In addition to the parent post [which I made and for some reason didn't remember me] Rhymbox has one minor annoying "feature": it requires Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher, which can be a pain for people like me who leave their IE installs untouched.
Overall, it looks like the best free chat client available for Win32. I'll give it a whirl once I get off the Knoppix crack - it's too addictive:-)
The furore about Mandrake placing one commercial ad tarnishes the Open Source users' image. Here is a financially struggling firm trying to make some money through ethical means, and we feel violated having to view it? As mentioned in the press article, they have had ads before, and none of the intrusive, irrelevant shit found on the web. Why shouldn't they try every ethical, non-invasive means to stay afloat?
I've always held Mandrake in high esteem as they are the [possibly only] commercial entity that adheres closest to the principles of Free Software, listens to community feedback, and, if you read the press release about the ad, very polite in their communication - even when lesser people would've ignored us or told us to fuck off. Do you imagine slagging them off for being French makes you look intelligent? Hell, if they are typical of France, I would hold them with deep respect.
Remember - we all have our favourite distros, preferences, and so on. But until the day we realise that a loss for our [Mandrake-loving] peers is a loss for the entire community, we are not living by, and upholding, the principles of freedom, choice and tolerance.
Create a key. It has two halves, one public and the other private. What one encrypts, only the other can decrypt. Give the public half to everyone else and keep the private half to yourself. Now they can encrypt with the public key and only you can decrypt it.
With Office 2003 and its Information Rights Management features, which rely on Windows 2003 Server to act as a secure repository for the authentication information.
You're being Overly Critical, aren't you?:-) Speaking for myself, I use Free Open Source software because I don't want to "pirate" the programs you mentioned. Also known as keeping your conscience clean. I'm also doing my best to move people away from Windows and Office, but only where appropriate. I have realistic expectations - I don't want them to end up hating OSS apps cos they didn't fit their needs.
Having said that, you'll notice from my earlier post I'm not happy about the code bloat and huge memory footprint. The tolerance is there, but because of other reasons such as trustworthiness.
A personal note: while I do applaud your efforts to negate the bias around here, I'd be more impressed if you adopted a more neutral attitude. Thanks!
Now the main things that need work are memory footprint reduction [23 MB right now], access to functionality [like being able to set/reset the master password] and some annoying bugs such as improper rewrap in text edit mode. The latter is present in Mozilla Mail as well, but it's been there too long.
I don't even know why the vast batallions of people who insist on saying "Hi! I only use my phone for making calls!" think they're saying anything new or original.
Apparently you aren't in the U.S.
...it's tiny and weighs 83 grams (that's less than 3oz for the American readers).
The latest release candidate from OO.o does a fine job of exporting to PDF. It's handled all the different Office files I've thrown at it with ease and panache.
I am still perplexed as to why some of my techie work mates still opt to use IE when they know such a supreme browser like this exists!
Quite perplexing indeed. I have a friend who is quite paranoid about privacy leaks and abhors pop-ups. However, he will not try an alternative to IE. Ever.
One day, after a lot of beer and persuasion, I installed Firebird on his machine.
Two weeks later, it vanished. The stated reason? MozFB takes longer to load, and some sites don't render properly.
Around twenty lives vanished in a tragedy and this is what you have to say, Michael? I've never whinged over your snide comments, but this is just too callous.
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As long as this doesn't result in more man-made disasters like Twister, I'm not complaining.
In addition to the parent post [which I made and for some reason didn't remember me] Rhymbox has one minor annoying "feature": it requires Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher, which can be a pain for people like me who leave their IE installs untouched.
:-)
Overall, it looks like the best free chat client available for Win32. I'll give it a whirl once I get off the Knoppix crack - it's too addictive
The furore about Mandrake placing one commercial ad tarnishes the Open Source users' image. Here is a financially struggling firm trying to make some money through ethical means, and we feel violated having to view it? As mentioned in the press article, they have had ads before, and none of the intrusive, irrelevant shit found on the web. Why shouldn't they try every ethical, non-invasive means to stay afloat?
I've always held Mandrake in high esteem as they are the [possibly only] commercial entity that adheres closest to the principles of Free Software, listens to community feedback, and, if you read the press release about the ad, very polite in their communication - even when lesser people would've ignored us or told us to fuck off. Do you imagine slagging them off for being French makes you look intelligent? Hell, if they are typical of France, I would hold them with deep respect.
Remember - we all have our favourite distros, preferences, and so on. But until the day we realise that a loss for our [Mandrake-loving] peers is a loss for the entire community, we are not living by, and upholding, the principles of freedom, choice and tolerance.
Sub: you all are motherfuckers.
Text: All of your mothers' cunts.
Create a key. It has two halves, one public and the other private. What one encrypts, only the other can decrypt. Give the public half to everyone else and keep the private half to yourself. Now they can encrypt with the public key and only you can decrypt it.
With Office 2003 and its Information Rights Management features, which rely on Windows 2003 Server to act as a secure repository for the authentication information.
Thanks for that. I might run into you there on Friday ;-)
National Festival Of Beers, Brisbane [2003-09-19 - 2003-09-21].
Good post, mate.
Make sure you die before 15 October, else you will have to pony up double that figure.
If it's BSD, I wouldn't expect much sharing to happen. If it's the GPL, then they should [if they intend to redistribute modified products.]
That would run afoul of Apple's EULA.
on their Downloadable Media Policy page?
Or was that secretly added after this song was listed?
If it ran on *BSD I'd be running around town naked. Proof that it ain't dead is always welcome.
You're being Overly Critical, aren't you? :-) Speaking for myself, I use Free Open Source software because I don't want to "pirate" the programs you mentioned. Also known as keeping your conscience clean. I'm also doing my best to move people away from Windows and Office, but only where appropriate. I have realistic expectations - I don't want them to end up hating OSS apps cos they didn't fit their needs.
Having said that, you'll notice from my earlier post I'm not happy about the code bloat and huge memory footprint. The tolerance is there, but because of other reasons such as trustworthiness.
A personal note: while I do applaud your efforts to negate the bias around here, I'd be more impressed if you adopted a more neutral attitude. Thanks!
Cheers,
CD
Much better than 0.1 and the last testing build I used [2003-08-20.] It feels even more responsive than Mozilla Mail [2003-09-03.]
FYI, I am not using the official 0.2 build but a special optimised Thunderbird build by Scott Walker [2003-09-03, tho the About dialog says 2003-08-29.]
Now the main things that need work are memory footprint reduction [23 MB right now], access to functionality [like being able to set/reset the master password] and some annoying bugs such as improper rewrap in text edit mode. The latter is present in Mozilla Mail as well, but it's been there too long.
Ding!
The latest release candidate from OO.o does a fine job of exporting to PDF. It's handled all the different Office files I've thrown at it with ease and panache.
One day, after a lot of beer and persuasion, I installed Firebird on his machine.
Two weeks later, it vanished. The stated reason? MozFB takes longer to load, and some sites don't render properly.
Quite perplexing, yes.
Aussie beer lovers wonder where Coopers and James Squire are.
Anyone sick of Foster's [should happen with the first glass], give these a go.
where have you been all this time? Welcome back, we've missed you for too long :-)
Around twenty lives vanished in a tragedy and this is what you have to say, Michael? I've never whinged over your snide comments, but this is just too callous.
you insensitive clod!
that pants are certainly not optional for me :-(