Think is, KDE just finished the stuff they promised for KDE 2.0 with the 2.2.1 release. Gnome is still a better overall envirenment, and with support from Sun, the Office applications will become better, even though Abiword is still better than anything for KDE. Do yourself a favor and take a look at all the applications you really need from KDE... I did and found 0. You are trying to infer than KDE 3.0 will be out sooner than Gnome 2.0... It won't be.
It's no wonder you posted AC.:-)
If you like windowmaker or blackbox, use them inside gnome, that will take care of a lot of the bloat right there. Mostly I use Gnome applications, I just got done trying out kde 2.2.1, it looked cool, but none of the apps outdid anything from Gnome.
If you don't like Bloat, use Gnome apps in Afterstep or Windowmaker.
I see way too many anti-Linux comments.
XP isn't even 1/8 as fast on this benchmark as Linux is, and 2k didn't make it to half as fast. Maybe you trolls out to look at the benchmark before you say were biased. I find it interesting that Microsoft is again getting slower... first with NT being faster than 2k on SQL, XP is likely to also be slower than 2k, considering the uses of pipes on windows suggested.
As far as overall performance? Windows doesn't have a chance, sorry.
Truth is for those of us few who listen to REAL music, this really isn't a concern. There is no Good music I know of that is copywrited. As far as NSync goes, yeah, they're stupid jerks, but they can't be a whole lot worse than any of the other rock/rap stars of today.
Netscape was shareware from the beginning, also Microsoft didn't make a browser, they used Mosaic! In fact, Version 5 still is based on Mosaic, which is one of the many reasons it's slower than netscape. Truth is, Internet Explorer wasn't free first, because it was only for Windows at the time of it's release. For people on Unix, and Mac, Netscape was the first one to be Free.
Second Microsoft did it for selfish reasons... Integrating it into Windows made it obvious they were just doing because they couldn't accept a standard unless they created it. Another reason why Windows is still not the Standard operating system.
Joyd does essentially the same thing... why have a sensor when you can just move a stick?
Prove to your local NT guy that Joysticks aren't just for Quake! http://freshmeat.net/projects/joyd/
You can map a very large amount of commands to different joystick functions, from pushing one button, or moving 1 direction - to moving to corner, and pushing several buttons at once. You can also execute more than one command with just one function.
The problem with banner ads is they're messed up. You shouldn't be responsible for making people click on banner ads, they should be good enough for people to click on them out of curiosity.
Just for a few of the people who don't know how banner ads work, let me explain: Back when banner ads used to work (they really did make money once), they were run on a per-veiw basis, not per-click. When I got started advertising on my site (about 1998), per-click, and per-sale were becoming popular.
Now here's the problem with either of those methods: People don't really care how creative the ads are, so everyone gets bored, and the sites running the ads go broke, while the advertiser doesn't get many ads, but at least they aren't loosing anything.
Per view is a better way IMHO, because the ads seem to be less boring, and the sites make more money. In turn the advertiser will get more people because the ads are less boring. Putting this back into the topic... People might not block ads if they were less boring.
I've said it once before, and I'll say it again. Linux is not the "Alternative". When monopoly's such as Microsoft decide to be non-standard with themselves, they loose their classification as standard. I say that Linux is the standard because it is so consistent, and because about everyone wants to migrate to Linux, not to Microsoft.
Fact is Linux won't get popular until more people think of it as standard instead of "weird" or "new"... (words managers tend to hate). So call it the standard like it is.
It seems from the comments that nobody cares about the fact that Apple is overstepping their bounds. I can almost see them not wanting to integrate Aqua into another "theme" But into other applications, such as Mozilla is totally rediculous. It's like if you patented a car which used a motor that you didn't create, you could sue someone for making a motorcycle wich used the same motor. Though Apple was the first to use this Theme, it's useless without a application, or GUI to put it in, Just as a Motor is useless without a car or a motorcycle.
Actually they were selling Crucial ram on Pricewatch for cheaper than Crucial was selling for. If you want quality equipment choose a good brand, then search for it on Pricewatch. Hopefully this discussion won't really matter after the new Tyan comes out.
I think we all know this is the kind of technology that will expand once it is legal. Obviously the technology can't be that great yet, but they won't need to get permission to make it "work better". I'm still against it, but it won't be too terrible to just wear sunglasses everwhere 8-)
That's funny, I don't.
In fact, if cost is an issue you shouldn't be. Use Pricewatch man. I'm sure that you'll find that the difference is sufficiently more than $7.00 dollars.
The Latest Duron 1ghz is based on the palomino core, and of course would be able to run on this motherboard. But in theory any socket a Processor should work, because they all have SMP support. The thing is though, the major "extra" cost lies in these "Cheap" motherboards (they were $500 at first). Athlon MP 1.2ghz will only run you about $50 more than a regular one, and the MP seems to be more overclockable. Mostly we need cheaper dual processor motherboards for a really good Athlon system. I still want a VIA chipset on one of these. Via rulez.
But remember, the iApple iCar outpreforms the Intel PentiCar IV. Tests show that the iCar is 60% faster with the brakes on! This is due to the Velocity CPU, which is 128 cylendirs in roads that support it.
But Microsoft isn't going to get anywhere with Sun. Their terms are way to radical... "Get rid of AOL, Netscape, and Solaris" We don't have to worry, it's NOT going to happen. Microsoft is a terrible ally.
In construction they allow you to place a lean on the product... (they don't pay you, you get to use the house till they do.) I'm sure there's something similar for other businesses.
Look, you can't put a notebook on your lap and use your 5 button usb mouse. NUFF SAID. What I can't understand is why they can't make a 2 button "upgrade" kit for it?
Windows 2000 was marketed for professional computers. Windows xp is supposed to do what windows 2000 was supposed to do (get users on the nt base.) If I were using Microsoft I wouldn't upgrade to XP... unless I could get it cheaper than w2k... (i.e. win98 upgrade.)
That's one of the biggest advantages of open source, if there's an exploit, ANYONE can find it. If there's a problem, ANYONE can fix it. Also the much more organized way of doing things on Linux, and the lack of marketing propaganda (Microsoft would rather make more money than be secure), really keeps worms from going very far on Linux. Plus with tools like apt-get and autoslack (slackware's distribution upgrader), Things are much easier to upgrade on a large scale.
the false advertizing that the machine could handle NT domains would void the licence, therefore he is within his right to do whatever he feels like, kinda .
Thing is, Google at this point is just a search box which covers 20% of the screen? IPO could mean having better instructions, a little bit of advertizing, and a more fancy logo. I don't think that the Google people will be dumb enough to change things enough that their current users don't like it anymore. That said, Google is my favorite search engine, and I could be a tad biased:-)
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Think is, KDE just finished the stuff they promised for KDE 2.0 with the 2.2.1 release. Gnome is still a better overall envirenment, and with support from Sun, the Office applications will become better, even though Abiword is still better than anything for KDE. Do yourself a favor and take a look at all the applications you really need from KDE... I did and found 0. You are trying to infer than KDE 3.0 will be out sooner than Gnome 2.0... It won't be. :-)
It's no wonder you posted AC.
If you like windowmaker or blackbox, use them inside gnome, that will take care of a lot of the bloat right there. Mostly I use Gnome applications, I just got done trying out kde 2.2.1, it looked cool, but none of the apps outdid anything from Gnome.
If you don't like Bloat, use Gnome apps in Afterstep or Windowmaker.
Um, I don't think you're right on that one. Linux SMP performance is quite good, and it suports more processors as well.
I see way too many anti-Linux comments.
XP isn't even 1/8 as fast on this benchmark as Linux is, and 2k didn't make it to half as fast. Maybe you trolls out to look at the benchmark before you say were biased. I find it interesting that Microsoft is again getting slower... first with NT being faster than 2k on SQL, XP is likely to also be slower than 2k, considering the uses of pipes on windows suggested.
As far as overall performance? Windows doesn't have a chance, sorry.
Truth is for those of us few who listen to REAL music, this really isn't a concern. There is no Good music I know of that is copywrited. As far as NSync goes, yeah, they're stupid jerks, but they can't be a whole lot worse than any of the other rock/rap stars of today.
Netscape was shareware from the beginning, also Microsoft didn't make a browser, they used Mosaic! In fact, Version 5 still is based on Mosaic, which is one of the many reasons it's slower than netscape. Truth is, Internet Explorer wasn't free first, because it was only for Windows at the time of it's release. For people on Unix, and Mac, Netscape was the first one to be Free.
Second Microsoft did it for selfish reasons... Integrating it into Windows made it obvious they were just doing because they couldn't accept a standard unless they created it. Another reason why Windows is still not the Standard operating system.
Joyd does essentially the same thing... why have a sensor when you can just move a stick?
Prove to your local NT guy that Joysticks aren't just for Quake! http://freshmeat.net/projects/joyd/
You can map a very large amount of commands to different joystick functions, from pushing one button, or moving 1 direction - to moving to corner, and pushing several buttons at once. You can also execute more than one command with just one function.
I know replying to a .sig is lame... but I don't let normal users run yes... should you?
The problem with banner ads is they're messed up. You shouldn't be responsible for making people click on banner ads, they should be good enough for people to click on them out of curiosity.
Just for a few of the people who don't know how banner ads work, let me explain: Back when banner ads used to work (they really did make money once), they were run on a per-veiw basis, not per-click. When I got started advertising on my site (about 1998), per-click, and per-sale were becoming popular.
Now here's the problem with either of those methods: People don't really care how creative the ads are, so everyone gets bored, and the sites running the ads go broke, while the advertiser doesn't get many ads, but at least they aren't loosing anything.
Per view is a better way IMHO, because the ads seem to be less boring, and the sites make more money. In turn the advertiser will get more people because the ads are less boring. Putting this back into the topic... People might not block ads if they were less boring.
I've said it once before, and I'll say it again. Linux is not the "Alternative". When monopoly's such as Microsoft decide to be non-standard with themselves, they loose their classification as standard. I say that Linux is the standard because it is so consistent, and because about everyone wants to migrate to Linux, not to Microsoft.
Fact is Linux won't get popular until more people think of it as standard instead of "weird" or "new"... (words managers tend to hate). So call it the standard like it is.
It seems from the comments that nobody cares about the fact that Apple is overstepping their bounds. I can almost see them not wanting to integrate Aqua into another "theme" But into other applications, such as Mozilla is totally rediculous. It's like if you patented a car which used a motor that you didn't create, you could sue someone for making a motorcycle wich used the same motor. Though Apple was the first to use this Theme, it's useless without a application, or GUI to put it in, Just as a Motor is useless without a car or a motorcycle.
Actually they were selling Crucial ram on Pricewatch for cheaper than Crucial was selling for. If you want quality equipment choose a good brand, then search for it on Pricewatch. Hopefully this discussion won't really matter after the new Tyan comes out.
I think we all know this is the kind of technology that will expand once it is legal. Obviously the technology can't be that great yet, but they won't need to get permission to make it "work better". I'm still against it, but it won't be too terrible to just wear sunglasses everwhere 8-)
I could copywrite my face as well I guess.
That's funny, I don't. In fact, if cost is an issue you shouldn't be. Use Pricewatch man. I'm sure that you'll find that the difference is sufficiently more than $7.00 dollars.
The Latest Duron 1ghz is based on the palomino core, and of course would be able to run on this motherboard. But in theory any socket a Processor should work, because they all have SMP support. The thing is though, the major "extra" cost lies in these "Cheap" motherboards (they were $500 at first). Athlon MP 1.2ghz will only run you about $50 more than a regular one, and the MP seems to be more overclockable. Mostly we need cheaper dual processor motherboards for a really good Athlon system. I still want a VIA chipset on one of these. Via rulez.
But remember, the iApple iCar outpreforms the Intel PentiCar IV. Tests show that the iCar is 60% faster with the brakes on! This is due to the Velocity CPU, which is 128 cylendirs in roads that support it.
But Microsoft isn't going to get anywhere with Sun. Their terms are way to radical... "Get rid of AOL, Netscape, and Solaris" We don't have to worry, it's NOT going to happen. Microsoft is a terrible ally.
In construction they allow you to place a lean on the product... (they don't pay you, you get to use the house till they do.) I'm sure there's something similar for other businesses.
Look, you can't put a notebook on your lap and use your 5 button usb mouse. NUFF SAID. What I can't understand is why they can't make a 2 button "upgrade" kit for it?
Windows 2000 was marketed for professional computers. Windows xp is supposed to do what windows 2000 was supposed to do (get users on the nt base.) If I were using Microsoft I wouldn't upgrade to XP... unless I could get it cheaper than w2k... (i.e. win98 upgrade.)
That's one of the biggest advantages of open source, if there's an exploit, ANYONE can find it. If there's a problem, ANYONE can fix it. Also the much more organized way of doing things on Linux, and the lack of marketing propaganda (Microsoft would rather make more money than be secure), really keeps worms from going very far on Linux. Plus with tools like apt-get and autoslack (slackware's distribution upgrader), Things are much easier to upgrade on a large scale.
I hear portage is great too... where can we get it by it's self? (for those of us who don't want to switch distro's.)
Imagine a Beowolf Cluster of these!!
the false advertizing that the machine could handle NT domains would void the licence, therefore he is within his right to do whatever he feels like, kinda .
Thing is, Google at this point is just a search box which covers 20% of the screen? IPO could mean having better instructions, a little bit of advertizing, and a more fancy logo. I don't think that the Google people will be dumb enough to change things enough that their current users don't like it anymore. That said, Google is my favorite search engine, and I could be a tad biased :-)