Do you think the kwin developers just said "fuck compiz/beryl - we want to do it all by ourselves"? No, of course they didn't, they actually hoped they work together with the compiz/beryl team, but it proved to be too much trouble. From what I have read, compiz/beryl doesn't have a plugin api to follow. Also, don't forget that it is compiz/beryl that's the new ones and no one prevents you from using compiz with kde...
Well, there isn't any problems in making a TIFF from a RAW. RAW gives you the best post-processing options, which is why it is the preferred way by many. Sadly RAW is problematic (it is not an open format) as well which you can read about on http://openraw.org/
It's the Contextual Linkage Engine that will be part of KDE4. They got some pretty cool ideas which you can read about in that article and also in the comments.
They are very controversial - they *gasp* show real people in them:p
Seriously, they have resolved the issue quite well IMHO. A nice summary can be found in the latest Ubuntu Traffic: http://people.ubuntulinux.org/~mako/ubun tu-traffic/u20041015_08.html
Bah...it's still news for nerds - even though I live in Denmark, I didn't know about it. I found it quite interesting. It's been missing for Europeans for a long time and now it's here - that's news for god sake - maybe it isn't that interesting for you fat, stupid, Bush loving americans (okay, that was a joke, only to counter your last line;)), but you're not the only ones that read/.;)
Furthermore,/. mentions new products and such all the time - new music shops, company X announces new ultrafast PC's - yesterday they mentioned Canons new cool digicam (buy a freaking ad, Canon...). Honestly, I don't find this to be any different.
Last, if you don't find this the least interesting - WTF do you spend time on it?;)
Does it really matter who submitted it? It's still news for nerds and quite worthy of getting posted - there are nerds in the EU too you know;)
Ps. I'm a Dane but I'm in no way affiliated with them.
There are several good reasons why the kernel developers don't care about closed source drivers. Basically, they are a PITA for the kernel developers. In the latest Linux Weekly News this is discussed. The article is still only available for subscribers though.
Well, after having to clean my sisters laptop from loads of spyware (well still in the process), I've come to the conclusion that I'm going to make a few basic requirements if I'm going to help them or others out in regards to computer problems.
1. Don't use IE unless there is a site you *really, really* need (like netbank). The obvious choice would be Firefox or Opera, but they can choose lynx if they prefer that:p
2. It needs to install updates from MS automatically.
3. They need to use some AV software and it should of course automatically keep itself updated.
My sister and her BF had no complaints about those rules when I explained them, but I guess they should be easy to convince after living with an unusable laptop for a month:D
Jabber is the only free, open IM standard that's in relatively wide use and there're lots of clients available for it - I personally use Psi. I've switched long ago and haven't looked back.
I often chat with friends that still uses MSN and ICQ through Jabber's transports or whatever it is they call them:) Of course, the Yahoo transport is most likely broken too, but I don't know anyone that uses Yahoo IM, so I don't care.
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I'll just refer to this comment by Troy Unrau: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f /174096756/m/261009765831?r=291001865831#291001865 831
Do you think the kwin developers just said "fuck compiz/beryl - we want to do it all by ourselves"? No, of course they didn't, they actually hoped they work together with the compiz/beryl team, but it proved to be too much trouble. From what I have read, compiz/beryl doesn't have a plugin api to follow. Also, don't forget that it is compiz/beryl that's the new ones and no one prevents you from using compiz with kde...
Well, there isn't any problems in making a TIFF from a RAW. RAW gives you the best post-processing options, which is why it is the preferred way by many. Sadly RAW is problematic (it is not an open format) as well which you can read about on http://openraw.org/
The KDE developers are working a lot together with OpenUsability.org and I have no doubt that you'll be able to see that in KDE4.
Or you could do the obvious thing and switch to Jabber...
If you're looking for low power firewall machine, you should really look at Soekris: http://soekris.com/
They are fantastic small machines/boards that are perfect for that kind of job and they works great with *BSD and Linux.
I don't think you know how popular SMS is here (Denmark) and many other places.
There is no real release date or roadmap yet. With that said, the estimates I've heard is ~1 year from now.
It's the same guy that thinks SCO have a good case as reported here some days ago:l ?tid=123&tid=136&tid=88&tid=155
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And since also on Groklaw:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050429
Doh! I didn't even notice that myself :D
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This is the link I wanted to post
Ps. I know fairly well that Westvleteren 12 is a beer, it is in fact the best beer I've ever tasted. It is sadly also pretty rare
It's the Contextual Linkage Engine that will be part of KDE4. They got some pretty cool ideas which you can read about in that article and also in the comments.
Yes, OpenDocument is the new document format for KOffice, which is great. What good is a standard if only one application is using it?
Just a little note: A version of bzip does exist that scales lineary on SMP machines - you can find it here.
They are very controversial - they *gasp* show real people in them :p
n tu-traffic /u20041015_08.html
Seriously, they have resolved the issue quite well IMHO. A nice summary can be found in the latest Ubuntu Traffic:
http://people.ubuntulinux.org/~mako/ubu
Bah...it's still news for nerds - even though I live in Denmark, I didn't know about it. I found it quite interesting. It's been missing for Europeans for a long time and now it's here - that's news for god sake - maybe it isn't that interesting for you fat, stupid, Bush loving americans (okay, that was a joke, only to counter your last line ;)), but you're not the only ones that read /. ;)
Furthermore, /. mentions new products and such all the time - new music shops, company X announces new ultrafast PC's - yesterday they mentioned Canons new cool digicam (buy a freaking ad, Canon...). Honestly, I don't find this to be any different.
Last, if you don't find this the least interesting - WTF do you spend time on it? ;)
Does it really matter who submitted it? It's still news for nerds and quite worthy of getting posted - there are nerds in the EU too you know ;)
Ps. I'm a Dane but I'm in no way affiliated with them.
They provide the music in FLAC format too :)
There are several good reasons why the kernel developers don't care about closed source drivers. Basically, they are a PITA for the kernel developers. In the latest Linux Weekly News this is discussed. The article is still only available for subscribers though.
I don't see any Xiph.org formats listed anywhere which means it's quite useless to me.
Well, after having to clean my sisters laptop from loads of spyware (well still in the process), I've come to the conclusion that I'm going to make a few basic requirements if I'm going to help them or others out in regards to computer problems.
:p
:D
1. Don't use IE unless there is a site you *really, really* need (like netbank). The obvious choice would be Firefox or Opera, but they can choose lynx if they prefer that
2. It needs to install updates from MS automatically.
3. They need to use some AV software and it should of course automatically keep itself updated.
My sister and her BF had no complaints about those rules when I explained them, but I guess they should be easy to convince after living with an unusable laptop for a month
AFAIK, no - the real codecs are still proprietary. Helix does support the open source Xiph.org codecs though.
Ups...the correct link for Psi is http://psi.affinix.com/
Jabber is the only free, open IM standard that's in relatively wide use and there're lots of clients available for it - I personally use Psi. I've switched long ago and haven't looked back.
:) Of course, the Yahoo transport is most likely broken too, but I don't know anyone that uses Yahoo IM, so I don't care.
I often chat with friends that still uses MSN and ICQ through Jabber's transports or whatever it is they call them
I use torrents quite often and I don't have a problem fetching large files. In fact, fetching large files are exactly what bittorrent is all about.
Check out Magnatune.com - no DRM, just music and 50% goes to the musicians.