on terminals now.
Why?
Unlike graphic utilities, the terminal does not cost much memory but it is astronomically fast.
So take away the obsession with touch screen and work on Linux principles in which security and privacy are high on the agenda.
Then even NSA won't be able to penetrate.
sky is the limit for linux.
Do not let few companies to dominate or monopolize.
That is the "Open Source Dream".
I have nothing against Google.
Google showed the way.
The developers join the bandwagon.
They should have tried to outsmart Google, even at this late stage.
Then even Google would become much better in the long run.
That is how market forces worked.
We waited for Apple to dominate and that empire is falling due to Samsung.
