I agree with you. I also wonder about almost every other company that wants to associate itself with Linux and the Open Source software in general. For the most part, a companies motivation lies in it making a profit. Some companies (i.e. VA Linux, O'Reilly, etc.) arguably do a better job of actually benefitting the community, while at the same time thriving business-wise. I hope that Corel has the same good intentions in mind. I do see their involvement as a very positive thing because they have some excellent applications they can bring to the Linux community. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
One would think that working for the Royal Family in almost any capacity would be a high profile position. Is it possible that you could have any influence on the broader acceptance and use of Linux and other Open Source/Free Software in the U.K. and Europe in general?
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
No, I don't hate you. Thanks for the reply and answering my question. It's not your fault that a company "ties" itself to another in this particular way.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
"That way if the moderators think, 'Bah, who wants to read about Stan Lee's prostate - reject' it'll show up on that page ready for all Stan Lee/prostate fans."
This is one of the funniest things I've heard in a loooooooong time. Thanks for making me laugh.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
I think your totally wrong.;-) Using the same logic, you could say all hardware is "Winthis" or "Winthat." Just because it comes with a Wndows driver and not a Linux one does not mean it is a "Winanything".
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
What about HP's drivers for their newer printers? I have a 712C and would love to have it work under Linux. Don't tell me to write it myself, because I'm not quite there yet (working on it). It seems with the interest HP has taken in the "Open Source" movement, they would be interested in this. They would also sell more printers:-) I do know that Linux Mandrake has Alpha/Beta drivers for it.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
Soleil Ajax Zeus Artemis Plutus Brutus Caesar Icarus etc. etc.... It's nice to be a little creative incertain areas of your job. It makes it a little less like work.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
This may get marked down as "flamebait," but I think it's a valid opinion/argument. Here goes: I totally agree. Some people may want to be compensated for their time and effort. It's fantastic if they release their source under a GPL-type license but still sell the product for money. It's even better if they want to give away there product free of charge in addition to releasing the source. I have much respect for Richard Stallman and all of the FSF crew. Stallman's oft-quoted statement "free as in speach, not beer" is apt here. Stallman has said himself (correct me if I'm wrong) that he is not opposed to someone creating something and selling it. If anything is going to ruin the Free Software/Open Source/whateveryouwannacallit movement, it is going to be this type of bigotry. "Linux people" are already seen as being a bunch of fanatics. Why must we continue to perpetuate this seething hatred of anything not FREE? or anything Microsoft for that matter? If we expect to bring more people over to our way of thinking, I really don't think this is the way.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
Not doubting the validity of your post, just interested in whether you bought or built your machine. If built, how did you get a motherboard? If bought, which brand and do you like? Thanks.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
Especially with the Register reporting this taking into account their history of "creating" news. Although, it wouldn't be a bit surprising with all of the overclocking of Intel chips as it is. We all know that the cores of Intel chips can perform admirably well above there "advertised" clock speed. They probably have had 1100 MGHz capable cores sitting in the vault for sometime now.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
Has anyone seen the new Red Hat install for v. 6.1? It is very cool! I think it is super easy and it looks very slick. Most Linux distros are getting away from the "Linux is way too hard to install" mentality that has been a pervasive issue with the media and some competitors. It is fast becoming a problem of the past.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
Sure they have given much back to the community-at-large, but I was referring to the FSF in particular whom we have all benefitted from because of all the great GNU tools and such we have available. I know also, that the FSF is not there to make a profit necessarily, but they need income (which is different from profit) they must support the organization and I do believe they do have some people who work for pay (in addition to the many volunteers.) Correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks for the response anyway.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
Is this the same interface that comes up when you click "View Source" in the menu on the taskbar? The one I'm referring to is "greyed-out" and doesn't allow editing. Maybe I'm wrong or just don't know about the one you are referring to. Thanks for the response though.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
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I agree with you. I also wonder about almost every other company that wants to associate itself with Linux and the Open Source software in general. For the most part, a companies motivation lies in it making a profit. Some companies (i.e. VA Linux, O'Reilly, etc.) arguably do a better job of actually benefitting the community, while at the same time thriving business-wise. I hope that Corel has the same good intentions in mind. I do see their involvement as a very positive thing because they have some excellent applications they can bring to the Linux community. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
...not yet running Debian, but wanting to, is there an FTP site(s) which will more than likely have an .ISO available? Thanks in advance.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
I guess so. Did you get the .iso image?
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
One would think that working for the Royal Family in almost any capacity
would be a high profile position. Is it possible that you could have any influence on the broader
acceptance and use of Linux and other Open Source/Free Software in the U.K. and Europe in general?
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
.png's are the way to go. Excellent compression with little loss of image quality. Go here to find out more.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
I suggested the following as a story this morning and thought it was much funnier:
Rasterman Shaves Head!
Mandrake's Seedier Life Exposed!
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
Me neither. Emacs for me too.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
Thanks for making me feel small and insignificant in my total lack of knowledge. I appreciate it. ;-)
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
No, I don't hate you. Thanks for the reply and answering my question. It's not your fault that a company "ties" itself to another in this particular way.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
Rolling on the floor laughing!!! :-P
"That way if the moderators think, 'Bah, who wants to read about Stan Lee's prostate - reject' it'll show up on that page ready for all Stan Lee/prostate fans."
This is one of the funniest things I've heard in a loooooooong time. Thanks for making me laugh.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
I think your totally wrong. ;-) Using the same logic, you could say all hardware is "Winthis" or "Winthat." Just because it comes with a Wndows driver and not a Linux one does not mean it is a "Winanything".
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
What about HP's drivers for their newer printers? I have a 712C and would love to have it work under Linux. Don't tell me to write it myself, because I'm not quite there yet (working on it). It seems with the interest HP has taken in the "Open Source" movement, they would be interested in this. They would also sell more printers :-) I do know that Linux Mandrake has Alpha/Beta drivers for it.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
Why exactly don't they tell the mirrorers (is that a word?) about it before anyone? Is it that hard to keep a secret for about 24 hrs.? I guess so.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
Soleil
Ajax
Zeus
Artemis
Plutus
Brutus
Caesar
Icarus
etc. etc....
It's nice to be a little creative incertain areas of your job. It makes it a little less like work.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
...and it took me right to their front page. Are Lycos and HotBot in a partnership of some kind? I thought this was strange.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
Does the possibility exist for an unbreakable code or is this a 'Holy Grail' of sorts?
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
Much truth and wisdom in Roblimo's words.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
Not just that it runs on Linux, but the _way_ it searches. Go here to find out more.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
This may get marked down as "flamebait," but I think it's a valid opinion/argument. Here goes: I totally agree. Some people may want to be compensated for their time and effort. It's fantastic if they release their source under a GPL-type license but still sell the product for money. It's even better if they want to give away there product free of charge in addition to releasing the source. I have much respect for Richard Stallman and all of the FSF crew. Stallman's oft-quoted statement "free as in speach, not beer" is apt here. Stallman has said himself (correct me if I'm wrong) that he is not opposed to someone creating something and selling it. If anything is going to ruin the Free Software/Open Source/whateveryouwannacallit movement, it is going to be this type of bigotry. "Linux people" are already seen as being a bunch of fanatics. Why must we continue to perpetuate this seething hatred of anything not FREE? or anything Microsoft for that matter? If we expect to bring more people over to our way of thinking, I really don't think this is the way.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
Not doubting the validity of your post, just interested in whether you bought or built your machine. If built, how did you get a motherboard? If bought, which brand and do you like? Thanks.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
Ha. Funny. You even got moderated higher than me on that one. :-( Poor, poor me.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
Especially with the Register reporting this taking into account their history of "creating" news. Although, it wouldn't be a bit surprising with all of the overclocking of Intel chips as it is. We all know that the cores of Intel chips can perform admirably well above there "advertised" clock speed. They probably have had 1100 MGHz capable cores sitting in the vault for sometime now.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
Has anyone seen the new Red Hat install for v. 6.1? It is very cool! I think it is super easy and it looks very slick. Most Linux distros are getting away from the "Linux is way too hard to install" mentality that has been a pervasive issue with the media and some competitors. It is fast becoming a problem of the past.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
Sure they have given much back to the community-at-large, but I was referring to the FSF in particular whom we have all benefitted from because of all the great GNU tools and such we have available. I know also, that the FSF is not there to make a profit necessarily, but they need income (which is different from profit) they must support the organization and I do believe they do have some people who work for pay (in addition to the many volunteers.) Correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks for the response anyway.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
Is this the same interface that comes up when you click "View Source" in the menu on the taskbar? The one I'm referring to is "greyed-out" and doesn't allow editing. Maybe I'm wrong or just don't know about the one you are referring to. Thanks for the response though.
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein