Soooo you spend years not using some very good software because it's proprietary and might force you, at some point in the future, to not use it? Sounds like cutting your nose off to spite your face.
Sounds like a good investment of my time is what it sounds like.
Then you've permanently removed yourself from being able to use Skype, and forced yourself to use some half-baked not-as-good alternative.
Seriously? I fall on the (small l) libertarian end of the spectrum, and I have (attempted to) read her, but I would in no way point to Ayn Rand as "thoroughly thought out." She's barely comprehensible.
I do not see that on Slashdot. I see anti-Linux rants modded up alongside anti-Apple rants, I see Democrat whinging modded down alongside Republican bitching. I think you would be correct in a smaller userbase, but Slashdot has a critical mass, and enough people with mod points, that the whole "groupthink" thing is pretty much mitigated.
Except for the obnoxious fucking atheists. That I can't explain.
I've never tried Songbird, it's not really my cup of coffee, but I've heard from a lot of people who really liked it, and you're right, it's too damn bad how Mozilla axed that.
Personally, I really like Amarok 2 (full disclosure: I'm on their documentation team), but I don't use it full-time because it seems to choke on big collections (240Gb and growing, the database just doesn't handle it very well, the UI locks up a lot while it's querying). Obviously opinions are very mixed on the new UI. I like it a ton, a lot of people seem to absolutely hate it. I'd be interested to hear what you don't like; I'd be more than happy to pass your opinions on. You can email if you like: p3t3 at guerrilla tech support dot commercial. (Unmung my first name.)
As another poster noted, Clementine is trying to pick up where Amarok 1 left off. I haven't tried it, but it might be a little more up your alley than the new Amarok.
One more plug: If you're not averse to configuring stuff yourself, I'd really recommend gmusicbrowser. It's what I use. You can set the layout up however you want; want something that looks like Amarok 1.4? You can do that. Winamp 5? Itunes? Hell yes. Want something that's completely unrecognizable as a music player at all, thus intimidating anyone else who tries to sit down and fuck with your machine, but is absolutely the greatest and most powerful search interface in media players? Try my layout;)
Absolutely. We can stand on our own merits and accomplishments without kissing anyone's ass or apologizing for not being, not only something we're not, but something we don't want to be. And one thing I certainly hope we don't want to be is a system that caters to people who say things like "there is no way to make foo work." Those people have no business here.
(Side note: I sell GNU/Linux desktops for a living. Buy one from me, power management will work. But if they're not willing to do that, and they're not willing to do the work themselves...well, fuck 'em.)
Well, good. If you're that averse to "screwing with it," you should have brought your computer to someone who knows what the fuck they're doing and had them do it for you. That's basically what you did when you bought the Mac, that's what you did when you bought the machine with Windows on it. You let someone else do it for you. There's the kind of people who enjoy screwing with things and there's the kind that don't. If you're in the latter category, you shouldn't be installing any OS on your machine. Bring it to a shop.
I realize I may sound condescending, but I hope you realize I'm not trying. There's nothing wrong with not wanting to screw with things. I don't want to screw with my house's wiring, therefore I call an electrician. That is not a moral judgment on me just like you not wanting to screw with your computer is not a moral judgment on you. Just means you should leave it the hell alone.
There is a reason to stick with Ubuntu. It is relatively easy to support.
Uh. No.
Listen, I sold (mostly stock with some added doodads) Ubuntu desktops and laptops for four years. They are a nightmare. If you want new versions of commonly used packages, you have to upgrade the entire fucking system. If you upgrade the entire system, something breaks. Sometimes it's the wireless, sometimes it's the sound, this month it's the entire desktop interface. And this is every six months. And if you don't do it, by the time the year is out the system is pretty much unsupportable. It's like you died and went to support hell.
I still have some Ubuntu machines out there among my clients, and I will support them. But I won't sell them anymore.
You are absolutely doing it wrong. I'm running a Pentium D with Intel graphics and 2 gigs of ram, and I run 4.6 fine, desktop effects on, the whole shebang. What distribution are you using?
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Is Apple the only (or even the major) provider of ebook reading devices?
Soooo you spend years not using some very good software because it's proprietary and might force you, at some point in the future, to not use it? Sounds like cutting your nose off to spite your face.
Sounds like a good investment of my time is what it sounds like.
Then you've permanently removed yourself from being able to use Skype, and forced yourself to use some half-baked not-as-good alternative.
Like a telephone? Hey, I have one of those.
Perhaps he uses a telephone.
Yeah. It's like MySpace.
Surely you meant to say Geocities...
I bet you were saying the same thing about Hotmail and Geocities. Skype's a flash in the pan, and it's not even a very big flash.
What are you talking about? Your grandma doesn't have any of them.
I'm gonna get modded down for this.
Seriously? I fall on the (small l) libertarian end of the spectrum, and I have (attempted to) read her, but I would in no way point to Ayn Rand as "thoroughly thought out." She's barely comprehensible.
I do not see that on Slashdot. I see anti-Linux rants modded up alongside anti-Apple rants, I see Democrat whinging modded down alongside Republican bitching. I think you would be correct in a smaller userbase, but Slashdot has a critical mass, and enough people with mod points, that the whole "groupthink" thing is pretty much mitigated.
Except for the obnoxious fucking atheists. That I can't explain.
I've never tried Songbird, it's not really my cup of coffee, but I've heard from a lot of people who really liked it, and you're right, it's too damn bad how Mozilla axed that.
Personally, I really like Amarok 2 (full disclosure: I'm on their documentation team), but I don't use it full-time because it seems to choke on big collections (240Gb and growing, the database just doesn't handle it very well, the UI locks up a lot while it's querying). Obviously opinions are very mixed on the new UI. I like it a ton, a lot of people seem to absolutely hate it. I'd be interested to hear what you don't like; I'd be more than happy to pass your opinions on. You can email if you like: p3t3 at guerrilla tech support dot commercial. (Unmung my first name.)
As another poster noted, Clementine is trying to pick up where Amarok 1 left off. I haven't tried it, but it might be a little more up your alley than the new Amarok.
One more plug: If you're not averse to configuring stuff yourself, I'd really recommend gmusicbrowser. It's what I use. You can set the layout up however you want; want something that looks like Amarok 1.4? You can do that. Winamp 5? Itunes? Hell yes. Want something that's completely unrecognizable as a music player at all, thus intimidating anyone else who tries to sit down and fuck with your machine, but is absolutely the greatest and most powerful search interface in media players? Try my layout ;)
Absolutely. We can stand on our own merits and accomplishments without kissing anyone's ass or apologizing for not being, not only something we're not, but something we don't want to be. And one thing I certainly hope we don't want to be is a system that caters to people who say things like "there is no way to make foo work." Those people have no business here.
(Side note: I sell GNU/Linux desktops for a living. Buy one from me, power management will work. But if they're not willing to do that, and they're not willing to do the work themselves...well, fuck 'em.)
I'd say I'll take that bet, but since you're posting AC I can't. Too bad. Easy money.
Well, good. If you're that averse to "screwing with it," you should have brought your computer to someone who knows what the fuck they're doing and had them do it for you. That's basically what you did when you bought the Mac, that's what you did when you bought the machine with Windows on it. You let someone else do it for you. There's the kind of people who enjoy screwing with things and there's the kind that don't. If you're in the latter category, you shouldn't be installing any OS on your machine. Bring it to a shop.
I realize I may sound condescending, but I hope you realize I'm not trying. There's nothing wrong with not wanting to screw with things. I don't want to screw with my house's wiring, therefore I call an electrician. That is not a moral judgment on me just like you not wanting to screw with your computer is not a moral judgment on you. Just means you should leave it the hell alone.
There is a reason to stick with Ubuntu. It is relatively easy to support.
Uh. No.
Listen, I sold (mostly stock with some added doodads) Ubuntu desktops and laptops for four years. They are a nightmare. If you want new versions of commonly used packages, you have to upgrade the entire fucking system. If you upgrade the entire system, something breaks. Sometimes it's the wireless, sometimes it's the sound, this month it's the entire desktop interface. And this is every six months. And if you don't do it, by the time the year is out the system is pretty much unsupportable. It's like you died and went to support hell.
I still have some Ubuntu machines out there among my clients, and I will support them. But I won't sell them anymore.
Ubuntu, what the hell happened? I use to love you... now you remind me too much like my mother trying to keep me her little 10yr old boy.
Am I the only one to be deeply creeped out by this statement?
the only thing I find lacking is multimedia players
Are you kidding? If you tried two every week, by the end of the year you would not have tried all the media players written for GNU/Linux.
There is no figuring out how to make power management work, because there is no way to make power management work.
You're right. You should use Windows.
The Seventh Law Of Slashdot: Whether the topic is a KDE bugfix release or the death of Osama bin Laden, some asshole will say "this is not news."
As others have noted, Krunner is great. Also, if you really need the menu replacement, try Lancelot.
What the hell are your specs? I'm running KDE 4.6 on Arch (and on a beater box at that), and it is much more than acceptably fast over here.
Well, since 4.0 the KDE team has given you 6.3 compelling reasons. Pick one. Stop hurting yourself with Gnome.
Awesome is not a desktop environment.
You are absolutely doing it wrong. I'm running a Pentium D with Intel graphics and 2 gigs of ram, and I run 4.6 fine, desktop effects on, the whole shebang. What distribution are you using?
I think Dolphin's fine. But mostly I use Krusader.
It's the minimalist look that isn't KDE
Shut up, troll.
that abortion called Plasma
I don't even have a link, but you don't have an argument, so we're even. Shut up, troll.
all the resources used for Plasma.
My five year old Pentium D desktop and I say "citation needed." Also, "Shut up, troll."