I have an iPod Touch which REQUIRES iTunes, and I also occasionally play games on my laptop such as TF2. Microsoft Office is something I need both for work and school, but if everything I needed was in Linux, I'd never use Windows.
Exactly what I said when I read this. Linux support in my experience is "doesn't work? Google it. Still doesn't work? Ask someone on a forum." If anyone comes to Linux expecting that they'll have dedicated support they're in for a surprise.
Sounds really good on paper (or, for the literal ones here, on webpage), but we'll see how it works in practice. I hope it does what it hopes to do, but who knows?
I really hope I'm not the only person who's sick of seeing Lulzsec on every single tech news site available. Maybe now I don't have to hear about their "escapades" everywhere I turn.
That's not really what I'm worried about at all. If I came off as sounding horribly elitist, I apologize, but I just don't think Linux should go the Windows route, where everything's fixed with relative ease. I like a bit of a challenge!
This bothers me for so many obvious reasons. Linux, at least in my opinion, shouldn't be "easy" to use, at least not in the traditional sense of the word. Using Linux should require a degree of technical skill, even the kind that can be gleaned from simply using `man`. I really don't want to see an influx of people who think they're "cool" because they run Ubuntu. I guess there's always UNIX, *BSD and the Gentoo- and Arch-like distributions, but... eh. It just doesn't feel right.
I've always thought that allowing users to moderate comments is a good idea, but it seems that a lot of people either don't know how, or think it's a waste of time. If users were exposed to the merits of moderating comments and the good that can come from it, it could be a good venue for filtering flaming and trolling. However, by that same token, users could simply utilize other users to downvote/rate other comments because of a disagreement, argument, or whatever. It'd be nice to find a way to prevent this while still allowing users to do comment moderation.
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I have an iPod Touch which REQUIRES iTunes, and I also occasionally play games on my laptop such as TF2. Microsoft Office is something I need both for work and school, but if everything I needed was in Linux, I'd never use Windows.
Any semblance of desire to run Windows 8 I had is now completely gone.
Oh yeah, no doubt the internet is better for troubleshooting- I'm just saying that Linux has no dedicated support and likely never will.
Exactly what I said when I read this. Linux support in my experience is "doesn't work? Google it. Still doesn't work? Ask someone on a forum." If anyone comes to Linux expecting that they'll have dedicated support they're in for a surprise.
My school (Lansing Community College) has a 3D learning lab. It's actually really cool, but I never have a reason to be in there. D:
Sounds really good on paper (or, for the literal ones here, on webpage), but we'll see how it works in practice. I hope it does what it hopes to do, but who knows?
You know what, I'm not even gonna bother touching this. I'm going to go forget that I ever read this for the sake of remaining sane.
Time to don the tin hats, people.
I'd be pissed off, honestly. Too bad the only computer stores in my area are OfficeMax and Best Buy. :(
When they say "call before digging", I think they mean it...
I can live without Facebook for a little while. Might help.
I never thought I'd have to read about My Little Pony here. Today is a sad day for me.
Looks like "Antisec" is shaking in their boots now that their great leaders (read: Lulzsec) abandoned them.
I really hope I'm not the only person who's sick of seeing Lulzsec on every single tech news site available. Maybe now I don't have to hear about their "escapades" everywhere I turn.
That's not really what I'm worried about at all. If I came off as sounding horribly elitist, I apologize, but I just don't think Linux should go the Windows route, where everything's fixed with relative ease. I like a bit of a challenge!
This bothers me for so many obvious reasons. Linux, at least in my opinion, shouldn't be "easy" to use, at least not in the traditional sense of the word. Using Linux should require a degree of technical skill, even the kind that can be gleaned from simply using `man`. I really don't want to see an influx of people who think they're "cool" because they run Ubuntu. I guess there's always UNIX, *BSD and the Gentoo- and Arch-like distributions, but... eh. It just doesn't feel right.
Pfft. Do it with a giant picture of Tux and THEN you can be cool!
Now we wait for the ubiquitous responses saying "the cake is a lie" or its equivalent. Very cool of him to do this, though.
I've always thought that allowing users to moderate comments is a good idea, but it seems that a lot of people either don't know how, or think it's a waste of time. If users were exposed to the merits of moderating comments and the good that can come from it, it could be a good venue for filtering flaming and trolling. However, by that same token, users could simply utilize other users to downvote/rate other comments because of a disagreement, argument, or whatever. It'd be nice to find a way to prevent this while still allowing users to do comment moderation.