There's a difference with the Linux kernel developers though. The kernel itself isn't released to "end users" in the same way Windows is released to their "end users."
Distributions take a specific kernel they want to release... test it, package it and release it to actual end users. If there's a problem with some functionality beyond the kernel level, its the job of THOSE developers to make sure its working with the new kernel and notify the kernel developers if work needs to be done.
This is what most people don't understand about linux. No one installs and uses "Linux," they install an operating system that happens to use the Linux kernel's functionality. "Using Linux" is a misnomer when its used in the same context as "uses Windows."
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So, you think that the US is special in that it has to bribe the corrupt government in those countries to make sure its interests are tended to?
Those places are basically run on bribes, they're banana republics for god sakes.
Well, I for one, am looking forward to your bor-oncore later.
Let's get to da choppa!
Does anyone know why Linus didn't require a copyright assignment?
Was it too early to have done so?
Nah, if this was Dvorak it would have been like:
"Why Linux Must (and Will) Run on Windows By 2011"
Come on, Steve's not a bad guy.
He's just kind of crazy.
Oh yeah? Where's that at?
CGI super demons... who cannot be stopped by AIDS alone.
What the hell kind of nonsensical babble is that?
Sorry, my interweb skills seem to be lacking.
Can you point to the specific paragraph on that page that answers my question?
Thanks!
Can you post references to the part where the US annexed Panama and Nicaragua?
I can only find references to the part where the US invades and occupies until the local people setup a new government... and then leave.
Maybe you didn't "knowtice" that this article is from the great minds behind MTV.
I think Jack Thompson has more scientific clout than the nobs at MTV.
So...
Where can I buy these attachments?
I think you meant:
And the hundreds who compile their own kernel are what, chopped liver?
I hate to be the one to break this to you grandpa, but terms change meaning over time.
Now I'm going to get off your damn lawn.
From that rambling, it sounds like you may want to read a book on the subject.
When I recommend an OS, I tell them "Use Ubuntu." Not "use Linux".
That's the difference. You don't use Linux, you use Ubuntu, Fedora, etc.
There's a difference with the Linux kernel developers though. The kernel itself isn't released to "end users" in the same way Windows is released to their "end users."
Distributions take a specific kernel they want to release... test it, package it and release it to actual end users. If there's a problem with some functionality beyond the kernel level, its the job of THOSE developers to make sure its working with the new kernel and notify the kernel developers if work needs to be done.
This is what most people don't understand about linux. No one installs and uses "Linux," they install an operating system that happens to use the Linux kernel's functionality. "Using Linux" is a misnomer when its used in the same context as "uses Windows."
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Have lots of money.
In capitalist America, IP laws kill you!
I have a feeling the day when I can say "It's good to hear Windows isn't garbage anymore," is far, far away.
It's good to hear KDE isn't garbage anymore.
Unfortunately, for all its cool tech, I still find the default look and feel hideous.
Is there some kind of "style" they're going for or is everything just kind of randomly put together or what?
So? I'm sure the onboard controller is probably 8x faster than your first processor as well. ;)
hmm, nope.
No one was confused. Nor would they care if they were.