Last time I seriously tried Ubuntu (6.10 IIRC) it wouldn't associate with my WPA secured wireless network without installing WPA supplicant, completely breaking the wifi GUI bits, and re-writing the network scripts. Feisty and Gutsy handle it automatically. Right now I'm using Gutsy attached to a WPA2 network. NetworkManager detected everything automatically, all I had to do was enter the password (warning: many wireless drivers only support TKIP and not AES. Lame.).
About a month ago I popped a Gutsy disk into my new PC and was not able to get native resolution for my 16:10 LCD and gave up right there. I have better things to do with my time than rewrite my X config file. I had the same problem on my home desktop (with two widescreens), work desktop (widescreen), and on my ThinkPad (widescreen). If I select "LCD Panel 1680x1050" the max resolution it will let me set is "1400x1050" (I just checked). Selecting "Plug 'n' Play" will let me select the correct resolution. Still, on all three systems "Plug 'n' Play" and "1680x1050" was set by default.
The new x config in Gutsy is quite annoying. Hopefully they'll have the bugs fixed for Hardy. Ubuntu really needs to copy Fedora/RHEL's system-config-* tools and make them work with for Debian-based systems. Duplicating things that already work well isn't helping things...
Here is more information from their knowledge base. According to that article it's caused by Adblock+ (0.7.5.2 and lower) and the Google toolbar. It lists two ways to fix it, first by using the File Types dialog and by editing the registry.
I'm having a hard time thinking of uncopyrighted things that can be put onto a CD that might be troublesome . . . hmmm . . . confidential business records, perhaps?
Nah, I give up. (IANAL) Everything that's created is covered by copyright by default. To not have a copyright the author is required to explicitly release it as public domain (see SQLite for an example).
I think this guy is confused and means freeware, FOSS, etc. It's not surprising with the RIAA, MPAA, and BSA abusing copyright and distorting it's meaning all the time. I hear comments like that fairly regularly it pisses me off. Hell, my former webhost had this message (probably still does) when logging in via ssh:
Welcome to...
Use of any of the following can result in your Account being disabled with or without notice:
- IRC/Chat Server or Client Software - Scripts used for mass mailing - Programs that could be used to compromise the security of any system - Scripts that use excessive amounts of System Resources - Storage or execution of programs that are copyrighted
If you have any questions, please feel free to visit our comprehensive list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) at http://.../faq.htm
Thank you for choosing... So, that means no Perl, PHP, MySQL, ssh, rsync, csh, etc? Using any available gpl/lgpl/bsd scripts/libraries? Am I violating that by using their copyrighted BSD-licensed server with a copyrighted BSD-licensed shell (csh)? By using copyrighted BSD-licensed utilities (ls, mkdir, rm, etc)?
"FireGPG is a Firefox extension under GPL which brings an interface to encrypt, decrypt, sign or verify the signature of text in any web page using GnuPG. FireGPG adds an contextual menu to access to some useful functions. We will support some webmails. Currently, only Gmail is supported (some useful buttons are added in the interface of this webmail!)."
I haven't used it or Hushmail*, but it looks interesting. It does lack the portability, though. Maybe it could be made to work with Portable Firefox.
Another album with a similar selling model is the new Saul Williams album. You can download it for free, or choose to pay $5. I downloaded it for free because there was no sample. I'm trying to figure out if I'm going to buy it. I'm not a big fan of hip hop, but I do like the music, and will probably end up sending the $5. Anyway, the album was produced by Trent Reznor. So not only is he doing great things with changing the business model for his own music, he's helping other artists do the same. The Saul Williams album (The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust) has some good stuff on it. It basically sounds like NIN mixed with rap. I don't like rap, but several of the songs are sung and those songs are pretty good. Especially "Sunday Bloody Sunday" (U2 cover). I don't care for the rapped ones though. I bought it without hearing it first simply because of Reznor.
Also, everyone seems to forget that Harvey Danger (remember "Flagpole Sitta" in the 90s?) did this two years ago. Their website still has the torrents (and a hosted download) and a paypal donation link.
I cannot get used to the damned multiple window interface, though, and that's the real reason why people give up on Gimp I think. So I take it that you've never used Photoshop on a Mac before?
An easy interface for installing QEMU and Windows like QEMU Launcher and QEMU Control polished and fully supported by Canonical. I'd rather not have QEMU the default VM. It significantly lacks in features, usability, and polish. Running Windows under it gives horrible performance (even with kqemu) and has random application crashes. Instead, I'd like to see more integration with VirtualBox, which, btw, is licensed under the GPL* and included in Gutsy. It's fully GUI oriented (qt, unfortunately), has drivers for Windows to do seamless mouse and better video performance, and it also supports a "seamless" mode where Windows apps appear on the regular desktop. It's very far ahead. Overall it works rather well and has good snapshot support. I now use it instead of VMWare Server for desktop virtualization (for server virtualization Xen completely rocks).
* It's also under a "personal use and evaluation license", but there isn't a difference between the GPL version and the PUEL. They just don't provide binaries for the GPL version. Ubuntu's package is the GPL version so that's not an issue.
Because MathType lets you just click some buttons and insert mathematical equations into Word. So does OpenOffice. In OpenOffice just hit "Insert"->"Object"->"Formula". It's quite easy to use and has a very large set of options. I haven't used Word in a while, but I think I remember Word 2000 having something similar. I have no idea which is better or how it compares to MathType, but it's really a good idea to try using the features of your software before relying on some addon.
You know, I tried it, but was only able to open/save.odt files (no Powerpoint or Excel). Not sure what the problem was. For Excel it's only "Import" and "Export" on the file menu. Not sure about Powerpoint.
Also, it didn't associate ODF documents with their MSO counterparts (I didn't have OpenOffice installed at the time). Both 1.0 and 1.1 associate.odt with MS Word by default.
Windows XP: Go to opera.com, download the Windows installer. (This is chosen automatically, so you just have to click 'Download' on the front page, and then 'Download Opera' on the next page.) Save it to the desktop. Double click on the new file on the desktop. Click Next until you can click 'Finish'.
Ubuntu Feisty: Go to opera.com, download the Windows installer. (This is chosen automatically, so you just have to click 'Download' on the front page, and then 'Download Opera' on the next page.) Save it to the desktop. Double click on the new file on the desktop. Click... No wait, that's it. It's done.
Wow, Ubuntu is easier! Maybe you shouldn't have let me pick the program. While there -are- programs that are harder on Linux, any that provide a.deb file are now as easy as on Windows. Why not just select "Applications"->"Add/Remove...", select the "Internet" category, Check "Opera" and hit "Apply"?
Far easier than navigating and downloading through a web site, and updates are handled automatically.
There is nothing stopping you from buying the whole album without using their downloader. You just have to actually download all the songs individually. Yeah, and pay more. For example, if I wanted to buy "Year Zero" by Nine Inch Nails, it'd cost $7.99 to download as an album or $14.24 to buy it as individual songs.
The "Buy MP3 Album With 1-Click" button says "Requires Amazon MP3 Downloader". The "Amazon MP3 Downloader" page says "We recommend installing the Amazon MP3 Downloader before your first purchase. It is required for album purchases, and makes downloading songs fast and easy." If there's a way to download an album without it I'd be happy to give it a try, it just doesn't seem that way.
I don't buy songs. I buy albums. Amazon should either do do like DownloadPunk.com and sell the album zip'd or release a Linux downloader. The first would be easier.
If you actually read arth1's post, you'll see he's right. Click on the "about eMusic" link at the bottom of the front page then hit the browse tab. I've never been to that site in my life, but I' browsing without an account now. I read his post. Apparently you did not. Here is the full text of his post:
False. This works for you because you are signed up. Try accessing the site from a different profile or browser (or clean out the cookie and restart the browser). I can't see any way to browse what's available without signing up first, giving them my credit card number and authorizing them to bill me.
However, they lock out Linux users. While I can apparently buy indivual songs, I can't buy an album without using their downloader which is Windows/OS X only. I don't feel like booting into OS X just to download some mp3s.
For now I'll stick to eMusic and DownloadPunk (albums are downloaded as a zip).
"When used incorrectly and in direct conflict of something that you are promoting, DRM sucks!"
That's too long. DRM sucks period. Very true, however:
By making the usage of your software a hassle, you risk further pushing more users of your applications to other solutions." I think Microsoft should actually be encouraged to add more DRM to their products. If people can't get Windows and Office for "free" all the time as they do now people actually have to pay those high prices for it. Or go with the better alternatives that exist. Why use Ubuntu with Windows is "free". Why use OpenOffice with MS Office is "free"?
Yeah... I've been meaning to check out eMusic, actually. The latest Popular Science magazine included a coupon code on an inserted "post card" type ad, saying it was good for 25 free songs on sign-up or something like that. Hard to complain about 2+ albums worth of free songs just to take a look at it, I figure. eMusic rocks. I usually end up using my 75 downloads by the end of the first week, plus a few off my booster pack* to finish off an album. The tracks are LAME-encoded, all VBR. Most songs I download average around 200bps.
* Subscription downloads expire at the end of the month. You can buy "booster packs" to download more than your subscription provides (ie, to finish downloading an album), and they last for a year.
1) Free of AT&T 2) VOIP, used by default when WiFi is available 3) Designed as an open platform to be modified easily (custom apps, alternative firmware, etc)
Of course, that will never happen.
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IMHO, it surpassed it with 2.14. At least that's when I switched from KDE (after using it since '99 and was very anti-Gnome). At this point I don't want to go back to KDE. Gnome makes so much more sense as everything is organized more logically, the button/control overload is gone, the dialogs are great (ie, the file dialog, I love having my network and usb drives listed by name on the side instead of having to click on media or browse down to/media). That and Clearlooks is beautiful and looks so much nicer than any theme I've been able to find for KDE (don't say Klearlook, those buttons are freakishly large, select boxes are tiny, and everything else is way out of proportion, polyester (with tweaking) is the only one that doesn't make my eyes hurt).
Now if only Gnome had a browser that's not Mozilla-based (Epiphany counts as Mozilla based) and actually follows the desktop settings and looks and feels native...
ATT you want to see what will make me pay $50 a month for my Internet from the cable company? Start filtering and I'll drop your crappy $20 DSL that day. And what are you going to do when your cable monopoly does the same thing? Once A&TT gets away with it everyone else will follow.
NiN is a Big Deal & could easily start their own label and do whatever they damn well please. So, by suggesting he renounce royalties, the GP is saying that Reznor shouldn't just say "Fuck the Man", he should actually stop taking money he's earned through the system he decries. Perhaps he should. A cool name for it would be Nothing Records...
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The new x config in Gutsy is quite annoying. Hopefully they'll have the bugs fixed for Hardy. Ubuntu really needs to copy Fedora/RHEL's system-config-* tools and make them work with for Debian-based systems. Duplicating things that already work well isn't helping things...
Here is more information from their knowledge base. According to that article it's caused by Adblock+ (0.7.5.2 and lower) and the Google toolbar. It lists two ways to fix it, first by using the File Types dialog and by editing the registry.
Nah, I give up. (IANAL) Everything that's created is covered by copyright by default. To not have a copyright the author is required to explicitly release it as public domain (see SQLite for an example).
I think this guy is confused and means freeware, FOSS, etc. It's not surprising with the RIAA, MPAA, and BSA abusing copyright and distorting it's meaning all the time. I hear comments like that fairly regularly it pisses me off. Hell, my former webhost had this message (probably still does) when logging in via ssh: Welcome to
Use of any of the following can result in your Account being disabled
with or without notice:
- IRC/Chat Server or Client Software
- Scripts used for mass mailing
- Programs that could be used to compromise the security of any system
- Scripts that use excessive amounts of System Resources
- Storage or execution of programs that are copyrighted
If you have any questions, please feel free to visit our comprehensive
list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) at http://.../faq.htm
Thank you for choosing
FireGPG?. Quoting the website:
"FireGPG is a Firefox extension under GPL which brings an interface to encrypt, decrypt, sign or verify the signature of text in any web page using GnuPG. FireGPG adds an contextual menu to access to some useful functions. We will support some webmails. Currently, only Gmail is supported (some useful buttons are added in the interface of this webmail!)."
I haven't used it or Hushmail*, but it looks interesting. It does lack the portability, though. Maybe it could be made to work with Portable Firefox.
* I trust no one with my private keys.
Also, everyone seems to forget that Harvey Danger (remember "Flagpole Sitta" in the 90s?) did this two years ago. Their website still has the torrents (and a hosted download) and a paypal donation link.
* It's also under a "personal use and evaluation license", but there isn't a difference between the GPL version and the PUEL. They just don't provide binaries for the GPL version. Ubuntu's package is the GPL version so that's not an issue.
Scuttlemonkey is their PR agent. That looks like a typo squatter to me. I couldn't find anything there that isn't an ad.
You should advocate installing Sun's ODF Plugin for MS Office. It works quite well, as is free (as in beer).
Windows XP: Go to opera.com, download the Windows installer. (This is chosen automatically, so you just have to click 'Download' on the front page, and then 'Download Opera' on the next page.) Save it to the desktop. Double click on the new file on the desktop. Click Next until you can click 'Finish'.
Ubuntu Feisty: Go to opera.com, download the Windows installer. (This is chosen automatically, so you just have to click 'Download' on the front page, and then 'Download Opera' on the next page.) Save it to the desktop. Double click on the new file on the desktop. Click
Wow, Ubuntu is easier! Maybe you shouldn't have let me pick the program. While there -are- programs that are harder on Linux, any that provide a
Far easier than navigating and downloading through a web site, and updates are handled automatically.
The "Buy MP3 Album With 1-Click" button says "Requires Amazon MP3 Downloader". The "Amazon MP3 Downloader" page says "We recommend installing the Amazon MP3 Downloader before your first purchase. It is required for album purchases, and makes downloading songs fast and easy." If there's a way to download an album without it I'd be happy to give it a try, it just doesn't seem that way.
I don't buy songs. I buy albums. Amazon should either do do like DownloadPunk.com and sell the album zip'd or release a Linux downloader. The first would be easier.
Click on the "about eMusic" link at the bottom of the front page then hit the browse tab.
I've never been to that site in my life, but I' browsing without an account now. I read his post. Apparently you did not. Here is the full text of his post: False. This works for you because you are signed up. Try accessing the site from a different profile or browser (or clean out the cookie and restart the browser). I can't see any way to browse what's available without signing up first, giving them my credit card number and authorizing them to bill me.
However, they lock out Linux users. While I can apparently buy indivual songs, I can't buy an album without using their downloader which is Windows/OS X only. I don't feel like booting into OS X just to download some mp3s.
For now I'll stick to eMusic and DownloadPunk (albums are downloaded as a zip).
Go here: http://www.emusic.com/browse/all.html.
You can also click on the "Login" button on eMusic.com and then a search box and all the links are there.
Or install the Firefox search.
That's too long. DRM sucks period. Very true, however: By making the usage of your software a hassle, you risk further pushing more users of your applications to other solutions." I think Microsoft should actually be encouraged to add more DRM to their products. If people can't get Windows and Office for "free" all the time as they do now people actually have to pay those high prices for it. Or go with the better alternatives that exist. Why use Ubuntu with Windows is "free". Why use OpenOffice with MS Office is "free"?
* Subscription downloads expire at the end of the month. You can buy "booster packs" to download more than your subscription provides (ie, to finish downloading an album), and they last for a year.
If you want to check out what they have, just go here: http://www.emusic.com/browse/all.html.
I don't like their download program, but there is an GPL'd alternative that works quite well (Linux only).
What I'd like is:
1) Free of AT&T
2) VOIP, used by default when WiFi is available
3) Designed as an open platform to be modified easily (custom apps, alternative firmware, etc)
Of course, that will never happen.
IMHO, it surpassed it with 2.14. At least that's when I switched from KDE (after using it since '99 and was very anti-Gnome). At this point I don't want to go back to KDE. Gnome makes so much more sense as everything is organized more logically, the button/control overload is gone, the dialogs are great (ie, the file dialog, I love having my network and usb drives listed by name on the side instead of having to click on media or browse down to /media). That and Clearlooks is beautiful and looks so much nicer than any theme I've been able to find for KDE (don't say Klearlook, those buttons are freakishly large, select boxes are tiny, and everything else is way out of proportion, polyester (with tweaking) is the only one that doesn't make my eyes hurt).
Now if only Gnome had a browser that's not Mozilla-based (Epiphany counts as Mozilla based) and actually follows the desktop settings and looks and feels native...
Where's my free-market leverage to get better service, less spying, and no filtering? That's more choice that I have. My only option is Comcast.
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