Linux Distribution Update = Very Subjective = Poor Productivity
Nobody should get offensive of this post.
I have deliberately excluded Teeny Weeny Linux that are in my book except Puppy Linux.
This is the consumer world and I have my own choices to make when on STRIKE and in Holiday MOOD.
Strike is also a demonstrable, democratic, consumer activity which politicians do not see that way.
They have instead a Commonwealth Conferences to beg for AIDS, the Disease.
Education is a Common Wealth in this Country, not Private Property!
The views expressed are very subjective and won´t have any bearing to statistics of current Linux usage.
In fact I am more concerned about why Linux penetration is not active as it used to be than its user activity.
Would be writing a book on Quality Systems that should be in place in a successful Linux Distributions, soon when I get over the laziness and the mental intransigence I am going through.
I am getting used to the RUT due to procrastinated and prolong (intellectual) lightening strike or the general use of the term, the industrial action.
Yes it is very difficult to penetrate a good idea like Linux to ordinary masses.
It is also difficult to penetrate an idea the Education is a Common Wealth our people (If one is not using it prudently, that is his or her onus or responsibility) or the name sake FREE EDUCATION we enjoyed and want to foster in this century too.
It is very difficult to deal with politician with DUD BRAINS, just like it was very difficult for me to try to introduce various Linux distributions for general use in our school system and classrooms.
Yes, there is Hanthana Linux, a derivative of Fedora out there but it is very difficult to get a copy or download in this blessed country in which we pay through our noses for the services for which we pay dearly and get only 10% output or throughput, the productivity which is less than 10%.
We had been boasting about war victory for last three years but the productivity has hit rock bottom except for few privileged personalities with political connections.
In the University for the first time the productivity almost hitting the ZERO rating.
That ZERO rating made me to venture into many uncharted territories but relatively minimal political involvement but my POLITICAL STATEMENTS at the time of Commonwealth Conference is loud and clear.
Politician cannot produce productivity but only we can do it for them but they have to tore the line with the global trends.
We cannot reinvent the wheel.
Productivity comes with only good pay.
If you pay pittance the returns is a pittance.
Let me come to Linux, I was reading the Linux Magazine today but there I always read the editors page before even glancing on the FREE Distribution and this time it happened to be Mageia.
He was commenting on the news item that Google is paying 50% of the salary for 10 years to the dependent, if an employee is deceased.
WOW but his comments on this deal, an intellectual exercise by itself which I won´t repeat here.
A lesser politician cannot understand his logic but go buy the Magazine and read it for yourself, it is his intellectual property.
Now to my list in order of my preference.
1. Puppy Linux for its minimal use of resources and awesome collection of utilities including cloud compatibility.
There are many derivatives, for Games, Cloud, Netbooks, Laptops and Desktops.
It is easy on you and can carry in a Pendrive.
2. Pinguy Linux is the only one which has a current derivative for old (netbooks) and new computers.
It is very pleasing experience.
THANK YOU Guys/Girls.
3. Ubuntu for its bold steps, moving with the trends and cloud capability.
4. Ultimate Linux/TANGO / STUDIO and now KIWI and SUPER OS. The last two integrate classic genome with Unity.
This is what I said when Ubuntu was contemplating on Unity (provide Unity and Gnome in one distribution and everybody will be happy).
So Ubuntu derivatives will do what Canonical won´t do!
Canonical has abandoned Kubuntu and NetRunner is a good hit with Netbooks
This is a good lesson to FEDORA and Mandrake and Mageia.
5. Five has to be ARCH LINUX for its VISION and Dedication to produce a minimalistic Quality Product without fringes.
They are command line experts but why work only on black and white. Introducing a minimalistic desktop to play few games (4M Linux tradition) will make its global penetration cakewalk and in no time, when one is fed up with the black terminal, who would not play few at least DOS game?
Light desktop like DELI Linux will make a huge impact globally and will make it climb up in popularity almost like Puppy Linux.
Having said that Bridge Linux, Archbang and Criunchbang (Debian derivative) have done the honors for ARCH Linux.
6. Number six is Debian for its enormous resources, one will never be able to tap in a lifetime.
7. Sabayon comes seventh and it is Gentoo based and beautiful with many desktop versions including KDE and Gnome
8. Knoppix has come down below Debian simply because I had to download it for the third time.
The graphic installer for demonstration purposes to Linux newbies is still not working to my satisfaction.
It has followed KIWI and Super OS and actually do it better than Ubuntu with multiple desktops.
I am sure by Christmas time KNOPPIX will climb up to 3rd if not fourth place.
9. PCLinux and it is lacking in innovation even though the KDE is solid.
10. Korarra Linux Fedora derivative and not Fedora 17.
11. Even though, SuSe has not kept its place in the top 10, it is beautiful but heavy and lack simple utilities.
12. Linus Mint, has dropped in my list and unfortunately it is in its 13th edition.
It is trying to do too many things in one go.
Ubuntu is focused on its Vision for Future but Linux Mint is not.
It is playing an open market game which is a spoiler for me.
It is not a game-changer at all.
13. Mandriva / Mageia / ROSA and I wish them good luck and they should follow Knoppix, KIWI and Super Os examples to get back on track.
It is humanly possible but Russians are not creative nowadays unlike in the nineteen sixties when cold war was in full swing.
I did not want to have 13th but decided to include Mageia since the copy I got with the Linux Magazine did not boot up with my old IBM which I have hacked with various new additions.
It does not have auto-detect utility for hard disks.
I want recommend it for general use yet.
They say number 13 is unlucky, may be so for Mandriva and Mageia
There won´t be 14th in my list it is for YOU to decide the next in the list.
I must tell you why I use Linux.
Number one is FUN now.
It used to be SECURITY when I started it.
I have used my Main Linux Box for over one year day in and day out (more because of the strike action) but I never used any changes after Firewall was configured.
Worst scenario is that I have forgotten the password (I haven´t had any need for one year and I simply forgot it but no harm done yet) for root and I forgot the user password briefly yesterday.
That was unintended disaster!
I was up all night and doing sorting out of all my Linux distributions for installing on my laptop, three months in advance of the December recess from academic activities (again due to strike action and no creative work to do). and I could not start the computer after restart having tested a Puppy Linux derivative.
Absentminded prof!
I have now decided to write all my passwords in a book including my email passwords.
I also forgot the email password and Ubuntu One password too in a momentary loss of my intellectual capacity due to (no sleep at all) any valid reason just gone blank (not a stroke) and I was working nonstop on a Sunday from 2 p.m till Monday morning, knowing very well, I do not have to worry about work on Monday.
Mind you Sunday is my SLEEP DAY.
So if you are on a Holiday or on industrial action, take care of your intellectual capabilities and passwords.
That is called disuse atrophy in medicine, in my case it was the BRAIN.
It is time for my brain to DRAIN, possibly abroad.
I recovered from this ordeal in a matter of one hour without sleeping or having a break and that will be another piece of writing, soon.
Last time when I forgot the email password I had to toil for solid three months to get back to base, nearly a decade ago.
It was horrible and I instituted a protocol that ran good stead for me due to mental apathy and lack of sleep this time round.
All these due to lethargy and industrial action and disuse atrophy.
Strike is not a good recipe for intellectuals and only good for political purposes.
Our strike has taken a political trend and a turn unfortunately.
God blessing we have a Commonwealth Conference now.
Hope it will be an eyeopener!
