Well, I assume that's why most distributions provide an x86 iso and an amd64 iso. Since it's not a problem on 64-bit systems, you can make the amd64 ISO bigger than 2GB.
You do realize having a replaceable drive, even like the M.2 SSD, makes the laptop thicker, right? There's a reason why the HP Chromebook 13 uses eMMC rather than a M.2 SSD.
That being said, even with the added thickness, I'm happy with My Toshiba Chromebook 2 2015. Weight is more of a priority to me, as long as it's not super thick.
Your problem is you're using a DE based on GNOME. There's a reason Linus got pretty upset with GNOME in the past. Let's see what he had to say.
"I personally just encourage people to switch to KDE.
This "users are idiots, and are confused by functionality" mentality of Gnome is a disease. If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it. I don't use Gnome, because in striving to be simple, it has long since reached the point where it simply doesn't do what I need it to do.
Please, just tell people to use KDE."
AFAIK, Linus went back to GNOME but he's using extensions to make it do what he wants. Note I'm not endorsing KDE either. I'm simply quoting what Linus said. I don't use GNOME or KDE currently.
I use Foxit Reader as there's probably a reason why Google chose to use it in Chrome for PDFs rather than any of the open source PDF viewers.
http://googlesystem.blogspot.c...
Ah, good old Slackware. I used to use Slackware. I currently use Xubuntu 14.04 on my Chromebook, but I might be going back. Turns out the packages in universe are not maintained by Canonical and may have security issues.
This is 100% correct. Publishers don't want to make their content more accessible. They want to artificially make it scarce to up their profits. It really should be no surprise when people turn to piracy because going through legal channels isn't worth the hassle.
In all seriousness, if you want security, run ChromeOS. There's a chain of trust that starts from the Trusted Platform Module. Basically Verified Boot makes sure that someone hasn't modified the system code. And then for other applications, they have to run in a sandbox like NaCL or the pepper plugins. NaCl allows ChromeOS to run native code, but it doesn't have direct access to the OS.
No myths. I was strictly comparing Ethernet (IEEE 802.3) to Wireless (IEEE 802.11). Everything I said in my comparison of the two is truth. I said nothing about DSL or Cable, as we didn't really study them in my Computer Networks class.
After looking it up, what seems to happen with DSL is your DSL modem passes through a cable to your wall jack, which then travels to the phone box outside using the wiring in your house, which then goes to the central office, then to your ISP's network, then to the Internet.
I'm going to second what the servicing guy who responded to you said. Because I did learn about the telephone system, which actually works in opposite to how the internet works. The internet sends bytes of information (packets) with each packet containing the source and the destination. And routers route the packets to their destination. With the telephone system, you get a dedicated connection. This is called Circuit Switching, in contrast to Packet Switching.
"The circuit guarantees the full bandwidth of the channel and remains connected for the duration of the communication session. The circuit functions as if the nodes were physically connected as with an electrical circuit."
Probably a good idea to contact either your telephone service provider or your ISP.
I used to use Slackware. Don't get me wrong. I love Slackware, but I just don't have time to compile stuff anymore. Not everyone has time to make their own distro, just saying.
Yes, that's what I meant. And well, it is a Google Nexus. But what I said holds true for every device that has support for Cyanogenmod that isn't a Nexus lol. And also, I don't think Google will be supporting the Nexus 7 2nd forever.
I don't think there are that many. Like my Lenovo 5000-F doesn't get updates. That's why I've ordered a Nexus 7, so I can install Cyanogenmod. It's kind of upsetting that modding is the best solution for keeping up with security updates when either Google or manufacturers should be doing it.
I prefer typing as I can type faster than I can write (which means I can barely keep up with what a professor is saying in lecture), plus my handwriting is messy.
Internet. I don't think most people realize how much wireless sucks compared to wired due to the medium.
An Ethernet cable is a very controlled environment, and while interference can occur, errors are very unlikely. That's why there's no error correction at the data link layer for Ethernet. With Wifi, there are so many obstacles that can interfere with the signal. That's why 802.11 has error correction at the data link layer while Ethernet just relies on the transport layer to correct any errors.
Wireless also gets worse with more users, because wireless works by playing with time so two users' transmissions don't collide with each other. It's a form of collision avoidance. Ethernet uses collision detection, which works better than wireless does with a high number of users. Also, if you have a switch, there's no collision at all because each interface has memory dedicated to holding packets.
The other thing is that Ethernet is full duplex. You can send and receive at the same time. It's not the case with wireless. Wireless is half duplex. It can send and receive, but not simultaneously. So the throughput is going to be lower due to wireless being half duplex.
I'm sure there's other stuff, but that's what I remember studying.
I wrote that on my compilers midterm #1 and I got points taken off:(
When we got them back, my professor explained yeah that's what a compiler does but that's not the whole thing. Then he proceeded to tell us a story about how students raced to eat their lunch and one guy always won. But he wasn't a fast eater. Before they said go, he'd shout WAIT! and dump his mashed potatoes onto his plate, then the gravy, then the turkey, then the grapes and then pour milk all over it and stir it. Then he'd say he was ready and slurp it down. And that's what a compiler is supposed to do.
I 100% agree. Ravindrababu Ravula talks in his video Indian education system especially in Engineering has failed about crime rate and the failure of the education system. I don't live in India, but I can say there are similar problems in the US as well with some teachers not teaching well.
You know what the sad part is? A lot of people in my university cheated on the last project for the introductory CS course which teaches OOP and Java. And instead of failing the course, they just got 0s on their projects. I'm like... they don't deserve to be CS majors if they have to cheat in the first course which is like super easy as long as you study. Way too lenient. Too many people doing CS because it's the "next big thing" and they're not going to finish the major with that attitude.
You can read about why Wayland is better here. To put it simply, one of the things Wayland is supposed to do is take out the middle man, sort of like buying shoes online and skipping the cost of the store.
The only problem I really have is that it tries to do everything. I don't have a strong opinion. OpenRC on Slackware is working well for me though.
Linus doesn't have a strong opinion, just a problem with the developers. And IMO that's a good reason to be wary. I mean, forcing the KERNEL to work around the problems your code causes? That doesn't seem like good coding practice.
Slashdot Mirror
OCaml then maybe? But It's different as it's functional with imperative elements. Interesting thing is it can be compiled to bytecode or native code.
Well, I assume that's why most distributions provide an x86 iso and an amd64 iso. Since it's not a problem on 64-bit systems, you can make the amd64 ISO bigger than 2GB.
You do realize having a replaceable drive, even like the M.2 SSD, makes the laptop thicker, right? There's a reason why the HP Chromebook 13 uses eMMC rather than a M.2 SSD.
That being said, even with the added thickness, I'm happy with My Toshiba Chromebook 2 2015. Weight is more of a priority to me, as long as it's not super thick.
Your problem is you're using a DE based on GNOME. There's a reason Linus got pretty upset with GNOME in the past. Let's see what he had to say.
"I personally just encourage people to switch to KDE.
This "users are idiots, and are confused by functionality" mentality of Gnome is a disease. If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it. I don't use Gnome, because in striving to be simple, it has long since reached the point where it simply doesn't do what I need it to do.
Please, just tell people to use KDE."
AFAIK, Linus went back to GNOME but he's using extensions to make it do what he wants. Note I'm not endorsing KDE either. I'm simply quoting what Linus said. I don't use GNOME or KDE currently.
I use Foxit Reader as there's probably a reason why Google chose to use it in Chrome for PDFs rather than any of the open source PDF viewers. http://googlesystem.blogspot.c...
Don't forget about Chromebooks. They make up over 50% of the educational market share.
Ah, good old Slackware. I used to use Slackware. I currently use Xubuntu 14.04 on my Chromebook, but I might be going back. Turns out the packages in universe are not maintained by Canonical and may have security issues.
Yeah I haven't used iTunes in years. Way, way more efficient to use Rockbox and rsync for my iPod Classic.
This is 100% correct. Publishers don't want to make their content more accessible. They want to artificially make it scarce to up their profits. It really should be no surprise when people turn to piracy because going through legal channels isn't worth the hassle.
In all seriousness, if you want security, run ChromeOS. There's a chain of trust that starts from the Trusted Platform Module. Basically Verified Boot makes sure that someone hasn't modified the system code. And then for other applications, they have to run in a sandbox like NaCL or the pepper plugins. NaCl allows ChromeOS to run native code, but it doesn't have direct access to the OS.
No myths. I was strictly comparing Ethernet (IEEE 802.3) to Wireless (IEEE 802.11). Everything I said in my comparison of the two is truth. I said nothing about DSL or Cable, as we didn't really study them in my Computer Networks class.
After looking it up, what seems to happen with DSL is your DSL modem passes through a cable to your wall jack, which then travels to the phone box outside using the wiring in your house, which then goes to the central office, then to your ISP's network, then to the Internet.
I'm going to second what the servicing guy who responded to you said. Because I did learn about the telephone system, which actually works in opposite to how the internet works. The internet sends bytes of information (packets) with each packet containing the source and the destination. And routers route the packets to their destination. With the telephone system, you get a dedicated connection. This is called Circuit Switching, in contrast to Packet Switching.
"The circuit guarantees the full bandwidth of the channel and remains connected for the duration of the communication session. The circuit functions as if the nodes were physically connected as with an electrical circuit."
Probably a good idea to contact either your telephone service provider or your ISP.
I used to use Slackware. Don't get me wrong. I love Slackware, but I just don't have time to compile stuff anymore. Not everyone has time to make their own distro, just saying.
Yes, that's what I meant. And well, it is a Google Nexus. But what I said holds true for every device that has support for Cyanogenmod that isn't a Nexus lol. And also, I don't think Google will be supporting the Nexus 7 2nd forever.
I don't think there are that many. Like my Lenovo 5000-F doesn't get updates. That's why I've ordered a Nexus 7, so I can install Cyanogenmod. It's kind of upsetting that modding is the best solution for keeping up with security updates when either Google or manufacturers should be doing it.
I prefer typing as I can type faster than I can write (which means I can barely keep up with what a professor is saying in lecture), plus my handwriting is messy.
Internet. I don't think most people realize how much wireless sucks compared to wired due to the medium.
An Ethernet cable is a very controlled environment, and while interference can occur, errors are very unlikely. That's why there's no error correction at the data link layer for Ethernet. With Wifi, there are so many obstacles that can interfere with the signal. That's why 802.11 has error correction at the data link layer while Ethernet just relies on the transport layer to correct any errors.
Wireless also gets worse with more users, because wireless works by playing with time so two users' transmissions don't collide with each other. It's a form of collision avoidance. Ethernet uses collision detection, which works better than wireless does with a high number of users. Also, if you have a switch, there's no collision at all because each interface has memory dedicated to holding packets.
The other thing is that Ethernet is full duplex. You can send and receive at the same time. It's not the case with wireless. Wireless is half duplex. It can send and receive, but not simultaneously. So the throughput is going to be lower due to wireless being half duplex.
I'm sure there's other stuff, but that's what I remember studying.
I wrote that on my compilers midterm #1 and I got points taken off :(
When we got them back, my professor explained yeah that's what a compiler does but that's not the whole thing. Then he proceeded to tell us a story about how students raced to eat their lunch and one guy always won. But he wasn't a fast eater. Before they said go, he'd shout WAIT! and dump his mashed potatoes onto his plate, then the gravy, then the turkey, then the grapes and then pour milk all over it and stir it. Then he'd say he was ready and slurp it down. And that's what a compiler is supposed to do.
I 100% agree. Ravindrababu Ravula talks in his video Indian education system especially in Engineering has failed about crime rate and the failure of the education system. I don't live in India, but I can say there are similar problems in the US as well with some teachers not teaching well.
You do realize some people are nearsighted, right? The closer your eye is to the screen, the more resolution you need.
You know what the sad part is? A lot of people in my university cheated on the last project for the introductory CS course which teaches OOP and Java. And instead of failing the course, they just got 0s on their projects. I'm like... they don't deserve to be CS majors if they have to cheat in the first course which is like super easy as long as you study. Way too lenient. Too many people doing CS because it's the "next big thing" and they're not going to finish the major with that attitude.
That's why you use eGPUs :D
Yep. What most Americans don't understand is that what the government wants is for Apple to build a backdoor.
And that would lead to more problems than it would solve, because it would give hackers a vector to attack phones.
Wayland is a protocol, just like X11 is.
You can read about why Wayland is better here. To put it simply, one of the things Wayland is supposed to do is take out the middle man, sort of like buying shoes online and skipping the cost of the store.
I like LXDE too, but after trying out XFCE, I prefer it as its requirements are only slightly higher and it's a lot more customizable.
The only problem I really have is that it tries to do everything. I don't have a strong opinion. OpenRC on Slackware is working well for me though. Linus doesn't have a strong opinion, just a problem with the developers. And IMO that's a good reason to be wary. I mean, forcing the KERNEL to work around the problems your code causes? That doesn't seem like good coding practice.