Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. That's the only game that still gets me excited just THINKING about it. Spent many butt-numbing 20 hours sessions playing through it. Love it.
I've used every version of Ubuntu from Warty Warthog through Edgy Eft, which I still dual boot with. I have always had to install NetworkManager-gnome from the repos. As I stated in my comment it appears that it will be installed by default in Feisty Fawn. From the Ubuntu website:
So what are we going to get? It is hard to exactly predict, but some things seem certain. Feisty will certainly lead the way with new desktop technologies, including 3d effects and windows that wobble. On the networking side, Network Manager is likely going to finally make it on the default desktop, after what seems like forever waiting in the wings. On the Zeroconf side, Feisty will have Avahi installed and enabled by default. Upstart, the sysvinit replacement, is going to have the new event-based init system actually turned on, for faster and more reliable booting.
I have a D-link wireless card connecting to a WPA AP. To get this to work from Windows I install the drivers from the CD, install the card and voila.
From Ubuntu I need to run a CAT5 cable across my apartment to the AP so I can apt-get install NetworkManager-gnome. Then I'm able to connect to the wireless network fine. I've been told that NetworkManager will be installed by default in the next version of Ubuntu. But to me that's always been the Linux problem from a regular desktop user like me. It always seems like the NEXT version will be the one that finally works. I've been trying out Linux for 6 years, even running Ubuntu exclusively for about 11 months, but I always go back to Windows. It just works better and is easier for what I want to do.
I know, I shouldn't complain, I should quit my job and devote the rest of my life to learning C, Python and Mono and making obscure coding references in a blog that I'll update four times a week.
Or I could just use Windows and get on with my life.
I had the same problem upgrading a friends machine. I uninstalled FF 2.0, deleted it's directory under 'Program Files', then re-installed it. Everything was there (yes we had to re-install plug-ins, etc.).
I think they do this because it is the comments that people come here for, versus Digg. If the comments are the main reason people come to your site, then it makes sense to focus on them.
I have to agree with you on this one. I haven't bought a new console since the SNES and I'm seriously considering picking up the Wii. I just looks like fun and I won't need a DVD/HD-DVD/BluRay Player for another year or two anyway.
I see this as a situation where the governments in places like India let the people have a little freedom for a while to get the economy going, and then fall back into government control
This may be what is currently happening in the US as well. The gov't granted more freedom in the 60's and 70's (civil rights, women's rights, etc.) to keep America's economic dominance going in the post-WWII boom. Does the fact that the gov't is beginning to restrict freedoms again (PATRIOT ACT, SOX, NSA wiretapping) have a correlation with America's waning economic dominance (BRIC)?
I just tried Dapper this week after using Breezy since it came out. The 'killer app' for me in Linux-land is the addition of the Deskbar Applet in Gnome 2.14. I don't think there is anything in Windows or Mac world that compares to this. I don't know how I got by without it.
For those who don't know what I'm talking about check this out.
Finally, some innovation on the Linux desktop, instead of "Me too!" apps.
We have access to a staggering amount of information - the collected knowledge of the world is at our fingertips.
Yay us.
Yes, yay us. But all this information in the world is useless unless we put it to good use.
I have a friend who is extremely proud of the mega tool collection he has in his garage. He could do so much with it, like fix cars for extra cash, or maybe build an electronic gizmo with instructions found on the Internet. But he doesn't, so to him those tools are worthless.
Our collective information is great, now we just need to do something with it!
I wish I could agree with you on that. I really do, but this is 21st Century (We're afraid of the terrorists, so please do whatever it takes to make it safe for me to shop at Target) America. The mainstream press, which used to include heroes like Edward R Murrow and Woodward and Bernstein taking time to gather facts and check them thoroughly has been replaced by the 24/7 "we don't care what's important, we only care about what's NEW" now, now, now press.
For example, the biggest story out of Washington this week was Dick Cheney shooting his hunting partner. What about the almost lack of debate in Congress about the pending renewal of the Patriot Act? What about Dick Cheney saying that he has the right to declassify information whenever and to whoever he wants?
Listening to NPR these past couple of months regarding this issue, it's become VERY clear to me that most people simply don't care that this is going on. They say, "Well, I've got nothing to hide!" and the people I've spoken with at work about this feel the same way. If this was as big of an issue to American public as a missing white girl, or celebrity divorce, this story would be the headline on CNN today, instead of Harry Whittington apologizing the Dick Cheney for being shot!
Whatever, maybe I shouldn't have had that second mocha!
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Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. That's the only game that still gets me excited just THINKING about it. Spent many butt-numbing 20 hours sessions playing through it. Love it.
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So what are we going to get? It is hard to exactly predict, but some things seem certain. Feisty will certainly lead the way with new desktop technologies, including 3d effects and windows that wobble. On the networking side, Network Manager is likely going to finally make it on the default desktop, after what seems like forever waiting in the wings. On the Zeroconf side, Feisty will have Avahi installed and enabled by default. Upstart, the sysvinit replacement, is going to have the new event-based init system actually turned on, for faster and more reliable booting.
My 2 cents on this and similar situations....
I have a D-link wireless card connecting to a WPA AP. To get this to work from Windows I install the drivers from the CD, install the card and voila.
From Ubuntu I need to run a CAT5 cable across my apartment to the AP so I can apt-get install NetworkManager-gnome. Then I'm able to connect to the wireless network fine. I've been told that NetworkManager will be installed by default in the next version of Ubuntu. But to me that's always been the Linux problem from a regular desktop user like me. It always seems like the NEXT version will be the one that finally works. I've been trying out Linux for 6 years, even running Ubuntu exclusively for about 11 months, but I always go back to Windows. It just works better and is easier for what I want to do.
I know, I shouldn't complain, I should quit my job and devote the rest of my life to learning C, Python and Mono and making obscure coding references in a blog that I'll update four times a week.
Or I could just use Windows and get on with my life.
I had the same problem upgrading a friends machine. I uninstalled FF 2.0, deleted it's directory under 'Program Files', then re-installed it. Everything was there (yes we had to re-install plug-ins, etc.).
I'm thinking about Bill O'Reily interviewing Noam Chomsky.
Cool. Next time, put some unpopped kernels of corn in your pocket and let us know what happens.
The summary says that 802.11n is just around this corner...what about this article yesterday that says it's been delayed to 2008?????
Wrong.
Uh, it's not called Phoenix anymore.
I think they do this because it is the comments that people come here for, versus Digg. If the comments are the main reason people come to your site, then it makes sense to focus on them.
I have to agree with you on this one. I haven't bought a new console since the SNES and I'm seriously considering picking up the Wii. I just looks like fun and I won't need a DVD/HD-DVD/BluRay Player for another year or two anyway.
Google trends on "Debian, Red Hat, Cent OS, Ubuntu, and Vista". Conclusion: Graphs and charts can be created to prove anything.
Amen to that. We don't live in a democracy in the USA, we're BUILDING a democracy. It will never be finished....
One little, two little, three little acronyms!
This may be what is currently happening in the US as well. The gov't granted more freedom in the 60's and 70's (civil rights, women's rights, etc.) to keep America's economic dominance going in the post-WWII boom. Does the fact that the gov't is beginning to restrict freedoms again (PATRIOT ACT, SOX, NSA wiretapping) have a correlation with America's waning economic dominance (BRIC)?
For those who don't know what I'm talking about check this out.
Finally, some innovation on the Linux desktop, instead of "Me too!" apps.
1997.
I have a bad feeling about this.
Dude, that's the best part!
Kudos to George W. Bush for predicting this during the 2004 presidential debates!
Yes, yay us. But all this information in the world is useless unless we put it to good use.
I have a friend who is extremely proud of the mega tool collection he has in his garage. He could do so much with it, like fix cars for extra cash, or maybe build an electronic gizmo with instructions found on the Internet. But he doesn't, so to him those tools are worthless.
Our collective information is great, now we just need to do something with it!
I wish I could agree with you on that. I really do, but this is 21st Century (We're afraid of the terrorists, so please do whatever it takes to make it safe for me to shop at Target) America. The mainstream press, which used to include heroes like Edward R Murrow and Woodward and Bernstein taking time to gather facts and check them thoroughly has been replaced by the 24/7 "we don't care what's important, we only care about what's NEW" now, now, now press.
For example, the biggest story out of Washington this week was Dick Cheney shooting his hunting partner. What about the almost lack of debate in Congress about the pending renewal of the Patriot Act? What about Dick Cheney saying that he has the right to declassify information whenever and to whoever he wants?
Listening to NPR these past couple of months regarding this issue, it's become VERY clear to me that most people simply don't care that this is going on. They say, "Well, I've got nothing to hide!" and the people I've spoken with at work about this feel the same way. If this was as big of an issue to American public as a missing white girl, or celebrity divorce, this story would be the headline on CNN today, instead of Harry Whittington apologizing the Dick Cheney for being shot!
Whatever, maybe I shouldn't have had that second mocha!
By selling support! See IBM, Novell, Red Hat, etc.
Watch yourself there....