So because it's open source and has more apps, everything else has to die? I have an n900 with maemo, it rules. I can't stand android. It makes me feel like I'm using a microwave. Maemo feels like a computer. That fits in my pocket. I can also just copy source from my computer and build them on my phone/tablet without issues, and have them run natively without having to "port" them.
But to each his own; I see no point in KILLING stuff that's different; it's healthy. I totally disagree with your point. WHY should they kill WebOS and support Android? Are you saying monopoly is good? Just because of a few superficial features?
WHAT? Why would we want mozilla doing an email/calendar SERVER? There are plenty of open source alternatives out there that work perfectly (personally I use dovecot/opensmptd/radicale).
I'd like to see contact syncronization of ANY kind on thunderbird, and why not build-in lightning instead of keeping it an addon?
And really, exchange is only used by really-big-corps that use 100% MS anyway, so doesn't matter if mozilla makes YET ANOTHER fancy alternative.
I'd actually use the same point in favour of linux. At my new job, I got a windows pc, and had to use that (I'm just a *nix user really).
Whenever I wanted to install some app, I'd have to google for something for it, and I'd get the first two google pages of spyware/malware infested crap, "friendly downloaders", etc. It was pretty hard to download a tiny app called "easymove" without getting my pc filled with crappy "malware". Meanwhile, in *nix, it's functionality was provided by Xorg.
This never happens with "pacman -S". If it's in the repos, you can be sure it's pretty clean. Definitely no new toolbars on firefox all of a sudden.
Being the school funded with "the people's" funds, I believe anything it produces should also be available to "the people" (this applies at least in public schools). Why no go with public domain? The creator, the school, and anyone else can make use of such products. Or is the idea behind this to make profit? (was not specified in question).
Use SCORD (http://scord.sourceforge.net/) to avoid this overhead. It does copy-on-write on the background, so instead of a 100% aditional space overhead, you have only a few KB (unless you MODIFY files, but it's only until you commit). That's the reason I haven't moved over to git.:)
Personally, I use SSH+SVN (though it's a bit of an overkill), and do offsite backups to a small (mini-itx, atom based) server at my mom's place. My mom lives 1.8Mm (1100 miles for people from USA) away, so it's even natural-disaster proof. Unless it's 2012.
This can even help you share and keep albums in sync with other people easily:) My GF had access to this, and a cron script that made sure she always had the latest photos.
I use SCORD to avoid the overhead of the ".svn" directories.
I never loose anything I might accidentally delete either:)
This is BS. You can find a computer store that'll build whatever you need in any city. Unless you want an HP o Dell computer instead of an ordinary clone, and that's what 99% of the people have. Clone-PCs. As for laptops, there's plenty of manufacturers that sell them OS-less.
So the issue is not that mozilla is windows-centric, it rather adobe-centric (or flash-centric). Let flash die already, if adobe won't support it (and upgrade to 64 PROPERLY) why should mozilla care?
You know, there are dozens of countries that lack such ridiculous measures, you could just move there. Why stay if you can't be truly free to do anything you please?
Well, suddenly, I don't have permissions issues when sharing my USB drive between my fedora box, and my GF's ubuntu box. Minor as it may be, it saves me a chmod, or chown every time I need to copy large files. Not to mention the hastle it saves newbies.
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So because it's open source and has more apps, everything else has to die? I have an n900 with maemo, it rules. I can't stand android. It makes me feel like I'm using a microwave. Maemo feels like a computer. That fits in my pocket.
I can also just copy source from my computer and build them on my phone/tablet without issues, and have them run natively without having to "port" them.
But to each his own; I see no point in KILLING stuff that's different; it's healthy. I totally disagree with your point. WHY should they kill WebOS and support Android? Are you saying monopoly is good? Just because of a few superficial features?
I've never seen a check in real life either, and I'm 25. I doubt young kids even know what a check *is*.
WHAT? Why would we want mozilla doing an email/calendar SERVER? There are plenty of open source alternatives out there that work perfectly (personally I use dovecot/opensmptd/radicale).
I'd like to see contact syncronization of ANY kind on thunderbird, and why not build-in lightning instead of keeping it an addon?
And really, exchange is only used by really-big-corps that use 100% MS anyway, so doesn't matter if mozilla makes YET ANOTHER fancy alternative.
I'd actually use the same point in favour of linux.
At my new job, I got a windows pc, and had to use that (I'm just a *nix user really).
Whenever I wanted to install some app, I'd have to google for something for it, and I'd get the first two google pages of spyware/malware infested crap, "friendly downloaders", etc.
It was pretty hard to download a tiny app called "easymove" without getting my pc filled with crappy "malware". Meanwhile, in *nix, it's functionality was provided by Xorg.
This never happens with "pacman -S". If it's in the repos, you can be sure it's pretty clean. Definitely no new toolbars on firefox all of a sudden.
Which video formats? Just use VLC as you would on windows, or alternativly, mplayer (or rather umplayer if you prefer something with a friendl UI).
Android is linux too, so LINUX is actually 2.23%.
GNU/Linux is still at 0.75%.
Don't mix both up. Linux != GNULinux
When did they actually start?
Being the school funded with "the people's" funds, I believe anything it produces should also be available to "the people" (this applies at least in public schools).
Why no go with public domain? The creator, the school, and anyone else can make use of such products. Or is the idea behind this to make profit? (was not specified in question).
Use SCORD (http://scord.sourceforge.net/) to avoid this overhead. It does copy-on-write on the background, so instead of a 100% aditional space overhead, you have only a few KB (unless you MODIFY files, but it's only until you commit). :)
That's the reason I haven't moved over to git.
Personally, I use SSH+SVN (though it's a bit of an overkill), and do offsite backups to a small (mini-itx, atom based) server at my mom's place. My mom lives 1.8Mm (1100 miles for people from USA) away, so it's even natural-disaster proof. Unless it's 2012.
This can even help you share and keep albums in sync with other people easily :) My GF had access to this, and a cron script that made sure she always had the latest photos.
I use SCORD to avoid the overhead of the ".svn" directories.
I never loose anything I might accidentally delete either :)
This is BS. You can find a computer store that'll build whatever you need in any city. Unless you want an HP o Dell computer instead of an ordinary clone, and that's what 99% of the people have. Clone-PCs.
As for laptops, there's plenty of manufacturers that sell them OS-less.
I knew the end a couple of decades before it came out, I still enjoyed the movie all the way through. I'm suprised no-one gave that example.
It does have ONE feature: per-application volume control.
So the issue is not that mozilla is windows-centric, it rather adobe-centric (or flash-centric).
Let flash die already, if adobe won't support it (and upgrade to 64 PROPERLY) why should mozilla care?
Arch Linux (https://www.archlinux.org/)
You know, there are dozens of countries that lack such ridiculous measures, you could just move there. Why stay if you can't be truly free to do anything you please?
Apple has already ported Mac OS from PPC to x86, they may be porting it to ARM this time, I can see some great benefits on the long run.
I really agree. There should be a permission-stripped version of ext4 for external drives.
Well, suddenly, I don't have permissions issues when sharing my USB drive between my fedora box, and my GF's ubuntu box. Minor as it may be, it saves me a chmod, or chown every time I need to copy large files. Not to mention the hastle it saves newbies.
Pidgin, with XMPP. I belive it also has voice+video support for the propietary Windows Live Messenger protocol, but I've honestly no idea.
Gmail es multiplatform, but NOT FOSS at all, though the protocol is open (XMPP).
Pidgin + XMPP. Interacts fine with gmail's web-xmpp client too :-)
It uses the Linux kernel, but it's not a GNU/Linux distro. Note "GNU/", which is usually omited when speaking about GNU/Linux
My GF uses pidgin for voice+vid with no issues. And she doesnt' even install software on ubuntu by herself, so she's REALLY far from tech-savvy.
It's not unusual that you CAN'T install software in an OS that's NOT general purpose. I can't install keepass on dd-wrt either.
And those of us who use *nix, use KeePassX