It's OK, but I need to reconfigure something. Annoyingly, there's light blue on white text for my comment box (due to my KDE theme I assume), plus it still doesn't render completely right in opera. Other than those annoyances, looks like it could be quite useful.
The major problem — one of the major problems, for there are several — one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them.
To summarize: it is a well known fact, that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem.
Modded troll, but I'm undoing that to address your points.
1% is a factoid. No matter how many times you windows fans repeat it it won't continue to be true. Most estimates by major companies (MS, Apple, etc.) place it at around 3-7%. As for apps and ease of use- you might not have the big windows apps (but wine's getting better all the time), but you've got plenty of professional grade software- linux is widely used in the content creation market. As for ease of use, (though I personally dislike it due to bloat) ubuntu has got to be the easiest operating system I've ever used, by far. I could hand a live disc to just about anyone and have them setup a working system inside an hour.
I've personally never had bad experiences with drivers or even backwards compatibility on any linux builds, but that's just my experience.
In my opinion, the reason for the failure of Linux to become mainstream on the desktop is two fold, and closely related to windows' dominance. The simple fact of the matter is that most people don't care or know enough to install a new operating system on their computers; windows is preinstalled on all *mainstream* OEM desktops I know of, and has been for a very long time. Windows had almost a complete monopoly while computers were *really* becoming more... public, e.g. late 90's early '00s. Because of that, most people using computers today know only Windows, or know windows best. Put yourself in the position of someone with that level of computer knowledge- you buy a netbook, and find almost everything you know to be useless in a strange and unfamiliar environment. You haven't done anything to the computer, so you return it for a windows netbook (especially since microsoft felt threatened and started selling OEM Licenses for 10$/unit). Pretty soon, the manufactures catch on, and you don't have many Linux netbooks around anymore. Also, despite your assertions, microsoft is still pressuring OEMs to keep linux away from preinstalls, since a certain portion of users will not return those netbooks, and find they enjoy working with Linux. Plus there's bloatware subsidizing to make windows machines "cheaper".
Pfft, the Dell Linux battle was lost years ago. A few uberoutdated machines running hardy or jaunty? No thank you. If you want preinstalled linux, go system76.
As for your last paragraph, again, I've not have backwards compatibility problems, so I can't really respond.
Basically in conclusion, yes windows has a huge portion of desktop users. Yes it has its merits. Yes Linux is in the Minority, and we have some hurtles to overcome. I can't tell if you're trolling, but it sounds like it's been a few years since you've tried linux, you had a bad experience and it put you off. I've used linux exclusively for years, and I have never had a problem I couldn't overcome.
You don't want to or can't use linux? Awesome! more for me!
not necessarily. IIRC, it'll get antibodies from the surrogate elephant mother during gestation, which'll get it through until it manages to produce its own.
I am going to die on Earth, my dream of going to space unfulfilled.
If you mean going to mars, yeah that's probably not going to be practical for quite a while. But in 20 years, a sub-orbital ticket should be within the price range of someone who's saved for it a while, maybe even an orbital ticket. Unless you mean live in space.
"For years radios had been operated by means of pressing buttons and turning dials; then as the technology became more sophisticated the controls were made touch-sensitive — you merely had to brush the panels with your fingers; now all you had to do was wave your hand in the general direction of the components and hope. It saved a lot of muscular expenditure of course, but meant that you had to sit infuriatingly still if you wanted to keep listening to the same program."
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yeah, just the one with two bars to adjust.
It's OK, but I need to reconfigure something. Annoyingly, there's light blue on white text for my comment box (due to my KDE theme I assume), plus it still doesn't render completely right in opera. Other than those annoyances, looks like it could be quite useful.
The white rabbi?
Here's my favorite LCD keyboard, screen under each key: http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/keyboards-mice/9836/
heh, a debian user. You should compile by hand, without a compiler, as men once did!
The major problem — one of the major problems, for there are several — one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them. To summarize: it is a well known fact, that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem.
d'oh! last paragraph should be used linux.
Modded troll, but I'm undoing that to address your points.
1% is a factoid. No matter how many times you windows fans repeat it it won't continue to be true. Most estimates by major companies (MS, Apple, etc.) place it at around 3-7%. As for apps and ease of use- you might not have the big windows apps (but wine's getting better all the time), but you've got plenty of professional grade software- linux is widely used in the content creation market. As for ease of use, (though I personally dislike it due to bloat) ubuntu has got to be the easiest operating system I've ever used, by far. I could hand a live disc to just about anyone and have them setup a working system inside an hour.
I've personally never had bad experiences with drivers or even backwards compatibility on any linux builds, but that's just my experience.
In my opinion, the reason for the failure of Linux to become mainstream on the desktop is two fold, and closely related to windows' dominance. The simple fact of the matter is that most people don't care or know enough to install a new operating system on their computers; windows is preinstalled on all *mainstream* OEM desktops I know of, and has been for a very long time. Windows had almost a complete monopoly while computers were *really* becoming more... public, e.g. late 90's early '00s. Because of that, most people using computers today know only Windows, or know windows best. Put yourself in the position of someone with that level of computer knowledge- you buy a netbook, and find almost everything you know to be useless in a strange and unfamiliar environment. You haven't done anything to the computer, so you return it for a windows netbook (especially since microsoft felt threatened and started selling OEM Licenses for 10$/unit). Pretty soon, the manufactures catch on, and you don't have many Linux netbooks around anymore. Also, despite your assertions, microsoft is still pressuring OEMs to keep linux away from preinstalls, since a certain portion of users will not return those netbooks, and find they enjoy working with Linux. Plus there's bloatware subsidizing to make windows machines "cheaper".
Pfft, the Dell Linux battle was lost years ago. A few uberoutdated machines running hardy or jaunty? No thank you. If you want preinstalled linux, go system76.
As for your last paragraph, again, I've not have backwards compatibility problems, so I can't really respond.
Basically in conclusion, yes windows has a huge portion of desktop users. Yes it has its merits. Yes Linux is in the Minority, and we have some hurtles to overcome. I can't tell if you're trolling, but it sounds like it's been a few years since you've tried linux, you had a bad experience and it put you off. I've used linux exclusively for years, and I have never had a problem I couldn't overcome.
You don't want to or can't use linux? Awesome! more for me!
What if they swap in some of the wrong DNA and these things end up the size of gerbils?
that just made me think of this xkcd: http://xkcd.com/758/
not necessarily. IIRC, it'll get antibodies from the surrogate elephant mother during gestation, which'll get it through until it manages to produce its own.
Libertarians aren't even on the map, they are a tiny fringe group of utter wingnuts more divorced from reality than even the teabaggers.
Divorced from reality? Sorry to be so blunt but why exactly do you think that?
yeah, uncyclopedia FTW!
It's a stab at censorship, and "both" sides so to speak. You assume much.
Leela: Bender! We can't eat dolphins, they're intelligent!
Bender: Not this one, he blew all his money on instant lotto tickets.
Leela: Oh. Pass the blowhole please.
continuation of the hitchhiker's quote. Woosh.
I am going to die on Earth, my dream of going to space unfulfilled.
If you mean going to mars, yeah that's probably not going to be practical for quite a while. But in 20 years, a sub-orbital ticket should be within the price range of someone who's saved for it a while, maybe even an orbital ticket. Unless you mean live in space.
"Quick, hand me the african american pen!"
dear lord I hope you're sarcastic!
and advertising.
hey look, I pissed off some windows 7 fanboys.
"For years radios had been operated by means of pressing buttons and turning dials; then as the technology became more sophisticated the controls were made touch-sensitive — you merely had to brush the panels with your fingers; now all you had to do was wave your hand in the general direction of the components and hope. It saved a lot of muscular expenditure of course, but meant that you had to sit infuriatingly still if you wanted to keep listening to the same program."
It's hard to think how Microsoft can make the next Windows better from Windows 7.
Easy: replace their kernel with the linux kernel.
You say that as if most citizens support this kind of shit. Just FYI, we have a rogue government.
Except to gain access to the GPU....
You mean those party line voters? I hope so...