I got a PDF attachment and evolution (0.15) showed me the PDF inline. Now that is fucking cool feature !
It could be a problem when somebody sends you a 130 pages long one though;-)
If they keep adding neat stuff like that , Evolution WILL become THE KILLER app for the linux desktop. Especially if you how well the Palm stuff integrates with it.
Well , it works great inside the browser window. I use it as my main quicktime and even mpeg viewer. You *can* launch quicktimeplayer independantly using their wine stuff but it's too slow for my taste. Opening the movie file in Galeon/Mozilla is much faster and really stable.
The crossover plugin installs quicktime, wordviewer and excell viewer but you should be able to install any windows plugin ( via the executables ) into the crossover plugin environment. I haven't tried any other installer yet.
I think it's really worth its money , but I didn't pay for it cause i beta tested it and received the release cd in the mail;-)
Since I installed the plugin and aviplay , I did not have to boot to winblows to see some tasty media files... And that's just fab !
you're absolutely right;-)
I guess we'll just have to wait for the multiplayer Medal Of Honour Allied Assault for some real WW2 game that makes excellent use of the Q3 engine !!
replace KDE/enlightenment/gnome with fvwm/blackbox/twm
replace kmail with mutt (read the help mutt as more features)
So you're actually saying : "Let Linux desktop users stay/go-back to the Medieval Times ?" Man, what a load of *insert-something-here* is that ? Are you blind maybe ? Never seen a screenshot of GNOME/KDE/MacosX ?
Never even used a mouse maybe ?
I was wondering if any sort of IP Accounting is included in those standalone boxes ?
I've written alot of scripts to do per-routed-ip accounting of the network traffic using ipac and then some own scripting to automatically disable routing for boxes that exceed the quotas. It is a sloppy solution that works well with that old 486;-) Are there any features on standalone routers that do this hassle free ? Because thats the main reason I use a custom linux box every time !
( cause mine are *almost* hassle free;-)
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"But the fact remains that you should only make it bullet-proof when you need to, because you never have time to make everything bullet-proof."
What a load of crap !
That sounds like a Microsoft Windows design strategy !
( i hope i've proven my point ? )
Is the "Quit Slashdot movement", presented in the above "chew this:" link, real or is it just a hoax ?
Xbox controllers are really crappy
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Although I've never actually had one in my hands, I honestly think the controllers of the Xbox are going to be horrible ! It comes short on many features in my opinion:
4 Analog buttons are just not enough and I feel all uncomfortable just by pondering how I'm gonna fit that Xbox monstrocity in my hand;-) And the left analog joystick should be in one line with the left one, especially if you're gonna play something like quake3.
Just look at the picture and start to wonder how in earth you're gonna cope with the 'thing'
And when there are perfect examples of how 6 trigger buttons ( and the 4 normal buttons plus 2 buttons incorporated in the analog joysticks) can be fitted on a gamepad without needing a second index finger, it's really a shame the Microsoft guys are gonna put such a bad ( but funky ) designed pad on the Xbox. It's okay for MAME to have only 4 buttons , but imagine trying to play Xwingalliance with the 'thing';-)
Check out this gamepad. In my opinion the best gamepaddesign available ( for its cheap pricetag compared to available MS pads ) You get 12 programmable buttons (which means that almost any free finger could be on a button in an instant), forcefeedback, and a very good design. It's basic design was copied from the PS gamepad , but it sits much better in your hand than that one.
I like to snap in a clerks face whenever they don't have the movie I want. How are you gonna do that online ? Your spicey flame will be modded down in minutes by the big bosses themselves;-) And what about browsing porn and deciding you don't need any because you've got a broadband internet connection or a feisty dad with a huge collection;-) ? Talk about a existential paradox, hey ?
Al that pleasure at you local video rental facility;-)
>I just hope Quake4 brings something more then just a bunch of new colors
Quake2 and Quake 3 bringing in new colors ? You actually think that going from Quake1 to Quake3 has brought us more colors ?
Check again , more color depth - I agree. But why do they have all the shitty brown levels since quake ??!
And talk about lack of weapon innovation puleeze...
They all were fun, but think how much more fun Q2 and Q3 could have been if they didn't stick to the brown pallet in photoshop and didn't stick to the IDsoftware Armory Closet For Dried Up Game Designers !
Looking and feeling like windows isn't the main priority, in my opinion. And you shouldn't bash Desktop Environments because they show similarities with Windooz/Macos/etc..
A complete and usable desktop like we've grown acustom to since Macos/Windooz should be the priority.
Same usability ( and I'm not talking stability of os here !) , better performance , better looks, better UI design - period. KDE has it to an extent,GNOME hopefully will have ( 2.0 ? ). Heck, GNOME should have had it already!
Read the Sun Report on Gnome and you can see what I mean. ( Where's a KDE one ? )
Many years ago I downloaded two tutorials about C and C++ I never actually used the C++ tutorial, but since the C tutorial is the best I've ever read the C++ one *must* be usefull to you! If you're still having problems with C, check that one out too! Unfortunately, they aren't free anymore but you can download trial chapters. And *my* guess is that they'll convince you;-) I could always print them on a series of t-shirts for you ? ( DeCSS ? ) It touches subjects through the use of example program code ( shocking - isn't it;), and at the end there are problems you've got to solve yourselves. The C-tut. snapped my brain into programming mode, if you know what i mean.
And for those of you who think I'm affiliated with the owners/publishers, In CmdTaco's words:
I still hope that Adobe will port some products to Linux. Try and imagine how a Photoshop/Illustrator for linux could improve the printing of images etc... ? Wether you want to use it or not is a totally other discussion.
Offcourse they should embrace some kind of Open Source license for the added technologies it implies. Because we wouldn't be as happy otherwise;)
the masses don't want source code. they want programs. they don't want to read the code, they just want to get on th' durn internet'n send s'me o' that new-fangled e-mail.
In my opinion it's our unspoken obligation as programmers that do care to write programs that also DO care about standards and excellent written source code. Because we will end up using those programs as well.
And face it, those "th' durn internet'n send s'me o'" programs just do not fit our needs. Only those dumbass-pointandclick-users. That's why OutlookExpress works for all my friends , but not for me. That's why IE works for others , but not for me. It just fucks up every known standard about email, and leaves the door wide open while doing it;-)
Maybe people don't care about source code , but I think that people DO care about CRASHES. Or at least they should care.
So let us write the code , opensource it and live happily ever after...
Because i get my work done with staroffice , sun or no sun ! And that's the most important thing, wether you use a (pirated) windows/office or a free product on linux by a company that may be a bit on the wrong side of the tracks... You use the piece of software that works for you , and there are many geeks that run staroffice for linux ( me me me ) so the post is quite relevant to me:)
It includes installs from the compaq recovery cd, and those are pretty quick ! And I believe it was a day and a half:) Ok , i went over the top there... but i think i made my point:)
Average reinstalls since 1995 of any windows ver.
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I've been a Computer Geek since the age of 12 , and before I shifted my use of computers to Linux ( thank God I did it ! ), I estimate I installed Win95 and Win98 about 200 times !! My (world?) record for a ( desperately needed ) reinstall on one day is 42 times. This was when I bought a Compag Presario , and wanted to install a "better" windows than the one Compaq supplied. I ran in a little problems and the count quickly ran up the 42 times mentioned above ! Compaq supplies a OEM Windows CD =AND= a "recovery disk" that installs a Windows and all the added Compaq drivers and stuff. And to install a standard windows on a Compaq was overkill back then.
Now to get to the point: since I have installed windows again and again due to OS crashes that are mainly windows faults/bugs , the prospect of not HAVING a CD that came with my PC to do those 10 re-installations per month is simply idiotic !!
And they think that users will refrain from experimenting with Linux ? (we all know this isn't an anti-piracy policy:) I guess that the ones who don't have to pay for their software will, but those who DO have to pay for the software won't in time !
Consider these two choices: One - a PC with Windows pre-installed , no CD and thus NO ADDED VALUE... Two - a PC with Linux pre-installed ( or not ) and 3 CD's ; one with the OS , one with 450+ Free applications ranging from Office suits to Web Applications , Games , Graphic Software etc, one with the sources etc, and all that for a price that is LESS THAN the equivalent windows pc with absolute NOTHING but a ( crashable ) OS. And with the Linux CD's you can install them on all your other ( legacy ? ) Computers for free.
What would you want to pay for ? Option 1 or 2 ? I say : let them force this upon the public and Linux will eventually get a boost in sales , accompanied with the right marketing. As a consumer I always buy the product that gets me the best value for my buck ! And I think this is a Consumer Rule and not an Exception ! Piracy will get a boost as well, because the demand for a better solution to install a windows will be served by the pirates ( and for free ! )
So hooray microsoft ! Keep up the good work ! Because I DO NOT CARE ! ( I use Linux:) If others will continue to be ripped of , it's their choice , not mine... What do you guys think ?
I like the idea of making a "complete" email-client that can do something more than just handle text, but I really want those more being like a "front-end" to existing console clients like pine. Wouldn't be great if you had a mega functional gui-frontend to pine or mutt ? That's why I like balsa so much. It's got some rough edges but it mimics my pine rather neatly. I even can sync my palm emails thru GnomeCard !! I use balsa and pine together and i love it.
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I got a PDF attachment and evolution (0.15) showed me the PDF inline. ;-)
Now that is fucking cool feature !
It could be a problem when somebody sends you a 130 pages long one though
If they keep adding neat stuff like that , Evolution WILL become THE KILLER app for the linux desktop. Especially if you how well the Palm stuff integrates with it.
It used to be BladeRunner trenchcoat, NOT Matrix trenchcoat ;-)
Well , it works great inside the browser window. I use it as my main quicktime and even mpeg viewer. You *can* launch quicktimeplayer independantly using their wine stuff but it's too slow for my taste. Opening the movie file in Galeon/Mozilla is much faster and really stable.
;-)
The crossover plugin installs quicktime, wordviewer and excell viewer but you should be able to install any windows plugin ( via the executables ) into the crossover plugin environment. I haven't tried any other installer yet.
I think it's really worth its money , but I didn't pay for it cause i beta tested it and received the release cd in the mail
Since I installed the plugin and aviplay , I did not have to boot to winblows to see some tasty media files... And that's just fab !
Use this Crossover plugin from Codeweavers to play the Quicktime movies under Linux ! It uses wine and works great under Mozilla / Galeon / Netscape.
... yowza ;-)
I just saw the trailer with it
you're absolutely right ;-)
I guess we'll just have to wait for the multiplayer Medal Of Honour Allied Assault for some real WW2 game that makes excellent use of the Q3 engine !!
I knew that reply would come ;-)
gvim rules ;-)
- replace KDE/enlightenment/gnome with fvwm/blackbox/twm
- replace kmail with mutt (read the help mutt as more features)
So you're actually saying : "Let Linux desktop users stay/go-back to the Medieval Times ?"Man, what a load of *insert-something-here* is that ? Are you blind maybe ? Never seen a screenshot of GNOME/KDE/MacosX ?
Never even used a mouse maybe ?
Haven't you heard ? ( read ? ) :
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Broadband is dead according to Cringely
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20011011
I was wondering if any sort of IP Accounting is included in those standalone boxes ? ;-) ;-)
I've written alot of scripts to do per-routed-ip accounting of the network traffic using ipac and then some own scripting to automatically disable routing for boxes that exceed the quotas.
It is a sloppy solution that works well with that old 486
Are there any features on standalone routers that do this hassle free ? Because thats the main reason I use a custom linux box every time ! ( cause mine are *almost* hassle free
"But the fact remains that you should only make it bullet-proof when you need to, because you never have time to make everything bullet-proof." What a load of crap ! That sounds like a Microsoft Windows design strategy ! ( i hope i've proven my point ? )
Is the "Quit Slashdot movement", presented in the above "chew this:" link, real or is it just a hoax ?
Although I've never actually had one in my hands, I honestly think the controllers of the Xbox are going to be horrible ! :
;-)
;-)
It comes short on many features in my opinion
4 Analog buttons are just not enough and I feel all uncomfortable just by pondering how I'm gonna fit that Xbox monstrocity in my hand
And the left analog joystick should be in one line with the left one, especially if you're gonna play something like quake3.
Just look at the picture and start to wonder how in earth you're gonna cope with the 'thing'
And when there are perfect examples of how 6 trigger buttons ( and the 4 normal buttons plus 2 buttons incorporated in the analog joysticks) can be fitted on a gamepad without needing a second index finger, it's really a shame the Microsoft guys are gonna put such a bad ( but funky ) designed pad on the Xbox.
It's okay for MAME to have only 4 buttons , but imagine trying to play Xwingalliance with the 'thing'
Check out this gamepad. In my opinion the best gamepaddesign available ( for its cheap pricetag compared to available MS pads )
You get 12 programmable buttons (which means that almost any free finger could be on a button in an instant), forcefeedback, and a very good design.
It's basic design was copied from the PS gamepad , but it sits much better in your hand than that one.
I like to snap in a clerks face whenever they don't have the movie I want. How are you gonna do that online ? ;-) ;-) ? ;-)
Your spicey flame will be modded down in minutes by the big bosses themselves
And what about browsing porn and deciding you don't need any because you've got a broadband internet connection or a feisty dad with a huge collection
Talk about a existential paradox, hey ?
Al that pleasure at you local video rental facility
>I just hope Quake4 brings something more then just a bunch of new colors
Quake2 and Quake 3 bringing in new colors ? You actually think that going from Quake1 to Quake3 has brought us more colors ?
Check again , more color depth - I agree.
But why do they have all the shitty brown levels since quake ??!
And talk about lack of weapon innovation puleeze...
They all were fun, but think how much more fun Q2 and Q3 could have been if they didn't stick to the brown pallet in photoshop and didn't stick to the IDsoftware Armory Closet For Dried Up Game Designers !
Just a random thought...
Looking and feeling like windows isn't the main priority, in my opinion. And you shouldn't bash Desktop Environments because they show similarities with Windooz/Macos/etc..
A complete and usable desktop like we've grown acustom to since Macos/Windooz should be the priority.
Same usability ( and I'm not talking stability of os here !) , better performance , better looks, better UI design - period.
KDE has it to an extent,GNOME hopefully will have ( 2.0 ? ). Heck, GNOME should have had it already!
Read the Sun Report on Gnome and you can see what I mean. ( Where's a KDE one ? )
Many years ago I downloaded two tutorials about C and C++ ;-) ;), and at the end there are problems you've got to solve yourselves.
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I never actually used the C++ tutorial, but since the C tutorial is the best I've ever read the C++ one *must* be usefull to you! If you're still having problems with C, check that one out too!
Unfortunately, they aren't free anymore but you can download trial chapters. And *my* guess is that they'll convince you
I could always print them on a series of t-shirts for you ? ( DeCSS ? )
It touches subjects through the use of example program code ( shocking - isn't it
The C-tut. snapped my brain into programming mode, if you know what i mean.
And for those of you who think I'm affiliated with the owners/publishers, In CmdTaco's words
"You're, wrong!!"
You're absolutely right !! But wouldn't Adobe engage in the further development of those printer drivers ?!
;-)
That was what I wanted to emphasise, but I did it all wrong
I still hope that Adobe will port some products to Linux. Try and imagine how a Photoshop/Illustrator for linux could improve the printing of images etc... ?
;)
Wether you want to use it or not is a totally other discussion.
Offcourse they should embrace some kind of Open Source license for the added technologies it implies. Because we wouldn't be as happy otherwise
the masses don't want source code. they want programs. they don't want to read the code, they just want to get on th' durn internet'n send s'me o' that new-fangled e-mail.
;-)
In my opinion it's our unspoken obligation as programmers that do care to write programs that also DO care about standards and excellent written source code. Because we will end up using those programs as well.
And face it, those "th' durn internet'n send s'me o'" programs just do not fit our needs.
Only those dumbass-pointandclick-users. That's why OutlookExpress works for all my friends , but not for me. That's why IE works for others , but not for me. It just fucks up every known standard about email, and leaves the door wide open while doing it
Maybe people don't care about source code , but I think that people DO care about CRASHES. Or at least they should care.
So let us write the code , opensource it and live happily ever after...
I seem to remember from those days that my win3.1 NEVER failed me ! Never had to reinstall it ( unlike win95/98 ) Maybe that's why I love X ;-)
Because i get my work done with staroffice , sun or no sun ! And that's the most important thing, wether you use a (pirated) windows/office or a free product on linux by a company that may be a bit on the wrong side of the tracks... :)
You use the piece of software that works for you , and there are many geeks that run staroffice for linux ( me me me )
so the post is quite relevant to me
It includes installs from the compaq recovery cd, and those are pretty quick ! And I believe it was a day and a half :) ... but i think i made my point :)
Ok , i went over the top there
I've been a Computer Geek since the age of 12 , and before I shifted my use of computers to Linux ( thank God I did it ! ), I estimate I installed Win95 and Win98 about 200 times !!
My (world?) record for a ( desperately needed ) reinstall on one day is 42 times. This was when I bought a Compag Presario , and wanted to install a "better" windows than the one Compaq supplied. I ran in a little problems and the count quickly ran up the 42 times mentioned above !
Compaq supplies a OEM Windows CD =AND= a "recovery disk" that installs a Windows and all the added Compaq drivers and stuff. And to install a standard windows on a Compaq was overkill back then.
Now to get to the point : since I have installed windows again and again due to OS crashes that are mainly windows faults/bugs , the prospect of not HAVING a CD that came with my PC to do those 10 re-installations per month is simply idiotic !!
And they think that users will refrain from experimenting with Linux ?(we all know this isn't an anti-piracy policy:)
I guess that the ones who don't have to pay for their software will, but those who DO have to pay for the software won't in time !
Consider these two choices : ...
One - a PC with Windows pre-installed , no CD and thus NO ADDED VALUE
Two - a PC with Linux pre-installed ( or not ) and 3 CD's ; one with the OS , one with 450+ Free applications ranging from Office suits to Web Applications , Games , Graphic Software etc, one with the sources etc, and all that for a price that is LESS THAN the equivalent windows pc with absolute NOTHING but a ( crashable ) OS.
And with the Linux CD's you can install them on all your other ( legacy ? ) Computers for free.
What would you want to pay for ? Option 1 or 2 ? I say : let them force this upon the public and Linux will eventually get a boost in sales , accompanied with the right marketing.
As a consumer I always buy the product that gets me the best value for my buck ! And I think this is a Consumer Rule and not an Exception !
Piracy will get a boost as well, because the demand for a better solution to install a windows will be served by the pirates ( and for free ! )
So hooray microsoft ! Keep up the good work ! Because I DO NOT CARE ! ( I use Linux :) If others will continue to be ripped of , it's their choice , not mine ...
Grand Moff Tarkin ,What do you guys think ?
I like the idea of making a "complete" email-client that can do something more than just handle text, but I really want those more being like a "front-end" to existing console clients like pine.
Wouldn't be great if you had a mega functional gui-frontend to pine or mutt ?
That's why I like balsa so much. It's got some rough edges but it mimics my pine rather neatly. I even can sync my palm emails thru GnomeCard !!
I use balsa and pine together and i love it.