... in a public library, or any public place, is its lack of integration into Microsoft's active directory.
I'm a sysadmin at a university library, and we have to run Windows for plugins that professors require for their classes. Mozilla nd Firefox can't be locked down like IE can through the active directory. A security change is a couple clicks in a central location with an Active Diretory and IE.
With Mozilla we would have to visit each workstation.
phones can truly be a phone+pda+music player combination I'll just stick to the freebie phones.
I use mine primarily for work, and they aren't willing to spring for a treo... and until they get neuros or ipod type music features (20+gb, nice interface, etc) they aren't worth 300 or 400$ to me.
It still has the problem where it complains, with a popup dialog box, that a folder cannot contain mail when you click on a folder than cannot contain mail.
This is all well and good, but when you have it set to check all your folders for mail and this message pops up several hundred times every 5 minutes it gets very old, very fast.
They need a way to toggle this warning on and off.
Doing it from source is far more 'geeky' than packages... knowing exactly what is on a system, and how it is configured.
But, i'll take packages over source any day of the week. Have tried building OpenOffice.Org of XFree86 from source lately?
Have a couple days to kill?
Personally, for me, the time it takes to build everything from source is not worth it when compared to the advantages of building it yourself.
I have code to work on, documentation to write, and my own programs to compile. What i don't have is a couple days to baby sit compiles before i can do my work.
Re:The solution seems simple...
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-- Money shouldn't be much of an issue since you're already spending a bunch on the OS, plus you've got two macs sitting around. --
Just because someone uses macs doesn't mean that they have a bunch of money sitting around.
Yes, Macs are expensive. But there are several good finance programs around that make them much more affordable. Apple Loan is available on their website, and compusa often has a "18 months same as cash"
Several Power Oulets, both above and below the benth.
at least 1 switch above the bench, I would put a small one (4 port) below as well.
cable holes on either end of the bench, and prolly on in the middle (along the back of it obviously) to string up a monitor/keyboard/mouse.
A good desktop computer with various removable media (zip, cd-rw, diskette, etc...), so that you can get drivers from the internet to whatever your working on. LCD monitor on a swing arm. Wireless keyboard and a trackball for a mouse (trackballs are still usable when space gets tight).
Storage bins for screws, terminators, etc... something better than the old coffee cup i have on my desk;-)
The rubber surface mentioned above is a good idea. I keep a handful of cardboard laying around to put motherboards on while I am testing, but rubber would be nicer.
Good, directional lighting.
Lastly, I would put a narrow ledge behind the main surface to hold soldering tools and such. Keep them seperate from the rest of the shelving you might have so that heat doesn't become as big of an issue.
I carry a pocket knife with me everywhere. I use it everyday both on the job and for simply opening boxes. If they are taking sewing scissors away from people what will they do with my 3" blade?
I'll drive, and arrive with all my tools intact.
Hell. If the terrorists are gonna have knives, I want mine too.
Why is there a class teaching a specific language and development tools?
Would it not be better to teach the students HOW to program well, and let them implement the concepts in the language of their choice? Perhaps doing a "Language of your choice, but you can't use the same language twice" kinda thing.
They would learn OOP, learn how to learn another language, and perhaps actually understand how an algorithm works instead of coping it from the text book in the language that the book goes over.
You get what you pay for ...
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pre-fabs are cheaper than a 'properly' built home but offer a way for someone with a limited budget to have something of their own.
I purchased one back in may (2003) and over all have been very happy with it. All of the problems that I have had have been from installation of the home and not construction of it in the factory.
Its solid, roomie and costs as much as renting an apartment but without the landlord hassels.
So, does mail.app actually check ALL imap folders now and not just the inbox? If you use procmail to move messages around server side, mail.app never seems to find new messages.
Even just a subcribed list of folders would help the situation.
Why are developers spending time porting to the PS2, instead of contributing code to Gnome, KDE, OpenOffice, Mozilla, or what ever other end user project needs work. Better yet, work on making the PPC or UltraSparc ports better.
We have a great OS and many great applications, now we need to polish them up. How pretty the icons are is more important to the end user than how many game consoles you can run Linux on.
... If there is an improvment with imap accounts. Is there a setting to check all imap folders, what doesn't cause it to error on folders that cannot contain mail?
Does it handle gpg any better than it did before? Evolution users couldn't verify messages signed with thunderbird perviously.
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Great ideas, but last time i tried spotlight or the Google Desktop search they didn't handle network shares at all.
... i'm sure spotlight will handle file permissions much better.
Which, in the case of google's multiple user problems it probably a blessing
I've loaded 33,000 into a Windows 2000 AD with some perl scripts I wrote. Takes several hours, but all went well.
What type of problems did you encounter?
Lock out the registry tools and they can't import a registry setting.
I'm a sysadmin at a university library, and we have to run Windows for plugins that professors require for their classes. Mozilla nd Firefox can't be locked down like IE can through the active directory. A security change is a couple clicks in a central location with an Active Diretory and IE.
With Mozilla we would have to visit each workstation.
phones can truly be a phone+pda+music player combination I'll just stick to the freebie phones.
... and until they get neuros or ipod type music features (20+gb, nice interface, etc) they aren't worth 300 or 400$ to me.
I use mine primarily for work, and they aren't willing to spring for a treo
Please, just take the networking stack out of Windows.
Apparently no network application can be secure on it.
It still has the problem where it complains, with a popup dialog box, that a folder cannot contain mail when you click on a folder than cannot contain mail.
This is all well and good, but when you have it set to check all your folders for mail and this message pops up several hundred times every 5 minutes it gets very old, very fast.
They need a way to toggle this warning on and off.
USB support is done via the drivers and kernel not Gnome, GTK, KDE, QT or any other Desktop environment ortoolkit .
Doing it from source is far more 'geeky' than packages
But, i'll take packages over source any day of the week. Have tried building OpenOffice.Org of XFree86 from source lately?
Have a couple days to kill?
Personally, for me, the time it takes to build everything from source is not worth it when compared to the advantages of building it yourself.
I have code to work on, documentation to write, and my own programs to compile. What i don't have is a couple days to baby sit compiles before i can do my work.
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Money shouldn't be much of an issue since you're already spending a bunch on the OS, plus you've got two macs sitting around.
--
Just because someone uses macs doesn't mean that they have a bunch of money sitting around.
Yes, Macs are expensive. But there are several good finance programs around that make them much more affordable. Apple Loan is available on their website, and compusa often has a "18 months same as cash"
Several Power Oulets, both above and below the benth.
... something better than the old coffee cup i have on my desk ;-)
at least 1 switch above the bench, I would put a small one (4 port) below as well.
cable holes on either end of the bench, and prolly on in the middle (along the back of it obviously) to string up a monitor/keyboard/mouse.
A good desktop computer with various removable media (zip, cd-rw, diskette, etc...), so that you can get drivers from the internet to whatever your working on. LCD monitor on a swing arm. Wireless keyboard and a trackball for a mouse (trackballs are still usable when space gets tight).
Storage bins for screws, terminators, etc
The rubber surface mentioned above is a good idea. I keep a handful of cardboard laying around to put motherboards on while I am testing, but rubber would be nicer.
Good, directional lighting.
Lastly, I would put a narrow ledge behind the main surface to hold soldering tools and such. Keep them seperate from the rest of the shelving you might have so that heat doesn't become as big of an issue.
Altp.
Me.
I carry a pocket knife with me everywhere. I use it everyday both on the job and for simply opening boxes. If they are taking sewing scissors away from people what will they do with my 3" blade?
I'll drive, and arrive with all my tools intact.
Hell. If the terrorists are gonna have knives, I want mine too.
Altp.
Why is there a class teaching a specific language and development tools?
Would it not be better to teach the students HOW to program well, and let them implement the concepts in the language of their choice? Perhaps doing a "Language of your choice, but you can't use the same language twice" kinda thing.
They would learn OOP, learn how to learn another language, and perhaps actually understand how an algorithm works instead of coping it from the text book in the language that the book goes over.
Dameware : manage the machines from a remote location.
netusers.exe and some perl or python thrown in to deal with the output of netusers. You can get all your user stats and stuff from this.
With those tools you can develop some scripts to track usage, avaiable comptures and throw it all up on a web site.
Not a hoax does not imply "pretty cool" ...
especially in this case.
pre-fabs are cheaper than a 'properly' built home but offer a way for someone with a limited budget to have something of their own.
I purchased one back in may (2003) and over all have been very happy with it. All of the problems that I have had have been from installation of the home and not construction of it in the factory.
Its solid, roomie and costs as much as renting an apartment but without the landlord hassels.
Only want SCO is gonna win is if they start sharnig some of that crack.
So, does mail.app actually check ALL imap folders now and not just the inbox? If you use procmail to move messages around server side, mail.app never seems to find new messages.
Even just a subcribed list of folders would help the situation.
... may i have another.
Is Knoppix better than Redhat?
I think the question should be more about what you need rather than which is better.
Altp.
Wouldn't that just create the same problem, using linux instead of windows.
Doesnt matter the homogenous environment, as long as that envirnment exists.
Altp.
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Would Westley and Buttercup have made it through the Fire Swamp if the R.O.U.S's were this big?
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Of course, I don't think they really exist.
Agreed.
Why are developers spending time porting to the PS2, instead of contributing code to Gnome, KDE, OpenOffice, Mozilla, or what ever other end user project needs work. Better yet, work on making the PPC or UltraSparc ports better.
We have a great OS and many great applications, now we need to polish them up. How pretty the icons are is more important to the end user than how many game consoles you can run Linux on.
Altp.
... If there is an improvment with imap accounts. Is there a setting to check all imap folders, what doesn't cause it to error on folders that cannot contain mail?
Does it handle gpg any better than it did before? Evolution users couldn't verify messages signed with thunderbird perviously.