I'm just saying that Linux doesn't run any better on a Mac than on any other hardware, so there's not really any reason to buy a Mac if you want to run Linux.
What linux needs is native drivers for wifi cards that now require NDISwrapper. The existing network wizards work perfectly fine if you have a supported card.
There's no excuse for Apple not to make the laptop shutdown if it overheats. What is the lid switch malfunctions so that the OS can't detect that the lid is closed? What if the fan malfunctions? I guess it's okay for the laptop to just fry itself.
Linux has maintained almost complete binary compatibility for applications for ages (I guess a.out binaries could now be considered "not compatible").
The kernel still has support for a.out binaries to be built into the kernel or built as a module. You could easily get compatibility with a.out binaries if you needed it.
Cron schedules tasks to execute at specified times. This article refers to the kernel's CPU scheduler which determines which running process gets to use the CPU at any given moment.
If the program they get me to download is laden with spyware there are laws for that though. This is the only part of the story that concerns me, and I am sure, concerns them. It searches, without permission, for files on your computer and then reports what it finds. It is spyware.
Honestly, I think OpenOffice is its own worst enemy. I've tried to switch to OpenOffice several times, but it just can't match my old Microsoft Office 97 in terms of launch and execution speed.
Who would have guessed that a modern program would take longer to launch than a ten year old program with fewer features.
Well, as long as we're citing Wikipedia,
Rather than acting as a full emulator, Wine implements a compatibility layer, providing alternative implementations of the DLLs that Windows programs call, and processes to substitute for the Windows NT kernel.
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was brought to our attention that Linux is copyrighted under something called the GPL, or the Gnu Protective License.
First of all, it's the GNU General Public License.
So you can imagine our suprise when we were informed by a lawyer that we would be required to publish our source code for others to use.
You are only required to give your changes to anyone that you give modified binaries, you don't have to give the changes to everyone.
Furthermore, after reviewing this GPL our lawyers advised us that any products compiled with GPL'ed tools - such as gcc - would also have to its source code released. This was simply unacceptable.
The license to GCC includes a specific exception that prevents software compiled with gcc from falling under the GPL.
I think the biggest thing keeping Linux from being truly competitive with Microsoft is this GPL. Its draconian requirements virtually guarentee [sic] that no business will ever be able to use it. After my experience with Linux, I won't be recommending it to any of my associates. I may reconsider if Linux switches its license to something a little more fair, such as Microsoft's "Shared Source". Until then its attempts to socialize the software market will insure it remains only a bit player.
Linux already is a major player outside the desktop market.
(I was slightly confused by the statement that programs "can still hide with user-mode rootkits", though -- surely if a rootkit is running with LUA privs, it wouldn't be able to hide itself? I thought the whole point of a rootkit was that it allows malicious programs to maintain root (i.e. highest privilege) access undetected, which would make "user-mode rootkit" a bit of a contradiction in terms, unless I'm misunderstanding somewhere...?)
"User-mode" usually refers to everything other than the kernel. Nothing prevents a user-mode program from gaining root access. Though admittedly, from the context, it doesn't seem like he meant that.
Linux isn't Finnish. Probably more of the kernel is created in America than in Finland. Linus Torvalds didn't write even close to all of Linux. Any large open source project probably has developers from multiple countries.
Can't the code be construed to be simple an algorithm which takes certain user inputs and gives certain audio/visual outputs? Shouldn't games and apps be unpatentable if algorithms are? If we can't patent short algorithms, but can patent long algorithms where do we draw the line? Number of lines of code? Some measure of "complexity"?...)
Games and apps aren't patented, they're copyrighted. There's a huge difference. For instance, you don't need to patent the sentences in a book to enforce a copyright on the book.
Especially considering that, for most people, the only differences between Linux and Solaris or BSD are the two or three proprietary apps for Linux that aren't available on the others.
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I'm just saying that Linux doesn't run any better on a Mac than on any other hardware, so there's not really any reason to buy a Mac if you want to run Linux.
Linux doesn't run particulary well on Macs.
What linux needs is native drivers for wifi cards that now require NDISwrapper. The existing network wizards work perfectly fine if you have a supported card.
There's no excuse for Apple not to make the laptop shutdown if it overheats. What is the lid switch malfunctions so that the OS can't detect that the lid is closed? What if the fan malfunctions? I guess it's okay for the laptop to just fry itself.
Oh, wait. Nevermind. Linux isn't going GPLv3.
No.
Cron schedules tasks to execute at specified times. This article refers to the kernel's CPU scheduler which determines which running process gets to use the CPU at any given moment.
Only on Slashdot would someone other than the MPAA/RIAA compare illegally downloading something that would cost twenty dollars to molesting children.
I doubt it too. She's running Windows.
You're forbidden to use copyrighted code in any application.
It's called Cent OS. It's the same except for branding.
Well, as long as we're citing Wikipedia,
Rather than acting as a full emulator, Wine implements a compatibility layer, providing alternative implementations of the DLLs that Windows programs call, and processes to substitute for the Windows NT kernel.
WINE Is Not an Emulator
It was brought to our attention that Linux is copyrighted under something called the GPL, or the Gnu Protective License.
First of all, it's the GNU General Public License.
So you can imagine our suprise when we were informed by a lawyer that we would be required to publish our source code for others to use.
You are only required to give your changes to anyone that you give modified binaries, you don't have to give the changes to everyone.
Furthermore, after reviewing this GPL our lawyers advised us that any products compiled with GPL'ed tools - such as gcc - would also have to its source code released. This was simply unacceptable.
The license to GCC includes a specific exception that prevents software compiled with gcc from falling under the GPL.
I think the biggest thing keeping Linux from being truly competitive with Microsoft is this GPL. Its draconian requirements virtually guarentee [sic] that no business will ever be able to use it. After my experience with Linux, I won't be recommending it to any of my associates. I may reconsider if Linux switches its license to something a little more fair, such as Microsoft's "Shared Source". Until then its attempts to socialize the software market will insure it remains only a bit player.
Linux already is a major player outside the desktop market.
(I was slightly confused by the statement that programs "can still hide with user-mode rootkits", though -- surely if a rootkit is running with LUA privs, it wouldn't be able to hide itself? I thought the whole point of a rootkit was that it allows malicious programs to maintain root (i.e. highest privilege) access undetected, which would make "user-mode rootkit" a bit of a contradiction in terms, unless I'm misunderstanding somewhere...?)
"User-mode" usually refers to everything other than the kernel. Nothing prevents a user-mode program from gaining root access. Though admittedly, from the context, it doesn't seem like he meant that.
FreeNX uses less network bandwidth than X, but it doesn't use the browser cache.
NX still uses a cache, it just has its own.I noticed that she never pronounces SUSE so I'm assuming that means that even Novell doesn't know how to pronounce it.
Linux isn't Finnish. Probably more of the kernel is created in America than in Finland. Linus Torvalds didn't write even close to all of Linux. Any large open source project probably has developers from multiple countries.
Can't the code be construed to be simple an algorithm which takes certain user inputs and gives certain audio/visual outputs? Shouldn't games and apps be unpatentable if algorithms are? If we can't patent short algorithms, but can patent long algorithms where do we draw the line? Number of lines of code? Some measure of "complexity"?...)
Games and apps aren't patented, they're copyrighted. There's a huge difference. For instance, you don't need to patent the sentences in a book to enforce a copyright on the book.
Well, if you allow anyone else into your house, you might be expected to take that precaution to keep the robots out.
If she does win the case there will the opt-in will probably just go in robots.txt The same place where she should have put her opt-out.
Or better yet, let the advertisers pay for the copy of Windows that you return to Microsoft getting the small refund.
Especially considering that, for most people, the only differences between Linux and Solaris or BSD are the two or three proprietary apps for Linux that aren't available on the others.