I would say its not hard to believe that market use of Linux/BSD on the desktop rival this at least.
I would.
Honestly I am not sure how people are counting number of Linux/BSD desktop/laptop users since there is no license to buy.
The current favored method is tracking web users across large collections of websites through cookies and the browser's User Agent.
Linux has <1% marketshare and declining (enable javascript for hitslink if you use NoScript)
Of course, this metric is skewed somewhat by the fact that Firefox users can fake their user agent (for sites like fafsa.ed.gov, for instance)
...then go using one copy of a download to install numerous times/instances.
Is that so very different from your average XP install?
According to the Apple site, a copy of Leopard costs $129.
To be pedantic, that is supposed to be an upgrade disc.
He even admits to needing to lose some weight...
Have we come up with a new source of funding for the Linux Foundation? Linus on an exercise bike attached to a generator?
"Have your laptop batteries charged by the Benevolent Dictator himself! Only $1000 per Kwh!"
.deb and.rpm can be installed independently of repositories. And there is always the ability to run a precompiled binary (I run Minefield that way) or compile from source. That isn't "visiting a random website" in the sense that the software isn't installed just because you loaded a web page (IE ActiveX holes). You had to explicitly download and run the file.
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I would say its not hard to believe that market use of Linux/BSD on the desktop rival this at least.
I would.
Honestly I am not sure how people are counting number of Linux/BSD desktop/laptop users since there is no license to buy.
The current favored method is tracking web users across large collections of websites through cookies and the browser's User Agent.
Linux has <1% marketshare and declining (enable javascript for hitslink if you use NoScript)
Of course, this metric is skewed somewhat by the fact that Firefox users can fake their user agent (for sites like fafsa.ed.gov, for instance)
...then go using one copy of a download to install numerous times/instances.
Is that so very different from your average XP install?
According to the Apple site, a copy of Leopard costs $129.
To be pedantic, that is supposed to be an upgrade disc.
Uhhh...
Most of the first world is on Windows $LAST_VERSION (XP), and a non-trivial portion is still on $ANCIENT_LEGACY_STUFF (2000).
and involved no usage of the computers for any productive purpose beyond that which could've been offered by a typewriter.
Editing without white-out or retyping? What kind of typewriter did you have?
Whenever I see 'I lolled', I am tempted to ask why we need to know about their sleep habits.
I can't figure out why people get haircuts every few weeks. Twice a year is a bit often.
Chairs. I hear a company in Redmond is looking into buying them wholesale.
Lunch takes time. Time=Money.
(Stupid mandatory half-hour lunch breaks...)
Also, why are RGBY Google's colors?
I have absolutely no idea.
What encryption did they use? Rot-13 twice?
I think it looks like a cross between a SR-71 Blackbird, and a Naboo Royal Starship (the silver ship from SW episode one).
Which means, if you understand PR-write, it will be much faster.
What does it mean if you don't know PR-write?
Good one, sir!
I disable AdBlock on sites I like and want to support, but I still don't see any ads because I won't allow Javascript.
I would refuse as an engineer to develop a biological weapon that indiscriminately targets children.
So you would be willing to develop a bio-weapon that discriminately targets children?
There's a Law higher than Congressional law.
Two, actually. One of which is Constitutional Law.
because I wore a green shirt with red pants
What's wrong with that?
Well, if you look at virtually any network diagram that includes a connection to the internet, the Internet is represented by a cloud.
by lowering reader's estimation of how much Slashdot editors can be trusted.
Story submitters can't do that. It is the editors' jobs to separate the wheat from the chaff. Failure to do so is what reflects badly on the editors.
Agreed. So much better than justf___inggoogleit.
warm breath of the FOSS community
Are you saying we are full of hot air?
He even admits to needing to lose some weight...
Have we come up with a new source of funding for the Linux Foundation? Linus on an exercise bike attached to a generator?
"Have your laptop batteries charged by the Benevolent Dictator himself! Only $1000 per Kwh!"
.deb and .rpm can be installed independently of repositories. And there is always the ability to run a precompiled binary (I run Minefield that way) or compile from source. That isn't "visiting a random website" in the sense that the software isn't installed just because you loaded a web page (IE ActiveX holes). You had to explicitly download and run the file.
backwards compatibility with Win95/98 software, games, and piles of consumer hardware etc simply wasn't there.
Did they add it later? Starcraft (released in 98) worked fine on 2000, last time I checked.
More likely it will be something along the lines of oil ads triggered every 2500+ miles or so.
Like not getting fox
I might be misunderstanding, but there is an over-the-air channel in my area that calls itself FOX.
So good luck getting flash bloated web 2.0 ANYTHING, much less webmail to load at all in IE5 on a 10k hookup
Gmail has an HTML-only option. (although they will be dropping IE 6 support soon, don't know about IE 5)