So, Excel is the greatest software on earth because it has a lot of keyboard shortcuts and pros can memorize them? I must have forgotten that all other spreadsheet programs cannot be used efficiently with a keyboard and are designed to suck in the most unintuitive way, for example, menus options being at a place where you would expect them.
A good feature on Windows (I know, oxymoron, emphasis on the moron, etc.) is in Explorer, instead of using the mouse to select a filename, you just type it in, and it'll select it. This works in Konqueror and KDE file dialogs, too. When you type fast enough, it selects exactly what you typed. The ability to freely define system-wide and per-application keyboard shortcuts is one of the most useful features of KDE, by the way.
... once the majority of computer users notice they actually have equally usable choices for getting their everyday stuff done. Linux simply lacks mainstream media coverage and general recognition. It's not technical issues, or Microsoft, or the spreading of FUD, or negative preconceptions, or Photoshop, or the lack of a "standard" Linux, or fancy video games, or any chicken-egg-problem that hold Linux back on the general front. Linux is already everywhere, everybody already uses it in one way or another, but it's just not visible enough.
2008 may work. Provided Microsoft keeps shooting themselves in both feet and we start focusing on publicity outside of tech circles.
It is even more worse. When TPB was raided by Swedish police in May 2006, this was the direct consequence of the US threatening Sweden with trade sanctions. The MPAA had no legal hold in Sweden and that was made clear by both TPB and the Swedish government, so it's sure the US government was pressured by the media lobby.
From my own experience, it is indeed not the best distribution for a laptop. You are better off with a *buntu there. Mandriva 2007.1 has been a big step forward however after some buggy releases. I use Mandriva as my main workstation since two years, and it is at least on par with Ubuntu in terms of user-friendliness.
My other PC runs Kubuntu, so I have an idea what I'm talking about:-)
Switch away from Mandriva--it uses the most braindead implementation of RPM possible, and RPM already suffers from deep flaws in the system. I agree - urpmi (Mandriva's wrapper around rpm) is a slow and buggy implementation. They should have switched to smart years ago. But otherwise it is a great distribution (as long as you use smart as the package manager).
And don't get me started on package management! Theres no standard way to install software, do I click setup.exe, setup.msi , install.bat ? And even more important, where do you get the software in the first place? Windows doesn't even have repositories. You might even end up installing multiple or old/incompatible versions of a program without the package manager rejecting them, after finding a program package on some obscure location on the web.
This has to be an unbearable torture. So, I will stick to Linux until Windows is ready for the average user.
Why don't you just use a good, GUI-centric Linux distro like (K)Ubuntu or Mandriva? It will minimize any hassles for the less experienced (Unix-)user. With FreeBSD and other advanced stuff, you undoubtedly have to be experienced and know how to use the CLI tools.
Being experienced in Windows doesn't make you a computer expert. Start with an easy distro, because you will have to learn working with a computer again.
What's the problem with updating Kopete on Mandriva (I am using it as my main distro)? It is a dependency of the kdenetwork package, so new KDE version=new Kopete version and that's all that is to it. If you want more frequent KDE updates, add the Seer of Souls repository.
So you think knowledge of bash is required to effectively use a Linux machine. When was the last time you actually used Linux? 1995?
After running Linux with KDE exclusively for two years, the Windows GUI looks like a cluttered, crippled, unintuitive mess to me. If that's what you want, fine, but I say no thanks.
Even if you pirate it, you do them a nice favor. The more people grow up strongly accustomed to their operating system, the more paying customers they have when these people found businesses later and deploy Windows because that's all they know.
It has to do with the climate. From the jurassic until the miocene, the climate was quite a lot warmer than today, and the oxygene level in the atmosphere was higher. This allowed for a higher maximum body mass in regards of an animal's energy balance.
Silverlight supports fast, cost-effective delivery of high-quality video to all major browsers running on the Mac OS or Windows. That thing was coded on Linux and yet Linux is not mentioned as a supported platform? I see this as an indication that MS still hates open platforms.
What's the deal? It will quickly go down the drain like all the other mono based applications... er... I mean, the sole other mono based application, Beagle.
You see, now you got yourself modded redundant for pointing out the redundancy in redundantly commenting on a redundant post written with the sole purpose of being redundant. Shame on you!
I got his joke because I'm not a native English speaker. In English, a noun doesn't indicate its gender, but in many languages it does, so he was spontaneously thinking of a *male* lover:-))
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From what you write, I think you don't want DarkRoom. You rather want vi :-)
So, Excel is the greatest software on earth because it has a lot of keyboard shortcuts and pros can memorize them? I must have forgotten that all other spreadsheet programs cannot be used efficiently with a keyboard and are designed to suck in the most unintuitive way, for example, menus options being at a place where you would expect them.
... once the majority of computer users notice they actually have equally usable choices for getting their everyday stuff done. Linux simply lacks mainstream media coverage and general recognition. It's not technical issues, or Microsoft, or the spreading of FUD, or negative preconceptions, or Photoshop, or the lack of a "standard" Linux, or fancy video games, or any chicken-egg-problem that hold Linux back on the general front. Linux is already everywhere, everybody already uses it in one way or another, but it's just not visible enough.
2008 may work. Provided Microsoft keeps shooting themselves in both feet and we start focusing on publicity outside of tech circles.
You tried fusion power for two years and went back to Windows? Stupid decision.
Here in Germany, IBM ads are on TV quite frequently. No mention of an operating system, it's just about their services and middleware solutions.
Aaaah, vaginal bloodfarts. Not a nice gynecological condition. Must be the reason you prefer the butt instead.
Yes, seeing how the premature girls around here dress up.
It is even more worse. When TPB was raided by Swedish police in May 2006, this was the direct consequence of the US threatening Sweden with trade sanctions. The MPAA had no legal hold in Sweden and that was made clear by both TPB and the Swedish government, so it's sure the US government was pressured by the media lobby.
KDE already has an integrated virtual PDF printer. In addition, you can tell KPDF (KDE's PDF viewer) not to obey DRM restrictions in the first place.
From my own experience, it is indeed not the best distribution for a laptop. You are better off with a *buntu there. Mandriva 2007.1 has been a big step forward however after some buggy releases. I use Mandriva as my main workstation since two years, and it is at least on par with Ubuntu in terms of user-friendliness.
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My other PC runs Kubuntu, so I have an idea what I'm talking about
Plug in cam -> mass storage device detected -> click on cam icon on desktop.
Is it really THAT hard???
This has to be an unbearable torture. So, I will stick to Linux until Windows is ready for the average user.
Why don't you just use a good, GUI-centric Linux distro like (K)Ubuntu or Mandriva? It will minimize any hassles for the less experienced (Unix-)user. With FreeBSD and other advanced stuff, you undoubtedly have to be experienced and know how to use the CLI tools.
Being experienced in Windows doesn't make you a computer expert. Start with an easy distro, because you will have to learn working with a computer again.
What's the problem with updating Kopete on Mandriva (I am using it as my main distro)? It is a dependency of the kdenetwork package, so new KDE version=new Kopete version and that's all that is to it. If you want more frequent KDE updates, add the Seer of Souls repository.
So you think knowledge of bash is required to effectively use a Linux machine. When was the last time you actually used Linux? 1995?
After running Linux with KDE exclusively for two years, the Windows GUI looks like a cluttered, crippled, unintuitive mess to me. If that's what you want, fine, but I say no thanks.
Even if you pirate it, you do them a nice favor. The more people grow up strongly accustomed to their operating system, the more paying customers they have when these people found businesses later and deploy Windows because that's all they know.
It has to do with the climate. From the jurassic until the miocene, the climate was quite a lot warmer than today, and the oxygene level in the atmosphere was higher. This allowed for a higher maximum body mass in regards of an animal's energy balance.
What's the deal? It will quickly go down the drain like all the other mono based applications ... er ... I mean, the sole other mono based application, Beagle.
You forget that Novell is not on our side anymore. We will just ignore their Microsoft backed wannabe "standards" after poking some fun at them.
You see, now you got yourself modded redundant for pointing out the redundancy in redundantly commenting on a redundant post written with the sole purpose of being redundant. Shame on you!
*Puts insecure wireless router into gas chamber*
And that helps?
I got his joke because I'm not a native English speaker. In English, a noun doesn't indicate its gender, but in many languages it does, so he was spontaneously thinking of a *male* lover :-))