hard drives breaks; needs to buy whole new computer...
The kind of people that don't recognize (or stop) an operating system upgrade are the same kind of people that need to pay Geek Squad to replace their hard drive and reinstall the OS and applications -- at a price that's likely close to the price of buying a new low-end computer.
how about walking away and coming back a few hours later and the damage is already done?
Nah, then you'd see an increased network usage. This is probably just Firefox's fsync bug repeated: in order to ensure data integrity, SQLite has a mode that fsyncs on commit. (After all, if the data isn't written to storage, it isn't really committed.) If you combine that with autocommit after every minor transaction, you get a ton of fsyncs and massive data usage.
I suppose if I was a regular windows user it would be different... the clumsy and non intuitive part. BUT it is so damned S L O W.
W7 is slow also but I think W10 is even slower.
(LMDE Mate user)
Open source can be desirable. However, as we've seen in the recent acquisition of FoundationDB by Apple, without a strong foundation to serve as a home for the project, open source software is in danger of both poor code quality or being taken private and yanked by a proprietary buyer.
true.
however experience has shown that ALL software (open and propitiatory) are subject to crude work, poor support, and/or NSA nuggets
"Do you have kids? I do. I trust them and teach them right and wrong etc but don't watch them 24/7 and am not keen on young kids coming across violent hateful crap online"
So you think it is OK to let your kids cruise the web however the want... because you are lazy? Take some personal responsibility and raise your kids like you Know you should
Good move. My wife had similar complaints.
I went one step better and also installed LMDE on her laptop.
after configuring it to look identical to her Mint I set it as her default boot OS. >>> she did not notice the change at all.
after a couple weeks I asked how she liked. she thought a bit and replied "I did notice that there were no updates needed, but I thought maybe you were doing that for me."
LMDE = Stable.
next spring LMDE2 will be even more stable.
99% of the real people only use 6 or 8 applications... or even less.
if shortcuts to those apps are in the toolbar, there is no need to drill down and find things.
OK, seriously... Didn't they just fade into the sunset? I know there is a Gnome3 desktop, but isn't it just time for it to disappear?
Nope, I firmly hate Groupon, but not thinking campaign this is worth my effort or $$$
"Should disabled users stick with outdated, vulnerable, and unsupported Linux distros or..."
Older versions may be unsupported, but thry still work.
Vulnerable to what? Are you a bank?
Give it somr time, patches happen.
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"human-caused"?
hard drives breaks; needs to buy whole new computer...
The kind of people that don't recognize (or stop) an operating system upgrade are the same kind of people that need to pay Geek Squad to replace their hard drive and reinstall the OS and applications -- at a price that's likely close to the price of buying a new low-end computer.
how about walking away and coming back a few hours later and the damage is already done?
Nah, then you'd see an increased network usage. This is probably just Firefox's fsync bug repeated: in order to ensure data integrity, SQLite has a mode that fsyncs on commit. (After all, if the data isn't written to storage, it isn't really committed.) If you combine that with autocommit after every minor transaction, you get a ton of fsyncs and massive data usage.
bug? this one? Reported: 2008-03-07 03:10 PST, Status: RESOLVED FIXED ?
English isn't apparently among them.
ironic. Not being expert in Your flavor of Your language is prejudged, so the clear message is ignored.
can this wipe my laptop for the DHS? "here is the USB I use for unlocking it" OOPS! now what did you want to see? :-)
I suppose if I was a regular windows user it would be different... the clumsy and non intuitive part. BUT it is so damned S L O W. W7 is slow also but I think W10 is even slower. (LMDE Mate user)
So you don't do regular scheduled backups? Let this be a lesson for you.
+999999
being anal helps.
http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/linux...
this is the script to the movie Brazil
Open source can be desirable. However, as we've seen in the recent acquisition of FoundationDB by Apple, without a strong foundation to serve as a home for the project, open source software is in danger of both poor code quality or being taken private and yanked by a proprietary buyer.
true. however experience has shown that ALL software (open and propitiatory) are subject to crude work, poor support, and/or NSA nuggets
"Do you have kids? I do. I trust them and teach them right and wrong etc but don't watch them 24/7 and am not keen on young kids coming across violent hateful crap online" So you think it is OK to let your kids cruise the web however the want... because you are lazy? Take some personal responsibility and raise your kids like you Know you should
At least somebody gets it
RTFA and you might understand, the one that was linked. but I have the advantage because I am familiar with the the subject, and you are not
what about your customers?
so cool, saves those valuable resources! I just knew Gnome3 was good for something...
Good move. My wife had similar complaints. I went one step better and also installed LMDE on her laptop. after configuring it to look identical to her Mint I set it as her default boot OS. >>> she did not notice the change at all. after a couple weeks I asked how she liked. she thought a bit and replied "I did notice that there were no updates needed, but I thought maybe you were doing that for me." LMDE = Stable. next spring LMDE2 will be even more stable.
99% of the real people only use 6 or 8 applications... or even less. if shortcuts to those apps are in the toolbar, there is no need to drill down and find things.
whiners: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lin...
Mate would have been a better choice, with the desktop clean of icons, and the shortcuts she needs in the toolbar. Who needs menus?
OK, seriously... Didn't they just fade into the sunset? I know there is a Gnome3 desktop, but isn't it just time for it to disappear? Nope, I firmly hate Groupon, but not thinking campaign this is worth my effort or $$$
they are just a bit lonely...
I don't hire folks that hop around. It is just not worth my effort. If I want temporary help I use one of those "warm body" agencies
"Should disabled users stick with outdated, vulnerable, and unsupported Linux distros or ..."
Older versions may be unsupported, but thry still work.
Vulnerable to what? Are you a bank?
Give it somr time, patches happen.
the Mint version of Mate has the missing polish.