sounds like something the dave/dina project would be capabable of in the end.
it's currently in the pre-alpha phase at sourceforge, but perhaps stuff like the main story will encourage people to contribute and get things going.
There is also DVR which is a bit more simple and to the point.
perhaps elements of these two projects (dave/dina's interface, and dvr's recording/streaming abilities) could be combined to make a linux dist for set top dvr boxes.
then someone could put together some specs for desigining an enclosuer then tida!
the point is that the necessary tools are here, we just need some people with the time and energy to put it together. i would we more than willing to work on the hardware side.
well, when i got my card for the giant eagle, they sent me a card and two of those keychain things. one day i was in line and the person in front of me asked me if they could borrow my card since they lost theirs (we get a discount when we use cards). i pulled out one of the keychain ones and said sure, keep it.
so no they are tracking the speding habits of a 23 year-old white guy and a middle aged black woman.
like for example selecting "gnome" at the login window and having the gnome environment. then logging out and selecting "kde" at the login window and having the kde environment. then logging out and selecting "fvwm2" at the login window and having that environment....
redhat, mandrake, etc. have taken care of this. it's a selection made when you login through xdm, kdm, gdm, etc... there is very little clunkyness even for someone who is used to windows.
i have some friends from india. when they went back i wanted them to get me some music from punjab. i was suprised that cd's cost the same here and there. i wasnt willing to pay that much for the cds and i dont own a tape player. oh well. i'll just have to wait until an indian with a good music collection shows up for gradschool.
i believe the author has the right to tell someone else how they can advertise by pointing people to other websites that advertise how they like. this is an indirect way of telling amazon what to do.
the author doesnt have to point to amazon from their website. if the author think's it is in their best interest to point to barnes and noble for people to buy their books then that is their right.
ultimately it is the consumers who will decide. if amazon values authors pointing to their website more than sales of used books, then they will change their marketing habits.
actually, this was the case about 5 months ago. i have worked with rpm based systems for quite a while. one of the cool things about apt is it was designed to be independent of the package system. in fact i've been using apt4rpm to manage redhat systems for quite a while. consequently the same issues occure on both debian and redhat.
i still use it because the convenience outweighs the negatives, but the issues i mentioned above are commonly ignored when expounding the praises of debian.
if you have a fast connection. if not you might want to build a local repository. this would take much more than one cdr. apt-getting 600 megs of stuff over a modem is not a happy thing.
on a side note. many people say with respect to debian: just apt-get blah and it will install it. they never say apt-get blah and if it fails try apt-get -f. if that fails try touching the file it's looking for, etc. point: apt-get doesnt work 100% of the time-especially when you're not using potato. when it fails, a new user will find it confusing and might be turned off by all the posts where people say: oh well that always works fine for me.
this is not a troll, but a serious comment. apt is a great thing, and when it works correctly it is wonderful. this is also not ment to slight the debian developers. they work hard to make sure all the packages work together and all of the dependancies are met.
you read the article right? i don't believe it has gone before a judge yet. the article talks about cour filings, but i dont believe that means a judge has seen anything.
What they really don't want to do is write a formal document that specifies the interface and its semantics.
this is exactly what i was thinking. it would really help out the wine folks though;). since they are focusing more on the implementation and not the interface.
i think your post really highlights many of the issues associated with a monopoly. as a result, people are unable to compete with them. in order for the products you mentioned to overcome their shortcomings, they need to be used.
i do not believe the original poster was not suggesting that you uninstall all microsofts stuff. he was meerly pointing out that the claim that "You just can't yank Internet Explorer out." is incorrect. as evidence, he pointed to an example where the majority of the stuff could be uninstalled and have the os still function.
on a personal note. i might have not switched to linux if i knew of such an option. i did swtich for stability reasons. i wouldnt switch back now, but that is just me.
hey. im working on something like this. the page for the project is here. once i get the documentation done you should be able to write the interface in qt or whatever. i currently have a web front end. check out the test drive.
redhat's buisness model isn't based on selling software, but rather selling services. sure they sell a boxed version but you dont have to purchase that to use redhat. in order to use staroffice (legally), i believe you would have to purchase it? i'm not sure here because i use latex for my word processing.
in summary: i believe he is suggesting that trying to make money off of software sales is silly when a large portion of the software is opensource. redhat is different because they are selling the services and not the software.
i havent had the chance to use open office, but i found star office to be very slow. mozilla on the other hand is fairly fast. it was slow at first but i believe it has improved alot in the last 6months or so. if you want something a little more light weight, try galeon. it's based on mozilla without all the frills.
Slashdot Mirror
try finding an rsync server. then you can get the diff's possibly.
since redhat increments the major version number when they break binary compatability, i would expect we will have gcc 2.96 until version 8.
sounds like something the dave/dina project would be capabable of in the end.
it's currently in the pre-alpha phase at sourceforge, but perhaps stuff like the main story will encourage people to contribute and get things going.
There is also DVR which is a bit more simple and to the point.
perhaps elements of these two projects (dave/dina's interface, and dvr's recording/streaming abilities) could be combined to make a linux dist for set top dvr boxes.
then someone could put together some specs for desigining an enclosuer then tida!
the point is that the necessary tools are here, we just need some people with the time and energy to put it together. i would we more than willing to work on the hardware side.
well, when i got my card for the giant eagle, they sent me a card and two of those keychain things. one day i was in line and the person in front of me asked me if they could borrow my card since they lost theirs (we get a discount when we use cards). i pulled out one of the keychain ones and said sure, keep it.
so no they are tracking the speding habits of a 23 year-old white guy and a middle aged black woman.
so i decided to share it with the rest of you:
the original article
have fun
like for example selecting "gnome" at the login window and having the gnome environment. then logging out and selecting "kde" at the login window and having the kde environment. then logging out and selecting "fvwm2" at the login window and having that environment ....
redhat, mandrake, etc. have taken care of this. it's a selection made when you login through xdm, kdm, gdm, etc... there is very little clunkyness even for someone who is used to windows.
do they all have adverts at the same time, or is such a large percentage of their programming advertisement that it seems that way?
hey.
. rwth-aachen.de/pub/packages/OpenOffice/1.0.0/
i made/in the process of making a mirror here:
http://sage.che.pitt.edu/linux/sunsite.informatik
i believe i have the linux files. the sun and windows will be there shortly.
enjoy
if someone can send me the files. email me if you have the binaries, and i'll put up a mirror to relieve the load on their ftp servers.
homepage
preorder
i cannot seem to find the mp3's when i do
i'm probably going to pick it up on principle.
i have some friends from india. when they went back i wanted them to get me some music from punjab. i was suprised that cd's cost the same here and there. i wasnt willing to pay that much for the cds and i dont own a tape player. oh well. i'll just have to wait until an indian with a good music collection shows up for gradschool.
i believe the author has the right to tell someone else how they can advertise by pointing people to other websites that advertise how they like. this is an indirect way of telling amazon what to do.
the author doesnt have to point to amazon from their website. if the author think's it is in their best interest to point to barnes and noble for people to buy their books then that is their right.
ultimately it is the consumers who will decide. if amazon values authors pointing to their website more than sales of used books, then they will change their marketing habits.
Shouldnt it be anarchy is better than no government at all
as opposed to that?
pump up the volume... i really liked that one.
actually, this was the case about 5 months ago. i have worked with rpm based systems for quite a while. one of the cool things about apt is it was designed to be independent of the package system. in fact i've been using apt4rpm to manage redhat systems for quite a while. consequently the same issues occure on both debian and redhat.
i still use it because the convenience outweighs the negatives, but the issues i mentioned above are commonly ignored when expounding the praises of debian.
From a technical point of view, the most important single package is probably glibc, as that is what most other packages talk to.
this is pretty much how redhat does things. the increment the major version number whenever they break binary compatability-ie changing glibc.
if you have a fast connection. if not you might want to build a local repository. this would take much more than one cdr. apt-getting 600 megs of stuff over a modem is not a happy thing.
on a side note. many people say with respect to debian: just apt-get blah and it will install it. they never say apt-get blah and if it fails try apt-get -f. if that fails try touching the file it's looking for, etc. point: apt-get doesnt work 100% of the time-especially when you're not using potato. when it fails, a new user will find it confusing and might be turned off by all the posts where people say: oh well that always works fine for me.
this is not a troll, but a serious comment. apt is a great thing, and when it works correctly it is wonderful. this is also not ment to slight the debian developers. they work hard to make sure all the packages work together and all of the dependancies are met.
3) a google search will provide a lot of information. This link provides a good summary. i would say for infants they are quick learners.
i stand corrected, and good monday to you ;)
you read the article right? i don't believe it has gone before a judge yet. the article talks about cour filings, but i dont believe that means a judge has seen anything.
of course ianal
What they really don't want to do is write a formal document that specifies the interface and its semantics.
;). since they are focusing more on the implementation and not the interface.
this is exactly what i was thinking. it would really help out the wine folks though
i think your post really highlights many of the issues associated with a monopoly. as a result, people are unable to compete with them. in order for the products you mentioned to overcome their shortcomings, they need to be used.
i do not believe the original poster was not suggesting that you uninstall all microsofts stuff. he was meerly pointing out that the claim that "You just can't yank Internet Explorer out." is incorrect. as evidence, he pointed to an example where the majority of the stuff could be uninstalled and have the os still function.
on a personal note. i might have not switched to linux if i knew of such an option. i did swtich for stability reasons. i wouldnt switch back now, but that is just me.
hey. im working on something like this. the page for the project is here. once i get the documentation done you should be able to write the interface in qt or whatever. i currently have a web front end. check out the test drive.
redhat's buisness model isn't based on selling software, but rather selling services. sure they sell a boxed version but you dont have to purchase that to use redhat. in order to use staroffice (legally), i believe you would have to purchase it? i'm not sure here because i use latex for my word processing.
in summary:
i believe he is suggesting that trying to make money off of software sales is silly when a large portion of the software is opensource. redhat is different because they are selling the services and not the software.
i havent had the chance to use open office, but i found star office to be very slow. mozilla on the other hand is fairly fast. it was slow at first but i believe it has improved alot in the last 6months or so. if you want something a little more light weight, try galeon. it's based on mozilla without all the frills.