It's not uncommon for a server to keep on running without ever needing a complete system update for 5 years. We have a few mandrake 9 (released in 2002) machines that are running just fine, but it would be nice to have security updates and such for them.
Also, I think RedHat has 5 year support on their servers as well.
The version numbers are actually quite logical - first number = year, second number = month. So 7.10 means october 2007, 8.04 means april 2008. It actually makes more sense than a lot of other software release numbers.
As far as the code names, well they are silly, but silly can be good. All too often we take ourselves a little too seriously. If you're pitching it to the boss (who is very much against silliness - the stupid bastard), then go by: Linux Operating System Long Term Support edition v 8.04 or something like that...
Either don't include codecs which require a license (eg, DVD playback, mp3 support) and have the end user get it themselves, or pay to have them properly licensed and passing the extra cost to the buyer. Simple enough.
What ads are you guys talking about, I see barely any at all.
*turns off ad block plus, refreshes*
Holy crap! How do you even go online like this? You might as well just watch TV.
In some cases I've noticed the opposite, where using GNOME for example is more intuative to people with little computer experience rather than XP. However this seems more for younger people, I don't know if my dad could do it - although when I showed him he showed interest. However, younger people at work with very basic computer experience do find certain things easier on Ubuntu. It's those "certain things" that open source needs to work on that are making things difficult right now. But my feeling is that OSS is moving in the right direction - as is Apple in many respects, while M$ is not.
Yes, windows is free for many people, whether pirated on bundled. However, it is the pain and grief (the viruses, the malware, the ridiculous restrictions, the evil DRM) that is caused by using windows that will make people want to switch, not a diffrence in retail price. And people seem to be switching, however slowly.
Which would be a good thing. I've released code under GPL, I certainly don't wan't "developers/businesses" taking my code and using it without following the terms of the license. It's not freeware.
You do realize ALL linux distros have this right? Anyway the gui tools are only acting as a frontend to init.d, and while I will agree X11 has no place on a running server, it does make the initial configuration easier for certain things. It's trivial to set the default runlevel to 3 once everything is set up properly.
It's a very human-centric point of view as well. If it is considered true that sexual attractiveness is a form of beauty, then any organism that reproduces sexually has some idea of beauty.
The numbers are for "Contiguous 48 U.S. Surface Air Temperature Anomaly (C)", not global anomaly. So there may well be a 18% difference (math is not my strong point), from the old US data to the new US data. But what the article is saying is that if you plug in the new US numbers into the global numbers, the difference is only 1-2 %.
"The file you submitted was found to be malicious, and is already detected as Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Delf.asz using the latest virus definitions Please update your virus definition databases to properly detect the file". Translation:
"Thanks for your submission, we analyzed the file and it's a new variant of Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Delf.asz that we hadn't seen before. Do an update to verify it's being detected properly by the client."
from TFA
To understand how SoftGrid works, imagine that Office 2003 is running on the original PC, and Office 2007 is running in its own copy of Windows. However in Softgrid, there isn't actually another copy of Windows -- the application is running on the original copy of Windows, but some software called "SystemGuard" is keeping absolutely all the Office 2007 settings separate from the rest of the system. So, you can now run software that would normally run on the OS. Wow, incredible. M$, what would we do without you?
It's just a sandbox for apps, not virtualization.
You might be right if there were actually a biological thing called "race." There isn't. There are just a handful of differing general genetic traits, but we can all interbreed and produce offspring with different people groups. That's because we are all the same species. And even then, it is sometimes possible to have viable offspring across species. So the "we can breed" argument does not prove that race doesn't exist.
Race is merely an invention to differentiate social strata - to prop people up and to keep people down. No, it isn't. A race is simply a difference in ethnicity. That it can be used in a social context is besides the point - you could say the same thing about clothes (those that wear the wrong clothes will be discriminated against).
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if there were actually a biological thing called "race." There isn't. You're right, there isn't. However, it seems to me that the reason is because although anthropologists/biologists can agree there are differences between ethnic groups/populations, they can't agree on how to exactly define "race" in that context. And if something can't be defined, then it doesn't do very well in the scientific field:-)
No. Marriage between cousins leads to genetic disorders. I think you may be thinking of marriage within a social or ethnic group. If the group is large enough, then yes it can be used to preserve that group's genetic traits.
Yes it's all too true that human diversity is in decline, but this has been going on since the very beginnings of our species. Consider that before H. sapiens took over the world, there were several distinct species of people. Once we arrive, they all "mysteriously" disappear. Then with our species, throughout history, we see the general trend of more powerful cultures absorbing and replacing weaker ones. Consider the different European cultures and the Roman empire, or the Amerindians and the European settlers/conquerors.
This is due mainly to technology - as we are able to travel and communicate ever faster over ever longer distances, it becomes possible to have a single culture over an ever larger area. And with no barriers to stop migrations, genetic diversity will drop at the same time.
I think the near future will have even less diversity, and that the rate at which other cultures and ethnic groups disappear will only increase. Eventually there will be a global government, perhaps even a global "race". However, once we can reach the stars, we will see an increase in diversity, as human settlers on other planets will necessarily evolve differently due to the very different environmental conditions. We may even see H. terrianis, H. marsianis, H. Europianis, etc...
NVIDIA will finally be forced to make a video driver worth the powder to blow it to Hell. I would rather any new drivers NOT blow my video card to Hell, thank you very much!
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It's not uncommon for a server to keep on running without ever needing a complete system update for 5 years. We have a few mandrake 9 (released in 2002) machines that are running just fine, but it would be nice to have security updates and such for them.
Also, I think RedHat has 5 year support on their servers as well.
The version numbers are actually quite logical - first number = year, second number = month. So 7.10 means october 2007, 8.04 means april 2008. It actually makes more sense than a lot of other software release numbers. ...
As far as the code names, well they are silly, but silly can be good. All too often we take ourselves a little too seriously. If you're pitching it to the boss (who is very much against silliness - the stupid bastard), then go by: Linux Operating System Long Term Support edition v 8.04 or something like that
Either don't include codecs which require a license (eg, DVD playback, mp3 support) and have the end user get it themselves, or pay to have them properly licensed and passing the extra cost to the buyer. Simple enough.
What ads are you guys talking about, I see barely any at all. *turns off ad block plus, refreshes* Holy crap! How do you even go online like this? You might as well just watch TV.
There are several IDEs for linux, my favorites: boa-constructor, glade.
No. What we need is no DRM.
In some cases I've noticed the opposite, where using GNOME for example is more intuative to people with little computer experience rather than XP. However this seems more for younger people, I don't know if my dad could do it - although when I showed him he showed interest. However, younger people at work with very basic computer experience do find certain things easier on Ubuntu. It's those "certain things" that open source needs to work on that are making things difficult right now. But my feeling is that OSS is moving in the right direction - as is Apple in many respects, while M$ is not.
Yes, windows is free for many people, whether pirated on bundled. However, it is the pain and grief (the viruses, the malware, the ridiculous restrictions, the evil DRM) that is caused by using windows that will make people want to switch, not a diffrence in retail price. And people seem to be switching, however slowly.
Which would be a good thing. I've released code under GPL, I certainly don't wan't "developers/businesses" taking my code and using it without following the terms of the license. It's not freeware.
You do realize ALL linux distros have this right? Anyway the gui tools are only acting as a frontend to init.d, and while I will agree X11 has no place on a running server, it does make the initial configuration easier for certain things. It's trivial to set the default runlevel to 3 once everything is set up properly.
Are we here now? If so, then yes.
It's a very human-centric point of view as well. If it is considered true that sexual attractiveness is a form of beauty, then any organism that reproduces sexually has some idea of beauty.
http://www.meizume.com/showthread.php?t=720
The numbers are for "Contiguous 48 U.S. Surface Air Temperature Anomaly (C)", not global anomaly. So there may well be a 18% difference (math is not my strong point), from the old US data to the new US data. But what the article is saying is that if you plug in the new US numbers into the global numbers, the difference is only 1-2 %.
it's still being actively developed. GCJ is part of GCC, so I don't think it will be abandoned anytime soon.
Something you get if you go online. Remember, you may not be infected by a virus, but you can still spread it. Signed, Computer User
"Thanks for your submission, we analyzed the file and it's a new variant of Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Delf.asz that we hadn't seen before. Do an update to verify it's being detected properly by the client."
superbible is good
It's just a sandbox for apps, not virtualization.
No. Marriage between cousins leads to genetic disorders. I think you may be thinking of marriage within a social or ethnic group. If the group is large enough, then yes it can be used to preserve that group's genetic traits.
Yes it's all too true that human diversity is in decline, but this has been going on since the very beginnings of our species. Consider that before H. sapiens took over the world, there were several distinct species of people. Once we arrive, they all "mysteriously" disappear. Then with our species, throughout history, we see the general trend of more powerful cultures absorbing and replacing weaker ones. Consider the different European cultures and the Roman empire, or the Amerindians and the European settlers/conquerors. ...
This is due mainly to technology - as we are able to travel and communicate ever faster over ever longer distances, it becomes possible to have a single culture over an ever larger area. And with no barriers to stop migrations, genetic diversity will drop at the same time.
I think the near future will have even less diversity, and that the rate at which other cultures and ethnic groups disappear will only increase. Eventually there will be a global government, perhaps even a global "race". However, once we can reach the stars, we will see an increase in diversity, as human settlers on other planets will necessarily evolve differently due to the very different environmental conditions. We may even see H. terrianis, H. marsianis, H. Europianis, etc
Both Ubuntu and SUSE-super-enterprise-desktop-10000 default to GNOME.