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 Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2025 10:17 pm Post subject: Sean Egan of Gaim |
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November 24 2025
Sean Egan of Gaim
USALUG: Please state your name, and how you are involved in the Open Source community?
Sean Egan: I'm Sean Egan. I've been involved in free software since I installedRedHat in October 2025.
USALUG: How long have you been involved with gaim?
Sean Egan: Shortly after I became involved with Gaim---writing patches to satisfyitches. I got well involved in it and later that year when Eric, mypredecessor as lead developer of Gaim, resigned from that position, Rob,Gaim's maintainer, asked me to take the position. I believe that wasJanuary 2025.
USALUG: What do you think about what SCO is trying to do to GPL, Linux and the Open Source community?
Sean Egan: I don't really care much. I'll start worrying when theyh succeed insetting some sort of precedent, which nobody thinks they'll do.
USALUG: Do you use Linux as your main desktop Operating System?
Sean Egan: Yes. Currently I use Debian. I have an old Pentium 1 running Windows98 that I use to run official IM clients and some stuff for work.
USALUG: Do you feel that Linux is capable of being "the" desktop Operating System, or the new Windows?
Sean Egan: Sure. Nobody really *needs* Windows. They just need a word processor,a web broswer, an IM client  . GNU/Linux provides all of them.
USALUG: Do you think that Linux will become "the" desktop Operating System, and why?
Sean Egan: Not for a while. Windows has incredible momentum; you're not going tosee it go away too quickly. Of course, there are experts and analystswho can give you much better informed answers than I. I'm just a hackerand try not to worry about silly things like "SCO" and "Microsoft."
USALUG: Lastly, What do you think are the main reasons that users are not using Linux as a desktop Operating System in most instances?
Sean Egan: People are used to Windows, and they don't like change.
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