I wish the same were possible in the techology industry.. Buy a Samsung Galaxy made in China or one made in USA. I'd pay more for the USA one, personally. As long as the phone was like for like in specs and usability.
I usually look at the start menu first. If it doesn't at least have a search field and a nice sub menu switcher I tend to get a bit turned off of it. Yet on the netbooks I would love any bit of speed I can get. They'll probably work for years longer and make nice little squeezebox players, something to grab in a pinch for browsing, etc. I also have an Acer Revo that could use the speed boost, though the Revo hasn't been bad with linux mint with MATE.
Just did some youtube browsing on Lubuntu. Looks pretty nice. Menu is a bit bare-bones. I might try it on my Asus eee netbooks since they're never going to be able to do anything splashier anyway.
I've been hearing a lot of about LXDE but have not tried it. My main concerns about it would be:
- Which distros are properly bundled with it?
- Does it have eye candy for more powerful machines (a la compix/emerald)
- How friendly is it for windows users?
Oh, what I really wanted to say was that I find it strange you don't have problems with drivers. My trackpad issue wasn't with a driver bit with gnome 2. I also have the other various issues across many forms of hardware:
- Mint menu dies constantly
- If you don't set the base and treble down slightly with the pulse mixer, the sound can hit a level that totally scrambles the sound until reboot
- My KVM switch was causing the desktop/mouse to hang until I rebooted on one system. I have recently determined that it only happens when I move the mouse while it is switching.
I have also seen a lot of improvements. Multiple monitor support is almost trouble free, for example.
I miss the led light. Imagine if they added lit keyboards. I would pay extra for that. I actually like the keyboard layout. I find the corners above the arrow keys a very convenient place for PgUp PgDown. It gives you levels of control within close proximity. The Trackpoint is still my favorite pointing device.
FreeBSD is NOT for inexperienced users. The port system is way to complicated. Aptitude imho is the easiest and pain free package management, especially coupled with synaptic. up2date/yum is ok but not quite as cooperative.
The reason I chose MATE is because I have tried Cinnamon in the past on a laptop without 3d acceleration and it ran like a dog. I found that the UI was optimized for higher resolution screens, as there was a lot of spacing in the elements. It's a matter of taste. Also, MATE is the only DM I have used that does not suffer from video screen tearing and multimedia is a large concern for me. Gnome 2 is supposed to be stable by now, and on my systems with the capability, I really like compiz/berryl.
I usually stick with the main versions. Ubuntu, Mint lately. Life is too short. The craziest thing I did recently was try Bodhi linux for a media center. I actually liked it for that use except it is rough around the edges, and I had the video tearing. I have not tried Lubuntu.. what desktop manager does that come bundled with?
I have a Lenovo T430. My backpack laptop bag opened up in a mall awhile ago and the laptop fell onto the hard tile floor, bouncing several times. Not even a crack or chip. Still looks like new. Without a doubt the best laptop purchase I have made.
I was of the same onion as you, and I installed Linux Mint MATE on an old laptop my mother in law had. She wanted to take it with her on a trip overseas. I figured linux would give it some extra kick and be extra stable for her. Initially she was happy and browsing around in it. Soon after she left on her trip, SOMETHING must have changed in the OS because the touchpad stopped responding as soon as she logged in and her desktop came up. Fortunately I had left the old windows partition and showed her how to dual boot, but it was a lesson that Linux is still only for people who know what they are doing.
The solution for the failing mousepad? I had to manually install the gnome settings editor with apt-get, navigate to a setting that caused the desktop to interact with the mouse location and set it off. Then everything worked fine. IMHO, total bullshit issue.
Should I have gone with another distro? Perhaps something else would have been more stable, but a lot of them now are crap without 3d acceleration and I wanted something that was windows-like. MATE is based on gnome 2 so I thought it would be stable and no-nonsense.
But the question is, how easy is it to end up playing a 'specially crafted file' if you're playing video in VLC or Kodi? I mean, understood that any website could have an ad video that plays and opens up this connection but what is the reality of the risk for standalone players?
Furthermore, it behooves the VPN provider to switch addresses frequently because any given one has got to have 50-60% clientèle that are using it for Netflix. Just as it is bad business for Netflix to piss off their customers by blocking them.
It depends how you look at it. They've bought new equipment and are doing twice more with the same work, so they have twice the profit. It's not necessarily fair for that automatically to all go to the corporation that owns the farm either, yet that is what happens.
Well maybe it's just my Garmin, but it cuts out in snow storms. No sats available. I hope they'll be putting in something much stronger than that. Your theory doesn't work in real life, because there is always going to be some asshat barreling down the highway behind you. Driving 20 is a death sentence.
But how will it track the road when it is under inches of snow? GPS will be spotty if it is working at all through heavy cloud. No lines, no visual cues. It can't stop on the shoulder because that would be dangerous for the car as well as other drivers. Driving at 20km/h is not an option for the same reason. I also question whether sensors on an *affordable* consumer vehicle would be sensitive enough not to get thrown off by heavy snow.
I've been in blinding blizzards on the highway. Storms where you are lucky to see the ditches on either side, forget about the lines in the middle or the shoulders. I'd like to know what's going to happen when one hits and the autonomous car is nowhere near a safe parking spot.
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There are a great many human values that an economic system could promote. Capitalism got none of them.
I wish the same were possible in the techology industry.. Buy a Samsung Galaxy made in China or one made in USA. I'd pay more for the USA one, personally. As long as the phone was like for like in specs and usability.
Then I suggest they don't pay the biggest stars $20m and spread it out to all those others out there that are practically starving.
I usually look at the start menu first. If it doesn't at least have a search field and a nice sub menu switcher I tend to get a bit turned off of it. Yet on the netbooks I would love any bit of speed I can get. They'll probably work for years longer and make nice little squeezebox players, something to grab in a pinch for browsing, etc. I also have an Acer Revo that could use the speed boost, though the Revo hasn't been bad with linux mint with MATE.
Just did some youtube browsing on Lubuntu. Looks pretty nice. Menu is a bit bare-bones. I might try it on my Asus eee netbooks since they're never going to be able to do anything splashier anyway.
I've been hearing a lot of about LXDE but have not tried it. My main concerns about it would be:
- Which distros are properly bundled with it?
- Does it have eye candy for more powerful machines (a la compix/emerald)
- How friendly is it for windows users?
Oh, what I really wanted to say was that I find it strange you don't have problems with drivers. My trackpad issue wasn't with a driver bit with gnome 2. I also have the other various issues across many forms of hardware:
- Mint menu dies constantly
- If you don't set the base and treble down slightly with the pulse mixer, the sound can hit a level that totally scrambles the sound until reboot
- My KVM switch was causing the desktop/mouse to hang until I rebooted on one system. I have recently determined that it only happens when I move the mouse while it is switching.
I have also seen a lot of improvements. Multiple monitor support is almost trouble free, for example.
I miss the led light. Imagine if they added lit keyboards. I would pay extra for that. I actually like the keyboard layout. I find the corners above the arrow keys a very convenient place for PgUp PgDown. It gives you levels of control within close proximity. The Trackpoint is still my favorite pointing device.
FreeBSD is NOT for inexperienced users. The port system is way to complicated. Aptitude imho is the easiest and pain free package management, especially coupled with synaptic. up2date/yum is ok but not quite as cooperative.
The reason I chose MATE is because I have tried Cinnamon in the past on a laptop without 3d acceleration and it ran like a dog. I found that the UI was optimized for higher resolution screens, as there was a lot of spacing in the elements. It's a matter of taste. Also, MATE is the only DM I have used that does not suffer from video screen tearing and multimedia is a large concern for me. Gnome 2 is supposed to be stable by now, and on my systems with the capability, I really like compiz/berryl.
I usually stick with the main versions. Ubuntu, Mint lately. Life is too short. The craziest thing I did recently was try Bodhi linux for a media center. I actually liked it for that use except it is rough around the edges, and I had the video tearing. I have not tried Lubuntu.. what desktop manager does that come bundled with?
I have a Lenovo T430. My backpack laptop bag opened up in a mall awhile ago and the laptop fell onto the hard tile floor, bouncing several times. Not even a crack or chip. Still looks like new. Without a doubt the best laptop purchase I have made.
I was of the same onion as you, and I installed Linux Mint MATE on an old laptop my mother in law had. She wanted to take it with her on a trip overseas. I figured linux would give it some extra kick and be extra stable for her. Initially she was happy and browsing around in it. Soon after she left on her trip, SOMETHING must have changed in the OS because the touchpad stopped responding as soon as she logged in and her desktop came up. Fortunately I had left the old windows partition and showed her how to dual boot, but it was a lesson that Linux is still only for people who know what they are doing.
The solution for the failing mousepad? I had to manually install the gnome settings editor with apt-get, navigate to a setting that caused the desktop to interact with the mouse location and set it off. Then everything worked fine. IMHO, total bullshit issue.
Should I have gone with another distro? Perhaps something else would have been more stable, but a lot of them now are crap without 3d acceleration and I wanted something that was windows-like. MATE is based on gnome 2 so I thought it would be stable and no-nonsense.
But the question is, how easy is it to end up playing a 'specially crafted file' if you're playing video in VLC or Kodi? I mean, understood that any website could have an ad video that plays and opens up this connection but what is the reality of the risk for standalone players?
Before you get too excited, what will a membership cost?
They're full of helium! Who can keep them on the ground?? Duh!
And to think the best thing I've adopted helium for is to sound like Elmo.
Furthermore, it behooves the VPN provider to switch addresses frequently because any given one has got to have 50-60% clientèle that are using it for Netflix. Just as it is bad business for Netflix to piss off their customers by blocking them.
Yet many people must do it to get to work every winter season. Where I am, life doesn't stop when there is a snow storm.
It depends how you look at it. They've bought new equipment and are doing twice more with the same work, so they have twice the profit. It's not necessarily fair for that automatically to all go to the corporation that owns the farm either, yet that is what happens.
Well maybe it's just my Garmin, but it cuts out in snow storms. No sats available. I hope they'll be putting in something much stronger than that. Your theory doesn't work in real life, because there is always going to be some asshat barreling down the highway behind you. Driving 20 is a death sentence.
Well sir, you are lucky to have ended up in your pretentious little mountain top.
So automotous cars are going to simply start following the car in front of them? Sure, a hot spot to follow in a storm. What if it turns off?
Snow storms mess with our reception big time.
That's just a slow into work morning some days.
But how will it track the road when it is under inches of snow? GPS will be spotty if it is working at all through heavy cloud. No lines, no visual cues. It can't stop on the shoulder because that would be dangerous for the car as well as other drivers. Driving at 20km/h is not an option for the same reason. I also question whether sensors on an *affordable* consumer vehicle would be sensitive enough not to get thrown off by heavy snow.
I've been in blinding blizzards on the highway. Storms where you are lucky to see the ditches on either side, forget about the lines in the middle or the shoulders. I'd like to know what's going to happen when one hits and the autonomous car is nowhere near a safe parking spot.