WSJ: Mossberg takes the Linux bait and snarls ....

[Andrew Kelly]

On Fri, 2007-09-14 at 09:54 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> Aaron Konstam wrote:
> 
> >>> I agree 100% with one of his beefs.  Laptop touchpad sensitivity.
> >> When I'm 
> >>> typing (and as I touch-type around 50 wpm, the keyboard is really a
> >> humming) 
> >>> often the cursor will jump to where the i-beam for the mouse is;
> >> ooops, left 
> >>> click.  But I didn't touch the touchpad.  Aggravating as all get
> >> out.  (And 
> >>> if someone knows a way to turn that down, please let me know, as
> >> I've not run 
> >>> across the setting yet).
> > It seems to me that Mossberg has identified a terrific business
> > oportunity. Someone for $50-$100 will configure all the things he feels
> > currently are obscure to configure. It only has to be configured once
> > and then mass copied.
> 
> That's almost the model that I foresee actually working for whatever 
> unix-like system implements it first.  Make the package manager just a 
> bit smarter and add a 'publish' button somewhere so a person who had 
> configured a nicely working system could export his installed package 
> list and custom configuration settings, and it would result in a URL 
> that anyone else could click to duplicate that setup slightly more 
> closely than matching kickstart installs would.   That way someone could 
> tweak a machine to someone like Mossberg's satisfaction, he could push a 
> button, and the next day a million people could be running "Mossberg's 
> recommended Linux".  Or the same for someone who actually knows how to 
> configure a linux box...

Outstanding idea, Les. You know if anybody is currently working on
anything like that?

Andy