Good for you. Go away and use it in Windows then seeing as it does all these things so wonderfully. Perhaps you and the rest of the Windows fanboys can leave in peace those of us who like to tinker and learn about their computers, not to mention remain in control of what happens on them and be free of Microsoft's abominable licensing terms?
Honestly, why can't Slashdot have some Linux news any more without a whole load of idiots flooding the place with posts about how Windows does everything so much better?
Oh, and recompiling the kernel is not difficult. Try it - your Linux box will run better as a result. And you might even learn something, heaven forbid...
Ooh, you're right. I'll just add www.anti-leech.com to Konqueror's JavaScript reject list, while at the same time keeping JS and cookies enabled by default and blocking unrequested popups (but still allowing requested ones).
Nonsense. The orignal poster was referring to the supposed suckyness of the X protocol and design. While it does have its drawbacks and disadvantages, they have precisely nothing to do with the usability and user friendlyness of the Linux desktop. You can build a really great app on top of X - Mozilla for instance - or you can build a real bitch of one that your average Mac or Windows user wouldn't have a clue about, e.g. XEmacs.
What will be (and already is) making Linux suceed on the desktop is a friendly desktop environment, such as KDE. The underlying windowing system that it uses to draw on the screen is largely irrelevant.
X is not getting in the way of the Linux desktop succeeding. It has all the important features now: font antialiasing, video, on the fly resolution switching, several great looking toolkits to choose from, and the network transparency is just a bonus. In fact I'd find it pretty hard to work without it.
The only thing holding back Linux from World Domination is X's suckiness and slowness.
No, it isn't the "only thing holding back Linux" at all. There are many things holding Linux back from this (dubious) goal and X just isn't one of them:P
Its worth noting that this project is based on MPlayer, the Linux video player. There were some GPL violation issues recently with XBox Media Player but they have apparently now been resolved...
This is pretty indicative of what the entertainment industry really wants. They have now realised how people like to use their computers as a means of getting entertainment and decided to cash in, but it's got to be on THEIR terms... they don't want you to have a general purpose computer. They see your computer as just another content-delivery device. They want to control it - you use your computer for what Sony/Microsoft/AOL etc say you can, no more, no less. Want to run Linux, back your CDs up? You're a thief! Or possibly a communist! Or both!
The sad thing is, too many people will just shrug and go "OK then", and sit there and be fed third-rate entertainment, have ads forced down their throats, and not notice or care while all their rights are taken away one by one:(
Sounds like a trojan to me. Like Back Orifice perhaps? That somehow tricks you into installing it and keeps a low profile in the background...
Think about how many users just wouldn't know any better. Tricked into running a small EXE file that they get in their email, in the same style as any email virus... think "oh, that didn't do anything" and then think nothing more of it.
They get lots of popups when browsing the web anyway, so it wouldn't seem out of place.
Very devious, and another good reason not to use a Microsoft OS;)
And here's something to consider. I wonder if whoever wrote that article is a vegetarian? Do scientists have any moral right to create new organisms? Well, does anyone have any moral right to kill organisms? Seems like the logical continuation of this argument is, no, of course not. Yet this is not at all uncommon.
As a vegetarian myself it's quite obvious to me which one seems more moral. Creating life or destroying life? Duh.
GRRRR. Clouds. And fog. Can't even see a single star.
Every single celestial event I've wanted to see, has been ruined by clouds. I was at the total solar eclipse in 1999 and that was completely overcast too!
This is the thickest fog and clouds I've seen since last winter. Strangely enough the weather's been quite reasonable up until tonight.
Damn British weather. To hell with this, I'm going to bed!
Instead of spending public money on researching new ways to blow each other up, I wonder if this technology could be put to better use, perhaps mounted on satellites as an asteroid defence system?
It's not entirely impossible that a large asteroid will head straight for us at some point... and somehow I don't think a re-enactment of Armageddon would work!
Well the reason why Y2K wasn't the huge disaster the media were predicting was because in the years leading up to it the world's programmers were running around like blue-arsed flies fixing everything:P
How is this design proposing to saturate the Internet?
It involves sending a short message back to the routers that are routing the packets to you asking them to "quench" - i.e. filter out and don't route - the offending upstream sources.
The message could propagate as far back as the individual ISPs from which the packets are originating from so that each participant in the attack is cut off.
At least that's what I'm getting from the summary of the story, I could be completely wrong.
I'll just add Konqueror 2 and 3 to that list for you...
LloydsTSB's site is great. Just plain, standard compliant HTML, no unnecessary Javascript, Java, ActiveX, any of that shit. Just plain HTML and cookies. The way it should be. Why can't they all do this? It's obviously not that hard to make a decent cross browser site is it?
For those saying that ClearType style subpixel hinting is "too blurry", you should be aware that it only really works on TFT screens as the way it works requires a set pixel layout, which traditional CRTs don't have. Steve Gibson has a fairly good explanation of how it works on his website (if you can put up with his infuriating self-congratulatory writing style).
So yes - regular antialiasing should be all that's needed on a CRT.
And... I'm currently typing this from Konqueror 3, which renders subpixel antialiased Truetype and Type1 fonts absolutely beautifully, along with the rest of KDE 3, in fact I would say it looks a lot nicer than Cleartype. Especially on a 1600x1200 TFT. Mmm, shiny:D
Perhaps it's worth mentioning that Digitally Imported hit a record high of about 11,000 concurrent listeners tonight... this is great as on friday they didn't even know if they'd still be broadcasting after the weekend.
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Good for you. Go away and use it in Windows then seeing as it does all these things so wonderfully. Perhaps you and the rest of the Windows fanboys can leave in peace those of us who like to tinker and learn about their computers, not to mention remain in control of what happens on them and be free of Microsoft's abominable licensing terms?
Honestly, why can't Slashdot have some Linux news any more without a whole load of idiots flooding the place with posts about how Windows does everything so much better?
Oh, and recompiling the kernel is not difficult. Try it - your Linux box will run better as a result. And you might even learn something, heaven forbid...
Well, I think there's only one thing that needs to be said here.
w00t!! lunix is teh r0xx0r!!!!!!1!!1!
Yep, simply turning JS off defeats it.
:D
Ooh, you're right. I'll just add www.anti-leech.com to Konqueror's JavaScript reject list, while at the same time keeping JS and cookies enabled by default and blocking unrequested popups (but still allowing requested ones).
Yep, that works great!
Damn, Konqueror rules
Nonsense. The orignal poster was referring to the supposed suckyness of the X protocol and design. While it does have its drawbacks and disadvantages, they have precisely nothing to do with the usability and user friendlyness of the Linux desktop. You can build a really great app on top of X - Mozilla for instance - or you can build a real bitch of one that your average Mac or Windows user wouldn't have a clue about, e.g. XEmacs.
What will be (and already is) making Linux suceed on the desktop is a friendly desktop environment, such as KDE. The underlying windowing system that it uses to draw on the screen is largely irrelevant.
X is not getting in the way of the Linux desktop succeeding. It has all the important features now: font antialiasing, video, on the fly resolution switching, several great looking toolkits to choose from, and the network transparency is just a bonus. In fact I'd find it pretty hard to work without it.
The only thing holding back Linux from World Domination is X's suckiness and slowness.
:P
No, it isn't the "only thing holding back Linux" at all. There are many things holding Linux back from this (dubious) goal and X just isn't one of them
Ah, but MPlayer uses WINE to play SVQ3, so it's no good to "Arker", who's using Linux on a Mac, as WINE needs you to be on an x86...
Its worth noting that this project is based on MPlayer, the Linux video player. There were some GPL violation issues recently with XBox Media Player but they have apparently now been resolved...
This is pretty indicative of what the entertainment industry really wants. They have now realised how people like to use their computers as a means of getting entertainment and decided to cash in, but it's got to be on THEIR terms... they don't want you to have a general purpose computer. They see your computer as just another content-delivery device. They want to control it - you use your computer for what Sony/Microsoft/AOL etc say you can, no more, no less. Want to run Linux, back your CDs up? You're a thief! Or possibly a communist! Or both!
:(
The sad thing is, too many people will just shrug and go "OK then", and sit there and be fed third-rate entertainment, have ads forced down their throats, and not notice or care while all their rights are taken away one by one
Woah. I think someone forgot their medication this morning ;)
So he runs all his operations from a T1 line to his house?
;)
I think we've just found the first legitimate use of a DDoS!
Sounds like a trojan to me. Like Back Orifice perhaps? That somehow tricks you into installing it and keeps a low profile in the background...
;)
Think about how many users just wouldn't know any better. Tricked into running a small EXE file that they get in their email, in the same style as any email virus... think "oh, that didn't do anything" and then think nothing more of it.
They get lots of popups when browsing the web anyway, so it wouldn't seem out of place.
Very devious, and another good reason not to use a Microsoft OS
Right on!
And here's something to consider. I wonder if whoever wrote that article is a vegetarian? Do scientists have any moral right to create new organisms? Well, does anyone have any moral right to kill organisms? Seems like the logical continuation of this argument is, no, of course not. Yet this is not at all uncommon.
As a vegetarian myself it's quite obvious to me which one seems more moral. Creating life or destroying life? Duh.
GRRRR. Clouds. And fog. Can't even see a single star.
Every single celestial event I've wanted to see, has been ruined by clouds. I was at the total solar eclipse in 1999 and that was completely overcast too!
This is the thickest fog and clouds I've seen since last winter. Strangely enough the weather's been quite reasonable up until tonight.
Damn British weather. To hell with this, I'm going to bed!
Yes, Berlin has matured as a windowing system and is very nice. Why just earlier I was using it to play the newly released "Duke Nukem Forever"!
... select Share, type in a few details, AND YOU'RE DONE?!
Careful there, Amazon have that trademarked.
Instead of spending public money on researching new ways to blow each other up, I wonder if this technology could be put to better use, perhaps mounted on satellites as an asteroid defence system?
It's not entirely impossible that a large asteroid will head straight for us at some point... and somehow I don't think a re-enactment of Armageddon would work!
Well the reason why Y2K wasn't the huge disaster the media were predicting was because in the years leading up to it the world's programmers were running around like blue-arsed flies fixing everything :P
And what's wrong with getting your car repaired and letting them or their insurance company pick up the tab?
I don't get this sue-everyone-for-everything culture. It's just greedy and unpleasant.
How is this design proposing to saturate the Internet?
It involves sending a short message back to the routers that are routing the packets to you asking them to "quench" - i.e. filter out and don't route - the offending upstream sources.
The message could propagate as far back as the individual ISPs from which the packets are originating from so that each participant in the attack is cut off.
At least that's what I'm getting from the summary of the story, I could be completely wrong.
I'll just add Konqueror 2 and 3 to that list for you...
LloydsTSB's site is great. Just plain, standard compliant HTML, no unnecessary Javascript, Java, ActiveX, any of that shit. Just plain HTML and cookies. The way it should be. Why can't they all do this? It's obviously not that hard to make a decent cross browser site is it?
They're a damn good bank in general as well IMHO.
For those saying that ClearType style subpixel hinting is "too blurry", you should be aware that it only really works on TFT screens as the way it works requires a set pixel layout, which traditional CRTs don't have. Steve Gibson has a fairly good explanation of how it works on his website (if you can put up with his infuriating self-congratulatory writing style).
:D
So yes - regular antialiasing should be all that's needed on a CRT.
And... I'm currently typing this from Konqueror 3, which renders subpixel antialiased Truetype and Type1 fonts absolutely beautifully, along with the rest of KDE 3, in fact I would say it looks a lot nicer than Cleartype. Especially on a 1600x1200 TFT. Mmm, shiny
Linux is like my wife, hard to understand but very nice once you get under the hood.
:D
Not because it's free and open to everyone, then?
Kidding.. sorry dude, couldn't resist
Call me a fascist, but whoever coined the term "notebook" to mean a portable PC should be shot!
It's a laptop, damnit! Notebooks are pads of paper which you write stuff in!
By the way, that was originally from the brilliant (and now looking in rather a sorry state) segfault.org ... give credit where credit's due! :)
Perhaps it's worth mentioning that Digitally Imported hit a record high of about 11,000 concurrent listeners tonight... this is great as on friday they didn't even know if they'd still be broadcasting after the weekend.