"And lastly, I save configuration tweaks, with full path names, in/home/localconfig/."
I automate this (appending a datestamp onto the filename) with an emacs hook that is called whenever I edit something with sudo. It has saved my ass many times when, just like you, I've been trying to remember what the hell change I made to rc.conf to make whatever needed to work work (or break, as the case may often be).
Why? For the love of all that's holy, why? That seems like a hell of a lot of trouble to go through rather than just doing something crazy like giving your files and directories sensible names. Databases may come and databases may go, but my directory structure is universal, portable, sensible, and future-proof.
"Imagine a system where everything is stored in tags and where folders become obsolete or used far less often. What you have then is a database or metadata file-system."
"I know I can't spell and I know my grammar is horrible, but thats what happens when you have a learning disability."
That sort of thing runs in my family as well. Please accept my apology.
"I never said the kernel has an opinion."
That was hyperbole on my part. However, you certainly did talk about "how Linux is meant to be used," and "the right way" to use Linux, statements which simply have no basis in fact. Just because that's how you prefer to operate doesn't make it the "right way" or any other way the "wrong way."
"If you want to call yourself a Linux user, take a LFS cd and start compiling, if your not going to make your own distro using LFS then grab a good distrobution that actually makes Linux use act the way it's meant to be used."
1. I don't think the kernel has an opinion. 2. You can't spell, your grammar is terrible, and your sentence structure is abhorrent. English fail.
It would lower traffic congestion, which would result in a faster commute for car drivers.
I highly doubt it. Look at metropolitan areas that have good light rail/mass transit, and tell me if the traffic's any better. San Francisco has one of the best public transit systems in the nation, vastly the best that I've had personal experience with. The traffic in S.F. is appalling. Ditto New York. Ditto Minneapolis (where I live).
If you can't convince people to take a train 30 miles, I really doubt you're going to convince them to take a train 100 miles. Americans like cars too damn much. The price of gas would have to skyrocket to make it a realistic idea.
I say all this as someone who uses mass transit and pedal power exclusively. I own no car.
Even if I accepted your premise that they "brought computing to the masses" (which needless to say I don't), they don't get to charge rent on it ad infinitum. They've been out-innovated, out-engineered, and just flat out-hustled by the competition for the last decade. They can ride the wave for a little while longer yet, but make no mistake, their fifteen minutes are up.
I'm using my SheevaPlug mostly as a file server. It's also running rtorrent and my one almighty Emacs session which contains my org-mode agenda, IRC client, and various and sundry other services. I've had it for less than a year, and by my estimation it's paid for itself already in reduced power consumption (compared to the clunker old desktop machine that had previously been serving that purpose).
I've got some other plans for it, which mostly seem to involve messing around, drinking beer and reading man pages at 2 AM. And I figure that in itself is a use, right?
I've got Akonadi and Nepomuk disabled because I'm running KDE on older hardware, and I can tell you that I have never once had a problem with Kmail. YMMV.
I have a Pentium D/2GB RAM/i950, so we're pretty comparable. I have Nepomuk and desktop effects turned off on KDE 4.6, and it's...acceptable, considering my hardware. Log in does drag, but otherwise it's...yeah, acceptable. I could surely run something lighter, but I really like KDE 4, and the application suite is too awesome to not use. I also have StumpWM for when I just need to get in and do something and get out.
The sign of a mature discussion is when you can refer to things you don't like without having to resort to childish mechanics like deliberate mangling of words. I doubt people who actually know enough soft skills resort to name calling, as they're aware it immediately turns people off their position.
Welcome to Slashdot. We're not here to "turn people on to our position" or engage in debate or gain converts. We're shooting the shit with like-minded people, and as often happens in similar social situations, we will trade "in-jokes" as a sign of our mutual group affiliation. You may have seen this happen elsewhere at some point or another in your life.
Also: Nobody gives a fuck what you think is funny, cute, mature, or childish.
...the Palestinian leadership refuse to concede even the most basic realities (Israel's existence as a Jewish state, and its right to exist as a Jewish state).
I also refuse to concede your "basic realities."
I mean, obvious Israel exists as a Jewish state, that's factual. But why on earth should an entity that was manufactured by decree out of whole cloth 60 years ago (on someone else's land no less) have any sort of "right" to exist as a state, Jewish or otherwise?
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"And lastly, I save configuration tweaks, with full path names, in /home/localconfig/."
I automate this (appending a datestamp onto the filename) with an emacs hook that is called whenever I edit something with sudo. It has saved my ass many times when, just like you, I've been trying to remember what the hell change I made to rc.conf to make whatever needed to work work (or break, as the case may often be).
Why? For the love of all that's holy, why? That seems like a hell of a lot of trouble to go through rather than just doing something crazy like giving your files and directories sensible names. Databases may come and databases may go, but my directory structure is universal, portable, sensible, and future-proof.
"Imagine a system where everything is stored in tags and where folders become obsolete or used far less often. What you have then is a database or metadata file-system."
I'd slit my wrists.
"I know I can't spell and I know my grammar is horrible, but thats what happens when you have a learning disability."
That sort of thing runs in my family as well. Please accept my apology.
"I never said the kernel has an opinion."
That was hyperbole on my part. However, you certainly did talk about "how Linux is meant to be used," and "the right way" to use Linux, statements which simply have no basis in fact. Just because that's how you prefer to operate doesn't make it the "right way" or any other way the "wrong way."
You'd notice, because you couldn't get online.
"If you want to call yourself a Linux user, take a LFS cd and start compiling, if your not going to make your own distro using LFS then grab a good distrobution that actually makes Linux use act the way it's meant to be used."
1. I don't think the kernel has an opinion.
2. You can't spell, your grammar is terrible, and your sentence structure is abhorrent. English fail.
It would lower traffic congestion, which would result in a faster commute for car drivers.
I highly doubt it. Look at metropolitan areas that have good light rail/mass transit, and tell me if the traffic's any better. San Francisco has one of the best public transit systems in the nation, vastly the best that I've had personal experience with. The traffic in S.F. is appalling. Ditto New York. Ditto Minneapolis (where I live).
If you can't convince people to take a train 30 miles, I really doubt you're going to convince them to take a train 100 miles. Americans like cars too damn much. The price of gas would have to skyrocket to make it a realistic idea.
I say all this as someone who uses mass transit and pedal power exclusively. I own no car.
You misspelled Ubuntu.
What about all the people that "just need a computer" so they can go on Facebook or whatever?
They subsidize the rest of us. Sad but true.
Even if I accepted your premise that they "brought computing to the masses" (which needless to say I don't), they don't get to charge rent on it ad infinitum. They've been out-innovated, out-engineered, and just flat out-hustled by the competition for the last decade. They can ride the wave for a little while longer yet, but make no mistake, their fifteen minutes are up.
I'm using my SheevaPlug mostly as a file server. It's also running rtorrent and my one almighty Emacs session which contains my org-mode agenda, IRC client, and various and sundry other services. I've had it for less than a year, and by my estimation it's paid for itself already in reduced power consumption (compared to the clunker old desktop machine that had previously been serving that purpose).
I've got some other plans for it, which mostly seem to involve messing around, drinking beer and reading man pages at 2 AM. And I figure that in itself is a use, right?
I've got Akonadi and Nepomuk disabled because I'm running KDE on older hardware, and I can tell you that I have never once had a problem with Kmail. YMMV.
I have a Pentium D/2GB RAM/i950, so we're pretty comparable. I have Nepomuk and desktop effects turned off on KDE 4.6, and it's...acceptable, considering my hardware. Log in does drag, but otherwise it's...yeah, acceptable. I could surely run something lighter, but I really like KDE 4, and the application suite is too awesome to not use. I also have StumpWM for when I just need to get in and do something and get out.
Six syllables in both. Stupid git.
Funny, it did replace my other desktop environment at 4.2. If you don't like it, whatever I guess.
no mod points just now, but i lol'd.
Piss and moan. Drag a fucking icon onto the desktop. It works. Oh that's right. You don't care, because you just want to piss and moan. STFU.
I tried all the things you named just now. They work.
Seriously?! In three years, they've kicked out six point releases, and you wish they would fix bugs quicker?!
And KDE is now designed for over-componentisation, over-information and over-configuration.
You haven't used KDE since 3.5, have you?
Attention to details?!Ha! There is a mountain of problems in front you.
Yes,theresure is!Ha !
The sign of a mature discussion is when you can refer to things you don't like without having to resort to childish mechanics like deliberate mangling of words. I doubt people who actually know enough soft skills resort to name calling, as they're aware it immediately turns people off their position.
Welcome to Slashdot. We're not here to "turn people on to our position" or engage in debate or gain converts. We're shooting the shit with like-minded people, and as often happens in similar social situations, we will trade "in-jokes" as a sign of our mutual group affiliation. You may have seen this happen elsewhere at some point or another in your life.
Also: Nobody gives a fuck what you think is funny, cute, mature, or childish.
You corner an animal it will fight back and use every dirty trick it knows.
You mean a couple of million Jews surrounded by 100,000,000 Arabas & Muslims?
No one "cornered" them there. They moved in to a bad neighborhood full of people who didn't want them there.
As they're primarily in Arab normally nobody references them as a source.
Al Jazeera English is massive, worldwide, and an excellent source of domestic (American) news. I highly recommend it.
They're far more known by reputation than by people that actually read any of their journalism and is qualified to say whether it's biased or not.
True enough.
...the Palestinian leadership refuse to concede even the most basic realities (Israel's existence as a Jewish state, and its right to exist as a Jewish state).
I also refuse to concede your "basic realities."
I mean, obvious Israel exists as a Jewish state, that's factual. But why on earth should an entity that was manufactured by decree out of whole cloth 60 years ago (on someone else's land no less) have any sort of "right" to exist as a state, Jewish or otherwise?