A custom install of IE lets whoever do all sorts of stuff to your operating system. Sure, any install routine can do anything to your system, but once it's there, it's got all sorts of control over your computer via ActiveX. Here's an example... you're using your AOL-Customized IE, and decide to visit earlink.com. Hmmm... all of the word "the" on the page are replaced with "the stinkin'". Or, the page is otherwise mysteriously broken. This would be similar to where MSN's pages purposely appeared crappy when the user agent string from a browser contained the word "opera".
Sure, they could make their own browser do this sort of thing, but IE is so much easier.
To those of you with genuine suggestions, thanks, I'll give them a shot.
For the rest of you saw fit to insult me, call me an "end user", and etc., this is exactly the snobbish attitude that prevents anyone in the real world (i.e., holding real actual paying jobs in IT) from seriously considering Linux solutions. You really do open-source a discredit.
My point was that OpenOffice.org, for example, is a complete, nice installer. I didn't have to wait for my "distro" to prebundle it for me. I only wish other software came the same way. I do have an interest in using Evolution as an alternative to outlook, but having to download, build, install, etc., 6 bleeding packages is a turn-off.
This is what bugs me about installing Linux apps... the ASSLOAD of separate stuffs you have to download, configure, build/install. Why not just bundle everything up nicely? OpenOffice manages to do this.
BTW., anyone else notice that newegg.com has been dead for a few hours?
Chances are real good that whatever software they use; real software mind you, not just MS Office, is NOT available under Linux.
This is my main beef with the "just switch to Linux" fanatics. Every type of business has their own specialized software, most of which these days is built to run on Windows because 90+ percent of pc's out there run Windows. Very few software vendors have the resources to build parallel versions for different OSes.
Add this to the list of Dead Horse Movies - those that have been made plenty of times so STOP IT ALREADY!!! We don't care if these sparked your imagination as a child, and we don't want to see your version!!!!!
King Kong
Dracula
Frankenstein
War Of The Worlds
And probably a half dozen more I'll remember 1 minute after hitting the submit button below....
Nothing is free. If you slow down the wind with these turbines (energy lost when wind is converted to electricity), what effect with this have on the weather patterns?
This is all fine and good... but, has anyone come up with a nice, quick instruction list on how to switch between X.org and XFree86? I imagine I'm not the only one to suddenly have both after updating with swaret. I know about changing the X link from XFree68 to xorg, but there's got to be more to it than that.
Puhleez. The general consensus on all things relating to "privacy" and "rights" here on Slashdot seems to be that THEY'RE out to get us. The thing is, there is no THEY. THEY are US. There's not some big dark stockpile of evil people that are employed by all these "Rights-Denying-Evil-Governments-And/Or-Corporatio ns". The evil ticket counter lady? She's one of us. She's a neighbor, a girlfriend, a mom, a daughter, an aunt... The evil guy at the liquor store who cards you? He's someone's dad, uncle, neighbor. These folks want to do their job, collect their paycheck, go home and sit on their asses just like you. There is no Big Evil Plan. They have no interest in taking away your "rights". Even the Evil Cop who pulls you over has very little interest in locking you away forever, and quite possibly has better things to do than ensure that your "Guaranteed Total Anonymity In Public" is taken away.
You are NOT guaranteed total anonymity everywhere all the time. Why is this so freakin hard to understand?
Really, come on. If you're out in public, and you commit a crime, you have every right to be caught and punished. If you're not commiting crimes, you have nothing to worry about. This Big Brother paranoia is sickening.
Yep, I didn't have Mozilla. I do now, so maybe I'll try again. Sure, I could probably just download the damn ssl thing, but I'm tired of downloading crapheap upon crapheap upon crapheap to satisfy little "application" dependencies. This isn't win32... though I would imagine that a modern win32 installer would be kind enough to include required dll's and such.
I've been using Kopete for a while and enjoy it. On a lark, I tried Gaim recently, only to find that it won't work with MSN Messenger "out-of-the-box" because it requires installing some SSL thing. So, I said screw Gaim, and still use Kopete. Not that I'm in love with MSN Messenger, but that's what most of my non-geek relatives use.
Over the last 10 years, everyone's become accustomed to Windows. Everyone has Windows. Once everyone got Windows, they wouldn't use anything that didn't work on Windows. So, vendors began migrating everything to Windows. (I used to work for a software company and now work at a hospital). So now, all the vendor's software runs on Windows, and probably runs just fine... provided the Windows version remains the same as the one it was tested on, no patches are applied, and no other apps are installed onto the same machine. But, users are used to running everything they want on Windows. That, after all, is the point of Windows. Plus, Windows is way cheaper than other options. Not to mention training. So, we're stuck with Windows apps, and there's really no cheaper alternative out there. This would be fine and dandy, if the only problems with Windows were worms and viruses. But no, like regular windows, Windows breaks really, really easitly. Even the few vendors I've seen who have balls enough to release a Linux version of their software are tied to specific distributions, specific kernels, etc.
Honest, I'm thinking about getting a new cpu/motherboard. As many people are touting the cheapness and goodness of AMD vs Intel, I took a gander at newegg, so check prices on the Athlon FX 64, and I don't see any that are any cheaper than the Intel 2.8 ghz. Really, are they less expensive? What about motherboards? Is there a good, credible comparison out there between the AMD and Intel of similar power? Really, I'm curious.
I've got Slackware running good on my IBM Thinkpad T22, with a Cisco Aironet wireless card, and mini-PCI (3Com I believe), kernels 2.4.x and 2.6.x. It works like a champ. I've set up Quickswitch to easily use different network profiles and different XF86Configs at login (to use super-duper scrolling mouse). It's really as easy as a desktop. In fact, I'm using it now. For more detailed info: click here.
This is set up dual-booting Win2000, which I very rarely boot.
One thing I maintain is a database that combines and stores a lot of data from a few different places. This data needs to be combined and have various functions performed on it daily, and stored in a way that the client apps can access it in fairly organized, fast manner, to run reports, add additional data, etc. Stored procedures, triggers, and (ugh) DTS in Sql Server do this pretty well. It would be a lot less efficient to just store the data in its raw form in several tables and force the clients to compile the data as needed. This is especially true as some of the clients have pretty slow connections to our LAN (I believe 56k frame relay).
The answer to this question really varies, depending on what your resources and needs are. There are many variables. It shouldn't be looked at as a simple yes/no question.
I've been getting 503 errors on and off for maybe a week.
For whatever that's worth
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Many Linux distributions are installed as servers and require no GUI. Many aren't even hooked up to a monitor, much less a mouse. Cron jobs and other stuff can do shell stuff as whatever user you specify. Users can telnet/rlogin/ssh in and do stuff. The shell is very important in this regard. In fact, your pretty gui probably uses the shell way more than you're aware.
Indeed! I thought I was the only one to catch that.
The big question is, though, how much good music comes out of Canada anyway? Maybe the dentists will get mad and stop playing Gordon Lightfoot, Anne Murray, and... uh, Chilliwack, and opt for imported tunes?
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A custom install of IE lets whoever do all sorts of stuff to your operating system. Sure, any install routine can do anything to your system, but once it's there, it's got all sorts of control over your computer via ActiveX. Here's an example... you're using your AOL-Customized IE, and decide to visit earlink.com. Hmmm... all of the word "the" on the page are replaced with "the stinkin'". Or, the page is otherwise mysteriously broken. This would be similar to where MSN's pages purposely appeared crappy when the user agent string from a browser contained the word "opera".
Sure, they could make their own browser do this sort of thing, but IE is so much easier.
Here's something to try. Really, it works.
Some time when you're around someone from San Rafael, pronounce the Rafael as it should be pronounced: Raw-fie-ell.
They'll spin around really fast and correct your pronunciation: SAN RUH-FELL !!!!!
Really, it's amazing.
For the rest of you saw fit to insult me, call me an "end user", and etc., this is exactly the snobbish attitude that prevents anyone in the real world (i.e., holding real actual paying jobs in IT) from seriously considering Linux solutions. You really do open-source a discredit.
My point was that OpenOffice.org, for example, is a complete, nice installer. I didn't have to wait for my "distro" to prebundle it for me. I only wish other software came the same way. I do have an interest in using Evolution as an alternative to outlook, but having to download, build, install, etc., 6 bleeding packages is a turn-off.
This is what bugs me about installing Linux apps... the ASSLOAD of separate stuffs you have to download, configure, build/install. Why not just bundle everything up nicely? OpenOffice manages to do this.
BTW., anyone else notice that newegg.com has been dead for a few hours?
Chances are real good that whatever software they use; real software mind you, not just MS Office, is NOT available under Linux.
This is my main beef with the "just switch to Linux" fanatics. Every type of business has their own specialized software, most of which these days is built to run on Windows because 90+ percent of pc's out there run Windows. Very few software vendors have the resources to build parallel versions for different OSes.
And probably a half dozen more I'll remember 1 minute after hitting the submit button below....
to leave your stuff alone!
You are NOT guaranteed total anonymity everywhere all the time. Why is this so freakin hard to understand?
Really, come on. If you're out in public, and you commit a crime, you have every right to be caught and punished. If you're not commiting crimes, you have nothing to worry about. This Big Brother paranoia is sickening.
Yep, I didn't have Mozilla. I do now, so maybe I'll try again. Sure, I could probably just download the damn ssl thing, but I'm tired of downloading crapheap upon crapheap upon crapheap to satisfy little "application" dependencies. This isn't win32... though I would imagine that a modern win32 installer would be kind enough to include required dll's and such.
I've been using Kopete for a while and enjoy it. On a lark, I tried Gaim recently, only to find that it won't work with MSN Messenger "out-of-the-box" because it requires installing some SSL thing. So, I said screw Gaim, and still use Kopete. Not that I'm in love with MSN Messenger, but that's what most of my non-geek relatives use.
Over the last 10 years, everyone's become accustomed to Windows. Everyone has Windows. Once everyone got Windows, they wouldn't use anything that didn't work on Windows. So, vendors began migrating everything to Windows. (I used to work for a software company and now work at a hospital). So now, all the vendor's software runs on Windows, and probably runs just fine... provided the Windows version remains the same as the one it was tested on, no patches are applied, and no other apps are installed onto the same machine. But, users are used to running everything they want on Windows. That, after all, is the point of Windows. Plus, Windows is way cheaper than other options. Not to mention training. So, we're stuck with Windows apps, and there's really no cheaper alternative out there. This would be fine and dandy, if the only problems with Windows were worms and viruses. But no, like regular windows, Windows breaks really, really easitly.
Even the few vendors I've seen who have balls enough to release a Linux version of their software are tied to specific distributions, specific kernels, etc.
Honest, I'm thinking about getting a new cpu/motherboard. As many people are touting the cheapness and goodness of AMD vs Intel, I took a gander at newegg, so check prices on the Athlon FX 64, and I don't see any that are any cheaper than the Intel 2.8 ghz. Really, are they less expensive? What about motherboards? Is there a good, credible comparison out there between the AMD and Intel of similar power? Really, I'm curious.
I've got Slackware running good on my IBM Thinkpad T22, with a Cisco Aironet wireless card, and mini-PCI (3Com I believe), kernels 2.4.x and 2.6.x. It works like a champ. I've set up Quickswitch to easily use different network profiles and different XF86Configs at login (to use super-duper scrolling mouse). It's really as easy as a desktop. In fact, I'm using it now. For more detailed info: click here.
This is set up dual-booting Win2000, which I very rarely boot.
You can set up the defrag built into Windows to run during idle cpu time. Save a few bucks.
Macs cost a lot, that was the point. You have to buy an Apple computer to use Mac OSX.
One thing I maintain is a database that combines and stores a lot of data from a few different places. This data needs to be combined and have various functions performed on it daily, and stored in a way that the client apps can access it in fairly organized, fast manner, to run reports, add additional data, etc. Stored procedures, triggers, and (ugh) DTS in Sql Server do this pretty well. It would be a lot less efficient to just store the data in its raw form in several tables and force the clients to compile the data as needed. This is especially true as some of the clients have pretty slow connections to our LAN (I believe 56k frame relay).
The answer to this question really varies, depending on what your resources and needs are. There are many variables. It shouldn't be looked at as a simple yes/no question.
I've been getting 503 errors on and off for maybe a week.
For whatever that's worth
The big question is, though, how much good music comes out of Canada anyway? Maybe the dentists will get mad and stop playing Gordon Lightfoot, Anne Murray, and... uh, Chilliwack, and opt for imported tunes?
? Most I've known are too drunk to spell their names.