Do you use any other third-party applications that are not included in the default Ubuntu installation?
Mark Shuttleworth: I’m a fan of Gobby, which is a collaborative text editor. For the rest, I use the standard stuff. I use Gaim [Ed: now Pidgin] for instant messaging and group chats. Lifehacker: How do you manage your to-do list, calendar, and email? Mark Shuttleworth: Most of that happens in my inbox—I don’t have a separate to-do list. That way I can keep everything in one place. Lifehacker: Do you spend any time with web applications? Mark Shuttleworth: I use the Google infrastructure quite heavily. Lifehacker: Do you think web applications will affect the Linux desktop in the future? Mark Shuttleworth: Yeah, I think we’re seeing interesting ideas around blurring the line between the web and applications. Although at this stage the pendulum’s still very heavily swinging toward a web-centric view of the world. Lifehacker: Do you think we’ll ever get to the point when the Linux desktop is nothing more than a terminal used to connect to the web? Mark Shuttleworth: No, I don’t think so.
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