Good points. I agree it still isn't "there" yet. Joe user is still screwed if he wants to do certain tasks that seem mundane to those of us familiar with Linux and its peculiarities (compared to the MS world). I keep meaning to try lindows but from what I understand it's version of apt-get is subscription based. Also I'm lazy and just finished setting up everything the way I like it:)
Mandrake is the best desktop distro I have encountered. The installer is tight and hardware support is excellent. I installed 9.2 and everything worked even my cheap TV Tuner card. KDE ran perfect. I run debian on my servers and love love it for that but it just doesn't compete on the desktop. People shouldn't have to fiddle and diddle for three hours just do get their video card to work under X. I use a computer to accomplish work. Why the hell should I waste time getting it to work?
I'd imagine 10.0 will be a step even further in the right direction. Mandrake is leading the way in the desktop linux environment. This is good for other distros because it raises the bar.
A friend of mine owns a couple motorized surfboard, put out mid 70's early 80's. They are very similiar to this one; they each have a controller attached via a cable and are powered by a little 2 stroke engine and a jet drive propulsion system similiar to a jet ski. I have seen them in action and they move quite fast.
This is by no means a new invention. The motorized surfboards never caught on but they have been mass produced. Looks like someone needed to do a little more research!
I used to get requests all the time for family tech support. Slowly overtime I was able to get just about everyone to get a dell or gateway now when something goes wrong my first response is: Did you call Dell/Gateway remember you spent a few extra bucks on the special tech support line.....You should use it...(or something like that). May not be the most moral thing but the bottom line is it *almost* always works:)
I can't wait till hollywood belly-flops. By the time all is said in done I usually blow $35-40 to take the woman out just to a movie. I'd much rather rent the dvd and watch it on my home entertainment center. Its a win win situation: I save money and I can grope my girlfriend on my couch without offending the old people that would be sitting beside me at the theater!.
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Good points. I agree it still isn't "there" yet. Joe user is still screwed if he wants to do certain tasks that seem mundane to those of us familiar with Linux and its peculiarities (compared to the MS world). I keep meaning to try lindows but from what I understand it's version of apt-get is subscription based. Also I'm lazy and just finished setting up everything the way I like it :)
Mandrake is the best desktop distro I have encountered. The installer is tight and hardware support is excellent. I installed 9.2 and everything worked even my cheap TV Tuner card. KDE ran perfect. I run debian on my servers and love love it for that but it just doesn't compete on the desktop. People shouldn't have to fiddle and diddle for three hours just do get their video card to work under X. I use a computer to accomplish work. Why the hell should I waste time getting it to work?
I'd imagine 10.0 will be a step even further in the right direction. Mandrake is leading the way in the desktop linux environment. This is good for other distros because it raises the bar.
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A friend of mine owns a couple motorized surfboard, put out mid 70's early 80's. They are very similiar to this one; they each have a controller attached via a cable and are powered by a little 2 stroke engine and a jet drive propulsion system similiar to a jet ski. I have seen them in action and they move quite fast.
This is by no means a new invention. The motorized surfboards never caught on but they have been mass produced. Looks like someone needed to do a little more research!
I used to get requests all the time for family tech support. Slowly overtime I was able to get just about everyone to get a dell or gateway now when something goes wrong my first response is: Did you call Dell/Gateway remember you spent a few extra bucks on the special tech support line.....You should use it...(or something like that). May not be the most moral thing but the bottom line is it *almost* always works :)
Write sloppy undocumented code that only your guys should understand :)
I can't wait till hollywood belly-flops. By the time all is said in done I usually blow $35-40 to take the woman out just to a movie. I'd much rather rent the dvd and watch it on my home entertainment center. Its a win win situation: I save money and I can grope my girlfriend on my couch without offending the old people that would be sitting beside me at the theater!.