There's been a huge backlash against RH for a few years now. It's getting bigger every month. The funny thing about it is that if, say S.U.s.E (or Mandrake or Caldera) were the #1 Linux distro company they would be the "evil one". One of the down sides of the whole Software Libre community is that it has to "fight the establishment" so anyone who is percieved as being in power is the enemy. I don't know how many times I've heard someone say "Red Hat is getting to big so I switched to Debian/Mandrake/SUsE/[your distro here]." It's idiotic but it's true.
You know, there really was never that mugh of a difference between GNOME and KDE to begin with. Functionaly they both was 99% the same. The only things they had that were different were non-important aspects like window decorations and decorations and the like. Using them was like driving an SUV. One was painted blue with mag hubcaps and the other silver with crome. The idea of there being a difference is like arguing that the head of a penny is a completely different coin from the tail.
Neither of them are different enough from each other for this whole topic to be even discussed in the first place.
For the record: I think that both GNOME and KDE are excellent desktop environments and will both help with getting Linux on the desktop.
I when through this in '90 when I was getting married. We shopped around for some good rings at some decent places. They all went through the "two months salary" speil.
Then we happened on a place where the sales guy told us to look at loose stones rather than set ones. The reason is that loose stones are kept in little paper envelops where the price is written (in pencil) on. When the prices change they just erase or cross out the old price and write the new one. What does this mean?
At the time two months salery for me was about $1800. The one thing about loose stones is that, when the jewlers are pricing them (daily) they occationally make mistakes. Sloppy writing or just dropping a digit are not uncommon. The stone we ended up with was one of those. It's proper price was supposed to be $1500 but someone forgot to write the "1". This meant that I got a.45 K with great color, cut & clarity mounted on a very nice gold setting for a grand total of $560. A year later the ring was appraised at $2650. (OC, you do have to be careful as that missinf digit could end up on another envelope).
Find a good, reputable diamond mertchent and check this out. It could be well worth the time.
I've been running the OEone version of Linux for a number of months now. It's really very nice for what it was designed for. I'm running it on an Athlon @ 1.2 GHz with 396M RAM and it's not exactlly blazing but that's ok. It doesn't need to be blazing. FWLIW, I wouldn't run this ontop of RH or anything other than OEone's Linux version.
I'm trying to get a system for my mother to use. She is 64 and a grandmother of three and not at all interested in computers other than to use them for web, email & occational documents. HomeBase is, IMNSHO, the perfict GUI for someone like her.
There's been a number of reviews/articles in the "My (grand)mother can now run Linux" but none of them take the view of the (grand)mother. They all look at the issue from the techie's POV. If I can get a system for my mom I think I'll try and write a review like that.
One thing they didn't mention at the panel, was the news that FUTURAMA would be joining Cartoon Network's ADULT SWIM in the near future."Is this too good to be true?"
It would be if only FUTURAMA was remotely funny. Maybe I'm just getting to damned old but the quality of humor that exists today just seems to be so, well, not funny.
Oh well...
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Let's see... 75 to 85 percent of all computer break-ins are made through social engineering. How obsolete is that?
> So I stepped away fro teh dark side and tried > KDE 3 recently. All I can say is WOW. Amazing > stuff. Things just work - out of the box. Its > all there - the menus are great.
If you want to feel the same thing again try XFce. The feeling you felt when going from GNOME to KDE will be felt 10 fold when you see that XFce can do everything GNOME and KDE can, and far more, yet run as fast and take as little resources as IceWM or Blackbox.
I'm nor suprised at this at all. I would expect the rate to continue to climb. We will likely see Linux as the #1 target very soon. But I guarentee you will also see no decline in actually breakins or virus infections in WinXX. The only real problem the Linux world will see is the same problem that is at the heart of all secrutiy breakins; lack of updates & errata kept curent.
Ok, ok... mod this down to flame bait. I would myself but you can't mod your own posts. The only reason I even write this is because I haven't let the zealot mode out in almost two years.
I'm sorry but this just seems like paranoid ranting to me. Even if both UL and RH are trying to "take over the Linux world" the very nature of Linux and Software Libre will keep this from turning into a MS kind of deal.
QLITech has some very nice laptops that can be preinstalled with a boatload of distros. If you're thinking of getting a laptop you should look at these as well as the "regular suspects".
I really wish I could get someone from Sun and IBM and all other vendors who use CDE to look at XFce. XFce is better, stronger and faster than GNOME (and KDE, for that matter) and can easily look and feel just like CDE for those who want that. It can also look and feel like nothing else out there. The Muntihead capabilities are better than anything on the market (to include WinXX and OS X). The speed of this thing can only be matched by things like twm or IceWM get it is a full, complete desktop environment. It just seems like a complete waste of time and effort to try and build something that will, at best, only be a shadow of something that is already here.
Seems that I can't change my preferences because mozilla 0.99 is not new enough. I am being told to "upgrade" to IE 4 or Netscape 4.08 in order to use passport.
Oh well, good thing I do not actualy use my hotmail account for anything.
Because the people who make up the lists aren't intellegent enough to understand F&SF books. It takes more than two brain cells to really understand what is being said.
It is true that there are other reasons, as mentioned already, but if any list maker were to actually comprehend F&SF they would have them in the list and that would then generate more sales and make the publishers have larger runs.
The EFF is a good organization and they do good things but, if you are in the US and want to join an organization that really has an impact on the legislature and has done more than the EFF and all other similar organizations combined, you should check out the US Internet Industry Association. This is the only organization that Congress really listens to.
I installed the Linux version over the weekend. While I am no where near someone who could stress test an office suite (I use the word processor as a glorified text editor and that's about it), I can sat that it looks cleaner and runs faster than OpenOffice. It seems to do what it says it does. I haven't tried any of the import/export filters yet but if it can handle MS formats "close enough" it just might become my default office suite. Maybe.
I was a GS'er for a few months shy of 15 years. The environment is completely different from the private sector; some very strong pluses but a few really annoying minuses. I'd still be there if I hadn't had to take a medical disability retirement. The work generally sucks but the benifits (health care, retirement, leave, etc.) are so much better than the private sector it's worth it.
One of the real problems these days is that the good jobs (i.e. UNIX, R&D and such) need at least a Secret Security Clearance. And since 9-11 you better already have one if you want to get any of the good jobs. I know an organization looking for a boat load of UNIX & WinXX admin/developers and Network/Security people. Great pay but you better already have that clearance.
The company that does both my business and my personal taxes knows to file the first round of extensions automatically. This year I am hoping to break a trend I've had for the last three years... I intend to fill my taxes before October 15th! (You all do know that you can get two extensions, right?)
> As everyone knows, Vim is the best (only?) text
> editor, and KDE is the best (only?) desktop system.
> Heh.
Vim is definitely my favorite editor. I find it easier and faster to use than any others. However, compaired to XFce, KDE is quite a bit slow and old-fassioned. Maybe KDE 3 will come close to having the feature set and capabilities that XFce does. I can't wait to try it.
I just got a Visor Phone recently for my Visor Delux. While it took two months to get the service working (long story involving HandSpring and VoiceStream support services passing me back and forth between each other), it seems to work as advertized. I haven't been able to install all the software for it yet (got to find a WinXX box to get it installed) but the phone part seems fine. The ear bud looks to me like the way to use it for any length of time. But then again that's what I've been doing with my SprintPCS phone anyway.
Once I get everything configured I'm hoping to get rid of the SprintPCS phone. All I need the VisorPhone to do is make calls when I need to and have the ability to read/write email that's "critical".
> There are so many things wrong with this
> that I don't even know where to begin.
As mentioned in the comments there are some "practical" uses for this. And, as a disabled single father of a 5 year old son, I can definitely see some serious advantages in this product.
That being said, this device still makes me very uncomfortable. It worries me on many levels, too. I honestly can't decide if this would be a Good Thing<tm> or not.
There is one little niggle I have, too. It's $400 a pop and $35/mo for this. I can see people buying it for their young children and I can't shake the feeling that this is just exploiting the fears of parents to make a proffit.
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You can also look at MenuetOS for an example of an ASM OS. It's a complete OS with GUI that fits on a 1.44" floppy. It is very nice to see.
You're joking, right? $DIETY help us!!!
There's been a huge backlash against RH for a few years now. It's getting bigger every month. The funny thing about it is that if, say S.U.s.E (or Mandrake or Caldera) were the #1 Linux distro company they would be the "evil one". One of the down sides of the whole Software Libre community is that it has to "fight the establishment" so anyone who is percieved as being in power is the enemy. I don't know how many times I've heard someone say "Red Hat is getting to big so I switched to Debian/Mandrake/SUsE/[your distro here]." It's idiotic but it's true.
Neither of them are different enough from each other for this whole topic to be even discussed in the first place.
For the record: I think that both GNOME and KDE are excellent desktop environments and will both help with getting Linux on the desktop.
Then we happened on a place where the sales guy told us to look at loose stones rather than set ones. The reason is that loose stones are kept in little paper envelops where the price is written (in pencil) on. When the prices change they just erase or cross out the old price and write the new one. What does this mean?
At the time two months salery for me was about $1800. The one thing about loose stones is that, when the jewlers are pricing them (daily) they occationally make mistakes. Sloppy writing or just dropping a digit are not uncommon. The stone we ended up with was one of those. It's proper price was supposed to be $1500 but someone forgot to write the "1". This meant that I got a .45 K with great color, cut & clarity mounted on a very nice gold setting for a grand total of $560. A year later the ring was appraised at $2650. (OC, you do have to be careful as that missinf digit could end up on another envelope).
Find a good, reputable diamond mertchent and check this out. It could be well worth the time.
I'm trying to get a system for my mother to use. She is 64 and a grandmother of three and not at all interested in computers other than to use them for web, email & occational documents. HomeBase is, IMNSHO, the perfict GUI for someone like her.
There's been a number of reviews/articles in the "My (grand)mother can now run Linux" but none of them take the view of the (grand)mother. They all look at the issue from the techie's POV. If I can get a system for my mom I think I'll try and write a review like that.
It would be if only FUTURAMA was remotely funny. Maybe I'm just getting to damned old but the quality of humor that exists today just seems to be so, well, not funny.
Oh well...
Let's see... 75 to 85 percent of all computer break-ins are made through social engineering. How obsolete is that?
> KDE 3 recently. All I can say is WOW. Amazing
> stuff. Things just work - out of the box. Its
> all there - the menus are great.
If you want to feel the same thing again try XFce. The feeling you felt when going from GNOME to KDE will be felt 10 fold when you see that XFce can do everything GNOME and KDE can, and far more, yet run as fast and take as little resources as IceWM or Blackbox.
Hell, I wish they had computers when I was a kid.
I'm nor suprised at this at all. I would expect the rate to continue to climb. We will likely see Linux as the #1 target very soon. But I guarentee you will also see no decline in actually breakins or virus infections in WinXX. The only real problem the Linux world will see is the same problem that is at the heart of all secrutiy breakins; lack of updates & errata kept curent.
Ok, ok... mod this down to flame bait. I would myself but you can't mod your own posts. The only reason I even write this is because I haven't let the zealot mode out in almost two years.
I'm sorry but this just seems like paranoid ranting to me. Even if both UL and RH are trying to "take over the Linux world" the very nature of Linux and Software Libre will keep this from turning into a MS kind of deal.
QLITech has some very nice laptops that can be preinstalled with a boatload of distros. If you're thinking of getting a laptop you should look at these as well as the "regular suspects".
I really wish I could get someone from Sun and IBM and all other vendors who use CDE to look at XFce. XFce is better, stronger and faster than GNOME (and KDE, for that matter) and can easily look and feel just like CDE for those who want that. It can also look and feel like nothing else out there. The Muntihead capabilities are better than anything on the market (to include WinXX and OS X). The speed of this thing can only be matched by things like twm or IceWM get it is a full, complete desktop environment. It just seems like a complete waste of time and effort to try and build something that will, at best, only be a shadow of something that is already here.
Oh well, good thing I do not actualy use my hotmail account for anything.
It is true that there are other reasons, as mentioned already, but if any list maker were to actually comprehend F&SF they would have them in the list and that would then generate more sales and make the publishers have larger runs.
The EFF is a good organization and they do good things but, if you are in the US and want to join an organization that really has an impact on the legislature and has done more than the EFF and all other similar organizations combined, you should check out the US Internet Industry Association. This is the only organization that Congress really listens to.
I installed the Linux version over the weekend. While I am no where near someone who could stress test an office suite (I use the word processor as a glorified text editor and that's about it), I can sat that it looks cleaner and runs faster than OpenOffice. It seems to do what it says it does. I haven't tried any of the import/export filters yet but if it can handle MS formats "close enough" it just might become my default office suite. Maybe.
One of the real problems these days is that the good jobs (i.e. UNIX, R&D and such) need at least a Secret Security Clearance. And since 9-11 you better already have one if you want to get any of the good jobs. I know an organization looking for a boat load of UNIX & WinXX admin/developers and Network/Security people. Great pay but you better already have that clearance.
The company that does both my business and my personal taxes knows to file the first round of extensions automatically. This year I am hoping to break a trend I've had for the last three years... I intend to fill my taxes before October 15th! (You all do know that you can get two extensions, right?)
> editor, and KDE is the best (only?) desktop system.
> Heh.
Vim is definitely my favorite editor. I find it easier and faster to use than any others. However, compaired to XFce, KDE is quite a bit slow and old-fassioned. Maybe KDE 3 will come close to having the feature set and capabilities that XFce does. I can't wait to try it.
Once I get everything configured I'm hoping to get rid of the SprintPCS phone. All I need the VisorPhone to do is make calls when I need to and have the ability to read/write email that's "critical".
How about a new catagory & icon for 4/1 "news"? Wouldn't that be a good thing? Really?
Personally I would like to see this. The potential would be interesting. And I like Will.
> that I don't even know where to begin.
As mentioned in the comments there are some "practical" uses for this. And, as a disabled single father of a 5 year old son, I can definitely see some serious advantages in this product.
That being said, this device still makes me very uncomfortable. It worries me on many levels, too. I honestly can't decide if this would be a Good Thing<tm> or not.
There is one little niggle I have, too. It's $400 a pop and $35/mo for this. I can see people buying it for their young children and I can't shake the feeling that this is just exploiting the fears of parents to make a proffit.