I'm a relative young buck when it comes to these things, but I remember my first computer (received when I was 8) was a 386 running Windows 3.1 with a 32MB HDD and IIRC 8MB of RAM...back then PC's that weren't Macs were called "IBM-compatible." Just reflecting out loud on how old I feel these days, lol.
I was somewhat surprised when the wind direction changed in my case. Not 5 years ago, I was scrambling, applying for jobs that paid peanuts, etc. These days, I get 3-5 emails/calls/etc. from recruiters per week, offering a lot more than I'd ever thought of making 5 years ago -- and I'm "happily" employed at the moment. I'm 29 now, so I guess I beat your assertion by a year:p The real question is, where would I be if I had my head on straight right out of HS, instead of bumbling around for 5 years or so until I was 23 and realized what adulthood is about.
My understanding is that KDE will not ever require systemd (I forget where, but I saw a discussion on this by the devs). I think their stance was that they'll always strive to be cross-platform.
To qualify this, I had been an avid Arch user since about '09-'10. Loved it's minimalism and the rc.conf file. Loved how (similar to FreeBSD) I only installed what I needed, and all apps were the vanilla upstream version.
One day, I found myself in need of a quick install to my gaming PC which had been running W7 exclusively -- i.e., get it into a condition where they could do the basics (web, email, etc.). I had the latest (at the time) Fedora iso and figured I'd just get that installed really quick so that the user could be back up ASAP (I normally recommend Mandriva/Mageia to newcomers). Upon attempting to complete some menial task, I realized that the entire underlying system had changed. I couldn't 'chkconfig -- list' , I couldn't 'service [svc] restart'. I got pissed. I then recalled why I stopped using Fedora in the first play a couple years previously: shit changes too damn much. I found myself trying to quickly learn systemd to get this system operable for the moment, but then as soon as I had the time, I reinstalled with Arch which I figured would ALWAYS hold themselves to the higher (IMHO) standard and the KISS/Unix philosophy. Not 2 months after the above adventure, I learned about the Arch dev's planned init obselecense in favor of systemd. There were HUGE arguments on the mailing lists because of the decision, and -- while I'm very open-minded and would be willing to try new things given (a) adequate reasoning behind the decision for the new "thing" and (b) I'm grateful for the time/effort put in by the devs -- I was VERY put off by the Arch devs stance of "this is what it is, no discussion, if you don't like it then fuck off". When they began censoring dissenting opinions, I knew it was time to "vote" with my feet and go to a system that fits my needs -- sadly, Arch no longer fit that.
And I'm by no means a zealot and though I advocate Linux and *BSD, I'm of the opinion that people should use what works best for them, be that Windows, Ubuntu, OSX or anything else (3 of my personally most-hated OS's). Though I'll suggest that Linux can do anything those can and more, I'll never try to convince someone that they should use X operating system just because everyone is different and has specific things they like in a system, and it'll almost assuredly be different than what I like.
Gentoo does in fact seem like something I'd like to work with and I've had the desire to retry an install (my only attempt was way back when I was still a newcomer to linux...needless to say I was overwhelmed), and I had a co-worker who advocated and swore by it. I've always found it to be a Linux for BSD users, haha -- if I'm not mistaken, a lot of it's philosophy was based on FreeBSD, yes?
Having been familiar with FreeBSD (and running it both as a server and a desktop at times before), it just felt like the natural transition to make. I was pleasantly surprised to find that KDE4 finally reached the same usability as on Linux, and I haven't really looked back since. The ONLY issue is that I can't also run it on a laptop, unless I don't care about sleep/hibernated. For that reason, my E6400 still runs Arch.
Amen to that. I was mildly irritated when I first saw systemd take over Fedora (I forget what release it was), so I moved to Arch Linux -- which I figured I could count on to be the Unix-like system I always loved and forever adhere to the K.I.S.S. philosophy...then they ALSO shoved systemd down our throats. Have been using FreeBSD on the desktop [where practical] ever since; it was already what I used on my servers.
Can't speak of OpenBSD, but I currently use FreeBSD + KDE4 on my gaming desktop (when I'm not gaming), and it's phenomenal. More stable than Arch Linux ever ran on this machine, but I suppose I can't speak much to performance since pretty much anything should run very well on this beast.
So many different possibilities...I mean it's like he purposely left his statement open-ended so as to not specifically deny and guarantee that the shit isn't happening...oh, wait.
Exactly. Which people who don't think outside the box will see "everything" as "we have nothing to worry about, they only go after terrorists and the ends justify the means". Meanwhile, there is no "official" "authority" that this guy can allude to publicly, most likely because intricate details of exactly what they're collecting and prevention of abuse of the system is "classified", so how would we ever really know? Fuck we wouldn't know shit at all if Snowden didn't have the balls to do what he did. I'd say trust me that this is only the tip of the iceberg with the shit the NSA, etc. has going on, but hey I tend to research and think critically about things, something that is frowned upon and discouraged by tptb.
I don't see what's the big deal about having a plethora of possibilities. I personally have run Arch+KDE4 for the past few years and have loved it. Why? Because it works for ME, and I can customize, adjust, etc. things just the way I want them, which is very likely unique to my needs and probably wouldn't be great for someone else to use. But that's the beauty of running Linux on the desktop, you can configure the 'appliance' for your specific need rather than be confined to what someone else thinks is the best way to run a GUI.
I don't find fragmentation much of an issue -- but then, I'm not exactly a zealot, I love to tinker (and thus can usually get anything to work regardless of whether or not their is a special "package" built for my distro of choice), and believe people should use what they think fits them best -- even if that's Windows or OSX.
In the system tray, right-click on the klipper icon and select "Configure Klipper...", unless you're referring to some other place that I'm unaware of. Never delved into "Actions", but seems very powerful from what I read.
Um, yeah it is. Granted, I usually configure Klipper to sync selection and clipboard...but yeah, middle-click has been paste since always on KDE4 and hasn't changed -- at least with vanilla installs (running Arch + KDE 4.11.1 here).
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The build-up was awesome, but I was ultimately disappointed. Good watch for a night when you have nothing better to do.
I'm a relative young buck when it comes to these things, but I remember my first computer (received when I was 8) was a 386 running Windows 3.1 with a 32MB HDD and IIRC 8MB of RAM...back then PC's that weren't Macs were called "IBM-compatible." Just reflecting out loud on how old I feel these days, lol.
...you should use brackets and they should not be italicized...
"...the rumors [sic] have started up again...Lenovo has come [sic] competition...now being throw [sic] into the mix..."
Huh?
I was somewhat surprised when the wind direction changed in my case. Not 5 years ago, I was scrambling, applying for jobs that paid peanuts, etc. These days, I get 3-5 emails/calls/etc. from recruiters per week, offering a lot more than I'd ever thought of making 5 years ago -- and I'm "happily" employed at the moment. I'm 29 now, so I guess I beat your assertion by a year :p The real question is, where would I be if I had my head on straight right out of HS, instead of bumbling around for 5 years or so until I was 23 and realized what adulthood is about.
Agreed, had to check out wikipedia for answers...not that that's unusual even when I have a decent understanding of something.
I still use Arch on my laptop, so I've given it a shot. Even so, I still prefer the old rc.conf configuration and plaintext log files to systemd.
How up-to-date are the apps? Comparable to FreeBSD? I always thought about giving another *BSD a shot, but FreeBSD has always been rock-solid for me.
My understanding is that KDE will not ever require systemd (I forget where, but I saw a discussion on this by the devs). I think their stance was that they'll always strive to be cross-platform.
Lol I'd ask if anything ever materialized, but sadly, I believe I already know the answer -__-
To qualify this, I had been an avid Arch user since about '09-'10. Loved it's minimalism and the rc.conf file. Loved how (similar to FreeBSD) I only installed what I needed, and all apps were the vanilla upstream version.
One day, I found myself in need of a quick install to my gaming PC which had been running W7 exclusively -- i.e., get it into a condition where they could do the basics (web, email, etc.). I had the latest (at the time) Fedora iso and figured I'd just get that installed really quick so that the user could be back up ASAP (I normally recommend Mandriva/Mageia to newcomers). Upon attempting to complete some menial task, I realized that the entire underlying system had changed. I couldn't 'chkconfig -- list' , I couldn't 'service [svc] restart'. I got pissed. I then recalled why I stopped using Fedora in the first play a couple years previously: shit changes too damn much. I found myself trying to quickly learn systemd to get this system operable for the moment, but then as soon as I had the time, I reinstalled with Arch which I figured would ALWAYS hold themselves to the higher (IMHO) standard and the KISS/Unix philosophy. Not 2 months after the above adventure, I learned about the Arch dev's planned init obselecense in favor of systemd. There were HUGE arguments on the mailing lists because of the decision, and -- while I'm very open-minded and would be willing to try new things given (a) adequate reasoning behind the decision for the new "thing" and (b) I'm grateful for the time/effort put in by the devs -- I was VERY put off by the Arch devs stance of "this is what it is, no discussion, if you don't like it then fuck off". When they began censoring dissenting opinions, I knew it was time to "vote" with my feet and go to a system that fits my needs -- sadly, Arch no longer fit that.
And I'm by no means a zealot and though I advocate Linux and *BSD, I'm of the opinion that people should use what works best for them, be that Windows, Ubuntu, OSX or anything else (3 of my personally most-hated OS's). Though I'll suggest that Linux can do anything those can and more, I'll never try to convince someone that they should use X operating system just because everyone is different and has specific things they like in a system, and it'll almost assuredly be different than what I like.
Gentoo does in fact seem like something I'd like to work with and I've had the desire to retry an install (my only attempt was way back when I was still a newcomer to linux...needless to say I was overwhelmed), and I had a co-worker who advocated and swore by it. I've always found it to be a Linux for BSD users, haha -- if I'm not mistaken, a lot of it's philosophy was based on FreeBSD, yes?
Having been familiar with FreeBSD (and running it both as a server and a desktop at times before), it just felt like the natural transition to make. I was pleasantly surprised to find that KDE4 finally reached the same usability as on Linux, and I haven't really looked back since. The ONLY issue is that I can't also run it on a laptop, unless I don't care about sleep/hibernated. For that reason, my E6400 still runs Arch.
Amen to that. I was mildly irritated when I first saw systemd take over Fedora (I forget what release it was), so I moved to Arch Linux -- which I figured I could count on to be the Unix-like system I always loved and forever adhere to the K.I.S.S. philosophy...then they ALSO shoved systemd down our throats. Have been using FreeBSD on the desktop [where practical] ever since; it was already what I used on my servers.
Can't speak of OpenBSD, but I currently use FreeBSD + KDE4 on my gaming desktop (when I'm not gaming), and it's phenomenal. More stable than Arch Linux ever ran on this machine, but I suppose I can't speak much to performance since pretty much anything should run very well on this beast.
Mother of god I wish I could mod you into infiniti and beyond.
Just curious, whatever became of this?
ZFS immediately came to mind when I read the summary.
So many different possibilities...I mean it's like he purposely left his statement open-ended so as to not specifically deny and guarantee that the shit isn't happening ...oh, wait.
...it tells us everything.
Exactly. Which people who don't think outside the box will see "everything" as "we have nothing to worry about, they only go after terrorists and the ends justify the means". Meanwhile, there is no "official" "authority" that this guy can allude to publicly, most likely because intricate details of exactly what they're collecting and prevention of abuse of the system is "classified", so how would we ever really know? Fuck we wouldn't know shit at all if Snowden didn't have the balls to do what he did. I'd say trust me that this is only the tip of the iceberg with the shit the NSA, etc. has going on, but hey I tend to research and think critically about things, something that is frowned upon and discouraged by tptb.
I struggle with not doing something like you suggest everyday -- the compensation factor you mention is the barrier :/
Definitely recommend this movie, if not only for the visuals.
Roundcube does well for me in that regard, running it on top of a postfix/dovecot/mysql install. Easily replaces gmail's UI imho.
For search, try Start Page, which uses Google as a backend (sort've like Scroogle did back in it's day).
Lol, funny how that works, isn't it?
I don't see what's the big deal about having a plethora of possibilities. I personally have run Arch+KDE4 for the past few years and have loved it. Why? Because it works for ME, and I can customize, adjust, etc. things just the way I want them, which is very likely unique to my needs and probably wouldn't be great for someone else to use. But that's the beauty of running Linux on the desktop, you can configure the 'appliance' for your specific need rather than be confined to what someone else thinks is the best way to run a GUI.
I don't find fragmentation much of an issue -- but then, I'm not exactly a zealot, I love to tinker (and thus can usually get anything to work regardless of whether or not their is a special "package" built for my distro of choice), and believe people should use what they think fits them best -- even if that's Windows or OSX.
In the system tray, right-click on the klipper icon and select "Configure Klipper...", unless you're referring to some other place that I'm unaware of. Never delved into "Actions", but seems very powerful from what I read.
Um, yeah it is. Granted, I usually configure Klipper to sync selection and clipboard...but yeah, middle-click has been paste since always on KDE4 and hasn't changed -- at least with vanilla installs (running Arch + KDE 4.11.1 here).
I purchased their Plus service (for about a month) and the PS3 client simply would not play audio. What a joke.