Apparently they haven't read this article - how can they expect their OS to run smoothly on a cheap laptop if they can't make it run smoothly on a high-powered desktop?
Note: I know, that's Server 2008, this is XP... My comparison stands.
Although our test system used a beefy Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 with generous 2 GB of RAM, the Server's user interface felt sluggish with Windows being drawn very slowly
That's what happens when you try to use beefy hardware with a cheesy interface to a porky OS.
I've noticed something in the past month or so... when I'm sitting at my desktop, I tend to get less work done. I'm posting on Slashdot, reading the latest in stupid or tech news, checking my myriad email accounts, etc.
When I ssh in to my desktop from somewhere else, though, I get a LOT more work done. Code gets written, documentation gets updated, and I'm not playing around on the interwebs.
Maybe I'm just mildly ADD or something, but any idea that puts more of a stumbling block to me goofing off (with the exception of blocking me from doing so when I'm SUPPOSED to goof off) sounds like a good thing to me.
He wasn't misquoted. His mistakes were quoted. There's a HUGE difference. Nobody was trying to slander Dr. Jacobson, or to make it look like he said something he didn't. There's nothing wrong with taking the research of others and coming to our own conclusions (we're required to do so in some instances, specifically in an educational setting.)
I'm not here to suggest you're a fanboy, or anything like that.
But... it took me five minutes to install Ubuntu. I'm pretty sure by this point that XP is hard-coded to take at least forty-five. XP's installer boots to an ugly interface with crpytic options. ubuntu boots to a full desktop, with a big "Install Ubuntu" button right there on the desktop. And, while I'm installing, I can do other things... play games, write a letter, or post on Slashdot. I don't have to wait until Ubuntu is installed before I can be productive.
Likewise, on my three-month-old laptop, Ubuntu detected and set up my video card, my wireless, the wired connection, bluetooth, my mouse... pretty much everything except for my sound, which doesn't play nice with kernels older than 2.6.23. I can live without sound for right now, and I can always recompile and install it if I want to. I didn't have to download any drivers for this stuff... it came on the cd, and it auto-installed them for me. No frantic two-day search for drivers that may or may not exist.
In the end, I don't really see how anyone can reasonable argue that XP is easier to install than Ubuntu. But then again, that's just me.
Intriguing. My experience has been that Apple marketing convinces the end user that they have provided all they need. I see this attitude from several of my classmates, who can't seem to understand that changes in program requirements set forth by the professor require them to change their code. "What? You're making me change my program? But I already wrote it!" The rest of us quietly make the changes and move on with our lives.
Here's the thing though: we see a return on our investment, if you will. Meet the prof's specs, get a good grade, eventually get a degree and a good job. Apple and Windows developers tend to see a return on their investment: Please the end user, they buy the product, money in our pockets, move on with life.
what's the return for a Linux developer? "You flaming tightwad, why doesn't the software you spent the last two years of your life working on do XYZ? You should be more considerate of your end user!" It's of no relevance that the program already does A-R, and that even the big boys of the commercial world are just now getting L and Y working properly. How often have YOU voluntarily donated to the developers of the free software you use? What's the incentive to continue developing that software?
I guess the whole point is: We're working on it, just give us a little more time.
I've got a news flash for him: I'm from Missouri. Nobody outside the state knows it exists, and everybody in the state knows each other. Either way, nobody would have believed he was who he said he was anyway.
Note: St. Louis doesn't count. They seceded years ago.
Intriguing. A friend of mine wanted to upgrade to Gutsy, and downloaded the iso in 2 hours using Bittorrent. Mainly due to all the people using BT to download it, it was coming down at breakneck speed.
I, on the other hand, am behind a college firewall... I would STILL not be running Gutsy, if I didn't already have the beta installed.
Hey guess what? I don't hate the PS3. I intend to own one, one of these days. I game on my PC. I also game on my PS2 and my Xbox. I game on my Gameboy. All of these, I see as tools. Fanboy? Hardly. You assume too much.
By the way, there is more to life than flaming people because they make a sarcastic exaggeration about a product.
And finally, there's nothing wrong with my English.
Slashdot Mirror
Those 11% are all Slashdot readers.
The internet is not something that you just dump something on. It's not a big truck. It's a series of tubes.
How dare you try to clog my internets with your purchases!
I was hoping for a subsidy, but it's not forthcoming.
I'm from Missouri. Half the population isn't close enough to an exchange to get DSL.
Even my patience with reading your post is taxed. How about that.
Now if they could just get the ISPs to charge reasonable prices for those connections...
Apparently they haven't read this article - how can they expect their OS to run smoothly on a cheap laptop if they can't make it run smoothly on a high-powered desktop?
Note: I know, that's Server 2008, this is XP... My comparison stands.
Although our test system used a beefy Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 with generous 2 GB of RAM, the Server's user interface felt sluggish with Windows being drawn very slowly
That's what happens when you try to use beefy hardware with a cheesy interface to a porky OS.
I've noticed something in the past month or so... when I'm sitting at my desktop, I tend to get less work done. I'm posting on Slashdot, reading the latest in stupid or tech news, checking my myriad email accounts, etc.
When I ssh in to my desktop from somewhere else, though, I get a LOT more work done. Code gets written, documentation gets updated, and I'm not playing around on the interwebs.
Maybe I'm just mildly ADD or something, but any idea that puts more of a stumbling block to me goofing off (with the exception of blocking me from doing so when I'm SUPPOSED to goof off) sounds like a good thing to me.
...Call lawyer. Have him sue Vonage for patent infringement.
Why, that's more powerful than a cluster of 60 PS3s! I'll take three!
...they're honeypots powerful enough to bog down the Storm botnet!
He wasn't misquoted. His mistakes were quoted. There's a HUGE difference. Nobody was trying to slander Dr. Jacobson, or to make it look like he said something he didn't. There's nothing wrong with taking the research of others and coming to our own conclusions (we're required to do so in some instances, specifically in an educational setting.)
I'm curious as to what you suggest we use instead. Hydrogen? That'd go over well.
A small village in Germany was evacuated today after being set afire by the latest in a string of a dozen weather-balloon accidents.
Also, get your facts straight. Helium is extracted from natural gas, not sand. Wikipedia
If you're talking about the HTML put out by Myspacers, I think the comparison to COBOL is very apt.
The same way LIVE musicians make a living when all their work is available for free on the internet.
Holy crap! It's a map with Missouri on it! Somebody call the Weather Channel, they need to see this. CNN too.
... I thought that only Apple would release an iMap? Had me fooled.
I'm not here to suggest you're a fanboy, or anything like that.
But... it took me five minutes to install Ubuntu. I'm pretty sure by this point that XP is hard-coded to take at least forty-five. XP's installer boots to an ugly interface with crpytic options. ubuntu boots to a full desktop, with a big "Install Ubuntu" button right there on the desktop. And, while I'm installing, I can do other things... play games, write a letter, or post on Slashdot. I don't have to wait until Ubuntu is installed before I can be productive.
Likewise, on my three-month-old laptop, Ubuntu detected and set up my video card, my wireless, the wired connection, bluetooth, my mouse... pretty much everything except for my sound, which doesn't play nice with kernels older than 2.6.23. I can live without sound for right now, and I can always recompile and install it if I want to. I didn't have to download any drivers for this stuff... it came on the cd, and it auto-installed them for me. No frantic two-day search for drivers that may or may not exist.
In the end, I don't really see how anyone can reasonable argue that XP is easier to install than Ubuntu. But then again, that's just me.
Intriguing. My experience has been that Apple marketing convinces the end user that they have provided all they need. I see this attitude from several of my classmates, who can't seem to understand that changes in program requirements set forth by the professor require them to change their code. "What? You're making me change my program? But I already wrote it!" The rest of us quietly make the changes and move on with our lives.
Here's the thing though: we see a return on our investment, if you will. Meet the prof's specs, get a good grade, eventually get a degree and a good job. Apple and Windows developers tend to see a return on their investment: Please the end user, they buy the product, money in our pockets, move on with life.
what's the return for a Linux developer? "You flaming tightwad, why doesn't the software you spent the last two years of your life working on do XYZ? You should be more considerate of your end user!" It's of no relevance that the program already does A-R, and that even the big boys of the commercial world are just now getting L and Y working properly. How often have YOU voluntarily donated to the developers of the free software you use? What's the incentive to continue developing that software?
I guess the whole point is: We're working on it, just give us a little more time.
I've got a news flash for him: I'm from Missouri. Nobody outside the state knows it exists, and everybody in the state knows each other. Either way, nobody would have believed he was who he said he was anyway.
Note: St. Louis doesn't count. They seceded years ago.
Intriguing. A friend of mine wanted to upgrade to Gutsy, and downloaded the iso in 2 hours using Bittorrent. Mainly due to all the people using BT to download it, it was coming down at breakneck speed.
I, on the other hand, am behind a college firewall... I would STILL not be running Gutsy, if I didn't already have the beta installed.
Hey guess what? I don't hate the PS3. I intend to own one, one of these days. I game on my PC. I also game on my PS2 and my Xbox. I game on my Gameboy. All of these, I see as tools. Fanboy? Hardly. You assume too much.
By the way, there is more to life than flaming people because they make a sarcastic exaggeration about a product.
And finally, there's nothing wrong with my English.
"In related news, sales of Playstation 3s in Europe have doubled, making a grand total of six owners of the game console..."
Approximately? Who the heck couldn't count to 25?