Actually, this howto would probably be best written by tons of people, in a pseudo-opensource way. One person isn't going to know all of the tweaks, but if someone (takers?) sets up a website where tweaks can be submitted, it would be much better.
Now that I think about it, this is the best way to document _all_ of linux. An organized site where anyone can write in a problem they've had, as well as a solution. As the number of users grows, more and more people can write in problems and fixes, until finally anyone looking for an answer can search and find an answer. Does something like this exist yet?
Google is ok, but I feel like they don't have as many pages stored as other engines. I usually use google first (I configured Netscrape so it uses google for a 'url search'), and if that doesn't work, hotbot is next.
But in the case of Mother's Against Drunk Driving, it's obvious that alcohol impairs your ability to drive a car. There is absolutely _no_ basis that quake makes people kill.
(1) A lot of people play quake and watch movies and look at porn _without_ shooting people up. It's clear that this person was already the type that would be _likely_ to do something like this, so if he wasn't playing quake he would be reading comics or books. There is always something people can point the finger at, but if you took that away the person would still be unstable, and find another outlet.
(2) Who do you think _bought_ him the games? Don't want your kid playing quake? delete it! Don't want your kid looking at sex sites? Get Net Nanny!
I just the 35 reasons not to vote for Al Gore, and I must say they are simply wrong. Let's look at number one:
> 1. Gore thinks "human civilization is now the > dominant cause of change in the global > environment." Nevermind the sun, the oceans, > volcanoes, and other natural phenomena that > actually do control the environment.
So I guess Los Angeles has a brown sky because of the volcanoes in the area? That's a good one.
How about 18. Gore has claimed during a 1999 interview with > CNN's Wolf Blitzer that "During my > service in the United States Congress, I took > the initiative in creating the Internet." The > preliminary discussions for the creation of the > Internet took place in 1967 and, in 1969, > the Defense Department commissioned the creation > of the "Arpanet." Gore was 2l years > old at the time and it would be eight more years > before he was elected to the US House of > Representatives.
If this is a reason _not_ to vote for someone, then I guess you should completely eliminate Mr. Potatoe Head.
> 21. Despite the viewing public's disenchantment > with the television show, "Ellen", starring > Ellen DeGeneris, an outspoken advocate of the > lesbian lifestyle, Gore lauded the star for > "forcing" millions of Americans to "look at > sexual orientation in a more open light." They > stopped looking and the show was cancelled.
Sorry, people, you can't vote for anyone who liked a show that was cancelled. Nope, off the ticket. Nevermind that this comment is probably based off of the author's homophobia, and he thinks that people didn't like the show because she was a lesbian.
> 23. Gore is on record declaring William > Jefferson Clinton as one of the greatest > Presidents of modern times.
What _else_ is the freaking VICE PRESIDENT supposed to say? "Clinton sucks ass"????
> 32. Both Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, have > admitted to being "recreational" marijuana > smokers when he attended Harvard. The > Clinton-Gore Administration is notorious for > having failed to stem the flow of drugs into the > country.
And George W. Bush probably took cocaine. What's your point? You think it's _easy_ to stop drug trafficking?
I could pick apart every single one of these, but I think I've made my point.
I think Nvidia has all the right in the world to keep their well-researched technology from getting into everyone's hands. They have to make money, you know. If they are forced to release the source code to their drivers, it would make it _extremely_ easy to reverse-engineer their technology.
If a company releases bad drivers, I think it will become quickly clear to people and they will jump up and down and boycott company Z until they get on the ball. It's a trade-off, for sure, but I want to play GL q3a in Linux!
A simple solution would be to try all of the obvious and not-so-obvious holes that are normally in red hat systems, and see if they work. If they do, write them and tell them how to fix it. Isn't that the essence of the open source community?
"Salon magazine has been reborn as a round-the-clock network of Web sites."
I really hope they don't mean to become a spread-thin portal site. If they can provide all this content without losing their "independant" feel I'll rest easy. If, however, they become indistinguishable from go.com and all the rest, the web will have lost one of its most professional _and_ independant voices.
I had no idea users' behavior was tracked so specifically on slashdot. I know you guys have no intention of using the information in evil, microsoft-like ways, but I would have appreciated a warning along the lines of: "once you become a user your actions on slashdot will be monitored and will affect your eligibility for moderator-ship." Internet people seem to be extremely privacy-conscious, and yet slashdot is tracking their reading habits.
Once again, Linux folk seem to believe that they are the only ones entitled to Linux. Does this make sense? My father owns a company that, right now, is running windows on several computers to get basic work done. When I'm home from college he complains how much windows crashes all the time. So I guess because he doesn't know what "tar xfvz" means, he shouldn't be allowed to run linux then, huh? No gimp, pop, you aren't worthy!
This is an elitist and xenophobic position that will only harm the linux movement. Unix gurus are afraid that their dominance in their own little world is threatened by masses of consumers wishing for something better than windows. What right do you have to tell them they can't run unix just because they aren't a computer science major? Another example. I run linux on my machine almost full time. My roommate is a complete computer-phobe who is the type of person that is constantly afraid they will somehow "break" the computer by pressing the wrong button. I gave him an account on my machine, set up GNOME and window maker, and told him: "Even if you tried to break the machine, you couldn't, because you need a password to." He now happily logs in a uses netscape to check email, play cds, etc. I'm waiting for the day he says how much he likes it better than windows.
Linux is tough, but does it have to be? Because of its nature, there will always be the Happy Hacker Valley Command Line for people like the author to play in. You don't want GNOME, fine. Don't install it. But for people who are looking for something better than windows, we have NO RIGHT to tell them "no." Give them KDE to give them a start. Tell them what it means to "mount" a drive. They want to install a theme? Explain tar xfvz. Explain symbolic links. Eventually, a newbie can learn to master unix commands that were once reserved for people like the author.
They aren't splitting into five different companies, which is what the DOJ wants, they are in five new _divisions_. They still control 95% of computer user's lives.
It _will_ make it easier for them to split into five companies if that's what happens. "Oh look, we're already in five divisions... just make them companies! how conveniant!"
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The question is, what can we do about it? Microsoft has the ability to spread their views directly to the public without any need to go through the media. Right now, the only way the linux message gets out is some guy at the New York Times who says, "Gee whiz this is neat!" I would love to see an ad on TV, in a newspaper, or whatever, with a screenshot of Enlightenment (cause it looks cool, ok?) running the GIMP, a Netscape browser, and a windowed quake game. Everyone is hung up on how hard it is to install, but they don't realize once it's installed anybody can use it! I gave my computer-phobic a little account on my machine and he can browse the web, play CDs and MP3s (all legal of course:)), without any problems. People also realize that the _reason_ it is hard to install is because their machines were tuned to Windows, not linux.
Ywwg
ps How do I copy my GNOME panel settings (drawers, icons, launchers) to my roommate's account? copying the ~/.gnome dir doesn't seem to work!
By the time I saw Men In Black (not to say it was any good at all), I had seen the whole movie through trailers. I've seen the two carefully crafted trailers, and no more. I actually want to be _surprised_ when I see the movie! Trailers also tend to grab clips that give away entire movies, like the nature of Truman Burbank's city.
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I wish other projects got as much attention as the kernel... mozilla comes to mind
Heh, maybe that study was right after all...
Actually, this howto would probably be best written by tons of people, in a pseudo-opensource way. One person isn't going to know all of the tweaks, but if someone (takers?) sets up a website where tweaks can be submitted, it would be much better.
Now that I think about it, this is the best way to document _all_ of linux. An organized site where anyone can write in a problem they've had, as well as a solution. As the number of users grows, more and more people can write in problems and fixes, until finally anyone looking for an answer can search and find an answer. Does something like this exist yet?
Once again, installing Windows is no picnic. Give someone a pre-configured linux box, and they will like it just fine.
Google is ok, but I feel like they don't have as many pages stored as other engines. I usually use google first (I configured Netscrape so it uses google for a 'url search'), and if that doesn't work, hotbot is next.
But in the case of Mother's Against Drunk Driving, it's obvious that alcohol impairs your ability to drive a car. There is absolutely _no_ basis that quake makes people kill.
There are two problems with this lawsuit:
(1) A lot of people play quake and watch movies and look at porn _without_ shooting people up. It's clear that this person was already the type that would be _likely_ to do something like this, so if he wasn't playing quake he would be reading comics or books. There is always something people can point the finger at, but if you took that away the person would still be unstable, and find another outlet.
(2) Who do you think _bought_ him the games? Don't want your kid playing quake? delete it! Don't want your kid looking at sex sites? Get Net Nanny!
I just the 35 reasons not to vote for Al Gore, and I must say they are simply wrong. Let's look at number one:
> 1. Gore thinks "human civilization is now the
> dominant cause of change in the global
> environment." Nevermind the sun, the oceans,
> volcanoes, and other natural phenomena that
> actually do control the environment.
So I guess Los Angeles has a brown sky because of the volcanoes in the area? That's a good one.
How about
18. Gore has claimed during a 1999 interview with
> CNN's Wolf Blitzer that "During my
> service in the United States Congress, I took
> the initiative in creating the Internet." The
> preliminary discussions for the creation of the
> Internet took place in 1967 and, in 1969,
> the Defense Department commissioned the creation > of the "Arpanet." Gore was 2l years
> old at the time and it would be eight more years
> before he was elected to the US House of
> Representatives.
If this is a reason _not_ to vote for someone, then I guess you should completely eliminate Mr. Potatoe Head.
> 21. Despite the viewing public's disenchantment
> with the television show, "Ellen", starring
> Ellen DeGeneris, an outspoken advocate of the
> lesbian lifestyle, Gore lauded the star for
> "forcing" millions of Americans to "look at
> sexual orientation in a more open light." They
> stopped looking and the show was cancelled.
Sorry, people, you can't vote for anyone who liked a show that was cancelled. Nope, off the ticket. Nevermind that this comment is probably based off of the author's homophobia, and he thinks that people didn't like the show because she was a lesbian.
> 23. Gore is on record declaring William
> Jefferson Clinton as one of the greatest
> Presidents of modern times.
What _else_ is the freaking VICE PRESIDENT supposed to say? "Clinton sucks ass"????
> 32. Both Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, have
> admitted to being "recreational" marijuana
> smokers when he attended Harvard. The
> Clinton-Gore Administration is notorious for
> having failed to stem the flow of drugs into the
> country.
And George W. Bush probably took cocaine. What's your point? You think it's _easy_ to stop drug trafficking?
I could pick apart every single one of these, but I think I've made my point.
Owen Williams
I think Nvidia has all the right in the world to keep their well-researched technology from getting into everyone's hands. They have to make money, you know. If they are forced to release the source code to their drivers, it would make it _extremely_ easy to reverse-engineer their technology.
If a company releases bad drivers, I think it will become quickly clear to people and they will jump up and down and boycott company Z until they get on the ball. It's a trade-off, for sure, but I want to play GL q3a in Linux!
A simple solution would be to try all of the obvious and not-so-obvious holes that are normally in red hat systems, and see if they work. If they do, write them and tell them how to fix it. Isn't that the essence of the open source community?
"Salon magazine has been reborn as a round-the-clock network of Web sites."
I really hope they don't mean to become a spread-thin portal site. If they can provide all this content without losing their "independant" feel I'll rest easy. If, however, they become indistinguishable from go.com and all the rest, the web will have lost one of its most professional _and_ independant voices.
Marge: "Mr. Burns said if you don't come in Friday you shouldn't bother to come in Monday."
Homer: "Whoo-hoo! Four day weekend!"
I had no idea users' behavior was tracked so specifically on slashdot. I know you guys have no intention of using the information in evil, microsoft-like ways, but I would have appreciated a warning along the lines of: "once you become a user your actions on slashdot will be monitored and will affect your eligibility for moderator-ship."
Internet people seem to be extremely privacy-conscious, and yet slashdot is tracking their reading habits.
what do people think?
Three popular sites just _happen_ to close all because of "litigation" and _all_ on April 1st? C'mon people...
Can anyone explain what the IDC is and why their recognition of Linux is so important?
Once again, Linux folk seem to believe that they are the only ones entitled to Linux. Does this make sense? My father owns a company that, right now, is running windows on several computers to get basic work done. When I'm home from college he complains how much windows crashes all the time. So I guess because he doesn't know what "tar xfvz" means, he shouldn't be allowed to run linux then, huh? No gimp, pop, you aren't worthy!
This is an elitist and xenophobic position that will only harm the linux movement. Unix gurus are afraid that their dominance in their own little world is threatened by masses of consumers wishing for something better than windows. What right do you have to tell them they can't run unix just because they aren't a computer science major? Another example. I run linux on my machine almost full time. My roommate is a complete computer-phobe who is the type of person that is constantly afraid they will somehow "break" the computer by pressing the wrong button. I gave him an account on my machine, set up GNOME and window maker, and told him: "Even if you tried to break the machine, you couldn't, because you need a password to." He now happily logs in a uses netscape to check email, play cds, etc. I'm waiting for the day he says how much he likes it better than windows.
Linux is tough, but does it have to be? Because of its nature, there will always be the Happy Hacker Valley Command Line for people like the author to play in. You don't want GNOME, fine. Don't install it. But for people who are looking for something better than windows, we have NO RIGHT to tell them "no." Give them KDE to give them a start. Tell them what it means to "mount" a drive. They want to install a theme? Explain tar xfvz. Explain symbolic links. Eventually, a newbie can learn to master unix commands that were once reserved for people like the author.
Or is that what he is afraid of?
Owen Williams
They aren't splitting into five different companies, which is what the DOJ wants, they are in five new _divisions_. They still control 95% of computer user's lives.
It _will_ make it easier for them to split into five companies if that's what happens. "Oh look, we're already in five divisions... just make them companies! how conveniant!"
The question is, what can we do about it? Microsoft has the ability to spread their views directly to the public without any need to go through the media. Right now, the only way the linux message gets out is some guy at the New York Times who says, "Gee whiz this is neat!" :)), without any problems.
I would love to see an ad on TV, in a newspaper, or whatever, with a screenshot of Enlightenment (cause it looks cool, ok?) running the GIMP, a Netscape browser, and a windowed quake game. Everyone is hung up on how hard it is to install, but they don't realize once it's installed anybody can use it! I gave my computer-phobic a little account on my machine and he can browse the web, play CDs and MP3s (all legal of course
People also realize that the _reason_ it is hard to install is because their machines were tuned to Windows, not linux.
Ywwg
ps
How do I copy my GNOME panel settings (drawers, icons, launchers) to my roommate's account? copying the ~/.gnome dir doesn't seem to work!
By the time I saw Men In Black (not to say it was any good at all), I had seen the whole movie through trailers. I've seen the two carefully crafted trailers, and no more. I actually want to be _surprised_ when I see the movie! Trailers also tend to grab clips that give away entire movies, like the nature of Truman Burbank's city.