Your adamance makes it tempting to switch back to the OSE, but since VirtualBox themselves and the Ubuntu docs as of July 26th still proclaim it to only be in the closed source version I suspect you're full of shit, and have mistaken the PUEL edition for Open Source.
What version did you install to get USB support?
* Select places menu at the top of the screen * Select connect to server * Select the 'ssh' service type * Type in your details and connect
You'll get a window where files can be manipulated as you would with your own machine. Locations can be bookmarked/categorised with credentials save as you like (although you should probably be using password protected certificates to authenticate yourself - which Ubuntu will also take care of). WebDav, FTP, Windows shares work the same, out of the box.
Although to answer his question, WinSCP seems to work great after you install Wine. You might want to try the native SecPanel application which seems similar though. Both can be installed in five clicks, and will be updated as necessary.
Yet you even suggest that the popular Linux distros are more user friendly in some areas than Windows, and I get looked at like a moron!
I was using 2.1.4 from the Ubuntu repositories. VirtualBox themselves still list it as only being in the closed Source version only (http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions) and a quick look at the release notes doesn't show a change in policy, but someone else replied that they've got USB with the OSE in the latest version, so maybe it is in v3 OSE
Certainly the closed source edition has very good support for USB and they say proprietary features may be included in the OSE in the future. Can anyone clarify?
Not reading the article, I assume your considering VMWare Workstation its commercial brethren? VirtualBox doesn't include USB support in the Open Source version, which for my needs makes it a non-starter.
Their proprietary version (free for personal use - even in a commercial environment) is a pretty good alternative.
Many public websites host confidential customer data that would cause you a PR and legal nightmare if it were compromised; these are the ones I'm talking about.
I think there are three classes of company for the purposes of this discussion:
If you trust shared hosting providers; you shouldn't care about the Google employees who can access your data
If you trust managed hosting providers like Rackspace, particularly if they're hosting virtualised servers for you; you probably shouln't care about Google employees with access to your data.
If you don't trust managed hosting providers; well you're probably not reading this from the office, and Google Apps doesn't get a look in.
Of all the grand phenomenon we've discovered, evolution's got to be the most incredible thing ever realised by man.
And to think - enough of the basics to build a simple model for transforming self replicating chemicals into to this elegance are within reach of simple lay-folks like me.
Exactly - using Word to transfer files around increases lock-in, and certainly doesn't herald a swift death. Most businesses use word, so most of your colleagues use word, and expect you to be able to receive, edit and send back word documents that work flawlessly.
You can't stop using Word until everyone else stops using it - which won't happen until alternatives work really well with the doc/ooxml formats - which Microsoft will make sure doesn't happen.
It's pretty obvious in retrospect - using proprietary formats to transfer informatino locks you in to a platform. If we were still printing everything, Word wouldn't be ubiquitous.
Why don't they just recruit Gary McKinnon? He may not be the greatest ever to have compromised a US military computer, but he could sure warn them of the dangers in leaving default passwords set.
It does say that if you distribute a piece of GPL software, you are responsible for making the source available to the recipient - the more interesting question to me is if it is even possible to distribute GPL software through the appstore.
The GPL prevents you from attaching further restrictions to software you distribute. Doesn't the app-store do this in the EULAs it makes customers sign up to? Also, I'm not too familiar with how the iPhone SDK works, but if if involves dynamically linking your application to close-source libraries provided by Apple, lots of people would consider it to be violating the spirit (if not the letter) of the GPL.
Back on topic however...Charging for GPL'd software is absolutely within the spirit of the GPL. If the original authors didn't want this to happen then they can add additional terms to the license agreement (the text of the GPL is public domain) - and run them by a lawyer. If the original author didn't do that, but insists that charging for the software is wrong - well try to negotiate with him, and remember you'll look like a jerk if you go against their wishes.
Firefox sends a text URL when you drag and drop an image - I'm not sure why Mozilla built it that way, Konqueror looks as though it sends the actual data. Perhaps that's partly why it is still behind IE in usage rates.
Certainly behaves the same regardless of platform though - so it rather poignantly highlights the fact that data import/export is in the realm of the applications rather than the OS.
A universal way for image editors to import data via drag and drop from any arbitrary program would be nice - I don't believe it exists on Linux or Windows though.
To get the type of integration you're alluding to it is the applications you'll need to constrain. The use case I describe would work the same way on Windows rather than Ubuntu, whilst dragging an image from Firefox to Visio 2003 would just result in a useless plain-text label being displayed.
Both Linux (via GNOME) and Windows (via OLEDB) have mechanisms that allow applications to transfer data and negotiate content types between themselves in whatever format the application designer decides to do use. Mozilla decided to do it by sending text URL; IE does it by sending the graphic. I'm not sure what other browsers send when you drag images from them - I'd be very surprised if they were all consistent. Certainly if you dragged from an application that sent image data rather than a URL, GIMP would happily use that.
I'd buy the argument that many different desktop environments and themes between Linux distributions are extremely confusing - and wouldn't contest an assertion that whilst I'm most productive in GNOME it says little about usability for a majority of computer users - but not that the GUI usability in GNOME sucks compared to the competition because GIMP can interpret URL's it receives from arbitrary applications.
You can probably tell I know very little about how Drag and Drop works in OSX: can't afford a Mac.
That was an anecdote! no steps, no software versions, no expected result == no bug. let's be a little more formal:
Prerequsites:
Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex, default packages installed, all updates as of 2009-07-29 applied.
Steps to execute:
1> Open Firefox 3.0.12
2> Navigate to www.google.com
* Note the prominent Google logo
3> Open GIMP 2.6.6
4> Drag and drop the Google logo to the GIMP toolbox
Expected result:
1> GIMP establishes a connection to the remote server and downloads the image
2> GIMP opens the image for editing
Result:
PASS
Does this cover your needs, or are you just trolling?
Well you see insulin is allot like women, they can make you weak and pass out into a deep peaceful sleep slumber, but not enough can cause hyperglycemic shock leading to coma and eventually death. Uncanny.
On a side note, what's the cost of treatment? I'm assuming this won't be available on the NHS.
So let me get this straight? Blue M&Ms can heal your back AND turn you into a smurf?!?! Why the hell do they even put the other colors in there?
From now on it's blue all the way.
Actually, after about 10 minutes of searching on ScienceDirect the only relevant paper I could find was "Disturbance of the immune system by electromagnetic fields--A potentially underlying cause for cellular damage and tissue repair reduction which could lead to disease and impairment" (Pathophysiology, Volume 16, Issues 2-3, August 2009, Pages 157-177) which says:
"A number of papers dealing with the effects of modern, man-made electromagnetic fields (EMFs) on the immune system are summarized
in the present review. EMFs disturb immune function through stimulation of various allergic and inflammatory responses, as well as effects
on tissue repair processes. Such disturbances increase the risks for various diseases, including cancer. These and the EMF effects on other
biological processes (e.g. DNA damage, neurological effects, etc.) are now widely reported to occur at exposure levels significantly below
most current national and international safety limits."
Well outside my expertise, can you point me to some of these studies you mention?
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Some things are better inside fleshy bodies. For everything else, there's computers.
Your adamance makes it tempting to switch back to the OSE, but since VirtualBox themselves and the Ubuntu docs as of July 26th still proclaim it to only be in the closed source version I suspect you're full of shit, and have mistaken the PUEL edition for Open Source. What version did you install to get USB support?
Or through the gui on Ubuntu...
* Select places menu at the top of the screen
* Select connect to server
* Select the 'ssh' service type
* Type in your details and connect
You'll get a window where files can be manipulated as you would with your own machine. Locations can be bookmarked/categorised with credentials save as you like (although you should probably be using password protected certificates to authenticate yourself - which Ubuntu will also take care of). WebDav, FTP, Windows shares work the same, out of the box.
Although to answer his question, WinSCP seems to work great after you install Wine. You might want to try the native SecPanel application which seems similar though. Both can be installed in five clicks, and will be updated as necessary.
Yet you even suggest that the popular Linux distros are more user friendly in some areas than Windows, and I get looked at like a moron!
I was using 2.1.4 from the Ubuntu repositories. VirtualBox themselves still list it as only being in the closed Source version only (http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions) and a quick look at the release notes doesn't show a change in policy, but someone else replied that they've got USB with the OSE in the latest version, so maybe it is in v3 OSE
Certainly the closed source edition has very good support for USB and they say proprietary features may be included in the OSE in the future. Can anyone clarify?
Not reading the article, I assume your considering VMWare Workstation its commercial brethren? VirtualBox doesn't include USB support in the Open Source version, which for my needs makes it a non-starter.
Their proprietary version (free for personal use - even in a commercial environment) is a pretty good alternative.
Many public websites host confidential customer data that would cause you a PR and legal nightmare if it were compromised; these are the ones I'm talking about.
I think there are three classes of company for the purposes of this discussion:
If you trust shared hosting providers; you shouldn't care about the Google employees who can access your data
If you trust managed hosting providers like Rackspace, particularly if they're hosting virtualised servers for you; you probably shouln't care about Google employees with access to your data.
If you don't trust managed hosting providers; well you're probably not reading this from the office, and Google Apps doesn't get a look in.
I'd say most companies fall into the second.
Of all the grand phenomenon we've discovered, evolution's got to be the most incredible thing ever realised by man.
And to think - enough of the basics to build a simple model for transforming self replicating chemicals into to this elegance are within reach of simple lay-folks like me.
Exactly - using Word to transfer files around increases lock-in, and certainly doesn't herald a swift death. Most businesses use word, so most of your colleagues use word, and expect you to be able to receive, edit and send back word documents that work flawlessly. You can't stop using Word until everyone else stops using it - which won't happen until alternatives work really well with the doc/ooxml formats - which Microsoft will make sure doesn't happen. It's pretty obvious in retrospect - using proprietary formats to transfer informatino locks you in to a platform. If we were still printing everything, Word wouldn't be ubiquitous.
I read somewhere that Apple also has a line in consumer PC hardware.
Why don't they just recruit Gary McKinnon? He may not be the greatest ever to have compromised a US military computer, but he could sure warn them of the dangers in leaving default passwords set.
If you're looking for a long (LONG) term investment, Toyota seems the way to go.
Wow, that's the most factually incorrect I've been in a while now.
Not at IBM - rejoice!
It does say that if you distribute a piece of GPL software, you are responsible for making the source available to the recipient - the more interesting question to me is if it is even possible to distribute GPL software through the appstore.
The GPL prevents you from attaching further restrictions to software you distribute. Doesn't the app-store do this in the EULAs it makes customers sign up to? Also, I'm not too familiar with how the iPhone SDK works, but if if involves dynamically linking your application to close-source libraries provided by Apple, lots of people would consider it to be violating the spirit (if not the letter) of the GPL.
Back on topic however...Charging for GPL'd software is absolutely within the spirit of the GPL. If the original authors didn't want this to happen then they can add additional terms to the license agreement (the text of the GPL is public domain) - and run them by a lawyer. If the original author didn't do that, but insists that charging for the software is wrong - well try to negotiate with him, and remember you'll look like a jerk if you go against their wishes.
You're not a true fan, I'll record the commercials and watch them twice.
You call yourself a fan? I watch the commercials over and over instead of watching the show.
Only for the person who gathers and distributes the data, and only then if he doesn't already own one.
The use case I describe would work the same way on Windows rather than Ubuntu
...or maybe it just fails outright on Windows.
Firefox sends a text URL when you drag and drop an image - I'm not sure why Mozilla built it that way, Konqueror looks as though it sends the actual data. Perhaps that's partly why it is still behind IE in usage rates.
Certainly behaves the same regardless of platform though - so it rather poignantly highlights the fact that data import/export is in the realm of the applications rather than the OS.
A universal way for image editors to import data via drag and drop from any arbitrary program would be nice - I don't believe it exists on Linux or Windows though.
To get the type of integration you're alluding to it is the applications you'll need to constrain. The use case I describe would work the same way on Windows rather than Ubuntu, whilst dragging an image from Firefox to Visio 2003 would just result in a useless plain-text label being displayed.
Both Linux (via GNOME) and Windows (via OLEDB) have mechanisms that allow applications to transfer data and negotiate content types between themselves in whatever format the application designer decides to do use. Mozilla decided to do it by sending text URL; IE does it by sending the graphic. I'm not sure what other browsers send when you drag images from them - I'd be very surprised if they were all consistent. Certainly if you dragged from an application that sent image data rather than a URL, GIMP would happily use that.
I'd buy the argument that many different desktop environments and themes between Linux distributions are extremely confusing - and wouldn't contest an assertion that whilst I'm most productive in GNOME it says little about usability for a majority of computer users - but not that the GUI usability in GNOME sucks compared to the competition because GIMP can interpret URL's it receives from arbitrary applications.
You can probably tell I know very little about how Drag and Drop works in OSX: can't afford a Mac.
D'oh, how embarrassing.
That was an anecdote! no steps, no software versions, no expected result == no bug. let's be a little more formal:
Prerequsites:
Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex, default packages installed, all updates as of 2009-07-29 applied.
Steps to execute:
1> Open Firefox 3.0.12
2> Navigate to www.google.com
* Note the prominent Google logo
3> Open GIMP 2.6.6
4> Drag and drop the Google logo to the GIMP toolbox
Expected result:
1> GIMP establishes a connection to the remote server and downloads the image
2> GIMP opens the image for editing
Result:
PASS
Does this cover your needs, or are you just trolling?
Well you see insulin is allot like women, they can make you weak and pass out into a deep peaceful sleep slumber, but not enough can cause hyperglycemic shock leading to coma and eventually death. Uncanny. On a side note, what's the cost of treatment? I'm assuming this won't be available on the NHS.
So let me get this straight? Blue M&Ms can heal your back AND turn you into a smurf?!?! Why the hell do they even put the other colors in there? From now on it's blue all the way.
Actually, after about 10 minutes of searching on ScienceDirect the only relevant paper I could find was "Disturbance of the immune system by electromagnetic fields--A potentially underlying cause for cellular damage and tissue repair reduction which could lead to disease and impairment" (Pathophysiology, Volume 16, Issues 2-3, August 2009, Pages 157-177) which says: "A number of papers dealing with the effects of modern, man-made electromagnetic fields (EMFs) on the immune system are summarized in the present review. EMFs disturb immune function through stimulation of various allergic and inflammatory responses, as well as effects on tissue repair processes. Such disturbances increase the risks for various diseases, including cancer. These and the EMF effects on other biological processes (e.g. DNA damage, neurological effects, etc.) are now widely reported to occur at exposure levels significantly below most current national and international safety limits." Well outside my expertise, can you point me to some of these studies you mention?