You can't be serious. You are aware you can get the express editions for free? Which will do everything you need, and if your requirements are beyond that.. you probably should be buying it anyway. And if you can't afford it, you can torrent it or god forbid live with free tools. I think you just want to find problems not solution.
This is ridiculous. Hairfeet's point (who incidentally got troll mods) is that the only person who ends up with Ubuntu is someone looking for it. If you have to press "Customize with Ubuntu" (which is only on one out of 4 options) and not an option in the standard "Customize", then the person is seeking out Linux.
Come back when Linux is an option that people pick to save money, and then lets compare return rates. And this is posted by someone whos running Fedora rawhide.
It lists the operating system as Windows or Linux. Then go ahead and click on one, and you're presented with four choices. All Windows XP. Even when customizing, you can't change from Windows to Linux. It even took me a while to realize how to buy a Ubuntu netbook. One of the four choices has a button "Customize with Ubuntu", then and only then you can buy it with Linux.
Even so, his criticism isn't valid. I use KDE/KWin so don't have this problem, but some posts below me say this is an issue with compiz (as opposed to the default window manager, metacity).
Nope. It's just good business sense. Here (in Australia) we pay for our usage. I'm on a 20GB/month plan, while someone like my mum is on a 500MB/month plan.
The "heavier" the user, the better the customer. In other parts of world, you have the opposite problem when the "light" users are the most profitable customers.
Doesn't work. Gmail ignores dots though. So eri.kina is the same as erikina. (And gmail will only allow you to register one of them.) But you can filter based on which email address it was sent to (Something I do with slashdot spam).
I and many people have had it for years. Granted, I've struggled on every setup to achieve it, but it's definitely possible.
The trick is, if you have nvidia/ati to install the proprietary drivers. And then use their gui tools to setup multiple. If you have intel graphics, the standard tools should suffice.
Also, for what it's worth -- Fedora tends to have much better dual monitor support. But it's very doable in Ubuntu.
But she also wants animated cursors and finds them and happily installes them. Cursor Mania.
She just doesn't get, yet, that the internet has two kinds of free and that the more something shouts it is free the less likely it is. How do you explain that firefox is free and safe but cursormania is free and not safe?
I had exactly one of these sort of people needing to borrow my (linux) computer the other day. A couple hours later I get back and on the desktop there's a couple extra files on my desktop like wallpapers.exe and the like. I really couldn't help but chuckle. I guess security through obscurity works for stupid users.:P
The problem is not so much that some people are stupid but that they lack a healthy dose of cynasism, they forget to question things. And that is pretty to stupid.
Eh. I've had enough of these cynic people. Such as "This software isn't free. I might not be into the whole computer scene, but trust me on this one, there's going to be a catch. The only thing that is free is the dirt under your fingernails" or the "If it's free it's crap".
And it's really not cynicism either. Is it really hard to believe that an entire operating system or browser or pdf reader (or any other of the dozens of other software) is completely free, while a pack of cursors isn't?
People just lack sufficient knowledge, and often motivation to learn about it. (and there's a large experience element).
The system can't protect against this unless you want to life in the nanny state. Women are free to go with convicted wife-beaters unless you want the state to decide your partner for you. People can install spyware unless you want the system to decide what you can install.
For some reason people like you want software to do things you would NEVER accept in hardware. Would you really want a powerdrill that constantly checked wether you where drilling in the factory approved substances, at the right angled, under the right conditions? A screwdriver that refuses to be used as a hammer?
There's quite a difference. Most people don't know, and don't care how software works. So anything that protects them like that is a good-idea. Perhaps a better equivalent is a (2 stroke) lawn mower that makes sure you've mixed the right amount of oil in the fuel.
At some point users must accept a responsibilty to operate their equipment responsible themselves and accept that if they make mistakes, they are the ones to blaim.
It's easier to blame the complexity of computer or virus makers and come up with "legal solutions" to malware.
You know what my solution has been to fix 99% of friends requests to fix their windows PC? Re-install. Whipe the crap and
Stop there. I say that's about 50% of the work, and time to get payment before the other 50%.;P
sooner or later they either figure out that "mmm once I downloaded those free smiley's my computer starts to act like a piece of crap, maybe these two things are connected"
Hahhaa. Has that actually ever happened? ever?
or at least find someone else to help with their crap PC's.
My solution of choice too. It also guarantees removal of all the crap and it's a lot easier for me.
I used to push Linux, but soon realized that it just means hours of unpaid support and people trying to do things that linux doesn't support. (Which invariably leads to adding a Windows VM, which even conceptually (moving files, device interaction etc.) is too difficult for the average user. (especially when they previously just had Windows)
If Acacia was actually did something they could be dragged into the whole "We might infringe your X, but you infringe our Y and Z". Hence why you never see software companies exerting their patents on each other. However if Acacia Technologies is just a patent troll, there's nothing they'd be infringing.
I doubt that (Acacia) would be willing to go to court over this as it'd be too expensive, so I'm sure they're just after a quick settlement. These guys don't represent a real threat, rather they represent what is wrong with the system.
Maybe there are some grounds that Acacia could be sued for patent trolling?
Oh hell no. You realize what absolute crap software would turn into if we had to avoid every single stupid patent. The only workable solution would be doing clones of ~20 year old software (so you're sure you're not infringing something).
If your neighbor told you that he'd never sue you -- you'd be outraged too?
Really all it is, Microsoft gave Novell $300 million for a mutual indemnification agreement. That's a hell of a lot of money, and any reasonable person would believe that Microsoft is more worried about infringing on Novell patents than vice versa.
It was a win-win-win for Novell. a) They offer their customers protection. b) They have no interest in aggressively using patents, so not being able to sue is no loss. c) $300 million in cash.
And even if you do no longer use openSUSE -- you're using *a lot* of code paid for with Microsoft money (assuming you use linux).
What I don't like, is they've updated the summary to remove "XP" but without an "UPDATE:". It really takes posts out of context and makes people look like idiots that retell the story.
Yeah, to ad free torrents for me too. I would have assumed the reason they block non-USA viewers is because they don't want to pay for bandwidth when they can't find any advertisers. But surely that's not too hard? And it doesn't explain why they restrict some youtube clips to US residents only.
It's not even in the same league. A fedora spin is very difficult, cumbersome and far more trouble than its worth. (Unless you're doing an official spin). Revisor makes it a little more palpable, but it's buggy as hell (I've not been able to get it to work, not even once.)
From the screencast this looks easy as pie, but I'll reserve my final judgment for when I try it.
You don't need to install it with a normal (DVD) openSUSE gnome install either. There's a lot more power than meets the eye.
On the "confirm" screen in which it lists all your settings and choices the headline "Software choices" (under which gnome is listed) is clickable. Click to get access to a full package manager.
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You can't be serious. You are aware you can get the express editions for free? Which will do everything you need, and if your requirements are beyond that .. you probably should be buying it anyway. And if you can't afford it, you can torrent it or god forbid live with free tools. I think you just want to find problems not solution.
This is ridiculous. Hairfeet's point (who incidentally got troll mods) is that the only person who ends up with Ubuntu is someone looking for it. If you have to press "Customize with Ubuntu" (which is only on one out of 4 options) and not an option in the standard "Customize", then the person is seeking out Linux.
Come back when Linux is an option that people pick to save money, and then lets compare return rates. And this is posted by someone whos running Fedora rawhide.
Actually, he's 100% right. On this page you linked: http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/laptop-mini2?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs
It lists the operating system as Windows or Linux. Then go ahead and click on one, and you're presented with four choices. All Windows XP. Even when customizing, you can't change from Windows to Linux. It even took me a while to realize how to buy a Ubuntu netbook. One of the four choices has a button "Customize with Ubuntu", then and only then you can buy it with Linux.
Even so, his criticism isn't valid. I use KDE/KWin so don't have this problem, but some posts below me say this is an issue with compiz (as opposed to the default window manager, metacity).
Damn it. If only I didn't burn my mod points being constructive, I could have so much fun abusing the mod system on this stupidity.
By starting the drag from the bottom of the visible screen you have more room to drag it up before your mouse hits the top of the screen.
Nope. It's just good business sense. Here (in Australia) we pay for our usage. I'm on a 20GB/month plan, while someone like my mum is on a 500MB/month plan.
The "heavier" the user, the better the customer. In other parts of world, you have the opposite problem when the "light" users are the most profitable customers.
They're nice. Especially as someone who use KDE, it allows me to easily see what's happening in that part of the world.
They were right, though? :P
Me too, surprisingly.
Something like SELinux?
Doesn't work. Gmail ignores dots though. So eri.kina is the same as erikina. (And gmail will only allow you to register one of them.) But you can filter based on which email address it was sent to (Something I do with slashdot spam).
I and many people have had it for years. Granted, I've struggled on every setup to achieve it, but it's definitely possible.
The trick is, if you have nvidia/ati to install the proprietary drivers. And then use their gui tools to setup multiple. If you have intel graphics, the standard tools should suffice.
Also, for what it's worth -- Fedora tends to have much better dual monitor support. But it's very doable in Ubuntu.
But she also wants animated cursors and finds them and happily installes them. Cursor Mania.
She just doesn't get, yet, that the internet has two kinds of free and that the more something shouts it is free the less likely it is. How do you explain that firefox is free and safe but cursormania is free and not safe?
I had exactly one of these sort of people needing to borrow my (linux) computer the other day. A couple hours later I get back and on the desktop there's a couple extra files on my desktop like wallpapers.exe and the like. I really couldn't help but chuckle. I guess security through obscurity works for stupid users. :P
The problem is not so much that some people are stupid but that they lack a healthy dose of cynasism, they forget to question things. And that is pretty to stupid.
Eh. I've had enough of these cynic people. Such as "This software isn't free. I might not be into the whole computer scene, but trust me on this one, there's going to be a catch. The only thing that is free is the dirt under your fingernails" or the "If it's free it's crap".
And it's really not cynicism either. Is it really hard to believe that an entire operating system or browser or pdf reader (or any other of the dozens of other software) is completely free, while a pack of cursors isn't?
People just lack sufficient knowledge, and often motivation to learn about it. (and there's a large experience element).
The system can't protect against this unless you want to life in the nanny state. Women are free to go with convicted wife-beaters unless you want the state to decide your partner for you. People can install spyware unless you want the system to decide what you can install.
For some reason people like you want software to do things you would NEVER accept in hardware. Would you really want a powerdrill that constantly checked wether you where drilling in the factory approved substances, at the right angled, under the right conditions? A screwdriver that refuses to be used as a hammer?
There's quite a difference. Most people don't know, and don't care how software works. So anything that protects them like that is a good-idea. Perhaps a better equivalent is a (2 stroke) lawn mower that makes sure you've mixed the right amount of oil in the fuel.
At some point users must accept a responsibilty to operate their equipment responsible themselves and accept that if they make mistakes, they are the ones to blaim.
It's easier to blame the complexity of computer or virus makers and come up with "legal solutions" to malware.
You know what my solution has been to fix 99% of friends requests to fix their windows PC? Re-install. Whipe the crap and
Stop there. I say that's about 50% of the work, and time to get payment before the other 50%. ;P
sooner or later they either figure out that "mmm once I downloaded those free smiley's my computer starts to act like a piece of crap, maybe these two things are connected"
Hahhaa. Has that actually ever happened? ever?
or at least find someone else to help with their crap PC's.
My solution of choice too. It also guarantees removal of all the crap and it's a lot easier for me.
I used to push Linux, but soon realized that it just means hours of unpaid support and people trying to do things that linux doesn't support. (Which invariably leads to adding a Windows VM, which even conceptually (moving files, device interaction etc.) is too difficult for the average user. (especially when they previously just had Windows)
If Acacia was actually did something they could be dragged into the whole "We might infringe your X, but you infringe our Y and Z". Hence why you never see software companies exerting their patents on each other. However if Acacia Technologies is just a patent troll, there's nothing they'd be infringing.
I doubt that (Acacia) would be willing to go to court over this as it'd be too expensive, so I'm sure they're just after a quick settlement. These guys don't represent a real threat, rather they represent what is wrong with the system.
Maybe there are some grounds that Acacia could be sued for patent trolling?
Oh hell no. You realize what absolute crap software would turn into if we had to avoid every single stupid patent. The only workable solution would be doing clones of ~20 year old software (so you're sure you're not infringing something).
If your neighbor told you that he'd never sue you -- you'd be outraged too?
Really all it is, Microsoft gave Novell $300 million for a mutual indemnification agreement. That's a hell of a lot of money, and any reasonable person would believe that Microsoft is more worried about infringing on Novell patents than vice versa.
It was a win-win-win for Novell. a) They offer their customers protection. b) They have no interest in aggressively using patents, so not being able to sue is no loss. c) $300 million in cash.
And even if you do no longer use openSUSE -- you're using *a lot* of code paid for with Microsoft money (assuming you use linux).
What I don't like, is they've updated the summary to remove "XP" but without an "UPDATE:". It really takes posts out of context and makes people look like idiots that retell the story.
Yeah, to ad free torrents for me too. I would have assumed the reason they block non-USA viewers is because they don't want to pay for bandwidth when they can't find any advertisers. But surely that's not too hard? And it doesn't explain why they restrict some youtube clips to US residents only.
Doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
15 seconds until XFCE has fully (visibly) loaded.
Yeah, sorry. Half the time*. (They all take at least 30 seconds)
Oh, one other thing. When installing you need root password. It's "moblin". I spent 10 minutes trying to find out what it was.
(In dot format here is my experience)
8/10 Best distro I've tested so far for my notebood
It's not even in the same league. A fedora spin is very difficult, cumbersome and far more trouble than its worth. (Unless you're doing an official spin). Revisor makes it a little more palpable, but it's buggy as hell (I've not been able to get it to work, not even once.)
From the screencast this looks easy as pie, but I'll reserve my final judgment for when I try it.
You don't need to install it with a normal (DVD) openSUSE gnome install either. There's a lot more power than meets the eye.
On the "confirm" screen in which it lists all your settings and choices the headline "Software choices" (under which gnome is listed) is clickable. Click to get access to a full package manager.
If you're going down that path, at least be imaginative with the ip address. ;)