Based on the comments above me I'm not the only one who picked up less than nothing from the article...What is it and how does it work? This is less detailed than a Star Trek Particle description.
I think dev caused breakage isn't so much because the dev is an idiot. I think the Gentoo devs lack a "customer-provider" perspective. For example when I asked why the monolithic ebuilds were dropped (forcing me to pay attention to hundreds of packages instead of less than a dozen, *and* not providing me with what upstream intended), I was told, "Because the monolithic ebuilds are harder and besides all the KDE devs use the split ebuilds."
What I'm saying is that once upon a time Gentoo did try to be as vanilla as possible, but more and more lately, devs make decisions FOR you, because for them, Gentoo is their own personal distro.
RealID, warrantless wiretapping, signing statements, etc. don't really get along with "strong local control".
I think it's more like,
The "Left" tries to improve the social situation for the bottom half of the country without pissing off the mega-rich and the multinational corps who have to throw some funding their way to avoid seeming biased. In other words, they get bought sometimes.
The "Right" tries to improve the social situation for the mega-rich and the multinational corps without the bottom half of the country realizing that gay marriage, flag burning, abortion, FAITH IN GOD, etc., are just there to get them to vote against themselves. In other words, they don't really get bought, they were "there" from the start.
We have no right to drive on public roads, it is a privilege.
Please stop telling people that. I have the right to travel on the public roads in an automobile, there are several court cases to back me up on this ( nope, you search ), but most obviously, my RIGHT to drive on the public roads cannot be taken away or denied without due process, just like all rights.
Almost every time an injustice is reported, there's someone to point out how much worse it is some place else, as if that makes everything ok.
If I posted counter examples of countries where people have more freedoms and used that to back up a claim of injustice here, you would probably counter with something like "so move there then..."
BULLSHIT
The proper response to this crap is to complain loudly, in court if possible, in the streets if not. When someone does so, you cheer them on, support them. Sarcastic comments like yours are "un-american".
Finally, education in this country is on a downward spiral due to being systematically dismantled by the federal government. The No Child Left Behind act is designed to guarantee mediocrity.
I think they're canceling art/shop/music/sports programs and focusing on math and reading because we need more people that know enough to make change and don't know enough to question what they're told on TV.
I'm with you. I USE the "Go" button, but no matter how many times I about:config it back on, the next time I start Firefox it's hidden again.
I guess there was a study proving that the Go button confused users and we shouldn't have it.
I've done some studies and I've conclusively proving that my custom cluttered KDE interface is the most intuitive on the planet. Soon I will publish these studies and force everyone on the planet to use my designs.
Just to be clear, we're talking about desktops, not servers.
I think every desktop distribution is an upgrade treadmill. The "5 years of support" thing might true technically but after 12 to 18 months you find packages they didn't produce for your version, or there's some new flashy thing that you want that really works better when built with a tool chain that doesn't match yours. You look for your own solutions for a few weeks/months, but then you say "screw it" and go for the upgrade.
The upgrade scripts are certainly better these days, I haven't heard any horror stories for a long time, but I still don't like them.
5 years of stagnation is okay for server, but if it's in front of my face all day every day I want constant, painless, steady improvements and a promise that there will *never* be a package available for version 7 that's not in the 5 list of packages. So that at the end of "5 years" I still have a current, pleasing to use desktop, and not 5 year old crap+security patches.
I'd be interested in seeing if there's an increase in.ag registrations.
Also, if a site is hosted in Antigua and offers "free downloads" would they have to have a click through agreement where the users checks a box next to a "I promise I'm really in Antigua" statement?
OH! How far out would be to imagine U.S. isp's trying to block access to *.ag?
Are you kidding? It took me a minute to figure out what you're saying, because Gnome does in fact look "completely different" from XP, yet the Gnome camp likes to point to KDE and say "Clutter!". The "Gnome is Microsofts worst nightmare" clears things up, but man are you wrong. Users coming from Windows are Attracted to KDE, and Repulsed by Gnome, because Gnome looks completely different from XP and doesn't have any configuration options (clutter).
In other words, Bill loves Gnome.
Maybe that's why there's so many KDE users when Gnome comes as default on damn near everything.
I want to know why he thinks that the only people getting these laptops are starving refugees living in tents, where the money spent on the laptop is literally food out of their mouths. He can't do the most basic research?
I would like a warning because I usually don't click on links to PDFs unless I really need the info. Not because it's proprietary or whatever, they just take a long time to load, and if it's a big one, my browser hangs while it's rendering.
8. DRM.
Irrelevant.
GTFO. It's the most relevant point in the list. That's why it's there three times. And I seriously want to know, what is it about Vista that compels you to upgrade to it?
This comes up all the time. Please stop saying this. A central authority or "standard" is not necessary for anything to run on Linux, and it is not a barrier to anyone wanting to use a Linux distro.
Open office runs on all distros and looks the same on all of them, so does ut2k4 for that matter. Anyone who thinks this "too many distros" objection is a valid point (MODERATOR) doesn't have enough perspective to be commenting on the subject.
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Based on the comments above me I'm not the only one who picked up less than nothing from the article...What is it and how does it work? This is less detailed than a Star Trek Particle description.
I think dev caused breakage isn't so much because the dev is an idiot. I think the Gentoo devs lack a "customer-provider" perspective. For example when I asked why the monolithic ebuilds were dropped (forcing me to pay attention to hundreds of packages instead of less than a dozen, *and* not providing me with what upstream intended), I was told, "Because the monolithic ebuilds are harder and besides all the KDE devs use the split ebuilds."
What I'm saying is that once upon a time Gentoo did try to be as vanilla as possible, but more and more lately, devs make decisions FOR you, because for them, Gentoo is their own personal distro.
Is it ethical to place the interests of your employer above the needs of yourself or your family?
I think there should be a +1 "Inciteful" for when mods mark a flamebait post as "underrated". +3 "Flamebait" just doesn't look right.
RealID, warrantless wiretapping, signing statements, etc. don't really get along with "strong local control".
I think it's more like,
The "Left" tries to improve the social situation for the bottom half of the country without pissing off the mega-rich and the multinational corps who have to throw some funding their way to avoid seeming biased. In other words, they get bought sometimes.
The "Right" tries to improve the social situation for the mega-rich and the multinational corps without the bottom half of the country realizing that gay marriage, flag burning, abortion, FAITH IN GOD, etc., are just there to get them to vote against themselves. In other words, they don't really get bought, they were "there" from the start.
We have no right to drive on public roads, it is a privilege.
Please stop telling people that. I have the right to travel on the public roads in an automobile, there are several court cases to back me up on this ( nope, you search ), but most obviously, my RIGHT to drive on the public roads cannot be taken away or denied without due process, just like all rights.
STOP.
Almost every time an injustice is reported, there's someone to point out how much worse it is some place else, as if that makes everything ok.
If I posted counter examples of countries where people have more freedoms and used that to back up a claim of injustice here, you would probably counter with something like "so move there then..."
BULLSHIT
The proper response to this crap is to complain loudly, in court if possible, in the streets if not. When someone does so, you cheer them on, support them. Sarcastic comments like yours are "un-american".
Seriously, something has already gone wrong whoever is putting that tag on everything.
It has to be the same idiot doing all of them. The other day the entire front page had that tag, no matter the topic.
Finally, education in this country is on a downward spiral due to being systematically dismantled by the federal government. The No Child Left Behind act is designed to guarantee mediocrity.
I think they're canceling art/shop/music/sports programs and focusing on math and reading because we need more people that know enough to make change and don't know enough to question what they're told on TV.I'm with you. I USE the "Go" button, but no matter how many times I about:config it back on, the next time I start Firefox it's hidden again.
I guess there was a study proving that the Go button confused users and we shouldn't have it.
I've done some studies and I've conclusively proving that my custom cluttered KDE interface is the most intuitive on the planet. Soon I will publish these studies and force everyone on the planet to use my designs.
Just to be clear, we're talking about desktops, not servers.
I think every desktop distribution is an upgrade treadmill. The "5 years of support" thing might true technically but after 12 to 18 months you find packages they didn't produce for your version, or there's some new flashy thing that you want that really works better when built with a tool chain that doesn't match yours. You look for your own solutions for a few weeks/months, but then you say "screw it" and go for the upgrade.
The upgrade scripts are certainly better these days, I haven't heard any horror stories for a long time, but I still don't like them.
5 years of stagnation is okay for server, but if it's in front of my face all day every day I want constant, painless, steady improvements and a promise that there will *never* be a package available for version 7 that's not in the 5 list of packages. So that at the end of "5 years" I still have a current, pleasing to use desktop, and not 5 year old crap+security patches.
So because the "majority" of horse racing gambling is in the states that makes it a protective tariff to outlaw ALL forms of online poker
YepThat's pretty much what sanctions do. But I guess it's okay when the U.S. does it though.
I'd be interested in seeing if there's an increase in .ag registrations.
Also, if a site is hosted in Antigua and offers "free downloads" would they have to have a click through agreement where the users checks a box next to a "I promise I'm really in Antigua" statement?
OH! How far out would be to imagine U.S. isp's trying to block access to *.ag?
Holy Shit!
Are you kidding? It took me a minute to figure out what you're saying, because Gnome does in fact look "completely different" from XP, yet the Gnome camp likes to point to KDE and say "Clutter!". The "Gnome is Microsofts worst nightmare" clears things up, but man are you wrong. Users coming from Windows are Attracted to KDE, and Repulsed by Gnome, because Gnome looks completely different from XP and doesn't have any configuration options (clutter).
In other words, Bill loves Gnome.
Maybe that's why there's so many KDE users when Gnome comes as default on damn near everything.
I want to know why he thinks that the only people getting these laptops are starving refugees living in tents, where the money spent on the laptop is literally food out of their mouths. He can't do the most basic research?
The poster you replied to is thinking the "lots-o-books" kind (I'm sure). As in, "a library of subroutines".
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005NCEZ/ref%3Dpd_sim_vg_dp_1/202-0904844-5000669
just stop it. many people don't like pdf's and that's all there is to it.
I would like a warning because I usually don't click on links to PDFs unless I really need the info. Not because it's proprietary or whatever, they just take a long time to load, and if it's a big one, my browser hangs while it's rendering.
8. DRM.
Irrelevant.
GTFO. It's the most relevant point in the list. That's why it's there three times. And I seriously want to know, what is it about Vista that compels you to upgrade to it?
This comes up all the time. Please stop saying this. A central authority or "standard" is not necessary for anything to run on Linux, and it is not a barrier to anyone wanting to use a Linux distro.
Open office runs on all distros and looks the same on all of them, so does ut2k4 for that matter. Anyone who thinks this "too many distros" objection is a valid point (MODERATOR) doesn't have enough perspective to be commenting on the subject.
I know they had them in Japan as far back as 1994, in freezer warehouses where the temperature was always -40F.