When will the Operating System not matter?当将作业系统没有问题？

There are all kinds of computer users.有各种各样的计算机用户。 On one end of the spectrum, there are folks that just want their MySpace and iTunes, and on the other end there are folks like me who really dig computers - they are a hobby, they are (possibly) a career, and most importantly they are a passion.在一端的频谱，还有人说他们只是想MySpace和iTunes中，并在另一端有像我这样的人谁真正挖掘电脑-他们是一种爱好，他们（可能）的职业生涯，而且最重要的，他们是一种激情。

Even in the latter category there is often division.即使在后一类往往是有分工。 You will run into “Computer Guys” who define themselves as “Mac Guys”, or “PC/MS/Windows Guys” or “Linux/UNIX Guys” (or Gals in all 3 cases您将运行到“计算机家伙”谁界定自己为“苹果家伙” ，或“电脑/质谱/的Windows家伙”或“的Linux / UNIX的家伙” （或三角旗号在所有3例 ). ） 。

I just enjoy computers.我只想享受电脑。 I enjoy interacting with a machine and making it do something, and I enjoy exploring different systems to see what makes them work, and learning how to make different systems interact with each other.我喜欢互动的机器，使之有所作为，我喜欢探索不同的系统看看让他们工作，学习如何让不同的系统互相交流。 I do enjoy the Linux experience more simply because I can be involved in it.我不喜欢Linux的经验，更简单，因为我可以参与它。 I can test new stuff, file bug reports, send the developer of an application an e-mail, communicate with other Linux users on mailing lists, web forums and IRC chat-rooms.我可以测试新的东西，文件错误报告，向开发商申请一个电子邮箱，与其他Linux用户的邮件列表，网上论坛和IRC聊天室。 I can help a new Linux user get started, or help an experienced user figure out that really weird error they’re getting.我可以帮助一个新的Linux用户开始使用，或帮助一名经验丰富的用户找出真正奇怪的错误他们得到。 This part of it is the “hobby” for me.这部分是“业余爱好” ，对我来说。 Recently I’ve also been getting interested in OpenSolaris, running it in a Virtual Machine.最近我也越来越有兴趣的OpenSolaris ，它运行在一个虚拟机。 It looks really interesting, and like Linux is an open community and I’m very interested to see where it goes in the future.看起来真的很有趣，就像Linux是一个开放社会，我非常有兴趣地看到球在那里的未来。 In short, I simply like the Open Source way of doing things.总之，我只是想开源的处事方式。 You can see what’s under the hood, and a community of people, who likely have never met in person can collaborate over the Internet and create something that is used and enjoyed by millions of people (apparently the number of Ubuntu users has now risen to你可以看到什么引擎盖下，和一个社区的人，谁可能从未见过的人可以合作，在互联网上创造的东西是用来享受数以百万计的人（显然是一些Ubuntu的用户已经上升至 8 million and growing 800万美元和日益增加 ). ） 。

I am blessed to be able to use all three major “desktop platforms” every day.我很幸运，能够使用所有三个主要“台式机平台”每一天。 I have my “Home-Grown” Ubuntu desktop at home, my Dell Precision Workstation running Vista at work and I have a MacBook Pro that I’m able to use as well.我有我的“土生土长” Ubuntu的台式机在家里，我的戴尔Precision工作站上运行Vista的工作和我有一个MacBook Pro的，我能够使用的。 The odd thing is, between all three Operating Systems, as different (or similar) as they may be, I can use many of the same applications.奇怪的是，在所有这三个作业系统，不同的（或类似） ，因为它们可能是，我可以使用许多相同的应用。 For example, on all three machines I have OpenOffice.org, Firefox, VirtualBox, GIMP, VIM, and probably something obvious I’m forgetting.例如，在所有这三个机器我OpenOffice.org ， Firefox的VirtualBox ，页蛋白，并可能有明显我忘了。 There is also the aspect of “Cloud Computing”, and I use Gmail.com for my email and Google Reader to manage my RSS feeds and this very blog is hosted on WordPress.com, which in turn uses Amazon S3 to host media.还有部分“云计算” ，我使用Gmail.com为我的电子邮件和谷歌阅读器来管理我的RSS源，这是非常博客托管在WordPress.com ，这反过来又利用亚马逊三主办媒体。 It seems every day we are getting to the point to where it will not matter what Operating System you are using.似乎每一天我们正在点的地方也不会不管你的作业系统使用。 What will matter most are the applications installed (or better yet, if it has internet access), and many of those applications, thanks to the Open Source community will be the very same Applications across all of the platforms.什么是最重要的应用程序安装（或更好的，如果有互联网接入） ，以及许多人的申请，由于开源社区将是相同的应用在所有的平台。 I haven’t even touched on the mega-smartphone craze!我还没有触及巨型智能手机热潮！ Man the iPhone and T-Mobile G1 “Google Phone” can in effect be computers in themselves! iPhone的男人和T - Mobile G1的“谷歌电话”可实际上是在自己的电脑！

Yet another open source project, WINE breaks those barriers down even further by allowing Windows applications to run on Linux/UNIX and even the Mac.然而，另一个开源项目，葡萄酒打破这些障碍甚至进一步下降，使Windows的应用程序运行在Linux / UNIX的，甚至在Mac 。 Also, all three of the major desktop virtualization applications (VMware Workstation/Fusion, Parallels Desktop and VirtualBox) allow some sort of “unity” or “seamless” mode where the applications virutalized in the VM can be integrated directly onto the host machine’s desktop.此外，所有三个主要桌面虚拟化应用（ VMware工作站/融合，而Parallels Desktop和VirtualBox ）使某种“统一”或“无缝”模式下的应用virutalized在虚拟机可直接集成到主机的桌面上。

At work, I’m in the middle of a new Citrix XenApp deployment which will allow my Mac using remote employee the same access to the same proprietary Windows applications as his Windows using colleague.在工作中，我中一个新的Citrix XenApp部署这将使我的Mac使用远程雇员同样可以使用相同的专有的Windows应用程序的Windows他用的同事。 I could also fire up a Linux desktop, install the Citrix client, and again access the same applications.我还可以火了Linux桌面系统，安装了Citrix客户端，并再次获得相同的应用程序。

Every year someone predicts “This will be the year of Linux on the Desktop”.每年有人预言“这将是今年的Linux在桌面上” 。 Well, every year that hasn’t come to be, but since Dell first started offering Ubuntu systems pre-installed on their website, it’s been getting closer.那么，每年还没有来，但因为戴尔公司开始提供Ubuntu的系统预先安装在他们的网站上，它已经越来越接近。 The “netbook” craze has helped expose Linux to many people who have never heard of Linux (and many that still don’t even know they are running Linux).在“ netbook ”热潮已帮助揭露Linux的许多人谁从来没有听说过Linux操作系统（以及很多仍然什至不知道他们是运行Linux ） 。 Lenovo was offering Thinkpads with Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop pre-installed, and Dell offers Precision Workstations with Red Hat Enterprise Linux as well.联想推出的ThinkPad与Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise桌面系统预先安装，与戴尔Precision工作站提供与红帽企业Linux以及。 Wal-Mart has even made a couple of attempts at Linux Powered Desktops.沃尔玛甚至还做出了一些尝试Linux的桌面。 Linux on the desktop is going strong, slowly but surely, but what I’m really waiting for is “The year of Open Source on the Desktop”, and the day that the OS no longer matters! Linux操作系统正在强劲，缓慢但稳步地，但我真的等待是“一年的开放源码的桌面” ，以及一天的操作系统不再事项！