1) respect ppl with no more use for a computer than textprocessing. They are humans too.
2) give the developers of all distros the hint to make dual-booting the DEFAULT option when installing Linux.
Face it, changing from one OS (and most of the the apps) to another may take some time. Preserving the old system as well will IMHO increase the number of ppl actually making the switch to Linux. It is much easier to get used to the new system in small steps.
If your computer suddenly is useless to you, you will probably blame the latest change you made - if that is installing Linux, we've lost one (1) user.
Wouldn't that be a more friendly approach than the current used by MS and most Linux distros?
"Use our product. Only. NOW. In fact, your current system is deleted."
People often talk about an idea somewhat like this: "MS products have an advantage over other products because they know of "undocumented" features and future plans in the MS OS."
Well, in case of a split-up of MS, all "MS-OS" should be forced to do is to publish the above info in the form of API-documents.
It should lead to some legal actions if the "mini-Bills" (or anyone else!) are caught using un-published info.
What we don't need is some clumsy government design as our common OS-API, right?
The Danish copyright-holder association (part of the European association) recently announced that they will sue anyone doing any kind of copying from digital media to digital media. Period. As they are part of the European copyright-holder association, I would assume that the same rules applies all over Europe. They conduct a campaign with the headline "We'll sue you all the way into hell". (See http://www.koda.dk or http://musik.netch.dk/pirat/ if you read Danish). It does not matter whether the copying is loss-free or not, for personal use or not, or anything. No digital-to-digital copying, in any format, in any way, allowed number of copies=0. So with this thing it is legal for you to record... nothing really... in Europe (Denmark). How are the rules in the rest of the world? I have nothing than the MP3's released by artists for promotional purposes on my HDD as a result of the rules outlined above.
OK, who will set up the win-users register site? Then if we assume that the percentages are equal and we'll get a better estimate of the actual number of Linux users, right?
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What is the matter with the all-american mind?
Why is it always the "porn" argument - why doesn't anyone give a BEEP about violence and weapons?
I would feel more tempted to filter a how-to-make-a-bomb-page than porn.
I can think of a better use for this technology!
Just like Junkbuster: an Open Source system to bust all the ads.
On the other hand: Half(+) of my screen would be blank during many shows...
Well...
:-)
Do you want to hit another planet by "flaws" caused by antique units?
What's wrong with kilo Joules and kilograms?
The World is not limited by an ocean in the east and the west
My vote to Frank Damgaard: frank@sslug.dk
Lots of Danish Linux ppl have trouble getting a dial up connection going due to clueless ISP's.
What is *nix without a network? So the MAIN hurdle in Denmark (and any other contry with huge phone fees?) is the dial up connection.
_Many_ polite and informative answers came and comes from Frank.
Also, this could serve to honor a very large local Linux user group sslug (see www.sslug.dk)
Hi Lee,
I wasn't precise enough, sorry about that.
What I ment was that an existing Windows installation should still be available after a hit-only-enter install.
That means defrag the Win disk, make new partitions for Linux. Fit Linux in. (Lots of possible errors, I know.) Leave Windows there.
As the default install procedure.
What do you think about that?
Happy new year,
NKJensen
Set up two domain names on you box, one of them with filters.
When the users need to communicate with those using open relays, give them an account with no spam filters.
That's a fact - noone will make any drives smaller than a gig for you anymore.
I think we should
1) respect ppl with no more use for a computer than textprocessing. They are humans too.
2) give the developers of all distros the hint to make dual-booting the DEFAULT option when installing Linux.
Face it, changing from one OS (and most of the the apps) to another may take some time. Preserving the old system as well will IMHO increase the number of ppl actually making the switch to Linux. It is much easier to get used to the new system in small steps.
If your computer suddenly is useless to you, you will probably blame the latest change you made - if that is installing Linux, we've lost one (1) user.
Wouldn't that be a more friendly approach than the current used by MS and most Linux distros?
"Use our product. Only. NOW. In fact, your current system is deleted."
What you say is basically that the "idea" which I'm refering to is simply wrong?
No MS application was developed using info which was not available at that time to the non-MS developers?
If you are right, and I cannot prove you wrong, my reply is helping an incorrect idea to live for longer. I'm sorry about that.
Well, in case of a split-up of MS, all "MS-OS" should be forced to do is to publish the above info in the form of API-documents.
It should lead to some legal actions if the "mini-Bills" (or anyone else!) are caught using un-published info.
What we don't need is some clumsy government design as our common OS-API, right?
Best regards,
Niels Kr. Jensen
Well it could be a simple Netbios DNS on 137-139.
I'll see this until you set up your Workgroup correctly. You can also let Samba handle the Netbios DNS lookup to prevent unwanted dialing.
Best regards,
Niels Kr. Jensen
Denmark
Another one missing in the list. The world uses more chars than you'll find in 7-bit ASCII.
:-)
That paved the way for Unix to the non-US world (it's out there somewhere you know
Have fun with you "legal system" - it sure needs some hacking.
Niels Kristian Jensen
The Danish copyright-holder association (part of the European association) recently announced that they will sue anyone doing any kind of copying from digital media to digital media. Period. As they are part of the European copyright-holder association, I would assume that the same rules applies all over Europe. They conduct a campaign with the headline "We'll sue you all the way into hell". (See http://www.koda.dk or http://musik.netch.dk/pirat/ if you read Danish). It does not matter whether the copying is loss-free or not, for personal use or not, or anything. No digital-to-digital copying, in any format, in any way, allowed number of copies=0. So with this thing it is legal for you to record ... nothing really ... in Europe (Denmark). How are the rules in the rest of the world? I have nothing than the MP3's released by artists for promotional purposes on my HDD as a result of the rules outlined above.
OK, who will set up the win-users register site? Then if we assume that the percentages are equal and we'll get a better estimate of the actual number of Linux users, right?