I have yet to find a linux distribution or any alternative operating system (besides BeOS and Mac OS X) that didn't run Gnome or KDE, had a functional desktop, and could run nicely under 256mb of ram. X and Firefox alone use ~100mb of ram on my machine AND i don't get an accelerated desktop. Looks like Windows has the desktop market in the bag with Apple looking for a piece. Linux is still the red-headed stepchild that has to eat in the basement. Not bashing, just laying the facts on the table.
I am sorry, your "facts" are miss laid. I can run fluxbox, firefox, and a transparent (puesdo) terminal, all in ~100 megs of memory. Yet, in windows, I am up to 250 just loading the OS. No I do not have anything loading in startup, or in the systray. Just my ATI drivers (which are bloated no argue, but which also load under linux using dri and glx). So I think before you start laying down your "facts" you should do some honest research. Opinions are fine, facts are something entirely different. Come back with some actual benchmarks.
I know, it's funny and so forth and so on. However, let me say, when I got married it was me cracking the whip on her to clean. She was so damn messy, it drove me crazy and getting her to clean was like pulling teeth. So be careful, sometimes those plans back fire.
Take to the streets my brothers and sisters. Revolt, we have waited too long. First the prizes in cereal boxes got more and more shitty as time went by, and now this. This is too much, they are taking away our happy meal toys, the last place to find solace in a toy/food combination. What will I play with whilst I gorge myself on barely edible food substances. Enough is enough, get the guns and take it to the streets, I will be there shortly.
I have been using Slackware since 7.0. In the mean time I have worked in places where I was told to use Red Hat, Suse, Mandrake, etc. In that time I have always found Slackware far easier to setup and keep runnng. No strange configuration tools, such as Yast, where if I change something in the file and then run Yast, it reverts all my changes. I am not a PHD and when I started using Slackware I was new to Linux. However in the time, I have learned more about the inner workings than any other distro could have taught me. As far as package tools, I can use RPM or TGZ's, how much more free and flexible could you ask for. My only gripe is the lack of Gnome in the more recent releases. Even with this, I am far too commited and happy to leave. Thank you Pat, you gave us a distro to be proud of.
How about cats??? Ever noticed how cats will scream loudly at each other, mere inches from each other? And most of the time, they just separate without ever so slightly slashing each other.
I have heard that cat's use the forced breath (blowing for lack of a better word), as part of thier "arguing". A better example would be the cat's trademark hiss. From what I have read/heard this has more to do with the air flow, then the noise.
See, the difference is that when liberals think they know what's best for someone, they don't force them to do it by law, even if they tell you it's bad for you.
That was the most out right lie I think I have ever heard on slashdot. Without getting in specifics, let me bring up one very oppressive law that has been backed by liberals, "smoking". The list goes on, what was the old saying "A liberal is someone who can understand anyone, except someone who doesn't to agree with them".
From the register article: We're still relieved that no one has yet exploited food as an advertising medium, but we suspect it's only a matter of time.
I considered something of that nature when I posted. However, first off, IMO, this is a pretty rare instance. Secondly, if someone is editing a confidential document, they should really be paying closer attention to detail. They could very well slip and press ctrl+v (or even alt+tab) and the same problem could be cited. I think this is an issue that needs to be incorporated into the office software, not the OS.
Perhaps I am biased because I use the middle-mouse button. One more point, this can be turned off.
Middle mouse paste just seems way too dangerous to me for the average user. Why not tie format to the middle mouse button while you're at it.
Maybe this is a mod blunder for not modding this funny. Are you kidding? Middle click past is dangerous? WTF are you smoking? Please give me a credible instance where middle click pasting could be dangerous. Pasting==format? I really hope this was a joke.
Any current Linux distro will connect via dial-up/DSL/cable in a matter of minutes
Some ISP's, like MSN, require you to "log-in" via a browser after certain time lengths. Some ISP's, like MSN, will only accept these "log-in's" via IE. You can not log in using Firefox.
I made the mistake once of going with MSN, because I had just moved to the area, and needed an ISP. So I took the first one available, and I learned my lesson.
I was just using my browser one day and suddenly I was greeted with a log in page. I couldn't get around it, I called MSN and they told me I had to have IE to log in. I told them I was using linux and they claimed to have never heard of it.
So yes, sadly some ISP's do not support Linux or other non-IE capable OS's.
You obviously have not seen Roger Corman's "Creature from the Haunted Sea". I was in tears from the mere awfulness of the movie. Not even funny, never wraps around to good cheesy, just awful the whole way through.
High school is one seriously fucked up place. When is this country going to realize that!!??
High School specifically squashes individual thought and behaviour. This country is very threatened by that behaviour in it's day to day operations. If everyone became comfortable with expressing thier own opinions, where would the fear and "blue laws" gain thier footing. The fact of the matter is that these ideas are what help shape this capitalist country we are living in. Fads keep the economy alive and fear of other's reactions keeps us in line. What makes you think that high schools are not doing EXACTLY what they are meant to be doing.
Ug... Job's touting dropping out will undoubtedly start a flurry of "ask.slashdot" questions similar to:
Your comment was funny, and well put. However, I am a Linux Sysadmin, with many tattoos (no piercings or long hair however). I can say that Job's had many of the right ideas. I dropped in on many college classes, because I didn't have the money either.
The result, is a very well rounded education. Also the ability to teach myself skills that are relevant to the work place. The key is really self-drive. If you REALLY want to learn, there is little stopping you. College is great from some. Myself, I honestly prefer a self-teaching method. It really comes down to your choice of learning.
So yes, there are many people out there that think they can avoid the work of college by dropping out and landing a "leet job", and there are at least a few that care enough to work even harder to teach themselves.
I look in the fridge for something to eat at least 5-8 times a day.
I pee at least twice, often times around 3 times a day.
I am not sure what this says about either of us, but my fridge and peeing are nearly direct opposite of that. Pee 5-8 times a day, easily, check the fridge, usually no more than 4 times a day. Interesting....
I'm Christian and I do not know of any other Christians who get angry over people suggesting the possibility of life elsewhere.
I am not christian, or any religion for that matter. However, I was raised christian and the way I was *raised* to believe, is that life on other planets is blasphemous. The reason being is that god had given humans the *divine spark*. Hence in most religious beliefs this seperates us from the animals and such. These beliefs are not mine, just the way I was brought up. Personally I long since left all those ideas for foolish. However, many christians do believe the above statement, and many don't.
Something I think that is really missing from our diet is plain and simple water. Just good old tap water. Two liters a day make a huge difference in my physical and mental condition.
For the longest time, I got my beverage fill from soda and coffee, then after *MUCH* insistance from my female counterpart (Wife, not Mom;) I started drinking water. I noticed a difference right away.
I swear I would rather chop off my left hand then program in Tcl ever again.
I have seen and faced the horrors of Perl/Tk and I would say the same of Tk. Perhaps it was a shoddy implentation, but I just think the whole language is bug ridden and crap. Perhaps a case of the workman blaming the tool, either way crappy tool, throw it out.
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>>Look, I'm as agnostic/athiest as the next guy, but c'mon, anti-religion nuts are just as crazy any annoying as religious nuts.
A zealot in any cloth is still a zealot, that's what this boils down to in the end.
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I have yet to find a linux distribution or any alternative operating system (besides BeOS and Mac OS X) that didn't run Gnome or KDE, had a functional desktop, and could run nicely under 256mb of ram. X and Firefox alone use ~100mb of ram on my machine AND i don't get an accelerated desktop. Looks like Windows has the desktop market in the bag with Apple looking for a piece. Linux is still the red-headed stepchild that has to eat in the basement. Not bashing, just laying the facts on the table.
I am sorry, your "facts" are miss laid. I can run fluxbox, firefox, and a transparent (puesdo) terminal, all in ~100 megs of memory. Yet, in windows, I am up to 250 just loading the OS. No I do not have anything loading in startup, or in the systray. Just my ATI drivers (which are bloated no argue, but which also load under linux using dri and glx). So I think before you start laying down your "facts" you should do some honest research. Opinions are fine, facts are something entirely different. Come back with some actual benchmarks.
I know, it's funny and so forth and so on. However, let me say, when I got married it was me cracking the whip on her to clean. She was so damn messy, it drove me crazy and getting her to clean was like pulling teeth. So be careful, sometimes those plans back fire.
Take to the streets my brothers and sisters. Revolt, we have waited too long. First the prizes in cereal boxes got more and more shitty as time went by, and now this. This is too much, they are taking away our happy meal toys, the last place to find solace in a toy/food combination. What will I play with whilst I gorge myself on barely edible food substances. Enough is enough, get the guns and take it to the streets, I will be there shortly.
I have been using Slackware since 7.0. In the mean time I have worked in places where I was told to use Red Hat, Suse, Mandrake, etc. In that time I have always found Slackware far easier to setup and keep runnng. No strange configuration tools, such as Yast, where if I change something in the file and then run Yast, it reverts all my changes. I am not a PHD and when I started using Slackware I was new to Linux. However in the time, I have learned more about the inner workings than any other distro could have taught me. As far as package tools, I can use RPM or TGZ's, how much more free and flexible could you ask for. My only gripe is the lack of Gnome in the more recent releases. Even with this, I am far too commited and happy to leave. Thank you Pat, you gave us a distro to be proud of.
How about cats??? Ever noticed how cats will scream loudly at each other, mere inches from each other? And most of the time, they just separate without ever so slightly slashing each other.
I have heard that cat's use the forced breath (blowing for lack of a better word), as part of thier "arguing". A better example would be the cat's trademark hiss. From what I have read/heard this has more to do with the air flow, then the noise.
Mom? Is that you? Since when did you have a Slashdot account???
Oh, if only I had mod points. Bravo. Good show old man. Bravo.
See, the difference is that when liberals think they know what's best for someone, they don't force them to do it by law, even if they tell you it's bad for you.
That was the most out right lie I think I have ever heard on slashdot. Without getting in specifics, let me bring up one very oppressive law that has been backed by liberals, "smoking". The list goes on, what was the old saying "A liberal is someone who can understand anyone, except someone who doesn't to agree with them".
We're still relieved that no one has yet exploited food as an advertising medium, but we suspect it's only a matter of time.
Sad to say they have
I considered something of that nature when I posted. However, first off, IMO, this is a pretty rare instance. Secondly, if someone is editing a confidential document, they should really be paying closer attention to detail. They could very well slip and press ctrl+v (or even alt+tab) and the same problem could be cited. I think this is an issue that needs to be incorporated into the office software, not the OS.
Perhaps I am biased because I use the middle-mouse button. One more point, this can be turned off.
Middle mouse paste just seems way too dangerous to me for the average user. Why not tie format to the middle mouse button while you're at it.
Maybe this is a mod blunder for not modding this funny. Are you kidding? Middle click past is dangerous? WTF are you smoking? Please give me a credible instance where middle click pasting could be dangerous. Pasting==format? I really hope this was a joke.
Any current Linux distro will connect via dial-up/DSL/cable in a matter of minutes
Some ISP's, like MSN, require you to "log-in" via a browser after certain time lengths. Some ISP's, like MSN, will only accept these "log-in's" via IE. You can not log in using Firefox.
I made the mistake once of going with MSN, because I had just moved to the area, and needed an ISP. So I took the first one available, and I learned my lesson.
I was just using my browser one day and suddenly I was greeted with a log in page. I couldn't get around it, I called MSN and they told me I had to have IE to log in. I told them I was using linux and they claimed to have never heard of it.
So yes, sadly some ISP's do not support Linux or other non-IE capable OS's.
You obviously have not seen Roger Corman's "Creature from the Haunted Sea". I was in tears from the mere awfulness of the movie. Not even funny, never wraps around to good cheesy, just awful the whole way through.
High school is one seriously fucked up place. When is this country going to realize that!!??
High School specifically squashes individual thought and behaviour. This country is very threatened by that behaviour in it's day to day operations. If everyone became comfortable with expressing thier own opinions, where would the fear and "blue laws" gain thier footing. The fact of the matter is that these ideas are what help shape this capitalist country we are living in. Fads keep the economy alive and fear of other's reactions keeps us in line. What makes you think that high schools are not doing EXACTLY what they are meant to be doing.
A strange green man lying in a swamp handing out Lightsabers is no basis for a system of Government.
Help!!Help!!! I'm being opressed..
monty python and star wars together at last. My life has found completion...on slashdot. Oh suicide is the only option. Good bye cruel mods...
Ug... Job's touting dropping out will undoubtedly start a flurry of "ask.slashdot" questions similar to:
Your comment was funny, and well put. However, I am a Linux Sysadmin, with many tattoos (no piercings or long hair however). I can say that Job's had many of the right ideas. I dropped in on many college classes, because I didn't have the money either.
The result, is a very well rounded education. Also the ability to teach myself skills that are relevant to the work place. The key is really self-drive. If you REALLY want to learn, there is little stopping you. College is great from some. Myself, I honestly prefer a self-teaching method. It really comes down to your choice of learning.
So yes, there are many people out there that think they can avoid the work of college by dropping out and landing a "leet job", and there are at least a few that care enough to work even harder to teach themselves.
I look in the fridge for something to eat at least 5-8 times a day.
I pee at least twice, often times around 3 times a day.
I am not sure what this says about either of us, but my fridge and peeing are nearly direct opposite of that. Pee 5-8 times a day, easily, check the fridge, usually no more than 4 times a day. Interesting....
I'm Christian and I do not know of any other Christians who get angry over people suggesting the possibility of life elsewhere.
I am not christian, or any religion for that matter. However, I was raised christian and the way I was *raised* to believe, is that life on other planets is blasphemous. The reason being is that god had given humans the *divine spark*. Hence in most religious beliefs this seperates us from the animals and such. These beliefs are not mine, just the way I was brought up. Personally I long since left all those ideas for foolish. However, many christians do believe the above statement, and many don't.
Something I think that is really missing from our diet is plain and simple water. Just good old tap water. Two liters a day make a huge difference in my physical and mental condition.
;) I started drinking water. I noticed a difference right away.
For the longest time, I got my beverage fill from soda and coffee, then after *MUCH* insistance from my female counterpart (Wife, not Mom
I know that Mod's don't read the article. However, I think they stopped reading the threads now too.
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Thanks for providing the link - I can't believe I've never been to to that site before!
In refrence to a link to
I don't know where you would get that idea!
I swear I would rather chop off my left hand then program in Tcl ever again.
I have seen and faced the horrors of Perl/Tk and I would say the same of Tk. Perhaps it was a shoddy implentation, but I just think the whole language is bug ridden and crap. Perhaps a case of the workman blaming the tool, either way crappy tool, throw it out.
During the movie, I fed turtle face a whole bag of peanuts.
Thank you Capt. Murphy, for making us want to live again.