Why business like proprietary it isn't always about making money.
Yeah some businesses could make more money just by opening up, like, for instance, drivers. I know some cases. I just had to add that.
but it gives them freedom that the GPL takes away from them. (the LGPL is better at this) But if you want to incorporate GPL code into you program you are forced to make it GPL.
Dear God, if you are a software company and do not write programs yourself, and instead you take other peoples code, you do not get to be 100% in charge of the copyright? That doesn't make any sence...
I don't understand your hate for open Open Source. Can you give me the source for all the old games that I have that do not work under any current version of Windows anymore? No? Oh shit, I guess I'll have to use Wine. Thank you very much, asshole.
Go yerk off to Steve Ballmer and/or Steve Jobs. Oh wait, doesn't that make you gay? Ahhhhh...
You see... that's the problem. An application to use it xD "Nice DirectX11 API you got there." -"Yeah totally! It has all the awesome graphics n shit" -"Ok but do you have a game to like... take advantage of it?" -"Errrrrrrrrrr...."
And since when is hiding something bad or a crime? Maybe you want to hide a sex film of you and your partner, while your kid(s) might have access to your laptop? I don't know... I can think of 100 legitimate reasons why somebody would have something to hide that is not related to crime...
It's exactly this type of shit that makes you look like a faggot.
Why is this not getting modded as flamebait?
There is no "software war".
Yes there is. But if it aint so then why even bother repleying if you're so convinced it aint so?
I'm sorry your life isn't as exciting as you want it to be, but entraining a fantasy where you bring software freedom to the world isn't the answer either.
You think that I am doing this so I can feel like some sort of hero?! Rofl. Flamebait? Huh?
Seriously, you should be embarrassed, but it takes real courage to look in the mirror.
If nobody wanted the GPL it would not be of any significance. Apparently a lot of people like it so stop whine about the fact that proprietary sucks, except for business.
It is there. People want it. People use it. Stop crying. This sounds a little too much like fabricated by Microsoft to me. But just like everything they create these days; it utterly fails.
First they ignore you, then laugh at you, then hate you... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMzJo_q2vhk)
We're now at the fighting part. That's the last milestone according to Red Hat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBUgEx_91BU) at least. It won't be long until FLOSS wins.
Bullshit! Everyone can use a LiveCD. What the hell makes you think that this is to block Linux? Sony supports Linux and commited code to the Linux kernel that is upstream.
The typical lifetime of a CPU package is a year or 18 months
Whoa! Wait! The typical lifetime of a CPU is about 10 years.
What AMD means with "All of AMD's embedded products are offered with industry-standard 5-year component longevity." is that the compontents should last for at least 5 years untill they fail, so you can then buy something new afterwards. Yes; industry-wide predictable failure. Everything is designed to break after 5 years so you have to rebuy! Even if you are not in the market for a faster computer.
Evolution is evolution. A brain is a brain, just like a leg is a leg. Dogs have two eyes and make a 3D understanding of it. They breethe, hear. They have an instinct, a heart that beats. They show social behavior, fear, joy, sadness...
To me a dog is just a 2-year old child in a different body, with the inability to speak and see in colo(u)r.
I suppose it really sucks to code in OpenCL and also take advantage of your CPU. It also really sucks that when you have an nVidia card and the code is made for ATI that you can still use it on your CPU. Seriously...
The other problem with KDE is "everything" is named starting with a "K" which makes it harder to scan to find stuff quickly.
It is easyer to find something in KDE4. Like with Vista KDE4 has a searchbar in the K menu. Also other stuff that makes you find things extremely fast. With KDE4 they broke away from the 'Kapp' scheme. Only when a K makes sence, like with AmaroK, it is still used.
The rest of the world has a word for "developer release", and that word is "Alpha". Releasing it as a.0 release, and even using the word "stable", was misleading at best.
Plasma isn't part of 'base', so it was not misleading to me.
So they were deliberately trying to con users into helping them bugtest a release -- a very Microsoft-like move.
They stated it specifically on the download page and all distro makers knew it. It was their choice to include it with distros. There was a reason that at that same time KDE 3.5.x was still worked on.
In the commercial world, that almost makes sense.
In open source, it really doesn't. Those who want bleeding edge will upgrade. Those who don't, shouldn't have to.
Open Source is all about "release early. Release often so I don't really agree with you on this one.
I suppose it depends how you count. They released a 4.0 that wasn't ready. They knew precisely what message they were sending, and are to this day trying to talk their way out of it.
They have, at the 4.0 launch, declared it was a developper release. The base was stable, however the rest wasn't. They did this because devs could then start porting apps. They also wanted to release (too, arguably) soon, but that was in order to not let the development go Enlightenment style.
Why the hell didn't Microsoft delay Windows 95 when it wasn't finnished? Because sometimes, you have to. Better always ship then don't. However it is not a LTS release, so it's bleeding edgy stuff.
In other words, it's a bit like Windows Eight. I hear it'll be awesome.
Yeah well, except KDE actually delivers what it promises:-)
I mean, at least it's not like Duke Nukem Forever, yet, but even so...
Well you're in for a surprise then. A little while ago George posted a buglist. Some things that had to be fixed in order for DNF to be released. They have the money offshore, that muchg we know now and it's being worked on again. Check the new screenshots!:-) Allthough it's not the DNF that we were 'promised' with insane interactivity, it is going to be released I think.
No, I'm talking about stuff like, in one release, my mouse stopped working, and in another, my Internet stopped working.
That's totally Kubuntu and not KDE4. They are a little 'understaffed' so can't really blame them:/
Agreed KDE4 isn't as good as KDE 3.5.x yet. Every release there's more stuff that gets added. On the Long run it will beat everything out there though...
I for one because I am used to Linux and KDE4 is the first DE (including Windows and OS X) that I actually like. I am also against some practices from Apple and Microsoft that I decided to boycott wherever possible. Oh and 'killerapps' (read: apps I prefer) like AmaroK, DigiKam and Kdenlive (yes Linux has an awesome video editor, shocked?;):P) that do not work that well on Mac OS X yet...
I was just about to post such a comment. I have been waiting for such a device, and with the genius minimalistic design from Apple... just have to wait for Multi-pointer X.
Just give me a portable lightweight touchscreen with decent hardware and I'd buy it as soon as a Linux distro supports it!
Like what? You can't connect to your Wireless network? Have tried a distro with a newer kernel version? Lols I can troll too: My old soundcard, Printer and TV truning card do not work anymore with Win7. That's more expensive than a $15 wireless card.
Krunner and Plasma crash? I've been running KDE4 since 4.0 and have only encountered crashes whith 4.0-4.1 and when I upgraded KDE4 to an unstable release because I wanted to check out new functionality. Maybe you should try it again? BTW Win7 beta has already crashed more on me than KDE 4.0 has.
First of all a lot less since Linux can multitask better than Windows. No wait it's superior. It is with Linux that I can actually run as much apps as I like untill my RAM is full. Beat that. Seriously. I have 900mHz Celeron with 2GB RAM in my EeePC and it can handle it.
Secondly you don't get shitty background processes in the first place. Drivers actually work the way they should work on Linux. Okay so maybe 10% of the wireless cards have a single chip that Linux doesn't have a driver for. QQ. Win7 and Vista have a lot less.
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Why business like proprietary it isn't always about making money.
Yeah some businesses could make more money just by opening up, like, for instance, drivers. I know some cases. I just had to add that.
but it gives them freedom that the GPL takes away from them. (the LGPL is better at this) But if you want to incorporate GPL code into you program you are forced to make it GPL.
Dear God, if you are a software company and do not write programs yourself, and instead you take other peoples code, you do not get to be 100% in charge of the copyright? That doesn't make any sence...
I don't understand your hate for open Open Source. Can you give me the source for all the old games that I have that do not work under any current version of Windows anymore? No? Oh shit, I guess I'll have to use Wine. Thank you very much, asshole.
Go yerk off to Steve Ballmer and/or Steve Jobs. Oh wait, doesn't that make you gay? Ahhhhh...
You see... that's the problem. An application to use it xD "Nice DirectX11 API you got there." -"Yeah totally! It has all the awesome graphics n shit" -"Ok but do you have a game to like... take advantage of it?" -"Errrrrrrrrrr...."
One only hides that which one wants to hide. So?
And since when is hiding something bad or a crime? Maybe you want to hide a sex film of you and your partner, while your kid(s) might have access to your laptop? I don't know... I can think of 100 legitimate reasons why somebody would have something to hide that is not related to crime...
It's exactly this type of shit that makes you look like a faggot.
Why is this not getting modded as flamebait?
There is no "software war".
Yes there is. But if it aint so then why even bother repleying if you're so convinced it aint so?
I'm sorry your life isn't as exciting as you want it to be, but entraining a fantasy where you bring software freedom to the world isn't the answer either.
You think that I am doing this so I can feel like some sort of hero?! Rofl. Flamebait? Huh?
Seriously, you should be embarrassed, but it takes real courage to look in the mirror.
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Time to grow up, kid.
I'm not a kid anymore, kiddo.
Oh My God, stop crying Q_Q.
If nobody wanted the GPL it would not be of any significance. Apparently a lot of people like it so stop whine about the fact that proprietary sucks, except for business.
It is there. People want it. People use it. Stop crying. This sounds a little too much like fabricated by Microsoft to me. But just like everything they create these days; it utterly fails.
First they ignore you, then laugh at you, then hate you... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMzJo_q2vhk)
We're now at the fighting part. That's the last milestone according to Red Hat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBUgEx_91BU) at least. It won't be long until FLOSS wins.
Just. Give. It. Up.
Bullshit! Everyone can use a LiveCD. What the hell makes you think that this is to block Linux? Sony supports Linux and commited code to the Linux kernel that is upstream.
The typical lifetime of a CPU package is a year or 18 months
Whoa! Wait! The typical lifetime of a CPU is about 10 years.
What AMD means with "All of AMD's embedded products are offered with industry-standard 5-year component longevity." is that the compontents should last for at least 5 years untill they fail, so you can then buy something new afterwards. Yes; industry-wide predictable failure. Everything is designed to break after 5 years so you have to rebuy! Even if you are not in the market for a faster computer.
Evolution is evolution. A brain is a brain, just like a leg is a leg. Dogs have two eyes and make a 3D understanding of it. They breethe, hear. They have an instinct, a heart that beats. They show social behavior, fear, joy, sadness...
To me a dog is just a 2-year old child in a different body, with the inability to speak and see in colo(u)r.
Thank you _O_
Is it realy that bad that when the load on your GPU is 100% that you can also use the CPU for the rest of the load? Moron!
I suppose it really sucks to code in OpenCL and also take advantage of your CPU. It also really sucks that when you have an nVidia card and the code is made for ATI that you can still use it on your CPU. Seriously...
The other problem with KDE is "everything" is named starting with a "K" which makes it harder to scan to find stuff quickly.
It is easyer to find something in KDE4. Like with Vista KDE4 has a searchbar in the K menu. Also other stuff that makes you find things extremely fast. With KDE4 they broke away from the 'Kapp' scheme. Only when a K makes sence, like with AmaroK, it is still used.
The rest of the world has a word for "developer release", and that word is "Alpha". Releasing it as a .0 release, and even using the word "stable", was misleading at best.
Plasma isn't part of 'base', so it was not misleading to me.
So they were deliberately trying to con users into helping them bugtest a release -- a very Microsoft-like move.
They stated it specifically on the download page and all distro makers knew it. It was their choice to include it with distros. There was a reason that at that same time KDE 3.5.x was still worked on.
In the commercial world, that almost makes sense.
In open source, it really doesn't. Those who want bleeding edge will upgrade. Those who don't, shouldn't have to.
Open Source is all about "release early. Release often so I don't really agree with you on this one.
I suppose it depends how you count. They released a 4.0 that wasn't ready. They knew precisely what message they were sending, and are to this day trying to talk their way out of it.
They have, at the 4.0 launch, declared it was a developper release. The base was stable, however the rest wasn't. They did this because devs could then start porting apps. They also wanted to release (too, arguably) soon, but that was in order to not let the development go Enlightenment style.
Are you in denial? They fired the DNF team.
No: http://www.duke4.net/news.php
Why the hell didn't they delay the release?
Why the hell didn't Microsoft delay Windows 95 when it wasn't finnished? Because sometimes, you have to. Better always ship then don't. However it is not a LTS release, so it's bleeding edgy stuff.
Google is like killing it. It's like everything they touch turns into pure gold!
In other words, it's a bit like Windows Eight. I hear it'll be awesome.
Yeah well, except KDE actually delivers what it promises :-)
I mean, at least it's not like Duke Nukem Forever, yet, but even so...
Well you're in for a surprise then. A little while ago George posted a buglist. Some things that had to be fixed in order for DNF to be released. They have the money offshore, that muchg we know now and it's being worked on again. Check the new screenshots! :-) Allthough it's not the DNF that we were 'promised' with insane interactivity, it is going to be released I think.
No, I'm talking about stuff like, in one release, my mouse stopped working, and in another, my Internet stopped working.
That's totally Kubuntu and not KDE4. They are a little 'understaffed' so can't really blame them :/
Your mouse... is bluetooth?!
Agreed KDE4 isn't as good as KDE 3.5.x yet. Every release there's more stuff that gets added. On the Long run it will beat everything out there though...
Kubuntu Jaunty has the Gnome networkmanager -> FAIL
I for one because I am used to Linux and KDE4 is the first DE (including Windows and OS X) that I actually like. I am also against some practices from Apple and Microsoft that I decided to boycott wherever possible. Oh and 'killerapps' (read: apps I prefer) like AmaroK, DigiKam and Kdenlive (yes Linux has an awesome video editor, shocked? ;) :P) that do not work that well on Mac OS X yet...
I was just about to post such a comment. I have been waiting for such a device, and with the genius minimalistic design from Apple... just have to wait for Multi-pointer X.
Just give me a portable lightweight touchscreen with decent hardware and I'd buy it as soon as a Linux distro supports it!
Oh and a mini-jack...
Like what? You can't connect to your Wireless network? Have tried a distro with a newer kernel version? Lols I can troll too: My old soundcard, Printer and TV truning card do not work anymore with Win7. That's more expensive than a $15 wireless card.
Krunner and Plasma crash? I've been running KDE4 since 4.0 and have only encountered crashes whith 4.0-4.1 and when I upgraded KDE4 to an unstable release because I wanted to check out new functionality. Maybe you should try it again? BTW Win7 beta has already crashed more on me than KDE 4.0 has.
First of all a lot less since Linux can multitask better than Windows. No wait it's superior. It is with Linux that I can actually run as much apps as I like untill my RAM is full. Beat that. Seriously. I have 900mHz Celeron with 2GB RAM in my EeePC and it can handle it.
Secondly you don't get shitty background processes in the first place. Drivers actually work the way they should work on Linux. Okay so maybe 10% of the wireless cards have a single chip that Linux doesn't have a driver for. QQ. Win7 and Vista have a lot less.
All major classics have either been ported to Linux or are compatible with Wine. "Pwned"