I moved from warp to linux a few years ago and I did notice that things ran a bit slower. I've heard it has something to do with the way os/2 handles context switches (or something like that) better than other ossen. Is this true?
I would have stuck with warp if ibm had just stuck with it a bit better.
For a start, I would suggest reading "The Emperor's New Mind" by Roger Penrose.
AI would not necessarily give a machine Awareness. The two are separate.
Everything is discrete - distance, mass, even time. There simply is no duration shorter than about 1E-14 seconds. This is one of the mind boggling aspects of quantum physics, hence the name quantum.
I can't become a New Zealand citizen for the same reason - I'd have to forfeit my dutch citizenship, which would mean effectively forfeiting EU citizenship. Since I'm a permanant resident (kinda like a green card, I think - don't know much about the "american way") there's really no need for "citizenship".
It is possible to be open source and still proprietry. Open/closed source is about whether or not people are allowed to se the source code.
Proprietry vs public licence is about who pays who to use it, regardless of the above.
I know this is obvious to most, but some people need to be reminded of this distinction.
applications developed with Kylix will adjust to the look and feel of the GNOME desktop
I have nothing against GNOME, but I'd like to use it with KDE. It would be nice if it developed apps that adjust to the look and feel of whatever desktop happens to be running.
IMNSHO, developers should concentrate on what their app does and let the user choose the look and feel.
What's really ironic is that a lot of user interface experiments have been done in Unix, and many contemporary GUI features have been developed in Unix.
Yeah, like KDE. I actually find KDE more useful than the windoze GUI.
Vapourware, vapourware. I've been hanging out for Lin2.4 for soooooo long now. I have refrained from installing 2.3 since I need a stable, working box to run my business. But I'd love to play with some 2.4 features.
Insert CD
Click on CD icon (in KDE it automatically displays the contents of the CD in kfm, the filemanager)
Click on the file that ends in.rpm (This brings up kpackage)
Click on the install button in kpackage
While in kpackage you can check out all sorts of things before you click install . You can view all your installed packages and click on remove package. Unlike windoze, it will warn you if you're going to break dependancies.
I can go for days on end not touching the command line on my linux box.
Come on! What about KDE or GNOME is inherently harder to use than Windows?
I use KDE because it is easier than windoze. When my father (who learnt computing with punched cards, paper tape and tty terminals) saw my linux desktop he thought it was pretty flash, but he reckons keyboard shortcuts are better than using the plastic rodent. KDE has the keyboard shortcuts.
Another thing that bugged me about windoze was that the maximise button was next to the close button on the top right corner. Being clumsy, I often hit the wrong one. In KDE I don't have this problem because I moved the close button to the left corner. I'd like KDE develeopers to borrow some ideas from OS/2's presentation manager though.
Note: This article is a piece of satire meant to brighten your day.
I hope everyone picked up on that.
Great points about in-fighting etc. Also great point about Linux users (Not all of us, I realise) defining what's great about Linux in terms of comparing to Windoze ( like my sig:-) ).
I wonder if ESR and RMS have read it.
Just a random thought that popped in my head, but what if it turned out that GPL'd code was found in Microsoft's source code?
If M$ used GPL code, then by law the resulting program has to be released as GPL code. If this could ever be proved M$ would lose heaps, unless they bought the judge or something. (They could probably afford that).
I'm sure every OSS advocate has dreamed about such a scenario. I know I have.
Slashdot Mirror
I would have stuck with warp if ibm had just stuck with it a bit better.
AI would not necessarily give a machine Awareness. The two are separate.
Wow! I just ran Slashdot through the Ask Jesus filter.
Heavy.
WABI is an API, like WINE, IIRC
Slashdot is linking to one of the sites. Hehehe.
It is possible to be open source and still proprietry. Open/closed source is about whether or not people are allowed to se the source code.
Proprietry vs public licence is about who pays who to use it, regardless of the above.
I know this is obvious to most, but some people need to be reminded of this distinction.
I have nothing against GNOME, but I'd like to use it with KDE. It would be nice if it developed apps that adjust to the look and feel of whatever desktop happens to be running.
IMNSHO, developers should concentrate on what their app does and let the user choose the look and feel.
Yeah, like KDE. I actually find KDE more useful than the windoze GUI.
I do. Whenever there are hundreds of comments and I want see all the "insights".
When I have time it's on -1.
It's about improving the signal to noise ratio, at the risk of missing some good points that get modded down or that were raised by ACs.
Vapourware, vapourware. I've been hanging out for Lin2.4 for soooooo long now. I have refrained from installing 2.3 since I need a stable, working box to run my business. But I'd love to play with some 2.4 features.
Look forward to hearing from other cantabrians.
If God had wanted us to be metric, he would have had 10 disciples!
Is there a KDE-look-alike theme for GNOME or a GNOME-look-alike theme for KDE?
Friesian is a celtic language. If you speak Freisian, have a go at learning Gaelic. You mite find it surprisingly easy.
If I wanted to assassinate someone, I'd take advantage of an existing condition. There are untraceble drugs that induce heart attack.
One thing I like is being able to mix and match components from G and K. So has anyone tried running it under KDE?
Insert CD .rpm (This brings up kpackage)
Click on CD icon (in KDE it automatically displays the contents of the CD in kfm, the filemanager)
Click on the file that ends in
Click on the install button in kpackage
While in kpackage you can check out all sorts of things before you click install . You can view all your installed packages and click on remove package. Unlike windoze, it will warn you if you're going to break dependancies.
I can go for days on end not touching the command line on my linux box.
I use KDE because it is easier than windoze. When my father (who learnt computing with punched cards, paper tape and tty terminals) saw my linux desktop he thought it was pretty flash, but he reckons keyboard shortcuts are better than using the plastic rodent. KDE has the keyboard shortcuts.
Another thing that bugged me about windoze was that the maximise button was next to the close button on the top right corner. Being clumsy, I often hit the wrong one. In KDE I don't have this problem because I moved the close button to the left corner. I'd like KDE develeopers to borrow some ideas from OS/2's presentation manager though.
I hope everyone picked up on that. :-) ).
Great points about in-fighting etc. Also great point about Linux users (Not all of us, I realise) defining what's great about Linux in terms of comparing to Windoze ( like my sig
I wonder if ESR and RMS have read it.
If M$ used GPL code, then by law the resulting program has to be released as GPL code. If this could ever be proved M$ would lose heaps, unless they bought the judge or something. (They could probably afford that).
I'm sure every OSS advocate has dreamed about such a scenario. I know I have.
Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
This question was asked by a Roman orator centuries ago and it still applies.
It means "But who will guard the guards themselves?"
Haven't you heard? NZ is a nation of 20 million sheep, 3 million of which think they're people.
And if any NZ prime-minister wants to defy the US ... well look what happened to Norman Kirk.