Although I don't use Windows, I know that XP is Windows NT 5.1 and Vista is Windows NT 6.0. So the next one will apparently be Windows NT 7.0, and thus just another iteration of the old broken NT kernel.
You got it. Proprietary, undocumented file formats are designed that way for the only purpose of locking the user into a specific software or vendor. Of course this can and will be a source of problems on platforms that vendor does not support. The only solution is to not use these formats whenever possible and encourage others to do the same.
I don't get however why TFA speaks of "modern" proprietary file formats. "Modern" in a way that every new version breaks backwards compatibility and adds more unused binary garbage?
Germany has a tripartite high school system that selects students by their abilities. Gymnasium is just one of the school forms (and the most demanding one). The other two are Realschule and Hauptschule and aim to prepare their students for more ordinary careers. As an alternative to this system there are Gesamtschulen (also existing and known as "comprehensive schools" in the UK).
I have NO problem running XP media Center and OpenSuse on a system with a Gig of ram as a duel boot. I want your boot manager that lets Linux and Windows duel while they boot up. Imagine that gore and all sorts of nasty stuff covering the screen!
I wasn't begging for sympathy, just reciting someone else's opinion. My grandmother seems to have bad memories of the British occupation. Her husband fought the Soviets at the east front (and survived war captivity there). My other grandfather did his duty against the British as a paratrooper in North Africa (well, at least until he hit a mine at the cost of his right arm).
However, that does not mean I sympathize with the views they may have had at the time. It's history, and most of us have learnt from it.
I know you are trolling - but one of the WWII documentaries that run on N24 all the time mentions the bombing of the Möhnetalsperre, including allied (color!) video footage of the devastation.
German Wikipedia says the reason the Ruhr Area's production was not effectively hit is because all dams were repaired within a short time. By the way, my grandparents told me about the attacks when I was young (I'm from a Ruhr family). In fact, everybody hated the Allies because of these (seemingly) purposeless attacks, which did nothing but kill thousands of random people.
To be fair I've seen comments that upgrading from Ubuntu Dapper Drake to Edgy Eft (late beta) broke things. That's why you shouldn't upgrade to a beta on a "has to run" system. If you want to tinker around, do it in a VM;-)
I didn't even try, but just did a reinstall...as I usually do. A reinstall gets rid of lots of old cruft that I'd otherwise never get around to cleaning. That's thinking around the lines of Windows. If you use the package manager EXCLUSIVELY for software maintenance and don't circumvent it with manual installation procedures, there is no cruft to clean up except of the one or other orphaned config file.
OTOH, Linux makes it easy to have/home be a separate partition, and if you do that, then a reinstall is pretty cheap. In fact, every distro I know creates a separate home partition by default. If you really think you have to reinstall, also make a backup of/etc, by the way. That makes it even cheaper.
Rarely, if ever, has a major OS upgrade over an older version (any OS, not just Microsoft's) resulted in a computer that was as stable and functional as a fresh install. Funny. I have a Mandriva and a Kubuntu box and a full distribution upgrade is a simple matter of supplying the package manager with the new repositories. From then on, it works like any other update. Both boxes have been upgraded multiple times that way without even the slightest glitch.
I think you have to raise your expectations regarding OSes a bit...
It is a physical button located on your PC case labeled "reset". It will only work, however, if there is a GNU/Linux install media in your drive, in which case it will "reset" your PC to a permanently usable state.
OK, sort of a solution... don't use any 3rd party apps and Windows will not "decay". However, that doesn't help people who have to get real work done and NEED a lot of useful apps from different sources. These must go insane, like I did when I still used Windows...
OK, we Linux users have different needs, and there is a load of different distributions to support us in that freedom of choice. But what is the point in relating that to Windows' market penetration? Even if it had a total 99.999% penetration I still wouldn't use or discuss it, because it is not for me, and would still prefer discussing the pros and cons of Linux distributions.
No, it depends on you being from the English-speaking world or not. In major parts of the world, we would speak of a milliardaire, meaning the same amount of money.
Is there a default scheduler in the linux kernel? If so, which is it? The O(1) scheduler.
Are there several schedulers to choose from? No, there is currently only that one CPU scheduler in the kernel, but you can set a specific scheduling policy for a running process to optimize its behavior. There are however multiple I/O schedulers to choose from.
If so, which one(s) do the major distros use? Will the new CFS be the new default or just another choice? CFS is the new default scheduler from 2.6.23 on and replaces O(1).
What I'd really like to see happen is that Microsoft actually starts legitimately competing to hold onto its market share... Starts turning out a quality product... Makes Windows less of a headache to deal with... Makes Office appealing for reasons other than "we have to buy it because everything is in Word format."
Nothing of this will happen while Microsoft is still ruled by bean counters that measure success exclusively in shareholder satisfaction. I'm sure the creative folks within MS want to innovate, but they are stuck within a nightmarish management hierarchy which allows for nothing but the lowest common denominator being decided upon and implemented.
MS is too oldschool in their strategies, and too large to manage itself. They have to restructure, and do it soon, if they want to compete by any other measure than pure market capitalization.
Sorry, I understood it a bit wrong. I suppose you are talking about complete distro upgrades, which are required from time to time. In that case, if you decide to stick to the older version and thus not to update the apps, you will have to compile the newest kernels yourself because there will be no updated distribution packages. However, possible security holes in application software will stay unpatched.
Kernel fixes, especially vulnerabilities, are usually in the repositories within 24 hours.
I recommend you have a look at Gentoo if you need full control over the versions of software installed on your computer.
Maybe you should stop toggling in your boot sector with mechanical switches and start using a distro with a package manager and all that fancy stuff, you know...
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Although I don't use Windows, I know that XP is Windows NT 5.1 and Vista is Windows NT 6.0. So the next one will apparently be Windows NT 7.0, and thus just another iteration of the old broken NT kernel.
Hello mods, in case your typo detectors are broken today, I am expecting to be modded funny :-)
You got it. Proprietary, undocumented file formats are designed that way for the only purpose of locking the user into a specific software or vendor. Of course this can and will be a source of problems on platforms that vendor does not support. The only solution is to not use these formats whenever possible and encourage others to do the same.
I don't get however why TFA speaks of "modern" proprietary file formats. "Modern" in a way that every new version breaks backwards compatibility and adds more unused binary garbage?
Germany has a tripartite high school system that selects students by their abilities. Gymnasium is just one of the school forms (and the most demanding one). The other two are Realschule and Hauptschule and aim to prepare their students for more ordinary careers. As an alternative to this system there are Gesamtschulen (also existing and known as "comprehensive schools" in the UK).
I wrote "hated", which does not imply there is still hate :-)
And of course I'm glad the barbaric times are over (at least on our continent).
I wasn't begging for sympathy, just reciting someone else's opinion. My grandmother seems to have bad memories of the British occupation. Her husband fought the Soviets at the east front (and survived war captivity there). My other grandfather did his duty against the British as a paratrooper in North Africa (well, at least until he hit a mine at the cost of his right arm).
However, that does not mean I sympathize with the views they may have had at the time. It's history, and most of us have learnt from it.
I know you are trolling - but one of the WWII documentaries that run on N24 all the time mentions the bombing of the Möhnetalsperre, including allied (color!) video footage of the devastation.
German Wikipedia says the reason the Ruhr Area's production was not effectively hit is because all dams were repaired within a short time. By the way, my grandparents told me about the attacks when I was young (I'm from a Ruhr family). In fact, everybody hated the Allies because of these (seemingly) purposeless attacks, which did nothing but kill thousands of random people.
I think you have to raise your expectations regarding OSes a bit
It is a physical button located on your PC case labeled "reset". It will only work, however, if there is a GNU/Linux install media in your drive, in which case it will "reset" your PC to a permanently usable state.
There are rumors that Steve Jobs is is possession of a reality distortion device. And I think you got an overdose.
OK, sort of a solution ... don't use any 3rd party apps and Windows will not "decay". However, that doesn't help people who have to get real work done and NEED a lot of useful apps from different sources. These must go insane, like I did when I still used Windows ...
OK, we Linux users have different needs, and there is a load of different distributions to support us in that freedom of choice. But what is the point in relating that to Windows' market penetration? Even if it had a total 99.999% penetration I still wouldn't use or discuss it, because it is not for me, and would still prefer discussing the pros and cons of Linux distributions.
Even Windows ME has 22 times more hits than Windows Vista. The level of unpopularity suprises me every day anew.
No, it depends on you being from the English-speaking world or not. In major parts of the world, we would speak of a milliardaire, meaning the same amount of money.
Nothing of this will happen while Microsoft is still ruled by bean counters that measure success exclusively in shareholder satisfaction. I'm sure the creative folks within MS want to innovate, but they are stuck within a nightmarish management hierarchy which allows for nothing but the lowest common denominator being decided upon and implemented.
MS is too oldschool in their strategies, and too large to manage itself. They have to restructure, and do it soon, if they want to compete by any other measure than pure market capitalization.
Sorry, I understood it a bit wrong. I suppose you are talking about complete distro upgrades, which are required from time to time. In that case, if you decide to stick to the older version and thus not to update the apps, you will have to compile the newest kernels yourself because there will be no updated distribution packages. However, possible security holes in application software will stay unpatched.
Kernel fixes, especially vulnerabilities, are usually in the repositories within 24 hours.
I recommend you have a look at Gentoo if you need full control over the versions of software installed on your computer.
I, for one, welcome our new actual humor overlords!
Imagine a Soviet Beowulf cluster of Linux kernels releasing YOU!
Maybe you should stop toggling in your boot sector with mechanical switches and start using a distro with a package manager and all that fancy stuff, you know ...
This is ambiguous. Do you mean the Euro cents or Dollar cents key? Just my 2 cents ...
If you need an onscreen keyboard on Linux, install xvkbd from the repositories.