Wrong. Mandrake making an easier installer won't save Linux (but then that's only because it's not in trouble in the first place). It doesn't need to compete with Microsoft; it only needs to attract enough developers to continue advancing, and I see no sign that Microsoft, or even the 10 biggest commercial distributions disapearing (I doubt anything could destroy Debian, any more than anything could destroy Linux) would prevent that.
I prefer kuro5hin now. It doesn't carry every small science achievement and all the news from the Microsoft case, but it does have a lot more intelligent users and a stronger community. K5 implemented text ads a few days ago, and even people with the option to turn them off are checking them out...
The fact that the 2 main kicks in the article are about its web-browser and e-mail warms my heart, since this is what the average joe in the world uses their computer for anyways.
Unfortunately, another thing the average joe windows user wants it to watch (mostly) stupid movies that generally come in quicktime/asx format, and play (mostly) stupid flash games.
I think the biggest area where Linux lacks desktop applications is multimedia. It's not that there aren't any good applications - I get by quite well with xmms, realplayer for Linux, and XMovie for mpegs - but too much content is in proprietary formats that simply can't be used on Linux, and this is generally the more popular content.
So, if I get this right, you (at least partly) insult this distro for not accomplishing it's goal and then ask if anyone's tried it? You know, you COULD actually try it out before you start making assumptions about it.
On the other hand, one of the great advantages of RPC over HTTP is that it can take advantage of existing software, instead of inventing a new transport protocol and running another server.
Maybe I'm just in some space-time warp (of course, some people think that about Saskatchewan), but I have never seen a hint of PPPoE. I haven't checked with other people around here, but if I do have it (unlikely, but the modem does take 30 seconds to connect when I reset it... last time was probably over a year ago) I never see it.
I want a spamassassing "Worst Spam" contest - yesterday I had one message with 35.5 points (the only changes I made were to reduce the scores of a few rules).
I think a lot of the distributions that try to do this would end up being all-in-one distros. If someone made a distro like you describe, that would fit very well for home and small office with very minor changes, so what you're looking wouldn't be targeted at a very specific audience. It's what nearly every desktop user wants (with the exception of beginner programming tools and math apps, but those aren't a big change).
They should set up an internal sharing network... no reason to waste 5Mbps with everyone downloading the latest bs when they can download it once and spread it through their LAN...
Not to mention that some of the stuff that's already passed (predictions for 2001) hasn't come true, to the best of my knowledge (I haven't read the whole thing, but I didn't notice anything that's already passed the limit and come true). I know he can't have a 100% hit rate, but you'd think that at least some predictions for each time period would be true if this had any value.
"determine simultaneously location and speed of a particle"
If you are referring to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, I believe you are wrong - we just aren't sufficiently advanced to do this. The idea is that our current methods of detecting the position of an electron will change it's speed (really it's movement vector), and whatever we do to find the speed doesn't let us know the location. Maybe with more advanced technology we'll be able to detect the location without changing the speed.
IANAN/QP, but that's what I get out of it after putting in some thought...
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Wrong. Mandrake making an easier installer won't save Linux (but then that's only because it's not in trouble in the first place). It doesn't need to compete with Microsoft; it only needs to attract enough developers to continue advancing, and I see no sign that Microsoft, or even the 10 biggest commercial distributions disapearing (I doubt anything could destroy Debian, any more than anything could destroy Linux) would prevent that.
This is especially true when you have a good well established foundation onwhich to build.
Such as a proper grasp of the English language...
I don't find it depressing at all. Why do you ask?
So in the future we get to talk 16 hours a day? How convenient.
It would only detect a side-effect of the problem. That would have eliminated this problem, but not this type of problems.
You forgot to mention the complex directory structure that uses files as variables...
Slashdot is not the only site around
I prefer kuro5hin now. It doesn't carry every small science achievement and all the news from the Microsoft case, but it does have a lot more intelligent users and a stronger community. K5 implemented text ads a few days ago, and even people with the option to turn them off are checking them out...
Softhome has free POP3/SMTP service. If you have a mail server you could set up restricted relaying.
"That box is headed towards the dumpster"
!!!!!
It would make a perfectly good router for a DSL connection (in fact, it would have plenty of CPU time left over for distributed.net)... I'd take it!
I think you miss the point. I WILL NOT PAY THE RIAA TO DOWNLOAD LINUX!! That idea is even lamer than the /. lameness filter which I now have to avoid.
And the tax on CD-Rs has demontrated what a great idea this is...
Is a home-made slashdotter. Nothing hurts like getting linked to from the /. frontpage.
It is actually limited by bandwidth. I'll leave the details to someone who needs karma.
The fact that the 2 main kicks in the article are about its web-browser and e-mail warms my heart, since this is what the average joe in the world uses their computer for anyways.
Unfortunately, another thing the average joe windows user wants it to watch (mostly) stupid movies that generally come in quicktime/asx format, and play (mostly) stupid flash games.
I think the biggest area where Linux lacks desktop applications is multimedia. It's not that there aren't any good applications - I get by quite well with xmms, realplayer for Linux, and XMovie for mpegs - but too much content is in proprietary formats that simply can't be used on Linux, and this is generally the more popular content.
So, if I get this right, you (at least partly) insult this distro for not accomplishing it's goal and then ask if anyone's tried it? You know, you COULD actually try it out before you start making assumptions about it.
On the other hand, one of the great advantages of RPC over HTTP is that it can take advantage of existing software, instead of inventing a new transport protocol and running another server.
Maybe I'm just in some space-time warp (of course, some people think that about Saskatchewan), but I have never seen a hint of PPPoE. I haven't checked with other people around here, but if I do have it (unlikely, but the modem does take 30 seconds to connect when I reset it... last time was probably over a year ago) I never see it.
... so everyone hope that history repeats itself!
When's the last time something like this actually lasted?
Or, move to Canada. Cheap, good DSL.
I want a spamassassing "Worst Spam" contest - yesterday I had one message with 35.5 points (the only changes I made were to reduce the scores of a few rules).
I think a lot of the distributions that try to do this would end up being all-in-one distros. If someone made a distro like you describe, that would fit very well for home and small office with very minor changes, so what you're looking wouldn't be targeted at a very specific audience. It's what nearly every desktop user wants (with the exception of beginner programming tools and math apps, but those aren't a big change).
They should set up an internal sharing network... no reason to waste 5Mbps with everyone downloading the latest bs when they can download it once and spread it through their LAN...
Guess I still have a bit to learn - I haven't gotten anything more advanced than high-school chemistry classes. Thanks for the clarification.
Not to mention that some of the stuff that's already passed (predictions for 2001) hasn't come true, to the best of my knowledge (I haven't read the whole thing, but I didn't notice anything that's already passed the limit and come true). I know he can't have a 100% hit rate, but you'd think that at least some predictions for each time period would be true if this had any value.
"determine simultaneously location and speed of a particle"
If you are referring to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, I believe you are wrong - we just aren't sufficiently advanced to do this. The idea is that our current methods of detecting the position of an electron will change it's speed (really it's movement vector), and whatever we do to find the speed doesn't let us know the location. Maybe with more advanced technology we'll be able to detect the location without changing the speed.
IANAN/QP, but that's what I get out of it after putting in some thought...