With a Linux distro, you aren't limited to only the software in your repositories.
But since 99.9% of the software you'll want is in there, you rarely need to download software from other sources.
However, even in the rare side cases where you do need to download foreign software, it will almost always be signed because that's a SOP for most Linux-based platforms.
Windows' success is because it got there first, not because it's the best currently. Microsoft was the first company to "get what people want" and they have capitalized on that very well.
Which is nigh impossible to do on Windows because the entire software distribution system is centered around installing random unknown software off CD/DVD's or off the Internet.
On most linux distros, all the software you'd need is checksummed, signed and can verified.
On Microsoft Windows, you get a sweet hologram sticker... sometimes!
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The iphone doesn't have hardware buttons.
It sucks for most games as a result.
Tactile feedback is a must for most games.
Not by most reports for desktop use. JFGI.
Definately not even close if you include servers.
Uhhh, wtf?
You can do things in the same style, you just can't copy an original work (i.e. note for note, stroke for stroke).
uhhh, you apparently have never used Eclipse with Java.
It puts Visual Studio to shame. In fact, a lot of the new stuff Visual Studio has, was implemented as a direct result of Eclipse. :)
Well, the discussion was playing games, not making them.
But your point is true as well.
Well, you can get to a level in musical talent where it makes random women want to sleep with you.
With video games, not so much.
I think the biggest sign of Microsoft's impending fall is the fact that idiot business guys are in charge now.
All the geeks that made Microsoft the behemoth that it is today are gone.
Ballmer and co are all that's left and it has been showing.
I agree, drivers should be easier to update.
I know Dell's new DKMS is supposed to help, I'm not extremely familiar with it however.
DKMS is now included with the stable kernel, I believe.
He's talking about growing just the meat/muscle in a vat.
There would be no "cow" just a vat of sweet, delicious cow flesh.
Mmmmmmmmm.
Linux doesn't make the devices, the devices makers do. It's their job to make sure their products work with the modern OS offerings.
I wouldn't consider that list "premium products," either.
So the moral of the story is:
Don't buy shitty hardware.
In Michigan, I believe you lose your license for a year.. the first time.
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So NASA is raining down piss waste on us all.
Yep, sounds like the government at work all right.
You lose. Good day sir.
Sorry, I must have not made my post clear enough.
Please read it again.
Fallout Tactics was not from Interplay.
Deus Ex 1 was an amazing game.
Deus Ex 2 was a consolecentric titled that paled compared to part one.
Usually, linksys routers such as yours are incapable of running a standard linux router distribution.
It's like saying, "It's antitrust that I can't run Safari on my VIC-20."
It's a technical limitation, not a political/strategic one... which is the case with Opera on the iPhone.
I'm glad I bought an Android phone. :)
With a Linux distro, you aren't limited to only the software in your repositories.
But since 99.9% of the software you'll want is in there, you rarely need to download software from other sources.
However, even in the rare side cases where you do need to download foreign software, it will almost always be signed because that's a SOP for most Linux-based platforms.
Windows' success is because it got there first, not because it's the best currently. Microsoft was the first company to "get what people want" and they have capitalized on that very well.
Which is nigh impossible to do on Windows because the entire software distribution system is centered around installing random unknown software off CD/DVD's or off the Internet.
On most linux distros, all the software you'd need is checksummed, signed and can verified.
On Microsoft Windows, you get a sweet hologram sticker... sometimes!
Well, I work full-time and gross $28,000/year and I'm a Republican.
At least that's what Uncle Sam gets told!
*rimshot*
Actually, the year of the Linux desktop was last year.
This is the year of the Linux netboot.
Get with the program.
You may want to double check the math on that one. ;)
This guy practically invented video games as we know them.
I'm sure the people at Valve jumped in the air, simultaneously high five-ing each other after they read that.