The more companies branch out the more it bothers me, it doesn't seem to be enough that they're giants in their original field and squeeze off or buy out any competition, but they have to get their fingers on to even more things. Something needs to be done about them before we end up eating Microsoft brand breakfast cereal with Sony soy milk and Apple mixed berries.
I feel the same way about Toughbooks, well not the sleek and stylish part, but pretty much the perfect system for my needs aside from the Vista that comes on them. I'll save for one of those, even if they are a bit more than a mac, then install Debian on it and get my Windows refund.
The ability to customize Linux allows you to pretty much completely clone the UI from OSX, and saves you money even if it does take some tinkering time to get set up.
Just remember to get your Windows refund, and push it to get all you can out of them. There's no reason for them to offer you $20 on the refund for something they sell for over $100, well there is, but it's not a good one.
They were talking about an apt port to Windows, and how it would likely only be open source software in the repos so people wouldn't be able to install MSOffice, Photoshop or WoW. So where did installing Windows programs on Linux come from?
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People who rag on smokers need to start paying the taxes smokers do or shut up about it. You have the choice of what restaurant you go to, if you go to one where smoking is allowed you made the choice, it's not the smokers fault you're to dumb to go to a non-smoking establishment.
How is saying Ubuntu crashes grand claims? And what kind of evidence should I supply, system logs? Why bother to save them when it works so much better to just install a more stable distro.
The success of Ubuntu doesn't mean much next to the success of Windows, even Vista is more "successful" than Ubuntu, and if it weren't for someone's private fortune supporting it the project would likely be considerably less than it is today. Not that I'd use Windows any more than I'd use Ubuntu, but it is a successful OS.
ME was the same thing Vista is. It was the prequel to a usable OS that showed everyone just how bad it can be so when they release the real product people will love it.
But most of that "free" software is addware/nagware/spyware etc. The free software I find for OSX and Linux tends to really be free rather than having a catch, or an EULA that could wind up getting you sued on some hidden snag that you missed when you clicked accept. Sure, there are restrictions to real free software, but most of them will never matter to you in the least if you're a home user.
Exactly, when windows has a problem it's the hardware manufacturer's fault, when Linux has the same problem it is blamed on the OS. My only problem with running Linux is the research I have to do to find some types of hardware that works for me, some of them even to the point of buying it at a store with a good return policy and then taking it back if it doesn't work. Some of them need to be plugged in and have the device ID checked to see if it will work since the box says the same thing for one with a chipset that has drivers, and for the others that use a different chipset that has no drivers.
Try saying something bad about Ubuntu though, you'll get modded down in an instant, pretty much my first post on the new account was modded flamebait for calling it buggy and unstable.
Well, there's the typical MOUS type training, then there's this:
* Windows Vista
* Windows XP Professional
* Windows Server 2003
* Microsoft SQL Server 2008
* Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
* Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
* Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
* Windows Server 2008
* Microsoft.NET Framework 3.5
* Microsoft.NET Framework 2.0
* Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
* Microsoft Silverlight
* Microsoft Visual C#.NET
I was hoping there'd be certifications that would compliment the training I'm working on, but there's not much on that list I'd find useful.
I've had x-sessions freeze so completely that I had to do a hard reset, no ctrl+alt+backspace, no switching to a console login and killing it, completely frozen. I will admit to the stability if you use only the supported packages, but who aside from a server admin doesn't go for unsupported packages? What I do find amusing is how quickly I was modded flamebait for saying something against Ubuntu, when if i Had've criticized Windows without giving sufficient reference people would've modded it insightful.The point was that whatever you do tomake it user friendly, don't screw with the underlying system enough that you alter it's performance.
Yeah, Ubuntu does a decent job of being buggy and unstable, that's what it takes to be a success in the OS market. I've never had Debian, Fedora, Gentoo or Slackware freeze up on me to the point that I need to hit the power switch to get it working again. Can't say that for any of the *buntus I've used. Sure they package it nice for the computer illiterate, but they sacrifice the stability I require to get that wow factor in that the general public wants. I'll be perfectly happy if they manage to make an idiot friendly UI and put it on top of a decent system, but even the LTS versions of Ubuntu are a joke compared to Debian Testing.
Look at the Dell systems that you can get Ubuntu on. Not only are they lower spec systems than the Windows equivalents, but you can often get the Vista boxes on special for less than the ones without it. Not that I would ever use Ubuntu, but I'd gladly reinstall a distro I find usable to get the Linux count on the sales totals.
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Well, they were capable of typing the post, but not capable of searching for the torrent. Who knows, maybe it was posted through dictation?
Also looks off in Epiphany.
The more companies branch out the more it bothers me, it doesn't seem to be enough that they're giants in their original field and squeeze off or buy out any competition, but they have to get their fingers on to even more things. Something needs to be done about them before we end up eating Microsoft brand breakfast cereal with Sony soy milk and Apple mixed berries.
I feel the same way about Toughbooks, well not the sleek and stylish part, but pretty much the perfect system for my needs aside from the Vista that comes on them. I'll save for one of those, even if they are a bit more than a mac, then install Debian on it and get my Windows refund.
The ability to customize Linux allows you to pretty much completely clone the UI from OSX, and saves you money even if it does take some tinkering time to get set up.
Just remember to get your Windows refund, and push it to get all you can out of them. There's no reason for them to offer you $20 on the refund for something they sell for over $100, well there is, but it's not a good one.
They were talking about an apt port to Windows, and how it would likely only be open source software in the repos so people wouldn't be able to install MSOffice, Photoshop or WoW. So where did installing Windows programs on Linux come from?
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People who rag on smokers need to start paying the taxes smokers do or shut up about it. You have the choice of what restaurant you go to, if you go to one where smoking is allowed you made the choice, it's not the smokers fault you're to dumb to go to a non-smoking establishment.
How is saying Ubuntu crashes grand claims? And what kind of evidence should I supply, system logs? Why bother to save them when it works so much better to just install a more stable distro.
The success of Ubuntu doesn't mean much next to the success of Windows, even Vista is more "successful" than Ubuntu, and if it weren't for someone's private fortune supporting it the project would likely be considerably less than it is today. Not that I'd use Windows any more than I'd use Ubuntu, but it is a successful OS.
Sure they can, just have to jump through all the hoops designed to keep them from doing it.
Felons can't vote, so if they make things they don't support criminal they can remove the opposition's right to use the ballot box against them.
I'm typing this in Iceweasel 3.0.6 on Debian 5.0 x86 on a Pentium Mobile 333MHz with 192MB RAM, and it's actually quite snappy.
ME was the same thing Vista is. It was the prequel to a usable OS that showed everyone just how bad it can be so when they release the real product people will love it.
Not all, and some of the ones that run on Windows are poorly ported hack jobs that are a joke compared to their Linux ancestors.
But most of that "free" software is addware/nagware/spyware etc. The free software I find for OSX and Linux tends to really be free rather than having a catch, or an EULA that could wind up getting you sued on some hidden snag that you missed when you clicked accept. Sure, there are restrictions to real free software, but most of them will never matter to you in the least if you're a home user.
Exactly, when windows has a problem it's the hardware manufacturer's fault, when Linux has the same problem it is blamed on the OS. My only problem with running Linux is the research I have to do to find some types of hardware that works for me, some of them even to the point of buying it at a store with a good return policy and then taking it back if it doesn't work. Some of them need to be plugged in and have the device ID checked to see if it will work since the box says the same thing for one with a chipset that has drivers, and for the others that use a different chipset that has no drivers.
Try saying something bad about Ubuntu though, you'll get modded down in an instant, pretty much my first post on the new account was modded flamebait for calling it buggy and unstable.
Well, our governor is one of the biggest idiots to have that post is a long time, brown-nosing Microsoft is actually one of her better qualities.
Well, there's the typical MOUS type training, then there's this: .NET Framework 3.5 .NET Framework 2.0 .NET
* Windows Vista
* Windows XP Professional
* Windows Server 2003
* Microsoft SQL Server 2008
* Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
* Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
* Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
* Windows Server 2008
* Microsoft
* Microsoft
* Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
* Microsoft Silverlight
* Microsoft Visual C#
I was hoping there'd be certifications that would compliment the training I'm working on, but there's not much on that list I'd find useful.
This is slashdot, lad. Do you really think people will abide by the EULA?
I've had x-sessions freeze so completely that I had to do a hard reset, no ctrl+alt+backspace, no switching to a console login and killing it, completely frozen. I will admit to the stability if you use only the supported packages, but who aside from a server admin doesn't go for unsupported packages? What I do find amusing is how quickly I was modded flamebait for saying something against Ubuntu, when if i Had've criticized Windows without giving sufficient reference people would've modded it insightful.The point was that whatever you do tomake it user friendly, don't screw with the underlying system enough that you alter it's performance.
Yeah, Ubuntu does a decent job of being buggy and unstable, that's what it takes to be a success in the OS market. I've never had Debian, Fedora, Gentoo or Slackware freeze up on me to the point that I need to hit the power switch to get it working again. Can't say that for any of the *buntus I've used. Sure they package it nice for the computer illiterate, but they sacrifice the stability I require to get that wow factor in that the general public wants. I'll be perfectly happy if they manage to make an idiot friendly UI and put it on top of a decent system, but even the LTS versions of Ubuntu are a joke compared to Debian Testing.
Look at the Dell systems that you can get Ubuntu on. Not only are they lower spec systems than the Windows equivalents, but you can often get the Vista boxes on special for less than the ones without it. Not that I would ever use Ubuntu, but I'd gladly reinstall a distro I find usable to get the Linux count on the sales totals.