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Mostly I use the O2 as an X terminal, however, running my apps on Linux and displaying remotely.
- Jamie Zawinski
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#Linux
#Running
#Terminal
#Use
I think Linux is a great thing, because Linux is an alternative to Windows, and because, of all the operating systems that are at all relevant today, Unix is the best of a bad lot.
- Jamie Zawinski
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#Best
#Great
#Linux
#Today
I eat and drink at my desk, but I'm a tidy eater.
- Jamie Zawinski
#Desk
#Drink
#Eat
#Eater
#Tidy
I don't get much sense of reward from having discovered how to get the Foo card to coexist with the Bar card.
- Jamie Zawinski
#Bar
#Get
#How
#Reward
#Sense
Because, you see, what I want to do is to commoditize the OS. I want to have access to all the applications that I need to do the things that I need to do, regardless.
- Jamie Zawinski
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#Need
#See
#Things
#Want
And when the time comes to replace the O2 I have today, maybe my next machine will run Linux.
- Jamie Zawinski
#Linux
#Next
#Time
#Today
#Will
Of course, all of the software I write runs on Linux; that's the beauty of standards, and of cross-platform code. I don't have to run your OS, and you don't have to run mine, and we can use the same applications anyway!
- Jamie Zawinski
#Beauty
#Code
#Linux
#Mine
#Software
Software Engineering might be science; but that's not what I do. I'm a hacker, not an engineer.
- Jamie Zawinski
#Engineering
#Hacker
#Science
#Software
Using these toolkits is like trying to make a bookshelf out of mashed potatoes.
- Jamie Zawinski
#Like
#Make
#Out
#Potatoes
#Trying
I use a really simple calendar program on my computer.
- Jamie Zawinski
#Calendar
#Program
#Really
#Simple
#Use
My one purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others.
- Jamie Zawinski
#Life
#Others
#Purpose
#Serve
#Warning
I think Linux is a great thing, in the big picture. It's a great hacker's tool, and it has a lot of potential to become something more.
- Jamie Zawinski
#Great
#Hacker
#Linux
#Picture
#Potential
If you give a hacker a new toy, the first thing he'll do is take it apart to figure out how it works.
- Jamie Zawinski
#First
#Hacker
#He
#How
#New
See, unlike most hackers, I get little joy out of figuring out how to install the latest toy.
- Jamie Zawinski
#Hackers
#How
#Joy
#Little
#See
Linux is only free if your time has no value.
- Jamie Zawinski
#Free
#Linux
#Only
#Time
#Value
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