Sure. But java!=windows and flash!=osx either. By the way good luck running linux without all those other packages. Which is what, the kernel, ls and cd?
You mean dated, right? Because OSX looks like something from the 90s compared to Win8 (or even 7). That, and all the cheesy screen sliding, window slurping animations to give users sea sickness.
Can you elaborate? Or you just read that headline somewhere?
"But 7 is a breeze and if I may boldly say in my experience even more reliable than XP."
Some news for you: 8 is a breeze, and even more reliable. Why are you yelling at people for not upgrading, and then suggest to upgrade to the previous version?
Sure. But somebody else is logged in on all non-technical linux users' computer, because they forgot to read the newsletter and are not up to date with all the patches. Root on pts/2 is currently going through all your emails.
San Francisco to New York? Why no return flight from New York to San Francisco? Pretty sure it doesn't have anything to do with major jet streams moving http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_stream"> west to east. How do they get back to the west coast? Disassemble the plane and drive it back in an 18 wheeler?
Even if you are stuck in the apple lock down, you can buy a used android phone on fleabay or craigslist for under $20. And $20 is not a lot of money if your ultimate goal is to work on some homebrew robotics or electronics project, trust me.
What he said. I have Arch running on two of my servers. Rolling release means that you always get the latest and greatest, but it's also a major PITA to keep it up to date. If you don't upgrade regularly, most likely you'll miss some major build system / pacman / whatever update, and you'll spend days trying to get your machine back to running. Or reinstalling.
After upgrades broke two other machines last year, I got fed up and moved to debian. While I don't have the cutting edge in the stable version, it works, works great an doesn't break. Life's too short to be fixing packages conflicts, upgrading config files etc. As soon as I have some time, the remaining arch machines will also be migrated to debian.
Debian doesn't install all the bells and whistles, but Ubuntu is based on it and provides all that. If you are not a fan of unity and built in amazon, then go with Mint, which is based on Ubuntu.
Linus seems rather impressed by the quality and performance of GCC 4.8.0. From google+:
"All these years I might have been wrong about c++. I've decided to migrate the whole kernel to c++. Sorry to all the folks whom I called morons for not using c. From this point on only c++ patches will be accepted."
What he didn't disclose is that Android from even 2+ years ago is a more capable and better OS than the current iOS. iOS and OSX both need a serious overhaul. Not just the incremental Apple lock ins (iTunes, iCloud, iTakeAllYourMoney), but real things like better management of the launcher, widgets, open document sharing between apps, multitasking (real one), access to the filesystem etc.
"Not on Android. There was no way to turn on WiFi with a single click until Android 4.2.2, and even in Android 4.2.2 is it a press and hold, not a tap."
You have absolutely no clue of what you are talking about.
The point he's making is valid. OSX is inheriting more and more from iOS. It's an insult for the few who want to use their computer for more than shopping on itunes, updating their facebook profile and playing angry birds.
Why not? Maybe you just have some preconceived notions, like I did? Read too much internets, like I also did? I was scared to upgrade my laptop, because the new one only came with Win8. I did it anyway, and could not be happier:
- it looks awesome. Granted, I don't use any "metro apps", just desktop only. The UI is super sharp, osx looks like something from the 90s compared to it. After using it, even Win7 with the aero stuff looks dated.
- everything works. Everything. And works well. Programs from 10 years ago, git, power management, drivers. I now run linux in a virtual machine under Win8, because I don't have to deal with driver issues, hacks for hybrid graphics, not being able to use keyboard shortcuts for screen brightness etc.
- the new "metro" start menu is pretty cool. Hit "win" key, type the application name (or whatever), click enter, done. Same as Win7, except now I have extra space on the taskbar.
- there are some really handy shortcuts, like win+1 (switches/starts first application on taskbar), win+up maximizes current application etc. Very similar to xmonad, my go to window manager on linux.
- nu fluff. No flying windows, no pulsating icons etc. Less is more, looks better, doesn't get in the way and doesn't induce motion sickness.
- cleartype. This might be the same as Win7, but it's still the best for serious wor (like programming, reading slashdot, jut to name a few).
- no need for any pay for or free classic start menu applications. Really. Desktop works just like it did in Win7, and better.
There's only one reason for osx: ios development. But it's turned off as soon as the build is posted. For servers and other headless machines it's linux, for getting stuff done, Win8.
Even if people realize it, doesn't matter. In 2015 they'll throw some bones (like they did in 2011), run some ads tapping themselves on the shoulder and people will vote for them again. Attention span is too short to remember things that happened more than a couple weeks ago.
"It does not take long to start killing off those deemed "undesired"."
Since Eric Holder says that it's legal to use drones to target US citizens on US soil, the roadblocks to accomplish just that seem to have been cleared.
What is this? The dailymail? Front page story without substance?
3d printable guns? As in water guns for kids? Or do you mean real guns? You can't even make a 3d printer hotend with a 3d printer, how would printing a working gun be possible?
What's next, search engines with 3d printable nuclear warheads?
"a phone that works, where I can easily buy billions of apps and new songs and movies instantly"
"want one thing to just work"
"maybe in a few years android will get better"
"fix the fragmentation problems"
Oh my gosh, you really need to pull your head out of whatever it's stuck in.
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Sure. But java!=windows and flash!=osx either. By the way good luck running linux without all those other packages. Which is what, the kernel, ls and cd?
"classic desktop experience"
You mean dated, right? Because OSX looks like something from the 90s compared to Win8 (or even 7). That, and all the cheesy screen sliding, window slurping animations to give users sea sickness.
"Vista was a pile of poopy fart poops."
Can you elaborate? Or you just read that headline somewhere?
"But 7 is a breeze and if I may boldly say in my experience even more reliable than XP."
Some news for you: 8 is a breeze, and even more reliable. Why are you yelling at people for not upgrading, and then suggest to upgrade to the previous version?
Sure. But somebody else is logged in on all non-technical linux users' computer, because they forgot to read the newsletter and are not up to date with all the patches. Root on pts/2 is currently going through all your emails.
Right. Because all those mysql exploits happen on Windows.
+1 super funny. wish i had mod points.
Oh, sure, except there was no asterisk there saying that we can get a man to point B, but not back to point A.
Hey, look, the plane is awesome. I wish them luck, they will need it with 43 mph air speed.
Given that there is no or very little wind.
San Francisco to New York? Why no return flight from New York to San Francisco? Pretty sure it doesn't have anything to do with major jet streams moving http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_stream"> west to east. How do they get back to the west coast? Disassemble the plane and drive it back in an 18 wheeler?
Enlighten us, please.
Even if you are stuck in the apple lock down, you can buy a used android phone on fleabay or craigslist for under $20. And $20 is not a lot of money if your ultimate goal is to work on some homebrew robotics or electronics project, trust me.
+1. IOIO is an amazing piece of hardware. A whole bunch of io ports, plus your phone already has a screen, storage, battery and reliable wifi.
What he said. I have Arch running on two of my servers. Rolling release means that you always get the latest and greatest, but it's also a major PITA to keep it up to date. If you don't upgrade regularly, most likely you'll miss some major build system / pacman / whatever update, and you'll spend days trying to get your machine back to running. Or reinstalling.
After upgrades broke two other machines last year, I got fed up and moved to debian. While I don't have the cutting edge in the stable version, it works, works great an doesn't break. Life's too short to be fixing packages conflicts, upgrading config files etc. As soon as I have some time, the remaining arch machines will also be migrated to debian.
Debian doesn't install all the bells and whistles, but Ubuntu is based on it and provides all that. If you are not a fan of unity and built in amazon, then go with Mint, which is based on Ubuntu.
Linus seems rather impressed by the quality and performance of GCC 4.8.0. From google+:
"All these years I might have been wrong about c++. I've decided to migrate the whole kernel to c++. Sorry to all the folks whom I called morons for not using c. From this point on only c++ patches will be accepted."
You mean all the /vertisements? That's your own doing. Should've eaten your dogfood first. I mean pie
How about a widget? If one tap wifi turnoff is your desire, just put a widget on the home screen.
What he didn't disclose is that Android from even 2+ years ago is a more capable and better OS than the current iOS. iOS and OSX both need a serious overhaul. Not just the incremental Apple lock ins (iTunes, iCloud, iTakeAllYourMoney), but real things like better management of the launcher, widgets, open document sharing between apps, multitasking (real one), access to the filesystem etc.
"Not on Android. There was no way to turn on WiFi with a single click until Android 4.2.2, and even in Android 4.2.2 is it a press and hold, not a tap."
You have absolutely no clue of what you are talking about.
The point he's making is valid. OSX is inheriting more and more from iOS. It's an insult for the few who want to use their computer for more than shopping on itunes, updating their facebook profile and playing angry birds.
Why not? Maybe you just have some preconceived notions, like I did? Read too much internets, like I also did? I was scared to upgrade my laptop, because the new one only came with Win8. I did it anyway, and could not be happier:
- it looks awesome. Granted, I don't use any "metro apps", just desktop only. The UI is super sharp, osx looks like something from the 90s compared to it. After using it, even Win7 with the aero stuff looks dated.
- everything works. Everything. And works well. Programs from 10 years ago, git, power management, drivers. I now run linux in a virtual machine under Win8, because I don't have to deal with driver issues, hacks for hybrid graphics, not being able to use keyboard shortcuts for screen brightness etc.
- the new "metro" start menu is pretty cool. Hit "win" key, type the application name (or whatever), click enter, done. Same as Win7, except now I have extra space on the taskbar.
- there are some really handy shortcuts, like win+1 (switches/starts first application on taskbar), win+up maximizes current application etc. Very similar to xmonad, my go to window manager on linux.
- nu fluff. No flying windows, no pulsating icons etc. Less is more, looks better, doesn't get in the way and doesn't induce motion sickness.
- cleartype. This might be the same as Win7, but it's still the best for serious wor (like programming, reading slashdot, jut to name a few).
- no need for any pay for or free classic start menu applications. Really. Desktop works just like it did in Win7, and better. There's only one reason for osx: ios development. But it's turned off as soon as the build is posted. For servers and other headless machines it's linux, for getting stuff done, Win8.
Even if people realize it, doesn't matter. In 2015 they'll throw some bones (like they did in 2011), run some ads tapping themselves on the shoulder and people will vote for them again. Attention span is too short to remember things that happened more than a couple weeks ago.
"It does not take long to start killing off those deemed "undesired"."
Since Eric Holder says that it's legal to use drones to target US citizens on US soil, the roadblocks to accomplish just that seem to have been cleared.
How do you check motherboards for bad capacitors?
What is this? The dailymail? Front page story without substance?
3d printable guns? As in water guns for kids? Or do you mean real guns? You can't even make a 3d printer hotend with a 3d printer, how would printing a working gun be possible?
What's next, search engines with 3d printable nuclear warheads?
"a phone that works, where I can easily buy billions of apps and new songs and movies instantly"
"want one thing to just work"
"maybe in a few years android will get better"
"fix the fragmentation problems"
Oh my gosh, you really need to pull your head out of whatever it's stuck in.