What's the Deal With CommodoreUSA?

[haywirepc]

"Skinning" a Linux distro to the extend they where doing requires dedication and a lot of work.

I've been a linux user since 1996...

I disagree. If you really look at what they've done, they've given you some wallpapers, compiz panoramic graphics, made a system sound theme and a few other things.

They have also installed a bunch of things for you from the ubuntu repos.
But thats about it. Thats not development, thats simply customizing it a bit.

Development requires actual work.

Steven

[vox]

"Skinning" a Linux distro to the extend they where doing requires dedication and a lot of work.

I've been a linux user since 1996...

I disagree. If you really look at what they've done, they've given you some wallpapers, compiz panoramic graphics, made a system sound theme and a few other things.

They have also installed a bunch of things for you from the ubuntu repos.
But thats about it. Thats not development, thats simply customizing it a bit.

Development requires actual work.

Steven

Not to mention Leo pretends to be the only IT litterate person around there, beside some PR, lawliar and a dog. If that is so much of development ... I never get why do they get any followers.

Our small enthusiasts and companies kind of sound PRO and RELIABLE when compared ... as well as INNOVATIVE.

AresOne is much better and cheaper jampack if needing an x64
http://www.vesalia.de/e_aresone.htm

[Forcie]

I disagree. If you really look at what they've done, they've given you some wallpapers, compiz panoramic graphics, made a system sound theme and a few other things.

Yes. This is about the same work effort as the effort spent by a 13yo kid making an X-Files theme for Microsoft Plus! back in 1996 and uploading it to his AOL homepage. And the result is of about the same quality.

Only this time they needed to hire a "Chief Technology Officer" to manage that and told people they were "developing" an "OS". Big business...

[vox]

Yes.

Only this time they needed to hire a "Chief Technology Officer" to manage that and told people they were "developing" an "OS". Big business...

Wanna be. Sometimes I am amazed by number of PROs

New forum has introcuded few new "developers"

CTO
http://forums.commodore.net/member.php?31-Amigatek
CEO
http://forums.commodore.net/member.php?2-digitex
Staff
http://forums.commodore.net/member.php?4-Harry-Cusa
Admin
http://forums.commodore.net/member.php?1-syntek%20http://forums.commodore.net/showthread.php?26-The-man-behind-the-curtain

And there is one moderator (admins and mods are probably unpaid).

That makes 3 maybe employed persons. Now you do understand why sometimes Hyperion looks pro.

I mean, they do admit skinning other distros
http://forums.commodore.net/showthread.php?37-First-Screenshots-of-COS2-F&p=1085#post1085

COS Vision 1 is Ubuntu circa 2010 at least, as it was based on Mint 10 which was a Ubuntu 10.10 remix.
COS Vision 2 is a Mint 13 MATE remix, with the same interface as COS Vision 1. (Which IMHO is still the best UI)
You know, before the rather unneccesary(IMHO) interface schism between the Gnome and Canonical groups.
COS Fusion which is a different Commodore linux flavour looks like it is Gnome 3 based.
If you need to be more bleeding edge, then you will probably find that the ticket.

Welcome to our forums Haywirepc.

As well as AROS story should not be forgotten
http://anticusa.wordpress.com/2012/07/01/commodoreos-beta-9-uses-aros-kickstart/
http://anticusa.wordpress.com/2012/07/20/same-chaper-innovative-by-community-aresone/

[commodorejohn]

Our small enthusiasts and companies kind of sound PRO and RELIABLE when compared ... as well as INNOVATIVE.

Indeed...hell, even Hyperion looks like the peak of technical wizardry compared to these slackjaws.

[Iggy]

The product is not what we want. We want a successor to the Commodore 64 or 128 which was probably going to be a C-65, run Basic or another language, have Commodore ASCII on the keys, be 80 colums or more, run sprites, have 512K, run at 40 MHZ or more and have new hardware.

We could probably build something like what you're suggesting ourselves.
I have 14 MHz WDC65C812S chips sitting here right now.
SIDs can be emulated (the code only takes up one cog in a Parallax Propeller).
The video generator would be the toughest task to design.

[dammy]

Doesn't this troll fest belong in a basement subboard?

[vox]

Doesn't this troll fest belong in a basement subboard?

Yes, as well as all future of C-USA many, many, many innovations and promises belongs under ground not in rebel sense of words ...

As you do know trolls of trolls fest have all been listed ...
http://anticusa.wordpress.com/commodoreusa-fanboys-n-spammers-list-block-em/

Because anything can be Amiga, and nothing at same time.
http://anticusa.wordpress.com/with-cusa-anything-can-be-amiga/

[Iggy]

Doesn't this troll fest belong in a basement subboard?

Hey Dammy,
Didn't Leo just make a post where he got the name of his company's product wrong?

[CritAnime]

I have to agree with Dammy that this thread really belongs in the sub forum for Cusa related stuff.

But just to get my nose in. Their recent business model at the moment seems to be to get people to get into this reseller model. This was confirmed by the guy who did the weak podcast and from stuff on their forums.

[vox]

I have to agree with Dammy that this thread really belongs in the sub forum for Cusa related stuff.

But just to get my nose in. Their recent business model at the moment seems to be to get people to get into this reseller model. This was confirmed by the guy who dud the weak podcast and from stuff on their forums.

I agree C-USA spam does belong there. That includes any of their PR too.

There are no listed resellers so far at the website.
http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_Dealers.aspx

Great MLM scheme, just if Barry was Billy Maze ...

Guy that DUD ... nice ... like a French policeman from Allo Allo :-)

Franko did great reinterpretation of that licence
http://anticusa.wordpress.com/2012/06/27/cusa-custom-configurator-programme/

[CritAnime]

lol I have been up ages with my newborn. I have corrected the spelling mistake now

[Kesa]

lol I have been up ages with my newborn. I have corrected the spelling mistake now

Congrats on your new born! I hope its better looking than your avatar  

[haywirepc]

Quote:
Originally Posted by haywirepc  
I disagree. If you really look at what they've done, they've given you some wallpapers, compiz panoramic graphics, made a system sound theme and a few other things.
Yes. This is about the same work effort as the effort spent by a 13yo kid making an X-Files theme for Microsoft Plus! back in 1996 and uploading it to his AOL homepage. And the result is of about the same quality.

Only this time they needed to hire a "Chief Technology Officer" to manage that and told people they were "developing" an "OS". Big business...

:p

Now that made me laugh out loud.

[kedawa]

And here I was expecting a Seinfeld bit.

[haywirepc]

I do like the look of that mini.  I just don't think its worth the money. I keep saying if they give me a free one I'll use it though.

I could use a media station, or a video game machine right now.

It would be good for that at least...

And regardless of what anyone thinks, whatever they make with linux is still a hell of alot more useful than an aos4 machine.

Maybe thats why people hate them alot, with little or no actual development effort their offerings far outperform anything AOS has to offer.

Steven