More like Linux: 1) apt-get update; apt-get install program; apt-get upgrade 2) Use software
Windows: 1) Search high and low for installation files 2) Double click install icon 3) Click on next a few times 4) Use software 5) Check for upgrades to software 6) Goto 1
Take note of 5 and 6, that is what really makes the Windows installation system a pain to use. If you like to waste time managing your software, by all means use that system, but I'd rather spend that time doing something useful.
I have to agree. Going back to Windows after using Linux for quite some time makes me wonder how anyone actually manages to use it.
Things like installing and more importantly updating software is a chore on Windows. On Linux it's a single command.
That, and KDE. Every time I think, "I wish it would do X", I look in the settings and there is X. I can't say the same about any other system I've used. That doesn't even get into the tight application that I have not seen on any other system that just makes it a joy to use.
The Ontario school board used Word Perfect in the past, which made sense, giving money to an Ontario company. I don't know why they didn't just use OpenOffice now. Unless times have changed since I was in the Ontario school system it will only be used for word processing anyway.
I take that back, I was thinking about it backwards. It's been a long day./usr is to be mounted on the server,/usr/local is then mounted locally for local packages, hence the name local.
The advantage is that you can mount/usr/local via NFS. Install the program in the exported filesystem on the file server, and then all the clients automatically get the program installed as well.
Bell is Canadian for one, and I'd say the are probably the biggest cell phone provider in the country. That's what I mean by doing okay.
The coverage in the north is probably pretty sparse but so are the people. In the south it's actually quite good, when it works. I doubt you'll find many who don't have a cell phone due to lack of coverage.
Linux has more desktops than MacOS, and MacOS is at 4%. So if you take Linux + Other you get 4%, which might be pretty accurate, though I think it's more like 3%.
Once the snow flies I rarely touch my car and opt to take my snowmobile instead. Way more fun to drive, and actually designed for the conditions winter bestows upon us, unlike the automobile.
Unfortunately it's not a very good alternative to the car because it's totally dependant on the snow (if you even get snow). And if fuel prices are your concern this is not the vehicle for you. 15MPG if you're lucky, not to mention the oil that it uses.
Yes, it is theft--both legally, logically, and ethically. Go ahead and justify your piracy though.
So I will get charged with stealing if I violate copyright law? They are different crimes and theft does not accurately describe the crime. It doesn't make it any less wrong or illegal with a more suitable title like copyright infringement.
I've yet to see a tool to help USERS move to Windows.
KDE, Gnome, etc.
Any Windows user should be able to sit down at one of those desktops and be right at home. Now a Windows administrator on the other hand is a different story. I assume that's what these guys are trying to improve, but I can't get to their site to find out for sure.
I can assure you that more and more scientific coorporations/peoples are now using macs
Open source does not mean Linux. Last time I checked parts of OS X were open source. Therefore if a company that uses OS X can say they use open source.
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That's not how my Linux experience has been.
More like
Linux:
1) apt-get update; apt-get install program; apt-get upgrade
2) Use software
Windows:
1) Search high and low for installation files
2) Double click install icon
3) Click on next a few times
4) Use software
5) Check for upgrades to software
6) Goto 1
Take note of 5 and 6, that is what really makes the Windows installation system a pain to use. If you like to waste time managing your software, by all means use that system, but I'd rather spend that time doing something useful.
I have to agree. Going back to Windows after using Linux for quite some time makes me wonder how anyone actually manages to use it.
Things like installing and more importantly updating software is a chore on Windows. On Linux it's a single command.
That, and KDE. Every time I think, "I wish it would do X", I look in the settings and there is X. I can't say the same about any other system I've used. That doesn't even get into the tight application that I have not seen on any other system that just makes it a joy to use.
The Ontario school board used Word Perfect in the past, which made sense, giving money to an Ontario company. I don't know why they didn't just use OpenOffice now. Unless times have changed since I was in the Ontario school system it will only be used for word processing anyway.
I take that back, I was thinking about it backwards. It's been a long day. /usr is to be mounted on the server, /usr/local is then mounted locally for local packages, hence the name local.
The advantage is that you can mount /usr/local via NFS. Install the program in the exported filesystem on the file server, and then all the clients automatically get the program installed as well.
Just middle click in the HTML area, it will go to the URL you've copied.
Assuming you don't have Autoscroll enabled.
Konqueror will use whatever KPart you throw at it, which very well could be Gecko. But KHTML is the default engine.
Bell is Canadian for one, and I'd say the are probably the biggest cell phone provider in the country. That's what I mean by doing okay.
The coverage in the north is probably pretty sparse but so are the people. In the south it's actually quite good, when it works. I doubt you'll find many who don't have a cell phone due to lack of coverage.
What do people NEED from a cellular telco? the system must work, at all times
Bell's cellular network never works and they seem to be doing okay.
Linux has more desktops than MacOS, and MacOS is at 4%. So if you take Linux + Other you get 4%, which might be pretty accurate, though I think it's more like 3%.
Once the snow flies I rarely touch my car and opt to take my snowmobile instead. Way more fun to drive, and actually designed for the conditions winter bestows upon us, unlike the automobile.
Unfortunately it's not a very good alternative to the car because it's totally dependant on the snow (if you even get snow). And if fuel prices are your concern this is not the vehicle for you. 15MPG if you're lucky, not to mention the oil that it uses.
They tested this theory on Myth Busters and they concluded that you cannot.
But you can copyright a number. The RIAA is one the most famous for fighting the infringement.
Besides, anyone who actually cares what googol means, already does.
Yes, it is theft--both legally, logically, and ethically. Go ahead and justify your piracy though.
So I will get charged with stealing if I violate copyright law? They are different crimes and theft does not accurately describe the crime. It doesn't make it any less wrong or illegal with a more suitable title like copyright infringement.
It's no more dangerous than open source code is to closed source applications.
As soon as I saw the pictures of the clipboard, I knew this was from SA. Thanks for the thread link.
That's exactly what I thought of when I saw the article.
As long as the point is made, who cares how it's spelt?
That's not what I was getting at, but yes Gnome and KDE are available for Windows.
w in.sourceforge.net/
http://cygnome.sourceforge.net/
http://kde-cyg
By providing a somewhat familiar interface. What more help do they need?
I've yet to see a tool to help USERS move to Windows.
KDE, Gnome, etc.
Any Windows user should be able to sit down at one of those desktops and be right at home. Now a Windows administrator on the other hand is a different story. I assume that's what these guys are trying to improve, but I can't get to their site to find out for sure.
I can assure you that more and more scientific coorporations/peoples are now using macs
Open source does not mean Linux. Last time I checked parts of OS X were open source. Therefore if a company that uses OS X can say they use open source.
Back when ICQ was the only IM option.
We use AIM and ICQ over MSN already even though MSN comes with the damn OS.
ICQ was what everybody used back in the day. Now I know only a few people who still use it, everyone else has switched to MSN.