There's a lot of broken shit in Windows 8 and i'm not just talking about the start menu - that's actually the least of the problems (even if it is a step backwards). Try to actually install/configure a printer, customize the non-luser wifi settings, etc. You're constantly switching between Metro and classic, as teh settings aren't even all reachable from within a single UI.
Alternatively, you could have an MBA with more storage a decent keyboard, a nice trackpad and a form factor that actually allows you to use it on your lap, without a table, and without needing to hold it.
Microsoft killed RT in an epic case of one hand not talking to the other, and corporate greed (to force people to go for Pro - which also falls through the cracks as a device without a real market - it's too big and heavy - essentially its a laptop with a shitty keyboard that you can't use without a desk). Enable RT to be domain joined/managed, give it a half decent screen and you'd see corporate sales pick up.
As it is, they disabled all that and gave it a shitty screen compared to the iPad - so no consumer in their right mind will want it. Corporates won't want it either as it is not managable via active directory.
So.... it managed to hit that segment of the market that doesn't exist. Way to go Microsoft!
Async dedup is a trade off I guess. It means you need a window to run your dedup in where performance will no doubt suffer. If you are doing it inline you pay the memory or SSD cost to hold the dedup table, but don't need to worry about scheduling a maintenance window.
That's LVM of course. Typo... A major difference is that the file system is aware of the underlying backing store and can use that to its advantage, due to the "layering violation" stuff that some Linux developers decided was inherently bad and unacceptable.
Or alternatively implement a protocol that's more efficient over the network than X. Which shouldn't be hard, given that even microsoft managed it with RDP, which runs just fine over 64-128kbit of bandwidth...
X should be just another client of an optimised, re-targetable rendering framework (e.g., OpenGL) rather than the other way around.
X itself should be totally driver agnostic, rather than providing video hardware access (that should be provided at a lower level as a kernel module)..
The status quo works, somewhat after 20 years (more?) of band-aids and associated hackery. That doesn't mean its right.
So when this is considered best practice on Windows its a horrible security problem, but when it's considered best practice on android it's no big deal?
Yet more "waaah, they're taking my X remoting!" crap. Wayland will enable an X server to run on top of it just like Windows does, just like OS X does - whilst enabling a far more efficient and modern rendering pipeline.
What does liking each other have anything to do with government? Government should be based on making policy decisions in the best interest of the country, not a fucking popularity contest based on personality.
EVERYONE who can, should telecommute, at least some days of the week if in person meetings are not required.
I just spent 1.5 hours driving to work (no, there's no public transport in my case that would get me here quicker) for a job that I could do 95% of via telecommute (sysadmin / network architect).
It would cut down on traffic, cut down on emissions, and I'd get an extra 2-3 hours per day to either work or get other life stuff done.
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There's a lot of broken shit in Windows 8 and i'm not just talking about the start menu - that's actually the least of the problems (even if it is a step backwards). Try to actually install/configure a printer, customize the non-luser wifi settings, etc. You're constantly switching between Metro and classic, as teh settings aren't even all reachable from within a single UI.
It's a clusterfuck.
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Alternatively, you could have an MBA with more storage a decent keyboard, a nice trackpad and a form factor that actually allows you to use it on your lap, without a table, and without needing to hold it.
Yup, and unfortunately it would appear that the 3 of you in that market are not enough to sustain it.
Microsoft killed RT in an epic case of one hand not talking to the other, and corporate greed (to force people to go for Pro - which also falls through the cracks as a device without a real market - it's too big and heavy - essentially its a laptop with a shitty keyboard that you can't use without a desk). Enable RT to be domain joined/managed, give it a half decent screen and you'd see corporate sales pick up.
As it is, they disabled all that and gave it a shitty screen compared to the iPad - so no consumer in their right mind will want it. Corporates won't want it either as it is not managable via active directory.
So.... it managed to hit that segment of the market that doesn't exist. Way to go Microsoft!
... it's not going to LOSE market share is it? You can't really lose much from 1%
If you're running it o. Pc-bsd it isn't any extra hassle.
Async dedup is a trade off I guess. It means you need a window to run your dedup in where performance will no doubt suffer. If you are doing it inline you pay the memory or SSD cost to hold the dedup table, but don't need to worry about scheduling a maintenance window.
That's LVM of course. Typo... A major difference is that the file system is aware of the underlying backing store and can use that to its advantage, due to the "layering violation" stuff that some Linux developers decided was inherently bad and unacceptable.
Lvm + ext4 does not do end to end checksums. KVM + ext4 does not make every write full-stripe.
2 of them in fact, Berkeley and Amiga - not the same.
Or alternatively implement a protocol that's more efficient over the network than X. Which shouldn't be hard, given that even microsoft managed it with RDP, which runs just fine over 64-128kbit of bandwidth...
Newsflash: 3d GPUs have been commonplace for the last decade.
So essentially you're saying X is fine (for a limited definition of fine) assuming you don't use much of it and reimplment yourself?
See this for a start.
X should be just another client of an optimised, re-targetable rendering framework (e.g., OpenGL) rather than the other way around.
X itself should be totally driver agnostic, rather than providing video hardware access (that should be provided at a lower level as a kernel module)..
The status quo works, somewhat after 20 years (more?) of band-aids and associated hackery. That doesn't mean its right.
Wayland is not a window manager.
I was going to elaborate, but you already did. +1.
Actually i thought it was the tears of GNU hippies.
Maybe if the rendering pipeline was abstracted properly into well defined layers, shit wouldn't break when functionality was added.
Just like Java exploits requiring the user to type their administrative credentials in relate to Windows or OS X security.
It depends on the context. If we are counting end user Linux installs on slashdot, yes. If we are counting security vulnerabilities, no.
So when this is considered best practice on Windows its a horrible security problem, but when it's considered best practice on android it's no big deal?
Being able to make X do something, and doing something without the last 20 years of brain damage are two entirely different things.
Yet more "waaah, they're taking my X remoting!" crap. Wayland will enable an X server to run on top of it just like Windows does, just like OS X does - whilst enabling a far more efficient and modern rendering pipeline.
What does liking each other have anything to do with government? Government should be based on making policy decisions in the best interest of the country, not a fucking popularity contest based on personality.
EVERYONE who can, should telecommute, at least some days of the week if in person meetings are not required.
I just spent 1.5 hours driving to work (no, there's no public transport in my case that would get me here quicker) for a job that I could do 95% of via telecommute (sysadmin / network architect).
It would cut down on traffic, cut down on emissions, and I'd get an extra 2-3 hours per day to either work or get other life stuff done.
It's a no-brainer.