Folks, I was scheduled to give a talk at FOSSsumMIT 2104, but I was asked to use a Open Source License compliant operating system to give the talk. I have blogged about it in detail here -> http://adityalaghate.in/no-to-symbolism.html
The reason, I invoke this thread / discussion is that this happened to me at two conferences and the common denominator was PLUG. I used be an active member of the list in it's heydays. I have used linux as my primary operating system ever since Redhat 6 (prior to it being split into Fedora & RHEL). Used openSuse, debian & ubuntu over the years. About 3 years back I moved to using a macbook pro, running OS X. This is my primary OS. I regularly work on projects, which utilise Linux based servers, so even today, I spent a good amount of time working with Linux. I am not a nerd or nor a geek, but somebody, who loves to play & experiment with technology. Having spent a good amount of my time (close to 10-12 years) with Linux on various hardwares I am fully aware of the challenges the GNU/Linux ecosystem can throw at you. I used to love solving those challenges earlier. Now it just frustrates me. Today, I prefer to work with a system that 'just works' & I can concentrate on utilising Open Source Licensed tool chains and applications to do my work. I have not been able to understand the insistence by members of PLUG to use open source licensed OS for my presentation. My talk was titled, 'Data Analysis using Python & Pandas'. If PLUG can make clear of it's stand it will be great. Thank you, Regards Aditya Laghate PS: This email was composed using VIM, sent via MUTT & MSMTP (all OSS) _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
