This is soooooo lame. Forgive me, but I have about 70 years on this planet. I didn't START this war, i didn't attack any NCY-buildings and I def don't intend to. My personal believe is that the slashdot crowd (and Opensource folk in general) are open minded and world-aware people with a FOCUS on Computers and Electronics. So why don't you just let us do what we live for and continue with whatever meaningful you have been doing. I BET every Slashdotter has an opinion about the current situation but they don't discuss it on Slashdot since it's just not the right place. FYI I'm german and I get flamed pretty often, lately, so I come here to relax...
Errr...my slackbox does that too. Just plug in and mount it. Thats all there is for USB-drives. And if i type mpg321/home/lispy/motörhead.mp3 i can hear a tune, so whats your point?
Anyways, you should give Slackware a shot. Its a cute lil distro, but maybe you should consider to download the latest Slack8.1 (or even Slack9 current RC1) depending on when you burned your CD. Just being courios, what is it that youre running on your boxes right now?
It is a Slackware optimized version of gnome with some hardcoded addins (such as the dropshadows in the pulldowns...) wich makes it run quite fast even on slower machines and a easy to use Installer with autoupdate-features.
But it is rather "Slackocentric" so if you dont run that very Distribution you might be out of luck. Still its really a neat Project.
I'd never say Linux looks ugly. I personally think that Linux Desktops nowadays beat Windows (especially XP) Desktops downright when it comes to looks.
Just check out Dropline-Gnome (with tranparent,shadowed Cursors) or Fluxbox. No competition here. Although i must admit that OS-X still looks a little bit sexier. But is there anything cooler than a real high-res FB-Console?;-)
Amen! Humanity should realize that there are in fact limited resources on this planet and that it comes in handy if once in a while one or the other leaves the planet. Sure, everybody wants to live but quite a few people did great things during rather short lifetimes (Mozart, Douglas Adams, Jesus, Alexander the great, even Torvalds did it when he was young etc...) so why would anyone like me want to live forever? If i haven't had my fifthteen minutes yet i guess i never will so it's only fair to make place for the young. (I'm 26 now, I guess I'll give it another shot thought;-)
I am a rather fresh Linux User but I love Slackware since it is the only distro i fully understand the startup scripts and wich gives me a logical patharchitecture where i find my stuff in the right places. I started out with Slackware because my local Linuxguru told me to but i tried a few other distros (Sonys PS2-Linux, Debian and SuSE) and found them mostly confusing...Since then I keep spreading the word in my neighbourhood and afaik most Newbies like it. Combined with Dropline-Gnome Slack makes a neat Multimedia/Desktop-Box as well.
Since Slack is one of the most BSD like Distris you should be just fine with the directory-standards it uses. In fact I cant find stuff in any other distro. Slack is the cleanest Ive seen so far...My advice: give it a shot!
Finally. I thought id never be able to own them all. But at last now i can wait until all the DVDs are part of my collection. Buffy was a killerseires and it evolved great beyond its original Highschool roots. But lately it turned out to feel way constructed to make the ends meet. Whedon did a great job and now kills it off at the right point...Thank you for many great hours of tv!!!
I remember walking into that small computer store to grab my copy of dragons lair back in 1985 (I was 11 years then). And i still remember the price. 64DM! (32$)
My mother told me i should return it and really messed with the owner but it was worth the hassle since i enjoyed DL on my C=64 soo much. Very sad that the new one looks to be a failure. It deserves a good remake.
We have Paycards now for a couple of years. They are included as a chip on the standard Eurocard. The problem is there aren't many places where it is accepted. I know of McDonalds (and the lady managed to mistake a tourists Mastercard with Paycard. Oh boy! I was starving in line) and the Munich Transport Authority but never saw any real shops where they would take it. Even worse, cigarette machines don't accept them. And this would be the killer-application since i always run out of change.
I only see pictures of a baked apple. I see not a single one proving that it still works. So wheres the evidence? Show me the thing booting and this might be news. Otherwise its just plain dumb.
It is very sad to see that this happends again. Now I have a name for my small space shuttle model resting ontop of my monitor. I don't even want to think about what this means to the Nasa-Spaceprogram overall and of course to all the conspiracy folks...
I'm really sorry for everbody who lost loved ones in this accident.
probably right. I was thinking that Windowsers would use it since they are used to the name "Kazaa" but then again this didn't work for Morpheus after they switched to Gnutella. So should we hope for Kazaa being sued to death to get rid of the bannerads? I guess so.
Why don't they use an opensource protocol such as OpenFT?
They could only supply a windows gui and throw the ads and spyware on the users. They wouldn't be the driving force behind the protocol so the Music-Industry couldn't sue them for providing a filesharing platform. Am i wrong on this?
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Slack convinced me that even I can understand a Linuxsystem. I love 9.0 and will buy it to support Slackware...
Keep it going!
cu,
Lispy
This is soooooo lame. Forgive me, but I have about 70 years on this planet. I didn't START this war, i didn't attack any NCY-buildings and I def don't intend to. My personal believe is that the slashdot crowd (and Opensource folk in general) are open minded and world-aware people with a FOCUS on Computers and Electronics. So why don't you just let us do what we live for and continue with whatever meaningful you have been doing. I BET every Slashdotter has an opinion about the current situation but they don't discuss it on Slashdot since it's just not the right place. FYI I'm german and I get flamed pretty often, lately, so I come here to relax...
take care and get well soon,
Lispy
Omg...im watching too much news.
Errr...my slackbox does that too. Just plug in and mount it. Thats all there is for USB-drives. And if i type mpg321 /home/lispy/motörhead.mp3 i can hear a tune, so whats your point?
cu,
Lispy
Anyways, you should give Slackware a shot.
Its a cute lil distro, but maybe you should consider to download the latest Slack8.1 (or even Slack9 current RC1) depending on when you burned your CD. Just being courios, what is it that youre running on your boxes right now?
cu,
Lispy
It is a Slackware optimized version of gnome with some hardcoded addins (such as the dropshadows in the pulldowns...) wich makes it run quite fast even on slower machines and a easy to use Installer with autoupdate-features.
But it is rather "Slackocentric" so if you dont run that very Distribution you might be out of luck. Still its really a neat Project.
cu,
Lispy
I'd never say Linux looks ugly. I personally think that Linux Desktops nowadays beat Windows (especially XP) Desktops downright when it comes to looks.
;-)
Just check out Dropline-Gnome (with tranparent,shadowed Cursors) or Fluxbox. No competition here. Although i must admit that OS-X still looks a little bit sexier. But is there anything cooler than a real high-res FB-Console?
cu,
Lispy
This is the exact reason why I use OpenFT.
On my small network router/fileserver in my homeLAN (A Panasonic CF-41-Notebook). Why should i fix it if it isnt broken?
This place is sicker than i thought. Yes, this is very very sad, and I won't forget this picture anytime soon either...
Amen! Humanity should realize that there are in fact limited resources on this planet and that it comes in handy if once in a while one or the other leaves the planet. Sure, everybody wants to live but quite a few people did great things during rather short lifetimes (Mozart, Douglas Adams, Jesus, Alexander the great, even Torvalds did it when he was young etc...) so why would anyone like me want to live forever? If i haven't had my fifthteen minutes yet i guess i never will so it's only fair to make place for the young. (I'm 26 now, I guess I'll give it another shot thought ;-)
live long and prosper,
Lispy
I should get off my computer sometimes...but evolution could use a speed up in fact. both of 'em!
cu,
Lispy
I am a rather fresh Linux User but I love Slackware since it is the only distro i fully understand the startup scripts and wich gives me a logical patharchitecture where i find my stuff in the right places. I started out with Slackware because my local Linuxguru told me to but i tried a few other distros (Sonys PS2-Linux, Debian and SuSE) and found them mostly confusing...Since then I keep spreading the word in my neighbourhood and afaik most Newbies like it. Combined with Dropline-Gnome Slack makes a neat Multimedia/Desktop-Box as well.
Looking forward to Slack9!
cu,
Lispy
Since Slack is one of the most BSD like Distris you should be just fine with the directory-standards it uses. In fact I cant find stuff in any other distro. Slack is the cleanest Ive seen so far...My advice: give it a shot!
Amen!
Finally. I thought id never be able to own them all. But at last now i can wait until all the DVDs are part of my collection. Buffy was a killerseires and it evolved great beyond its original Highschool roots. But lately it turned out to feel way constructed to make the ends meet. Whedon did a great job and now kills it off at the right point...Thank you for many great hours of tv!!!
cu,
Lispy
No M$-tax.
I remember walking into that small computer store to grab my copy of dragons lair back in 1985 (I was 11 years then). And i still remember the price. 64DM! (32$)
My mother told me i should return it and really messed with the owner but it was worth the hassle since i enjoyed DL on my C=64 soo much. Very sad that the new one looks to be a failure. It deserves a good remake.
cu,
Lispy
"You will also need to enclose a formatted 3.5" floppy diskette and return postage stamps (or international reply coupons if you are outside the UK)"
Last time i checked it was 2003.
Why not just mail the code rather than snailmail it?
??,
Lispy
We have Paycards now for a couple of years. They are included as a chip on the standard Eurocard. The problem is there aren't many places where it is accepted. I know of McDonalds (and the lady managed to mistake a tourists Mastercard with Paycard. Oh boy! I was starving in line) and the Munich Transport Authority but never saw any real shops where they would take it. Even worse, cigarette machines don't accept them. And this would be the killer-application since i always run out of change.
Good concept, lack of distribution.
cu,
Lispy
I only see pictures of a baked apple. I see not a single one proving that it still works. So wheres the evidence? Show me the thing booting and this might be news. Otherwise its just plain dumb.
Cu,
Lispy
It is very sad to see that this happends again. Now I have a name for my small space shuttle model resting ontop of my monitor. I don't even want to think about what this means to the Nasa-Spaceprogram overall and of course to all the conspiracy folks...
I'm really sorry for everbody who lost loved ones in this accident.
best wishes from Munich/Germany,
Lispy
probably right. I was thinking that Windowsers would use it since they are used to the name "Kazaa" but then again this didn't work for Morpheus after they switched to Gnutella. So should we hope for Kazaa being sued to death to get rid of the bannerads? I guess so.
cu,
Lispy
Why don't they use an opensource protocol such as OpenFT?
They could only supply a windows gui and throw the ads and spyware on the users. They wouldn't be the driving force behind the protocol so the Music-Industry couldn't sue them for providing a filesharing platform. Am i wrong on this?
cu,
Lispy
Reason Number 2 to get rid of that GBA ;-/
Lispy