KDE will still continue to be actively developed by its community, and will continue to be the default environment for many other *nix distributions. Hell, KDE will still be available to Ubuntu users; it just means that you'll have to go through a little extra work to install the vanilla version. This may even be better for KDE in the long run, by ending Kubuntu's questionable tweaks which may have ruined the ideal experience for many people.
I'll do something crazy and be a constructive Slashdotter. Whether or not parent is trolling, at least other readers can glean some information. Hopefully I'm not completely full of shit...
"Android" is just the name of an operating system that employs the Linux kernel, the same as "Ubuntu" or "Slackware." Also like Ubuntu, it is financially supported and actively developed by a parent company. It is unique in its ground-up adaptation and optimization for battery-powered mobile architectures, as well as its display manager and development frameworks that are all designed from the ground up for low-resolution touch screens. It is also unique in its widespread use and endorsement among many hardware manufacturers.
The implementation of Linux in the context of this Spark tablet is also tailored very much for that hardware, and that is just an inherent beauty of Linux. It is using a version of KDE that is modified to be more friendly for the touch screen, but probably not as intuitively as Android's environment. I am seeing regular K-applications in the demo for this unit which are typically mouse-and-keyboard oriented. Out of the box this tablet probably lacks the necessary libraries and whatever other software capacities may be needed to run an Android application. However, that is not impossible and in fact I would be very surprised if somebody doesn't set one of these up to be able to do so. It will probably just be unintuitive...
Not to shoot down the article, because this really is a fantastic idea for efficient travel and parking in congested downtown locations, but haven't folding cars been used in urban Japan for the better part of a decade?
I work in IT. I once received a help request from a person in a computer lab who told me that their screen would only display blackness, regardless of moving their mouse or tapping the keyboard. The monitor was on. So, I came to take a look, and sure enough, the screen was black.
Know why?
Because the fucking computer wasn't even there. It had been removed for service and the "Out of order" sign taped to the monitor somehow wasn't enough of an indicator.
Those eons spent waiting for your files to be restored are far better than having fully lost them altogether. In the case of your local backup being taken out by a fire or theft, the wait for internet-based backup to restore would be the least of your inconveniences.
Anybody have a good recommendation for using magnet links from the CLI? I tend to have a headless, GUI-less Linux machine handle large downloads for me.
Spend your days supporting clients via your proposed method, and you'll quickly learn to appreciate Exchange as the most functional option available. Whether or not the protocol is standardized by IETF, it is VERY widely accepted as a standard now within the enterprise world. Any modern smartphone or even Mac will support Exchange out of the box, no Outlook required.
The only "correct" method is the one that works reliably and securely for your clients. Exchange has been for every environment I've worked in.
The separation of window switching functionality into the overview means that an effective solution to switching is provided when it is desired by the user, but that it is hidden from view when it is not necessary.
I understand what they're trying to get at, but having the task-switching UI remain immediately out of the way makes it a pain in the ass when you actually want to start switching tasks. The decades-old method of simply auto-hiding a window list till your mouse is on it (such as an auto-hiding task bar in Windows) is a far less cumbersome method of hiding the task-switching UI than the approach that gnome-shell has been attempting.
I submit to you that it is possible for a person to live a healthy lifestyle and still have a Netflix subscription. People can not and will not be physically active for 100% of their spare time; in fact, an important aspect of both physical and mental health is REST. To relax and have some time of relative inactivity each week is important for a person's well being.
Whether this time is better spent watching a TV or doing something equally relaxing is subjective, however this doesn't appear to be the point you're driving toward.
There is no doubt that Netflix fuels the temptation to be a lazy slob, but so do a lot of things. Why don't you target people who overuse Internet, cable TV, and video games? Hell, even bookworms?
I know I'm feeding a troll here, but while your opinion of sedentary habits is (mostly) in the right place, your decision to target Netflix is fairly misguided.
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And then a command line uninstall of unity-desktop.
KDE will still continue to be actively developed by its community, and will continue to be the default environment for many other *nix distributions. Hell, KDE will still be available to Ubuntu users; it just means that you'll have to go through a little extra work to install the vanilla version. This may even be better for KDE in the long run, by ending Kubuntu's questionable tweaks which may have ruined the ideal experience for many people.
Now you can just run Ubuntu with vanilla KDE4. I submit to you that this is actually a better experience than Kubuntu's twist on KDE4.
I'll do something crazy and be a constructive Slashdotter. Whether or not parent is trolling, at least other readers can glean some information. Hopefully I'm not completely full of shit...
"Android" is just the name of an operating system that employs the Linux kernel, the same as "Ubuntu" or "Slackware." Also like Ubuntu, it is financially supported and actively developed by a parent company. It is unique in its ground-up adaptation and optimization for battery-powered mobile architectures, as well as its display manager and development frameworks that are all designed from the ground up for low-resolution touch screens. It is also unique in its widespread use and endorsement among many hardware manufacturers.
The implementation of Linux in the context of this Spark tablet is also tailored very much for that hardware, and that is just an inherent beauty of Linux. It is using a version of KDE that is modified to be more friendly for the touch screen, but probably not as intuitively as Android's environment. I am seeing regular K-applications in the demo for this unit which are typically mouse-and-keyboard oriented. Out of the box this tablet probably lacks the necessary libraries and whatever other software capacities may be needed to run an Android application. However, that is not impossible and in fact I would be very surprised if somebody doesn't set one of these up to be able to do so. It will probably just be unintuitive...
Yawn.
Obligatory:
http://pbfcomics.com/156/
Not to shoot down the article, because this really is a fantastic idea for efficient travel and parking in congested downtown locations, but haven't folding cars been used in urban Japan for the better part of a decade?
...Which, incidentally, will influence the shape of things to come.
I work in IT. I once received a help request from a person in a computer lab who told me that their screen would only display blackness, regardless of moving their mouse or tapping the keyboard. The monitor was on. So, I came to take a look, and sure enough, the screen was black.
Know why?
Because the fucking computer wasn't even there. It had been removed for service and the "Out of order" sign taped to the monitor somehow wasn't enough of an indicator.
Those eons spent waiting for your files to be restored are far better than having fully lost them altogether. In the case of your local backup being taken out by a fire or theft, the wait for internet-based backup to restore would be the least of your inconveniences.
Anybody have a good recommendation for using magnet links from the CLI? I tend to have a headless, GUI-less Linux machine handle large downloads for me.
There's a "sup dawg" joke in that somewhere.
Spend your days supporting clients via your proposed method, and you'll quickly learn to appreciate Exchange as the most functional option available. Whether or not the protocol is standardized by IETF, it is VERY widely accepted as a standard now within the enterprise world. Any modern smartphone or even Mac will support Exchange out of the box, no Outlook required.
The only "correct" method is the one that works reliably and securely for your clients. Exchange has been for every environment I've worked in.
Wait... what?
Well, Google's search result styling is very much like other search engines that preceded it. Infoseek comes to mind...
It's only hazardous because of people staring at their screen and not watching where the fuck they're going.
You mean it's not made by Apple in California?
Yeah, but neither of those are Ferarris. I probably wouldn't liken the film to a Ferarri either, but I digress...
Not a proper noun, and not the fuel company. Now it makes more sense.
Though still, nobody can find that they're looking for...
At the very least, you could choose to actively denounce the download.com distribution of your software.
The separation of window switching functionality into the overview means that an effective solution to switching is provided when it is desired by the user, but that it is hidden from view when it is not necessary.
I understand what they're trying to get at, but having the task-switching UI remain immediately out of the way makes it a pain in the ass when you actually want to start switching tasks. The decades-old method of simply auto-hiding a window list till your mouse is on it (such as an auto-hiding task bar in Windows) is a far less cumbersome method of hiding the task-switching UI than the approach that gnome-shell has been attempting.
Turn them 90 degrees. Bam! Vertically polarized.
I submit to you that it is possible for a person to live a healthy lifestyle and still have a Netflix subscription. People can not and will not be physically active for 100% of their spare time; in fact, an important aspect of both physical and mental health is REST. To relax and have some time of relative inactivity each week is important for a person's well being.
Whether this time is better spent watching a TV or doing something equally relaxing is subjective, however this doesn't appear to be the point you're driving toward.
There is no doubt that Netflix fuels the temptation to be a lazy slob, but so do a lot of things. Why don't you target people who overuse Internet, cable TV, and video games? Hell, even bookworms?
I know I'm feeding a troll here, but while your opinion of sedentary habits is (mostly) in the right place, your decision to target Netflix is fairly misguided.
Let's just assume (or hope like hell) that PortHaven is joking.