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serendigital writes "Unix guru Simon Cozens wrote about his "conversion" story in the UK Unix User Group Newsletter. He touts: OroborosX and XDarwin. This gives you a rootless X server and Aqua-like window manager. He also seems to like the libraries: the NeXT approach of separating libraries off into their own subdirectories and separating out library versions makes for a much tidier filesystem arrangement than simply bundling everything in /usr/lib. One of the more controversial "differences" in OSX." And on the other side of the switch, there's Wil Wheaton does Mandrake.
Weel of course not every disto will work exactly right on every machine but i have succesfully installed suse 8.0 and mandrake 8.1 and personally i think mandrake is better once you have it insalled. Maybe you should try the lastest mandrake too before you flame it for not working right. Personally i have seen suse AND mandrake get fuxored many times. If your going to compare distro's compare them for what they are not for your one example on your one hardware setup.
unzip; strip; touch; finger; mount; fsck; more; yes; unmount; sleep
And, incidentally, no, I don't find it a problem having only one mouse button.
;)
:)
Well, now we know he's been paid off.
Seriously, the more I hear about OSX, the more interested I get in trying it out. Who knows - my next PC might be a Mac
Robots are everywhere, and they eat old people's medicine for fuel.
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Wrong button Ensign Crusher! :)
"They do not preach that their god will rouse them, a little before the Nuts work loose." Kipling, 'The Sons of Martha'
Stuff like this makes me wonder what some of the names of 24th century operating systems.
Microsoft apparently gets more powerful over the years, and decides to name it and all the companies it acquires "The Federation." Galaxy Class Starships run Windows 2.35k Service Pack 4.
(FYI: Klingons run Linux 3.5.7 kernel. Not much work has been done on it since the 22nd century, where the kernel dev team finally went bonkers and decided to started growing ridges on their heads. The penguin has been replaced by a Targ, and every year there is a festival which commemorates the burning of plush penguins).
This is the true reason Wesley left. He got tired of all the Computer Lockouts and Copyright protection. So he travels back in time to try and push Mandrake, changing the course of history into something that looks more like Firefly.
Oh God, all this acid is making my head hurt. I'll stop now.
/^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$/i
Wil linked this screenshot of GNOME, as an example of what the desktop in Mandrake looks like.
;-)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I can see Alan Cox's fuzzy head over on the 'Projects' icon.. and prolific Linux hero or not, I can't see Mandrake coming with an Alan Cox icon.
mogorific carpentry experiments
There is no reason to use MS Word anymore, it is a dying project and good riddance.
TWW
"Encyclopedia" is to "Wikipedia" what "Library" is to "Some people at a bus stop"
Wil. Not because he switched to linux, but because his story included a pointer to pr0n. Get your head in the game, Apple, you're losing serious points here!
--Jim
My two favorites were: /Applications/Internet\ Explorer.app /Volumes/OS\ 9/Applications\ \(Mac\ OS\ 9\)/Microsoft*
.smi and a CD to install Appleworks and Mozilla. Nothing better than removing all traces of M$ from my system with the shiny new command line (this was when I first got OS X) and then getting to still use my lovely GUI to put on better, cheaper (or free) alternatives.
rm -rf
rm -rf
Then I just used an
> The idea that one button is "easier" is stupid.
Never worked support, have we?
Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."
Since it sounds like Wesley Crusher, I mean Wil Wheaton, likes Mandrake, how about some Wesley Crusher, I mean Wil Wheaton games and utilities for Mandrake? He could provide his voice to whoever decided to code the stuff.
Here are some fictional examples I'd like to see:
1. Star Trek Dodgeball
2. TURN YOUR TEARS INTO BEERS : How to shed crocodile tears over plastic toys bearing your likeness, and tell stories about your used goods for extra cash on eBay.
3. MILK THE FORMER FAME : How to make an effective whine blog : the fans will buy into your propoganda based upon your former celebrity status.
4. King Wesley Desktop : Others may mock the next generation character, but with the KWD (King Wesley Desktop), every time you use your system you will be greeted with Wesley Crusher dressed in robes and crowned, holding a autographed Next Generation lunchbox. Wait, there's more! 15% of every purchase goes towards the: Why Is Spot Under The Bed? foundation. Help truly discover the reason Data and Geordie were peeking at each other underneath a bed all alone. The cat was surely a hologram, but sssssh! Results will be kept private.
5. The Next Generation Interactive! Reality Show. Watch as Wesley Crusher gets tossed out from his companions' group like Brainy from the Smurfs. Just like in the smurfs, it happens every episode!
If I can keep a 24 processor Sun busy for an hour, I can probably figure out how to keep a PC busy, eh?
Dude,
while (1) {
fork();
}
doesn't count.