Never mind that the DOM does not integrate into the WM and the two components don't interact so doing something as you say is currently impossible - even if somebody did want to do that. It is a chicken and egg problem - who makes the first move towards such a concept? Do you really think they could agree on a standard within 2 years?
You can bang on about usability concepts 'till the cows come home but in the end it really a bigger issue than just one OS or program and there has to be communications and standards established across the whole ecosystem.
Potentially this could still run a normal OS such as Linux, though I would imagine this would definitely use an interesting bootloader. The distributed operating system route could also be taken - using an OS similar to 'Plan 9'.
I think the magic words related to this motherboard design is Parallel Computing!
Disclaimer: I have no CS degree and a very basic understanding of OSes and hardware.
If you look at the FLOSS Manuals website you can read a number of Open Source manuals for Open Source software in both HTML and PDF form (IIRC) and if you want a hard copy it redirects you to lulu.com where you purchase a hard copy. It seems to work well for those guys. You could probably email them and ask them about their experiences.
Yes, Ubuntu is based on Debian but Ubuntu IS NOT Debian by any stretch of the imagination.
And yes, there is "Implementations" of KDE - Kubuntu uses a self modified version of KDE and introduces changes which are NOT supported by the KDE project - and because it is modified to suit Ubuntu it qualifies as an "implementation" as they implemented their new KDE. KDEmod on Arch is an Implementation modified to work perfectly with Arch Linux (a distro which has its ups and downs, but I am experienced enough to know how to deal with them).
And CS4 DOES NOT WORK with Wine 1.0.1 - it is missing components that CS4 needs to work properly. You sir, are full of shit. Google did not pay for Adobe's product to work either. You must be confusing Adobe Photoshop with Google Picasa (which Google paid a guy to work on!) which are TOTALLY different products.
In my few years experience with Ubuntu and just one year with Fedora, I am definitely sure that things work a hell of a lot more reliable and easier in Fedora. Fedora, like Arch and Ubuntu has its rough edges because of the bleeding edge software but does not fail as consistently and is not put back together with dirty hacks like Ubuntu.
As far as Wine stable goes - if you turn up in #winehq with a problem you will be told to upgrade to the latest development version because the amount of advancement on the ancient stable version is huge. Much more progression than regression. The stable version, in reality, is actually unsupported.
Kubuntu is the biggest pile of shit ever! Ubuntu's KDE implementation is horribly buggy, and then with that piled on top of Ubuntu's other buggy crap it really is the LAST distro I would use.
I quite like Fedora (I used to really hate it, but since F10 it has been really good), Debian (just works!) and I am currently using Arch Linux (I was hesitant because of the whole rolling release thing, but it seems OK so far). All three of the latter distros have good KDE implementations. Try them.
You are also way oversimplifying Wine - I can tell you from a look at the Appdb that the latest photoshop does NOT work out of the box (consistently rated GARBAGE!) except for some Kubuntu user (you?) who rated it Gold.
I am a Linux user (only one, rarely used VM of Windows), and a frequent Wine user (I am in #winehq every day as DDevine, and I play Steam games just fine).
Overall however I do agree with you that Windows is just a bunch of the same problems which continue to iterate and all mainstream distros provide features which have only recently been poorly implemented in Windows:) Virtualbox has acellerated graphics now so maybe Photoshop not working in Wine isn't really a big deal...
If they went with Nvidia they could have had lower price, better Linux performance, better drivers and importantly VDPAU (video accelleration, drops CPU usage by 90%).
I have no doubt that it does perform pretty well - afterall my experience with the RC was that it was more responsive than Windows XP.
But of course this is BEFORE it has crapware loaded onto the system and multiple programs splattering their libraries and crap all over the system and a sprinkling of your favourite malware!
This is the second major occurance of such an acknowledgment.
I think that within two years we may see a tipping point where Microsoft will certainly NOT be the "the only company that does..." from the standpoint of management who refuse anything that doesn't have a Microsoft sticker. Consumers are well on their way to this, though there might be a situation where if it isn't Microsoft and it isn't Apple then its still "not worth knowing about".
If the average "Please do not ride the bomb" sign is approximately 1 ft square, would this sign be scaled to 20ft square on a bomb this size? Is the sign always proportional to the payload?
If you read the open notices of security breaches on the centos.org website - they are always calling 911 when they know there is a 9 year old with a lighter on the loose - and they are ready to do whatever it takes to control it when there is smoke.
Actually, I can remember my Yahoo details.
thatkid_2002 is also thatkid_2002@yahoo.com.au - the reason that my Slashdot account is the same is because DDevine seems to be taken.
I was actually already considering dumping my Yahoo account because the massive amount of spam that the filters miss. My main email hosted on Google Apps gets a lot of spam as well, but it goes straight into the spam bucket and not my inbox.
Yahoo is now wholly locked into the path of being an advertising company, so I am severing my ties with this company that has become nothing but another distraction on the web, instead of the central hub it used to be.
I know Google is an advertising company, but that's not my point
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Never mind that the DOM does not integrate into the WM and the two components don't interact so doing something as you say is currently impossible - even if somebody did want to do that.
It is a chicken and egg problem - who makes the first move towards such a concept? Do you really think they could agree on a standard within 2 years?
You can bang on about usability concepts 'till the cows come home but in the end it really a bigger issue than just one OS or program and there has to be communications and standards established across the whole ecosystem.
Potentially this could still run a normal OS such as Linux, though I would imagine this would definitely use an interesting bootloader. The distributed operating system route could also be taken - using an OS similar to 'Plan 9'.
I think the magic words related to this motherboard design is Parallel Computing!
Disclaimer: I have no CS degree and a very basic understanding of OSes and hardware.
And shotguns. Shotguns work well on hordes.
No, it's wireless silly billy!
If you look at the FLOSS Manuals website you can read a number of Open Source manuals for Open Source software in both HTML and PDF form (IIRC) and if you want a hard copy it redirects you to lulu.com where you purchase a hard copy. It seems to work well for those guys.
You could probably email them and ask them about their experiences.
I was born in 1991... I have never heard of a Green Giant - but I am Australian so I have never heard of 75% of American crap.
It was not the main database which was broken into, but rather just a node which had some of the information from the database stored on it.
TFS is very poorly written... it is not worthy of being a "Summary".
Yes, Ubuntu is based on Debian but Ubuntu IS NOT Debian by any stretch of the imagination.
And yes, there is "Implementations" of KDE - Kubuntu uses a self modified version of KDE and introduces changes which are NOT supported by the KDE project - and because it is modified to suit Ubuntu it qualifies as an "implementation" as they implemented their new KDE. KDEmod on Arch is an Implementation modified to work perfectly with Arch Linux (a distro which has its ups and downs, but I am experienced enough to know how to deal with them).
And CS4 DOES NOT WORK with Wine 1.0.1 - it is missing components that CS4 needs to work properly. You sir, are full of shit. Google did not pay for Adobe's product to work either. You must be confusing Adobe Photoshop with Google Picasa (which Google paid a guy to work on!) which are TOTALLY different products.
In my few years experience with Ubuntu and just one year with Fedora, I am definitely sure that things work a hell of a lot more reliable and easier in Fedora. Fedora, like Arch and Ubuntu has its rough edges because of the bleeding edge software but does not fail as consistently and is not put back together with dirty hacks like Ubuntu.
As far as Wine stable goes - if you turn up in #winehq with a problem you will be told to upgrade to the latest development version because the amount of advancement on the ancient stable version is huge. Much more progression than regression. The stable version, in reality, is actually unsupported.
Kubuntu is the biggest pile of shit ever! Ubuntu's KDE implementation is horribly buggy, and then with that piled on top of Ubuntu's other buggy crap it really is the LAST distro I would use.
I quite like Fedora (I used to really hate it, but since F10 it has been really good), Debian (just works!) and I am currently using Arch Linux (I was hesitant because of the whole rolling release thing, but it seems OK so far). All three of the latter distros have good KDE implementations. Try them.
You are also way oversimplifying Wine - I can tell you from a look at the Appdb that the latest photoshop does NOT work out of the box (consistently rated GARBAGE!) except for some Kubuntu user (you?) who rated it Gold.
I am a Linux user (only one, rarely used VM of Windows), and a frequent Wine user (I am in #winehq every day as DDevine, and I play Steam games just fine).
Overall however I do agree with you that Windows is just a bunch of the same problems which continue to iterate and all mainstream distros provide features which have only recently been poorly implemented in Windows :) Virtualbox has acellerated graphics now so maybe Photoshop not working in Wine isn't really a big deal...
Debian and Gentoo != GNU/Linux?
They can bite my shiny metal ass!... I mean SSL!
Somebody up more!
If they went with Nvidia they could have had lower price, better Linux performance, better drivers and importantly VDPAU (video accelleration, drops CPU usage by 90%).
I have no doubt that it does perform pretty well - afterall my experience with the RC was that it was more responsive than Windows XP.
But of course this is BEFORE it has crapware loaded onto the system and multiple programs splattering their libraries and crap all over the system and a sprinkling of your favourite malware!
Wow so many typos. I really should have paid attention to the preview.
I don't wan't what you are smoking, you obviously can't read. I didn't ANYTHING about an OS. I was talking about market and mind-share.
This is the second major occurance of such an acknowledgment.
I think that within two years we may see a tipping point where Microsoft will certainly NOT be the "the only company that does..." from the standpoint of management who refuse anything that doesn't have a Microsoft sticker. Consumers are well on their way to this, though there might be a situation where if it isn't Microsoft and it isn't Apple then its still "not worth knowing about".
If the average "Please do not ride the bomb" sign is approximately 1 ft square, would this sign be scaled to 20ft square on a bomb this size? Is the sign always proportional to the payload?
I think their government might not only have an access impediment, but also a speech impediment with a name like "Zugangserschwerungsgesetz".
Well Dave (+Megadeth) did the Gears Of War theme song, so it is plausible that Dave could be involved in the gaming industry... I'll just keep hoping.
If you read the open notices of security breaches on the centos.org website - they are always calling 911 when they know there is a 9 year old with a lighter on the loose - and they are ready to do whatever it takes to control it when there is smoke.
My TV is 3d already. It's kind of a rectangular prism style shape with a curvy CRT screen.
Ban the doggy paddle! It is a super effective mixing motion!
thatkid_2002 is also thatkid_2002@yahoo.com.au - the reason that my Slashdot account is the same is because DDevine seems to be taken.
I was actually already considering dumping my Yahoo account because the massive amount of spam that the filters miss. My main email hosted on Google Apps gets a lot of spam as well, but it goes straight into the spam bucket and not my inbox.
Yahoo is now wholly locked into the path of being an advertising company, so I am severing my ties with this company that has become nothing but another distraction on the web, instead of the central hub it used to be.
I know Google is an advertising company, but that's not my point
BRB, cancelling my Yahoo! account.
Yet another reason that I cannot take console gaming community seriously.