...to Steve Jobs. Think about it, he's always ahead of the market, and then loses to some other player by disallowing 3rd party apps. I can only wonder if this was partially intentional and he's learned from his past mistakes after all. Maybe not though, or why not just come out and SEEM cool to boot? I was ready to see a competitor come out and thrash the iPhone with 3rd party apps, but now, maybe the iPhone will go somewhere after all!
Which is a much better choice based on sound quality and file size, by the way. But good luck finding a car stereo for cheap that does OGG. I haven't seen one yet!
Imagine the same machine with Ubuntu instead. Twice as fast, even cheaper, and Twice as stable and reliable. I understand they need to market the platform that most of the PC games play on, but having a box right next to it for sale that runs twice as well, and costs $50 and says "NOT FOR GAMES" on the side would probably sell very well to 70% of the people out there who don't give a shit about games.
This has gone far enough. There is boat loads of evidence that our government no longer counts our votes. The chair of Diebold should have a bullet right in the FACE for treason against everything this country stands for, and most particularly DEMOCRACY.
If they continue down this path of not counting votes, there WILL be violence. Is that what the Republican and Democratic parties want? VIOLENT BLOODY REVOLUTION?!?
I mean, the money has so completely destroyed tech media by turning into basically eternal corporate advertising. Even the little actual tech substance that was left has been rapidly drying up.
When was the last time you found out something new in a Ziff-Davis magazine? 1982?
They don't cover beryl and Ubuntu much, so there's nothing there interesting to read. I like blogs and youtube about stuff, though because it's not just advertising it's interesting and relevant.
You should have said, "I don't call my Windows 3.11 system my DOS/Windows system!". But of course, if you know anything about it, half the system or more was still DOS, just with a mac like interface.
Anyone who's installed Feisty Fawn side by side with Vista will tell you quickly, that if FOSS is going anywhere, and Ubuntu and Linux in particular, it's on MORE hard drives than less. I've had less problems finding drivers and getting things up and running in Ubuntu on several machines now, and I've been a die hard Windows user for the last decade.
FUD isn't going to do anything when FOSS is rapidly becoming the easier, cheaper, faster, and better choice for John Q. Public.
I've used Photoshop, and the Gimp for 6+ years, and I have to say, both interfaces suck. I don't have any specifics for improvement, but I'm sure I could come up with some if I were sitting in front of either one right now. I just know both interfaces are clunky, counter intuitive, slow, require too much screen real estate, buggy, bloated, and archaic.
Granted, they each have advantages over each other: Photoshop does CMYK, some of the tools just "work" better, etc. Gimp is less bloated, offers more handy functions "out of the box", and is cross platform.
But let's zoom out and look at the larger issue, which is that, in 2007, our photo editing and graphics arts programs should be a lot farther along. I should be able to do illustator or inkscape style things directly in the gimp, and I should only need one program to do all of that with an easy menu, and easy and obvious shortcuts. As of right now, the only shortcuts I use are copy, cut, and paste, because all the other ones link to some function I rarely need. Like how about a ctrl+s that automagically makes a drop shadow of the foreground layer? Or a ctrl+o that automatically gives a font an outline? The current ways of doing this in the gimp, which I do about 100x a week, at LEAST are ludicrously slow, and require me to use wild ass script-fu, and then copy, and then undo, and then paste.
Heaven help me if I'm away from home and on some winblows machine that is loaded down with Norton. Simple tasks can take an hour!!!
Thanks for the tip! I HAVE checked it out, but afaik it is still nowhere near the usability of illustrator, especially for someone who has been using illustrator consistently for 5+ years.
OK, I got some pretty heated responses about how Linux sucks for business systems and niche production environments, and isn't worth advertising to Joe Consumer. True enough all of that.
I've given Ubuntu machines to 20 people. All but one of them wanted it for email, internet, digital cameras, and "word". All but the one who needed Illustrator (because Inkscape has different short cuts or something), were not only completely happy, they were ecstatic. They were bowled over by beryl, and completely in love with firefox right away, and didn't notice any difference between open office and word, other than that they had to do "Save As" and save it as a MS word file to email their co workers or schools etc.
For most home users, that don't game or do pro graphic work, Linux is more than ready. It's completely and thoroughly superior to the other offerings by Apple and MS.
Even for the two casual gamers in the lot, they very much enjoyed Mupen and Urban Terror, so.....
Other than Inkscape and Gimp not quite being drop in replacements for illustrator and photoshop, I can't imagine a home user needing anything else.
Not to say that your insurance company should roll out 3,000 ubuntu systems for your own custom app that you have had them running in windows for 20 years. That's completely off topic as far as I'm concerned.
Yeah, this article is dead on. Except the time isn't just in 2008. It's right now. I've recently switched about 20 people over to Ubuntu from Windows, and all but one of them were ecstatic. The one exception is a very heavy illustrator user, and said inkscape wasn't good enough. Other than that though, it's been 100% rave reviews and new clients for my little bedroom/repair shop.
That's crazy talk. Ardour is fantastic, and completely capable. I may still import a file here and there into protools for some random thing that isn't in Ardour, but I can do 90%+ of my tracking on a Linux machine, and if anything it seems MORE STABLE by a large margin than either Windows OR Mac.
Yes, but most games don't actually run well under virtualization. Or Wine for that matter.
There are however some AWESOME Linux native games:
Zsnes (every super nintendo game) Mupen (every Nintendo 64 game) Urban Terror (Linux Native!)
Other than those all I really miss is Grand theft Auto, which doesn't run well in virtualization anyway, and Civilization 2, which also doesn't run great virtualized, and further, is pretty damned old these days, though still more playable than civ 3 or 4.
Slashdot Mirror
Kind of like how the written note destroyed music.
rhY
PS Nice Boots.
1,000 points of BLUE light.
...to Steve Jobs. Think about it, he's always ahead of the market, and then loses to some other player by disallowing 3rd party apps. I can only wonder if this was partially intentional and he's learned from his past mistakes after all. Maybe not though, or why not just come out and SEEM cool to boot? I was ready to see a competitor come out and thrash the iPhone with 3rd party apps, but now, maybe the iPhone will go somewhere after all!
rhY
Hey! Let's read "news" about the OSes that are remaining static or dropping in the market. Ubuntu probably isn't worth mentioning.
I meant $50 LESS. *sigh*
Which is a much better choice based on sound quality and file size, by the way. But good luck finding a car stereo for cheap that does OGG. I haven't seen one yet!
Imagine the same machine with Ubuntu instead. Twice as fast, even cheaper, and Twice as stable and reliable. I understand they need to market the platform that most of the PC games play on, but having a box right next to it for sale that runs twice as well, and costs $50 and says "NOT FOR GAMES" on the side would probably sell very well to 70% of the people out there who don't give a shit about games.
rhY
This has gone far enough. There is boat loads of evidence that our government no longer counts our votes. The chair of Diebold should have a bullet right in the FACE for treason against everything this country stands for, and most particularly DEMOCRACY.
If they continue down this path of not counting votes, there WILL be violence. Is that what the Republican and Democratic parties want? VIOLENT BLOODY REVOLUTION?!?
FUCKING ASSHOLES!
You forgot chair-throwing!
I mean, the money has so completely destroyed tech media by turning into basically eternal corporate advertising. Even the little actual tech substance that was left has been rapidly drying up.
When was the last time you found out something new in a Ziff-Davis magazine? 1982?
They don't cover beryl and Ubuntu much, so there's nothing there interesting to read. I like blogs and youtube about stuff, though because it's not just advertising it's interesting and relevant.
You should have said, "I don't call my Windows 3.11 system my DOS/Windows system!". But of course, if you know anything about it, half the system or more was still DOS, just with a mac like interface.
rhY
Anyone who's installed Feisty Fawn side by side with Vista will tell you quickly, that if FOSS is going anywhere, and Ubuntu and Linux in particular, it's on MORE hard drives than less. I've had less problems finding drivers and getting things up and running in Ubuntu on several machines now, and I've been a die hard Windows user for the last decade.
FUD isn't going to do anything when FOSS is rapidly becoming the easier, cheaper, faster, and better choice for John Q. Public.
Where do I sign up? Wait, they want what now, exactly?
Brilliant, strong functional engineer, screws self with huge gaps of reason in other departments.
Original Mac. Great design, best in market, ahead of it's time. Closed to 3rd parties. Eventual Mac clone (Windows) hegemony.
iPhone. Great design, best in market, ahead of it's time. Closed to 3rd party apps.
Why isn't there anybody with brains/balls enough at Apple to point out the obvious writing on the wall?
Why is it that such brilliant engineering minds tend to complete blindness in other areas? Is it Asperger's syndrome or something?
AT&T, the worlds longest running communications monopoly, doesn't want ANYONE to have free communication.
Hold on while I give myself CPR.
Good news? I'm having a hard time making this compute....
rhY
I can see "Flamebait", but "Off Topic"?!? It was supposed to be "Funny", or "Insightful". WHATEVER!
Now just imagine how hugely popular Ubuntu would be if it didn't default to SHIT BROWN.
I'll fire the first salvo:
They both suck.
I've used Photoshop, and the Gimp for 6+ years, and I have to say, both interfaces suck. I don't have any specifics for improvement, but I'm sure I could come up with some if I were sitting in front of either one right now. I just know both interfaces are clunky, counter intuitive, slow, require too much screen real estate, buggy, bloated, and archaic.
Granted, they each have advantages over each other: Photoshop does CMYK, some of the tools just "work" better, etc. Gimp is less bloated, offers more handy functions "out of the box", and is cross platform.
But let's zoom out and look at the larger issue, which is that, in 2007, our photo editing and graphics arts programs should be a lot farther along. I should be able to do illustator or inkscape style things directly in the gimp, and I should only need one program to do all of that with an easy menu, and easy and obvious shortcuts. As of right now, the only shortcuts I use are copy, cut, and paste, because all the other ones link to some function I rarely need. Like how about a ctrl+s that automagically makes a drop shadow of the foreground layer? Or a ctrl+o that automatically gives a font an outline? The current ways of doing this in the gimp, which I do about 100x a week, at LEAST are ludicrously slow, and require me to use wild ass script-fu, and then copy, and then undo, and then paste.
Heaven help me if I'm away from home and on some winblows machine that is loaded down with Norton. Simple tasks can take an hour!!!
rhY
Thanks for the tip! I HAVE checked it out, but afaik it is still nowhere near the usability of illustrator, especially for someone who has been using illustrator consistently for 5+ years.
OK, I got some pretty heated responses about how Linux sucks for business systems and niche production environments, and isn't worth advertising to Joe Consumer. True enough all of that.
I've given Ubuntu machines to 20 people. All but one of them wanted it for email, internet, digital cameras, and "word". All but the one who needed Illustrator (because Inkscape has different short cuts or something), were not only completely happy, they were ecstatic. They were bowled over by beryl, and completely in love with firefox right away, and didn't notice any difference between open office and word, other than that they had to do "Save As" and save it as a MS word file to email their co workers or schools etc.
For most home users, that don't game or do pro graphic work, Linux is more than ready. It's completely and thoroughly superior to the other offerings by Apple and MS.
Even for the two casual gamers in the lot, they very much enjoyed Mupen and Urban Terror, so.....
Other than Inkscape and Gimp not quite being drop in replacements for illustrator and photoshop, I can't imagine a home user needing anything else.
Not to say that your insurance company should roll out 3,000 ubuntu systems for your own custom app that you have had them running in windows for 20 years. That's completely off topic as far as I'm concerned.
Yeah, this article is dead on. Except the time isn't just in 2008. It's right now. I've recently switched about 20 people over to Ubuntu from Windows, and all but one of them were ecstatic. The one exception is a very heavy illustrator user, and said inkscape wasn't good enough. Other than that though, it's been 100% rave reviews and new clients for my little bedroom/repair shop.
rhY
That's crazy talk. Ardour is fantastic, and completely capable. I may still import a file here and there into protools for some random thing that isn't in Ardour, but I can do 90%+ of my tracking on a Linux machine, and if anything it seems MORE STABLE by a large margin than either Windows OR Mac.
Let's make EVERYONE a criminal!
Yes, but most games don't actually run well under virtualization. Or Wine for that matter.
There are however some AWESOME Linux native games:
Zsnes (every super nintendo game)
Mupen (every Nintendo 64 game)
Urban Terror (Linux Native!)
Other than those all I really miss is Grand theft Auto, which doesn't run well in virtualization anyway, and Civilization 2, which also doesn't run great virtualized, and further, is pretty damned old these days, though still more playable than civ 3 or 4.