Ubuntu still has a long way to go. My experience was as follows: I followed the instructions on site to access the update. No luck so I started the dist upgrade from console (do-update or something like that). After it downloaded around 900MB of archives it started a setup that lasted 3 hours. After the reboot I had to reconfigure some of the stuff: ndiswrapper for my bcm4318 and ati proprietary drivers. The driver from the restricted modules caused my laptop to freeze with a black screen with red lines. Then came the ugly part. Suspend and hibernate stopeed working. I used uswsusp before since the default suspend never worked anyhow but now not even uswsusp worked. After the reboot for about 2 sessions adept warned me everytime about a new version being available (since I was already running gutsy I presume it was a bug). After reading up on the forums I finally reverted back to the feisty kernel. This move magically solved all my suspending troubles. I don't really blame ubuntu for a clear cut kernel bug, I'm blaming them for not testing the new kernel and drivers properly. And no I do not have the time or adventure sense to beta test, I just want a system that works.
I worked at multiple companies before and all of them followed the same practice of using pirated software.
What I did was write a declaration that the software is being used illegally and had it signed by the people in charge thereby letting them take responsibility. If any BSA people appeared I had an alibi.
I have tried converting them to openoffice but the result was far from acceptable. Slow startup speeds on mediocre hardware wasted a lot of time and problems with import/export had you guessing if the document you sent will actually look the same at the destination. Also there are no real free alternatives to antivirus software. (ClamWin is a bad joke). When the software costs more than the hardware you run it on, is a sure sign that you need to switch to Linux.
One of the companies was in the education business. We had computer usage courses which required us to teach MS software. We did our best and taught the alternatives too but as long as the exam requires usage of Internet Exploder and Outlook Express along with MS office we had no real choice.
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Let us also not forget the bane of windows program updates: Every app wants to update itself with a separate updater that is started at boot time.
So now you have Windows Update, Adobe Update, Java Update, Quicktime update, Corel update and whatnot starting with the desktop slowing your computer and eating up bandwidth while also annoying you...
Also restarts are big PITA. I update some non-kernel component like paint and it needs a reboot.
Linux distros at least use one app for updates. On the other hand most updates for linux aren't patches but new versions of programs. So downloads are HUGE compared to MS ones.
Actually the winner of the update debate will be who can hide the updates being done form Joe User. Windows does a very poor job at that (every program wants to update itself and jumps into the face of the user, and I'm not even mentioning the 'restart needed' nagware) while some distros are better off but not truly automatic.
WGA is like DRM. The people it was designed to stop just find ways around it *cough* muBlinder *cough* while legit customers (false positives) get freaked out when they are treated as pirates...
As you all know first the net came on the telephone line along with the analog telephone signal. Then they implemented VoIP and the telephone calls now go over digital.
So if at first the net comes over the sewers along with the analog sewage... What will happen in the future? SoIP where sewage goes over digital? I am sure I don't want a sewage modem...
> unless some uniformity can be presented in how games are designed for the platforms
That would be OpenGL, OpenAL and SDL . Now that Micro$oft crippled Directsound in Vista and advises ppl to move to OpenAL the only thing left to do is move DirectX programmers to SDL and Direct3D programmers to OpenGL. The problem is that a huge amount of games are backported from consoles. Since DirectX is exclusively used in Xbox titles they cannot be ported to SDL without a major rewrite or using compatibility layers (Cedega). Playstation 3 might help in this regard since it uses OpenGL but it's architecture might be too different to port to PC.
Another problem is program startup time. Now that Vista has made programs start near-instantaneously (yes even the mozilla apps) linux seems far less snappy on the same hardware. Openoffice with tweaks and quickstarter is still painfully slow to start. This isn't a problem for people until they see the alternatives though.
As far as I know flash is rated 1M rewrites of a single block. Most flash automagically skips the bad blocks so the flash lifetime is significantly increased. Of course having a cache that will develop defects doesn't exactly strike me as stable... Ya know even the slackware installer suggests running a bad block check on your swap partition, with good reason too.
As a citizen of such a country I'd like to add a few things:
1. As stated above why should someone pay a month's wage (around here ~150$ on something he can get for 2$?
2. Most computer hardware purchases in the area are of second hand machines of the P2-P3 category. Now I know that you cannot compare the speed of Openoffice with that of MS Office on such hardware. For most people around here it's about owning a computer, any computer, that can perform the basic tasks required. We're talking about hardware that costs 60$!!! Compare that to a windows license+office license and you get that the hardware is only 1/5-th of the cost of a machine. If purchased it legally that is.
This event also highlights the general ignorance of the unwashed masses towards technology.
"This thing has blinking lights and wires! OMG! All the bombs I saw on TV had blinking lights and wires. This MUST be a bomb!"
Add in the general paranoia and you got a genuine panic. Being cautious is a good thing but things clearly got overboard.
Modern flash tolerates 1 million rewrites until errors start occuring. Having virtual memory on a medium the produces defects after 1 million writes isn't exactly what I would call stable.
It might be paranoia but we can assume that Microsoft is trying to push hardware sales with the high system specs.
So the obligatory lines go as:
1. High system specs force you to buy new hardware.
2. Average people do not care about upgrading, they will just switch to a new PC
3. New PCs come preloaded with Vista
4. Profit!
This is me writing, with an nForce 2 Mobo and a Barton 3200+ after nVidia said they will not be making drivers for Vista even though my system is fully capable of running Aero.
Oh go ahead and call Microsoft if you wish. But I bet they implemented their own phone standard which is incompatible with ours. Embrace, Extend, Exterminate. 'nuff said.
The metric system is just a theory! It has no place in schools... It's a conspiracy I tell you. First they take away our origins with that Darwin's theory now they want to take away our measurements...
May God bless you with a tinfoil hat.
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First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then they embrace, extend, extinguish you.
Thar's a Gunblade you insensitive clod.
Ubuntu still has a long way to go. My experience was as follows:
I followed the instructions on site to access the update. No luck so I started the dist upgrade from console (do-update or something like that).
After it downloaded around 900MB of archives it started a setup that lasted 3 hours. After the reboot I had to reconfigure some of the stuff: ndiswrapper for my bcm4318 and ati proprietary drivers. The driver from the restricted modules caused my laptop to freeze with a black screen with red lines. Then came the ugly part. Suspend and hibernate stopeed working. I used uswsusp before since the default suspend never worked anyhow but now not even uswsusp worked. After the reboot for about 2 sessions adept warned me everytime about a new version being available (since I was already running gutsy I presume it was a bug).
After reading up on the forums I finally reverted back to the feisty kernel. This move magically solved all my suspending troubles. I don't really blame ubuntu for a clear cut kernel bug, I'm blaming them for not testing the new kernel and drivers properly. And no I do not have the time or adventure sense to beta test, I just want a system that works.
There is no incentive for the wine team to let office 2003 run flawlessly in Wine since they sell Crossover Office(Wine that can run office 2003)
If you learn Ubuntu, you know Ubuntu. If you learn Slackware, you know Linux.
That's Internet 2.0 BETA!!! you insensitive clod. Greetings from Google.
I worked at multiple companies before and all of them followed the same practice of using pirated software.
What I did was write a declaration that the software is being used illegally and had it signed by the people in charge thereby letting them take responsibility. If any BSA people appeared I had an alibi.
I have tried converting them to openoffice but the result was far from acceptable. Slow startup speeds on mediocre hardware wasted a lot of time and problems with import/export had you guessing if the document you sent will actually look the same at the destination. Also there are no real free alternatives to antivirus software. (ClamWin is a bad joke). When the software costs more than the hardware you run it on, is a sure sign that you need to switch to Linux.
One of the companies was in the education business. We had computer usage courses which required us to teach MS software. We did our best and taught the alternatives too but as long as the exam requires usage of Internet Exploder and Outlook Express along with MS office we had no real choice.
Hot air doesn't just bend light... It also focuses/disperses it. So you can lose a LOT of energy if some heatwave disperses your beam.
Yes. The definition of 'Browser Wars' is just plain mistaken. It's 'Browser Crusades'!
MAFIAA: All your rights are belong to us!
Let us also not forget the bane of windows program updates: Every app wants to update itself with a separate updater that is started at boot time. So now you have Windows Update, Adobe Update, Java Update, Quicktime update, Corel update and whatnot starting with the desktop slowing your computer and eating up bandwidth while also annoying you... Also restarts are big PITA. I update some non-kernel component like paint and it needs a reboot. Linux distros at least use one app for updates. On the other hand most updates for linux aren't patches but new versions of programs. So downloads are HUGE compared to MS ones. Actually the winner of the update debate will be who can hide the updates being done form Joe User. Windows does a very poor job at that (every program wants to update itself and jumps into the face of the user, and I'm not even mentioning the 'restart needed' nagware) while some distros are better off but not truly automatic.
WGA is like DRM. The people it was designed to stop just find ways around it *cough* muBlinder *cough* while legit customers (false positives) get freaked out when they are treated as pirates...
As you all know first the net came on the telephone line along with the analog telephone signal. Then they implemented VoIP and the telephone calls now go over digital. So if at first the net comes over the sewers along with the analog sewage... What will happen in the future? SoIP where sewage goes over digital? I am sure I don't want a sewage modem...
> unless some uniformity can be presented in how games are designed for the platforms
That would be OpenGL, OpenAL and SDL . Now that Micro$oft crippled Directsound in Vista and advises ppl to move to OpenAL the only thing left to do is move DirectX programmers to SDL and Direct3D programmers to OpenGL.
The problem is that a huge amount of games are backported from consoles. Since DirectX is exclusively used in Xbox titles they cannot be ported to SDL without a major rewrite or using compatibility layers (Cedega). Playstation 3 might help in this regard since it uses OpenGL but it's architecture might be too different to port to PC.
Another problem is program startup time. Now that Vista has made programs start near-instantaneously (yes even the mozilla apps) linux seems far less snappy on the same hardware. Openoffice with tweaks and quickstarter is still painfully slow to start. This isn't a problem for people until they see the alternatives though.
As far as I know flash is rated 1M rewrites of a single block. Most flash automagically skips the bad blocks so the flash lifetime is significantly increased. Of course having a cache that will develop defects doesn't exactly strike me as stable... Ya know even the slackware installer suggests running a bad block check on your swap partition, with good reason too.
As a citizen of such a country I'd like to add a few things: 1. As stated above why should someone pay a month's wage (around here ~150$ on something he can get for 2$? 2. Most computer hardware purchases in the area are of second hand machines of the P2-P3 category. Now I know that you cannot compare the speed of Openoffice with that of MS Office on such hardware. For most people around here it's about owning a computer, any computer, that can perform the basic tasks required. We're talking about hardware that costs 60$!!! Compare that to a windows license+office license and you get that the hardware is only 1/5-th of the cost of a machine. If purchased it legally that is.
Is there a viable technology for blocking such ads? Something like OCR spam filtering?
Nope. It's about the mentality. One had to lie cheat and steal to make a decent living in the communist era. Those habits are hard to lose.
This event also highlights the general ignorance of the unwashed masses towards technology. "This thing has blinking lights and wires! OMG! All the bombs I saw on TV had blinking lights and wires. This MUST be a bomb!" Add in the general paranoia and you got a genuine panic. Being cautious is a good thing but things clearly got overboard.
Modern flash tolerates 1 million rewrites until errors start occuring. Having virtual memory on a medium the produces defects after 1 million writes isn't exactly what I would call stable.
It might be paranoia but we can assume that Microsoft is trying to push hardware sales with the high system specs. So the obligatory lines go as: 1. High system specs force you to buy new hardware. 2. Average people do not care about upgrading, they will just switch to a new PC 3. New PCs come preloaded with Vista 4. Profit! This is me writing, with an nForce 2 Mobo and a Barton 3200+ after nVidia said they will not be making drivers for Vista even though my system is fully capable of running Aero.
Well if it would be compared to OSX then it wouldn't actually be an apples to apples comparison. More like an apples to MSN butterfly comparison.
Oh go ahead and call Microsoft if you wish. But I bet they implemented their own phone standard which is incompatible with ours. Embrace, Extend, Exterminate. 'nuff said.
The metric system is just a theory! It has no place in schools... It's a conspiracy I tell you. First they take away our origins with that Darwin's theory now they want to take away our measurements... May God bless you with a tinfoil hat.
Yeah since our religion or lack thereof doesn't ban condoms.