Perfect desk for me is one of those modular Ikea type things. Its gotta have room for several computers, lots of bookshelves, and plenty of room for my random computer parts, reams of loose paper, empty coffee mugs with crusted on old coffee residue, etc.
Thanks! That looks awesome. The only thing I think would still be nice in OSX is multiple desktops, like most Linux wms have. It might be confusing to new users, though, so it would be something you have to enable manually, rather than a default-on setting. Multiple desktops is a really useful feature.
Not to mention, what if users today are HAPPY with the way Windows is? What if they don't WANT a new interface, and arent knowledgeable enough to search though 50 different options to put Windows back to what they are used to? Interfaces should be clear and easy to understand for new users, and EXTREMELY customizable for users that know what they want and know how they use a computer. The interface depends on the USER'S PREFRENCES, not on the programmer's "Great New Ideas" of how a user SHOULD use a computer. I for one do not enjoy being forced into using a computer in a certain way. Im sure most of the Mac people LIKE the "Classic Desktop interface" that this guy says OS X has. They have been using Macs for years, and are familiar with the interface. If Apple suddenly up and changed the interface to somehting totally different, the users would riot.
Well, I can't try it out extensively, I run only Linux. But I could try it out on one of my friend's laptops or one of the display computers at the computer closet. (campus run place in the first floor of our dorm, sells mac and pc parts. They have a couple display systems.) What does it do?
"Windows is better than Mac, because Mac has such cool and subdued boring colours. Windows has bright reds, yellows, blues and greens..`. Windows == TEH ROXORZ!!!"
I have personally found bright colours to be annoying and distracting. I turn off eye candy in Linux. I run FVWM2. The best thing to do is to give the user options.
Not to mention, where will Linux be by 2006? Kernel 2.6 is nearing completion. KDE is intuitive enough for my forestry major roommate that is not in the least into computers to pick it up with no problem whatsoever. I showed him how to log in, he figgured it out from there in 5 minutes. In 3 more years, 2.6 will be very mature, and 2.7 will be probably well into development. KDE 4 will be out, and Gnome 3. 3 years ago, Linux was beginning to catch up to Windows as far as useability on a workstation. Now, I would say its about equal, definately beyond as far as the power user goes, equal, maybe a little behind to the average user. At this rate, in 3 years, it will surpass Windows.
Longhorn will have to contend with a very stable and mature Linux 2.6, MacOS 10.6, etc. Don't speculate any more until 2005 at the earliest. Otherwise we will start comparing OS X to Windows ME.
Longhorn will feature a task-based (or "iterative") interface that goes far beyond the task-based interface found today in Windows XP. Microsoft has been working to move beyond the dated desktop metaphor still used by Mac OS X and Linux;
I assume this means an interface that can be set up for different tasks, such as programming, gaming, communication and web surfing. Doesnt the multiple desktop feature of MOST linux window managers/desktop environments do this already? Its hard to say "Linux has... interface" because there are so many DIFFERENT interfaces. Sure, you could say "KDE has a... interface" but not Linux. With FVWM2, I can set up groups of windows that open when I startx and have a desktop for programming (a couple of xterms and an editor, perhaps) communitaction (xchat and gaim) etc. How is this a "dated desktop metaphor?"
Desktop interface I assume means an interface like in earlier windows versions (or XP with certain non-default setups), OS X, and SOME interfaces for Linux, where you have a "My Computer" like icon on the desktop, and can browse through your files. While some may call this "dated," people seem to LIKE to work this way, so why change it for them? Give the user OPTIONS. Don't just go with whatever is the style now. On first boot: "Do you want a task based (defn.) or Desktop based (defn.) interface? This selection may be changed later at Start>Settings>Interfce>Whatever."
I feel the same way. I hate the "cut a window in the side, stick in neons" case mods, especially since EVERYONE is doing it now. It was fine when it was the one kid at the lan party that had the window, now you go to a lan party and its like "Dude! Awesome computer! When are you putting in a window and neons?" "Im not." "Dude, you HAVE to! It would be SO AWESOME!" "uh..."
These mods are original. Not everyone might like some of them, but at least they are different. I especially like the 1940s radio HTPC case.
Yes, I just read through the entire article on that radio case mod. Each page took longer and longer to load, after the third page or so, I could tell it wasnt going to last, I pulled up every page in new tabs at once hehe.
Its a really cool case. He bought an old bakelite radio case from the 1940s, polished it up, and built a computer inside. Has a red, inverted LCD at the top, behind a plastic sheet from a candy box, that is transparent enough you can only see the LCD when its on. Interesting idea. He bought a spectrum analyser kit, and instead of mounting the LEDs on the circuit boards, he soldered them all to a bunch of wires, and encased the whole thing in clear plastic resin.
Sure beats my idea of putting together a HTPC in an old VCR case...
Well, you could window mod an older hard drive, like around 3 gigs or so. It would be plenty for a home theatre computer or something that just boots off the drive, and pulls the media over the network, and if you screwed it up, you wouldnt feel too bad. Be out what, $30?
What about a book or music? Cheaper, and less distracting to the driver. Of course, you could always just mount the screen so it is visible only to back seat passengers.
Yes, but as you have no control over that, no matter what YOU do, biking is more dangerous than driving.
Do you follow all traffic laws? I.e. stop at red lights, signal when you turn, no riding up between lanes when everyone is at a stoplight and run the light, etc? I see bicyclists do this kind of crap all the time. Just the same, I know several people that bike to work (also a college town) and I give bicyclists plenty of room on the road.
Ill trade you my Timex Sinclair 1000 with 16k RAM expansion pack (the one that crashes the computer if you bump it too hard.) The membrane keyboard wasnt working at first, but I managed to fix it by cutting the last 1/4 inch off the ribbon cables and reconnecting them to the motherboard. It works great now. Ill even throw in my radio shack RCA to F connector adapter that I bought so I could hook it up to my TV.
Of course! Doing stupid shit is fun! I like fast cars, and I like to play with fire. A lot. I guess I have a lower life expectancy. Oh well. At least ill have fun getting there.
... if you can live longer without taking risks? My life would be boring if I didnt light a bonfire with a molitov cocktail or launch firecrackers out of a slingshot now and then.
I'm having a bit of a hard time defining the fine line between kernel and distro...especially at the driver level. I understand that stuff like Quanta and GIMP are not kernel stuff but are hardware drivers a kernel thing or a distro thing? (Network Cards and modems, for example)
The Kernel is the lowest level code that is running on the machine. Linux IS the kernel. The kernel acts as a sort of translator between the hardware on your computer, and all the software that you run on the computer, including things like X Windows, KDE, Gnome, Apache, GIMP and Quanta. Drivers for your hardware are part of the kernel.
A distro is basically a collection of software that runs on top of the Linux kernel. Redhat packages the kernel up, along with an installation program, and a whole pile of software.
On a different note -- maybe I'm talking out of ignorance here but one of the things I've been looking for is encryption support. As in being to encrypt folders and files, etc. The closest I found seemed a bit scary to try with kernel patching and loopback or whatnot. Am I just looking in the wrong spots?
Check out The GNU Privacy Guard. It is similar to PGP. You were probably looking at encrypted filesystems - An entire partition (or a filesystem contained within a file, thats what the loopback would be) that is encrypted, and uses kernel level code to mount it like any other filesystem on your comptuer, and decrypt/encrypt on the fly as you read/write to it.
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What admin stuff is Slackware missing? Ive never had a problem with vim, pico, or any other text editor. For remote admin, use those over ssh.
And buying out companies that make Linux more attractive - UT and UT2003 run GREAT on my system under Linux. We arent going to see Linux binaries for future products published by Microshaft.
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Perfect desk for me is one of those modular Ikea type things. Its gotta have room for several computers, lots of bookshelves, and plenty of room for my random computer parts, reams of loose paper, empty coffee mugs with crusted on old coffee residue, etc.
Thanks! That looks awesome. The only thing I think would still be nice in OSX is multiple desktops, like most Linux wms have. It might be confusing to new users, though, so it would be something you have to enable manually, rather than a default-on setting. Multiple desktops is a really useful feature.
Not to mention, what if users today are HAPPY with the way Windows is? What if they don't WANT a new interface, and arent knowledgeable enough to search though 50 different options to put Windows back to what they are used to? Interfaces should be clear and easy to understand for new users, and EXTREMELY customizable for users that know what they want and know how they use a computer. The interface depends on the USER'S PREFRENCES, not on the programmer's "Great New Ideas" of how a user SHOULD use a computer. I for one do not enjoy being forced into using a computer in a certain way. Im sure most of the Mac people LIKE the "Classic Desktop interface" that this guy says OS X has. They have been using Macs for years, and are familiar with the interface. If Apple suddenly up and changed the interface to somehting totally different, the users would riot.
Well, I can't try it out extensively, I run only Linux. But I could try it out on one of my friend's laptops or one of the display computers at the computer closet. (campus run place in the first floor of our dorm, sells mac and pc parts. They have a couple display systems.) What does it do?
Maybe he likes bright colours...
"Windows is better than Mac, because Mac has such cool and subdued boring colours. Windows has bright reds, yellows, blues and greens. .`. Windows == TEH ROXORZ!!!"
I have personally found bright colours to be annoying and distracting. I turn off eye candy in Linux. I run FVWM2. The best thing to do is to give the user options.
Not to mention, where will Linux be by 2006? Kernel 2.6 is nearing completion. KDE is intuitive enough for my forestry major roommate that is not in the least into computers to pick it up with no problem whatsoever. I showed him how to log in, he figgured it out from there in 5 minutes. In 3 more years, 2.6 will be very mature, and 2.7 will be probably well into development. KDE 4 will be out, and Gnome 3. 3 years ago, Linux was beginning to catch up to Windows as far as useability on a workstation. Now, I would say its about equal, definately beyond as far as the power user goes, equal, maybe a little behind to the average user. At this rate, in 3 years, it will surpass Windows.
Longhorn will have to contend with a very stable and mature Linux 2.6, MacOS 10.6, etc. Don't speculate any more until 2005 at the earliest. Otherwise we will start comparing OS X to Windows ME.
I assume this means an interface that can be set up for different tasks, such as programming, gaming, communication and web surfing. Doesnt the multiple desktop feature of MOST linux window managers/desktop environments do this already? Its hard to say "Linux has ... interface" because there are so many DIFFERENT interfaces. Sure, you could say "KDE has a ... interface" but not Linux. With FVWM2, I can set up groups of windows that open when I startx and have a desktop for programming (a couple of xterms and an editor, perhaps) communitaction (xchat and gaim) etc. How is this a "dated desktop metaphor?"
Desktop interface I assume means an interface like in earlier windows versions (or XP with certain non-default setups), OS X, and SOME interfaces for Linux, where you have a "My Computer" like icon on the desktop, and can browse through your files. While some may call this "dated," people seem to LIKE to work this way, so why change it for them? Give the user OPTIONS. Don't just go with whatever is the style now. On first boot: "Do you want a task based (defn.) or Desktop based (defn.) interface? This selection may be changed later at Start>Settings>Interfce>Whatever."
I feel the same way. I hate the "cut a window in the side, stick in neons" case mods, especially since EVERYONE is doing it now. It was fine when it was the one kid at the lan party that had the window, now you go to a lan party and its like "Dude! Awesome computer! When are you putting in a window and neons?" "Im not." "Dude, you HAVE to! It would be SO AWESOME!" "uh..."
These mods are original. Not everyone might like some of them, but at least they are different. I especially like the 1940s radio HTPC case.
Yes, I just read through the entire article on that radio case mod. Each page took longer and longer to load, after the third page or so, I could tell it wasnt going to last, I pulled up every page in new tabs at once hehe.
Its a really cool case. He bought an old bakelite radio case from the 1940s, polished it up, and built a computer inside. Has a red, inverted LCD at the top, behind a plastic sheet from a candy box, that is transparent enough you can only see the LCD when its on. Interesting idea. He bought a spectrum analyser kit, and instead of mounting the LEDs on the circuit boards, he soldered them all to a bunch of wires, and encased the whole thing in clear plastic resin.
Sure beats my idea of putting together a HTPC in an old VCR case...
Well, you could window mod an older hard drive, like around 3 gigs or so. It would be plenty for a home theatre computer or something that just boots off the drive, and pulls the media over the network, and if you screwed it up, you wouldnt feel too bad. Be out what, $30?
What about a book or music? Cheaper, and less distracting to the driver. Of course, you could always just mount the screen so it is visible only to back seat passengers.
Just put a phone jack in your garage, and keep a 25 foot phone cord in your trunk. Once a week or so, plug the phone line in and let it update itself.
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And make phone calls to follow it up.
Yes, but as you have no control over that, no matter what YOU do, biking is more dangerous than driving.
Do you follow all traffic laws? I.e. stop at red lights, signal when you turn, no riding up between lanes when everyone is at a stoplight and run the light, etc? I see bicyclists do this kind of crap all the time. Just the same, I know several people that bike to work (also a college town) and I give bicyclists plenty of room on the road.
I think I MIGHT have filled up 2 megs or so on mine lol. Dos 3.10 IIRC. I think I have wordstar, ms word, adventure, rogue, and zork.
You speak the truth. Riding a bike in traffic is MUCH MUCH MUCH more dangerous than driving a car in traffic.
My XT has a 30 meg hard drive. I dont even know if the MFM interface card in it will work with a 200 meg drive.
Ill trade you my Timex Sinclair 1000 with 16k RAM expansion pack (the one that crashes the computer if you bump it too hard.) The membrane keyboard wasnt working at first, but I managed to fix it by cutting the last 1/4 inch off the ribbon cables and reconnecting them to the motherboard. It works great now. Ill even throw in my radio shack RCA to F connector adapter that I bought so I could hook it up to my TV.
Of course! Doing stupid shit is fun! I like fast cars, and I like to play with fire. A lot. I guess I have a lower life expectancy. Oh well. At least ill have fun getting there.
... if you can live longer without taking risks? My life would be boring if I didnt light a bonfire with a molitov cocktail or launch firecrackers out of a slingshot now and then.
The Kernel is the lowest level code that is running on the machine. Linux IS the kernel. The kernel acts as a sort of translator between the hardware on your computer, and all the software that you run on the computer, including things like X Windows, KDE, Gnome, Apache, GIMP and Quanta. Drivers for your hardware are part of the kernel.
A distro is basically a collection of software that runs on top of the Linux kernel. Redhat packages the kernel up, along with an installation program, and a whole pile of software.
Check out The GNU Privacy Guard. It is similar to PGP. You were probably looking at encrypted filesystems - An entire partition (or a filesystem contained within a file, thats what the loopback would be) that is encrypted, and uses kernel level code to mount it like any other filesystem on your comptuer, and decrypt/encrypt on the fly as you read/write to it.
What admin stuff is Slackware missing? Ive never had a problem with vim, pico, or any other text editor. For remote admin, use those over ssh.
And buying out companies that make Linux more attractive - UT and UT2003 run GREAT on my system under Linux. We arent going to see Linux binaries for future products published by Microshaft.