They fixed the drag-and-drop crashes I was seeing all the time in RC1/2. It was getting really annoying having the browser lockup all the time whenever I accidentally dragged a tab or some text.
I've been using Breezy Ubuntu since one of the preview releases and it is certainly one of the best linux distros I've used. That said, I do have a few problems, including random panel crashes when closing large groups of windows and some other oddities. Setting up network printers etc was easier than Windows, and I like the new Nautilus look. As OSS desktops go, it's very stable and usable.
What is there to hate? I put the CD in and come back in five minutes and I can put the music on my iPod in about three clicks. Omnipresent search, drag-and-drop and type-ahead find, easy-to-access auto-playlists (recently added etc) and file sources/sinks on the left. I don't want to have to care how my music is stored on my hard disk, although itunes stores it in a fairly logical manner when I've looked. It will rip to MP3 (or Ogg, with a plugin IIRC). I can play my non-DRMd AACs on my linux machine with faad2.
I don't think any of the major three 'lost': Sony sold untold millions of consoles and games, Microsoft went from zero to major console player and Nintendo made a healthy profit (and learned some important lessons for the next round).
Because the drive in mobile phones is towards smartphones, which provide PDA functionality as well. To provide that easily, you need a decent OS, windowing system and widget set.
There are some OSS apps for Symbian - PuTTY, for example - but not many. I think the thing is that Symbian isn't that much fun to develop for, a lot of the development tools (emulator etc) are Windows-only and the Symbian market is quite good for selling software too, so a lot of the small utilities end up as pay-software rather than OSS.
At some point, I might port SiEd from PalmOS to Symbian, as I haven't used my Tungsten E in six months and I would like a decent editor on my phone.
That really doesn't make much difference, IMO. By definition the police don't have any evidence (otherwise they would have pressed charges), so it's just the word of the police against (most likely) some young muslim. Cases would just be rubber-stamped.
As in all online games, it depends on the server. I have had fantastic games of BF2, working as a squad, with medics, support and assault all working together. Of course there are servers with camping snipers, no teamwork and a commander who doesn't know which buttons to click, but there are alternatives.
Another issue is the maps - I always play the more urban maps like Sharqi, where helicopters and tanks have much less advantage. I don't know why they bothered putting in the AntiAir missiles as they are so under-powered, but I have taken out many helicopters with the AntiTank kit on those maps.
It's no different from BF1942 - if you played on the lame maps (El Alamein, original Market Garden), you get lamers.
I'm a Linux user who's thinking of switching to Mac, probably once the Mactels are released. Projects like GNOME have produced a fairly nice Linux desktop, but having spent some time using a MacOSX machine I want to switch. It's a combination of user interface, stability, desktop performance, software availability, official support and owning an iPod.
More testing - a bigger user base means bugs get spotted and reported more quickly
ISV support - more potential customers means more software companies developing for Linux. OSS can't provide everything (games, high end content production for example)
Drivers - hardware manufacturers mostly ignore linux at the moment because of its small marketshare
More use of open formats - it's much easier to expect people to use open formats that are properly supported on Linux (OpenDoc vs MS Office, Ogg instead of WM[A|V] etc.) if its market share is significant.
Before hyping up your toolkit and predicting the death of all other OSS desktops, it's generally best to make sure your toolkit doesn't look like crap in all the screenshots.
It's the Independent, what do you expect? The layout was probably designed by some 16 year old kid they hired because they couldn't afford anyone else. All the talent fled the Independent years ago.
Developers still release games for 'obsolete' consoles because of their large installed base. Old consoles don't cease to exist just because their succesor is released.
OpenOffice.org is not written in Java
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Just to attempt to forestall all the Java posts - Openoffice.org is written almost entirely in C++, not Java.
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Openoffice.org is a C++ app. It uses java for some scripting, but everything else is C++.
I wonder if this means Sony is going to start improving their LCD TV quality finally? When I was shopping for an LCD TV recently, the Sony ones were overpriced, ugly and had poor image quality compared to competition.
People want odd things. I saw someone in a busy London Underground carriage the other day trying to Photoshop a company logo on a 17" Powerbook balanced on their knees.
Personally, a 12" laptop is the largest I would call properly portable (this post typed on a 15.4" widescreen that I would not like to use anywhere but at my desk or sofa).
This guy Dvorak is good - he's like the king of trolls. He includes just enough sense to keep people reading, brings up several age-old arguments and leaves enough obvious gaps and errors in his articles for Slashdotters to leap on.
A PDA can play MP3s, but it's fiddly to use, large and generally has shorter battery life. Try skipping a song forwards in Aerotunes without taking the Palm out of your pocket. There is also the generally poorer audio quality (in my experience, anyway). As most of the use of a video iPod will probably still be audio while traveling, that's a major problem. The advantage of next-gen mobile devices is that everyone already carries a mobile around, so incremental increases in capability have an immediate market. It's much easier to sell someone a new mobile phone that allows them to browse the web as well than it is to sell them a whole new device to carry around.
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They fixed the drag-and-drop crashes I was seeing all the time in RC1/2. It was getting really annoying having the browser lockup all the time whenever I accidentally dragged a tab or some text.
I've been using Breezy Ubuntu since one of the preview releases and it is certainly one of the best linux distros I've used. That said, I do have a few problems, including random panel crashes when closing large groups of windows and some other oddities. Setting up network printers etc was easier than Windows, and I like the new Nautilus look. As OSS desktops go, it's very stable and usable.
What is there to hate? I put the CD in and come back in five minutes and I can put the music on my iPod in about three clicks. Omnipresent search, drag-and-drop and type-ahead find, easy-to-access auto-playlists (recently added etc) and file sources/sinks on the left. I don't want to have to care how my music is stored on my hard disk, although itunes stores it in a fairly logical manner when I've looked. It will rip to MP3 (or Ogg, with a plugin IIRC). I can play my non-DRMd AACs on my linux machine with faad2.
I don't think any of the major three 'lost': Sony sold untold millions of consoles and games, Microsoft went from zero to major console player and Nintendo made a healthy profit (and learned some important lessons for the next round).
Because the drive in mobile phones is towards smartphones, which provide PDA functionality as well. To provide that easily, you need a decent OS, windowing system and widget set.
There are some OSS apps for Symbian - PuTTY, for example - but not many. I think the thing is that Symbian isn't that much fun to develop for, a lot of the development tools (emulator etc) are Windows-only and the Symbian market is quite good for selling software too, so a lot of the small utilities end up as pay-software rather than OSS.
At some point, I might port SiEd from PalmOS to Symbian, as I haven't used my Tungsten E in six months and I would like a decent editor on my phone.
That really doesn't make much difference, IMO. By definition the police don't have any evidence (otherwise they would have pressed charges), so it's just the word of the police against (most likely) some young muslim. Cases would just be rubber-stamped.
As in all online games, it depends on the server. I have had fantastic games of BF2, working as a squad, with medics, support and assault all working together. Of course there are servers with camping snipers, no teamwork and a commander who doesn't know which buttons to click, but there are alternatives.
Another issue is the maps - I always play the more urban maps like Sharqi, where helicopters and tanks have much less advantage. I don't know why they bothered putting in the AntiAir missiles as they are so under-powered, but I have taken out many helicopters with the AntiTank kit on those maps.
It's no different from BF1942 - if you played on the lame maps (El Alamein, original Market Garden), you get lamers.
An MMORPG with a monthly subscription that only rewards time spent? What a surprise!
I'm a Linux user who's thinking of switching to Mac, probably once the Mactels are released. Projects like GNOME have produced a fairly nice Linux desktop, but having spent some time using a MacOSX machine I want to switch. It's a combination of user interface, stability, desktop performance, software availability, official support and owning an iPod.
You want something like Photoshop or Battlefield 2 integrated to the kernel? What an odd request :-)
Before hyping up your toolkit and predicting the death of all other OSS desktops, it's generally best to make sure your toolkit doesn't look like crap in all the screenshots.
But they don't need an encyclopedia, they just ask Mma Ramotswe.
Sci-fi implies some sort of science. I never noticed much science in Buffy.
It's the Independent, what do you expect? The layout was probably designed by some 16 year old kid they hired because they couldn't afford anyone else. All the talent fled the Independent years ago.
Developers still release games for 'obsolete' consoles because of their large installed base. Old consoles don't cease to exist just because their succesor is released.
Just to attempt to forestall all the Java posts - Openoffice.org is written almost entirely in C++, not Java.
Openoffice.org is a C++ app. It uses java for some scripting, but everything else is C++.
I wonder if this means Sony is going to start improving their LCD TV quality finally? When I was shopping for an LCD TV recently, the Sony ones were overpriced, ugly and had poor image quality compared to competition.
My alternative (IXUS 50+ random small Nokia phone) to the N90, which would be cheaper, slightly smaller and a far higher quality camera.
There are plenty of cameras small enough to fit in a trouser pocket so that you can always have one with you, that's what I do with the IXUS 50.
People want odd things. I saw someone in a busy London Underground carriage the other day trying to Photoshop a company logo on a 17" Powerbook balanced on their knees.
Personally, a 12" laptop is the largest I would call properly portable (this post typed on a 15.4" widescreen that I would not like to use anywhere but at my desk or sofa).
This guy Dvorak is good - he's like the king of trolls. He includes just enough sense to keep people reading, brings up several age-old arguments and leaves enough obvious gaps and errors in his articles for Slashdotters to leap on.
A PDA can play MP3s, but it's fiddly to use, large and generally has shorter battery life. Try skipping a song forwards in Aerotunes without taking the Palm out of your pocket. There is also the generally poorer audio quality (in my experience, anyway). As most of the use of a video iPod will probably still be audio while traveling, that's a major problem.
The advantage of next-gen mobile devices is that everyone already carries a mobile around, so incremental increases in capability have an immediate market. It's much easier to sell someone a new mobile phone that allows them to browse the web as well than it is to sell them a whole new device to carry around.