Comments on: Steve (Jobs): Developers, Developers, Developers… Get the Hell Out

By: Eruaran

Eruaran — Sun, 10 May 2009 15:36:54 +0000

I’m sure NIN fans would love to simply be able to click the “Internet” tab in Amarok and see nin.com on the list… maybe with a widget that runs in Amarok… or on your desktop… Ok, thats just me. I’m a KDE and Amarok guy.

But then there’s Android… think of the possibilities…

By: Yuhong Bao

Yuhong Bao — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:00:08 +0000

Well, you see, the fact is that Apple and Steve Jobs are well-known to be control freaks and that can hurt your freedom.

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:22:43 +0000

Yes, of course. But it’s corporate character I was referring to more broadly.

By: Yuhong Bao

Yuhong Bao — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:17:46 +0000

BTW, don’t confuse Mac OS X with the iPhone, as you seemed to have done here. They are similar platforms, but they carry different restrictions.

By: aeshna23

aeshna23 — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:13:01 +0000

All the kewl kids know that NIN is not a “they”, but a “he”, Trent Reznor. From what I understand of Reznor’s ideas about file sharing, he would strongly support FLOSS. Now, if they were just some way to get the distro idea before him, I bet we could sell him on it.

On another topic, we have to be aware that when the stakes are down, Microsoft will have no firmer ally than Apple. We should pay attention to it.

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:38:48 +0000

A single developer could do this easily by re-spinning a distro and then embedding stuff in the Web browser, the wallpapers, the login manager, bootloader, etc.

Those who prefer it can run it as a VM/virtual appliance.

By: Needs Sunlight

Needs Sunlight — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:38:21 +0000

It’s easy enough to make a remix of an existing distro or, one step simpler, make a theme for any distro. Look at the different between FVWM and FVWM-Crystal for an idea of how much customization can be used for even a (nearly) bare bones WM.

http://www.fvwm-crystal.org/

http://www.fvwm.org/

Then imagine what can be done with a full-blown desktop environment like Xfce or KDE.

By: Jose_X

Jose_X — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:11:03 +0000

NIN should start investing in a Linux distro if they haven’t. In a year or two, they could provide their fans one mean NINX. Why settle for an app when you can control the whole shebang?

Fans wouldn’t all download the distro (eg, LiveCD) and run it, but many would look at it and start talking about it. NINX could be one of the first music groups to tap into the future. In five years they would have a personal distribution channel to their fans plus have extra appeal and market share for being one of the first.

Call you own shots. Help your fans stand out.

Do you NINX?