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Three New Releases (And Other News) From Mozilla
An anonymous reader writes "A couple of interesting releases by mozilla.org. First of all Mozilla 1.5 was released. This is supposed to be the last version of the old Mozilla suite. Mozilla Firebird 0.7, the stand-alone browser by mozilla.org was also released today. It includes many new features, e.g. Web Panels. For more information see the newly designed product page for Firebird. A third release is the stand-alone version of the Mozilla mail-program Thunderbird , which has now reached version 0.3.
The Mozilla Foundation also launched new end user services, like CD Sales and Telephone Support. As an effort to target more end-users, a redesigned website was also created.
As always MozillaZine has all of the stories, too.
Give these new releases a try, but please use a mirror if possible."
They blew up some Americans today. Fucking bastards. And when American investigators showed up at the scene to check it out, these goddamn sand niggers stoned them. These are the same sons of bitches that were dancing in the streets on 9/11- and don't say that those were just a few misguided youths, anybody who saw those pictures knows it was a hell of a lot more than that. Fucking palestinians. That place was a goddamn barren desert, they didn't even live there. Then the zionists showed up and created a veritable paradise. Only then do all these dirty arabs show up pissing and moaning. I dream that someday soon the Israelis will dish out a little final solution of their own.
Ladies and gentlemen... I have a confession to make.
I hate Linux.
Don't get me wrong. I love that Linux exists. I love that there is an open source community that challenges the Microsoft monopoly. I think Linus Torvalds has done a great thing for planet Earth. I love that there are thousands of people who are programming free software for the simple joy of it.
I just don't want it anywhere near me, that's all.
I've been studying computers and computer technology for a while. I've taken one course specifically devoted to Linux, and I have had considerable dealings with it since. So, sure, I'm not an expert. But I'm not exactly a novice, either.
First of all: you have to learn all the stupid little abbreviated commands to use it, even if you have a nice clean GUI. There are no exceptions. Want to install that nice free software you just downloaded? Gotta do it from the command line. In contrast, Windows does everything for you. They dumb it down for you. Sure, it's a little insulting, a little demeaning... but I don't have to work at it.
Secondly... the infamous blue screen of death. Sure, I don't get it when I run Linux... but only because the screen of death in question isn't blue. It's more like black. Windows crashes when I try to run eight programs at once. Linux crashes when I close the laptop lid.
And I'm not talking about a little crash. I had to flip the bloody thing over and pull out the battery.
Thirdly... I'm sorry. Linux people are nerds. Now sure, nerds are a good thing... but you're all nerds. If I wanted to deal with a 100% nerd social circle, I'd go to Star Trek conventions. Let's face it... if you even know what Linux is, you're in the top five nerd percentile of the planet.
Fourth... crappy web browsers. Like most of the planet, I use computers primarily for the Internet, and the Internet primarily for the Web. My web access is important to me. I downloaded Mozilla once, just to try it out on my home computer.
It's slower than IE, and doesn't display some sites correctly. That makes it worse than IE. Period.
My dislike (and yes, a certain amount of contempt) for Linux is the main reason I don't like to refer to myself as a computer geek. Yes, I definitely have a lot of geekish tendencies. This website is a shrine to my geekiness. I am very geeky, adjective. But I am not a geek, noun.
Because I don't live on caffiene, I don't play Quake, I don't read Slashdot, and I hate Linux.