Good. Small kernel is a good start. Now make it open source and let me install whatever the hell I want for a desktop manager and applications on top of it.
I've been saying it for years now. Windows should either be an open standard for operating systems to be built or be a desktop manager built on a Linux kernel. Of course, then what would the diehards bitch about on slashdot?
I think we all should just plead the Fifth one way or another. If the RIAA is targeting this old bastion of nerddom, what's next? Are they going to search Slashdot for their targets based on self-incriminating statements?
How could life, as we know it, exist in an atmosphere dominated by methane? Even if there was liquid water, how do we know that it is rich enough in oxygen to support life? I'm thinking that there is nothing to see here. Look somewhere else.
Everyone who forked over for upgrades via a support contract never got them, even though things weren't supposed to have changed. In summary: hey got "forked-over" after forking over.
This FastCGI module was built with collaboration from Zend, the creators of PHP, and is intended to solve the CGI on Windows problem. Glad to see that we all can get along.
And your logic is short-sighted. Just get enough people using Linux and some asshole with an axe to grind and it will no longer be safe to browse the in-tar-web with Linux.
1) WTF is that supposed to mean? 2) I agree whole-heartedly with the concept. But with the current activation thing on some MS OSs, that may be a little tricky. 3) Maybe... but a bit of a stretch. Experience also plays a part. (As in "I used this before and thought it was swell") 4) Imaging would be even more of a hassle for OEMs. But I do see the advantages of a Linux box ready to do useful things right out of the box. 5) Just selling hardware and nothing else. How will Joe consumer who doesn't read-up on this stuff even know what an Operating System is, let alone know to get one with his computer?
Yes the alternatives will gain popularity. But the gains will be smaller than "2008: the year of the Linux desktop"
well the F/OSS community would probably like it, but who cares what they think.:) Wow... I mean... Wow... I'm going to have to bookmark this as the finest example of flamebait ever.
You're only gripe is that if Microsoft changes its way of business, you won't have anything to gripe about anymore. Kind of like if we solved the global warming thing: hippies will be silent.
First off, welcome to/. Second: the obligatory "you must be new here". And third: if your NIC is supported, Vista will go and grab the drivers off the in-tar-web. Even my Hauppauge WinTV card worked right from a fresh install! And Forth: Linux is hard to use for first timers who have noone to guide them. Don't come back with the community bulletin board stuff either. Most posts I had as a n00b were either mocked or ignored. I don't suspect it's gotten any better.
I've been saying for years that Microsoft should either:
1. Make Windows an open kernel for people to distribute their own flavors of. (Windows as a standard instead of an OS)
2. Make Windows into a closed-source desktop environment built on the Linux kernel. That way anyone can have Windows and/or Linux (KDE, Gnome) running on the same machine without the multiple partition bullshit we all have to go through if we want dual boot.
Of course, then what would we all argue about on/.?
In deed. I agree with the hiding of all the things that make Linux so daunting. And congratulations on bringing your sister and girlfriend into the light. But not all people have people like you by their side every step of the way. What if someone who really likes music but knows nothing about computers decides to try Fedora (or some other flavor of Linux with an easy install process) and is wondering why all their MP3s and WMAs aren't playing in Amarok? Who will help them?
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Wouldn't an anti-electron beam crossed with a particle beam create energy?
Good. Small kernel is a good start. Now make it open source and let me install whatever the hell I want for a desktop manager and applications on top of it.
I've been saying it for years now. Windows should either be an open standard for operating systems to be built or be a desktop manager built on a Linux kernel. Of course, then what would the diehards bitch about on slashdot?
it could be mounted on a shark...
Viacom isn't that far off from vacuum. The daily Bush rants are all part of the suck.
Yes.
When I read the word "random" with Mac in the same sentence, why do I envision the iMac Shuffle?
Sometimes the correct and simple explanations are overlooked in favor of more complicated, yet impressive-sounding wrong ones.
One black hole consumes another black hole creating one gigantic gravitational singularity. Case closed.
Thank God for Gmail and its excellent spam filtering! I don't think I've had any spam hit my inbox in 2 years. :-)
I think we all should just plead the Fifth one way or another. If the RIAA is targeting this old bastion of nerddom, what's next? Are they going to search Slashdot for their targets based on self-incriminating statements?
How is it redundant when I was the first to say it? Moderators: check the timestamps.
FINALLY!
How could life, as we know it, exist in an atmosphere dominated by methane? Even if there was liquid water, how do we know that it is rich enough in oxygen to support life? I'm thinking that there is nothing to see here. Look somewhere else.
Exactly how many Library's of Congress is that?
Now that the hack is being posted all over the in-tar-web, Apple is sure to release a patch to brick all cracked devices.
I thought the Romans had the cent long before Canada.
That is so... ummm... What's the word I'm looking for?... FREAKING SWEET!
And your logic is short-sighted. Just get enough people using Linux and some asshole with an axe to grind and it will no longer be safe to browse the in-tar-web with Linux.
Who registers? Really?
1) WTF is that supposed to mean?
2) I agree whole-heartedly with the concept. But with the current activation thing on some MS OSs, that may be a little tricky.
3) Maybe... but a bit of a stretch. Experience also plays a part. (As in "I used this before and thought it was swell")
4) Imaging would be even more of a hassle for OEMs. But I do see the advantages of a Linux box ready to do useful things right out of the box.
5) Just selling hardware and nothing else. How will Joe consumer who doesn't read-up on this stuff even know what an Operating System is, let alone know to get one with his computer?
Yes the alternatives will gain popularity. But the gains will be smaller than "2008: the year of the Linux desktop"
You're only gripe is that if Microsoft changes its way of business, you won't have anything to gripe about anymore. Kind of like if we solved the global warming thing: hippies will be silent.
First off, welcome to /. Second: the obligatory "you must be new here". And third: if your NIC is supported, Vista will go and grab the drivers off the in-tar-web. Even my Hauppauge WinTV card worked right from a fresh install! And Forth: Linux is hard to use for first timers who have noone to guide them. Don't come back with the community bulletin board stuff either. Most posts I had as a n00b were either mocked or ignored. I don't suspect it's gotten any better.
I've been saying for years that Microsoft should either:
/.?
1. Make Windows an open kernel for people to distribute their own flavors of. (Windows as a standard instead of an OS)
2. Make Windows into a closed-source desktop environment built on the Linux kernel. That way anyone can have Windows and/or Linux (KDE, Gnome) running on the same machine without the multiple partition bullshit we all have to go through if we want dual boot.
Of course, then what would we all argue about on
In deed. I agree with the hiding of all the things that make Linux so daunting. And congratulations on bringing your sister and girlfriend into the light. But not all people have people like you by their side every step of the way. What if someone who really likes music but knows nothing about computers decides to try Fedora (or some other flavor of Linux with an easy install process) and is wondering why all their MP3s and WMAs aren't playing in Amarok? Who will help them?