On 2013-02-14 12:26, john lewis wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:33:58 -0500
> jlk@??? wrote:
>
>> I see a slightly different future for Linux. The desktop, for many,
>> will disappear. The Chromebook is a V2.0 successor to the Network
>> Computer. It's a computing device. Read you email: Open a browser
>> tab for G-Mail. Edit a document/spread sheet/presentation: Open a
>> browser tab for Google Docs/Sheets/Slides \
>
> that sort of thing will never replace a desktop computer for me and I
> don't need mobile computing.
I most likely will not replace the desktop for me either, but it can,
and I think will replace the desktop for many that just want to read
their e-mail and browse the web and I think there are a lot of people
that only want a computer for those two tasks.
>
> I don't really like the look of the future of computing if it means
> more and more touch devices and apps/data stored 'in the cloud' or
> whatever.
I agree with touch devices. The GF got an iPad mini for a Christmas
present (not from me). She hates all the smeary fingerprints on it.
Apps and into the cloud is currently 'just a trend', but I would add, a
very strong trend. Yes there are a lot of arguments against using a
cloud to store you personal data, but there are a lot of good sound
arguments for it also.
>
> Our current systems should last out our (my wife and I) lifetimes and
> we'll not need istuff or googlestuff or chromestuff.
I'll need at least one h/w refresh. I don't like the iApple stuff. I
like my freedom. There are alternatives to almost all Google services.
Chromestuff can easily be avoided.
>
> I was in fact a bit horrified to read that my favourite browser is to
> use chrome stuff in the near future, I quite like Opera the way it is
> now. I can always put a hold on the current version though, at least
> I
> have a choice ;-)
Yes, I here that Opera is going to use V8 and WebKit.
>
> Yup! I am a luddite but at my age I'm entitled to be one.
>
At a few months short of official OAP status, I'm a bit of a Luddite
also but change keeps getting shoved into my face. It's going to happen
whether we like it or not.
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