I live near a communist country (china) and have seen what they do in tibet. Sorry, commniusm is inherntly evil Yes, even the way marx taught it. It calls for a dictatorship and assumes that when a utopia is established the people in power will just give it up. Also in a communist utopia, dissent is not looked kindly upon. Fascism doesnt vary far from it in many respects.
As for OSS being commnuist? I dont know, my argument had noting to do with oss. I was merely pointing out that nazis and communists have alot in common except it is OK in some circles to be a communist.
Also for the record, as along time minix then linux user, i decide to drop OSS completly and use OSX. Dont know about OSS but If you want to communism look at Mozilla they even emnbrace the symbols of the 'communism' you siad was not communism in your post.
umm communism and nazism have alot in common. they may hate each other but even marxists hate maoists.
Nazi is shot for German National Socialist Workers party. Also the tactics of intolerance, supression of other parties, one party state, personality cults and mass murder are very similar.
So, i suggest you pick up a good history book before making a comment like that.
communism==nazism?
hmm i wouldnt know... seems to me that the German national Socialist workers party has alot in common wih communism.. they dont like dissidents, slaughter millions build empires.. dont allow other parties to exist and build a state based around that single party and a personality cult around the dictator.. hmm... seems quite smiliar to me.
i know what you mean, but my point is , OSX already has most of the commercial apps running natively. why not just use that. I know there is plenty of FUD about apple being expensive, but take a look at their site or just goto Ebay. I got a decent G3 with everything but a monitor for $120.
an i say this in all seriousness.. why? why do you need this? seriously if you are going to use windows apps in emulation mode, either install windows or go for the better althernative OSX.
I switched to osx from linux 2 weeks ago, and it is wonderfult o be abel to use my linux apps under X11 while running word, ie and a bunch of commercial games. OSX is the best thing to use if you want unix and commercial app and game support.
Why emualate a third class OS when you have option of using it natively under *nix?
I had the same problem the other day.. just got my girld friend to switch to an ibook and also got a old G3 myself:)
we both used outlook. The way i got her mail over to eonturage was by copying it to imap folders.
now theonly problem is how to get the calendar data and contacts (using csv was a pain)
also anyone know a good way to sync a pocket pc:-p pocket mac isnt too good (and costs $$$) and synce isnt done yet. Sigh i guess it is missing sync then
you are kidding right? ive used linux since the early kernel days. before that i used minix on a 286.
ok do this try installing the mandrake gaim on the gaim site with mandrske 9.0 (not very old) you will see that the only thing you dont have to upgrade in glibc. everyting else is useless.
now try installing aim on versions of windows 9x,me,200,xp..
notice the difference. i serisouly dont want to upgrade and install obscure libraries for everything.
the situation has improved recently with standardixation in libraries esp in kde . 2 years ago you couldnt installa piece of code without having to install a million differnt libraries doing teh same things. One reason i ditched balsa as a mail client afew years back was that it needed a differnt version of gtkhtml than every other program on my computer (pan etc) thats plin wrong.
oh and try using libpng2 and libpng3 on the same computer.. or having divx5 and xvid... ugh
sorry if this reads like flamebait to some. It is not. I am not trolling. I wrote it after reading the article becasue what is said there is false. OSX is not on expensive hardware only and OSX is the same cost as the Ximian connector. (academic) for k-8 schools IIRC it is free.
My point is Dont dismiss OSX if you havent bothered using it. When you do, you realise what Linux should have been like.
With all due respect, I strongly disagree with what he says about OSX. I say this because it justy so happens i switched to OSX yesterday. Ive used Linux for years and used gnome, window maker and finallys ettled with kde 3.1. It was so annoying doing all of thw software updates all the time (new GLibc, new libpng, new qt aaagh!) that i swallowed my pride and looked into OSX.
guess what? I got a G3 266 mhz 256 mb ram 4 gig hdd for $100 off ebay. hook that to my vga monitor with an adapter ($10) and get jaguar wt my univ store for $69 and i have spent $180 on a new OSX desktop and $20 for teh shipping total $200.
One day, just one day and i have no desire to even use linux on my desktop anymore. The consitency of the interface, commercial softweare support (Office, explorer etc) and the ability to use X and all my favorite linux apps with fink. And bet of all no RPM hell, no new library or dependecy almost everyday.
What really pissed me off was when the new version of some software that is 2megs or so (say gaim) requires a new perl , gtk, glibc and X windows! sheesh. it was so hard to keep the same desktop (mandrak 9.0 in my case) since the stuff would be outdates so quickly. Even if iam a CS major.. i dont like constaly updatiung my OS for every new app and no i dont want to compile everything
That is why i switched and that is thereality of using linux . The biggest reson why people will still use windows --linux is fucking hard to use and maintain on the desktop.
i think this is prevealent in other laguales if not all other aspects of computing.
the fact is most people take one method to be faster than another without ondertanding the reason behind it. how often do people look at the number of sys calls or O() of a funstion they use. Simply put if you dont have some sort of theoritical backing to you claim that one method id faster than another, it cant bebelieved.
Given XP came out in 2002, this is probably the biggest gap between releases of windows since win 3.1.1 and win 95.. It will be interesting to see if this is infact as big a jump from win xp as win 95 was.
given that the labels are starting to play smart like the apple music service, i dont see this as lasting very long.
expect a court to squash this decision soon.
face it people, the best justification for free mp3 sharing was that there was no alternative. people said they would pay if they could.. if it was reasonable.. well no it is and you can.
I expect the MPAA and RIAA to win this one
Not having viruses is one of the upsides of Linux. Why do you sell a virus scanner for linux. Shouldn't you be presenting the lack of viruses as one of the reasons to switch?
In you opinion, is the future of the linux Desktop based on KDE or Gnome? Any reason why Lindows chose KDE? What improvements in KDE would you like to see?
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I live near a communist country (china) and have seen what they do in tibet. Sorry, commniusm is inherntly evil Yes, even the way marx taught it. It calls for a dictatorship and assumes that when a utopia is established the people in power will just give it up. Also in a communist utopia, dissent is not looked kindly upon. Fascism doesnt vary far from it in many respects.
As for OSS being commnuist? I dont know, my argument had noting to do with oss. I was merely pointing out that nazis and communists have alot in common except it is OK in some circles to be a communist.
Also for the record, as along time minix then linux user, i decide to drop OSS completly and use OSX. Dont know about OSS but If you want to communism look at Mozilla they even emnbrace the symbols of the 'communism' you siad was not communism in your post.
umm communism and nazism have alot in common. they may hate each other but even marxists hate maoists.
Nazi is shot for German National Socialist Workers party. Also the tactics of intolerance, supression of other parties, one party state, personality cults and mass murder are very similar.
So, i suggest you pick up a good history book before making a comment like that.
communism==nazism?
hmm i wouldnt know... seems to me that the German national Socialist workers party has alot in common wih communism.. they dont like dissidents, slaughter millions build empires.. dont allow other parties to exist and build a state based around that single party and a personality cult around the dictator.. hmm... seems quite smiliar to me.
they will have an OSX skin. i supose you could also use another skin if you like. so in the end, yes it will look like any other native app
umm.. safari is free...i didntpay for it. Im not sure i know anyone who has
full speed pr high speed.... damn lameness filter. ugh.. killing time.....
i know what you mean, but my point is , OSX already has most of the commercial apps running natively. why not just use that. I know there is plenty of FUD about apple being expensive, but take a look at their site or just goto Ebay. I got a decent G3 with everything but a monitor for $120.
an i say this in all seriousness.. why? why do you need this? seriously if you are going to use windows apps in emulation mode, either install windows or go for the better althernative OSX.
I switched to osx from linux 2 weeks ago, and it is wonderfult o be abel to use my linux apps under X11 while running word, ie and a bunch of commercial games. OSX is the best thing to use if you want unix and commercial app and game support.
Why emualate a third class OS when you have option of using it natively under *nix?
Price willian accused of seppedingm .driving.ap/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/06/15/willia
I had the same problem the other day .. just got my girld friend to switch to an ibook and also got a old G3 myself :)
:-p pocket mac isnt too good (and costs $$$) and synce isnt done yet. Sigh i guess it is missing sync then
we both used outlook. The way i got her mail over to eonturage was by copying it to imap folders.
now theonly problem is how to get the calendar data and contacts (using csv was a pain)
also anyone know a good way to sync a pocket pc
heh you do realide most linux apps work on osx with X11 just fine.
you are kidding right? ive used linux since the early kernel days. before that i used minix on a 286.
... ugh
ok do this try installing the mandrake gaim on the gaim site with mandrske 9.0 (not very old)
you will see that the only thing you dont have to upgrade in glibc. everyting else is useless.
now try installing aim on versions of windows 9x,me,200,xp..
notice the difference. i serisouly dont want to upgrade and install obscure libraries for everything.
the situation has improved recently with standardixation in libraries esp in kde . 2 years ago you couldnt installa piece of code without having to install a million differnt libraries doing teh same things. One reason i ditched balsa as a mail client afew years back was that it needed a differnt version of gtkhtml than every other program on my computer (pan etc) thats plin wrong.
oh and try using libpng2 and libpng3 on the same computer.. or having divx5 and xvid
sorry if this reads like flamebait to some. It is not. I am not trolling. I wrote it after reading the article becasue what is said there is false. OSX is not on expensive hardware only and OSX is the same cost as the Ximian connector. (academic) for k-8 schools IIRC it is free.
My point is Dont dismiss OSX if you havent bothered using it. When you do, you realise what Linux should have been like.
With all due respect, I strongly disagree with what he says about OSX. I say this because it justy so happens i switched to OSX yesterday. Ive used Linux for years and used gnome, window maker and finallys ettled with kde 3.1. It was so annoying doing all of thw software updates all the time (new GLibc, new libpng, new qt aaagh!) that i swallowed my pride and looked into OSX.
guess what? I got a G3 266 mhz 256 mb ram 4 gig hdd for $100 off ebay. hook that to my vga monitor with an adapter ($10) and get jaguar wt my univ store for $69 and i have spent $180 on a new OSX desktop and $20 for teh shipping total $200.
One day, just one day and i have no desire to even use linux on my desktop anymore. The consitency of the interface, commercial softweare support (Office, explorer etc) and the ability to use X and all my favorite linux apps with fink. And bet of all no RPM hell, no new library or dependecy almost everyday.
What really pissed me off was when the new version of some software that is 2megs or so (say gaim) requires a new perl , gtk, glibc and X windows! sheesh. it was so hard to keep the same desktop (mandrak 9.0 in my case) since the stuff would be outdates so quickly. Even if iam a CS major.. i dont like constaly updatiung my OS for every new app and no i dont want to compile everything
That is why i switched and that is thereality of using linux . The biggest reson why people will still use windows --linux is fucking hard to use and maintain on the desktop.
where the diver gets a blue screen on one of those :-p
i think this is prevealent in other laguales if not all other aspects of computing.
the fact is most people take one method to be faster than another without ondertanding the reason behind it. how often do people look at the number of sys calls or O() of a funstion they use. Simply put if you dont have some sort of theoritical backing to you claim that one method id faster than another, it cant bebelieved.
that a ceratin scene in zion where lots of skin is shown along with partying was completely uncessary and detrcted form the theme of the movie?
hmm what is this about emacs? isnty it GNU/emacs?
Given XP came out in 2002, ..
this is probably the biggest gap between releases of windows since win 3.1.1 and win 95
It will be interesting to see if this is infact as big a jump from win xp as win 95 was.
"cooperative effort between GNOME and KDE"...
one worrd for you RMS
given that the labels are starting to play smart like the apple music service, i dont see this as lasting very long. expect a court to squash this decision soon.
face it people, the best justification for free mp3 sharing was that there was no alternative. people said they would pay if they could.. if it was reasonable.. well no it is and you can.
I expect the MPAA and RIAA to win this one
Not having viruses is one of the upsides of Linux. Why do you sell a virus scanner for linux. Shouldn't you be presenting the lack of viruses as one of the reasons to switch?
In you opinion, is the future of the linux Desktop based on KDE or Gnome? Any reason why Lindows chose KDE? What improvements in KDE would you like to see?
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