That seems feasible, as people buying a $300 computer are probably going to be reluctant to spend half that much for just an office "suite" (word, ppt, excel).
All legitimate points. One must remember, however, that the GIMP wasn't designed to be run on windows, which is why its windows version (and the whole GTK port) are awful.
My example was intended for those wishing to check for updates manually using the quickest method possible. If a user has problems with the CLI and wants to manually check for updates they can go to System > Administration > Update Manager, click "Check," and a few seconds later click "Install Updates" and their system will be up to date in no time.
Of course, none of that is necessary because ubuntu (and other distributions) automatically check for updates daily. If there are updated packages it pops a nice icon in the notification area which one can simply click on, and then click "Install Updates" in the newly-opened Update Manager window. One can also simply right click on the icon and click "Install All Updates."
It's sort of like the windows update thing except it updates all programs, drivers, and other packages on your system, it doesn't install anything without your permission, the names of things are straightforward and truthful (unlike things like WGA, disguised as a "security update"), and it doesn't constantly bug the user (it displays one notification after updating or rebooting if there are updates, and one can even disable its notifications by simply right clicking on the icon and unselecting "Show Notifications").
"compared to all the time spent running apt-get to check for software updates, running netstat to check for ports that shouldn't be open to the world but for some reason are, deleting and reinstalling 50 libraries to fix a dependency hell broken by the aforementioned apt-get update, and trying to defragment reiserfs only to realize you can't, so going back to ext3"
Strange, I've only ever done the first action you mentioned, and it takes way less time (~5 seconds to type "sudo aptitude update" and for it to download package lists) than searching the internet for updates of every single windows program and driver I had installed, one at a time.
You're right; the user doesn't spend a lot of time looking at each individual file for viruses or spyware. I guess the extra time when running linux comes from not having to wait for all of those virus/spyware scanner programs to start up every time one reboots one's computer every time one updates any aforementioned program or driver installed on one's computer.
Nitpicking about my usage of the NTFS acronym was just childish.
One could, in fact, play WoW natively in linux if that was how one wished to spend one's extra free time gained from not running virus checks, deleting spyware, clicking "allow", starting up, shutting down, rebooting, and defragmenting the pathetic NTFS filesystem.
"Linux desktop is... unable to reproduce." You must be blind.
Who are you to tell me what I can do with my money? Regulating campaign finance is not an enumerated power in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
"It works very predictably -- 7mbs for about the first 10 seconds and it starts dropping, and then a while later I am at 40 kilobits per second, I kid you not. If I stop the transfer and start it again I get the exact same "loss of service" curve."
The same exact thing happens to me when downloading large files at my university who uses Comcast. Pausing and resuming the download with downthemall bumps the speed back up to several mbps.
I love the GIMP; I use it several times a week for general purpose image editing, but the one thing that it doesn't have which I used to like in Photoshop was layer styles. This is irrelevant for my purposes now (cropping / resizing images) but would be a problem for a designer.
It would have been easier to just learn how to solve it. Once you know how, it's quite a feeling of accomplishment and people think you're smart even though it's really not that hard.
You can get a 1gb iPod shuffle for $50 and you can get a 1gb flash drive for $5-$10. $50 is obviously way above marginal cost. I do admit that their prices are competitive in the digital music market because of the entrance of new firms like amazon, etc.
It doesn't matter if they're a monopoly or not. They have market power. Their demand curve is slanted; thus they can charge above marginal cost for their hardware & software, meaning it is not a competitive market.
I'm sure part of your problem was that you upgraded instead of installing from scratch. However, Hardy Heron is an LTS release which means that it is supposed to work on a ton of hardware and be pretty stable. I admit the three releases in between dapper and hardy were pretty bad; especially edgy and feisty. Regarding your problems suspending, it's generally a problem with hardware manufacturers not releasing linux drivers or specifications so that proper open source drivers can be written. I do have suspend working flawlessly in hardy, but using the MESA drivers instead of fglrx.
I guess my advice to you is to wait until the final release of hardy and then install fresh. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. Good luck.
By the way, "gutsy" isn't the animal name, "gibbon" is. Searching for the adjective, i.e. "gutsy" is really effective.
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Too bad it's bundled with a $2000 computer.
What a surprise that your government-owned electricity company has lower prices than the private alternative. Subsidies have that effect.
"If you give them less money, they won't spend any less, they'll just go further into debt."
This is why we should vote for real fiscal conservatives, not tax-and-spend Republicans like Bush & friends.
That seems feasible, as people buying a $300 computer are probably going to be reluctant to spend half that much for just an office "suite" (word, ppt, excel).
All legitimate points. One must remember, however, that the GIMP wasn't designed to be run on windows, which is why its windows version (and the whole GTK port) are awful.
My example was intended for those wishing to check for updates manually using the quickest method possible. If a user has problems with the CLI and wants to manually check for updates they can go to System > Administration > Update Manager, click "Check," and a few seconds later click "Install Updates" and their system will be up to date in no time.
Of course, none of that is necessary because ubuntu (and other distributions) automatically check for updates daily. If there are updated packages it pops a nice icon in the notification area which one can simply click on, and then click "Install Updates" in the newly-opened Update Manager window. One can also simply right click on the icon and click "Install All Updates."
It's sort of like the windows update thing except it updates all programs, drivers, and other packages on your system, it doesn't install anything without your permission, the names of things are straightforward and truthful (unlike things like WGA, disguised as a "security update"), and it doesn't constantly bug the user (it displays one notification after updating or rebooting if there are updates, and one can even disable its notifications by simply right clicking on the icon and unselecting "Show Notifications").
"compared to all the time spent running apt-get to check for software updates, running netstat to check for ports that shouldn't be open to the world but for some reason are, deleting and reinstalling 50 libraries to fix a dependency hell broken by the aforementioned apt-get update, and trying to defragment reiserfs only to realize you can't, so going back to ext3"
Strange, I've only ever done the first action you mentioned, and it takes way less time (~5 seconds to type "sudo aptitude update" and for it to download package lists) than searching the internet for updates of every single windows program and driver I had installed, one at a time.
You're right; the user doesn't spend a lot of time looking at each individual file for viruses or spyware. I guess the extra time when running linux comes from not having to wait for all of those virus/spyware scanner programs to start up every time one reboots one's computer every time one updates any aforementioned program or driver installed on one's computer.
Nitpicking about my usage of the NTFS acronym was just childish.
This is not a problem when used in conjunction with virtual desktops.
One could, in fact, play WoW natively in linux if that was how one wished to spend one's extra free time gained from not running virus checks, deleting spyware, clicking "allow", starting up, shutting down, rebooting, and defragmenting the pathetic NTFS filesystem. "Linux desktop is... unable to reproduce." You must be blind.
You may expect more votes bought, but the facts beg to differ.
Who are you to tell me what I can do with my money? Regulating campaign finance is not an enumerated power in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
Real work like gaming? That's my only use for windows anymore.
Wow, I haven't laughed that hard on the internets in a long time. "Movie version of the Gnome desktop." Hilarious.
"It works very predictably -- 7mbs for about the first 10 seconds and it starts dropping, and then a while later I am at 40 kilobits per second, I kid you not. If I stop the transfer and start it again I get the exact same "loss of service" curve." The same exact thing happens to me when downloading large files at my university who uses Comcast. Pausing and resuming the download with downthemall bumps the speed back up to several mbps.
Not likely; CDs have extremely low marginal cost.
I love the GIMP; I use it several times a week for general purpose image editing, but the one thing that it doesn't have which I used to like in Photoshop was layer styles. This is irrelevant for my purposes now (cropping / resizing images) but would be a problem for a designer.
I would greatly prefer being handed an outline than trying to quickly type out notes from professors' powerpoint presentations.
It would have been easier to just learn how to solve it. Once you know how, it's quite a feeling of accomplishment and people think you're smart even though it's really not that hard.
That is usually how monopolies emerge in free capitalist societies. It doesn't make them legitimate.
You can get a 1gb iPod shuffle for $50 and you can get a 1gb flash drive for $5-$10. $50 is obviously way above marginal cost. I do admit that their prices are competitive in the digital music market because of the entrance of new firms like amazon, etc.
It doesn't matter if they're a monopoly or not. They have market power. Their demand curve is slanted; thus they can charge above marginal cost for their hardware & software, meaning it is not a competitive market.
I'm sure part of your problem was that you upgraded instead of installing from scratch. However, Hardy Heron is an LTS release which means that it is supposed to work on a ton of hardware and be pretty stable. I admit the three releases in between dapper and hardy were pretty bad; especially edgy and feisty. Regarding your problems suspending, it's generally a problem with hardware manufacturers not releasing linux drivers or specifications so that proper open source drivers can be written. I do have suspend working flawlessly in hardy, but using the MESA drivers instead of fglrx. I guess my advice to you is to wait until the final release of hardy and then install fresh. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. Good luck. By the way, "gutsy" isn't the animal name, "gibbon" is. Searching for the adjective, i.e. "gutsy" is really effective.
My advice is to wait for the final release of hardy, which should be rock solid stable. It is still decently buggy at this point.
My friend converted his hybrid into a plug-in and now gets over 100mpg without removing the doors, carpets, or anything.
You are such a troll; stop spamming your anti-linux trash. You have so many comments on this thread it's ridiculous.