I loved the BeFS too. The arbitery attributes made it easy to search through any type of file, just like we search through mp3's based of id3 tags.
There are kernel patches available to add this suppport to ext2, ext3, and reiser iirc. Adding support for this into nautilus would go a lot further, in a littler time imo. It would though, take a long time too adapat programs to support the extra information. Eg, gthumb support for comments on images etc..
I also liked the download managed in BeFS, it too stored extra attributes about the file being downloaded, and displayed 'status icons' (directly in the file browsing window) that had a little graph of how much had been downloaded.
Or better still Kerberos + OpenLDAP + AFS or CODA I found OpenLDAP the hardest to setup. So if you can get your head arround that, then you can setup any of the others.
BTW... ALL YOU NFS+NIS IS GOOD POSTERS - NFS+NIS IS NOT A DISTRIBUTED FILESYSTEM!!!!! It just simply does not compaire.
The way I see it, the reason M$ has such a strong hold on the desktop, is that everybody waits till M$ get it right and then try to reimpliment it.
The stratigy I propose is just too jump the gun on M$ and give the people INOVATION. But if only it were that easy. We really need to unify all open source OfficeSuits to allow a common format for data exchange, to break the hold that Word, etc have on the desktop. Among many other things.
But most of all, why not a Multi Platform runtime standard for Linux/*BSD/BeOS. The execuitable is only compiled to a CLR, and make DLL's for windows that will auto convert the CLR to use the native M$ gui, and libs for GNOME and KDE, to do the same.
The desired end result, would be to write a App/Game on my PS2 running Linux and be able to run it on on my Dreamcast running *BSD, or even dare I say it, my mothers P166 running win95.
Not till then do I feel that the desktop will be more open to Linux. If their software runs just as well under a Free, Secure platform called Linux, what need will they have to buy the Propirety, Virus-writer-friendly OS called Windows.
We could then work unitedly on one or two Word processers, that world run on multi platforms, and OS's. We could unite the efforts of KWord, OpenWriter, and AbiWord. We could use KDE or GNOME without flamewars, or we could work on a united gui.
I guess what I am really trying to say is to, GET OVER IT, and set the lead for M$ to follow. There is nothing stoping us taking back the desktop, if we dont mind getting our hands dirty.
BTW: if anybody would like to help undertake such a project, please let me know.
I can only open 250 notepads on winXP, with 256mb ram. But I can also close them all with two clicks, (task grouping). I can only open 80 gedits in redhat 7.1 before it starts swap disking.
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Actually it uses both Java and Javascript.
If you disable Javascript, then this site will be unable to load it's java applet.
I have instead just disabled Java.
I loved the BeFS too. The arbitery attributes made it easy to search through any type of file, just like we search through mp3's based of id3 tags.
There are kernel patches available to add this suppport to ext2, ext3, and reiser iirc. Adding support for this into nautilus would go a lot further, in a littler time imo. It would though, take a long time too adapat programs to support the extra information. Eg, gthumb support for comments on images etc..
I also liked the download managed in BeFS, it too stored extra attributes about the file being downloaded, and displayed 'status icons' (directly in the file browsing window) that had a little graph of how much had been downloaded.
Anyway, just my ramblings.
Or better still
Kerberos + OpenLDAP + AFS or CODA
I found OpenLDAP the hardest to setup. So if you can get your head arround that, then you can setup any of the others.
BTW... ALL YOU NFS+NIS IS GOOD POSTERS - NFS+NIS IS NOT A DISTRIBUTED FILESYSTEM!!!!!
It just simply does not compaire.
I can also use Quicken with the latest snapshot of WINE
go the dyson!!!
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Try a bigger monitor, or a smaller head!
Is anybody else having trouble viewing the links above?
The way I see it, the reason M$ has such a strong hold on the desktop, is that everybody waits till M$ get it right and then try to reimpliment it.
The stratigy I propose is just too jump the gun on M$ and give the people INOVATION. But if only it were that easy. We really need to unify all open source OfficeSuits to allow a common format for data exchange, to break the hold that Word, etc have on the desktop. Among many other things.
But most of all, why not a Multi Platform runtime standard for Linux/*BSD/BeOS. The execuitable is only compiled to a CLR, and make DLL's for windows that will auto convert the CLR to use the native M$ gui, and libs for GNOME and KDE, to do the same.
The desired end result, would be to write a App/Game on my PS2 running Linux and be able to run it on on my Dreamcast running *BSD, or even dare I say it, my mothers P166 running win95.
Not till then do I feel that the desktop will be more open to Linux. If their software runs just as well under a Free, Secure platform called Linux, what need will they have to buy the Propirety, Virus-writer-friendly OS called Windows.
We could then work unitedly on one or two Word processers, that world run on multi platforms, and OS's. We could unite the efforts of KWord, OpenWriter, and AbiWord. We could use KDE or GNOME without flamewars, or we could work on a united gui.
I guess what I am really trying to say is to, GET OVER IT, and set the lead for M$ to follow.
There is nothing stoping us taking back the desktop, if we dont mind getting our hands dirty.
BTW: if anybody would like to help undertake such a project, please let me know.
Go go gadget springy leg thingys.
PAN is da best as, when your filtering attachments, for the purpose of collecting ROMS or PORN
I can only open 250 notepads on winXP, with 256mb ram. But I can also close them all with two clicks, (task grouping). I can only open 80 gedits in redhat 7.1 before it starts swap disking.