I have a friend who overclocks 2 of his PC's specifically for compiling duties. When it saves an extra 20% of time when compiling a Linux Kernel, then more power to ya (no pun intended of course)
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There is a big difference though. Obtaining data from a public "confidential political party database" is hardly hacking. It's open on the Internet and since it's there, it's debatable if anyone has even broke the law!
Granted if there was some kinda of confidentiality statement on said database, then it may be a bit different but when you consider some parties aren't too smart around here (Australia), then I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't one.
You can have the best of both. Have your initial development start closed to help keep your cards close to your chest, then when you're comfortable and you believe your code base is relevant enough, open source it. This is particularly helpful if what you're creating happens to be competitive to other products.
I would stray from the mixed Open/Closed sourced route since your bound run into hurdles if anything does evidently go to court (let's hope not!).
Another reason to keep it closed initially is because in the first 6 months to 1 year, you tend to find developers swaying from side to side, especially if they have better ideas that others don't necessarily agree on and this will prevent a fork from happening early on in the game, especially if you are onto something special.
I have not personally been in your position but this is based on my observations of what I've seen over the years. Good Luck!
I stand corrected! I do remember LiteStep and being frustrated 10 years ago trying to make it work with whatever version of Windows I was running at the time. I'm sure it is a lot easier these days!
It is the day Anonymous (in any sense of the word) got some sense. I am actually impressed (after spending my breakfast reading IRC logs for a laugh) that so many people spoke so concisely and with reason. The gist of their conversations: Going to jail is one thing but being decapitated is another.
I am still a tiny bit disappointed that they didn't follow through with their threat!
Whilst I agree with your philosophy, I digress, you can still install another DE on Ubuntu but not on Windows (and with a lot of difficulties on OSX) and you can even switch to Gnome fallback by default, whilst not pretty, it is something.
But if you want to go and install XFCE or something else, knock yourself out!
But that is one of the stupidest things I have heard. Power users are usually people that use their PC for work, not fight to get Unity working the way it should.
To be honest, 11.04 should have been what 11.10 is but sadly, 11.10 is still a buggy peice of poo that slows down my working day.
When you fix your dual monitor issue and why unity mysteriously has a fit for no reason, then I might try convince my Mum and Dad to switch from Debian. (Yep, my folks rock a dual head setup!)
To be fair, Unity and Ubuntu has a place and I the community behind it allows a great stepping stone for newies to jump abroad the Linux ship but Shuttleworth need's to re-evaluate what who he thinks "Power Users" are.
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What's the fuss about? Seriously, who approves this hog wash??
TBH, I think it's quite inspiring. It's a well thought out list and if I were in that position, I would probably request a lot of what RMS did. I mean, he's allergic to cats, that's fine, he can't sleep if it's hotter than 23c, that's fine! He's normal. and sounds a lot more normal than the likes of SJ!
Nothing is out of the ordinary and I found it quite funny that he would refuse using a non-free driver to operate a wireless card! All in all, RMS is quite normal stand up guy!
Bang on! Mod this up because this is brilliant and probably one of the smartest suggestions I've read!
Better still, use a live USB, booting from USB is just as important to me as wifi, and if a laptop cannot boot from USB, then that's a deal breaker, and plus, if it does boot (which i'm sure it will 99% of the time), it will be a lot faster which in turn will result in less time in the shop!
"GNU i/nu/[1] is a Unix-like computer operating system developed by the GNU project, ultimately aiming to be a "complete Unix-compatible software system"[2] composed wholly of free software."
Now, I'm not sure if you meant to say GNU/Linux or just Linux. If you're saying want to install a GNU Linux Distro like Debian, which is totally comprised of free software (including all the drivers/firmware/everything unless you enable the non-free repo) - Then the laptop you purchase matters. Why? Because some laptops require "non-free" drivers, like the Nvidia line of video cards and thus would require you to install binaries from the non-free repository and therefore would not be GNU.
If this is not the case and you just meant LInux, then it is pretty straight forward - Check for driver support for everything in the laptop you're interested in. The most common problem if video and Wifi support, but this can be overcome if you do some quick research into the chipset of whatever laptop you're interested in. If graphics performance isn't important to you, the Intel sandy bridge line is great and I believe is supported natively in the 2.6.38 or.39 kernel (correct me if I am wrong someone) and as for your wifi, it's best to check the chipset against google and see if anyone else is having issues with the said chipset.
Also, somebody mentioned Dell N Series laptops, I second that. A friend recently purchased one and it had Ubuntu pre-installed. Apart from being plastic fantastic, it's a great laptop at a great price.
Another Rookie here. So am I wrong to think that make works in a similar fashion to rsync? (obviously they're 2 different things but I'm talking in terms of how both can check if a file has changed, either by sums or some other way)
Virtual box (non ose) and spend your money on physical hardware and play with iSCSI. If you had some spare dough, buy some Cisco switches to play with also. This will keep you busy for a while.
We are in the era of open source, so with that, if you dont like the direction they're taking, here is the source, http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/, now less complaining and more coding!
I have recently moved 50 computers from Windows to Linux here in Thailand and the most comments I get related to the move is how much better Libreoffice is than MSO 2k7. This might have something to do with a far more simplistic interface than what 2k7 has and also the brilliant Thai translation for LO.
Apart from the odd formatting issues when sharing documents between Libreoffice and MS office (usually font mismatches), it has been a successful move.
I would welcome an open source mobile version of Libreoffice to use on my Galaxy Tab and Android phone.
Glad you can be so sure of that. Just like I can't be too sure that running openvpn on my android based tab/handset will save me from someone who cares to wonder what the hell I do online.
Also worth noting for jokes sake that after installing Debian for him, he asked "Do I need these CD's?" pointing at a pile of driver CD's that came with the computer and I responded "No Dad, the drivers are compiled into the Kernel" to which he responded "So the same guy who makes the chicken also makes Linux?..."
Moral of the story is that Dad jokes rule!
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I have a friend who overclocks 2 of his PC's specifically for compiling duties. When it saves an extra 20% of time when compiling a Linux Kernel, then more power to ya (no pun intended of course)
Dad? You're on /.?
There is a big difference though. Obtaining data from a public "confidential political party database" is hardly hacking. It's open on the Internet and since it's there, it's debatable if anyone has even broke the law!
Granted if there was some kinda of confidentiality statement on said database, then it may be a bit different but when you consider some parties aren't too smart around here (Australia), then I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't one.
You can have the best of both. Have your initial development start closed to help keep your cards close to your chest, then when you're comfortable and you believe your code base is relevant enough, open source it. This is particularly helpful if what you're creating happens to be competitive to other products.
I would stray from the mixed Open/Closed sourced route since your bound run into hurdles if anything does evidently go to court (let's hope not!).
Another reason to keep it closed initially is because in the first 6 months to 1 year, you tend to find developers swaying from side to side, especially if they have better ideas that others don't necessarily agree on and this will prevent a fork from happening early on in the game, especially if you are onto something special.
I have not personally been in your position but this is based on my observations of what I've seen over the years. Good Luck!
I stand corrected! I do remember LiteStep and being frustrated 10 years ago trying to make it work with whatever version of Windows I was running at the time. I'm sure it is a lot easier these days!
Upon further reading, there are quite a few shell replacements! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_shell_replacement
It is the day Anonymous (in any sense of the word) got some sense. I am actually impressed (after spending my breakfast reading IRC logs for a laugh) that so many people spoke so concisely and with reason. The gist of their conversations: Going to jail is one thing but being decapitated is another.
I am still a tiny bit disappointed that they didn't follow through with their threat!
"For over a decade I have had arrays of 10-20 disks providing larger than normal storage at home"
At home?? I've met some people pretty fanatical about their porn collections but this hits some new highs! Kudos to you, Sir!
Whilst I agree with your philosophy, I digress, you can still install another DE on Ubuntu but not on Windows (and with a lot of difficulties on OSX) and you can even switch to Gnome fallback by default, whilst not pretty, it is something.
But if you want to go and install XFCE or something else, knock yourself out!
But that is one of the stupidest things I have heard. Power users are usually people that use their PC for work, not fight to get Unity working the way it should.
To be honest, 11.04 should have been what 11.10 is but sadly, 11.10 is still a buggy peice of poo that slows down my working day.
When you fix your dual monitor issue and why unity mysteriously has a fit for no reason, then I might try convince my Mum and Dad to switch from Debian. (Yep, my folks rock a dual head setup!)
To be fair, Unity and Ubuntu has a place and I the community behind it allows a great stepping stone for newies to jump abroad the Linux ship but Shuttleworth need's to re-evaluate what who he thinks "Power Users" are.
I get the whole Autistic quip since, you know, he did eat a bit of junk off his foot once - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I25UeVXrEHQ
Backed. Couldn't have put it better myself.
What's the fuss about? Seriously, who approves this hog wash?? TBH, I think it's quite inspiring. It's a well thought out list and if I were in that position, I would probably request a lot of what RMS did. I mean, he's allergic to cats, that's fine, he can't sleep if it's hotter than 23c, that's fine! He's normal. and sounds a lot more normal than the likes of SJ! Nothing is out of the ordinary and I found it quite funny that he would refuse using a non-free driver to operate a wireless card! All in all, RMS is quite normal stand up guy!
Bang on! Mod this up because this is brilliant and probably one of the smartest suggestions I've read!
Better still, use a live USB, booting from USB is just as important to me as wifi, and if a laptop cannot boot from USB, then that's a deal breaker, and plus, if it does boot (which i'm sure it will 99% of the time), it will be a lot faster which in turn will result in less time in the shop!
"GNU i/nu/[1] is a Unix-like computer operating system developed by the GNU project, ultimately aiming to be a "complete Unix-compatible software system"[2] composed wholly of free software."
.39 kernel (correct me if I am wrong someone) and as for your wifi, it's best to check the chipset against google and see if anyone else is having issues with the said chipset.
Now, I'm not sure if you meant to say GNU/Linux or just Linux. If you're saying want to install a GNU Linux Distro like Debian, which is totally comprised of free software (including all the drivers/firmware/everything unless you enable the non-free repo) - Then the laptop you purchase matters. Why? Because some laptops require "non-free" drivers, like the Nvidia line of video cards and thus would require you to install binaries from the non-free repository and therefore would not be GNU.
If this is not the case and you just meant LInux, then it is pretty straight forward - Check for driver support for everything in the laptop you're interested in. The most common problem if video and Wifi support, but this can be overcome if you do some quick research into the chipset of whatever laptop you're interested in. If graphics performance isn't important to you, the Intel sandy bridge line is great and I believe is supported natively in the 2.6.38 or
Also, somebody mentioned Dell N Series laptops, I second that. A friend recently purchased one and it had Ubuntu pre-installed. Apart from being plastic fantastic, it's a great laptop at a great price.
"make Amiga games fully playable on Linux platforms." Love how you casually left out Windows and OSX in this sentence! You're alright in my book ;)
Another Rookie here. So am I wrong to think that make works in a similar fashion to rsync? (obviously they're 2 different things but I'm talking in terms of how both can check if a file has changed, either by sums or some other way)
Virtual box (non ose) and spend your money on physical hardware and play with iSCSI. If you had some spare dough, buy some Cisco switches to play with also. This will keep you busy for a while.
And I should learn to proof read my posts. Open Source*, not souce. Apologies, its very late(early!) :)
We are in the era of open source, so with that, if you dont like the direction they're taking, here is the source, http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/, now less complaining and more coding!
I have recently moved 50 computers from Windows to Linux here in Thailand and the most comments I get related to the move is how much better Libreoffice is than MSO 2k7. This might have something to do with a far more simplistic interface than what 2k7 has and also the brilliant Thai translation for LO. Apart from the odd formatting issues when sharing documents between Libreoffice and MS office (usually font mismatches), it has been a successful move. I would welcome an open source mobile version of Libreoffice to use on my Galaxy Tab and Android phone.
Don't underestimate the kids... usually their distance from technical limitations yields some pretty outrageous idea's!
Glad you can be so sure of that. Just like I can't be too sure that running openvpn on my android based tab/handset will save me from someone who cares to wonder what the hell I do online.
You know what, karma being the slut that it is, you would have logged in and gotten nothing!
Also worth noting for jokes sake that after installing Debian for him, he asked "Do I need these CD's?" pointing at a pile of driver CD's that came with the computer and I responded "No Dad, the drivers are compiled into the Kernel" to which he responded "So the same guy who makes the chicken also makes Linux?..." Moral of the story is that Dad jokes rule!