Yes, and I passed the General written at 14 without studying. There're two local kids I can think of with their license, one 9, one 12, and the 12 year old used an aluminum canoe as an antenna. Call me when a group of fifth graders do this, THEN I'll be impressed.
I sincerely hope you're griping about the fact that Fedora forced its users to switch to KDE 4.0, which KDE strongly discouraged distros from switching to in the first place. If you think of it as an open-source tech demo, you're close to the purpose. A complete rewrite takes time, and KDE is all about openness. So, while they were busy working on a newer, more flexible version, they allowed people to try it themselves. The upcoming 4.2 release is extremely usable. I'm thrilled that I can boot up my desktop, and wow my non-Linux-using friends with it.
So my point is this. Fedora screwed up here, not KDE. KDE followed its principles, and has maintained the entire time that what they were working on was not "ready for production use."
Technically, I'm giving my money for a cause I believe in, a greater cause. I am not taking that money from anyone, I'm earning it, which makes it mine to do with as I please. Nobody is "subsidizing" this in any way, shape, or form.
Funny, I rarely hear about problems with Nvidia cards or sound in Slackware anymore, and I'm in the irc channel all the time. Maybe Ubuntu needs to hurry up and join the modern distros like Slackware?
A small number of us are pitching in to help him with that, as well. Remember, part of the reason Slamd64 "lags" is due to Fred's attempting to remain as close to a pure port of Slackware as possible... so he has to wait on Pat to update before he can, most of the time.
You'll be interested to know that slackpkg is now in/ap, and that unlike apt or yum, it doesn't try to remove half the system when you decide you want to finally be rid of BitchX.
I stopped listening when they canned XM31 The Torch. Dad listens to XM34 Enlighten, and while they're not canceling that, they're trying to can what is probably the most popular show on the channel.
Hey CEO's! Listen to us for once, and maybe you'll stop losing subscribers!
I received one as well. I pulled a game for backup (the original cd is sitting next to me as I type this), and assumed that anyone else connecting to me would be doing the same thing. The notice came after I had already closed that torrent out. Haven't heard from them again since, so I agree with and corroborate your story.
...Open Source. I'm a current CS student, and asked this very question at an Alumni Panel on Friday. The answer they gave was "Get involved in an Open Source project." That's a big part of what they look for in new hires. Doing so shows that you're not just in it for the "big bucks" but instead that you want to be a programmer, that you're willing to go out of your way to program.
The Unix Way? One app, one function, zero fuss. When you try to integrate everything into one app, you introduce a complexity that tends to break things. I for one hate all-in-one apps of any kind. I find a much lower ratio of bugs when I have one app to do one thing. This is true in the Windows as well as the Linux world.
Do I think this is keeping Linux from being popular? Nope. I think it's this philosophy thhat makes Linux as popular as it is... THINGS WORK.
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Pellets don't reproduce like exploits in Microsoft software, though.
I beg your pardon. You're referring to dependency management. Slackware has had "real" package management for YEARS.
For real people... stop the FUD!
Yes, and I passed the General written at 14 without studying. There're two local kids I can think of with their license, one 9, one 12, and the 12 year old used an aluminum canoe as an antenna. Call me when a group of fifth graders do this, THEN I'll be impressed.
I sincerely hope you're griping about the fact that Fedora forced its users to switch to KDE 4.0, which KDE strongly discouraged distros from switching to in the first place. If you think of it as an open-source tech demo, you're close to the purpose. A complete rewrite takes time, and KDE is all about openness. So, while they were busy working on a newer, more flexible version, they allowed people to try it themselves. The upcoming 4.2 release is extremely usable. I'm thrilled that I can boot up my desktop, and wow my non-Linux-using friends with it.
So my point is this. Fedora screwed up here, not KDE. KDE followed its principles, and has maintained the entire time that what they were working on was not "ready for production use."
I'm sorry, that wasn't close enough to a real car analogy to satisfy me. Could you explain this again, in terms of engines and brakes?
Technically, I'm giving my money for a cause I believe in, a greater cause. I am not taking that money from anyone, I'm earning it, which makes it mine to do with as I please. Nobody is "subsidizing" this in any way, shape, or form.
Begging your pardon, but I pay my taxes, and I don't get subsidized by your money or that of any other. So just what are you talking about?
So give us the binaries and let us package them ourselves. Next?
Funny, I rarely hear about problems with Nvidia cards or sound in Slackware anymore, and I'm in the irc channel all the time. Maybe Ubuntu needs to hurry up and join the modern distros like Slackware?
A small number of us are pitching in to help him with that, as well. Remember, part of the reason Slamd64 "lags" is due to Fred's attempting to remain as close to a pure port of Slackware as possible... so he has to wait on Pat to update before he can, most of the time.
You'll be interested to know that slackpkg is now in /ap, and that unlike apt or yum, it doesn't try to remove half the system when you decide you want to finally be rid of BitchX.
Hey, I just got that email! It's wonderful how you can use exponential growth to get a message out!
I stopped listening when they canned XM31 The Torch. Dad listens to XM34 Enlighten, and while they're not canceling that, they're trying to can what is probably the most popular show on the channel.
Hey CEO's! Listen to us for once, and maybe you'll stop losing subscribers!
I received one as well. I pulled a game for backup (the original cd is sitting next to me as I type this), and assumed that anyone else connecting to me would be doing the same thing. The notice came after I had already closed that torrent out. Haven't heard from them again since, so I agree with and corroborate your story.
That would make it an emo train, wouldn't it?
Great... first post syndrome in the "real world"... what is this world coming to?
...Open Source. I'm a current CS student, and asked this very question at an Alumni Panel on Friday. The answer they gave was "Get involved in an Open Source project." That's a big part of what they look for in new hires. Doing so shows that you're not just in it for the "big bucks" but instead that you want to be a programmer, that you're willing to go out of your way to program.
The Unix Way? One app, one function, zero fuss. When you try to integrate everything into one app, you introduce a complexity that tends to break things. I for one hate all-in-one apps of any kind. I find a much lower ratio of bugs when I have one app to do one thing. This is true in the Windows as well as the Linux world.
Do I think this is keeping Linux from being popular? Nope. I think it's this philosophy thhat makes Linux as popular as it is... THINGS WORK.
I don't know what all you people are on about. My financial future is secure.
Actually, I'm expecting it to be a rickroll.
"Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you go"
What the heck? I'm stuck in the website!
No, actually, that's the business model practiced by Digg. Nice try, though.
Uncovering thruth? What is this "thruth" you speak of? Is it edible? Can it solve the world oil crisis?
Kind of like Vista in that respect.
Just be careful not to milk this joke for too long...
What are you talking about? We'll be milking this joke until the cows come home.