They don't. Google News is a loss.
But is good for the image of Google.
So, basically, those publishers are complaining because Google gives them tons of contacts FOR FREE...
I simply call them idoid (too idiot to spell it correctly...)
The newspapers have never gotten the Internet right. Back in pre-internet days, when dinosours and I both roamed the earth, the newspapers complained that the price of the paper, didn't cover the costs of newsgathering, production and delivery and that's why they had to have so much advertising.
So the Internet gave them free delivery, and instead of cutting the costs and making money offering free Internet content paid for by advertising, what did they do? They were the first content providers to build paywalls. Making sure that we'd all find alternate sources when searching for articles, and that they couldn't get enough eyeballs to please their advertisers.
Then they started going bankrupt.
Now the Los Angeles Times is on the block and according to news stories surfacing yesterday, may end up being bought by Rupert Murdoch. I guess what Los Angeles needs is no legitimate news sources and another flashy tabloid.
Disclaimer: I don't live in Los Angeles and I don't read any print newspaper.
I think the implication is that Obama is moving the scanners to red states in an effort to increase his votes in those states and (possibly) flip one of them to blue.
No, you've missed it. The implication is that by moving them to red states then those who get cancer from them and die before they can vote will be likely republican voters instead of likely democrat voters.
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has called Windows 8 'puzzling' and 'confusing
I wonder what he'd say about the new Charter Cable pricing plan. Charter recently decided they'd never get their non-DVR cable box to work as it should, and said if I wanted a box that worked I should upgrade it to a DVR. Four different reps gave me three different prices:
The first said $25 extra per month. The second said $10 per month. The third said there'd be no extra monthly charge. And the fourth said $10 per month. $10 per month is what they finally ended up billing me when I okayed the swap. I should probably leave Charter behind as I left Microsoft behind, but they've got the only reasonable speed Internet connection available in my neck of the woods.
I am not sure how expect these to work. Most mass mailers I have seen were for legitimate use.
Not always.
For example, to be effective in getting out huge numbers of emails out without getting mired in returns, spam mailers need to ignore delivery failures and non-acceptance, and just move on to the next address.
Years ago I was asked to create a mass mail system (hardware and software) for a company. I built it, delivered, and got paid. Then they came back to me and said they couldn't use it because it couldn't send mail; they said it got bogged down accepting delivery failure notices. Only took me a few minutes to figure out what they really wanted. Fortunately they had agreed to my spec, and it was detailed enough, that they couldn't come after me. If they could, I wonder if they would have.
In my neck of the woods the CMT and FOX News cable networks are on adjacent channels. So when I noticed that Roseanne Barr and Mike Huckabee had shows on at the same time, I set up my picture-in-picture and switched between them.
Roseanne's show was meant to be funny, and though much of the humor was dated, it succeeded. Huckabee's show was, well you, a typical Huckabee show.
The US could learn a lot from the Finnish approach to education...
We have. We're Finnish-ed with the whole concept of bothering with education at all. Politics is so much more German to our continued failure to thrive as a country.
For desktops/laptops: early versions of Mandrake, Mandriva, Kubuntu, OpenSuse, Kubuntu, all in that order. Still looking though for a decent desktop experience.
We have many lawsuits over the look of a logo, even the use of color in an advertisement... Plan on Red background with white cursive lettering? Coca-Cola will be in touch with you.
I think this is how operating systems will compete in the future. At one corner we have premium OS like Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows and at another corner we have free ad-supported lite OS like Ubuntu and Chrome OS. Those who want full suited OS will get the premium one and those who don't care about their privacy or workflow will get lite OS like Ubuntu.
It's a gutsy move by Shuttleworth. I think it dooms Ubuntu, simply because it's aimed at non-geeks, non-techies, simple users if you will. And those are exactly the people who won't install Ubuntu.
The only way it could work would be if it came preinstalled with hardware.
And when was the last time that distribution model worked for any Linux distribution?
Genuine question: What are you talking about? I don't understand which product the NYT is claiming you should buy. I've read half of TFA and it just sounds like they're reporting facts. What are they selling you?
Note the reference to instant updates. They're selling you the idea of being satisfied with a newsprint newspaper. Probably because they can't get anyone to look at their site. Probably because they charge you to look at it, so you find other sources, on the 'net, for which they're accusing you of driving demand to use more power.
It's 16 here (Florida, USA). There's been talk for years of raising it to 18.
It was 14 when I was a 14-yo in Florida (in 1958). But only during daylight hours, and with a parent in the seat next to me. Or while riding a two wheel motorized vehicle (we called them motor-scooters) of less than 5 brake horsepower.
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I suppose it's possible, but I doubt it. It's easy enough for you and I to write exactly the same thing in a post. If I still had mod points (used 'em up yesterday) I'd have modded them down.
My understanding (and I could be wrong) was that the searching was done in the background and then every search served from some kind of database. Maybe I'm wrong, but if so, then why do we bother with it when search worked well (albeit slowly) without it? And of course, even so, in an IMAP solution the text search is occurring on my server, which actually is configured similarly to your specs, probably better when adjusted for load based on how many people we serve vs how many people Google serves.
The very latest Mint KDE and Kubuntu releases seem really solid. It runs constantly on both my desktop and my Thinkpad; I almost never reboot my laptop. My biggest problem with stability these days is web browsers hogging too much memory, and needing to be restarted after a while.
Maybe the problem then really is some weird incompatibility with my Desktop system. I ran into some time-sinks this weekend so it'll probably be another week before I move all to my new Toshiba Satellite laptop, and when I do I'll hopefully find an entirely new experience.
You can even use Thunderbird if you want; lots of people do.
And I prefer Kmail (when it works) mainly because I've built an entire business structure around Kontact's features.
But I use Gmail because 1) I can use it on multiple computers (I switch a lot between my desktop and laptop) without having to worry about synchronizing,
I do the same with Kmail running IMAP against my own mail server, which runs Dovecot
2) its spam filtering is second to none,
Unfortunately I can't use gmail spam filtering; I need to use the spam filtering we offer our clients, so I can watch over it's effectiveness as spam and anti-spam defenses continue to evolve.
3) it's very fast, especially if I do any searching.
I can't argue there, but we all thought that's what we'd eventually get out of the new KDE with nepomuk
Because it's only one application.
It happens to be (along with Kontact) the application that led me to KDE in the first place, even years ago.
but my point is that of the available choices, KDE seems to be the best, though if KMail is unsatisfactory, you can always use Evolution or Thunderbird. None of the choices are likely to be ideal; in fact, no choice is likely to be ideal.
I agree that KDE is the best. I feel that KMail wouldn't be unsatisfactory if it worked as it supposed to according to its documentation.
Windows isn't ideal since everyone's bitching about Win8/Metro now. MacOS isn't ideal; lots of people complain about various aspects of that. Obviously, Unity and Gnome3 have tons of complaints. KDE isn't going to be perfect either. You just have to choose the best available choice, based on your personal requirements and preferences.
I do. I'm still on KDE. And one important reason why I don't go back to Windows after this many years isn't Win7; it's the future: Win8. As you probably realize, Microsoft doesn't call it Metro anymore, probably because so many of us picked up on the railroad reference and call it . I still use KDE. I'd like to like it.
I might be confused, but I really thought I read a bunch of people bitching about it using a database to store the email and that this made it difficult to move mail to other applications.
That's what I heard about Thunderbird, and that's the main reason I never moved to Thunderbird, but it's no longer an issue now, because with IMAP I don't use local storage. If I can't get KDE/Kmail, etc., working on my laptop I'll be looking for a combination of software (hopefully well integrated) to replace Kmail/Kontact. I don't even mind paying for something which will work. Thanks for your comments; they're welcome and have made me consider some of my thoughts about my desktop vs my laptop.
From everything I read, Nepomuk really isn't a big problem any more, once it's done its initial indexing.
I don't know who you're hearing it from. I as I wrote above, I'm willing to hear what works, but my experience with both Kubuntu and OpenSuse is that it doesn't work on my desktop. I suppose it could be some kind of weird problem with my motherboard/chipset/whatever combination. I've recently installed everything on a new laptop and will know shortly if it works on the laptop; I intend to switch over this weekend. But when I search I find current posts and threads, and the answer is always turn it off.
I really don't see a lot of valid complaints about the latest versions (e.g. 4.9) of KDE any more, all the complaints seem to be about things earlier on in the 4.0 series which are all fixed now.
I suppose my complaint is invalid, then:)
Notice that the TFA is about KDE outperforming Gnome/Unity. It wouldn't be able to claim that if Nepomuk is slowing it down that much.
I only know that since KDE3, each update to KDE has gotten harder for me to use, to justify; because of that, and because Gnome Shell and Unity appear to be going in the idio^H^H^H^Hlowest common denominator direction, I no longer recommend the Linux desktop to anyone (as I've done for over ten years). I'd seriously consider Windows 7 if I thought it wouldn't be a dead-end.
Maybe it's all my fault because I want to run my desktop for days at a time; because I want to keep multiple virtual screens open, because I want to keep multiple copies of my browser open. But those features are the reasons I've always used the Linux Desktop, and like a lot of people who use it heavily, day-to-day, I'm both disappointed and frustrated. (As an aside, I own and run a company which manages many linux servers for webhosting companies, and I'm very satisfied with Linux-based servers, so this isn't some kind of prejudice.)
Finally, the stuff about searching mail or getting typeahead on email addresses is only a factor if you use Kmail.
And what, pray tell, should I use to replace it? Don't tell me Gmail.
Most people these days seem to use Gmail or some other webmail service out of convenience.
What did I just say:) ? Why should I use a webmail service? The best of them, including Gmail, waste a lot of screen real estate (for example, when you want to write an email and look at a different email at the same time). I'm not a laywer. I do have a friend who plays one on TV but I don't rely in him for advice. So I discussed the Google privacy policy with our company's retained attorney, and he tells me that if I were to use Gmail for business email to be safe I'd have to publish much of Google's privacy policy as part of our own. I'm not willing to do that. Therre's a lot of mixed feelings out here on the 'net as to whether Google is or isn't evil, but that isn't my point. My point is I don't want others' feelings about Google to get in the way of their business relationship with me.
I don't need Gmail anyway, we own our own private cloud, buy space on others for redundancy, and I'm as happy with RoundCube's webmail as I could be with any, but that's not the point either. Why should I, or you, or anyone, say that KDE is fine as long as I don't use it's built in tool, Kmail (and also Kontact's other pieces as well)?
Most people use KDE or Gnome because they need a DE for managing all their windows and interacting with their PC, not because they need an integrated email application.
I originally chose KDE specifically for it's integrated email application. From the KDE documentation and promotional material, I'd think the people responsible for KDE would like me to continue to do that.
But again, from what I've read, this is no longer a problem
Unfortunately, stock KDE has all that "semantic desktop" bullshit. What's needed is for someone to take it and make it the default, but tuned it right. Kinda like what Mint does with Gnome3 (though the necessary changes would be much smaller here).
I know I'm going to lose Karma here; this is a me too post. But yes, please, someone do this. If there's already a version that just works (4 core Intel Core 4-core processor, 4GB memory; system still bogs down or locks up after a day or two of uptime, running Kubuntu 12.04; it simply doesn't work) just tell us which one.
Why all the distros are so in love with Gnome, I have no idea.
Maybe because KDE doesn't work too well, slowing down and sucking up memory, if you've got Nepomuk (and whatever it's dependency is; I forget) running. And of course if it's not running you can't even search mail, or get typeahead on email addresses.
If I'm wrong, please tell me a distribution which works.
Why no edit button Slashdot? that should be you can NOT sue Bill Gates....
Actually you can. The likelihood you'd win is so close to zero as to be statistically insignifcant (not leastly because of how much legal might he could use against you), but you can sue him.
"Employees no longer receive pensions, and in the field of computer programming they expect to be completely un-employable at 40 years of age (not due to lack of talent, but to rampant unchecked agism). So, employees *need* to charge a lot for their work."
I see this complaint a lot on Slashdot, perhaps it's country specific (the US?) but in my experience it's completely and utterly false in the UK
Yes and no.
When I was laid off in California at age 50 I did find a job after about three months (this was in 1994), programming in the same language I'd been working with as a Sr. Analyst for several years. (Across the country and at much lower pay.) Said job lasted about a year. Not because they wouldn't have kept me; in fact I left immediately after I'd been there long enough to not have to pay back my advanced moving expenses. I just didn't like the feeling of starting over. So I started my own business. I chose between Webhosting (the Internet was just opening for commercial use) and publishing CD-ROM book replacements (remember thos CD-ROM encyclopaedias, etc.?), both of which looked like interesting business models. Fortunately I chose the right one, and now at age 68 I don't worry about being laid off. My body has deteriorated a bit with age, but frankly it doesn't matter. I work from my home (I go to the datacenter about monthly to keep an eye on things) and can sit at my desk for hours and do exactly what I like doing.
So my advice to anyone would be to build your own future. Hang the torpedoes; full speed ahead!
The best way to fix the Linux desktop is to stop breaking it. No, really.
Some examples? Look at what the gnomes (sic) did with Gnome 3 after Gnome 2 finally became mature. And even worse, look what Ubuntu did, not only abandoning it, but choosing a not-yet-ready-for-prime-time replacement for a long-term release. Seriously, a long-term release with a choice of two Desktops both not ready for prime time? What is the average corporate or small-business evaluator to think?
KDE is actually worse, because it runs Nepomuk and other such software which doesn't run on a majority of machines, and then when you search for fixes, the answer is to turn it off. And when you turn it off desktop search, file search and even email search sto working, not to mention auto-complete
Apple isn't any better of course, moving towards an iStore model, and Microsoft threatens to move in the same direction (and even worse design) moving towards W8.
As a Linux desktop user since 1999, I'm about ready to buy some W7 licenses to use until someone/anyone reaches their senses.
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GeoIP location is absolute shit. I live in Riverside California, GeoIP says I'm in Nevada.
I'm also in Riverside, and GeoIP says I'm in Riverside. I use Charter. Who do you use for your connection?
They don't. Google News is a loss. But is good for the image of Google. So, basically, those publishers are complaining because Google gives them tons of contacts FOR FREE... I simply call them idoid (too idiot to spell it correctly...)
The newspapers have never gotten the Internet right. Back in pre-internet days, when dinosours and I both roamed the earth, the newspapers complained that the price of the paper, didn't cover the costs of newsgathering, production and delivery and that's why they had to have so much advertising.
So the Internet gave them free delivery, and instead of cutting the costs and making money offering free Internet content paid for by advertising, what did they do? They were the first content providers to build paywalls. Making sure that we'd all find alternate sources when searching for articles, and that they couldn't get enough eyeballs to please their advertisers.
Then they started going bankrupt.
Now the Los Angeles Times is on the block and according to news stories surfacing yesterday, may end up being bought by Rupert Murdoch. I guess what Los Angeles needs is no legitimate news sources and another flashy tabloid.
Disclaimer: I don't live in Los Angeles and I don't read any print newspaper.
I think the implication is that Obama is moving the scanners to red states in an effort to increase his votes in those states and (possibly) flip one of them to blue.
No, you've missed it. The implication is that by moving them to red states then those who get cancer from them and die before they can vote will be likely republican voters instead of likely democrat voters.
When that happens, I turn my rear-view mirror so it reflects their headlights back at them.
So then you've got a guy, temporarily blinded, right behind you, who wants to go faster than you. What could possibly go wrong
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has called Windows 8 'puzzling' and 'confusing
I wonder what he'd say about the new Charter Cable pricing plan. Charter recently decided they'd never get their non-DVR cable box to work as it should, and said if I wanted a box that worked I should upgrade it to a DVR. Four different reps gave me three different prices:
The first said $25 extra per month. The second said $10 per month. The third said there'd be no extra monthly charge. And the fourth said $10 per month. $10 per month is what they finally ended up billing me when I okayed the swap. I should probably leave Charter behind as I left Microsoft behind, but they've got the only reasonable speed Internet connection available in my neck of the woods.
I am not sure how expect these to work. Most mass mailers I have seen were for legitimate use.
Not always.
For example, to be effective in getting out huge numbers of emails out without getting mired in returns, spam mailers need to ignore delivery failures and non-acceptance, and just move on to the next address.
Years ago I was asked to create a mass mail system (hardware and software) for a company. I built it, delivered, and got paid. Then they came back to me and said they couldn't use it because it couldn't send mail; they said it got bogged down accepting delivery failure notices. Only took me a few minutes to figure out what they really wanted. Fortunately they had agreed to my spec, and it was detailed enough, that they couldn't come after me. If they could, I wonder if they would have.
In my neck of the woods the CMT and FOX News cable networks are on adjacent channels. So when I noticed that Roseanne Barr and Mike Huckabee had shows on at the same time, I set up my picture-in-picture and switched between them.
Roseanne's show was meant to be funny, and though much of the humor was dated, it succeeded. Huckabee's show was, well you, a typical Huckabee show.
I finally know whom to vote for.
The US could learn a lot from the Finnish approach to education...
We have. We're Finnish-ed with the whole concept of bothering with education at all. Politics is so much more German to our continued failure to thrive as a country.
Same for me for servers.
For desktops/laptops: early versions of Mandrake, Mandriva, Kubuntu, OpenSuse, Kubuntu, all in that order. Still looking though for a decent desktop experience.
We do have copyright laws for style. Fonts are protected, even though the alphabet is clearly in public domain.
Reference, please. My understanding (I spent many years as a typographer) is that they're not, at least not in the US). Wikipedia seems to agree: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_and_Copyright_Protection_of_Fonts
We have many lawsuits over the look of a logo, even the use of color in an advertisement... Plan on Red background with white cursive lettering? Coca-Cola will be in touch with you.
That's a Trademark; nothing to do with copyright.
I think this is how operating systems will compete in the future. At one corner we have premium OS like Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows and at another corner we have free ad-supported lite OS like Ubuntu and Chrome OS. Those who want full suited OS will get the premium one and those who don't care about their privacy or workflow will get lite OS like Ubuntu.
It's a gutsy move by Shuttleworth. I think it dooms Ubuntu, simply because it's aimed at non-geeks, non-techies, simple users if you will. And those are exactly the people who won't install Ubuntu.
The only way it could work would be if it came preinstalled with hardware.
And when was the last time that distribution model worked for any Linux distribution?
Genuine question: What are you talking about? I don't understand which product the NYT is claiming you should buy. I've read half of TFA and it just sounds like they're reporting facts. What are they selling you?
Note the reference to instant updates. They're selling you the idea of being satisfied with a newsprint newspaper. Probably because they can't get anyone to look at their site. Probably because they charge you to look at it, so you find other sources, on the 'net, for which they're accusing you of driving demand to use more power.
Different strokes.
And in some countries they put you in jail for that, too.
It's 16 here (Florida, USA). There's been talk for years of raising it to 18.
It was 14 when I was a 14-yo in Florida (in 1958). But only during daylight hours, and with a parent in the seat next to me. Or while riding a two wheel motorized vehicle (we called them motor-scooters) of less than 5 brake horsepower.
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I suppose it's possible, but I doubt it. It's easy enough for you and I to write exactly the same thing in a post. If I still had mod points (used 'em up yesterday) I'd have modded them down.
It's my IMAP server :).
No need to reply.
My understanding (and I could be wrong) was that the searching was done in the background and then every search served from some kind of database. Maybe I'm wrong, but if so, then why do we bother with it when search worked well (albeit slowly) without it? And of course, even so, in an IMAP solution the text search is occurring on my server, which actually is configured similarly to your specs, probably better when adjusted for load based on how many people we serve vs how many people Google serves.
Seriously, when was the last time you tried KDE?
KDE 4.8.4 from Kubuntu 12.04.
The very latest Mint KDE and Kubuntu releases seem really solid. It runs constantly on both my desktop and my Thinkpad; I almost never reboot my laptop. My biggest problem with stability these days is web browsers hogging too much memory, and needing to be restarted after a while.
Maybe the problem then really is some weird incompatibility with my Desktop system. I ran into some time-sinks this weekend so it'll probably be another week before I move all to my new Toshiba Satellite laptop, and when I do I'll hopefully find an entirely new experience.
You can even use Thunderbird if you want; lots of people do.
And I prefer Kmail (when it works) mainly because I've built an entire business structure around Kontact's features.
But I use Gmail because 1) I can use it on multiple computers (I switch a lot between my desktop and laptop) without having to worry about synchronizing,
I do the same with Kmail running IMAP against my own mail server, which runs Dovecot
2) its spam filtering is second to none,
Unfortunately I can't use gmail spam filtering; I need to use the spam filtering we offer our clients, so I can watch over it's effectiveness as spam and anti-spam defenses continue to evolve.
3) it's very fast, especially if I do any searching.
I can't argue there, but we all thought that's what we'd eventually get out of the new KDE with nepomuk
Because it's only one application.
It happens to be (along with Kontact) the application that led me to KDE in the first place, even years ago.
but my point is that of the available choices, KDE seems to be the best, though if KMail is unsatisfactory, you can always use Evolution or Thunderbird. None of the choices are likely to be ideal; in fact, no choice is likely to be ideal.
I agree that KDE is the best. I feel that KMail wouldn't be unsatisfactory if it worked as it supposed to according to its documentation.
Windows isn't ideal since everyone's bitching about Win8/Metro now. MacOS isn't ideal; lots of people complain about various aspects of that. Obviously, Unity and Gnome3 have tons of complaints. KDE isn't going to be perfect either. You just have to choose the best available choice, based on your personal requirements and preferences.
I do. I'm still on KDE. And one important reason why I don't go back to Windows after this many years isn't Win7; it's the future: Win8. As you probably realize, Microsoft doesn't call it Metro anymore, probably because so many of us picked up on the railroad reference and call it . I still use KDE. I'd like to like it.
I might be confused, but I really thought I read a bunch of people bitching about it using a database to store the email and that this made it difficult to move mail to other applications.
That's what I heard about Thunderbird, and that's the main reason I never moved to Thunderbird, but it's no longer an issue now, because with IMAP I don't use local storage. If I can't get KDE/Kmail, etc., working on my laptop I'll be looking for a combination of software (hopefully well integrated) to replace Kmail/Kontact. I don't even mind paying for something which will work. Thanks for your comments; they're welcome and have made me consider some of my thoughts about my desktop vs my laptop.
From everything I read, Nepomuk really isn't a big problem any more, once it's done its initial indexing.
I don't know who you're hearing it from. I as I wrote above, I'm willing to hear what works, but my experience with both Kubuntu and OpenSuse is that it doesn't work on my desktop. I suppose it could be some kind of weird problem with my motherboard/chipset/whatever combination. I've recently installed everything on a new laptop and will know shortly if it works on the laptop; I intend to switch over this weekend. But when I search I find current posts and threads, and the answer is always turn it off.
I really don't see a lot of valid complaints about the latest versions (e.g. 4.9) of KDE any more, all the complaints seem to be about things earlier on in the 4.0 series which are all fixed now.
I suppose my complaint is invalid, then :)
Notice that the TFA is about KDE outperforming Gnome/Unity. It wouldn't be able to claim that if Nepomuk is slowing it down that much.
I only know that since KDE3, each update to KDE has gotten harder for me to use, to justify; because of that, and because Gnome Shell and Unity appear to be going in the idio^H^H^H^Hlowest common denominator direction, I no longer recommend the Linux desktop to anyone (as I've done for over ten years). I'd seriously consider Windows 7 if I thought it wouldn't be a dead-end.
Maybe it's all my fault because I want to run my desktop for days at a time; because I want to keep multiple virtual screens open, because I want to keep multiple copies of my browser open. But those features are the reasons I've always used the Linux Desktop, and like a lot of people who use it heavily, day-to-day, I'm both disappointed and frustrated. (As an aside, I own and run a company which manages many linux servers for webhosting companies, and I'm very satisfied with Linux-based servers, so this isn't some kind of prejudice.)
Finally, the stuff about searching mail or getting typeahead on email addresses is only a factor if you use Kmail.
And what, pray tell, should I use to replace it? Don't tell me Gmail.
Most people these days seem to use Gmail or some other webmail service out of convenience.
What did I just say :) ? Why should I use a webmail service? The best of them, including Gmail, waste a lot of screen real estate (for example, when you want to write an email and look at a different email at the same time). I'm not a laywer. I do have a friend who plays one on TV but I don't rely in him for advice. So I discussed the Google privacy policy with our company's retained attorney, and he tells me that if I were to use Gmail for business email to be safe I'd have to publish much of Google's privacy policy as part of our own. I'm not willing to do that. Therre's a lot of mixed feelings out here on the 'net as to whether Google is or isn't evil, but that isn't my point. My point is I don't want others' feelings about Google to get in the way of their business relationship with me.
I don't need Gmail anyway, we own our own private cloud, buy space on others for redundancy, and I'm as happy with RoundCube's webmail as I could be with any, but that's not the point either. Why should I, or you, or anyone, say that KDE is fine as long as I don't use it's built in tool, Kmail (and also Kontact's other pieces as well)?
Most people use KDE or Gnome because they need a DE for managing all their windows and interacting with their PC, not because they need an integrated email application.
I originally chose KDE specifically for it's integrated email application. From the KDE documentation and promotional material, I'd think the people responsible for KDE would like me to continue to do that.
But again, from what I've read, this is no longer a problem
physics is just applied math
Physics are what your grandmother gave you when you were constipated. But only if you're over 60.
Unfortunately, stock KDE has all that "semantic desktop" bullshit. What's needed is for someone to take it and make it the default, but tuned it right. Kinda like what Mint does with Gnome3 (though the necessary changes would be much smaller here).
I know I'm going to lose Karma here; this is a me too post. But yes, please, someone do this. If there's already a version that just works (4 core Intel Core 4-core processor, 4GB memory; system still bogs down or locks up after a day or two of uptime, running Kubuntu 12.04; it simply doesn't work) just tell us which one.
Why all the distros are so in love with Gnome, I have no idea.
Maybe because KDE doesn't work too well, slowing down and sucking up memory, if you've got Nepomuk (and whatever it's dependency is; I forget) running. And of course if it's not running you can't even search mail, or get typeahead on email addresses.
If I'm wrong, please tell me a distribution which works.
Why no edit button Slashdot? that should be you can NOT sue Bill Gates....
Actually you can. The likelihood you'd win is so close to zero as to be statistically insignifcant (not leastly because of how much legal might he could use against you), but you can sue him.
You can sue anyone.
"Employees no longer receive pensions, and in the field of computer programming they expect to be completely un-employable at 40 years of age (not due to lack of talent, but to rampant unchecked agism). So, employees *need* to charge a lot for their work."
I see this complaint a lot on Slashdot, perhaps it's country specific (the US?) but in my experience it's completely and utterly false in the UK
Yes and no.
When I was laid off in California at age 50 I did find a job after about three months (this was in 1994), programming in the same language I'd been working with as a Sr. Analyst for several years. (Across the country and at much lower pay.) Said job lasted about a year. Not because they wouldn't have kept me; in fact I left immediately after I'd been there long enough to not have to pay back my advanced moving expenses. I just didn't like the feeling of starting over. So I started my own business. I chose between Webhosting (the Internet was just opening for commercial use) and publishing CD-ROM book replacements (remember thos CD-ROM encyclopaedias, etc.?), both of which looked like interesting business models. Fortunately I chose the right one, and now at age 68 I don't worry about being laid off. My body has deteriorated a bit with age, but frankly it doesn't matter. I work from my home (I go to the datacenter about monthly to keep an eye on things) and can sit at my desk for hours and do exactly what I like doing.
So my advice to anyone would be to build your own future. Hang the torpedoes; full speed ahead!
The best way to fix the Linux desktop is to stop breaking it. No, really.
Some examples? Look at what the gnomes (sic) did with Gnome 3 after Gnome 2 finally became mature. And even worse, look what Ubuntu did, not only abandoning it, but choosing a not-yet-ready-for-prime-time replacement for a long-term release. Seriously, a long-term release with a choice of two Desktops both not ready for prime time? What is the average corporate or small-business evaluator to think?
KDE is actually worse, because it runs Nepomuk and other such software which doesn't run on a majority of machines, and then when you search for fixes, the answer is to turn it off. And when you turn it off desktop search, file search and even email search sto working, not to mention auto-complete
Apple isn't any better of course, moving towards an iStore model, and Microsoft threatens to move in the same direction (and even worse design) moving towards W8.
As a Linux desktop user since 1999, I'm about ready to buy some W7 licenses to use until someone/anyone reaches their senses.