*sigh* Troll, but I'll bite just in case someone comes along thinking he's +1, Insightful
your problem is this:
When is Linux going to stop aiming to be JUST LIKE WINDOWS! and do something "innovative" in the GUI area?
Oh, that's right. THEY WON'T, simply because all those open source programmers are PROGRAMMERS and know nothing about UI design!
Ok.... first, you apparently don't understand that Linux isn't aiming to be anything like windows... my command prompt looks nothing like the latest windows versions I've seen
second, KDE/Gnome, which might be more what you're screaming about, have every right to do what they want as well, and I find them far more advanced that windows at least, and even OSX in some places
but really, your gripe is with that theme's maker... so you're really complaining that there's 1 dude out there who looked and Luna and Aqua and said "Hmmmm. Don't wanna run windows or OSX, but I'd like my desktop to look like that."
So really, right there, you've just made KDE's point for them... or are customizeable interfaces not an advance?
So chill, and let other people have their own tastes.
More and more I think we're heading for a different singularity: modularity. "Kernel by Hurd, userspace by netbsd, hardware.networking by linux", you name it.
GAH! But I don't want to have to say "Have you checked out the latest release of MS-GNU/Linux/Hurd/Net-Free BSD?" to my friends!
what are you talking about? I don't think that site is real... or at least its reviews are subject to question.
If you look right below the ST 'review' you'll see one for 13 Ghosts, (which claims its good - as if that wasn't enough evidence to show its full of it)... but also it claims that:
"a Great finale where Maggie, Rafkin, and Kalina try to save Bobby from a glass elevator that is rigged to explode and destroy the house."
Well... after seeing the movie, I must have missed that part. Especially since "Kalina" died....
What's it like knowing that, if (God forbid) Linus and Alan were hit by a bus, you might be "The Man"?
I have a feeling I know who might own that bus... but what I'm more concerned about is how that bus managed to get across the US and over the atlantic ocean to get em both....
Ha! Yes he still wears those suits! Wore one just the other day on the day of the midterm!
According to my login MOTD:
Rohan is a SunFire 4800 running Solaris 8 at San Diego State University.
the terminals downstairs are actually x86-Linux based now
Speaking of which, Yeah, I'm running Linux now, I'll try FreeBSD again (last time wasn't pretty, heh) when I get another box to kick around, same with Solarisx86... Sun hardware is that cheap?! I had no idea...
It is a great class, he seems like the most computer geek / unixhead-like teacher I've met yet of all my CS teachers
What evil Fox executive stuck you in such a lethal timeslot? Why didn't they slot you behind the Simpson's then move you to the lethal Thursday timeslot?
And will this evil doer make an appearance on an upcoming episode? The Tick vs. Upper Management ?
Dude! I'm A CS major in that exact class at SDSU *right now*
I too am really interested in getting into sysadmin'n. Is there a particular SDSU-specific route you'd recommend?
by the by... who was your professor for that class? it would be totally funny if you had Carroll... This guy has been here since the 70's I think he said
Bill
Re:That's nice, but its not really news...
on
Kernel 2.4.14 is out
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Mod the parent up!
This post has been far more informative than half of the last 10 minor kernel release "articles"
Slashdot != Freshmeat is true...
When we found out about the kernel bugs a couple weeks ago it was good that/. posted that... and the subsequent patches/releases as well... but this seems like JAKR (Just Another Kernel Release)
There ought to be a Bash Script for the folks who update their kernel at every release... something that checks Kernel.org... or maybe a link on/. that says the latest Devel release
I'm not annoyed with the JAKR articles... but there are better ways
Hatch is quoted "current law perversely gives the terrorist privacy rights.... We should not tie the hands of our law enforcement and help hackers and cyber-terrorists to get away"
First off, obviously Hatch doesn't know the differences between a hacker and a cracker.
Good God! Give it up! Language is a dynamic thing!
Lets put it another way: Hacker == (Hacker || Cracker) Thats the way it is now. Deal. There are a lot more important things going on to worry about than semantics.
Don't run bleeding edge software on boxes that have "millions" at stake. It's that simple.
There is no reason to upgrade the kernel if yours is working. And if you need a new driver or something, you shouldn't expect the same kind of reliability as you would of a kernel a year old. If you do you have no right being in charge of a system that of critical.
That would like it if boycottadobe.com was made with Adobe products...
" meta name="generator" content="Adobe GoLive 5" "
Oh, er, i mean...
This is some sorry shit.
I thought he was kidding at first... but its true! and what's worse, they're actually *defending* their use of Adobe products in making boycottadobe.com !
What the hell kind of logic is this? What a joke!
Maybe boycottboycottadobe.com is open... or boycottadobeforreal.com.... hmmm.
Call me old fashioned, but I don't consider a 4 megabyte executable to be small... In fact, I don't have a single executable on this system that's 4Mb.
The RIAA is pissing off a huge portion of their fan base. They can see the impact on their bottom line when sales decrease after napster is gone.
What are you talking about? the RIAA doesn't have a fan base. Joe Sixpacks doesn't know who or what the RIAA is. He buys music (or downloads it off napster) and never sees "RIAA" anywhere at all.
Hell, most people I know think that they download their mp3's off of a website called napster.com. Also, I sincerely doubt many Jow Sixpack's got high speed access for Napster. A Jow Sixpack I know got cable because he wanted his games to run faster... when I asked him if he wanted to play online sometime he didn't even know you could do that.
And more importantly, when people start flocking to independent music that doesn't pull these kinds of shenanigans, sells music for reasonable prices, and generally doesn't treat the music-buying public as the enemy.
I don't see the hordes of teenyboppers that are the RIAA's favorite markey moving toward independent music any time soon. Or 95% of the rest of the music buying population.
Slashdot Mirror
LMFAO. *wipes tear away*
Sorry... that was too funny.
your problem is this:
Ok.... first, you apparently don't understand that Linux isn't aiming to be anything like windows... my command prompt looks nothing like the latest windows versions I've seen
second, KDE/Gnome, which might be more what you're screaming about, have every right to do what they want as well, and I find them far more advanced that windows at least, and even OSX in some places
but really, your gripe is with that theme's maker... so you're really complaining that there's 1 dude out there who looked and Luna and Aqua and said "Hmmmm. Don't wanna run windows or OSX, but I'd like my desktop to look like that."
So really, right there, you've just made KDE's point for them... or are customizeable interfaces not an advance?
So chill, and let other people have their own tastes.
Bill
Jeez, I didn't realize there were that many PC's out there...
I mean, I knew there weren't as many macs, but wow
Bill
Could you possibly download the CVS of Enlightenment 17?
;o)
Sweet Jesus! If HURD development doesn't speed up we'll be paying for a very, very long time....
;o)
Bill
what are you talking about? I don't think that site is real... or at least its reviews are subject to question.
If you look right below the ST 'review' you'll see one for 13 Ghosts, (which claims its good - as if that wasn't enough evidence to show its full of it)... but also it claims that:
"a Great finale where Maggie, Rafkin, and Kalina try to save Bobby from a glass elevator that is rigged to explode and destroy the house."
Well... after seeing the movie, I must have missed that part. Especially since "Kalina" died....
So anyways... disregard the above as a troll.
Bill
as opposed to the one that lets you delete the whole OS in 8 keystrokes?
;o)
You think you didn't already drop $$ on memory?
Do you feel relieved when you buy PC's, and don't have to buy the OS?
Bill
I have a feeling I know who might own that bus... but what I'm more concerned about is how that bus managed to get across the US and over the atlantic ocean to get em both....
Bill
Ha! Yes he still wears those suits! Wore one just the other day on the day of the midterm!
According to my login MOTD:
Rohan is a SunFire 4800 running Solaris 8 at San Diego State University.
the terminals downstairs are actually x86-Linux based now
Speaking of which, Yeah, I'm running Linux now, I'll try FreeBSD again (last time wasn't pretty, heh) when I get another box to kick around, same with Solarisx86... Sun hardware is that cheap?! I had no idea...
It is a great class, he seems like the most computer geek / unixhead-like teacher I've met yet of all my CS teachers
Bill, masc0067
And will this evil doer make an appearance on an upcoming episode? The Tick vs. Upper Management ?
Bill
The Tick goes commando, baby.
Well, not really... he's wearing his "underwear"... its a big blue jumpsuit
Bill
Dude! I'm A CS major in that exact class at SDSU *right now*
I too am really interested in getting into sysadmin'n. Is there a particular SDSU-specific route you'd recommend?
by the by... who was your professor for that class? it would be totally funny if you had Carroll... This guy has been here since the 70's I think he said
Bill
Mod the parent up!
/. posted that... and the subsequent patches/releases as well... but this seems like JAKR (Just Another Kernel Release)
/. that says the latest Devel release
This post has been far more informative than half of the last 10 minor kernel release "articles"
Slashdot != Freshmeat is true...
When we found out about the kernel bugs a couple weeks ago it was good that
There ought to be a Bash Script for the folks who update their kernel at every release... something that checks Kernel.org... or maybe a link on
I'm not annoyed with the JAKR articles... but there are better ways
Bill
Depends. Does she run Linux?
;o)
Bill
Good God! Give it up! Language is a dynamic thing!
Lets put it another way: Hacker == (Hacker || Cracker) Thats the way it is now. Deal. There are a lot more important things going on to worry about than semantics.
Bill
Troll. But to those taking it seriously:
Don't run bleeding edge software on boxes that have "millions" at stake. It's that simple.
There is no reason to upgrade the kernel if yours is working. And if you need a new driver or something, you shouldn't expect the same kind of reliability as you would of a kernel a year old. If you do you have no right being in charge of a system that of critical.
Bill
Good god no! There still isn't a decent IRC client for linux like there is for Windows!
Bitchx is nice, but a bit hardcore... everything else has a nice feature or two, but overall sucks.
xchat, ksirc, kvirc, ircII (or however its spelled)... all nice... but hold nothing to mIRC, for example
Bill
K. Here's how you're wrong:
We can't assume that these companies are moral.
You assume they are. But you're forgetting that they are in it for the money. That's all. Thats what makes businesses tick.
Bill
Why?
So if I only install BSD utils/libs am I then running BSD/Linux?
What if I pick and choose... or install both? Am I then running GNU/BSD/Linux? At what point does this retardation end?
Bill
This is some sorry shit.
I thought he was kidding at first... but its true! and what's worse, they're actually *defending* their use of Adobe products in making boycottadobe.com !
What the hell kind of logic is this? What a joke!
Maybe boycottboycottadobe.com is open... or boycottadobeforreal.com .... hmmm.
Bill
The RIAA is pissing off a huge portion of their fan base. They can see the impact on their bottom line when sales decrease after napster is gone.
What are you talking about? the RIAA doesn't have a fan base. Joe Sixpacks doesn't know who or what the RIAA is. He buys music (or downloads it off napster) and never sees "RIAA" anywhere at all.
Hell, most people I know think that they download their mp3's off of a website called napster.com. Also, I sincerely doubt many Jow Sixpack's got high speed access for Napster. A Jow Sixpack I know got cable because he wanted his games to run faster... when I asked him if he wanted to play online sometime he didn't even know you could do that.
And more importantly, when people start flocking to independent music that doesn't pull these kinds of shenanigans, sells music for reasonable prices, and generally doesn't treat the music-buying public as the enemy.
I don't see the hordes of teenyboppers that are the RIAA's favorite markey moving toward independent music any time soon. Or 95% of the rest of the music buying population.
Bill