Based on what? The.NET Core ecosystem is thriving. Microsoft's has been firing on all cylinders with regular updates, constant speed improvements, and first-class support for Linux and containerized apps.
Maybe it's a geographic thing. Here in the midwest, I've never encountered a company that used Java; all the large corporations around here run their backend on.NET and are regularly hiring more C# developers.
Wow, tough crowd in here. If you RTFA (yeah I know, bear with me here) they seem very sincere about pushing forward the state of open source computer systems. No, they may not be fabbing their own chips or using your favorite Linux distro, but I'd think the Slashdot crowd would be more receptive of another player putting significant skin in the game.
I bought my dad one of their "Meerkat nettop" devices (IIRC), must have been 10 years ago now. I was tired of the endless phone calls about whatever Windows problem he was having that month. Yeah, I could have built him something for cheaper but having something supported by a real company was quite attractive and I felt much better about recommending that he spend his money with them as opposed to, say, Dell, where MS gets a cut.
It's been wonderful. Support calls have dropped to almost nothing. Once I had to reinstall Ubuntu when whatever LTS it came with ended support. But he still uses that system to this day, checking email and browsing the web.
Thank you, System76, for showing us that a real company can make real Linux-based consumer products and be successful. Best of luck on your new facility. Too bad your systems are so reliable, or I'm sure I'd be recommending my dad buy another one by now.
My experience with USB-C / Thunderbolt 3 has been quite a bit different; yeah there are hiccups but overall the net effect is quite positive.
I love being able to plug a single non-proprietary cord from laptop to docking station and gain multiple monitors, keyboard, mouse, gig ethernet, and power.
Yes, it's a very new technology, and there are growing pains during the early adopter period. Same thing can be said about any new hardware technology / standard.
FWIW I currently have a Nexus 6P, Dell XPS 15 (9550), a Toshiba Thunderbolt 3 dock, and a custom-built AMD Ryzen rig running Ubuntu, all using some type of USB-C connection.
USB-PD has worked near flawlessly. The Toshiba dock is currently failing to charge my laptop; a previous USB-C dock (Plugable triple monitor) charged the laptop fine but didn't have the bandwidth to drive both my monitors without stuttering. So yeah, that's probably some minor compatibility issue, but hopefully it'll get fixed w/ firmware update.
But the Toshiba dock drives both monitors over HDMI, and all other peripherals+network, perfectly. It's amazing to me that a single cable can accomplish all that, with devices from multiple different OEMs. And it will only get better.
I must say I'm completely dumbfounded by the public reaction to all of this. I didn't read the memo, but at worst it was one person at a company who had a wrong opinion. From all the media outrage over the past couple days you'd think Google had declared war on an entire gender.
In a company that big you're bound to have people with all sorts of opinions. Some of those opinions will be ignorant. The way to solve ignorance is with discussion, education, and patience. The reaction to this memo was the opposite of all those things.
This is why attempts to solve gender and minority issues continue to meet such resistance. The cacophony had reached such incredible volume that Google had no choice. I'm sure they knew they were on shaky ground but there was really no other out for them.
California is a Right to Work state, so they don't really need a reason to fire him.
There's a big difference between firing someone without a good reason, vs. firing someone for an illegal reason. There are plenty of examples for the latter: you can't fire someone because they got pregnant, or reached a certain age, etc. Not saying that's the case here, but if someone can show that the reason for their termination was illegal (e.g. an internal management memo or meeting notes discussing "we need to get rid of all these old people!") then yes, they most certainly can sue for wrongful termination.
All our systems are on 4.9 which is a bit more than CentOS 7 but not fully into RH8 land.
I wonder how long it will be till AWS pushes out 4.11.
You don't have anything to worry about; the summary is very misleading. TFA says: "Upgrade to Linux kernel 4.11 as soon as possible if you're using Linux 4.10".
4.9 is an LTS release and will be supported until Jan 2019. Even if using a version not supported directly by the kernel maintainers, many distros backport and test security fixes to their currently-supported releases for many years.
"Any Half-Decent Hacker Could Break Into Pretty Much Any Hotel, Coffee Shop or Car Dealership In The Country Because Their Networks Are Set Up By Someone Who Has No Clue About Security."
As to "why", it's because lots of open-source tools are designed to only run on Linux, and Microsoft wanted to make those tools available to Windows users too.
Microsoft has actually done a good job with Visual Studio Code. It's a lot better to use than, say, Atom or EMACS. It has some great plugins, they're easy to install, and overall it provides a good compromise between a plain text editor and a full-featured IDE.
All joking aside, I will say that I quite agree with this statement. It's quickly becoming my go-to coding editor. Finally having a good experience that's the same on Linux and Windows is huge for me.
I just hope that the Git visualization support (history, blame, diffs etc) gets better, either in the core product or via plugins. Nothing on Linux has come close to the speed, ease of use, and feature set of TortoiseGit for me. All the existing plugins seem to want to render the log history as a single list, as opposed to a graph tree showing merges etc.
Well I would hope that a modern IDE released in 2017 would have 60 FPS! I also have the 4K cursor, HDR cursor, 3D cursor, Retina cursor, and VR cursor plugins all enabled, but I realize that may be overkill for some people. As soon as I get my new water cooling rig set up it'll be buttery smooooth.
"Be Stupid and Lazy" sounds a lot like Lary Wall's "Three Great Virtues of a Programmer: Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris" http://wiki.c2.com/?LazinessIm...
Of course, maybe the "Be Stupid and Lazy" author was just being lazy:)
Wait a second. MS just invented an efficient way to checkout the Linux kernel on windows, so you can get the kernel sources, compile it, and then run Linux and ditch Windows ? That's great !!
Seeing as how the only purpose of IE/Edge is to download Chrome/Firefox, I guess they figured that was the next logical step...
And worst of all, there is no UI for finding and disabling stealth plug-ins that get installed by other apps.
Or, considering that Chrome's chief of security recently said that antivirus software is "my single biggest impediment to shipping a secure browser," maybe Chrome is going to get rid of the ability for other apps to install stealth plug-ins at all.
Considering they have at least tried to make the presence of such plug-ins more transparent in the past, I'm optimistic that's indeed their plan.
I've been using Linux exclusively for about 13 years. To me, 2003 was the year of the Linux desktop, and then every year since then.
Just because it hasn't achieved the popularity of Windows or OSX, doesn't mean it isn't just as capable (I've used a MacBook Pro for 4 years at work, and I still haven't been persuaded to make the switch at home). I installed it on my mother's ageing laptop a few years ago, and she's been pretty happy using it since then.
I completely agree; my remark was just poking fun at the headline which for some reason decided that "drawing underlines" was one of the top features of Wine 2.0.
And yeah, I got fed up troubleshooting my Dad's desktop with Windows, and talked him into buying a System 76 "nettop" with Ubuntu. He's been using it ever since and my support calls have dropped to near zero.
I'm sure it's all just a misunderstanding about the facts; job size numbers are very difficult to estimate accurately. I expect him to send out a tweet any minute now to clear it all up.
"Commodore C64 Survives Over 25 Years Balancing Drive Shafts In Auto Repair Shop"
I completely misunderstood this headline and thought it was literally balancing drive shafts, as in they were missing a cinder block that day, stuck a C64 under them instead, and they'd been sitting like that in the back for 25 years.
Now, if they did this with DisplayPort, that'd be a different story, since it's (last time I checked) royalty-free.
I apologize in advance if this was a joke and the subtle humor eluded me (I'm not familiar w/ DP licensing) but DisplayPort has supported USB-C Alt Mode for quite a while already. Many laptops with USB-C connectors, such as recent MacBooks and the 2015 Dell XPS 13/15 models support it.
Greatly disappointed by the lack of humorous or insightful comments, but maybe they exist without visibility or sufficient positive moderation.
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You must not have heard, Java's not dead, over 3 BILLION DEVICES RUN JAVA!!! (Also, would you like to install the Ask.com toolbar?)
I don't expect C# to do well either.
Based on what? The .NET Core ecosystem is thriving. Microsoft's has been firing on all cylinders with regular updates, constant speed improvements, and first-class support for Linux and containerized apps.
Maybe it's a geographic thing. Here in the midwest, I've never encountered a company that used Java; all the large corporations around here run their backend on .NET and are regularly hiring more C# developers.
If you love your drone, set it free. If it comes back it's yours. If not, it was never meant to be.
Wow, tough crowd in here. If you RTFA (yeah I know, bear with me here) they seem very sincere about pushing forward the state of open source computer systems. No, they may not be fabbing their own chips or using your favorite Linux distro, but I'd think the Slashdot crowd would be more receptive of another player putting significant skin in the game.
I bought my dad one of their "Meerkat nettop" devices (IIRC), must have been 10 years ago now. I was tired of the endless phone calls about whatever Windows problem he was having that month. Yeah, I could have built him something for cheaper but having something supported by a real company was quite attractive and I felt much better about recommending that he spend his money with them as opposed to, say, Dell, where MS gets a cut.
It's been wonderful. Support calls have dropped to almost nothing. Once I had to reinstall Ubuntu when whatever LTS it came with ended support. But he still uses that system to this day, checking email and browsing the web.
Thank you, System76, for showing us that a real company can make real Linux-based consumer products and be successful. Best of luck on your new facility. Too bad your systems are so reliable, or I'm sure I'd be recommending my dad buy another one by now.
I was going to Google wth a "buyers premium" is and then realized I'll never be rich enough for that knowledge to be useful.
My experience with USB-C / Thunderbolt 3 has been quite a bit different; yeah there are hiccups but overall the net effect is quite positive.
I love being able to plug a single non-proprietary cord from laptop to docking station and gain multiple monitors, keyboard, mouse, gig ethernet, and power.
Yes, it's a very new technology, and there are growing pains during the early adopter period. Same thing can be said about any new hardware technology / standard.
FWIW I currently have a Nexus 6P, Dell XPS 15 (9550), a Toshiba Thunderbolt 3 dock, and a custom-built AMD Ryzen rig running Ubuntu, all using some type of USB-C connection.
USB-PD has worked near flawlessly. The Toshiba dock is currently failing to charge my laptop; a previous USB-C dock (Plugable triple monitor) charged the laptop fine but didn't have the bandwidth to drive both my monitors without stuttering. So yeah, that's probably some minor compatibility issue, but hopefully it'll get fixed w/ firmware update.
But the Toshiba dock drives both monitors over HDMI, and all other peripherals+network, perfectly. It's amazing to me that a single cable can accomplish all that, with devices from multiple different OEMs. And it will only get better.
"We want Microsoft Edge to be your favorite browser"
I'm reminded of a saying about wanting in one hand, and shitting in the other...
I must say I'm completely dumbfounded by the public reaction to all of this. I didn't read the memo, but at worst it was one person at a company who had a wrong opinion. From all the media outrage over the past couple days you'd think Google had declared war on an entire gender.
In a company that big you're bound to have people with all sorts of opinions. Some of those opinions will be ignorant. The way to solve ignorance is with discussion, education, and patience. The reaction to this memo was the opposite of all those things.
This is why attempts to solve gender and minority issues continue to meet such resistance. The cacophony had reached such incredible volume that Google had no choice. I'm sure they knew they were on shaky ground but there was really no other out for them.
California is a Right to Work state, so they don't really need a reason to fire him.
There's a big difference between firing someone without a good reason, vs. firing someone for an illegal reason. There are plenty of examples for the latter: you can't fire someone because they got pregnant, or reached a certain age, etc. Not saying that's the case here, but if someone can show that the reason for their termination was illegal (e.g. an internal management memo or meeting notes discussing "we need to get rid of all these old people!") then yes, they most certainly can sue for wrongful termination.
I had to check our AWS systems as I was curious
All our systems are on 4.9 which is a bit more than CentOS 7 but not fully into RH8 land.
I wonder how long it will be till AWS pushes out 4.11.
You don't have anything to worry about; the summary is very misleading. TFA says: "Upgrade to Linux kernel 4.11 as soon as possible if you're using Linux 4.10".
4.9 is an LTS release and will be supported until Jan 2019. Even if using a version not supported directly by the kernel maintainers, many distros backport and test security fixes to their currently-supported releases for many years.
"Any Half-Decent Hacker Could Break Into Pretty Much Any Hotel, Coffee Shop or Car Dealership In The Country Because Their Networks Are Set Up By Someone Who Has No Clue About Security."
FTFY
My mac tells me it's running version 57.___ and it is up to date. So how long do I have to wait for 59?
Probably about 3 months. Beta is the next version, Dev is weekly build, Canary is nightly build. Stable releases are every 6 weeks.
https://www.chromium.org/getti...
How would you feel if I asked you if I could run Ubuntu on Windows 10? I could but why?
Uuuh, you do realize that Microsoft enables Ubuntu to be run in-process in Windows 10? It's called "Windows Subsystem for Linux."
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-...
As to "why", it's because lots of open-source tools are designed to only run on Linux, and Microsoft wanted to make those tools available to Windows users too.
Microsoft has actually done a good job with Visual Studio Code. It's a lot better to use than, say, Atom or EMACS. It has some great plugins, they're easy to install, and overall it provides a good compromise between a plain text editor and a full-featured IDE.
All joking aside, I will say that I quite agree with this statement. It's quickly becoming my go-to coding editor. Finally having a good experience that's the same on Linux and Windows is huge for me.
I just hope that the Git visualization support (history, blame, diffs etc) gets better, either in the core product or via plugins. Nothing on Linux has come close to the speed, ease of use, and feature set of TortoiseGit for me. All the existing plugins seem to want to render the log history as a single list, as opposed to a graph tree showing merges etc.
Well I would hope that a modern IDE released in 2017 would have 60 FPS! I also have the 4K cursor, HDR cursor, 3D cursor, Retina cursor, and VR cursor plugins all enabled, but I realize that may be overkill for some people. As soon as I get my new water cooling rig set up it'll be buttery smooooth.
"Be Stupid and Lazy" sounds a lot like Lary Wall's "Three Great Virtues of a Programmer: Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris" http://wiki.c2.com/?LazinessIm...
Of course, maybe the "Be Stupid and Lazy" author was just being lazy :)
Wait a second.
MS just invented an efficient way to checkout the Linux kernel on windows, so you can get the kernel sources, compile it, and then run Linux and ditch Windows ?
That's great !!
Seeing as how the only purpose of IE/Edge is to download Chrome/Firefox, I guess they figured that was the next logical step...
And worst of all, there is no UI for finding and disabling stealth plug-ins that get installed by other apps.
Or, considering that Chrome's chief of security recently said that antivirus software is "my single biggest impediment to shipping a secure browser," maybe Chrome is going to get rid of the ability for other apps to install stealth plug-ins at all.
Considering they have at least tried to make the presence of such plug-ins more transparent in the past, I'm optimistic that's indeed their plan.
I've been using Linux exclusively for about 13 years. To me, 2003 was the year of the Linux desktop, and then every year since then.
Just because it hasn't achieved the popularity of Windows or OSX, doesn't mean it isn't just as capable (I've used a MacBook Pro for 4 years at work, and I still haven't been persuaded to make the switch at home). I installed it on my mother's ageing laptop a few years ago, and she's been pretty happy using it since then.
I completely agree; my remark was just poking fun at the headline which for some reason decided that "drawing underlines" was one of the top features of Wine 2.0.
And yeah, I got fed up troubleshooting my Dad's desktop with Windows, and talked him into buying a System 76 "nettop" with Ubuntu. He's been using it ever since and my support calls have dropped to near zero.
Highlights of Wine 2.0 include the implementation of more DirectWrite features, such as drawing of underlines
It truly is the year of the Linux desktop!
Another Trump victory! All hail the chief!
I'm sure it's all just a misunderstanding about the facts; job size numbers are very difficult to estimate accurately. I expect him to send out a tweet any minute now to clear it all up.
From his email:
... and "tell the press" to take them seriously.
Wow... "tell the press". And of course they delivered. Fascinating.
"Commodore C64 Survives Over 25 Years Balancing Drive Shafts In Auto Repair Shop"
I completely misunderstood this headline and thought it was literally balancing drive shafts, as in they were missing a cinder block that day, stuck a C64 under them instead, and they'd been sitting like that in the back for 25 years.
Still impressive I guess :)
Hear, hear.
Now, if they did this with DisplayPort, that'd be a different story, since it's (last time I checked) royalty-free.
I apologize in advance if this was a joke and the subtle humor eluded me (I'm not familiar w/ DP licensing) but DisplayPort has supported USB-C Alt Mode for quite a while already. Many laptops with USB-C connectors, such as recent MacBooks and the 2015 Dell XPS 13/15 models support it.
http://www.displayport.org/wha...
Greatly disappointed by the lack of humorous or insightful comments, but maybe they exist without visibility or sufficient positive moderation.
You may not realize this, but 90% of Slashdot stories and 98% of commenters have now been replaced by AI. Humor & insight will come along in future versions.