Comments on: Thanks http://www.jonobacon.org/2008/07/03/thanks-2/ At home with Jono Bacon, Community Manager and Author Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jayne The Great! http://www.jonobacon.org/2008/07/03/thanks-2/comment-page-1/#comment-123036 Jayne The Great! Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:43:58 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1211#comment-123036 <p>No, No, that beard was NOT insane! - I loved it <em>sniff</em></p> No, No, that beard was NOT insane! – I loved it sniff

]]> By: Oliver Lorton http://www.jonobacon.org/2008/07/03/thanks-2/comment-page-1/#comment-123031 Oliver Lorton Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:32:53 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1211#comment-123031 <p>So LugRadio has come to an end... and along with many others I'm gutted. But I thought you might be interested by my story. I came across from windows to Linux about the time Fedora Core 2 was released. Except I didn’t know any better and was struggling away with Red Hat 8. Eventually I converted to the Ubuntu way after using FC3 and 4.</p> <p>However, my conversion was never really complete. I wasn’t really that interested in Linux or open source philosophies; I just wanted a better OS than Windows. About the time I got into LugRadio in the beginning of season 2, mostly through listening to your show I started to get what Open Source Vs Proprietory software was all about, and why it matters.</p> <p>Anyway, the long and the short of it is that I’m now a Mac user of about 1.5 years, and whilst I’d love to use Linux as my main OS I find many problems with usability, hardware issues, and that the Linux desktop is very much a desktop for someone who loves tinkering – this doesn’t suit me! I like to have stuff that just works, and am prepared to sacrifice my freedoms to be able to achieve it.</p> <p>But all through this conversion away from Linux, I have continued to listen to the dynamic quadro almost religiously. I’ve found your shows entertaining and informative regarding the latest news in open source, and I for one would love to know if there is anything I can say to change your minds. Probably not but worth a try!? I listen to about 15 podcasts a week and yours was by far the most important and definitely my favourite.</p> <p>So long, and thanks for all the fish.</p> So LugRadio has come to an end… and along with many others I’m gutted. But I thought you might be interested by my story. I came across from windows to Linux about the time Fedora Core 2 was released. Except I didn’t know any better and was struggling away with Red Hat 8. Eventually I converted to the Ubuntu way after using FC3 and 4.

However, my conversion was never really complete. I wasn’t really that interested in Linux or open source philosophies; I just wanted a better OS than Windows. About the time I got into LugRadio in the beginning of season 2, mostly through listening to your show I started to get what Open Source Vs Proprietory software was all about, and why it matters.

Anyway, the long and the short of it is that I’m now a Mac user of about 1.5 years, and whilst I’d love to use Linux as my main OS I find many problems with usability, hardware issues, and that the Linux desktop is very much a desktop for someone who loves tinkering – this doesn’t suit me! I like to have stuff that just works, and am prepared to sacrifice my freedoms to be able to achieve it.

But all through this conversion away from Linux, I have continued to listen to the dynamic quadro almost religiously. I’ve found your shows entertaining and informative regarding the latest news in open source, and I for one would love to know if there is anything I can say to change your minds. Probably not but worth a try!? I listen to about 15 podcasts a week and yours was by far the most important and definitely my favourite.

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

]]> By: Jonathan Carter http://www.jonobacon.org/2008/07/03/thanks-2/comment-page-1/#comment-122991 Jonathan Carter Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:47:54 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1211#comment-122991 <p>I'm willing to put money on it that this won't be <em>the</em> <em>last</em> <em>evar</em> LRL :)</p> <p>I wish I could be there though. Last year I said I'll go next year, and now I'm tied up in work and it seems that there won't be a next year again :(</p> <p>Moral of the story: live for the moment and do things now if you can in any way find a way to do it.</p> I’m willing to put money on it that this won’t be the last evar LRL :)

I wish I could be there though. Last year I said I’ll go next year, and now I’m tied up in work and it seems that there won’t be a next year again :(

Moral of the story: live for the moment and do things now if you can in any way find a way to do it.

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