That's because they are really cool. And I would say that the movie Minority Report played a big role in creating this perception of coolness of gesture based interfaces. But, once you get used to them, and everyone around you has it, you start noticing small flaws, that may or may not irk depending on how OCD you are.
Ah, but how did you know that long-press mean is the stand-in for right click? That's not intuitive IMO. A two-finger touch would be more intuitive for me.
Intuition is conceived from experience, and not from thin air, and none of us share the exact same intuition.
That's like saying the shape of the ocean is smooth as glass averaged over 10 years. Sure it's true
Citations needed.
Think about it. Taking a huge number of readings over 10 years and averaging them, could give any irregular polyhedron, but it turns out to be an elegant shape.
My setup is quite similar to yours, and I see what you mean. The notification system, and saving the session is awesome. Personally, I thought it was better than Unity in terms of looks, direction and the fact that they want to do something unique.
But, it severely lacks an easy way to get an overview of your desktop, and it overall requires too many finger/mouse gymnastics.
Some changes like providing an "expo" like feature will be nice. Giving a list of applications running in the current desktop on the bottom panel would be great too. It could turn out to be a great desktop for my personal use, with a few changes. But, for now, I am most comfortable with Gnome 2.32 and KDE 4.6.
On a side-note, systemd provides highly noticeable benefits to the boot time, and it is not as memory intensive as some people make it out to be. I would say about 600 MB for parent's setup.
What? If it is connected to a Linux machine, they will program Stuxnet to work with Linux. Or are you implying that non-Window machines are invulnerable?
I feel you. But, it is expecting a bit too much to expect all of them to work on one project for no money. Most people work for either feeding their stomach or feeding their ego. The exceptions are few in number, and not for small pieces of software like this.
Nonsense. There is a thriving trade in second-hand MacBooks and iBooks, both of which are well suited to the penurious student, especially if they have any reason to want/need access to standard command-line tools underlying any *nix system.
As opposed to buying a $500 laptop, installing Ubuntu or Cygwin to get a *nix system? Your logic is flawed. The reason why macbooks are popular among students is that they get discounts or freebies, and they believe (whether true or not, not sure) that it won't break during their four years at school.
The *nix system is just an icing, which can be obtained on most computers, it's not the main reason.
Exactly. When I was young, my parents never let me play before having lunch, so I used to eat as less as possible, so that I could back to Prince of Persia (any of you remember this?) asap.
Use debian without X which is the net-install image. If you only compile kernels after writing code elsewhere, or you are comfortable with Vi, you don't need Ubuntu or Gnome or KDE or anything. Just do it on the command line.
Unless of course, you need a window system to test your kernel, in which case use Debian + XFCE or LXDE from netinstall image.
On the contrary, the real test of a UI is how people who use various obscure aspects of it, feel with the new UI. Your parents (and my parents, I am sure) would use an openbox WM without any problem, as long as you put big Pidgin, Firefox, FileManager and Skype icons on the desktop. It definitely doesn't mean openbox is better, does it? (Okay, well it is pretty damn good for someone who can customize it:))
To be honest, nothing matters nearly as much as stability. Unless BtrFS increases my read and write times for both small and large files by a huge amount, a from ext4 to this won't be noticeable for most users. On the other hand, if your files start getting corrupted randomly (like in Windows), people are going to be extremely loud in voicing there dissent.
I am all for this, actually. I feel that small time musicians should setup a "donation" page on their website through paypal or something, which allows their fans to pay them directly for music.
If you have been following Dedoimedo, you would know it doesn't need to generate traffic.;) He is a damn good writer about games, security, Linux and other OSes.
More likely it's a new Linux user who found "the forbidden lands of Gentoo" funny.
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That's because they are really cool. And I would say that the movie Minority Report played a big role in creating this perception of coolness of gesture based interfaces. But, once you get used to them, and everyone around you has it, you start noticing small flaws, that may or may not irk depending on how OCD you are.
Ah, but how did you know that long-press mean is the stand-in for right click? That's not intuitive IMO. A two-finger touch would be more intuitive for me.
Intuition is conceived from experience, and not from thin air, and none of us share the exact same intuition.
Also:
That's like saying the shape of the ocean is smooth as glass averaged over 10 years. Sure it's true
Citations needed.
Think about it. Taking a huge number of readings over 10 years and averaging them, could give any irregular polyhedron, but it turns out to be an elegant shape.
I didn't read the TFA, but that clears my confusion. I thought that they discovered that electrons were "deterministically" spherical.
My setup is quite similar to yours, and I see what you mean. The notification system, and saving the session is awesome. Personally, I thought it was better than Unity in terms of looks, direction and the fact that they want to do something unique.
But, it severely lacks an easy way to get an overview of your desktop, and it overall requires too many finger/mouse gymnastics.
Some changes like providing an "expo" like feature will be nice. Giving a list of applications running in the current desktop on the bottom panel would be great too. It could turn out to be a great desktop for my personal use, with a few changes. But, for now, I am most comfortable with Gnome 2.32 and KDE 4.6.
On a side-note, systemd provides highly noticeable benefits to the boot time, and it is not as memory intensive as some people make it out to be. I would say about 600 MB for parent's setup.
What? If it is connected to a Linux machine, they will program Stuxnet to work with Linux. Or are you implying that non-Window machines are invulnerable?
I feel you. But, it is expecting a bit too much to expect all of them to work on one project for no money. Most people work for either feeding their stomach or feeding their ego. The exceptions are few in number, and not for small pieces of software like this.
Nonsense. There is a thriving trade in second-hand MacBooks and iBooks, both of which are well suited to the penurious student, especially if they have any reason to want/need access to standard command-line tools underlying any *nix system.
As opposed to buying a $500 laptop, installing Ubuntu or Cygwin to get a *nix system? Your logic is flawed. The reason why macbooks are popular among students is that they get discounts or freebies, and they believe (whether true or not, not sure) that it won't break during their four years at school.
The *nix system is just an icing, which can be obtained on most computers, it's not the main reason.
...sending plumes of smoke 15km into the air.
15 km is nearly two times the height of Mt. Everest.
Which is very, very high up.
It's been a long time since there was malware in my computer. How exactly do these things get inside, in the first place?
Once they get installed into a computer, do they spread throughout the local network?
Exactly. When I was young, my parents never let me play before having lunch, so I used to eat as less as possible, so that I could back to Prince of Persia (any of you remember this?) asap.
I don't know what you are smoking, but if you compare it with the copy times you get from NTFS in windows, it is noticeably faster.
Isn't MS-DOS owned by ... MS? It's been years since I have run that, but I thought it was always there.
As long as your host machine is connected to the internet through wifi or ethernet, the debian VM should connect too.
Mod parent up. I am ashamed to say that I am guilty of this. I tried uninstalling Java, but soon found that I couldn't do without it.
Unless of course, you need a window system to test your kernel, in which case use Debian + XFCE or LXDE from netinstall image.
From personal experience, for a normal user I would recommend Sid too, because you get the latest software, and breakages happen very rarely.
On the contrary, the real test of a UI is how people who use various obscure aspects of it, feel with the new UI. Your parents (and my parents, I am sure) would use an openbox WM without any problem, as long as you put big Pidgin, Firefox, FileManager and Skype icons on the desktop. It definitely doesn't mean openbox is better, does it? (Okay, well it is pretty damn good for someone who can customize it :))
To be honest, nothing matters nearly as much as stability. Unless BtrFS increases my read and write times for both small and large files by a huge amount, a from ext4 to this won't be noticeable for most users. On the other hand, if your files start getting corrupted randomly (like in Windows), people are going to be extremely loud in voicing there dissent.
Can someone tell me who uses Mono "commercially"?
HAHAHAHA!! :D Off topic, but you sir, made my day!
I am all for this, actually. I feel that small time musicians should setup a "donation" page on their website through paypal or something, which allows their fans to pay them directly for music.
why so many dupes these days? :s
Not exactly what you are looking for, but shows a neat timeline: Linux distros timeline.
More likely it's a new Linux user who found "the forbidden lands of Gentoo" funny.