Meanwhile, there's a crapload of us sitting out here, "Man, I would love to find a place I can go in and part time with open source stuff, at the same time, I don't want to babysit."
My first guess would be to call your local LUG and check local web bulletin boards for guys that do this kind of stuff.
The best "job site" I have found is networking the old fashioned way. Calling up old friends and looking around. My parents, friends, their friends, etc. etc. Also, you'll be surprised how easy it is to walk into some places and just ask questions.
Don't settle for that "have you looked at our website?" excuse either, nine times out of ten, that thing isn't updated, ask to talk to someone important. It's a down economy, but good, smart people are always hard to find.
I found my job about a year ago, and I _still_ get calls/emails from the Monster.com Spam Lover's Club.
Yep, I've picked up three or four computers like this for less than $20 each. Usually once a year at work or so they have a cleaning out sale to get rid of stuff.
Kind of funny really, the machines run Windows like crap, but they make good webservers and mail servers.
It would be nice if Taco and Co. would retool/. to follow some decent standards. I mean, dear God man, they're still using font tags.
Add up your bandwidth costs using table and font tags, and then add them up using pure CSS layout - a site with the traffic of/. could save alot of money just by switching to existing standards.
The Mozilla project is doing something similar to this. Check out the Mozilla Calendar project, which uses iCal calendars (yes, the same format as the Mac calendar) - you can load the calendar on any server and access either through ftp or webdav.
Combined with Roaming Profiles (getting worked on) - the Calendar, Mail/News using LDAP/IMAP, and Mozilla, will offer a very powerful, OPEN solution for groupware. Add all this up, and you can have the same bookmarks, cookies, prefs, calendar, and contact list hosted on a server, that you can access from your local copy of Mozilla.
I have to admit, the first time I started using G2D, I was irritated by the lack of config options, the fact that the buttons were all rearranged, and that I was lost in a once familiar desktop.
Now that I've been using it for a while, I think G2D is a classic case of 'less is more'. It feels light and less obtrusive, and everything does feel more consistent across the board. The rearranged Ok, Submit, Cancel (or whatever) buttons really took some getting used to, but now, I think I'm quicker at using the dialogs themselves, I know where each button will be.
I think developers should take a note from the Gnome team. The Mozilla Preferences, Gnome1.2 CC, KDE CC, and even Galeon's Pref panel are getting out of hand. If we want to be newbie friendly, make some sane choices the default, but leave the door open for advanced users to tweak.
Just the same, there's no excuse for that file dialog - it's embarrassing showing off Gnome to a newbie and having the user run into it and go "blech".
Mozilla users, check out Mozblog. It's a nifty XUL app that integrates into Mozilla. You can drag and drop links, post, and publish all from the little window without even having to visit blogger.com.
Totally. Bruce and the Linux people over at HP have made some pretty big advancements for Free Software over there, remember how much HP used to support Linux?
Today we have decent drivers for most of their printers, and you can get HP boxes with Debian out of the box!
I'd like agree with you... but, the reason I already don't like and never intend to use UnitedLinux has nothing to do with "that they want to make money."
It has to do with ruining the things that are best about Linux. I'm sorry, but when Ransom Love mentions things like "per seat licensing", to me, that's a step backwards. Without a doubt, from a technical standpoint, I'm sure UL will be top notch. But until SuSE GPLs YAST2 (it's still closed afaik) and they have more community friendly licensing, then that's totally worthless to me and to everyone in the Linux community.
Closed Betas? Preffered Partners? No thanks, we get enough of that crap with proprietary software.
To manage the overload, developers to some extent are forced to retreat from direct user interaction, such as on the user mailing lists. You can characterize this pessimistically as paying less attention to users, or more realistically as an appropriate adjustment to changed circumstances.
I'm glad they retreat. I think there's more to this than simple overload - I think alot of OSS devs are probably sick of backseat drivers trying to dictate features and direction of something they're doing for free anyway. The more OSS project mailing lists and forums I read, the more I am glad that developers choose to ignore more and more user requests. Everyone is quick to point out how "developers don't know what users need" and how "difficult" certain OSS developers are when dealing with users.
I for one am glad when developers choose to ignore some users and just go away and code. If you're ever bored, go check out the INVALID or WONTFIX bugs in Mozilla, for example. I swear, the next moron that wants mozilla to render ALT tags as popups, or ask for colored scrollbars should get drawn and quartered. We're screaming for standards and these guys think its their right to dictate what Mozilla should be doing.
We, as users, should take a step back and trust the developers for a bit. There are certain things in KDE that I feel are totally wrong, and there are certain things in there that I'm glad someone figured out for me. There's nothing wrong with giving constructive criticism... but dear God people... if you're a KDE developer, and you have half the people yelling "Make it more like Windows" and the other half yelling "Make it less like Windows", you'd get pissed off to. It's like this in all OSS projects. Who else cheers for Branden when he flames some jerk off that wants XFree4.2 in Debian "just because"?
Mayor Quimby said it best when the citizens wanted a Bear patrol but wouldn't accept higher taxes... "Is it me, or are these people getting stupider?"
That's just ignorant - do you know how many things the US Goverment currently subsidizes?
You're right, the government isn't there to compete with industry - it's here to run the country, and it's obvious that SELinux filled a necessary need, otherwise the government wouldn't have needed to subsidize it. Obviously the government felt that there was a need for a more secure operating system.
If MS keeps saying how much better Windows is in the server room then why are they worried about SELinux?
Seems like they're having a hard time believing their own hype - maybe if they spent the effort fixing the SSL IE/Windows hole, then SELinux wouldn't have such an 'advantage'.
I propose we define spam as unsolicited automated email. This definition thus includes some email that many legal definitions of spam don't. Legal definitions of spam, influenced presumably by lobbyists, tend to exclude mail sent by companies that have an "existing relationship" with the recipient.
This needs to happen, just because I buy a book from a company doesn't mean I want their stupid monthly mailing list.
This seems very similar to Spamassassin, which alot of us are using with great success.
Nine times out of ten, when using Google, exactly what I am looking for is in one of the first few links.
I had a boss that was asking me "How do we improve our site on google?"
Answer: Provide actual information instead of some glossy maketrdroid garbage that is so prevalent in webpages today and you wouldn't have to worry about the search engines would you?
I'd rather see the Linux server piece get some more attention. I have basically given up running a full time linux NWN server - it's not very stable.
To the NWN community's credit, several neat tools are available to help and make things easier.
The sticky Linux server thread has alot of good information for this, including lots of good scripts that will restart the server if (I mean when) it decides to dump core.
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Meanwhile, there's a crapload of us sitting out here, "Man, I would love to find a place I can go in and part time with open source stuff, at the same time, I don't want to babysit."
My first guess would be to call your local LUG and check local web bulletin boards for guys that do this kind of stuff.
I doubt it.
They can barely contain all the piracy of commercial software (ie. Microsoft), I highly doubt they're going to care about some "communist" license.
Microsoft has the money to politic the government to pressure China, but Joe Blow GPL developer is probably screwed.
There are none in my opinion.
The best "job site" I have found is networking the old fashioned way. Calling up old friends and looking around. My parents, friends, their friends, etc. etc. Also, you'll be surprised how easy it is to walk into some places and just ask questions.
Don't settle for that "have you looked at our website?" excuse either, nine times out of ten, that thing isn't updated, ask to talk to someone important. It's a down economy, but good, smart people are always hard to find.
I found my job about a year ago, and I _still_ get calls/emails from the Monster.com Spam Lover's Club.
Yep, I've picked up three or four computers like this for less than $20 each. Usually once a year at work or so they have a cleaning out sale to get rid of stuff.
Kind of funny really, the machines run Windows like crap, but they make good webservers and mail servers.
X-Chat is available as windows builds, works great.
You're dreaming of Bug 124029.
It would be nice if Taco and Co. would retool /. to follow some decent standards. I mean, dear God man, they're still using font tags.
/. could save alot of money just by switching to existing standards.
Add up your bandwidth costs using table and font tags, and then add them up using pure CSS layout - a site with the traffic of
It's not a step in the right direction - it's just as closed as WinXP's Add/Remove Programs.
The Mozilla project is doing something similar to this. Check out the Mozilla Calendar project, which uses iCal calendars (yes, the same format as the Mac calendar) - you can load the calendar on any server and access either through ftp or webdav.
Combined with Roaming Profiles (getting worked on) - the Calendar, Mail/News using LDAP/IMAP, and Mozilla, will offer a very powerful, OPEN solution for groupware. Add all this up, and you can have the same bookmarks, cookies, prefs, calendar, and contact list hosted on a server, that you can access from your local copy of Mozilla.
I have to admit, the first time I started using G2D, I was irritated by the lack of config options, the fact that the buttons were all rearranged, and that I was lost in a once familiar desktop.
Now that I've been using it for a while, I think G2D is a classic case of 'less is more'. It feels light and less obtrusive, and everything does feel more consistent across the board. The rearranged Ok, Submit, Cancel (or whatever) buttons really took some getting used to, but now, I think I'm quicker at using the dialogs themselves, I know where each button will be.
I think developers should take a note from the Gnome team. The Mozilla Preferences, Gnome1.2 CC, KDE CC, and even Galeon's Pref panel are getting out of hand. If we want to be newbie friendly, make some sane choices the default, but leave the door open for advanced users to tweak.
Just the same, there's no excuse for that file dialog - it's embarrassing showing off Gnome to a newbie and having the user run into it and go "blech".
Mozilla users, check out Mozblog. It's a nifty XUL app that integrates into Mozilla. You can drag and drop links, post, and publish all from the little window without even having to visit blogger.com.
What kind of services does Verizon Online offer? I can't think of too many useful things to have tied in to your phone provider.
Most seem to have online billpay and other services (I know AT&T does), what else does it do?
Same with Sun - in fact, that would be a good fit right there. Bruce at Sun.
McNealy gets someone that can bait MS, and Bruce can fix Sun's love/hate problem with OSS.
Totally. Bruce and the Linux people over at HP have made some pretty big advancements for Free Software over there, remember how much HP used to support Linux?
Today we have decent drivers for most of their printers, and you can get HP boxes with Debian out of the box!
Good luck to you Bruce.
I'd like agree with you ... but, the reason I already don't like and never intend to use UnitedLinux has nothing to do with "that they want to make money."
It has to do with ruining the things that are best about Linux. I'm sorry, but when Ransom Love mentions things like "per seat licensing", to me, that's a step backwards. Without a doubt, from a technical standpoint, I'm sure UL will be top notch. But until SuSE GPLs YAST2 (it's still closed afaik) and they have more community friendly licensing, then that's totally worthless to me and to everyone in the Linux community.
Closed Betas? Preffered Partners? No thanks, we get enough of that crap with proprietary software.
To manage the overload, developers to some extent are forced to retreat from direct user interaction, such as on the user mailing lists. You can characterize this pessimistically as paying less attention to users, or more realistically as an appropriate adjustment to changed circumstances.
... but dear God people ... if you're a KDE developer, and you have half the people yelling "Make it more like Windows" and the other half yelling "Make it less like Windows", you'd get pissed off to. It's like this in all OSS projects. Who else cheers for Branden when he flames some jerk off that wants XFree4.2 in Debian "just because"?
... "Is it me, or are these people getting stupider?"
I'm glad they retreat. I think there's more to this than simple overload - I think alot of OSS devs are probably sick of backseat drivers trying to dictate features and direction of something they're doing for free anyway. The more OSS project mailing lists and forums I read, the more I am glad that developers choose to ignore more and more user requests. Everyone is quick to point out how "developers don't know what users need" and how "difficult" certain OSS developers are when dealing with users.
I for one am glad when developers choose to ignore some users and just go away and code. If you're ever bored, go check out the INVALID or WONTFIX bugs in Mozilla, for example. I swear, the next moron that wants mozilla to render ALT tags as popups, or ask for colored scrollbars should get drawn and quartered. We're screaming for standards and these guys think its their right to dictate what Mozilla should be doing.
We, as users, should take a step back and trust the developers for a bit. There are certain things in KDE that I feel are totally wrong, and there are certain things in there that I'm glad someone figured out for me. There's nothing wrong with giving constructive criticism
Mayor Quimby said it best when the citizens wanted a Bear patrol but wouldn't accept higher taxes
I don't think Mandrake dropped out, I think they never intented to join.
That's just ignorant - do you know how many things the US Goverment currently subsidizes?
You're right, the government isn't there to compete with industry - it's here to run the country, and it's obvious that SELinux filled a necessary need, otherwise the government wouldn't have needed to subsidize it. Obviously the government felt that there was a need for a more secure operating system.
If MS keeps saying how much better Windows is in the server room then why are they worried about SELinux?
Seems like they're having a hard time believing their own hype - maybe if they spent the effort fixing the SSL IE/Windows hole, then SELinux wouldn't have such an 'advantage'.
Some RIAA nut said "DMCA, that law should be enacted everywhere.", now look what happened.
I prefer Laurence's method. Group humiliation of stupid people is always entertaining.
I propose we define spam as unsolicited automated email. This definition thus includes some email that many legal definitions of spam don't. Legal definitions of spam, influenced presumably by lobbyists, tend to exclude mail sent by companies that have an "existing relationship" with the recipient.
This needs to happen, just because I buy a book from a company doesn't mean I want their stupid monthly mailing list.
This seems very similar to Spamassassin, which alot of us are using with great success.
Nine times out of ten, when using Google, exactly what I am looking for is in one of the first few links.
I had a boss that was asking me "How do we improve our site on google?"
Answer: Provide actual information instead of some glossy maketrdroid garbage that is so prevalent in webpages today and you wouldn't have to worry about the search engines would you?
Neverwinter Connections saves that game. Matchmaking with real DMs and players, not the typical Diablo horde that infests the Gamespy chatrooms.
I'd rather see the Linux server piece get some more attention. I have basically given up running a full time linux NWN server - it's not very stable.
To the NWN community's credit, several neat tools are available to help and make things easier.
The sticky Linux server thread has alot of good information for this, including lots of good scripts that will restart the server if (I mean when) it decides to dump core.
If you're friends/family are using Outlook, there is a Spamassassin plugin now available for windows. $30