when I can click TWICE and have ALL of the latest bug fixes and security updates install THEMSELVES WITH NO EXTRA INTERVENTION
i'd just like to mention that linux has quite a few of these snazzy programs as well (up2date, apt-get and such). additionally, with software like red carpet, you can have the latest version of any software delivered to your doorstep
i'd also like to mention that linux was not intended for the faint of heart. if you know what you're doing and can read documentation, you've got the power make any of your programs do system specific things. because of microsoft's closed source system, this isn't possible. the power of linux is the ability to make changes. EVERYTHING is configurable. (if you want pretty icons, you can have pretty icons) and if you make a great change, you can share it for others to use.
don't get angry because you don't want to take the time to learn new things. if you want to use windows, that's fine, but don't knock the linux users that are attempting to learn new things and to stretch the limits.
how is this settlement fair? only 50 million to indie labels? sure, plenty of users download popular music, but there are millions of users who are simply looking for stuff they can't find in their local record store or rare stuff that isn't being sold anymore. and the indie labels only get $50 million annually out of the $1 billion?
besides the fact that record labels have nothing to do with this. if anyone should be getting money out of this, it's the artists.. it's bad enough that record labels steal money from them anyway. i'll be using all the opennap servers for quite some time. anything but pay napster to pay record labels that don't deserve it.
i was using juno earlier just because i had a cool email address. but ever since i reformatted my computer and put linux on my machine, i haven't reinstalled the program. do yourselves a favor, get a real isp, and if you want to keep your old email address, just use their webpage for email.
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i'd just like to mention that linux has quite a few of these snazzy programs as well (up2date, apt-get and such). additionally, with software like red carpet, you can have the latest version of any software delivered to your doorstep
i'd also like to mention that linux was not intended for the faint of heart. if you know what you're doing and can read documentation, you've got the power make any of your programs do system specific things. because of microsoft's closed source system, this isn't possible. the power of linux is the ability to make changes. EVERYTHING is configurable. (if you want pretty icons, you can have pretty icons) and if you make a great change, you can share it for others to use.
don't get angry because you don't want to take the time to learn new things. if you want to use windows, that's fine, but don't knock the linux users that are attempting to learn new things and to stretch the limits.
how is this settlement fair? only 50 million to indie labels? sure, plenty of users download popular music, but there are millions of users who are simply looking for stuff they can't find in their local record store or rare stuff that isn't being sold anymore. and the indie labels only get $50 million annually out of the $1 billion? besides the fact that record labels have nothing to do with this. if anyone should be getting money out of this, it's the artists.. it's bad enough that record labels steal money from them anyway. i'll be using all the opennap servers for quite some time. anything but pay napster to pay record labels that don't deserve it.
though i never liked the thought that we all developed from the worthless citizens of another planet.
i was using juno earlier just because i had a cool email address. but ever since i reformatted my computer and put linux on my machine, i haven't reinstalled the program. do yourselves a favor, get a real isp, and if you want to keep your old email address, just use their webpage for email.
this looks like another plan by the brazilian government to seperate the upper classes from the lower classes. it's been going on for years.