Guys from Seopher did an interview with Srlinuxx, the owner of Tuxmachines.org.
I know the interview happened in April 2007, however, it is still relevant even after 10 months, its still fresh and its still as inspiring.
I'll take a few experts from it
Soepher : I like seeing how many reads each item has - LinuxToday does that and I find it comforting, especially when my content is up there! So do you run the site full time?
Srlinuxx : Well, I guess you could say I work on it full time. More than full time. I can't even add up the hours I put into it, not to mention the articles I write. I update it quite often. I keep my eye open for articles every waking hour and actively hunt every coupla hours. I'm working from the time I get up 'til the time I go to bed on it. Even when I'm sleeping, I get up every few hours to update it.
Now I understand the significance behind the ultra updated Tuxmachines.
Srlinuxx means business, she has no qualms in accepting that she wants revenue from her site.
Soepher: Well it seems to be working. What about more generally?
Srlinuxx :All the time, effort, and love I put into it, I'd like to be able to pull in a bit of revenue. Not just personally but also for the site. I'd like to move the site to a dedicated host for better performance, but until some substantial revenue starts coming in that's pretty much impossible. It's still a goal though. Someday...
She does not believe in taking the easy way out. Though she likes PCLinuxOS, OpenSUSE etc, but at personally she uses Debain as server and Gentoo as Desktop. ( No Mention of Ubuntu). She is preety active in Gentoo Forums too.
Soepher:Crucial question here... What is your favourite distro around at the moment?
Srlinuxx: It's so hard to pin down a favorite. I use Gentoo on my desktop daily. I guess one could say it's still my favorite. ...or perhaps it's just home. But when I first started using it in the fall of 2003 and for two or three years afterwards I was totally in love with it. I moved from Gentoo to Debian on my server and I'm so pleased with it. It's doing a fine job for me.
But other distros I like a whole lot (I think in order) include PCLOS, openSUSE, Slackware & derivatives (such as wolvix), SimplyMepis... and of course Mandriva. Mandriva has its problems, but one never gets over their first love. I like so many of them, it's hard to list really. ...as long as it's Linux.
And Finally she believes that desktop Linux is a reality now.
Soepher: That's true, there were some very "militant" viewpoints expressed around the time. So in your opinion (with that aside) where do you think desktop Linux could be improved?
SrLinuxx: That's a toughy for me. I think it is pretty good now. With distros like PCLOS you get good looks, advanced features, and a wonderful out-of-the-box experience. Many equate improvement with fancy features, but that results in bloat and sometimes instablity. I think finding a good balance between needed functionality and luxury features is the challenge these days - from the kernel outward.
I loved the interview because this is exactly the way I think too, though I prefer to take an easy way out and love PCLOS against the source based Gentoo :). Jokes apart Srlinuxx is going a great job by letting us have access to the most updated Linux Site on internet. Does anyone know her real name? I feel a little awkward by always referring her as Srlinuxx.
I know the interview happened in April 2007, however, it is still relevant even after 10 months, its still fresh and its still as inspiring.
I'll take a few experts from it
Soepher : I like seeing how many reads each item has - LinuxToday does that and I find it comforting, especially when my content is up there! So do you run the site full time?
Srlinuxx : Well, I guess you could say I work on it full time. More than full time. I can't even add up the hours I put into it, not to mention the articles I write. I update it quite often. I keep my eye open for articles every waking hour and actively hunt every coupla hours. I'm working from the time I get up 'til the time I go to bed on it. Even when I'm sleeping, I get up every few hours to update it.
Now I understand the significance behind the ultra updated Tuxmachines.
Srlinuxx means business, she has no qualms in accepting that she wants revenue from her site.
Soepher: Well it seems to be working. What about more generally?
Srlinuxx :All the time, effort, and love I put into it, I'd like to be able to pull in a bit of revenue. Not just personally but also for the site. I'd like to move the site to a dedicated host for better performance, but until some substantial revenue starts coming in that's pretty much impossible. It's still a goal though. Someday...
She does not believe in taking the easy way out. Though she likes PCLinuxOS, OpenSUSE etc, but at personally she uses Debain as server and Gentoo as Desktop. ( No Mention of Ubuntu). She is preety active in Gentoo Forums too.
Soepher:Crucial question here... What is your favourite distro around at the moment?
Srlinuxx: It's so hard to pin down a favorite. I use Gentoo on my desktop daily. I guess one could say it's still my favorite. ...or perhaps it's just home. But when I first started using it in the fall of 2003 and for two or three years afterwards I was totally in love with it. I moved from Gentoo to Debian on my server and I'm so pleased with it. It's doing a fine job for me.
But other distros I like a whole lot (I think in order) include PCLOS, openSUSE, Slackware & derivatives (such as wolvix), SimplyMepis... and of course Mandriva. Mandriva has its problems, but one never gets over their first love. I like so many of them, it's hard to list really. ...as long as it's Linux.
And Finally she believes that desktop Linux is a reality now.
Soepher: That's true, there were some very "militant" viewpoints expressed around the time. So in your opinion (with that aside) where do you think desktop Linux could be improved?
SrLinuxx: That's a toughy for me. I think it is pretty good now. With distros like PCLOS you get good looks, advanced features, and a wonderful out-of-the-box experience. Many equate improvement with fancy features, but that results in bloat and sometimes instablity. I think finding a good balance between needed functionality and luxury features is the challenge these days - from the kernel outward.
I loved the interview because this is exactly the way I think too, though I prefer to take an easy way out and love PCLOS against the source based Gentoo :). Jokes apart Srlinuxx is going a great job by letting us have access to the most updated Linux Site on internet. Does anyone know her real name? I feel a little awkward by always referring her as Srlinuxx.
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