remember - desktop users mostly use Windows. Can they use Konquerer?
Yes, I think they can. Because it's based on QT which is a crossplatform development environment, I guess it would be quite easy to port it (if you really wanted to). Would take some work I guess, but it could be done.
By the way, please don't make the mistake that KDE only runs on Linux, Konqueror also is a platform independent browser (Linux, *BSD, every other platform that compiles QT/KDE, which are quite a lot I guess).
And Mozilla depends on GTK being available just as Konqueror depends on QT being available for a certain platform, so both have (about) the same level of platform independance.
...about as much as Mozilla does, as far as I am concerned, but it is always nice to be able to choose!
I mean, how long have they been working on Mozilla?
And when did development of the Konqueror HTML widget start? I am really surprised they could build a good-functioning (speaking as of the final-beta ) web-browser in such a short time!
How did the KDE developers manage this? Or did it just not get the same attention (as Mozilla) and have they been working on it for quite some time before it got into the public?
Don't know, but I have an Infomagic collection from end 1996 that contains 6 CD's, or about 4 Gigabytes. And that's talking back in 1996! When kernel 2.0 was just out.
Aah, back then it also ran with 4 MB RAM, which can't be said of most distro's nowadays (not that I blame them:)
Sure, and when did they say Itanium (formerly Merced) was supposed to be released?
Re:How can I assert my own ethics on FreeNet?
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Moderators, what are you doing! This post is not 'interesting', it's 'flamebait' at best!
Or maybe you could consider it funny, if you like satire, but certainly not 'interesting'.
It basically states that, if someone does not want to participate in Freenet, he must be a supporter of the Chinese communist government, etc.
Since this is so obviously bullshit I don't even feel like explaing it, I don't understand why it is at +3.
(If you don't agree that it is bullshit, ask me and I will explain into great detail why I think it is).
Okay, so you can't be 100% safe. I guess most of us already knew that.
So, it becomes more important to know when you have been cracked (you will anyway, eventually) than to prevent it.
It looks like the future for products like Tripwire (detects system file changes and the like), Portsentry (portscan detection)and other 'security break awareness' products is bright.
Then, if you really want to be aware, directly send the important syslog-messages (like, people becoming root, portscanning detected etc.) to an old unused matrix-printer. Works great, since it is possible to erase your log-files (once you're root), but it's *real* hard to mess up logs that are on paper (without physical access to the site, that is)!
Yeah, but that strategy does not really work for me. Just to keep the administration of my working hours up to date, I have to login to a site that uses javascript when logging in. And not booking my hours is not really an option:-)
A solution I found is to add this site to the 'trusted' zone and turn on javascript in that zone, leaving it off in the 'internet' zone. Works great for me, and you can keep track of which site can possibly track you.
As for my working hours, they'd better keep track of them:-)
And you don't have to turn off javascript. It's just in the IE Preferences dialog, but it's enabled by default.
To turn it off, do the following in IE:
Click Tools->Internet Options.
Choose the 'Security' tab.
Click the 'Custom level' button
Search for 'Userdata persitence' (it's near the bottom, in the 'Miscellaneous' section)
Select the 'disable' option.
Too many sites are using scripting in a way that makes it impossible to use the site with (java)-scripting turned off. Many 'submit' buttons actually invoke simple javascript-functions that check values and then submit your form.
Lately, I tried to turn off java-script in IE, but then turned it on within a few days again, after wondering why so many buttons and links didn't work. First thought my connection was just crap, but it wasn't...
So, if turning off scripting is not an option for you (as it is for many people), what can you do against this?
Next flamewar subject
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So, now we can't flame each other over this subject, I think it's time to search for new subjects. How about:
X is more stable
X has a better GUI
X uses much less memory
X also works on older computers
X compiles on more platforms!
X is/should be default on distro Y
(where X is your favorite Desktop Environment)
I'm sure you can make up more of these....
Yeah, you are absolutely right, and I am not denying this. It may well be a cool product.
I'm just wondering why they think this highly customizable product is cool, while they often say Linux isn't.
By the way, I haven't used it myself (don't own a Mac:), so I can't judge whether it 'rules' or 'sucks' for myself. So please don't misunderstand me, I didn't say it sucked because it is customizable!
From the CNet Article:
You'll spend a lot of time under iCab's hood--well, in the Preferences menu--in order to get it working the way you want. For example, you have to turn on InScript, which is iCab's partial implementation of JavaScript, because it's not enabled by default. But all that tinkering is actually the browser's strong suit: you can configure an impressive array of features, including our favorite feature, iCab's image filtering.
So, they think it is cool because it is 'highly customizable', even though it'll cost you quite some time to set it up (e.g. you have to turn javascript on by yourself etc.)
Wait a minute, isn't that just the reason people always complain about 'Linux not being ready for the Big Market'???
So I don't understand why they like this product, while 'Linux still isn't there, blah blah yadda yadda'
Is this article really about Linux/MAC, or just another Gnome/KDE flamewar article?
...encouraged by the emergence of GNOME as the standard desktop environment for Linux and Unix
Hello, please check your facts? I thought KDE had some share too (not that I can support that with facts, but I guess *someone* must be using it, right?:-)
I don't know about you, but most people don't like to read from a screen, not in the last place because you can not make annotations on your screen (well, at least it won't be a very smart idea:-)
While a portable TFT screen may help overcome the portability and glare problems, making annotiations remains a problem.
Especially in textbooks I want to make a lot of annotations. My opinion is that, up to now, most software that I have heard of that tries to let you do this, just plain sucks. Nothing beats a pencil and paper sometimes...
Now with that new write recognizion hardware you see around lately (running Linux:) my opinion *might* change....
This is obviously a hoax. Already thought so after reading this: The fingerprint doesn't change even if the sound is compressed, converted to a different file format, broadcast over the radio, and so on
And after reading their homepage, there can not be any doubt left. The domain is also registered just 3 weeks ago
It is funny though...
Yeah, so this is fun and all, but does it ship?
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If I want I can order a Athlon 1 GHz today, but getting anything faster than a P3 800 is a real big problem.
It's time for Intel to get things sorted out, and start real mass production of the faster chips, since AMD is really winning at the moment (not that I regret that:-)
Unfortunately I have no moderator access, else I would moderate you up (moderators: hint hint). It is indeed a very interesting book, certainly considering the difference between classic/romantic people.
'Romantical' people just use technology, but don't want to know how it works. It's not that they *could* not understand, it's more like, they just don't *want* to.
'Classical' people use technology, wanting to understand it. These people would -for example- build their own computers, rather than buying one at the local retailer (with Win98 pre-installed)
The book is an interesting read, note however that it does not have anything to do with computers:-)
There are some more catchy phrases in the article, like talking about 'the first major release in one year and a half'. Just like there is 'a' release. Okay, for the kernel this is true, but I'm not really interested in new kernels anymore. All my hardware works already, so I'm more interested in new versions of, say, XFree86, KDE, Gnome and the like. This may also be a symptom of the author thinking of Linux as an OS like Windows which comes in a nice shrinkwrapped box, containing everything (M$ thinks) you need.
But overall I think the article is very well-written. I certainly like to see things like this in the Wall Street Journal:
Meanwhile, his creation has become so popular with programmers that it represents one of the most serious competitive threats to Microsoft's influence of the software industry.
Okay, you got me there. I meant Europe ofcourse, not Europa (though we spell it that way over here in the Netherlands. Yes, there actually exist continents besides the USA:-)
What I'm wondering is this: the MPAA is an American-only institute (as far as I know, correct me if I'm wrong)
So, does the judges decision matter at all outside the USA? Is it also illegal to distribute DeCSS in Europa (or wherever as long as it's outside the US?)
British Columbia recently prohibited the game Leisure Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards, classifying the high qaulity graphic computer game as an adult motion picture.
Then you wake up and are glad to live in the Netherlands.
Some time ago VVN - a national traffic safety organisation tried to prohibit Carmageddon here, but the judge did not allow that to happen!
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remember - desktop users mostly use Windows. Can they use Konquerer?
Yes, I think they can. Because it's based on QT which is a crossplatform development environment, I guess it would be quite easy to port it (if you really wanted to). Would take some work I guess, but it could be done.
By the way, please don't make the mistake that KDE only runs on Linux, Konqueror also is a platform independent browser (Linux, *BSD, every other platform that compiles QT/KDE, which are quite a lot I guess).
And Mozilla depends on GTK being available just as Konqueror depends on QT being available for a certain platform, so both have (about) the same level of platform independance.
...about as much as Mozilla does, as far as I am concerned, but it is always nice to be able to choose!
I mean, how long have they been working on Mozilla?
And when did development of the Konqueror HTML widget start? I am really surprised they could build a good-functioning (speaking as of the final-beta ) web-browser in such a short time!
How did the KDE developers manage this? Or did it just not get the same attention (as Mozilla) and have they been working on it for quite some time before it got into the public?
Don't know, but I have an Infomagic collection from end 1996 that contains 6 CD's, or about 4 Gigabytes. And that's talking back in 1996! When kernel 2.0 was just out.
:)
Aah, back then it also ran with 4 MB RAM, which can't be said of most distro's nowadays (not that I blame them
Sure, and when did they say Itanium (formerly Merced) was supposed to be released?
Moderators, what are you doing! This post is not 'interesting', it's 'flamebait' at best!
Or maybe you could consider it funny, if you like satire, but certainly not 'interesting'.
It basically states that, if someone does not want to participate in Freenet, he must be a supporter of the Chinese communist government, etc.
Since this is so obviously bullshit I don't even feel like explaing it, I don't understand why it is at +3.
(If you don't agree that it is bullshit, ask me and I will explain into great detail why I think it is).
Okay, so you can't be 100% safe. I guess most of us already knew that.
So, it becomes more important to know when you have been cracked (you will anyway, eventually) than to prevent it.
It looks like the future for products like Tripwire (detects system file changes and the like), Portsentry (portscan detection)and other 'security break awareness' products is bright.
Then, if you really want to be aware, directly send the important syslog-messages (like, people becoming root, portscanning detected etc.) to an old unused matrix-printer. Works great, since it is possible to erase your log-files (once you're root), but it's *real* hard to mess up logs that are on paper (without physical access to the site, that is)!
Yeah, but that strategy does not really work for me. Just to keep the administration of my working hours up to date, I have to login to a site that uses javascript when logging in. And not booking my hours is not really an option :-)
:-)
A solution I found is to add this site to the 'trusted' zone and turn on javascript in that zone, leaving it off in the 'internet' zone. Works great for me, and you can keep track of which site can possibly track you.
As for my working hours, they'd better keep track of them
And you don't have to turn off javascript. It's just in the IE Preferences dialog, but it's enabled by default.
To turn it off, do the following in IE:
Click Tools->Internet Options.
Choose the 'Security' tab.
Click the 'Custom level' button
Search for 'Userdata persitence' (it's near the bottom, in the 'Miscellaneous' section)
Select the 'disable' option.
That's it!
Too many sites are using scripting in a way that makes it impossible to use the site with (java)-scripting turned off. Many 'submit' buttons actually invoke simple javascript-functions that check values and then submit your form.
Lately, I tried to turn off java-script in IE, but then turned it on within a few days again, after wondering why so many buttons and links didn't work. First thought my connection was just crap, but it wasn't...
So, if turning off scripting is not an option for you (as it is for many people), what can you do against this?
- X is more stable
- X has a better GUI
- X uses much less memory
- X also works on older computers
- X compiles on more platforms!
- X is/should be default on distro Y
(where X is your favorite Desktop Environment)I'm sure you can make up more of these....
Yeah, you are absolutely right, and I am not denying this. It may well be a cool product.
I'm just wondering why they think this highly customizable product is cool, while they often say Linux isn't.
By the way, I haven't used it myself (don't own a Mac :), so I can't judge whether it 'rules' or 'sucks' for myself. So please don't misunderstand me, I didn't say it sucked because it is customizable!
You'll spend a lot of time under iCab's hood--well, in the Preferences menu--in order to get it working the way you want. For example, you have to turn on InScript, which is iCab's partial implementation of JavaScript, because it's not enabled by default. But all that tinkering is actually the browser's strong suit: you can configure an impressive array of features, including our favorite feature, iCab's image filtering.
So, they think it is cool because it is 'highly customizable', even though it'll cost you quite some time to set it up (e.g. you have to turn javascript on by yourself etc.)
Wait a minute, isn't that just the reason people always complain about 'Linux not being ready for the Big Market'???
So I don't understand why they like this product, while 'Linux still isn't there, blah blah yadda yadda'
Is this article really about Linux/MAC, or just another Gnome/KDE flamewar article?
...encouraged by the emergence of GNOME as the standard desktop environment for Linux and Unix
:-)
Hello, please check your facts? I thought KDE had some share too (not that I can support that with facts, but I guess *someone* must be using it, right?
I don't know about you, but most people don't like to read from a screen, not in the last place because you can not make annotations on your screen (well, at least it won't be a very smart idea :-)
:) my opinion *might* change....
While a portable TFT screen may help overcome the portability and glare problems, making annotiations remains a problem.
Especially in textbooks I want to make a lot of annotations. My opinion is that, up to now, most software that I have heard of that tries to let you do this, just plain sucks. Nothing beats a pencil and paper sometimes...
Now with that new write recognizion hardware you see around lately (running Linux
And after reading their homepage, there can not be any doubt left. The domain is also registered just 3 weeks ago
It is funny though...
If I want I can order a Athlon 1 GHz today, but getting anything faster than a P3 800 is a real big problem.
:-)
It's time for Intel to get things sorted out, and start real mass production of the faster chips, since AMD is really winning at the moment (not that I regret that
Unfortunately I have no moderator access, else I would moderate you up (moderators: hint hint). It is indeed a very interesting book, certainly considering the difference between classic/romantic people.
:-)
'Romantical' people just use technology, but don't want to know how it works. It's not that they *could* not understand, it's more like, they just don't *want* to.
'Classical' people use technology, wanting to understand it. These people would -for example- build their own computers, rather than buying one at the local retailer (with Win98 pre-installed)
The book is an interesting read, note however that it does not have anything to do with computers
FYI, the author is Robert Pirsig.
...it suddenly turns red??
On the second page, their seems to be a link missing. It say "Next: Open Source Software is More Secure", but the text is not a link!
Is this is a mistake, or does it mean the next article has (yet) to be written?
This may also be a symptom of the author thinking of Linux as an OS like Windows which comes in a nice shrinkwrapped box, containing everything (M$ thinks) you need.
But overall I think the article is very well-written. I certainly like to see things like this in the Wall Street Journal:
Meanwhile, his creation has become so popular with programmers that it represents one of the most serious competitive threats to Microsoft's influence of the software industry.
:-)
Just think of it: using such a thing to clean your room. No more need fore stupid AI vacuum cleaners that can let you stumble over it.
:-)
Add a smoke generator, and you get an impressive laser show, too
Now I think of it, it sounds rather stupid indeed (-1 flamebait mode: note that things sounding stupid often are possible in US laws :-)
However, does this also mean Napster can just move all their servers outside USA and continue running like before?
IANAL and don't want te become one, too, so forgive me if I keep asking stupid questions.
Okay, you got me there. I meant Europe ofcourse, not Europa (though we spell it that way over here in the Netherlands. Yes, there actually exist continents besides the USA :-)
What I'm wondering is this: the MPAA is an American-only institute (as far as I know, correct me if I'm wrong)
So, does the judges decision matter at all outside the USA? Is it also illegal to distribute DeCSS in Europa (or wherever as long as it's outside the US?)
British Columbia recently prohibited the game Leisure Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards, classifying the high qaulity graphic computer game as an adult motion picture.
Then you wake up and are glad to live in the Netherlands.
Some time ago VVN - a national traffic safety organisation tried to prohibit Carmageddon here, but the judge did not allow that to happen!