Ahh, but you still have the problem of pronunciation, which Americans find impossible. Incidentally, this is one of the reasons I am offended when americans mistake me for one of them
You must really have a huge inferiority complex since you keep shouting bad stuff about black people all the time. Did black bullies kick your little ass in school? Did a black guy take the virginity of your childhood crush? Btw, in the future, it would be much appreciated if you log in when spouting senseless dribble, as I can then filter out your account.
Once MS release VM tools by default with their OS, VMWare has a-lot to lose. I think they'll do it soon, and VMWare will lose a share of the market.
By the way, since Linux kernel 2.6.19-21 (i'm not sure), Linux comes with KVM which is Kernel based Virtual Machine, so If MS do the same, no-one can say that they use their Monopole in the OS market to gain advantage (like in Explorer vs. Netscape issue) since it had been done on Linux before. You misunderstand what that issue was about. The issue wasn't that Microsoft did it exclusively, it was that they leveraged their monopoly to offer their product to the enormous user base. Microsoft still has an insanely large market share, no matter how many Ubuntu fanatics there seem to be. Even though both Linuxes and Mac OS packs media players in standard installations, the EU is still forcing MS to offer Windows without Media Player. (This is just for shows, AFAICT, MS isn't really crying over it)
Don't know about the actual release schedule, but in eight years' time, the "employees working on the project" will make a teaser trailer completely void of any content that could hint at features, usability, or actual chance of delivery.
It's called a "Business Decision". If all the half-baked servers now running CentOS had been running Red Hat, that could have a negative impact on their image, and thus, their sales. OTOH, if you're paying through the nose for your RH license, you're gonna make damned sure that that money isn't wasted.
Not really. With Debian I know that whatever I need, it's there in the repository. It is a rare rare day that I need something I can't apt-get. With fink, not so much. And since you brought up windows, I'll just point out that the number of packages in its repository is 0. If you're not willing to allow for third party additions to Windows, I don't see why you're debating Fink, a third-party addon to OS X.
Macports eventually gets the job done most of the time and has about 1/4th of the packages that the debian apt repositories. Call me when your OS grows up. I thought that numbers alone were useless? Oh yeah, that's right.
You could try their live CD (flavoured with your favourite desktop manager). Drivers is one place where Ubuntu is much better - especially graphics cards.
I have FC7 (haven't upgraded yet) simply because FC provides a no-nonsense support for my RAID hardware. I haven't had any problems installing it nor configuring it, at any point. Ironically, when I playtested CentOS and an illicit Red Hat (fairly recently), they both denied working with my USB mice. I'm sure the problem stems in my mobo, but it strikes me as odd that "the other Red Hats'" install procedures don't work when FC does.
At any rate, if you're happy with Ubuntu, then there's no real reason to shift distribution; if you're lacking some tools they support in FC, then it makes sense.
The problem is: if a bug is noticed in KDE 3.5.x in a couple years, are developers going to waste time fixing it? Then the problem is not new; 6.06 LTS is supported through 2009/11 (desktop/server), and if any of the old packages in that LTS needs a security update 2010 even though they've made point releases since... well, if the badge LTS is to be worth anything, Ubuntu will have to ensure those security fixes are made.
Apart from that, TFS refers to oo, shiny and not security fixes. Even MS will make security fixes for Win2K until 2010. If Linux can't cut it for a small handful of years with feature-free security upgrades, then it really is not business-worthy.
Don't get me wrong, the above was just a straw argument; I think Linux is very business-friendly.
They're aiming at releasing twice a year with enough new features to catch the interest of the public, and only release STABLE every now and then. Next scheduled release (April 08, 8.04) is the upcoming stable branch. KDE4 will probably be backported to 7.10, and will most certainly be included in 8.10. The reiterate how above relates to your comment (sorry, I get carried away sometimes), the point of the twice-a-year release schedule is being able to make press releases and submit a lot of stories to Digg and Slashdot. Seen Slashdot's BSD coverage lately? That's fewer stories for all the major BSDs (save for Mac OS X) than for one Linux distribution in the past year. Novelty is key if you want attention. By the time the same (matured, stabilized) features are added to BSD and Linux distributions that aim more at stability, it'll seem stale compared to the newest (not-quite-stable-yet) features in Ubuntu.
... adding features "upstream" of today's products are focused on KDE 4.0, meaning that it's risky to release a long-term support version based on 3.5. Someone's not been paying attention to the point of LTS - the point is that since there is no addition of major features, there's less risk involved, making it a better choice for those seeking stability. Zonk's next accepted feature:
FreeBSD - too many versions? News.com reports that only damned fools would go for FreeBSD 5.5 - where no major features have been added for years. Server maintainers should get with the program and start download FreeBSD 8 alphas - it has something called superpages and network stack virtualization, and while none of us know what that means, the names are impressive.
Ask, and ye shall receive. Just add Greasemonkey and stir. Userscripts is also your friend if you're tired of Roland, want more screen real estate, or miss BSD (though I feel it's time I uninstalled that last script, it's kind of moot when there's nothing new there, mostly all of the time.
The scripts can also work in Opera (haven't tested the mentioned ones, though), and there are plugins for IE and Safari (though not the Windows beta) to be found online. HTH:)
Funny that the Times got it right, re: "Leopards a turd, but check this action over here." Bingo.
It's only in the/.-summary, not in the NYT. E.g. injected irrelevantly by WheezyJoe, the submitter. Even if it was in the article it'd still be lame, only not as much as it is now.
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Incidentally, this is one of the reasons I am offended when americans mistake me for one of them
Then you'll want the self-contained unit that runs off of hot grits.
You must really have a huge inferiority complex since you keep shouting bad stuff about black people all the time. Did black bullies kick your little ass in school? Did a black guy take the virginity of your childhood crush?
Btw, in the future, it would be much appreciated if you log in when spouting senseless dribble, as I can then filter out your account.
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By the way, since Linux kernel 2.6.19-21 (i'm not sure), Linux comes with KVM which is Kernel based Virtual Machine, so If MS do the same, no-one can say that they use their Monopole in the OS market to gain advantage (like in Explorer vs. Netscape issue) since it had been done on Linux before. You misunderstand what that issue was about. The issue wasn't that Microsoft did it exclusively, it was that they leveraged their monopoly to offer their product to the enormous user base. Microsoft still has an insanely large market share, no matter how many Ubuntu fanatics there seem to be. Even though both Linuxes and Mac OS packs media players in standard installations, the EU is still forcing MS to offer Windows without Media Player. (This is just for shows, AFAICT, MS isn't really crying over it)
Don't know about the actual release schedule, but in eight years' time, the "employees working on the project" will make a teaser trailer completely void of any content that could hint at features, usability, or actual chance of delivery.
Growing nine times more revenue can never come from cutting costs. Cutting costs just leaves a bigger slice of the $500 million to divide.
Come back in a decade and tell me how Ubuntu's growth compares to Red Hat's. Marketing campaigns don't butter the bread.
It's called a "Business Decision". If all the half-baked servers now running CentOS had been running Red Hat, that could have a negative impact on their image, and thus, their sales. OTOH, if you're paying through the nose for your RH license, you're gonna make damned sure that that money isn't wasted.
For most needs, CentOS or Fedora should be fine.
Ha! You're the lucky one!
And why did you hit me in the knee with candle sticks?
Try following the link in the comment I replied to (http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=402110&cid=21862828)
I don't keep quiet about my want for der Führer's Volkswagen - only I'd want a cleaner engine.
You could try their live CD (flavoured with your favourite desktop manager).
Drivers is one place where Ubuntu is much better - especially graphics cards.
I have FC7 (haven't upgraded yet) simply because FC provides a no-nonsense support for my RAID hardware. I haven't had any problems installing it nor configuring it, at any point. Ironically, when I playtested CentOS and an illicit Red Hat (fairly recently), they both denied working with my USB mice. I'm sure the problem stems in my mobo, but it strikes me as odd that "the other Red Hats'" install procedures don't work when FC does.
At any rate, if you're happy with Ubuntu, then there's no real reason to shift distribution; if you're lacking some tools they support in FC, then it makes sense.
Apart from that, TFS refers to oo, shiny and not security fixes. Even MS will make security fixes for Win2K until 2010. If Linux can't cut it for a small handful of years with feature-free security upgrades, then it really is not business-worthy.
Don't get me wrong, the above was just a straw argument; I think Linux is very business-friendly.
Trolling spamlink above. Don't believe me? Check the URL.
They're aiming at releasing twice a year with enough new features to catch the interest of the public, and only release STABLE every now and then. Next scheduled release (April 08, 8.04) is the upcoming stable branch.
KDE4 will probably be backported to 7.10, and will most certainly be included in 8.10.
The reiterate how above relates to your comment (sorry, I get carried away sometimes), the point of the twice-a-year release schedule is being able to make press releases and submit a lot of stories to Digg and Slashdot. Seen Slashdot's BSD coverage lately? That's fewer stories for all the major BSDs (save for Mac OS X) than for one Linux distribution in the past year. Novelty is key if you want attention. By the time the same (matured, stabilized) features are added to BSD and Linux distributions that aim more at stability, it'll seem stale compared to the newest (not-quite-stable-yet) features in Ubuntu.
... adding features "upstream" of today's products are focused on KDE 4.0, meaning that it's risky to release a long-term support version based on 3.5. Someone's not been paying attention to the point of LTS - the point is that since there is no addition of major features, there's less risk involved, making it a better choice for those seeking stability. Zonk's next accepted feature: FreeBSD - too many versions?News.com reports that only damned fools would go for FreeBSD 5.5 - where no major features have been added for years. Server maintainers should get with the program and start download FreeBSD 8 alphas - it has something called superpages and network stack virtualization, and while none of us know what that means, the names are impressive.
Agh! Foiled again! My nefarious plan to install Adobe programs at random Apple stores' demo computers might was my baby!
Ask, and ye shall receive. Just add Greasemonkey and stir.
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Userscripts is also your friend if you're tired of Roland, want more screen real estate, or miss BSD (though I feel it's time I uninstalled that last script, it's kind of moot when there's nothing new there, mostly all of the time.
The scripts can also work in Opera (haven't tested the mentioned ones, though), and there are plugins for IE and Safari (though not the Windows beta) to be found online. HTH
My hard drive just died. Hope they're as nice in the Authorized Service shops (don't have "real" Apple Stores in Denmark)
Funny that the Times got it right, re: "Leopards a turd, but check this action over here." Bingo.
It's only in the