Here is a practical answer to the GNU/Linux naming argument:
"GNU/Linux" should be used as a formal declaration of the system. This would be suited for first reference to the system in a journalistic article, or packaging on distribution for sale on the shelf.
"Linux" should be the qolloquial reference, used for ordinary conversation or on second reference.
Additionally, the Free Software Foundation should make allowance that not all Linux distributions are "GNU/Linux" distributions. Debian is definately GNU/Linux, while Lindows is not. The downloadable version of Mandrake is GNU/Linux, while the powerpack and other boxed versions are not. If the distribution does not adhere to the free-software model, then calling it "GNU/Linux" becomes confusing. Just because the various BSDs also include some GNU tools, that doesn't mean we should call it "GNU/FreeBSD" does it? "GNU/Linux" should only be applied to distributions that adhere to the philosophy of GNU and the FSF. All other should retain their "Linux" only nomenclature.
I was a Journalist in the Navy for nine years, and during that time I met more people in the Navy who failed Nuke school then those who completed it. I went through "A" school with four failed nukes (two of them also failed Journalism school, which is decidedly more difficult then you might think).
Erm... that's a quote from what savagexp wrote, not from what CmdrTaco wrote. Remember... the stuff in quotes and italics was written by the article submitter... not the Slashdot editorial staff.
Part of the problem, in my opinion, is that some people are just too afraid to ask for a raise. To them, it seems less confrontational.
By all means, if money is your only reason for looking for a new job, then ask your current employer for the money first. Then shop around.
If you want to leave your company because of other factors (co-workers, atmosphere, stress, boredom) then even being offered more money by the current company is not worth it.
Don't be so naive. This person indicated that he had just received a cut in pay. If you've just received a paycut, asking for a raise seems a bit silly.
I've been in the position of asking for a raise for year and not getting it. Then when faced with the prospect of my leaving the company (and the company loosing productivity and having to train new staff) the company "somehow" managed to afford a 20% raise for me.
If your company thinks they can keep you without giving you a raise, they won't.
If they are going to produce a distribution called "UnitedLinux" that doesn't release a free binary distribution, this gives the communinity to make a great statement.
Someone needs to take the UnitedLinux source code and compile a binary distribution: UnTIED Linux with no per-seat licence scheme. UnTIED Linux would be devoid of per-seat licensing and be based on the same standards as UnitedLinux, making it a natural choice over UnitedLinux.
Re:An issue of generational turnover, how?
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Never let an "R" rating fool you. The Matrix was marketed for 15-25-year-olds.
Sure. But it was still better then Phantom Menace.
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Exactly my reaction.
I don't see "the kids" (as Katz refers to them) as "creating their own culture" out of this one. Spider-Man first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 in 1962. Hello Katz! That's a full FIFTEEN years before the first Star Wars film hit the theatre. Lets not forget the failed 70's Spider-Man TV series and the 80's cartoon version.
Maybe "the kids" are just incapable of generating their own cultural milestones? No. Check out "The Matrix." That would be a much better argument for Katz's to use then "Spider-Man".
If Neo and his gang of malcontents do manage to rescue humanity from the clutches of the Matrix, then what?
Suddenly you flood a ruined world with millions of Human beings in need of immediate medical attention? Yeah. That will work.
Seems to me that the AI's are doing humanity a favor. If you "freed" the people "in the matrix" then you would have an immediate problem with food supply. It's called overpopulating the habitat. And you would think SOMEONE would have figured this out by now.
Okay: one thing does it for me. WinNT/2k/XP allows you to create unattended setup answer files. Its a little feature, but saves me ages. I have a handy CD with a few answer files on it, along with the Win2k setup stuff, and man o man does it make a big difference. Pop in the CD, boot the machine, walk away, come back in 30-45 minutes with a working machine, on the network, with the right drivers, printers, and applications ready to go. Combined with a few other Win2k features it means I can bring a new user online in less than 1 hr.
I know Mandrake and RedHat allow you to do a similar feature. In Mandrake, you can create a special boot floppy at the end of the install that will allow you to perform the same installation steps on a different machine. Mandrake also automagically creates a "replay_install.img" disk image in the/root directory from which you can create a boot floppy to do this later.
You are right about the bad news with disk cloning software. We got away with it for years here where I work (cloning WinNT) because our hardware has been kept extremely standardized. But now that we are bringing in new hardware, cloning is less of an option.
I think when Mandrake includes KDE 3.0, they will jump the version number up to Mandrake 9.0, much the way the release of KDE 2.0 signified the jump from the MDK 7.0 series to the 8.0 series.
Remember, Mandrake was originally known as being "RedHat with KDE added." I think that Mandrake will continue the trend of linking it's release numbers to KDE releases.
I think that providing a Mandrake 8.2 without KDE 3.0 is a good move for Mandrake. This allows them to produce a fully mature 8.X release that will be (hopefully) free of the majority of the bugs found in 8.0 and 8.1
Once mandrake releases 9.0 with KDE 3.0, I'm sure the bug cycle will be back up.
I work in a shop that has a total of eleven members. Four of us are MCSEs (NT4 track). The highest paid members of our group, however, aren't MCSEs. Our DOMAIN ADMIN isn't even an MCSE.
Despite this, it is a fairly good job and we all get along quite well. So I have no reason to find a job elsewhere at this time.
We run an NT4 network with Server installed on all of our servers, Workstation installed on our desktops, and 95 or 98 on all of our laptops. We intend to stay with NT4 for quite a while, mainly because it is working nicely for our company (800 employees) and the cost to upgrade really is too high to be justifiable when everything is working fine just now.
The good news is, Microsoft recently beta-tested an exam under the 2000 track for supporting NT4 networks. This is very good, because many people who get their MCSEs under the 2000 track will find themselves supporting NT4 networks.
Yes, the NT4 track exams were easy. Too easy. So far, I have only taken one exam towards the 2000 track and I found it... too easy also. That was the IEAK 5 exam. I passed it without studying the course material at all. Of course, I've had real-world, hands-on experience which is probably why I found it so easy.
Yes, there is a LOT of Microsoft bashing on Slashdot. And yes, a lot of it is undeserved. To bash Windows as technologically inferior to Linux is just wrong. There are areas where each OS is superior to the other, and areas where they are inferior.
Most of my fellow MCSEs here at my workplace feel about the same way I do: The 2000 track will only be worth it too us if we can pass the free exam. To this end, we have setup our own test network where we can play with the technologies. And we're studying. If we don't pass the free test, we are in no rush.
The "free" exam only upgrades you on... i think it is 3 or 4 of the core Win2K requirements. You still have to take another 3 or 4 tests (that YOU pay for) in order to fully upgrade you cert.
Yesterday, I received a letter in my snail-mail box from microsoft. You see, I am an MCSE, certified under NT4, which of course means my certification runs out at the end of this year.
This letter offered me a 25% discount on my testing fees for upgrading my certification to Windows 2000. It's funny. Microsoft has finally figured out that their certification amounts to nothing, that very few people are even worried about "upgrading their cert" to 2000. So, in an effort to try to boost their decreasing numbers of certified engineers, they are offering deals to make getting certified look more compelling. Funny.
Just do a job search on any of the major sites, and use the keyword MCSE... slim pickings. The era of Microsoft dominance is behind us.
The "free" version of Realplayer 8 is still available, and they do have a Linux client. Real has simply made their pages so difficult to navigate that you really have to search hard to find the link to the "free" (as in beer) player:
Slashdot Mirror
Most likely. Flap your arms and see what happens.
Here is a practical answer to the GNU/Linux naming argument:
"GNU/Linux" should be used as a formal declaration of the system. This would be suited for first reference to the system in a journalistic article, or packaging on distribution for sale on the shelf.
"Linux" should be the qolloquial reference, used for ordinary conversation or on second reference.
Additionally, the Free Software Foundation should make allowance that not all Linux distributions are "GNU/Linux" distributions. Debian is definately GNU/Linux, while Lindows is not. The downloadable version of Mandrake is GNU/Linux, while the powerpack and other boxed versions are not. If the distribution does not adhere to the free-software model, then calling it "GNU/Linux" becomes confusing. Just because the various BSDs also include some GNU tools, that doesn't mean we should call it "GNU/FreeBSD" does it? "GNU/Linux" should only be applied to distributions that adhere to the philosophy of GNU and the FSF. All other should retain their "Linux" only nomenclature.
I bow before you.
I was a Journalist in the Navy for nine years, and during that time I met more people in the Navy who failed Nuke school then those who completed it. I went through "A" school with four failed nukes (two of them also failed Journalism school, which is decidedly more difficult then you might think).
Anyone who can pass Nuke school can do anything.
Erm... that's a quote from what savagexp wrote, not from what CmdrTaco wrote. Remember... the stuff in quotes and italics was written by the article submitter... not the Slashdot editorial staff.
Part of the problem, in my opinion, is that some people are just too afraid to ask for a raise. To them, it seems less confrontational.
By all means, if money is your only reason for looking for a new job, then ask your current employer for the money first. Then shop around.
If you want to leave your company because of other factors (co-workers, atmosphere, stress, boredom) then even being offered more money by the current company is not worth it.
Don't be so naive. This person indicated that he had just received a cut in pay. If you've just received a paycut, asking for a raise seems a bit silly.
I've been in the position of asking for a raise for year and not getting it. Then when faced with the prospect of my leaving the company (and the company loosing productivity and having to train new staff) the company "somehow" managed to afford a 20% raise for me.
If your company thinks they can keep you without giving you a raise, they won't.
If they are going to produce a distribution called "UnitedLinux" that doesn't release a free binary distribution, this gives the communinity to make a great statement.
Someone needs to take the UnitedLinux source code and compile a binary distribution: UnTIED Linux with no per-seat licence scheme. UnTIED Linux would be devoid of per-seat licensing and be based on the same standards as UnitedLinux, making it a natural choice over UnitedLinux.
Never let an "R" rating fool you. The Matrix was marketed for 15-25-year-olds.
Sure. But it was still better then Phantom Menace.
Exactly my reaction.
I don't see "the kids" (as Katz refers to them) as "creating their own culture" out of this one. Spider-Man first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 in 1962. Hello Katz! That's a full FIFTEEN years before the first Star Wars film hit the theatre. Lets not forget the failed 70's Spider-Man TV series and the 80's cartoon version.
Maybe "the kids" are just incapable of generating their own cultural milestones? No. Check out "The Matrix." That would be a much better argument for Katz's to use then "Spider-Man".
So, here's the rub.
If Neo and his gang of malcontents do manage to rescue humanity from the clutches of the Matrix, then what?
Suddenly you flood a ruined world with millions of Human beings in need of immediate medical attention? Yeah. That will work.
Seems to me that the AI's are doing humanity a favor. If you "freed" the people "in the matrix" then you would have an immediate problem with food supply. It's called overpopulating the habitat. And you would think SOMEONE would have figured this out by now.
Why doesn't someone make a window manager that's pixel-per-pixel compatible with Windows?
Someone tried. The project is "Qvwm". I don't know if it is actively maintained, as I can't hit the website. Try getting more information here: http://www.icewalk.com/softlib/app/app_00661.html
Okay: one thing does it for me. WinNT/2k/XP allows you to create unattended setup answer files. Its a little feature, but saves me ages. I have a handy CD with a few answer files on it, along with the Win2k setup stuff, and man o man does it make a big difference. Pop in the CD, boot the machine, walk away, come back in 30-45 minutes with a working machine, on the network, with the right drivers, printers, and applications ready to go. Combined with a few other Win2k features it means I can bring a new user online in less than 1 hr.
/root directory from which you can create a boot floppy to do this later.
I know Mandrake and RedHat allow you to do a similar feature. In Mandrake, you can create a special boot floppy at the end of the install that will allow you to perform the same installation steps on a different machine. Mandrake also automagically creates a "replay_install.img" disk image in the
You are right about the bad news with disk cloning software. We got away with it for years here where I work (cloning WinNT) because our hardware has been kept extremely standardized. But now that we are bringing in new hardware, cloning is less of an option.
....One ring to bind them.
Seriously, I hope she says yes.
You will let us know what she says, won't you Taco?
I think when Mandrake includes KDE 3.0, they will jump the version number up to Mandrake 9.0, much the way the release of KDE 2.0 signified the jump from the MDK 7.0 series to the 8.0 series.
Remember, Mandrake was originally known as being "RedHat with KDE added." I think that Mandrake will continue the trend of linking it's release numbers to KDE releases.
I think that providing a Mandrake 8.2 without KDE 3.0 is a good move for Mandrake. This allows them to produce a fully mature 8.X release that will be (hopefully) free of the majority of the bugs found in 8.0 and 8.1
Once mandrake releases 9.0 with KDE 3.0, I'm sure the bug cycle will be back up.
I was just about to write something very crude, but then I thought better of it...
I enjoyed your comments. They were insightful.
I work in a shop that has a total of eleven members. Four of us are MCSEs (NT4 track). The highest paid members of our group, however, aren't MCSEs. Our DOMAIN ADMIN isn't even an MCSE.
Despite this, it is a fairly good job and we all get along quite well. So I have no reason to find a job elsewhere at this time.
We run an NT4 network with Server installed on all of our servers, Workstation installed on our desktops, and 95 or 98 on all of our laptops. We intend to stay with NT4 for quite a while, mainly because it is working nicely for our company (800 employees) and the cost to upgrade really is too high to be justifiable when everything is working fine just now.
The good news is, Microsoft recently beta-tested an exam under the 2000 track for supporting NT4 networks. This is very good, because many people who get their MCSEs under the 2000 track will find themselves supporting NT4 networks.
Yes, the NT4 track exams were easy. Too easy. So far, I have only taken one exam towards the 2000 track and I found it... too easy also. That was the IEAK 5 exam. I passed it without studying the course material at all. Of course, I've had real-world, hands-on experience which is probably why I found it so easy.
Yes, there is a LOT of Microsoft bashing on Slashdot. And yes, a lot of it is undeserved. To bash Windows as technologically inferior to Linux is just wrong. There are areas where each OS is superior to the other, and areas where they are inferior.
Most of my fellow MCSEs here at my workplace feel about the same way I do: The 2000 track will only be worth it too us if we can pass the free exam. To this end, we have setup our own test network where we can play with the technologies. And we're studying. If we don't pass the free test, we are in no rush.
Right. My point was that if you fail the free accelerated exam, then a 25% discount on the other exams becomes a little more inviting.
Oh... and if you fail the one-time free "super-exam"?
The "free" exam only upgrades you on... i think it is 3 or 4 of the core Win2K requirements. You still have to take another 3 or 4 tests (that YOU pay for) in order to fully upgrade you cert.
Yesterday, I received a letter in my snail-mail box from microsoft. You see, I am an MCSE, certified under NT4, which of course means my certification runs out at the end of this year. This letter offered me a 25% discount on my testing fees for upgrading my certification to Windows 2000. It's funny. Microsoft has finally figured out that their certification amounts to nothing, that very few people are even worried about "upgrading their cert" to 2000. So, in an effort to try to boost their decreasing numbers of certified engineers, they are offering deals to make getting certified look more compelling. Funny. Just do a job search on any of the major sites, and use the keyword MCSE... slim pickings. The era of Microsoft dominance is behind us.
That...
Was...
Funny. Thanks.
I would go ahead and prove you wrong but...
we have both spent WAY too much time on a subject that I only introduced to (sucessfully) bring me back down from the karma ceiling of 50.
Oh, damn it, I love a good argument. You say stable, I say potato.
Later.
Now.
Who moderated this meaningless, off-topic, drivel to (2: Informative)? I hate getting moderated up for this kinda thing.
The "free" version of Realplayer 8 is still available, and they do have a Linux client. Real has simply made their pages so difficult to navigate that you really have to search hard to find the link to the "free" (as in beer) player:
s rc =010524realhome_1,010524rpchoice_h1&dc=656463
http://huxley.real.com/real/player/player.html?