Calculus is virtually unused in computers. It was designed as a shorthand for a world that didn't have computers. What you need to be learning instead is Linear Algebra.
Linear algebra is mostly unused in computers, too. Computers are executing pre-computed formulas. What you really need to know is floating point analysis.
Some old Sun apps still don't work right in GNOME, you have to boot up CDE for them.
CDE is no more or less annoying than any other window manager if you go in and tweak it to do what you want.
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What about support for "eye-candy" type visual effects that can only be done with cairo-style rendering?
Back then it was too heavy on the graphics, but today's GPUs handle this stuff in stride, and the user interface is more responsive and more intuitive as a result.
Motif was modernized to use the new X font mechanism while maintaining compatibility.
There are other relatively minor steps that can be taken that will dramatically improve the visual experience.
The compelling advantage of this, is a code base that runs well on 30 MHz SPARC machines of 1993. Just imagine how snappy it would run on a Raspberry Pi.
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I know Motif has modern font support, but is there any roadmap for support of modern rendering? The look could be much more modern and stylish without breaking APIs...
Forgotten in all of this is that there is no actual value added for the user in all this.
When it's all said and done, from the user's point of view, it's a step backward in usability and utility without providing ANY extra security for the user's data.
Think about it: for an actual boot-sector virus to work, it have to break into your computer already. Well since it's already broken in, why does it need the boot sector? It can just break back in using the same mechanism it used in the first place. Secure boot gets you no extra security.
Notice that Windows had to mandate this, is there any clamor from the user base for computers that are more difficult to use?
tell that to all those people using android phones and nook e-readers
my nook tablet isn't fragmented, it's in one piece and it runs all kinds of android stuff just fine despite being a mongrel oddity with zero market share
ubuntu is way easier to install and set up than windows
the only reason windows is "easy" is because it's already installed when you bought the computer
by the way B&N Nook is not "android" however I can flash cyanogenmod onto it, and voila, android tablet. it runs netflix and google earth and all that other android goodness, but there was no "android" on the box.
the point is that you can use as much or as little of that infrastructure as they want to. you don't have to start from scratch, you don't have to slavishly copy, either.
for example you can do like amazon did with the kindle: you can take the android kernel and device drivers and nothing more. Or you can do like the nook and take more. Or you can go full monty with android branding. it's all good.
Good grief, man, a corporation can compile their entire own android stack from scratch and put quite precisely and exactly only the software that they want on the phone.
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Calculus is virtually unused in computers. It was designed as a shorthand for a world that didn't have computers. What you need to be learning instead is Linear Algebra.
Linear algebra is mostly unused in computers, too. Computers are executing pre-computed formulas. What you really need to know is floating point analysis.
I haven't seen any clear way to calculate say an integral using something like c++ or c#.
You are aware that there isn't a clear way to calculate integrals using pencil and paper either?
Never heard of google earth?
Never used a sundial?
I've yet to see calculus applied by any programming.
How does your laptop computer calculate remaining battery life?
How does your browser calculate remaining download time?
How does your tablet distinguish between gestures?
"I'm an experienced automobile driver and I don't think that pistons and piston rings exist, because I have never seen them."
That would be an improvement over both Gnome 3 and Windows 8
OSF1 is still a a money-making product for HP, they call it "Tru64" now.
It's still there in Solaris 10
Some old Sun apps still don't work right in GNOME, you have to boot up CDE for them.
CDE is no more or less annoying than any other window manager if you go in and tweak it to do what you want.
What about support for "eye-candy" type visual effects that can only be done with cairo-style rendering?
Back then it was too heavy on the graphics, but today's GPUs handle this stuff in stride, and the user interface is more responsive and more intuitive as a result.
Are these things even relevant anymore?
Motif was modernized to use the new X font mechanism while maintaining compatibility.
There are other relatively minor steps that can be taken that will dramatically improve the visual experience.
The compelling advantage of this, is a code base that runs well on 30 MHz SPARC machines of 1993. Just imagine how snappy it would run on a Raspberry Pi.
I know Motif has modern font support, but is there any roadmap for support of modern rendering? The look could be much more modern and stylish without breaking APIs...
You say "just" for things that require a second computer
Not so easy for the teenager who is mowing lawns and raking leaves to buy a computer to learn programming.
Now these kids are locked out of the Linux experience because they don't have the resources to "just do" the stuff you find so trivial.
Forgotten in all of this is that there is no actual value added for the user in all this.
When it's all said and done, from the user's point of view, it's a step backward in usability and utility without providing ANY extra security for the user's data.
Think about it: for an actual boot-sector virus to work, it have to break into your computer already. Well since it's already broken in, why does it need the boot sector? It can just break back in using the same mechanism it used in the first place. Secure boot gets you no extra security.
Notice that Windows had to mandate this, is there any clamor from the user base for computers that are more difficult to use?
Windows 8 gives the distinct impression that the desktop is just not so important to Microsoft any more
and yet they double down on their paranoia about competition on the desktop!
Really! They could care less about the desktop and they don't want anyone else to be there either! So weird.
Did you hear Oracle's latest pronouncement that they really don't care about x86 at all, they are much more interested in SPARC?
Maybe this is because they know that Microsoft is making it hard for Solaris to run on x86 also.
If they abandon the platform and move exclusively to SPARC then they don't have to worry about Microsoft any more.
We used to call them "general purpose computers"
We dropped the "general purpose" part at some point, because it seemed redundant at the time.
Now maybe we need to bring back this term.
These machines you are talking about are not "general purpose" computers at all.
It once again goes to show that the Microsoft slogan is "Where do you want to be taken today"
tell that to all those people using android phones and nook e-readers
my nook tablet isn't fragmented, it's in one piece and it runs all kinds of android stuff just fine despite being a mongrel oddity with zero market share
ubuntu is way easier to install and set up than windows
the only reason windows is "easy" is because it's already installed when you bought the computer
No, it's hard, which is why companies like RIM can do it.
by the way B&N Nook is not "android" however I can flash cyanogenmod onto it, and voila, android tablet. it runs netflix and google earth and all that other android goodness, but there was no "android" on the box.
HE was the one who started with the nitpicking, *I* was the one who made the original assertion, which was NOT invalidated, and STILL STANDS.
the point is that you can use as much or as little of that infrastructure as they want to. you don't have to start from scratch, you don't have to slavishly copy, either.
for example you can do like amazon did with the kindle: you can take the android kernel and device drivers and nothing more. Or you can do like the nook and take more. Or you can go full monty with android branding. it's all good.
No it's not easy, but having market share, brain trust, and a trusted brand name can sure make it a lot easier.
paper and ink lasts for centuries? It won't last the wash cycle in my jeans
who said anything about what it is called?
they can call it whatever they want to.
if they are trying to distinguish themselves from the rest of the crowd then they are probably better off NOT using the "andrioid" name.
Good grief, man, a corporation can compile their entire own android stack from scratch and put quite precisely and exactly only the software that they want on the phone.
You can't do that with Apple or Microsoft.
Then you should have been clear