This isn't like Win 8 where you can't reach some features without going through the metro desktop. All the tools are still there, Apple hasn't threatened (yet) to prevent installation from other sources outside their app store. They aren't making you use their little app display thing (which is really the same thing as the start menu in windows) and they let you change the weird backwards scrolling they introduced.
I'm really not sure what your anger is about? That OS X has changed? It's been around for nearly 14 years, of course it's changed. Are you worried it's losing its unix roots? iOS is unix based as well!
Besides what would you switch to?
Ubuntu? It has the best support in terms of "just working" but they have ADD about their interface which has changed how many times over the last five years? And now they decided they didn't get enough derision over the Unity fiasco so they're going to go recreate it with the Mir/Wayland controversy.
Fedora/Redhat? Kind of ADD on features from time to time. Less easy to get some components working with normal hardware. Redhat especially isn't as bleeding edge. I guess if you're going linux that's the better route but either way you lose the polish.
Win7? I don't get this at all. MS isn't going to support Win 7 forever and you'll be forced into the nastiness that is whatever windows they come up with next. Microsoft is trying to recreate Apple's success with a worse interface. If you don't like Apple I can't understand why on earth you'd switch to MS.
I was getting this yesterday when reading an article on Mashible. I noticed that it stopped doing it by logging out of Facebook. Probably something I should be doing anyway to prevent them from tracking me all over the place
I'm not sure how it's even legal. Did the Samba team get all the contributors permission before switching to GPL 3? If they had switched to a new license all together I'm certain that legally they would have had to do that. Since the GPL 3 contains new requirements I don't see why it's not being treated as a new license. If I had contributed to Samba I would personally be very upset by the license change.
It's really unfortunate. FSF does a lot of good things and Stallman is no doubt brilliant. But Stallman is also an ideologue and he ultimately controls the licenses. Many people here and elsewhere have the opinion that v3 goes too far but he's been unwilling to listen to the concerns. The real way to deal with patent abuse is through the courts and congress.
I don't get why everyone is clamoring for "actual goals". I fear any "goal" is what's going to end up ruining it. Make your own goal. I run a server with a few people and our goal is building every awesome monument we can think of. That and redstone computers to control automated minecrart tracks.
There are plenty of reasons to use encryption but the Chinese government just isn't one of them for me. If I view something they don't like, what exactly are they going to do? I suppose they could block my access but it's not like I would get thrown in a Chinese prison.
I have a lot more to worry about from identity thieves, scams and heck, my own government.
I see some MS-Bot came and marked you troll. But you're absolutely right. The commercials make no sense at all. Wouldn't a mobile device maker (and the carriers that carry it) want you to use the phone more?
Hey guys we have this great phone that you won't use like all the other phones out there!
What I find funny is that on Slashdot that GWB is pretty much universally disdained for being blinded by principle but plenty of RMS fans applaud him for it.
I respect RMS for creating the GPL but I do not respect his belief that he's right and everyone else who had different ideas about open source or free software is wrong.
You may not respect Miguel for the work he's done with Mono but he's not the only one who has problems with RMS. Even Linus has indicated that he's not a fan of RMS's style. I'm sure we can all find plenty of respect for Linus.
Well as long as ChromeOS is vaporware we can speculate that Google is going to figure out a way to finally run those Win32 apps natively on their own OS. (Think Wine but with a massive ton of resources behind it, or maybe an embedded VM to run the apps... though I'm sure that would have more licensing hurdles)
Honestly if they did I can't decide if it would be a good or a bad thing.
I agree. If you look at my posts above I had high hopes for evolution-mapi but it crashes on login:(
However I will say that using VirtualBox in seamless mode isn't too bad. Outlook sits on my desktop like any other app. I can take that pain more than I can take the pain of developing on Windows.
Actually using KVPNC I've had no issues with Cisco VPN connections.
I find it sad that Exchange support is still considered a "specialized need":). Personally I wish Mozilla would add it to Thunderbird. T-bird is a much better mail client anyway. (IMHO)
I like the speed and the new interface. Both are very nice. I was really excited when I read there were improvements to handling multiple monitors and the evolution-mapi plugin that would finally let me use the office's exchange server. Sadly both have missed the mark.
I use the Nvidia driver which means the fancy new monitor settings are not available to me (it pops an alert that tells me I have to open the Nvidia utility). The good thing is I don't have to hunt for the utility, it opens it for me, the bad is the utility is mostly useless. X sees my two screens as one huge screen, which is fine when I have two screens but sucks when I undock the laptop. No way to switch to one screen without hand-editing xorg.conf
I've always had high-hopes for evolution and I don't know why because its always been buggy and slow. This time is no different: "We have REAL exchange support this time! I promise". Sadly while I was able to install the mapi plugin and it shows in my settings, evolution helpfully crashes when I try to login. There are bugs filed against it...maybe it will get fixed... someday
And no, I have no love for exchange but I'm forced to use it. I have used the evolution-exchange package that connects through OWA... its slow and buggy. Often refusing to download my mail, losing the connection to "the backend process" requiring me to delete a certain file. All in all, not worth the hassle.
The most annoying thing is having to go on the web to find a doc. PHP is horrifying enough and then you read the docs and find all the exceptions to whatever rule (and the bugs) in the comments.
For Perl: perldoc -f [function name]
Or perldoc [Module::Name] (also man Module::Name works on most Linux distros)
Also on Linux, 'man perl' gives a list of a whole ton of man pages that give you specific information on regexes, objects, references, syntax, variables, etc.
And if you have to have it in a pretty web interface it is indeed all online (module docs are as well)
Say what you want about Perl but it has tons of useful modules and it is very well documented.
For example I sell web based school software. Recently I set a new school up with this software. The IT director assured me that they were running IE7 which we support as well as Firefox.
When I arrived on campus however, all of the computers had IE6. I explained that many features were disabled in IE6 and they just need to update. They didn't want to do it because they were worried about security.
So I suggested Firefox. This person had never heard of it and was worried that the students couldn't use something different because it "wouldn't be like they have at home". Even after I showed them Firefox. No dice. It was "different"
Fortunately I managed to get them to upgrade to IE7. But thats the kind of thing you run into. People don't understand security or web standards and they don't want to change. To them its not broken so why fix it. Its nearly impossible to get them to understand why it really is broken.
I run mail for several people. Its very frustrating because on one hand, lots of people (including my customers) use Gmail or have contactst that do. On the other the same customers are complaining more and more about the amount of spam they are getting. (and a lot comes from there)
I have a 7-digit one... well I did. The password suddenly stopped allowing me access. Either stolen somehow (never gave it out) or they just decided it shouldn't work anymore.
Oh I know:)... just remember it being a nightmare when I had to support it. Nothing like being a sendmail/postfix guy and being handed a server and instructions to "support this!"
Qmail like most of DJB's stuff suffers from being so different that people miss the good points (sort of like the windows vs. linux argument). Sure sendmail sucked but at least one knew where the mail was stored and obvious places to find the config.
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-1 The article was submitted here by Laura Weinstein herself.
well conveniently the submitter and the author of the blog are the same person. Nice of the "editor" to put maximum trolling on the frontpage.
/ one of the worst articles I've ever seen on Slashdot. That's saying something since I was around during the Jon Katz days.
This isn't like Win 8 where you can't reach some features without going through the metro desktop. All the tools are still there, Apple hasn't threatened (yet) to prevent installation from other sources outside their app store. They aren't making you use their little app display thing (which is really the same thing as the start menu in windows) and they let you change the weird backwards scrolling they introduced.
I'm really not sure what your anger is about? That OS X has changed? It's been around for nearly 14 years, of course it's changed. Are you worried it's losing its unix roots? iOS is unix based as well!
Besides what would you switch to?
Ubuntu? It has the best support in terms of "just working" but they have ADD about their interface which has changed how many times over the last five years? And now they decided they didn't get enough derision over the Unity fiasco so they're going to go recreate it with the Mir/Wayland controversy.
Fedora/Redhat? Kind of ADD on features from time to time. Less easy to get some components working with normal hardware. Redhat especially isn't as bleeding edge. I guess if you're going linux that's the better route but either way you lose the polish.
Win7? I don't get this at all. MS isn't going to support Win 7 forever and you'll be forced into the nastiness that is whatever windows they come up with next. Microsoft is trying to recreate Apple's success with a worse interface. If you don't like Apple I can't understand why on earth you'd switch to MS.
I was getting this yesterday when reading an article on Mashible. I noticed that it stopped doing it by logging out of Facebook. Probably something I should be doing anyway to prevent them from tracking me all over the place
I'm not sure how it's even legal. Did the Samba team get all the contributors permission before switching to GPL 3? If they had switched to a new license all together I'm certain that legally they would have had to do that. Since the GPL 3 contains new requirements I don't see why it's not being treated as a new license. If I had contributed to Samba I would personally be very upset by the license change.
It's really unfortunate. FSF does a lot of good things and Stallman is no doubt brilliant. But Stallman is also an ideologue and he ultimately controls the licenses. Many people here and elsewhere have the opinion that v3 goes too far but he's been unwilling to listen to the concerns. The real way to deal with patent abuse is through the courts and congress.
Count me in the "no floating headers" bandwagon.
I don't get why everyone is clamoring for "actual goals". I fear any "goal" is what's going to end up ruining it. Make your own goal. I run a server with a few people and our goal is building every awesome monument we can think of. That and redstone computers to control automated minecrart tracks.
There are plenty of reasons to use encryption but the Chinese government just isn't one of them for me. If I view something they don't like, what exactly are they going to do? I suppose they could block my access but it's not like I would get thrown in a Chinese prison.
I have a lot more to worry about from identity thieves, scams and heck, my own government.
Spoken like a true pointy-haired boss who's never coded a day in his life.
I see some MS-Bot came and marked you troll. But you're absolutely right. The commercials make no sense at all. Wouldn't a mobile device maker (and the carriers that carry it) want you to use the phone more?
Hey guys we have this great phone that you won't use like all the other phones out there!
What I find funny is that on Slashdot that GWB is pretty much universally disdained for being blinded by principle but plenty of RMS fans applaud him for it.
I respect RMS for creating the GPL but I do not respect his belief that he's right and everyone else who had different ideas about open source or free software is wrong.
You may not respect Miguel for the work he's done with Mono but he's not the only one who has problems with RMS. Even Linus has indicated that he's not a fan of RMS's style. I'm sure we can all find plenty of respect for Linus.
Well as long as ChromeOS is vaporware we can speculate that Google is going to figure out a way to finally run those Win32 apps natively on their own OS. (Think Wine but with a massive ton of resources behind it, or maybe an embedded VM to run the apps ... though I'm sure that would have more licensing hurdles)
Honestly if they did I can't decide if it would be a good or a bad thing.
Please!
Absolutely loved those games and I would love to mix it up on XvT on my FiOS connection after playing it on dial-up back in the day
I agree. If you look at my posts above I had high hopes for evolution-mapi but it crashes on login :(
However I will say that using VirtualBox in seamless mode isn't too bad. Outlook sits on my desktop like any other app. I can take that pain more than I can take the pain of developing on Windows.
Actually using KVPNC I've had no issues with Cisco VPN connections.
I find it sad that Exchange support is still considered a "specialized need" :). Personally I wish Mozilla would add it to Thunderbird. T-bird is a much better mail client anyway. (IMHO)
That's weird. My Nvidia drivers upgraded with no problem.
I like the speed and the new interface. Both are very nice. I was really excited when I read there were improvements to handling multiple monitors and the evolution-mapi plugin that would finally let me use the office's exchange server. Sadly both have missed the mark.
I use the Nvidia driver which means the fancy new monitor settings are not available to me (it pops an alert that tells me I have to open the Nvidia utility). The good thing is I don't have to hunt for the utility, it opens it for me, the bad is the utility is mostly useless. X sees my two screens as one huge screen, which is fine when I have two screens but sucks when I undock the laptop. No way to switch to one screen without hand-editing xorg.conf
I've always had high-hopes for evolution and I don't know why because its always been buggy and slow. This time is no different: "We have REAL exchange support this time! I promise". Sadly while I was able to install the mapi plugin and it shows in my settings, evolution helpfully crashes when I try to login. There are bugs filed against it ...maybe it will get fixed ... someday
And no, I have no love for exchange but I'm forced to use it. I have used the evolution-exchange package that connects through OWA ... its slow and buggy. Often refusing to download my mail, losing the connection to "the backend process" requiring me to delete a certain file. All in all, not worth the hassle.
For now I'm stuck using Outlook in an XP virtual
I wonder how long until /. changes achievements to a lame word instead of the actual number :-D
Most people install FilterSet-G with AdBlock. It blocks Google text ads by default
The most annoying thing is having to go on the web to find a doc. PHP is horrifying enough and then you read the docs and find all the exceptions to whatever rule (and the bugs) in the comments.
For Perl:
perldoc -f [function name]
Or perldoc [Module::Name] (also man Module::Name works on most Linux distros)
Also on Linux, 'man perl' gives a list of a whole ton of man pages that give you specific information on regexes, objects, references, syntax, variables, etc.
And if you have to have it in a pretty web interface it is indeed all online
(module docs are as well)
Say what you want about Perl but it has tons of useful modules and it is very well documented.
Because people simply won't do it.
For example I sell web based school software. Recently I set a new school up with this software. The IT director assured me that they were running IE7 which we support as well as Firefox.
When I arrived on campus however, all of the computers had IE6. I explained that many features were disabled in IE6 and they just need to update. They didn't want to do it because they were worried about security.
So I suggested Firefox. This person had never heard of it and was worried that the students couldn't use something different because it "wouldn't be like they have at home". Even after I showed them Firefox. No dice. It was "different"
Fortunately I managed to get them to upgrade to IE7. But thats the kind of thing you run into. People don't understand security or web standards and they don't want to change. To them its not broken so why fix it. Its nearly impossible to get them to understand why it really is broken.
I run mail for several people. Its very frustrating because on one hand, lots of people (including my customers) use Gmail or have contactst that do. On the other the same customers are complaining more and more about the amount of spam they are getting. (and a lot comes from there)
Its frustrating.
I have a 7-digit one ... well I did. The password suddenly stopped allowing me access. Either stolen somehow (never gave it out) or they just decided it shouldn't work anymore.
Sad really.
Oh I know :) ... just remember it being a nightmare when I had to support it. Nothing like being a sendmail/postfix guy and being handed a server and instructions to "support this!"
Qmail like most of DJB's stuff suffers from being so different that people miss the good points (sort of like the windows vs. linux argument). Sure sendmail sucked but at least one knew where the mail was stored and obvious places to find the config.
Yes but he deserves scorn for the atrocity that is qmail.