I like my file manager as a file manger, my browser as a browser.
Then use Konqueror. That's what it is.
If you do a 'ps |grep konq', you can see that it is actually totally different processes and programs running when you're using it as a file manager and as a browser. KDE uses the Unix philosophy of "small applications that can be chained". Konqueror is like the tty - it provides a framework for output. That's why you can run KOffice apps directly inside Konqueror or view images, or edit using kvim, etc.
FTP support ina file manager isn't a bad idea though, as long as you use your file manager for managing files
Konqueror doesn't have FTP support - KDE does. Again, "small applications that are chained". kio slaves such as kio_file, kio_ftp, and others that access digital cameras, printers, audio cds (presenting virtual wav, ogg and mp3 directories named from freedb), and many others allow every application to treat any protocol as a local disk. You can fire up ANY app and open a file on a remote system, hit save and it saves out to that system. There is no need for an 'ftp' program, because every KDE app supports ftp (and sftp and digital cameras and...) natively.
Small applications, easy chaining.
Run KDE, and then, from the commandline, run 'dcop'. You can even bash script KDE apps. Or use perl... or python... or anything else you want.
I don't know - is it called Highskool in German? Since that's where all the names come from - and they are spelled correctly with no extra 'k's inserted.
People make fun of names like Konsole, unaware that that is the correct spelling... in Germany, which is where the app was originally written. Several of the apps that originate in English speaking countries have a 'K' sound but do not start with a gratuitous 'K' (like Quanta), or they add a K- prefix (KPDF, kPlayer) the same way Microsoft adds a MS prefix (MS Office, MS Money, etc) or Apple adds an i or Power prefix (iBook, PowerBook, iMac, PowerMac). Very few app names are mangled with an extra K where a C should be.
...and if you want a different editor, you assign the editor to a different kpart, say... kvim... and then you use a GUI vi everywhere you would normally see the KDE standard editor.
The reason that there are no really bad security holes (that have been found, at any rate) and what makes it difficult to make them is exactly this. A kio_http kio slave and KHTML part linked together is insecure, and that's known. A kio_file kio slave can be more trusted. The source and interface is intelligent about how they operate. It's not foolproof, but it does make it more difficult to screw up.
(as I don't believe SUSE tech support was open late at night or would cover getting nVidia 3d working (BTW - what legalities in distroing it...??? I paid SUSE, can't they license it from nVidia or something?)).
Uhhh... yes they are, yes they do, and yes they have. The instructions are right in the book. And presented to you on screen, highlighted in red, the first time you do a system update. Or you can call in and they will tell you how. Even late.
You're saying that their tech support is horrible without calling them. That's like saying a pizza place is terrible without bothering to walk in the door, let alone even trying their pizza. I'd imagine ANYbody's tech support is horrible - if you don't call them!!
I would imagine that they demo it on a hotdog because there *is* a shallow cut that occurs before it cuts off and potential customers and manufacturing clients are generally turned off by any video that features an actual bleeding wound.
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If it is an advertisement masked as an article, then every review of hardware is an advertisement masked as an article.
Or is it possible that some people use Linux because they like Unix? I was using BSDi and Coherent before that. I've bought hundreds of dollars worth of commercial Linux software over the years, and been very happy with it.
Many of the things that people have bitched about being "not available for Linux" have just not been available _free_ for Linux. Over time, there have been FOSS projects to replace those to the point that the only commercial software I run nowadays are developer and database tools.
When was there ever a Superman for a different culture? Presumably Japan, since you said "manga".
Pat Lee and others have done Superman in the art style of Japanese print manga, but that was in english for American audiences. Was there an actual Superman created for Japanese audiences?
I am in support of the halt, and I hate spyware. Why? Because the court *should* put a halt on a new law when essential liberties are questioned. In this situation, I believe the case has no merit, but until examined, it is far better to suspend new legislation until the legitimate complaints about core freedoms have been addressed.
Imagine that the DMCA or USPA had been questioned like this and suspended pending judicial review. Mr. Balance, here is your check.
Several hours ago I wrote this. It is somewhat approprite, and certainly states my opinion on your post... pretty compatable with yours. I am of the opinion that NASA should have been completely privatized (i.e., told to "earn your keep or close up") or taken over by the Air Force a couple decades ago. Right after the Shuttle design by committee fiasco.
It is things like the Wright Brother's bike shop that the DMCA, bad patent law, kneejerk lawsuits and the USPA threaten. The first two are obvious, the third shuts down anything remotely risky (and the flight this morning is a prime example of a worthwhile risky endevour), and the last questions the need of an individual to play with explosives, hazardous chemicals and other things that led to Edison and Tesla.
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Last night a friend left a LiveJournal phone post that I-80 was backed up. It caused a person to change their route (Sacramento I-5 to Stockton, across to the Bay). It'll be interesting when somebody makes a Google for phone posted "just in time" information.
People have always starved. They always will. The house will never be in order. I agree that the human race should be considered and that they should share in the profits of colonialism; as the United States was a colony, so shall be the La Granges, the Moon, Mars and elsewhere. And humanity will starve there just as they do on Earth. And they will thrive there just as they do on Earth. And they will live, love, hate, fight, murder, have children, write songs, be heartbroken, be inspired and will participate in the sublime experience of humanity.
Stealing the stars from our future does not feed the world. But it does starve countless worlds.
Off the top of my head I seem to recall that at a.1G acceleration, it's seven hours. It's 3 days if you don't have any fuel and basically drift the entire way (a la Apollo). A real presence in space means gas stations, something the Apollo project didn't have. They basically drove real fast to the base of the hill, threw it into neutral, shut off the engine and coasted up, over the top and down the hill and then started the engine and did reverse to slow down.
A.1G acceleration is pretty light on fuel (relatively speaking - right now we do the cheapest method no matter what), and it gets us there pretty quickly.
I may be off by a neat order of magnitude one way or another, as I'm pulling remembered figures, but I think they are right.
Considering he has a reputation for breaking aeronautical records, and now aerospace records, it's plausable. I'd seen loads of pictures, but I never realized how *small* Spaceship One is... roughly (very roughly) comparable to the large white passenger van parked near the two ships during the taxi to the runway. This is certainly his "proof of concept", possibly simply aimed at getting investors toward a much more practical (read: Profit!!!) craft.
If NASA has been putting out steam rail engines, this is the first car, a precursor to the Model T of space. When the design is a couple iterations down the line, it will be ready for mass production.
Freeways in the sky and weekend jaunts to the Moon are a matter of time, technology and will. The simple act of just *showing* that it can be done provides the critical and hard to get last part of that triad.
The FAA is presenting them to him on Wednesday... it's a certificate, according to the (semi-knowledgable) MSNBC on-site guy.
The quality of the anchors was a notch above filming cottage cheese. They clearly did not understand what was going on, why it was important, and they thought they made $10 million when they touched down and that it was all about science. They treated it like a NASA launch, expecting it to be months until the next one, and there to be a bunch of ill-explained science as a rationale for the launch.
I'd like to say it again:
The United States now has a certified and *operational* civilian space port. Holy frick.
Yep. There was discussion and the 'Kool' part was dropped prior to version 1.0. That was a long time ago. Have you been putting the cover sheets on the TPS reports? If not, I'll get you a copy of both memos and drop them off on your desk later, m'kay? That's greeeat.
That's why I listed RMS. libc (or glibc) semi-overlaps the whole fuzzy area that SCO claims is theirs. I'm really hoping that somebody inside SCO is hanging on just so they can publish a "Soul of a New Machine" style book about how much of what is going on is actually believed within SCO and how much is acknowledged (even if never verbalized) to be utter fiction.
Of course you are correct... in my defense, if you type Ritchie, you almost always follow it up with Kernighan (or visa versa). I mention Ritchie because he was involved in the early days and did step forward with a statement.
I agree that it sucks. However, sucking is a good way to get the ball rolling. There have been several libre implementations "in development" for years now. This is 0.1 of a moving "standard". They admit it is in alpha. The first several thousand accounts will be subject to abuse... and if it gets moving and adopted, it will get tighter and better over time.
A bad implementation that exists is always better than a perfect implementation that is perpetually on paper.
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I'm so there.
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Then use Konqueror. That's what it is.
If you do a 'ps |grep konq', you can see that it is actually totally different processes and programs running when you're using it as a file manager and as a browser. KDE uses the Unix philosophy of "small applications that can be chained". Konqueror is like the tty - it provides a framework for output. That's why you can run KOffice apps directly inside Konqueror or view images, or edit using kvim, etc.
FTP support ina file manager isn't a bad idea though, as long as you use your file manager for managing files
Konqueror doesn't have FTP support - KDE does. Again, "small applications that are chained". kio slaves such as kio_file, kio_ftp, and others that access digital cameras, printers, audio cds (presenting virtual wav, ogg and mp3 directories named from freedb), and many others allow every application to treat any protocol as a local disk. You can fire up ANY app and open a file on a remote system, hit save and it saves out to that system. There is no need for an 'ftp' program, because every KDE app supports ftp (and sftp and digital cameras and...) natively.
Small applications, easy chaining.
Run KDE, and then, from the commandline, run 'dcop'. You can even bash script KDE apps. Or use perl... or python... or anything else you want.
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People make fun of names like Konsole, unaware that that is the correct spelling... in Germany, which is where the app was originally written. Several of the apps that originate in English speaking countries have a 'K' sound but do not start with a gratuitous 'K' (like Quanta), or they add a K- prefix (KPDF, kPlayer) the same way Microsoft adds a MS prefix (MS Office, MS Money, etc) or Apple adds an i or Power prefix (iBook, PowerBook, iMac, PowerMac). Very few app names are mangled with an extra K where a C should be.
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The reason that there are no really bad security holes (that have been found, at any rate) and what makes it difficult to make them is exactly this. A kio_http kio slave and KHTML part linked together is insecure, and that's known. A kio_file kio slave can be more trusted. The source and interface is intelligent about how they operate. It's not foolproof, but it does make it more difficult to screw up.
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Uhhh... yes they are, yes they do, and yes they have. The instructions are right in the book. And presented to you on screen, highlighted in red, the first time you do a system update. Or you can call in and they will tell you how. Even late.
You're saying that their tech support is horrible without calling them. That's like saying a pizza place is terrible without bothering to walk in the door, let alone even trying their pizza. I'd imagine ANYbody's tech support is horrible - if you don't call them!!
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This is their *server* operating system, and generally runs quite nicely without a screen.
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Or is it possible that some people use Linux because they like Unix? I was using BSDi and Coherent before that. I've bought hundreds of dollars worth of commercial Linux software over the years, and been very happy with it.
Many of the things that people have bitched about being "not available for Linux" have just not been available _free_ for Linux. Over time, there have been FOSS projects to replace those to the point that the only commercial software I run nowadays are developer and database tools.
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Pat Lee and others have done Superman in the art style of Japanese print manga, but that was in english for American audiences. Was there an actual Superman created for Japanese audiences?
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Then what are xmove and xNest? Both work fine, for single apps or a screen like virtual terminal you can move around.
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Imagine that the DMCA or USPA had been questioned like this and suspended pending judicial review. Mr. Balance, here is your check.
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It is things like the Wright Brother's bike shop that the DMCA, bad patent law, kneejerk lawsuits and the USPA threaten. The first two are obvious, the third shuts down anything remotely risky (and the flight this morning is a prime example of a worthwhile risky endevour), and the last questions the need of an individual to play with explosives, hazardous chemicals and other things that led to Edison and Tesla.
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Stealing the stars from our future does not feed the world. But it does starve countless worlds.
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A .1G acceleration is pretty light on fuel (relatively speaking - right now we do the cheapest method no matter what), and it gets us there pretty quickly.
I may be off by a neat order of magnitude one way or another, as I'm pulling remembered figures, but I think they are right.
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If NASA has been putting out steam rail engines, this is the first car, a precursor to the Model T of space. When the design is a couple iterations down the line, it will be ready for mass production.
Freeways in the sky and weekend jaunts to the Moon are a matter of time, technology and will. The simple act of just *showing* that it can be done provides the critical and hard to get last part of that triad.
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The quality of the anchors was a notch above filming cottage cheese. They clearly did not understand what was going on, why it was important, and they thought they made $10 million when they touched down and that it was all about science. They treated it like a NASA launch, expecting it to be months until the next one, and there to be a bunch of ill-explained science as a rationale for the launch.
I'd like to say it again:
The United States now has a certified and *operational* civilian space port. Holy frick.
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A bad implementation that exists is always better than a perfect implementation that is perpetually on paper.
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