the media is ever on the look-out for the Big Story(tm), so it's easy to miss the little ones as they don't often blast brightly through the aether. i was glad that some of the community news sites carried this story about 48 new kde-on-linux users in vietnam. made me smile. that's 48 more youth being introduced to the wonders of free software. maybe not huge in the big scheme of things, but i can't help but think two things: repeated tens of thousands of times over these "little deployments" mean everything, and who knows what these young people will go on to do with their lives? maybe something great, maybe something with free software. you never know which seeds will sprout into the tallest trees, so every one counts.
spent the day today optimizing and bug fixing in plasma. no big features to comment on or exciting will-change-your-world-forever type things ... but again: it's often the little things that help make the differences.
i've also noticed that there are more and more plasma related patches being posted for review. it's great to see more and more people joining the plasmafication gang. i've gone over at least 4 new patch sets just today, and even the smallest of improvements are improvements and they all add up. see, the theme keeps recurring ;)
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thanks for the great job you're doing on kde, thank you so much.
Hello Aaron:
I am actually one of your blog subscribers so I was a bit surprised to see you comment the blog entry I wrote about my students at AIS here in Vietnam.
I think the key to convincing a person to try Linux, BSD or even Macbooks, is inspiration. Us Linux guys need to know how to inspire people to use Linux instead of trying to preach to them. That is the key.
In a country like Vietnam where people think having a virus on a usb stick is normal, who cares if Linux is less prone to viruses? Who cares if Linux is free when you can get a copy of Windows Vista for under a dollar at the local computer store?
For me, I just did little things to inspire my students. I unlocked my iPhone back in September, an almost impossible feat at the time. I then convinced several students to unlock their own iPhones. That got me the respect I needed to help me move them to Linux.
I am not saying it was easy but when you find yourself getting angry at some students for deleting other student's files though SSH, you know you have made some progress :-)
Just inspire people to use Linux :-)
Good luck withe KDE 4.0, I hope it can inspire many more to try Linux or BSD.
Kevin (SaigonNezumi )
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