For all Slashdot's leanings toward open source and hatred of all things microsfot or proprietary, does anyone else find that Slashdot itself acts like a closed source company?
You mean like how they host the code that runs their site on a publicly available CVS server and FTP site? Open source means that you can modify the code however you want, not that other people will modify the code however you want.
Supposedly Synaptic already supports getting app images from the Debian screenshots database, and I would be surprised if that's not integrated in Add/Remove as well.
The Add/Remove application shows the application name and a one line description in the pick list. If you select an item in the list, a more detailed description (usually with a link to the app's website) is displayed in the lower window. It also gives user ratings, and in the future will likely use the Debian screenshot database to show a picture of the application.
While sorting is limited to application name and user rating, you can filter by type or run a keyword search. It is all very intuitive and I can't really see it being easier to use.
Encryption only works because brute forcing the scheme on current hardware is ridiculously time consuming. Encrypting with today's standards does not protect against future advances in computing power.
So don't give them all of your data. Treat online storage like a RAID, and give give each one a few "stripes" of data. No single entity would have enough to reconstruct your data, and if any single entity suddenly disappeared you'd still have enough in the others to reconstruct your data.
But at that point, just keep it on DVDs and re-copy them every few years. Seriously, it's cheap, easy and reliable for as long as you're willing to put in a minimal amount of effort. You also won't run into a problem of having an unsupported format in the future, because when your current format is going obsolete your next copy can be in a newer format.
It's a shame that nobody in Linux is doing something similar. It's an oportunity to take lead in the desktop.
Sun's Project Looking Glass has been running on Linux for about 3 years now. The hard part is not the 3D effects, but coming up with a way of making it usable. If Apple has figured that part out, I expect it will be copied by everyone else in short order.
Not yet, I almost have a working Live/Install CD ISO, but my current webhosting has a bandwith cap, and I'm pretty sure posting a link on Slashdot to a 700MB would consume all of it in about 2 minutes. I'm talking to someone at Canonical to try and get them to host it.
My kids are hardly prodigies (actually, they both have Autism Spectrum Disorder) but now they can both use the PC with no problem. I've found the Zac Browser [zacbrowser.com] to be a great help, as it limits the options kids have and basically turns the PC into a toy they can play with.
My son is on the spectrum too, I made a Linux distro for him with some nice open source games. Check it out at: http://quinncoincorporated.org/
Don't sell 2 year olds short, my daughter started playing with her computer at 2. I'm making a toddler-focused Ubuntu distro for kids that age: http://quinncoincorporated.org/
I am beta testing it on my own 3 and 4 year old, and will have a LiveCD available for download as soon as I can find someone with more bandwidth to host the ISO.
Instead of buying a new UMPC, just go on ebay or craigslist and get an older laptop. If you really want something new, $400 will get you a new OLPC on Amazon, they're rugged enough for a 2 year old.
That one had the best, most dramatic effects, of any sci-fi doomsday weapon I've ever seen. The part where it's tearing the water planet apart is just awesome. No quick explosion into tiny particles that quickly disappear, but rather continent-sized chunks of planet being ripped away and consumed by the fiery inferno of the event horizon. Just frelling awesome.
No, it's Pirates, dammit! Now I'm going to lecture you about the proper pluralization of latin sounding words because I think you're a dumbass trying to look educated, there is no way you would make a common mistake for comedic value. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/humor
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For all Slashdot's leanings toward open source and hatred of all things microsfot or proprietary, does anyone else find that Slashdot itself acts like a closed source company?
You mean like how they host the code that runs their site on a publicly available CVS server and FTP site? Open source means that you can modify the code however you want, not that other people will modify the code however you want.
Here's a screenshot from 8.04: http://bp2.blogger.com/_dpFEn-yp6Rs/SHLpTNt6PQI/AAAAAAAAB1s/AC2KLvtxcKU/s1600-h/Installing-Software-add-remove-ubuntu.jpg
Supposedly Synaptic already supports getting app images from the Debian screenshots database, and I would be surprised if that's not integrated in Add/Remove as well.
Rocket Fuel Malt Liquor, Damn!
The Add/Remove application shows the application name and a one line description in the pick list. If you select an item in the list, a more detailed description (usually with a link to the app's website) is displayed in the lower window. It also gives user ratings, and in the future will likely use the Debian screenshot database to show a picture of the application.
While sorting is limited to application name and user rating, you can filter by type or run a keyword search. It is all very intuitive and I can't really see it being easier to use.
Don't worry, it will.
Encryption only works because brute forcing the scheme on current hardware is ridiculously time consuming. Encrypting with today's standards does not protect against future advances in computing power.
So don't give them all of your data. Treat online storage like a RAID, and give give each one a few "stripes" of data. No single entity would have enough to reconstruct your data, and if any single entity suddenly disappeared you'd still have enough in the others to reconstruct your data.
But at that point, just keep it on DVDs and re-copy them every few years. Seriously, it's cheap, easy and reliable for as long as you're willing to put in a minimal amount of effort. You also won't run into a problem of having an unsupported format in the future, because when your current format is going obsolete your next copy can be in a newer format.
It's a shame that nobody in Linux is doing something similar. It's an oportunity to take lead in the desktop.
Sun's Project Looking Glass has been running on Linux for about 3 years now. The hard part is not the 3D effects, but coming up with a way of making it usable. If Apple has figured that part out, I expect it will be copied by everyone else in short order.
Pretend you're predisposed to dislike anything the President elect says or does, then it will make sense.
What makes you think they're only working 40 hours per week?
Does WSUS let you push updates to third party applications, or only update workstations with the application already installed?
For linux you just host your own package repository, and configure the workstations to automatically install updates.
Larger UID = Instant karma
Because we all hate people with lower UIDs than ourselves.
Not yet, I almost have a working Live/Install CD ISO, but my current webhosting has a bandwith cap, and I'm pretty sure posting a link on Slashdot to a 700MB would consume all of it in about 2 minutes. I'm talking to someone at Canonical to try and get them to host it.
LOTR was a lot of book with several long and tedious stretches, but when they cut the exciting conclusion from the story it rather sucked.
Not the movie's fault, Tolkien had a bad habit of having his characters lose consciousness right when the "exciting conclusion" got started.
Yes, but Edubuntu was much more school and classroom focused than I needed.
My kids are hardly prodigies (actually, they both have Autism Spectrum Disorder) but now they can both use the PC with no problem. I've found the Zac Browser [zacbrowser.com] to be a great help, as it limits the options kids have and basically turns the PC into a toy they can play with.
My son is on the spectrum too, I made a Linux distro for him with some nice open source games. Check it out at: http://quinncoincorporated.org/
Don't sell 2 year olds short, my daughter started playing with her computer at 2. I'm making a toddler-focused Ubuntu distro for kids that age: http://quinncoincorporated.org/
I am beta testing it on my own 3 and 4 year old, and will have a LiveCD available for download as soon as I can find someone with more bandwidth to host the ISO.
Instead of buying a new UMPC, just go on ebay or craigslist and get an older laptop. If you really want something new, $400 will get you a new OLPC on Amazon, they're rugged enough for a 2 year old.
Better call it SunGnu, or Stallman will have to use his katana.
That one had the best, most dramatic effects, of any sci-fi doomsday weapon I've ever seen. The part where it's tearing the water planet apart is just awesome. No quick explosion into tiny particles that quickly disappear, but rather continent-sized chunks of planet being ripped away and consumed by the fiery inferno of the event horizon. Just frelling awesome.
No, it's Pirates, dammit! Now I'm going to lecture you about the proper pluralization of latin sounding words because I think you're a dumbass trying to look educated, there is no way you would make a common mistake for comedic value. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/humor
Right, because Pirates are known for proper spelling and pronunciation. Can you see a pirate trying to pronoun viruses? I didn't think so.
Right, because Pirates are known for proper spelling and pronunciation. Can you see a pirate trying to pronoun viruses? I didn't think so.
No, Avast yee scurvy virii.
Neither of you are taking into account multi-word stupid trick topics.
This person is being extremely rude, please do something about it or I will be forced to document it excessively.