Go Open - Mark Shuttleworth Full Interview

[TheBaje2011]

the dudes right for when i buy my next computer linux is going to be on it for sure, tho i will dual-boot, until linux becomes a more stable gaming platform i will still have windows. windows for games linux for everything else. typed using ubuntu 11.04

[elfirebrand]

this dude is a business genius

[blvab]

now with long hair LOL

[youdanieltube]

man, i love linux and even ubuntu, but this interview is full of BS :)) what do you mean, "the desktop will be open source and the server battle is already over" LOL this is such major BS; Mark, you either have no idea, or you are just ignoring the facts :) nough said

[Eikus89]

@youdanieltube What will happen in the future is never certain and therefore I wouldn't say that it's farfetched that Linux will grow bigger on the desktop market. What he means by "the server battle is allready over" is that aproximately 60-70% of all servers are Linux based. So the facts are on his side. Check out Wikipedias page on "Usage share of operating systems" if you don't believe me.

[youdanieltube]

@Eikus89 You're wrong about that; quantity is not a criterium; the only place where Linux clearly dominates the landscape is supercomputers; webhosting companies can use it as a server; other than that, its pretty useless; big companies, government, stock exchange, use commercial enterprise unix or vms solutions, mainframes, big iron; they cost a lot more and not every body can afford them; but when it really counts, linux is (still) useless; as client or server

[toad1e]

Watching this on my first night running Karmic and 549 days of running nothing but Ubuntu. Love it!

[Anonomys246]

cool I use Ubuntu too, it's great. :)

[silvernode]

His company really needs to improve Ubuntu in a lot of ways including speed. Most full distributions such as Red Hat and Suse are very boggled down due to all the programs pre-installed. I understand that in order for average users to feel comfortable they need this. I also know how Slow and shitty Ubuntu is compared to Arch Linux. Granted they are completely different. Rolling releases are not necessarily better though Ubuntu has really out of date programs for at least 6 months at a time.

[silvernode]

For example Arch Linux has an up to date version of ALSA. The latest version allows multiple programs to use sound simultaneously including Skype. This is a feature you will not see in Ubuntu until 9.10 (hopefully). In my opinion this feature is important to Windows users who switch to Ubuntu. Something I already enjoy in Arch Linux.

[zohar5150]

G TO THE U TO THE I

[irock292]

This man is a legend

[LAMPgeany]

He is doing a great job, true. I hope that as a community, we can have a FOSS operating system in the mainstream within 5 years.

(But Arch Linux rules xd.)

[My711good]

smart guy I use Ubuntu and its great i hope he wins the battle agenst Microsoft :D

[mynameisnicholas]

hallelujah

[decipherDude]

amen