Stardock is pretty good about that. But this new system they have in the summary forces you to get checked online first. I guess I'm not buying any of their games anymore.
Thank you. If the game has to connect to the internet before the game is started, and it is not optional, it is DRM and I will not buy it. End of story.
This is an honest question from someone who really is utterly clueless about Macs: What the heck is so great about the Mac interface? Because it doesn't look all that "pretty" or "functional" to me, as a Mac-ignorant. Especially when I have to use it at a friend's house or something.
Exactly. I fired up Fedora and realized that the only GUI for package management was PackageKit, which is the basic, rather limited, newbie-friendly tool for Ubuntu and Debian. Anything beyond that (and what us DEB folks would use Synaptic for) goes to the command line. Oh, yeah, Red Hat, that's really making the desktop relevant.
There's not a whole lot to critically analyze here - I've been using Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha and haven't really noticed any major changes, and that's the entire point (Though the Exchange stuff is nice, I must admit, just not for me). Sure, you can list the features, I suppose, but I don't see how anyone's going to come up with a conclusion that's any different than what the summary stated.
...GNOME, with an incremental, evolutionary-rather-than-revolutionary upgrade? Seriously, what was the point of those reviews? Is someone actually surprised by this?
It depends on how long of a boot is too much. I've been playing with the Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha and it boots within a minute on my very, very old hardware. On yours, I guess it would get closer to 30-40 seconds. If you want something faster than that, then you're looking at the grandparent's suggestions for lighter distros.
I suppost this comment. Tiny Core, plus Opera, is as fast as it gets. Also: Puppy Linux, or anything based on Slackware (Slackware itself, not quite for newbies).
Why should I learn something new if it doesn't offer me any benefits? I learned Linux because it had rewards: apt-get, no viruses, better stability, etc. Windows Vista and Win7? Rewards my ass. Tell me why I should bother; I haven't found one yet.
How is having a UI that doesn't try and distract you "primitive?" I don't want to have to right click all over IE7, I want to friggin' get my work done!
What are you running Vista on, might I ask? Because it sure ain't the stable-as-hell 3/4 GB RAM, Celeron single core machine I'm using XP/Ubuntu on. And that's the trouble with Vista.
You missed the point of his post. It's not that we should ban all guns, but the fact is that his mental issues were known and he _still_ got one. That's not a good thing. Sure, the crimes will still happen, but you have to admit that guns make it a hell of a lot easier.
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Stardock is pretty good about that. But this new system they have in the summary forces you to get checked online first. I guess I'm not buying any of their games anymore.
Thank you. If the game has to connect to the internet before the game is started, and it is not optional, it is DRM and I will not buy it. End of story.
Not saving in .doc or .docx is a start. Heck, even MS Word isn't 100% compatible with its own damn formats.
5. Bake cookies fresh, on the hour. And then feed them to me.
This is an honest question from someone who really is utterly clueless about Macs: What the heck is so great about the Mac interface? Because it doesn't look all that "pretty" or "functional" to me, as a Mac-ignorant. Especially when I have to use it at a friend's house or something.
Oh, shoot, I though the parent was going to stay "Insightful." Don't hurt me, mods. Please?
Try the Jaunty Beta. It's actually pretty stable on my end.
Dear, Anonymous (if that is your real name), your computer is not the only goddamn computer in existence. Love, Slashdot.
This will be the year of Linux on the laptop, I swear it! (Oh, and you deserve a whoooosh)
Exactly. I fired up Fedora and realized that the only GUI for package management was PackageKit, which is the basic, rather limited, newbie-friendly tool for Ubuntu and Debian. Anything beyond that (and what us DEB folks would use Synaptic for) goes to the command line. Oh, yeah, Red Hat, that's really making the desktop relevant.
No. I didn't. Read my comment again.
That might be a bit much for a self-professed "dummy," however.
There's not a whole lot to critically analyze here - I've been using Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha and haven't really noticed any major changes, and that's the entire point (Though the Exchange stuff is nice, I must admit, just not for me). Sure, you can list the features, I suppose, but I don't see how anyone's going to come up with a conclusion that's any different than what the summary stated.
...GNOME, with an incremental, evolutionary-rather-than-revolutionary upgrade? Seriously, what was the point of those reviews? Is someone actually surprised by this?
It depends on how long of a boot is too much. I've been playing with the Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha and it boots within a minute on my very, very old hardware. On yours, I guess it would get closer to 30-40 seconds. If you want something faster than that, then you're looking at the grandparent's suggestions for lighter distros.
"Slackware with a XFCE and Firefox/OpenOffice" = Zenwalk. Easier than Slackware itself; comes with a few extra tools. http://www.zenwalk.org/
I suppost this comment. Tiny Core, plus Opera, is as fast as it gets. Also: Puppy Linux, or anything based on Slackware (Slackware itself, not quite for newbies).
Why should I learn something new if it doesn't offer me any benefits? I learned Linux because it had rewards: apt-get, no viruses, better stability, etc. Windows Vista and Win7? Rewards my ass. Tell me why I should bother; I haven't found one yet.
How is having a UI that doesn't try and distract you "primitive?" I don't want to have to right click all over IE7, I want to friggin' get my work done!
I had to reply to this comment just to see what my pointer would do while I typed.
Yeah, 1995, back when you didn't get a damn little preview or box or widget popping up every two inches of mouse space. Times were better then...
What are you running Vista on, might I ask? Because it sure ain't the stable-as-hell 3/4 GB RAM, Celeron single core machine I'm using XP/Ubuntu on. And that's the trouble with Vista.
Evolution does not explain where life started. It only explains how life become so diverse.
And yet this thread is still filled with George W. Bush references and jokes. Funny that.
You missed the point of his post. It's not that we should ban all guns, but the fact is that his mental issues were known and he _still_ got one. That's not a good thing. Sure, the crimes will still happen, but you have to admit that guns make it a hell of a lot easier.