Filed under: Linux, Open Source, Beta
Who wants Linux with sex appeal? Not this guy.
by Lee Mathews May 27th 2009 at 3:00PM
Tech Republic's Gary Marshall, however, thinks Moblin has to be stopped - now. Why? Because he's afraid developers (and the inevitable Moblin remixes) are going to ruin a good thing. "...naturally, somebody's going to bugger it up. Of course they will. It's Linux!" Later he states "Again and again, we've seen early promise ruined because people don't know when to stop."
Perhaps someone can explain to me how Ubuntu has suffered because of projects like Mint and Linspire, because it sure seems like the project keeps moving ahead and getting better with each new release. A promising Linux distribution continues to show more promise - like the possibility of running Android apps.
To claim that shutting the project down will turn Moblin into a kind of Linux martyr is utter nonsense. Projects like Moblin and HP's MIE are creating the kind of buzz Linux needs if it's ever going to gain mainstream acceptance. Kill them off, and people are left thinking "That was a cool idea. Pity it never amounted to anything."
Get Moblin on devices. Let developers innovate. Because as concerned as Marshall is about "buggering it up," someone could just as easily create something amazing.
Unrelated, but he's wrong about the Stone Roses, too. If they'd have quit after the first album, I would never have gotten hooked on the wicked guitar riff from Love Spreads.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Fred said 3:05PM on 5-27-2009
I have been using moblin on a test basis since v2 came out. It is lightning fast on my AAO. Just crazy. But it is definitely a beta.
There are no internet bookmarks, and no on/off/restart that I can find.
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Nic said 3:37PM on 5-27-2009
HPs Mini Me Linux is terrible. There are no packages in the package manager. For example my friend complained her videos wouldn't play properly...so I said that's easy install VLC. So I went into the Add/Remove programs section (because the console is disabled...) and the only multimedia package was the one that was already installed (the Linux media center - mac ripoff one can't think of it's name)...so I was naturally disappointed at what appears to be turning linux into something that's not capable of any customization...it's the worst linux implementation ever....that OS is frankly a joke (why disable the terminal EVER!).
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Ayle said 3:56PM on 5-27-2009
What happened when you tried alt+f2 terminal?
r3loaded said 4:26PM on 5-27-2009
Moblin looks cool, but when I loaded it up on my laptop, two things really stuck out:
1) Couldn't change the resolution, it was stuck at 800x600. On a 1680x1050 screen, that was blurry as hell.
2) The UI lag was terrible, I'd click on an tab, and it'd take about 2 seconds to actually switch to that tab.
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Fred said 9:24PM on 5-27-2009
Keep in mind that Moblin was aimed at netbooks, so higher resolutions are not needed.
__smooth__ said 5:12PM on 5-27-2009
I just want to agree with you on the Stone Roses subject.
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