I tried Debian, Slackware, and Mandrake, but always found myself back with Red Hat
I think you're honestly the first person I've seen who said that. Usually it's the other way around. I'm curious: What does Red Hat have that makes it favourable against the others (particularly, Debian and Mandrake)?
This thing has a DLL that literally ties itself into the TCP/IP stack of Windows, so removing it will disable TCP/IP. Just a slight
problem, don't you think? Nothing like an untrusted third party app intercepting your TCP/IP calls and doing god knows what with
them.
It's not necessarily a malicious app. You essentially have to do the same thing to write an ident daemon for Win2K. Nothing like telling your boss "oh, that should be easy" and then trying to write a Windows app...
Since then, I think I've known why Windows software costs so much for so little.
(WinXP apparently has an undocumented SNMP extension that lets you associate TCP connections to processes without hacking the network stack, but I've never tried using it.)
Actually, when I install Mandrake or Redhat, both of them require me to read and click "Accept" below the text of the GPL.
They shouldn't do this, however, in the case of the GPL, it's probably quite harmless: by agreeing to the GPL, you are agreeing to section 5:
5. You are not required to accept this License, since you have not
signed it. However, nothing else grants you permission to modify or
distribute the Program or its derivative works. These actions are
prohibited by law if you do not accept this License. Therefore, by
modifying or distributing the Program (or any work based on the
Program), you indicate your acceptance of this License to do so, and
all its terms and conditions for copying, distributing or modifying
the Program or works based on it.
Furthermore, since there is no law against "defrauding" your own computer, you can always "lie" to your computer and make it "believe" that you agreed to the text when you really didn't.
First of all, you can freely mix GPL'd code with your company's code without any fears as long as you don't distribute the results outside of the company.
That's not entirely certain. Let's say EULAs are non-binding (which, arguably, is true). Does this mean you can buy a single copy of Windows and install it on all the computers at your company? Some people would say no.
Free software, in this context, means something other than what you think it does. (You have the inadequacy of the English language to thank for your confusion.)
However, once I didn't have autocompletion of my methods, and pretty charts that show all of my members, I found myself actually REMEMBERING everything instead of just relying on the program to do it for me, which actually has made me more efficient in the long run.
I think (though I'm not entirely sure, being a Vim user), that you can get Emacs to do method autocompletion.
Unlike other free webmail services, Gmail is built on the idea that users should never have to file or delete a message, or struggle to find an email they've sent or received.
dwon@rivest:~$ du -Hs ~/MyMail/boxes 2.1G/home/dwon/MyMail/boxes
Ugh? Why ugh? I can see why visual programming might not be all that practical, but if someone did manage to develop a visual programming system, why would it be so bad?
It's no different than using scripting languages, really; it'll have its own set of trade-offs.
You have a good point, as using Windows Update is easier (or at least as easy) as any GNU/Linux update method, and can be made automatic very easily (like some GNU/Linux update methods).
Windows Update consists of at least 4 click-then-wait-a-while cycles before your software is updated, and several packages must be installed separately (MSIE, service packs, DirectX, etc). On Debian, at least, you can run one command (apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade) that will often complete the entire upgrade process, without reboots, etc.
Also, apt-get will upgrade third-party software. Windows Update does not.
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Proof? Evidence?
I think you're honestly the first person I've seen who said that. Usually it's the other way around. I'm curious: What does Red Hat have that makes it favourable against the others (particularly, Debian and Mandrake)?
It's not necessarily a malicious app. You essentially have to do the same thing to write an ident daemon for Win2K. Nothing like telling your boss "oh, that should be easy" and then trying to write a Windows app...
Since then, I think I've known why Windows software costs so much for so little.
(WinXP apparently has an undocumented SNMP extension that lets you associate TCP connections to processes without hacking the network stack, but I've never tried using it.)
That might have biased the results somewhat...
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They shouldn't do this, however, in the case of the GPL, it's probably quite harmless: by agreeing to the GPL, you are agreeing to section 5:
Furthermore, since there is no law against "defrauding" your own computer, you can always "lie" to your computer and make it "believe" that you agreed to the text when you really didn't.
s/run/distribute/
That's not entirely certain. Let's say EULAs are non-binding (which, arguably, is true). Does this mean you can buy a single copy of Windows and install it on all the computers at your company? Some people would say no.
Tabbing should be done by the window manager, IMHO.
Free software, in this context, means something other than what you think it does. (You have the inadequacy of the English language to thank for your confusion.)
Wasn't Quake written for Linux first and then ported to DOS?
MinGW doesn't have that problem, IIRC.
Question: Does the proposed OVC system use David Chaum's secret ballot receipts, or something at least as strong?
Yes, which means the EULA doesn't need to re-iterate the restrictions, does it?
That said, it's better to not vote than to make an uninformed/apathetic vote.
Isn't X dying?
Sounds like using braille terminal...
I think (though I'm not entirely sure, being a Vim user), that you can get Emacs to do method autocompletion.
I'm curious: How does it compare to Window Maker+fspanel on the same hardware?
Eh? What webserver was that?
Wouldn't that be 400?
It's no different than using scripting languages, really; it'll have its own set of trade-offs.
Windows Update consists of at least 4 click-then-wait-a-while cycles before your software is updated, and several packages must be installed separately (MSIE, service packs, DirectX, etc). On Debian, at least, you can run one command (apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade) that will often complete the entire upgrade process, without reboots, etc.
Also, apt-get will upgrade third-party software. Windows Update does not.