I haven't gotten my hands on a Surface yet, but from the little I've seen there does not seems to be any built in documentation, at least, not yet. Though, I doubt that they will be simply bolted in and forgotten: there may be a small card or some other instruction nearby. Don't forget, the surface, in it's current form, is not intended for the home market. It is intended for hotel lobbies, bars, and other public places. Just think of the security [not] potential!
(to the inevitable comments that may follow: I'm not planning to leave Cuba.) Good for you. Your conditions are worse than ours have ever been, but I always get sick when people ask if we want to leave Israel every time Hezbollah or Hamas shoots at us.
For that matter, what about Iran and North Korea, they hate America even more.. so why aren't they the world leaders in free software? It's not about free software. It's about not funding a US company. That would be sort of ironic, don't you think, after the past 40 years of US embargo on Cuba. If there were a Russian proprietary OS that would serve pretty much the same purpose for Cuba.
Yeah kuz Canonical is a real pure communist outfit too. And those evil US corporations have never ever made any contributions to Linux. In fact... has Cuba ever made any contributions to Free Software of note? For that matter, what about Iran and North Korea, they hate America even more.. so why aren't they the world leaders in free software? From Cuba's point of view, their only option of not using a US company for their OS is Linux. It is very much a political, and an independence issue, for Cuba, not for me. I personally have nothing against the US.
Ease up with the slurs against the US. I didn't mean it that way. I meant that from Cuba's point of view, they will not be dependent on a US corporation.
Now we only need tons of Ubuntu disks to give away at the sotre. Post your snail mail address and I'll send you a stack of them. Let the island enjoy Ubuntu and maybe Raul's Cuba do what Fidel's couldn't do: really stick it to US corporations such as Microsoft.
I suppose it's just listed there as an absolute minimum requirement, e.g. if that's all you have, you can still install Slackware. I suppose if one defines CD-ROM drive as superseding a floppy drive, then that's fine. However, I don't perceive it that way, as the critical function of a floppy drive (reading and writing floppy disks) cannot be performed with a CD-ROM drive.
Seriously, it is nice to see that there are some people who don't assume that the whole world speaks English. However, French?!? Just looking at the login screen made me want to eat frogs.
The slack site lists these as the system requirements:
* 486 processor
* 16MB RAM (32MB suggested)
* 100-500 megabytes of hard disk space for a minimal and around 3.5GB for full install
* 3.5" floppy drive
Does one really need a floppy drive to install it? Of my two desktops and single laptop, none have a floppy drive anymore.
Exactly. Not every multi-touch device is a copy of the Surface. The Microsoft Surface (disclosure: that's my site) has the ability to connect wirelessly with devices on the table, and even identify their location on the table itself. There is no language in the UI, so anybody from anywhere in the world can operate it. It's actually a rather nifty idea, and the whole multi-touch thing is not it's only feature.
Don't think so. Because it would open a huge security hole and probably outlaw most operating systems in existance (except, *cough*, Windows), Exactly. Both the government and their bedbuddy MS would love it. Who else needs to?
causing lots of protests and backlash By whom? People who don't care today about Viruses, Infections, Spyware, Trojans, Adware? (nice acronym, by the way) Who is going to teach them better? You and me? Have you tried yet, and that's without the government bit.
Besides, that kind of requirement opens a huge security hole and would mean that noone has right to a privacy. Oh, right, I forgot, that's been a reason to scrap similar plans in the past.
I wonder if some jurisdictions will begin requiring this, in the sense that if someone is using a system that does not support easily bypassing security that will be enough for 'probable grounds'.
Intel can do it. ATI has promised to do it and now so does VIA. Why is NVidia different? Since September, ATI is really far along, to the point where the free drivers are already improving with the published specs. ATI isn't only promising, they are delivering.
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I haven't gotten my hands on a Surface yet, but from the little I've seen there does not seems to be any built in documentation, at least, not yet. Though, I doubt that they will be simply bolted in and forgotten: there may be a small card or some other instruction nearby. Don't forget, the surface, in it's current form, is not intended for the home market. It is intended for hotel lobbies, bars, and other public places. Just think of the security [not] potential!
That is a good point, and I tend to agree with it.
Gah.
If I only had an edit button... We've been begging cmdrtaco for one for years. The stupid forced preview was his answer.
Maybe the food/essentials prices are so high it only buys $20 worth of equivalent goods. Just a guess.
Yes! And it's not much harder, either. First, you'll need a DOS partition. A DOS partition?!? I hope the FAQ is seriously out of date.
Seems a bit French for my tastes...
Seriously, it is nice to see that there are some people who don't assume that the whole world speaks English. However, French?!? Just looking at the login screen made me want to eat frogs.
The slack site lists these as the system requirements:
* 486 processor
* 16MB RAM (32MB suggested)
* 100-500 megabytes of hard disk space for a minimal and around 3.5GB for full install
* 3.5" floppy drive
Does one really need a floppy drive to install it? Of my two desktops and single laptop, none have a floppy drive anymore.
Exactly. Not every multi-touch device is a copy of the Surface. The Microsoft Surface (disclosure: that's my site) has the ability to connect wirelessly with devices on the table, and even identify their location on the table itself. There is no language in the UI, so anybody from anywhere in the world can operate it. It's actually a rather nifty idea, and the whole multi-touch thing is not it's only feature.
I wonder if some jurisdictions will begin requiring this, in the sense that if someone is using a system that does not support easily bypassing security that will be enough for 'probable grounds'.
After scratching near your monitor all night, I wouldn't want to sniff what's there.
Not when an 18 year old kid who's never seen a 200 meg hard drive is writing the review.
What?
Nope, I went straight to pornotube.com.
That flash has been loading for over a minute now. Or, is that all it does? Look like it's loading?!?