Portable Ubuntu
by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | April 17, 2009 9:08am PDT | Image 13 of 13
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To "sell" something new to the masses its always best to package it in a form they will recognize and find palatable. Emulating the windows experience look and feel is the only way for Linux to gain real inroads into the desktop world.
why dont you take a break of staring at the M$ logo and google "portable apps".
"Somebody wake up."
Um - you maybe? This is Ubuntu running inside
Windows 7 - is it really so hard to understand?
Um - you maybe? This is Ubuntu running inside
Windows 7 - is it really so hard to understand?
This is an Ubuntu that capitalizes on hidden virtualization of the os like just like vmware or virtual pc 2007 but without the clunky windowed effect in using them. It has about the same response time as a Virtual PC 2007 does on the same machine.
I have tried it and it works. Just not as fast as I would like it to be.
It is possibly a great transition tool to teach the apps in ubuntu to office personnel before you switch people over to an ubuntu exclusive install.
But that is all I see it useful for.
It is a good attempt to so people ubuntu but I believe it may confuse the cattle in the long run.
The best way to make a switch is to incorporate/convert your existing software to run native on ubuntu and migrate you entire system to it. don't do blended environments because it will make the cattle jealous of each other. the ones who get to stay on the old windows machine will be envied at first until the personnel see how much they have problems with those windows people.
This all hinges on how well you invest in quality conversion of you programs and business processes to the new operating environment.
Or you could just stay with Microsoft based product and upgrade every 3 to 5 years when Microsoft phaseout support. Also MS based 3rd party programs have a much higher new version date which is forced on the customer to keep support of the product you already own. The Program dealers(crack(drug) pimps) have your fix just waiting for you is 3 to 12 months. You will have to buy it if you want to keep your habit of making money with the product that you use in your company.
This is why linux/ubuntu is starting to appeal to the business managers and upper management. Licensing cost a big chunk of operating expense that is being squeezed in this down economy. Business are looking for ways to cut cost not just for the present but the sustainable future.
Linux/Ubuntu has matured enough to be that replacement in you average company. and it will create programmer job for converting proprietary software to the new os platform. and if done correctly maybe even multi os programs can be written.
I have tried it and it works. Just not as fast as I would like it to be.
It is possibly a great transition tool to teach the apps in ubuntu to office personnel before you switch people over to an ubuntu exclusive install.
But that is all I see it useful for.
It is a good attempt to so people ubuntu but I believe it may confuse the cattle in the long run.
The best way to make a switch is to incorporate/convert your existing software to run native on ubuntu and migrate you entire system to it. don't do blended environments because it will make the cattle jealous of each other. the ones who get to stay on the old windows machine will be envied at first until the personnel see how much they have problems with those windows people.
This all hinges on how well you invest in quality conversion of you programs and business processes to the new operating environment.
Or you could just stay with Microsoft based product and upgrade every 3 to 5 years when Microsoft phaseout support. Also MS based 3rd party programs have a much higher new version date which is forced on the customer to keep support of the product you already own. The Program dealers(crack(drug) pimps) have your fix just waiting for you is 3 to 12 months. You will have to buy it if you want to keep your habit of making money with the product that you use in your company.
This is why linux/ubuntu is starting to appeal to the business managers and upper management. Licensing cost a big chunk of operating expense that is being squeezed in this down economy. Business are looking for ways to cut cost not just for the present but the sustainable future.
Linux/Ubuntu has matured enough to be that replacement in you average company. and it will create programmer job for converting proprietary software to the new os platform. and if done correctly maybe even multi os programs can be written.
Sounds a great place to start. The 'dakogs' in this world have lost sight that SOME OF US are still at the first rung of the ladder. Scaremoinger. He's forgotten that there are more than one method to copy/paste. We all learn based on what we are familiar with and not all can edit a command line or even know. Ubuntu portable? worth a try for me.
Dragon threads 04/21/09
Dragon threads 04/21/09
With OS becoming less and less relevant each day, maybe
people will realize they don't have to spend that much for the
next Windows version anymore. Maybe PC makers will also
realize they could sell their wares for less if they don't have
to pay the M$ tax.
Cloud computing will allow us to handle most of our
computing needs through the utilization of a web browser,
and I don't see how to justify paying for OSes.
FuzzyIce
people will realize they don't have to spend that much for the
next Windows version anymore. Maybe PC makers will also
realize they could sell their wares for less if they don't have
to pay the M$ tax.
Cloud computing will allow us to handle most of our
computing needs through the utilization of a web browser,
and I don't see how to justify paying for OSes.
FuzzyIce
the problem with linux is..people scared to give it a try..with this portable (which doent effect windows at all), i cant see any reason why people dont try Linux.its FREE and its still can handle most of ur needs from a PC
Why business doesn't like *nix:
1) There seems to be this belief that *nix just works without having to worry about updates and support windows. It's a myth. There are updates every few days (hours?) just like the other guys. And have you noticed the Ubuntu LTS runs only three years for a rev? and costs as much as M$ support?
2) It's open-source. That means anyone can add/change/delete. It means that EVERYONE who touches it is responsible for it. which means that no one is. which drives corporate counsel crazy cuz they don't know who to sue when it turns sour. Unless you buy the aforementioned support contracts, which cost as much as the M$ contracts. And if you can't sue them you can't buy from them.
1) There seems to be this belief that *nix just works without having to worry about updates and support windows. It's a myth. There are updates every few days (hours?) just like the other guys. And have you noticed the Ubuntu LTS runs only three years for a rev? and costs as much as M$ support?
2) It's open-source. That means anyone can add/change/delete. It means that EVERYONE who touches it is responsible for it. which means that no one is. which drives corporate counsel crazy cuz they don't know who to sue when it turns sour. Unless you buy the aforementioned support contracts, which cost as much as the M$ contracts. And if you can't sue them you can't buy from them.
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