There are online anti-virus programs (using ActiveX).
Bittorrent is written in Python and it's fairly popular. I don't understand why anyone would want that kind of application running inside a web browser if it works well enough as it is.
Downloading a small program only takes a few seconds and running things automatically isn't a very good idea anyway.
I started commenting on slashdot when I was an ignorant high school student and everyone made my believe r1t1ng liek diz was cool (*points to user name and number*).
So there are only 2 options? Make it hard for newbies or make it hard for regular users?
When there are hundreds of Linux distributions with various degrees of difficulty for installation (Knoppix's no installation to Linux From Scratch) I find that hard to believe.
Whatever the usability studies have told you, it isn't impossible. Most installation programs for Windows give you the choice of the default install or the custom install and I've never heard anyone complain that the choice was too hard to make.
I imagine most developers would like feedback from their users... unless it's the typical 'The Gimp is still worse than Photoshop/Open Office still doesn't open every Word doc/etc' arguement.
Nope, it was started because Qt's license wasn't GNU compatible, so they needed an alternative to KDE. OTOH, I _think_ gtk/gimp came before KDE... but that isn't a fair comparison.
Actually, a lot of people like doing DIY stuff. The local Home Depot is always full of people and there are millions of shows on home improvement. The problem is most people think installing a new hard drive is complicated, even if it's actaully easier (and safer) than using a circular hand saw to cut a 2x4.
But the younger generations are used to dealing with computers, so eventually everyone will be able to do simple things like installing more RAM or upgrading the sound card. Just as all the people who grew up with cars can change a tire.
My coworkers laugh at me when they send me.wmv video files and I say err, shit... I'm not positive this will play...
I agree with most of your post but in my experience, video playback is much easier on Linux. Maybe FC2 doesn't install the non-free drivers since it's a free only distro. With my distribution I've only had to install mplayer without worrying about getting the correct codecs. I have been able to play all video files, even the mpeg4.avis for which people always seem to be missing the right codecs.
Doing your math homework isn't going to cool your computer. Either the liquid flows with or without intervention from the OS, you can't have both at the same time.
The point is as an end user I don't care about Java, I only care about the program I want to install and I only want to install its dependencies. Java should integrate into my system and work the way my system works, not the other way around.
When I want to install a program that uses a language other than Java, I type 'emerge program'. When I try to install a Java program, emerge tells me I have to go to sun's website, download some huge file, install that and then I can install the program I care about.
Then, as you mentioned, there's the whole freedom to set things up idea. I have to download and install things like Swing even if I don't want them. Nothing else in my system works that way so I can't understand why Java does.
It just seems they wanted to make things annoying for no particular reason. It isn't that hard to install but it doesn't seem to be worth the effort.
winipcfg, a lot of people with a network connection have that. The first time I had to use make or make install on linux I immediately understood what it was for, but that's an exception;].
I personally hate programs that don't have a -h --help or a man page. Not everyone communicates through telepathy with his box.
They certainly don't print new money when someone wants to borrow and get into debt. Although you would need to have a lot of money in your account to affect a bank by removing it.
Brown's argument is that no single person could have written a Unix clone in six months. In this case it's necessary to point out that Linux is just a kernel, not the entire thing. All the other utilities and programs were available from GNU at the time.
It's easier for younger people to learn new things than it is for grownups. Most children can learn a second language within a few months while it takes the parents several years.
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If the person is programming in _any_ language, changing the 'term' option to something else will automatically port the code to Perl.
There are online anti-virus programs (using ActiveX).
Bittorrent is written in Python and it's fairly popular. I don't understand why anyone would want that kind of application running inside a web browser if it works well enough as it is.
Downloading a small program only takes a few seconds and running things automatically isn't a very good idea anyway.
This is disturbing.
"Good use" is subjective. If people did only what they thought was useful we would still be living in caves, hunting animals with wooden spears.
I started commenting on slashdot when I was an ignorant high school student and everyone made my believe r1t1ng liek diz was cool (*points to user name and number*).
Someone should tell the writer that books don't follow the traditional 'paintings on cave walls' metaphor.
I'm going to rip the pages out of my books and glue them all around the house. That way it'll be easier to read and more intuitive.
So there are only 2 options? Make it hard for newbies or make it hard for regular users?
When there are hundreds of Linux distributions with various degrees of difficulty for installation (Knoppix's no installation to Linux From Scratch) I find that hard to believe.
Whatever the usability studies have told you, it isn't impossible. Most installation programs for Windows give you the choice of the default install or the custom install and I've never heard anyone complain that the choice was too hard to make.
I imagine most developers would like feedback from their users... unless it's the typical 'The Gimp is still worse than Photoshop/Open Office still doesn't open every Word doc/etc' arguement.
Nope, it was started because Qt's license wasn't GNU compatible, so they needed an alternative to KDE. OTOH, I _think_ gtk/gimp came before KDE... but that isn't a fair comparison.
Doesn't COBOL use plain english syntax? :D
Actually, a lot of people like doing DIY stuff. The local Home Depot is always full of people and there are millions of shows on home improvement. The problem is most people think installing a new hard drive is complicated, even if it's actaully easier (and safer) than using a circular hand saw to cut a 2x4.
But the younger generations are used to dealing with computers, so eventually everyone will be able to do simple things like installing more RAM or upgrading the sound card. Just as all the people who grew up with cars can change a tire.
My coworkers laugh at me when they send me .wmv video files and I say err, shit... I'm not positive this will play...
.avis for which people always seem to be missing the right codecs.
I agree with most of your post but in my experience, video playback is much easier on Linux. Maybe FC2 doesn't install the non-free drivers since it's a free only distro. With my distribution I've only had to install mplayer without worrying about getting the correct codecs. I have been able to play all video files, even the mpeg4
Even if the w3c validator claims it's broken, I've never had a problem accessing Google with any browser. That is what matters in the end.
Doing your math homework isn't going to cool your computer. Either the liquid flows with or without intervention from the OS, you can't have both at the same time.
A nice touch in a 12 year old girl's room. A powerbook would look cool though.
Use a vim errorfile then.
The internet existed before Gore had the authority to write or sponsor legislation. His comment was deliberately misleading.
The point is as an end user I don't care about Java, I only care about the program I want to install and I only want to install its dependencies. Java should integrate into my system and work the way my system works, not the other way around.
When I want to install a program that uses a language other than Java, I type 'emerge program'. When I try to install a Java program, emerge tells me I have to go to sun's website, download some huge file, install that and then I can install the program I care about.
Then, as you mentioned, there's the whole freedom to set things up idea. I have to download and install things like Swing even if I don't want them. Nothing else in my system works that way so I can't understand why Java does.
It just seems they wanted to make things annoying for no particular reason. It isn't that hard to install but it doesn't seem to be worth the effort.
winipcfg, a lot of people with a network connection have that. The first time I had to use make or make install on linux I immediately understood what it was for, but that's an exception ;].
I personally hate programs that don't have a -h --help or a man page. Not everyone communicates through telepathy with his box.
I'm not sure about vi but vim supports clipboards (with "* and "+).
They certainly don't print new money when someone wants to borrow and get into debt. Although you would need to have a lot of money in your account to affect a bank by removing it.
Brown's argument is that no single person could have written a Unix clone in six months. In this case it's necessary to point out that Linux is just a kernel, not the entire thing. All the other utilities and programs were available from GNU at the time.
It's easier for younger people to learn new things than it is for grownups. Most children can learn a second language within a few months while it takes the parents several years.
It seems most distributions/BSDs have switched to X.org. Except for NetBSD, Connectiva and a couple of smaller distros.