Can't use Linux Mint because it may be technically illegal in some areas to redistribute (codecs, does it have libdvdcss2 on it?). Use Ubuntu, and then when nobody's looking, type "sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras" really fast.
Installing an OS will never be a "full retard's" job. And if it ever does become so, please, just kill me then.
Using Linux is easy as pie - the GUI is no harder to use than moving to a Mac. Installing any OS, however...uh, no. Linux itself can be as user-friendly as it wants (and it is already, as far as I and all of my converts are concerned) but installing it or any OS is simply beyond the abilities of any Average Joe.
Looks like it. they're all borked. Every single one of them. I said so in the title, and I only bother reading the title in Slashdot stories these days.
Some people don't like crappy ads, and some people want to play their game offline. Some people also run Linux. It's a good start, though, but it annoyed the crap out of me.
If id were to put Q3 on gog.com for $6, I can't even imagine the money those two could garner.
Screwing around with your install? What kind of installs do you need; or more specifically, what do you need that takes a few hours in Ubuntu that Mandriva works with OOTB?
The only thing I can think of is maybe a bit of codec installation, which takes a few key presses in Synaptic and a half an hour wait on a slow internet connection. DVD takes an extra repository addition. For newbies, I do this all in front of them and explain what I'm doing as I go, which is handy for future references.
Maybe Mandriva works better on your computer; sure, that happens (on mine, MEPIS-based distros cannot work, and PCLinuxOS never boots properly). But other than sheer hardware compatibility, I honestly cannot fathom what takes a couple of evenings in Linux-land, in any newbie distro such as Ubuntu, Mint, or Mandriva these days.
Mmm. It's alright. I played with the 2009 (not Spring) version and it seemed like a mess at the time, but 2008 was fairly decent. Their switch to KDE 4 was a tiny bit premature, but they plugged ahead just like everyone else. I personally prefer my KDE through Debian, but Mandriva isn't too bad.
It's a pity that PCLinuxOS 2009.1 was such a dud. Now THAT was Mandriva done right, back in the good old 2007 version days. Now Mandriva actually has to be good on its own merits.
I might have to check it out, but we'll see. Fedora 11's preview is my most recent tester, and I don't know if I can take to RPM distros in a row without exploding outright.
I'd agree with you, except the XP that was released eight years ago isn't the same XP that exists now. To keep everything running swimmingly, most people have probably upgraded their machine somewhat. While 256 MB RAM pre-SP2 was okay, once you hit SP2 and now SP3 you're probably going to want to throw an extra stick of RAM in there.
Not that that's a bad thing, it's just that XP simply isn't the same OS it was at launch.
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This.
It may be easier to install, but aside from prettier fonts its not really much of an upgrade.
downloading mass-produced pop culture shit you shouldn't want anyway... :)
At least they're not downloading goddamn country. THAT would be a bad sign.
I'm getting rather tired of the "I hate Slashdot" fad. Get a grip, go somewhere else.
VirtualBox?
Can't use Linux Mint because it may be technically illegal in some areas to redistribute (codecs, does it have libdvdcss2 on it?). Use Ubuntu, and then when nobody's looking, type "sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras" really fast.
Danger Mouse worked with Beck on Modern Guilt. That might ring a bell.
Installing an OS will never be a "full retard's" job. And if it ever does become so, please, just kill me then.
Using Linux is easy as pie - the GUI is no harder to use than moving to a Mac. Installing any OS, however...uh, no. Linux itself can be as user-friendly as it wants (and it is already, as far as I and all of my converts are concerned) but installing it or any OS is simply beyond the abilities of any Average Joe.
Not, "I said," "it said." Damn my incompetence!
Looks like it. they're all borked. Every single one of them. I said so in the title, and I only bother reading the title in Slashdot stories these days.
the intersection and union of the GPL, LGPL, CDDL, MIT and the thing TuomoV wrote for Ion.
This ranks among the best lines ever uttered by a Slashdot poster.
Trade one company for another - they're all out for blood.
And the usual free/shareware program's webpage out there throwing random .exe files everywhere do this better HOW?
Mod this man up.
If they don't comply it is, which was the parent's point. MS execs can be stuffed in jail if they don't do what they're told.
Some people don't like crappy ads, and some people want to play their game offline. Some people also run Linux. It's a good start, though, but it annoyed the crap out of me.
If id were to put Q3 on gog.com for $6, I can't even imagine the money those two could garner.
id's copy is, what, $30, and Amazon is only used (which publishers don't like, apparently).
Time to get out the toaster. I've been rather lax at keeping that thing updated.
Dude, that was terrible. Your religious bigotry is GOING TO GET US ALL KILLED!
Screwing around with your install? What kind of installs do you need; or more specifically, what do you need that takes a few hours in Ubuntu that Mandriva works with OOTB?
The only thing I can think of is maybe a bit of codec installation, which takes a few key presses in Synaptic and a half an hour wait on a slow internet connection. DVD takes an extra repository addition. For newbies, I do this all in front of them and explain what I'm doing as I go, which is handy for future references.
Maybe Mandriva works better on your computer; sure, that happens (on mine, MEPIS-based distros cannot work, and PCLinuxOS never boots properly). But other than sheer hardware compatibility, I honestly cannot fathom what takes a couple of evenings in Linux-land, in any newbie distro such as Ubuntu, Mint, or Mandriva these days.
Mmm. It's alright. I played with the 2009 (not Spring) version and it seemed like a mess at the time, but 2008 was fairly decent. Their switch to KDE 4 was a tiny bit premature, but they plugged ahead just like everyone else. I personally prefer my KDE through Debian, but Mandriva isn't too bad.
It's a pity that PCLinuxOS 2009.1 was such a dud. Now THAT was Mandriva done right, back in the good old 2007 version days. Now Mandriva actually has to be good on its own merits.
I might have to check it out, but we'll see. Fedora 11's preview is my most recent tester, and I don't know if I can take to RPM distros in a row without exploding outright.
I'd agree with you, except the XP that was released eight years ago isn't the same XP that exists now. To keep everything running swimmingly, most people have probably upgraded their machine somewhat. While 256 MB RAM pre-SP2 was okay, once you hit SP2 and now SP3 you're probably going to want to throw an extra stick of RAM in there.
Not that that's a bad thing, it's just that XP simply isn't the same OS it was at launch.
Insightful? I expected Funny.
My iPod Nano, 4th Gen, works fine out of the box with Ubuntu 9.04. 8.10 has cover art issues, but the new one is fine.
Keep iTunes off of Linux, thanks. Yuck.
To the Pirate Bay - I don't have enough mp3's of Dancing Queen on my computer! Huzzah Sweden!