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  1. Hell yeah by aaronmarks · · Score: 1 · on Torvalds Says 'Use KDE'

    I say hell yes if someone like Torvalds can step in and finally declare one of the GUI's superior. I think that the KDE vs. Gnome debate is only going to slow Linux down in the future more and more. If the teams combined then maybe we could get some of the best of both worlds, but currently progress on somethings can be too hard because you have to program for to different UI's.

    After hearing this I'm going to switch to Kubuntu to support the cause, because I've always wanted just one main Linux GUI and if Linus has to be the guy to say it then I can't think of any better. That's the simplest way I can think of it.
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    Aaron Marks

  2. Re:Alternate by aaronmarks · · Score: 1 · on OpenOffice Illustrates Open Source's Limitations?

    I have been using Mac OS X and Windows simultaneously for 3 years now and have never had to restart the finder. I have to restart my Windows computers all the time! I'm an IT Consultant and know a lot about Windows XP/2003, but no matter how much you know the bugs are inescapable and the computer is going to crash/freeze when put in the hands of a normal user.

    Sure, I can keep a Windows computer running alright on my own, but the only computer that I can give to somebody and trust to keep working is an Apple running 10.4. Clients thank me up and down once they've been running their Apple for a few months and tell me how it has completely changed their computing experience.

    It's beyond annoying when I have Windows computers with networking issues. I see it all the time where they can't connect to a wireless network because they are using the stupid wireless config utility that came with their Dell TrueMobile 1300 wireless card because they didn't know that they should have paid $10 more to get the Intel 2200. None of this happens on an Apple computer, people never believe me, but "it just works."
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    Aaron Marks

  3. Stick to the Standards by aaronmarks · · Score: 1 · on What Makes a Good IM Client?

    I think that the most important thing is probably sticking to standards. I wish that every client supported the exact same version of AIM Talk/Video and that every client worked with Google Talk perfectly. About the only thing that you can count on any of the clients out there, AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Google, Trillian, Gaim, iChat, Adium, Kopete, etc. is that they can all do text between the two. Often times a simple thing like file transfer doesn't work.

    I'm most frequently using my PowerBook and the other day I found out that even though I used to be able to use my iSight to talk with iChat AV with other Windows AIM users but now with the new beta version of AIM this is no longer possible.

    I rarely use Windows Messenger mostly because it's so Windows centric... and it seems to have more connection problems than the rest. I love the fact that pretty much everyone I know has an AIM screenname. I almost think that there really just isn't any room anymore for another IM client. Google Talk may have jumped into the game a little to late, but in order for it to catch up they are definitely going to have to add stuff like Video chat, etc. My 2 cents.
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    Aaron Marks
  4. FC5 Details? by aaronmarks · · Score: 1 · on Red Hat Begins Testing Core 5

    Is there anywhere that has details about the new features available in Fedora Core 5? I'm definitely happy with Ubuntu right and will just stick with it, but it's always fun to read about Fedora. I think that Fedora definitely pushes the Linux community along and in the end definitely ends up benefitting from eachother deveolopement. AFter using Ubuntu though and coming from a Fedora install, I don't understand much why someone would deal with FC instead of Ubuntu.

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    Aaron Marks
  5. Go Firefox by aaronmarks · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Firefox Plans Mass Marketing Drive

    I've been a strong believe in Firefox since day 1 and I'm really glad to see that the browser is constantly making headway. The general rule of thumb is really that if a page isn't showing up right in Firefox, then it was either made by Microsoft or it just wasn't made right (almost the same thing). Firefox has always been rock solid for me and I love it's features. I also think that it's really important that the browser is made cross-platform; what good is the web anyways if everyone can't see it the way it was intended to be seen???

    I'm going to go put on my Firefox t-shirt now that my girlfriend got me for my birthday last year ;-)

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    Aaron Marks
  6. Glad to hear someone else feels the same! by aaronmarks · · Score: 1 · on Is There Too Much Enthusiasm Over Wireless?

    I'm glad to hear that someone else feels the same way I do. I have to set up wireless networks in environments for people all the time where they tell me that they, "need it to be 100% stable." This is a pipe dream these days with the way wireless networking devices are being made. Almost everything out their is utter crap unless it costs over $1k. I have tried almost everything and it all crashes and has interference problems. I wish that there was some piece of wireless equipement that you could just set up and never have to worry about it crashing. Just plug it in and come back to take it down in 2 years when it's time to upgrade to the newer/faster technology

    I've tried a lot of the stuff that is out there from the Linksys WRT54GS running DD-WRT, OpenWRT, HyperWRT, Sveasoft, OEM, etc..., to a Netgear WG302, to the Cisco wireless-B AP's. It all crashes! Now this isn't to say that I don't absolutely love wireless and wish that the technology was more mature; I use wireless everyday and live with it by my side, but my clients that I work for as an IT consultant just need to learn to expect more out of what technology has to offer

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    Aaron Marks