My mom is no computer expert and aside from learning the UI difference between programs she can use Ubuntu.
It comes installed with everything the "average" person needs and if they need more there is the package manager. There isn't a reason for an average user to be in the terminal or compiling programs.
It's not like the average person will be svn into a repositry for some source code to compile the latest version of some program.
Bringing up the terminal or compiling for a reason that the average person can't use Linux is a load of BS because they don't have to do that.
People seem to fail to realise that true intelligence means being able to find a solution to things you don't know.
Just repeating things you've been told is not intelligence. Hell a parrot can do that.
True intelligence is having common sense and being able to solve problems. I don't know how to do everything, no one does, but when a problem comes up I find a solution. Whether that is reading up on how to do it myself, or researching who or what is the best solution to the problem for me then I do that and I get it sorted.
Sitting on your fat ass for 5 months with a computer you can't use is a sign of your brain being located in your back side. It's purely stupidity and as it's been mentioned before hopefully this is a fake purely for her sake seeing how if she is that stupid she won't make it far in life at all.
Yeah the problem is the average user is too stupid to actually see what they're buying for $1,100. Dell in no way hides which operating system is on the computer and I've just gone to Dell's site and it's hard not to buy a computer with Windows on it (probably because they know most people want it) so I'm not sure how she ended up it but I know if I was spending $1,100 for a laptop and something that was important, as it was for online classes, then I'd make sure it was what I want.
But yeah you're right Ubuntu probably isn't ready for the completely retarded but then again these people shouldn't really be on the internet anyway. They're the reason there are so many compromised computers on the internet.
For awhile I was drinking around 6 cups of tea at work and like 3 litres of Red Bull in the evening and yes if you do keep it up then it fucks with you but worse yet is it can constipate you.
Not the same? It's exactly the same as what Japan has been doing for ages. Adding colour and changing squares to triangles just trying to cover up the fact you've ripped off yet another idea.
That's like saying Scottish people could learn to speak better English but they don't for whatever reason.
Why should they have to?
I agree the quality of English is related to how much a company wants to pay and in general companies don't want to pay anything.
I think rather than sending phone support jobs over to other countries and trying to convert everyone to speaking the same way, if companies want to make more money then build up economies in areas, like India, through other means. Like creating development offices there to create Indian tailored software. That is actually more beneficial because it gives everyone in the country something to use rather than just giving a few jobs answering phones.
Localisation even for the UK is pretty rubbish. The assumption is everyone should just learn to live with American English so companies don't have to put as much effort into doing things right.
They could also get international developers developing more international games so we're not stuck with the same old space marine / WWII shooters.
I don't object to the US sending jobs over seas as Americans don't know everything and it makes sense to use the brain power of everyone on this planet. But it should be beneficial to the consumer which is rarely is.
I agree customers should boycott it more but it is hard when everyone's doing the same thing. Leaving company A because of their foreign phone support and going to company B, who also has foreign phone support, won't necessarily achieve much.
I agree. In some instances I don't care but when you need exact information and a misunderstanding could lead to you screwing up then you want to be able to understand the person fully.
It's not really anyone's fault. They can't help where they were born or that I simply don't understand them well because I don't live around a lot of people with Indian accents.
It's not just Indians either. Some Scottish people can be a nightmare to understand over the phone and again it's simply down to what you're used to hearing.
If they don't do it now then I doubt the verbal part will change.
Besides most technical terms are probably in english and the "normal" words will probably be in the person's mother tongue so they have to know a little English to do the job properly.
The difference being that they didn't promise a complete rewrite of the Linux kernel and everyone loves the Linux kernel so there is no need to completely rewrite it every time.
It's not like I said they should have completely written the OS when XP came out but then again XP was decent unlike Vista.
One indication of just how neatly Microsoft is trying to thread this needle is the fact that the server unit is saying its version of Windows 7 will be a minor release. The product that had been code-named "Windows 7 Server" is getting the designation Windows Server 2008 R2. The "R2" designation has in the past been used for very minor updates to Microsoft products.
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His window machine's contribution to a bot net is probably hogging some bandwidth.
Not using it and use the included networking software in either Windows or Linux.
If you aren't expected to know how to use Linux then you should also avoid buying it.
petrol != diesel
But you can have petrodiesel which is a mix.
My mom is no computer expert and aside from learning the UI difference between programs she can use Ubuntu.
It comes installed with everything the "average" person needs and if they need more there is the package manager. There isn't a reason for an average user to be in the terminal or compiling programs.
It's not like the average person will be svn into a repositry for some source code to compile the latest version of some program.
Bringing up the terminal or compiling for a reason that the average person can't use Linux is a load of BS because they don't have to do that.
People seem to fail to realise that true intelligence means being able to find a solution to things you don't know.
Just repeating things you've been told is not intelligence. Hell a parrot can do that.
True intelligence is having common sense and being able to solve problems. I don't know how to do everything, no one does, but when a problem comes up I find a solution. Whether that is reading up on how to do it myself, or researching who or what is the best solution to the problem for me then I do that and I get it sorted.
Sitting on your fat ass for 5 months with a computer you can't use is a sign of your brain being located in your back side. It's purely stupidity and as it's been mentioned before hopefully this is a fake purely for her sake seeing how if she is that stupid she won't make it far in life at all.
These people are also the reason why you should be required to have a licence to use the internet like driving a car.
Yeah the problem is the average user is too stupid to actually see what they're buying for $1,100. Dell in no way hides which operating system is on the computer and I've just gone to Dell's site and it's hard not to buy a computer with Windows on it (probably because they know most people want it) so I'm not sure how she ended up it but I know if I was spending $1,100 for a laptop and something that was important, as it was for online classes, then I'd make sure it was what I want.
But yeah you're right Ubuntu probably isn't ready for the completely retarded but then again these people shouldn't really be on the internet anyway. They're the reason there are so many compromised computers on the internet.
For awhile I was drinking around 6 cups of tea at work and like 3 litres of Red Bull in the evening and yes if you do keep it up then it fucks with you but worse yet is it can constipate you.
All Ben Stiller movies are of the same quality since it's the same character and virtually the same premise every time.
Still, he's not as bad as Adam Sandler.
Marquee owns blink.
Clearly you've never been to a Geocities site circa 1996.
Straight up text and regular pictures or video even isn't appropriate for everything.
They can be abused just as much as Flash or Java can be.
Not the same? It's exactly the same as what Japan has been doing for ages. Adding colour and changing squares to triangles just trying to cover up the fact you've ripped off yet another idea.
Then why give it away for free if they'll use it anyway?
and make everyone happy with Python 5.6
That's like saying Scottish people could learn to speak better English but they don't for whatever reason.
Why should they have to?
I agree the quality of English is related to how much a company wants to pay and in general companies don't want to pay anything.
I think rather than sending phone support jobs over to other countries and trying to convert everyone to speaking the same way, if companies want to make more money then build up economies in areas, like India, through other means. Like creating development offices there to create Indian tailored software. That is actually more beneficial because it gives everyone in the country something to use rather than just giving a few jobs answering phones.
Localisation even for the UK is pretty rubbish. The assumption is everyone should just learn to live with American English so companies don't have to put as much effort into doing things right.
They could also get international developers developing more international games so we're not stuck with the same old space marine / WWII shooters.
I don't object to the US sending jobs over seas as Americans don't know everything and it makes sense to use the brain power of everyone on this planet. But it should be beneficial to the consumer which is rarely is.
I agree customers should boycott it more but it is hard when everyone's doing the same thing. Leaving company A because of their foreign phone support and going to company B, who also has foreign phone support, won't necessarily achieve much.
I agree. In some instances I don't care but when you need exact information and a misunderstanding could lead to you screwing up then you want to be able to understand the person fully.
It's not really anyone's fault. They can't help where they were born or that I simply don't understand them well because I don't live around a lot of people with Indian accents.
It's not just Indians either. Some Scottish people can be a nightmare to understand over the phone and again it's simply down to what you're used to hearing.
If they don't do it now then I doubt the verbal part will change.
Besides most technical terms are probably in english and the "normal" words will probably be in the person's mother tongue so they have to know a little English to do the job properly.
The difference being that they didn't promise a complete rewrite of the Linux kernel and everyone loves the Linux kernel so there is no need to completely rewrite it every time.
It's not like I said they should have completely written the OS when XP came out but then again XP was decent unlike Vista.
Yes more memory is better.
I think this part in particular says it all.
One indication of just how neatly Microsoft is trying to thread this needle is the fact that the server unit is saying its version of Windows 7 will be a minor release. The product that had been code-named "Windows 7 Server" is getting the designation Windows Server 2008 R2. The "R2" designation has in the past been used for very minor updates to Microsoft products.
Then they should call it netbook edition or something like that to steer people away from continuing to use 32-bit desktops.
Yes it's a service pack and a theme pack all in one.
I still can't believe there will be a 32-bit version.
No doubt it'll be cheaper and attract more people and companies will cater towards that version more than the 64-bit version.