Sometimes it takes more than a few tweaks to turn an old-style desktop design into a fresh new Linux distribution. That is the case with the public release of Blue Collar Linux. Blue Collar Linux has been under development for the last four years. Until its public release this week, it has circulated only through an invitation for private use by the developer’s family, friends and associates looking for an alternative to the Windows nightmare. Another large part of his user base is the University of Wisconsin, where he engages with the math and computer science departments.
When you review a distro and do a hard install, could you tell us the boot time from pressing the ON button to the desktop?
I have installed too many distros that take 1-1/2 to desktop and I have an i5 processor with 4 gig ram.
Man, where did all that come from? I only got the impression that this former Marine created a Linux distribution that is even easier to use than most.
It sounds like it was a labor of love, not hate. I am probably too much of a geek for his distro but then I was never just an average Windows user before discovering Linux.
I hope Blue Collar Linux can lure those average Windows types. I also hope that comment's author finds something to love in this world. There is far too much hate already.
I also thank the creator of Blue Collar Linux for his service. Our armed-forces help keep America free even for those who wish to spew hateful, nasty remarks about someone they do not even know.
I was not aware former Marines were far-right supremacists. My neighbor is from the Dominican Republic and served in both the U.S Army and the Marine Corps. He is now a U.S citizen and a Sheriff's deputy.
So this OS was made by a former U.S. Marine who graduated in mathematics. Well well, a doctor's degree. And yet no education, no intellect, and no ethos. Racism instead. Blue Collar blah is for "Joe and Jane Whitebread", right? 'white-bread' means WHITE middle class, automatically excluding everybody who's not white. Bravo! And Joe before Jane - no manners either. Admirable, that Mister Auringer.
If the users he depicts are middle class, please don't tell me what the underclass is like in the United States. Here, at any rate, we avoid stupid euphemisms and call things as they are: Blue Collar blah has been pieced together for the sluggish white intellectual proletariat, and the built-in start page in the browser is ... FOX NEWS! Woohoo! :-)) Or rather NRA? Or Ku Kux Klan? Or something else that's right-wing, racist, and low-bred?
What's your reason, Jack, to spring us, your readers, on that developer and that OS? Don't we deserve better?
I am a blue collar repair technician located in Pretoria, South Africa. I have been testing Blue Collar Linux and love it! I find that most PC repair problems have little to do with hardware but mostly to do with the expectations of the user and a lack of interest or motivation to understand what instructions they read. Yes, PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Chair and Keyboard) is a problem here in South Africa just as it is in the UK or USA. I say "GOOD JOB" about this new Linux distro. I do have one suggestion for the developer based on my experience working with non technical PC users. I recommend that you include a "Warning" that appears to the LIVE desktop. If they are using any Windows operating system and try to install Blue Collar Linux alongside a Windows installation they may face issues with the MBR. I suggest having them disconnect the SATA cable first and replacing it with an SSD. I never recommend a dual boot system with Windows and non techncial users.
I`m not a retired Marine nor a software developer but I have been a psychologist for 20 years and you need some serious assistance to guide your life towards respect, tolerance and understanding and away from hate-based political correctness. And if you think the world is a better place now than the days when Jack always went up the hill before Jill, you are looking at it through multiple pairs of rose tinted glasses.
I initially was not going to reply to your comments. They really do not warrant serious consideration. Perhaps the swipes you took at the Blue Collar developer, however, need some clarification for his benefit. You did direct discourteous questions to me about the basis of this review. So I am answering your questions.
I write reviews about Linux products that catch my attention. I try out numerous Linux distros each week and decide which ones qualify for a review based on their news value and usefulness to my readers.
My filtering process has nothing to do with personalities, politics, or locations. Nobody pays me or the publication for review consideration. In the case of the Blue Collar review, I interviewed the developer. He merely answered my questions and had no control over what I chose to include in the background information I provided in discussing the merits and the value of the operating system he debuted.
I include background details in my reviews to give a sense of significance about Linux developers and what makes their distros significant or not worthy. I provided that information as part of the news aspect of announcing a new Linux distribution.
So, Vircilinus, I did not "spring" anything on you or any other reader about Blue Collar Linux, its developer, or any other Linux product. I presented news and facts about the development of a new product and included my own seasoned views based on more than 20 years of using software and writing about Linux.
Do you deserve something better? I think an apology is in order!
I've posted in other sites about the proliferation of Linux distros that sees many of them fall under the radar and this unfortunately is destined to be another.
In terms of custom developed Xfce we already have the likes of Zorin Lite, Modicia and Makulu and all of these have a serious marketing platform to promote their product. With just a Dropbox download and very little else I can't see Blue Collar going anywhere.
If you want to respect, tolerate and understand a far-right white supremacist who has pieced together a Linux distro for Joe and Jane Whitebread, do so. But before you leap to his defense, first prove that 'white-bread' does NOT mean 'belonging to the white US middle class'. :-)) And say out loud why you need a battle cry like 'political correctness', introduced by the US American far-right? In order to demonstrate that YOUR enemy stereotype is 'true'? :-)) Oh, dearie, you've revealed your true colors, too.
By the way, what do you think? Why did Jack directly quote Auringer's white supremacist crap twice, and indirectly once more? In order to show that he's like him, or in order to show who Auringer is? :-)) In order to help you: the magic word is 'subtilit'. Should be 'subtlety' in English.
Blue Collar Linux: Something Borrowed, Something New
Posted by: Jack M. Germain January 15, 2019 01:24 PMSometimes it takes more than a few tweaks to turn an old-style desktop design into a fresh new Linux distribution. That is the case with the public release of Blue Collar Linux. Blue Collar Linux has been under development for the last four years. Until its public release this week, it has circulated only through an invitation for private use by the developer’s family, friends and associates looking for an alternative to the Windows nightmare. Another large part of his user base is the University of Wisconsin, where he engages with the math and computer science departments.
I have installed too many distros that take 1-1/2 to desktop and I have an i5 processor with 4 gig ram.
Thank you for your reviews
It sounds like it was a labor of love, not hate. I am probably too much of a geek for his distro but then I was never just an average Windows user before discovering Linux.
I hope Blue Collar Linux can lure those average Windows types. I also hope that comment's author finds something to love in this world. There is far too much hate already.
I also thank the creator of Blue Collar Linux for his service. Our armed-forces help keep America free even for those who wish to spew hateful, nasty remarks about someone they do not even know.
I was not aware former Marines were far-right supremacists. My neighbor is from the Dominican Republic and served in both the U.S Army and the Marine Corps. He is now a U.S citizen and a Sheriff's deputy.
Thanks to me, he is also now a Linux (Mint) user.
If the users he depicts are middle class, please don't tell me what the underclass is like in the United States. Here, at any rate, we avoid stupid euphemisms and call things as they are: Blue Collar blah has been pieced together for the sluggish white intellectual proletariat, and the built-in start page in the browser is ... FOX NEWS! Woohoo! :-)) Or rather NRA? Or Ku Kux Klan? Or something else that's right-wing, racist, and low-bred?
What's your reason, Jack, to spring us, your readers, on that developer and that OS? Don't we deserve better?
I write reviews about Linux products that catch my attention. I try out numerous Linux distros each week and decide which ones qualify for a review based on their news value and usefulness to my readers.
My filtering process has nothing to do with personalities, politics, or locations. Nobody pays me or the publication for review consideration. In the case of the Blue Collar review, I interviewed the developer. He merely answered my questions and had no control over what I chose to include in the background information I provided in discussing the merits and the value of the operating system he debuted.
I include background details in my reviews to give a sense of significance about Linux developers and what makes their distros significant or not worthy. I provided that information as part of the news aspect of announcing a new Linux distribution.
So, Vircilinus, I did not "spring" anything on you or any other reader about Blue Collar Linux, its developer, or any other Linux product. I presented news and facts about the development of a new product and included my own seasoned views based on more than 20 years of using software and writing about Linux.
Do you deserve something better? I think an apology is in order!
I've posted in other sites about the proliferation of Linux distros that sees many of them fall under the radar and this unfortunately is destined to be another.
In terms of custom developed Xfce we already have the likes of Zorin Lite, Modicia and Makulu and all of these have a serious marketing platform to promote their product. With just a Dropbox download and very little else I can't see Blue Collar going anywhere.
By the way, what do you think? Why did Jack directly quote Auringer's white supremacist crap twice, and indirectly once more? In order to show that he's like him, or in order to show who Auringer is? :-)) In order to help you: the magic word is 'subtilit'. Should be 'subtlety' in English.