I don't run Debian anymore. I was describing a problem I used to have with Debian. Used to in the sense that I no longer run anything Debian based and everyone I know personally is moving away from Debian to something better (in this case away from Linux completely and into FreeBSD).
no, peer review is good. It helps to point out mistakes or inconsistencies. Getting rid of scientific journals is quasi-good (less profit motive in science, but also less chance to get work out there).
I did that when I was running Debian (Woody) and had nothing but problems with packages not installing (all binary sources, in this particular case it was for the next release of KDE (I believe it was 3.0 or some such) and I was using the KDE repositories) because of dependencies. No thanks.
I don't either. I'm only using XP now because the computer I'm using came with a fresh, legit, OEM copy of XP and I'm only paying $100 for the whole rig. I'm probably going to eventually do a binary install of FBSD-8.0, but for right now I'm just happy to have a computer (my other computer is having hardware issues).
Like I said. Ubuntu is user friendly, to a point. I don't use it because I know of better distro's out there. I'm not completely knocking Ubuntu here, despite what you may believe.
My biggest issue with it is that there are essentially no updates in between releases. NONE. Now I don't need bleeding edge, but it would be nice to not have to wait for the next release for updated software (to mean in this case minor bug and security fixes).
The AC I replied to says/. does fine without ads. While we are given the option to opt out of seeing them (in my case, I imagine it's a reward for my most excellent karma), there are still plenty of people (especially those who aren't logged in) that do see them.
I think Adblock and NoScript are a good response to malads, but in general should be used with a huge amount of discrimination on the part of the end user.
I do think the website in question for the submission was extremely heavy handed in their response. A better response would be to have forced that ad to load on their own machine to see what the issue was and/or directly contact the ad service to figure out what's going on. That being said, it is their site and if they want to be jerks...well, they might find themselves without any visitors.
You must be kidding, right?/. has plenty of ads. The only reason I don't see them is because I'm given the option not to display them, but they are there.
I switched to tcsh (and have had zsh recommended by others) on a recommendation from a trusted friend. I'll re-evaluate that once I can figure why my graphics card isn't sending info the monitor and not causing an error to be passed to the bios.
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Even better than copyleft is CopyFree.
You're one of the few that I know of that don't have problems with Synaptic.
I don't run Debian anymore. I was describing a problem I used to have with Debian. Used to in the sense that I no longer run anything Debian based and everyone I know personally is moving away from Debian to something better (in this case away from Linux completely and into FreeBSD).
no, peer review is good. It helps to point out mistakes or inconsistencies. Getting rid of scientific journals is quasi-good (less profit motive in science, but also less chance to get work out there).
I did that when I was running Debian (Woody) and had nothing but problems with packages not installing (all binary sources, in this particular case it was for the next release of KDE (I believe it was 3.0 or some such) and I was using the KDE repositories) because of dependencies. No thanks.
I don't either. I'm only using XP now because the computer I'm using came with a fresh, legit, OEM copy of XP and I'm only paying $100 for the whole rig. I'm probably going to eventually do a binary install of FBSD-8.0, but for right now I'm just happy to have a computer (my other computer is having hardware issues).
When is the last time you've made a distro?
Like I said. Ubuntu is user friendly, to a point. I don't use it because I know of better distro's out there. I'm not completely knocking Ubuntu here, despite what you may believe.
Yet Ubuntu isn't an iPad. It's an operating system. To not have an easy way to remove outmoded software and install your own is inherent brokenness.
My biggest issue with it is that there are essentially no updates in between releases. NONE. Now I don't need bleeding edge, but it would be nice to not have to wait for the next release for updated software (to mean in this case minor bug and security fixes).
That's what I said.
and appreciated (:
When I first heard about Ubuntu, I thought to myself, "Great, a user friendly Linux distro!" Then I had chance to actually try and use it.
Not impressed. Not at all. It's user friendly, to a point.
word (:
Which reminds me, I need to whitelist /. as I am using that option atm.
without javascript enabled, most websites are completely broke now-a-days (none of mine, fwiw, but I have few visitors).
some of the ads lag my system too much for that to be a good consolation.
The AC I replied to says /. does fine without ads. While we are given the option to opt out of seeing them (in my case, I imagine it's a reward for my most excellent karma), there are still plenty of people (especially those who aren't logged in) that do see them.
I think Adblock and NoScript are a good response to malads, but in general should be used with a huge amount of discrimination on the part of the end user.
I do think the website in question for the submission was extremely heavy handed in their response. A better response would be to have forced that ad to load on their own machine to see what the issue was and/or directly contact the ad service to figure out what's going on. That being said, it is their site and if they want to be jerks...well, they might find themselves without any visitors.
that is a new one on me.
ok, again I stand corrected. I've never heard of it as a shell.
It was, but it wasn't first. ):
You must be kidding, right? /. has plenty of ads. The only reason I don't see them is because I'm given the option not to display them, but they are there.
except awk and Tcl/Tk isn't a shell.
tcsh, zsh, and csh are all shells. (:
Except we're talking about shells, not languages. (:
epic fail ):
You are on the way to destruction make your time.
I switched to tcsh (and have had zsh recommended by others) on a recommendation from a trusted friend. I'll re-evaluate that once I can figure why my graphics card isn't sending info the monitor and not causing an error to be passed to the bios.