Stallman gave this speech, as all his speeches, from a secret underground cave bunker on the moon, the only place he's convinced no one can get him. His fears of advancement in space travel however have now caused him to announce his future plans to move his home to a commonly used metaphor, in the hopes that living inside an actual metaphor will present even more security.
Actually, we have some really big radio telescopes pointing in that direction.
If it was Microsoft that could have been feasible. But I really don't see Apple making ARM laptops. They don't want confusion and x86 MacBooks and ARM iPads seams to have good distinction.
Not only that but "securing" a wireless network doesn't actually guarantee that it is secure. Wireless network security has been cracked over and over, and even if it is "secure" the user has chosen a bad pass phrase.
I hope that it doesn't stop at just Linux support. I'm actually OK with there being proprietary drivers as long as documentation is available so that we can build open drivers as well. In an ideal world all drivers are open.
Yes he did a lot of things, but personally I've always been much more interested in what he did at NeXT. In some ways, after his return to Apple I would say that the old Apple died and was replaced by a rebranded NeXT.
It's from the late 80's and describe the process used to build the logic board in a NeXT workstation. From what I understand this is something that involved Steve Jobs much more than for example iPod. After he returned to Apple the number of people around him increased so much that it's not really that simple to say that he made the MP3 player mainstream. His team did that, and he was a big part of it but very little of what he did at Apple was something that came entirely from him.
True, but the point was that I remember a time when the luxury of even having access to decent graphics on Linux was a privilege. Nvidia doesn't have to support Linux more than any other vendor. Complaining about Nvidia not being "more open" is I think even a bit disrespectful.
Nvidia provides a driver on Linux and FreeBSD, which they don't have to do. I'm sure they would do just fine financially by only supporting Microsoft Windows and perhaps Mac OS X.
As a Linux user I'm happy that I can buy a modern powerful graphics card and use it on Linux. I would of course appreciate it if their driver were open source and we had proper documentation.
The fact that we don't doesn't mean that Nvidia is unfriendly toward open source, just that they are not as friendly as they could be.
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Stallman gave this speech, as all his speeches, from a secret underground cave bunker on the moon, the only place he's convinced no one can get him. His fears of advancement in space travel however have now caused him to announce his future plans to move his home to a commonly used metaphor, in the hopes that living inside an actual metaphor will present even more security.
Actually, we have some really big radio telescopes pointing in that direction.
Of course, since you can now run vi in emacs then emacs is not just an operating system but can also be used as an editor.
I think you're right.
But, that's what people said about Apple making phones.
If it was Microsoft that could have been feasible. But I really don't see Apple making ARM laptops. They don't want confusion and x86 MacBooks and ARM iPads seams to have good distinction.
Not only that but "securing" a wireless network doesn't actually guarantee that it is secure. Wireless network security has been cracked over and over, and even if it is "secure" the user has chosen a bad pass phrase.
I hope that it doesn't stop at just Linux support. I'm actually OK with there being proprietary drivers as long as documentation is available so that we can build open drivers as well. In an ideal world all drivers are open.
Why not just make smoking illegal? The policy seams to be that it is bad and that should not do it, so maybe it should be enforced.
Yes he did a lot of things, but personally I've always been much more interested in what he did at NeXT. In some ways, after his return to Apple I would say that the old Apple died and was replaced by a rebranded NeXT.
This for example is pure gold to watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb7foG1rtlA
It's from the late 80's and describe the process used to build the logic board in a NeXT workstation. From what I understand this is something that involved Steve Jobs much more than for example iPod. After he returned to Apple the number of people around him increased so much that it's not really that simple to say that he made the MP3 player mainstream. His team did that, and he was a big part of it but very little of what he did at Apple was something that came entirely from him.
Nothing.
And flame wars!
Since Steve Jobs has been in the headlines every freaking day since he died, I would never have guess it happened a whole year ago.
Maybe your should stop reading MacWorld then?
1. RedHat Linux 8.0
2. Debian 3.0, 3.1, 4.0
3. Ubuntu 8.04, 8.10
4. Debian 5.0, 6.0
5. FreeBSD 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
Gaming isn't made for one handers, srry.
This guy does a fairly good job with just one thumb.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BhHwk9qSvI
True, but the point was that I remember a time when the luxury of even having access to decent graphics on Linux was a privilege. Nvidia doesn't have to support Linux more than any other vendor. Complaining about Nvidia not being "more open" is I think even a bit disrespectful.
That is true.
Nvidia provides a driver on Linux and FreeBSD, which they don't have to do. I'm sure they would do just fine financially by only supporting Microsoft Windows and perhaps Mac OS X.
As a Linux user I'm happy that I can buy a modern powerful graphics card and use it on Linux.
I would of course appreciate it if their driver were open source and we had proper documentation.
The fact that we don't doesn't mean that Nvidia is unfriendly toward open source, just that they are not as friendly as they could be.
Sure, but you have the choice of not accepting the engine.
Maybe I just don't understand, but it sort of feels like complaining about a free lunch.
But isn't it at least good of them to provide a driver in the first place?
I know, that's why I said 'most'.
Most of their customers will grumble about it, and guess what? They'll still buy the next iPhone. Apple's marketing really helps them here.
And unlike most Android phones even as old as three year old iPhones get the update.
This will make 2013 the year of the linux desktop for sure!
Fairly sure it's not because of the trial.
There's a lot of factors to consider.
The distribution is not the problem.
The problem is not frying the human that stepped into the power field.
Maybe they can compete on quality.
Java 6 has always been and is still supported by Apple.
For Java 7 you just have to get it from Oracle.
Given what Samsung did to them it's understandable that they want to take Samsung out of business.
It's a good thing that Apple does this.