Many of my audiophile friends use Ogg. They wouldn't know what a "Linux" was if it smacked them in the face, but Ogg means they can have better sound quality for smaller disk space.
I've got my CD collection stored as Ogg Vorbis now, and I get random ogg-fan p2p users thanking me for ripping to their preferred format.
I've had enough trouble with Gentoo crashing when I've been stationary, let alone travelling at 70mph!
If I had to have a mainstream Linux distro running on my helmet HUD, it'd have to be Debian/stable. But then it wouldn't support the video adapter... guess I'll have to have plain-text again!
The kernels which come on the installation media are for installation and installation only. The Debian Installation Manual does suggest that you should install or compile a new kernel once you've completed the installation.
Nobody's forcing you to use the GPL. It's an itch-scratching thing. Some people use the GPL because they care about the freedoms it tries to protect. Some people think that helping the homeless is "pathetic and sad" - after all, they ended up there through their own misfortune, let them sort themselves out! (*)
If the GPL annoys you that much, then spend your time re-implementing things under a BSD license (just as the GNU people re-implemented many aspects of Unix under the GPL). But don't flame other people for having different priorities to you. Telling people to "grow up" is not a very convincing argument.
(*) I do not share this view. But it is held by many people.
I think Linus might be incorrect here, but IANAL.
If you're not planning to distribute the program, there's not really any problem - just refuse to accept the terms of the GPL (as is your right), and the kernel header file in question falls under "default" copyright law, which states that you can do what the hell you want with it for your own use, provided you don't distribute it.
I'm not enough of a C coder to consider the implications of compiling GPL'd header files into non-GPL'd code, anyway:)
there's three different distros: too old (for desktop users)
Why do corporate users need bleeding-edge software? I run Debian/stable on all my servers (except a few legacy DeadRat boxen which I haven't yet reinstalled) and Debian/unstable on my desktop (because I can fix it if it breaks).
Most desktop users, mostly using scientific applications which are Linux-specific, are either running Debian/stable or old versions of RedHat. They don't need KDE3, or the latest version of X, or whatever. If they seriously had a need for newer software, I could get it from backports.org or something, and it'd become the responsibility of the in-house IT team to look after it.
I agree that the lack of corporate support is a bad thing. It's something I'm looking into - I've founded a company with a few Linux-knowlegable friends and once I can afford to risk going a year or two with no income, I'm going to go into business doing Linux installations and support for corporate clients. Our market research is very promising, especially among industrial businesses which have no need for Windows and are keen to make savings on IT.
If you want to build on GPL code in-house, you don't need to GPL your own code. Just refuse to accept the GPL, as is your right under the GPL, and then normal copyright law comes into play, so you can do what you want with the code so long as you don't distribute it in any way whatsoever.
but it is the package maintainers that make debian rock
Not only them. It's the users who submit bug reports, the people who patch code and packages, the community who support each other to iron out problems.
Man, it brings a tear to my eye just to think of it, and to know I'm a (admittedly small) part of that community.
I think that blog culture is a counter to this - blogs generate thousands of links every day, and change rapidly with trends. Sure, most of these are AYBABTU-type memes, but many bloggers will link to sites they find valuable, thus increasing the visibility of those sites in Google.
If only I had mod points...
"OMG!!! This candidate mentioned TUX so he must R00L and I will get my college computar club to vote for him and he will BAN MIRCO$OFT and make LUNIX a GOOD OS!!!"
I'm aware that you can block incoming connections without using NAT. However, most people aren't. And most people don't use H.323 and SIP. If you actually read what I wrote, I said that I'd rather see a bunch of unsecured boxen behind NAT than not.
All the content in the world doesn't matter when a game needs a credit card to play.
I know this isn't a solution to your problem necessarily, but Neocron got my custom because I could pay with a debit card (I don' t have, and can't get, a credit card). Plus it's a fairly solid, top-notch cyberpunk MMORPG experience, which makes a change from swords-and-sourcery dungeon-bashing.
(that being said, the old Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay geek in me can't wait for the Warhammer MMORPG...)
Then again, if there's a network of machines installed by somebody with little competence, I'd rather they were behind NAT than not.
Sure, NAT was not designed for security, but by the simple process of keeping, say, RPC ports unavailable from the Internet, it has a security-like effect.
Just thinking... if SCO are claiming that they own GPL'd code, and M$ are paying SCO for licensing to SCO's code... is this a "legal" way for M$ to incorporate GPL'd code in their software?
Of course, being closed-source, it'd be damn hard to find this out...
Strange, it crashes my Win2K box twice an hour, requiring a hard reset. I was playing it only last night.
The really infuriating thing is that it's sufficiently addictive that I still keep playing it...
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Many of my audiophile friends use Ogg. They wouldn't know what a "Linux" was if it smacked them in the face, but Ogg means they can have better sound quality for smaller disk space. I've got my CD collection stored as Ogg Vorbis now, and I get random ogg-fan p2p users thanking me for ripping to their preferred format.
I've had enough trouble with Gentoo crashing when I've been stationary, let alone travelling at 70mph!
If I had to have a mainstream Linux distro running on my helmet HUD, it'd have to be Debian/stable. But then it wouldn't support the video adapter... guess I'll have to have plain-text again!
If you're coming again after whipping an elephant's arse, there's something deeply wrong with you.
Both of those things should have been seamless.
So you filed appropriate bug reports, to help fix the problem, right?
Unfortunately, it doesn't do this out of the box.
The kernels which come on the installation media are for installation and installation only. The Debian Installation Manual does suggest that you should install or compile a new kernel once you've completed the installation.
Nobody's forcing you to use the GPL. It's an itch-scratching thing. Some people use the GPL because they care about the freedoms it tries to protect. Some people think that helping the homeless is "pathetic and sad" - after all, they ended up there through their own misfortune, let them sort themselves out! (*) If the GPL annoys you that much, then spend your time re-implementing things under a BSD license (just as the GNU people re-implemented many aspects of Unix under the GPL). But don't flame other people for having different priorities to you. Telling people to "grow up" is not a very convincing argument. (*) I do not share this view. But it is held by many people.
I think Linus might be incorrect here, but IANAL. If you're not planning to distribute the program, there's not really any problem - just refuse to accept the terms of the GPL (as is your right), and the kernel header file in question falls under "default" copyright law, which states that you can do what the hell you want with it for your own use, provided you don't distribute it. I'm not enough of a C coder to consider the implications of compiling GPL'd header files into non-GPL'd code, anyway :)
It's real. I applied to study it at Southampton University as a fall-back in case I didn't get in doing Software Engineering at UMIST.
there's three different distros: too old (for desktop users) Why do corporate users need bleeding-edge software? I run Debian/stable on all my servers (except a few legacy DeadRat boxen which I haven't yet reinstalled) and Debian/unstable on my desktop (because I can fix it if it breaks). Most desktop users, mostly using scientific applications which are Linux-specific, are either running Debian/stable or old versions of RedHat. They don't need KDE3, or the latest version of X, or whatever. If they seriously had a need for newer software, I could get it from backports.org or something, and it'd become the responsibility of the in-house IT team to look after it. I agree that the lack of corporate support is a bad thing. It's something I'm looking into - I've founded a company with a few Linux-knowlegable friends and once I can afford to risk going a year or two with no income, I'm going to go into business doing Linux installations and support for corporate clients. Our market research is very promising, especially among industrial businesses which have no need for Windows and are keen to make savings on IT.
Now, now. Gentoo keeps the hardcore weenie crowd away from other distributions, which give those other distros more credibility :)
If you want to build on GPL code in-house, you don't need to GPL your own code. Just refuse to accept the GPL, as is your right under the GPL, and then normal copyright law comes into play, so you can do what you want with the code so long as you don't distribute it in any way whatsoever.
The creases are totally different ;)
Secure Computer Ordination? If we can get everything we don't like to have the acronym of "SCO", flaming will become much easier!
but it is the package maintainers that make debian rock
Not only them. It's the users who submit bug reports, the people who patch code and packages, the community who support each other to iron out problems.
Man, it brings a tear to my eye just to think of it, and to know I'm a (admittedly small) part of that community.
I think that blog culture is a counter to this - blogs generate thousands of links every day, and change rapidly with trends. Sure, most of these are AYBABTU-type memes, but many bloggers will link to sites they find valuable, thus increasing the visibility of those sites in Google.
Yeah, but that's just to pull hot chicks, right? ;)
If only I had mod points... "OMG!!! This candidate mentioned TUX so he must R00L and I will get my college computar club to vote for him and he will BAN MIRCO$OFT and make LUNIX a GOOD OS!!!"
By buying from iTunes, you support DRM and the erosion of fair-use rights. You're not sending a wake-up call to the RIAA, you're supporting them.
Congratulations, do you want a cookie?
I'm aware that you can block incoming connections without using NAT. However, most people aren't. And most people don't use H.323 and SIP. If you actually read what I wrote, I said that I'd rather see a bunch of unsecured boxen behind NAT than not.
All the content in the world doesn't matter when a game needs a credit card to play.
I know this isn't a solution to your problem necessarily, but Neocron got my custom because I could pay with a debit card (I don' t have, and can't get, a credit card). Plus it's a fairly solid, top-notch cyberpunk MMORPG experience, which makes a change from swords-and-sourcery dungeon-bashing.
(that being said, the old Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay geek in me can't wait for the Warhammer MMORPG...)
Then again, if there's a network of machines installed by somebody with little competence, I'd rather they were behind NAT than not. Sure, NAT was not designed for security, but by the simple process of keeping, say, RPC ports unavailable from the Internet, it has a security-like effect.
Just thinking... if SCO are claiming that they own GPL'd code, and M$ are paying SCO for licensing to SCO's code... is this a "legal" way for M$ to incorporate GPL'd code in their software? Of course, being closed-source, it'd be damn hard to find this out...
Strange, it crashes my Win2K box twice an hour, requiring a hard reset. I was playing it only last night. The really infuriating thing is that it's sufficiently addictive that I still keep playing it...
Y'know, I read that as "they do not need free operating systems or software to execute its planes"...