Re: [orca-list] ubuntu and netbooks again

[René Jaun <EveryTimeJaun OrangeMail CH>]

Hello Sir,       
>       Will the regular ubuntu work on a netbook? if not, why? 

I own an ACER Netbook. Ubuntu, including Orca, runs fine on it. I guess that
the Netbook Remix just comes with more netbook specific applications
pre-installed.

>       Also, why is it that the vast majority of the world is running their
machines on windows? and what can we
> do to make society, this country and the rest of the world turn to linux
desktops rather than windows ones? 

Well, there are probably hundreds of forums discussing just that issue. A
possible answer is the simple one that Windows, for whatever reason, got the
lead in the market. Most of society got Windows. As we are humans, we
generally oppose to change, no matter if it's for our good or for our bad.
So if there is no absolutely urgent need to change - which there is not in
case of Operating Systems - we won't change.

I personally am typing this very message on a windows computer. Why I'm
doing this? I am just more used to using Windows, JAWS and all these
applications. Although Orca and Ubuntu do run way more stable than they used
to in recent years, my Linux System is far slower and Orca crashes more
often than my Windows And JAWS System. So I do have accessibility on Linux,
but it's not as fast when I do it in Windows.

> useing linux desktops includeing emacs if people so desire will save
people lots of money for one thing. and if 
> the rest of the world would use open source desktops and free open source
software then we could start to have 
> good games for the open source desktops and open source consoles as well.
What can be done to change the 
> capitalistic computer into a free open source computer society and world? 

Some answers - although they are definitely off topic now, are:
1) Check out what's already present. Have you, for instance, checked the FAQ
Page on Orca's website? They do have some gaming-related information on
there. What do you think of these?
2) Go on spending money, but don't spend it for Windows anymore: Let us not
forget that Open Source, although called FREE, still needs to be financed by
someone. The more money the Open Source Industry owns, the larger projects
can be brought to live. So how about donating an amount of your choice to
the developers of Orca, Ubuntu or whoever pleases you the most?
3) Tell your friends: I guess that Bill Gates sent the first copy of MS-DOS
to a friend. So let's follow his example.

I know, there is far more to the topic. But I guess I'm too tired to think
about it much more for now.

Best Regards,
René