I don't think OpenBSD is the most secure operating system, nor do I think it's the best choice for most situations. That being said you do have to give them some credit.
When they say "in a standard install" they mean "with the things that are installed and running by default". That means there isn't going to be anything to suprise you you.
If you're running ftpd, you're going to be keeping it updated and tracking bugs for it. It's not going to be running by default. There won't be an issue similar to other OS's/Distros where there's a hole and you have no idea what the program does or why it's running. You know what it does because you turned it on.
The idea is that if it has a hole, it's going to be something you're actively administering and maintaining, so you'll be aware of it. Thus you'll also have it fixed as soon as the patch is available, rather than letting it sit open and vulnerable without knowing about it.
I've noticed this for KDE... but for Gnome it's still easy to stay away from QT apps.
That's one of the reasons I tend to use Gnome more often now. As much as I like Konq, I prefer the faster startup times of using the same tk on all my apps.
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Good luck with it, glad I could point you in the right direction.:)
As for "moms", yes, Linux is not ready for everyone. In fact, I think it's not ready for anyone who has to maintain their own computer. There's no way I'd expect most people to be able to install Helix or Flash in Linux (except on something like Debian or Gentoo where it's just a matter of apt-get/emerge).
It is getting better, but I think it'll be at least another year before the neccessary steps have been taken to allow the average user to easily maintain their desktop.
I can't stand using Windows now that I've gotten used to running Linux 2.6 (with the Andrew Morten patches).
Linux 2.6 is so much faster and more responsive than any version of Windows I've used.
However, the 2.4 kernel is still comparable to Windows in speed and most people don't have the time/knowledge required to upgrade to 2.6. I think once 2.6 starts shipping with major distros we'll see more people talking about how much faster Linux is.
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Two good examples are RealMedia and Flash. I realise that there are solutions to both of these, but the quality is nothing compared to what is available for Mac or Windows.
Really? My experiences don't agree with your observations.
I haven't had any problems with Flash, it's just as annoying as the Windows version when displaying ads, lets me play the little flash games, navigate all the flash sites, and see all the flashtastic content on the web.
As for RealMedia, their new Helix Player has been working great for me. So good that I actually install it on all my Linux desktops, unlike RealOne for Windows which I never touch.
Q: Where can I get software for Fedora? A: There are a few "repositories" (sites that hold software). The primary sites are the highly unofficial rpm.livna.org (for packages with questionable licenses) and the more official Fedora Project Repository. They hold different software.
If you want to use the (illegal in the US if you don't have a license) mp3 decoders, add the livna source to yum.conf and install xmms-mp3 or whichever package you're looking for.
I wouldn't begin to get worried if I was Adobe. Don't get me wrong, the GIMP is good and all, but free software will also be looked down upon as being "inferior."
Try telling that to the millions of people running Apache on FreeBSD or Linux.
I don't have a TV tuner card so I dunno about the last point. I have gotten TV working on a friends machine, but none of the TV programs seemed very good, and interlacing was very noticeable and annoying compared to windows based TV programs.
I had the same problem until I found tvtime. Great program for using a tv tuner in Linux. It has some built-in filters to fix interlacing and also supports 16:9 format and has progressive scan filters. It's better than any windows-based TV program I've used. The only complaint is that it's relatively new and doesn't support recording.
There's also freevo and MythTV if you want PVR. However, I couldn't tell you anything about them... I haven't gotten around to trying them because I've already got PVR on my receiver. But they both look pretty nice.
The intellectuals are watching the Matrix series because philosophical questions they bring up. They aren't disappointed with any of the movies because it gives more detail to the world created by the first one, and more points to debate about that world.
The "general audiences" just want to know how it works and why Neo's there. While the "general audiences are asking "Who is he?" The intellectuals are asking "What is he?" The intellectuals appreciate it more if they can have discussions and debates about this instead of the movie just flat-out telling you what to think. The "general audiences" want Neo to beat the bad guys and ride off into the sunset with the girl. The intellectuals like being able to debate whether he rode off into the sunset or was left dead.
The intellectuals are happy because they got what they were expecting from it, and the movie gave them exactly what they wanted. The "general audiences" are disappointed because they don't know what happened and don't want to think about it. All they know was that Keanu was a bad actor, they didn't understand the movie, and there won't be another one to clear it up.
6. Willful suspension of disbelief, although that might be a bit much to ask. I would say his whole jacking in is a little odd but maybe he's got some WIFI going on or something.
A simpler explanation would be that their "Real World" is no different from the Matix. The only difference being that the people living there think they've escaped from a computer-based world instead of being born into it.
As long as they don't get in the way. I use Mozilla and appreciate the ad-blocking capabilities, but I really don't use it unless the ads are interfering with my surfing.
Just like when looking through a gaming magazine I don't mind the ads for the upcoming games. If it's similar to the content on the site, I don't mind the ads as long as they don't distract me from what I'm using the site for. Sometimes I'll even be interested in something and click on them.
However, if they're overly flashy and make it hard for me to concentrate on the information on the site, I just right-click on it and block them.
So in general, I really don't mind seeing ads as long as they flow well with the page. In some cases I appreciate them because I can learn about something I may not have heard of before. If they get in the way, then they're getting blocked. I don't think it's a good idea to simply block all advertisements.
It takes longer to install (blank harddrive, to functional desktop system) a Windows system than it does to install most mainstream Linux distros (gentoo comes to mind as one that's not included in that statement;) ).
I normally don't go out of my way to promote or defend Gentoo--because, frankly, I don't really like it that much--but a stage3 install of Gentoo is actually very fast. You just get the drives partitioned and mounted then untar the distro and sync it.
Now, if you're using an old stage3 tarball it may take a while to rebuild the outdated packages, but if you're just talking about the time it takes to get a usable system it can acutally be quite fast.
Which is why I like The Simpsons: Hit and Run. Not overly violent, a decent plot, variety in missions, and just a good game all-around.
My girlfriend and I have both been playing this quite a bit the past couple days. Fun game and highly recommended for anyone who likes the GTA-style play.
That just goes to show, KDE tends to go for the projects with more features and stays away from simplicity. Not to say that's a bad thing at all. Just not my preference.
It's great that we can have two successful projects with such different styles.
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I don't think OpenBSD is the most secure operating system, nor do I think it's the best choice for most situations. That being said you do have to give them some credit.
When they say "in a standard install" they mean "with the things that are installed and running by default". That means there isn't going to be anything to suprise you you.
If you're running ftpd, you're going to be keeping it updated and tracking bugs for it. It's not going to be running by default. There won't be an issue similar to other OS's/Distros where there's a hole and you have no idea what the program does or why it's running. You know what it does because you turned it on.
The idea is that if it has a hole, it's going to be something you're actively administering and maintaining, so you'll be aware of it. Thus you'll also have it fixed as soon as the patch is available, rather than letting it sit open and vulnerable without knowing about it.
Another beautiful troll.
You are an example of what every troll should aspire to be.
I've noticed this for KDE... but for Gnome it's still easy to stay away from QT apps.
That's one of the reasons I tend to use Gnome more often now. As much as I like Konq, I prefer the faster startup times of using the same tk on all my apps.
Good luck with it, glad I could point you in the right direction. :)
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As for "moms", yes, Linux is not ready for everyone. In fact, I think it's not ready for anyone who has to maintain their own computer. There's no way I'd expect most people to be able to install Helix or Flash in Linux (except on something like Debian or Gentoo where it's just a matter of apt-get/emerge).
It is getting better, but I think it'll be at least another year before the neccessary steps have been taken to allow the average user to easily maintain their desktop.
I like random ranting too.
I can't stand using Windows now that I've gotten used to running Linux 2.6 (with the Andrew Morten patches).
Linux 2.6 is so much faster and more responsive than any version of Windows I've used.
However, the 2.4 kernel is still comparable to Windows in speed and most people don't have the time/knowledge required to upgrade to 2.6.
I think once 2.6 starts shipping with major distros we'll see more people talking about how much faster Linux is.
Two good examples are RealMedia and Flash. I realise that there are solutions to both of these, but the quality is nothing compared to what is available for Mac or Windows.
Really? My experiences don't agree with your observations.
I haven't had any problems with Flash, it's just as annoying as the Windows version when displaying ads, lets me play the little flash games, navigate all the flash sites, and see all the flashtastic content on the web.
As for RealMedia, their new Helix Player has been working great for me. So good that I actually install it on all my Linux desktops, unlike RealOne for Windows which I never touch.
That means a 20GB with no OS would be $100.98.
And where do I sign up for this deal?
$100.98 for a 1.2GHz Duron with 128MB SDRAM and a 20GB hard drive and no OS?
I think you're calculations are a little off.
Red Hat no longer offers a download version of their "Red Hat" distribution.
SuSe doesn't allow FTP install of their newest version.
http://fedora.artoo.net/faq/
Q: Where can I get software for Fedora?
A: There are a few "repositories" (sites that hold software). The primary sites are the highly unofficial rpm.livna.org (for packages with questionable licenses) and the more official Fedora Project Repository. They hold different software.
If you want to use the (illegal in the US if you don't have a license) mp3 decoders, add the livna source to yum.conf and install xmms-mp3 or whichever package you're looking for.
I wouldn't begin to get worried if I was Adobe. Don't get me wrong, the GIMP is good and all, but free software will also be looked down upon as being "inferior."
Try telling that to the millions of people running Apache on FreeBSD or Linux.
Wow! How'd they manage to make it that easy?
Those engineers at Microsoft really know how to make our job a breeze!
I think the first thing anyone would do when backing up a whole drive or partition is break out the imaging software.
I think he was saying he doesn't know of a way to do this on a live windows system.
Is there software now that lets you make the image without shuting down?
I don't have a TV tuner card so I dunno about the last point. I have gotten TV working on a friends machine, but none of the TV programs seemed very good, and interlacing was very noticeable and annoying compared to windows based TV programs.
I had the same problem until I found tvtime. Great program for using a tv tuner in Linux. It has some built-in filters to fix interlacing and also supports 16:9 format and has progressive scan filters.
It's better than any windows-based TV program I've used. The only complaint is that it's relatively new and doesn't support recording.
There's also freevo and MythTV if you want PVR. However, I couldn't tell you anything about them... I haven't gotten around to trying them because I've already got PVR on my receiver. But they both look pretty nice.
both are Windows clones
I guess they're both Windows clones in the same way Windows is a Mac clone...
They're both desktop environments.
Each has a completely different design philosophy.
Hmm.. I don't recall saying that I was an intellectual.
You sure you're replying to the right post?
I guess you couch-intellectuals like to sit around and debate how it's possible that machines can extract more energy out of humans than they put in?
Yeah, that would be a fun conversation to have over a couple beers. Thanks for the idea.
Face it, they dumbed the movie down and it's down right insulting as an intellectual movie. That mean it isn't damn good entertainment though.
Believe it or not, I agree. They could have done much better. But as you said, it was still good entertainment.
I think most people were just expecting too much from it.
Oh, right. I forgot that in order to be defined as an intellectual you have to hate entertainment... Sorry about that.
You completely misunderstood my post. Go back and read it again.
The intellectuals are watching the Matrix series because philosophical questions they bring up. They aren't disappointed with any of the movies because it gives more detail to the world created by the first one, and more points to debate about that world.
The "general audiences" just want to know how it works and why Neo's there. While the "general audiences are asking "Who is he?" The intellectuals are asking "What is he?" The intellectuals appreciate it more if they can have discussions and debates about this instead of the movie just flat-out telling you what to think. The "general audiences" want Neo to beat the bad guys and ride off into the sunset with the girl. The intellectuals like being able to debate whether he rode off into the sunset or was left dead.
The intellectuals are happy because they got what they were expecting from it, and the movie gave them exactly what they wanted. The "general audiences" are disappointed because they don't know what happened and don't want to think about it. All they know was that Keanu was a bad actor, they didn't understand the movie, and there won't be another one to clear it up.
6. Willful suspension of disbelief, although that might be a bit much to ask. I would say his whole jacking in is a little odd but maybe he's got some WIFI going on or something.
A simpler explanation would be that their "Real World" is no different from the Matix. The only difference being that the people living there think they've escaped from a computer-based world instead of being born into it.
As long as they don't get in the way. I use Mozilla and appreciate the ad-blocking capabilities, but I really don't use it unless the ads are interfering with my surfing.
Just like when looking through a gaming magazine I don't mind the ads for the upcoming games.
If it's similar to the content on the site, I don't mind the ads as long as they don't distract me from what I'm using the site for. Sometimes I'll even be interested in something and click on them.
However, if they're overly flashy and make it hard for me to concentrate on the information on the site, I just right-click on it and block them.
So in general, I really don't mind seeing ads as long as they flow well with the page. In some cases I appreciate them because I can learn about something I may not have heard of before. If they get in the way, then they're getting blocked. I don't think it's a good idea to simply block all advertisements.
It takes longer to install (blank harddrive, to functional desktop system) a Windows system than it does to install most mainstream Linux distros (gentoo comes to mind as one that's not included in that statement ;) ).
I normally don't go out of my way to promote or defend Gentoo--because, frankly, I don't really like it that much--but a stage3 install of Gentoo is actually very fast. You just get the drives partitioned and mounted then untar the distro and sync it.
Now, if you're using an old stage3 tarball it may take a while to rebuild the outdated packages, but if you're just talking about the time it takes to get a usable system it can acutally be quite fast.
Which is why I like The Simpsons: Hit and Run. Not overly violent, a decent plot, variety in missions, and just a good game all-around.
My girlfriend and I have both been playing this quite a bit the past couple days. Fun game and highly recommended for anyone who likes the GTA-style play.
That just goes to show, KDE tends to go for the projects with more features and stays away from simplicity. Not to say that's a bad thing at all. Just not my preference.
It's great that we can have two successful projects with such different styles.
One reason I usually prefer Gnome... Gnome apps tend to keep things simpler.
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