What is annoying are the little things, like not being able to resize windows by dragging out their corners - i.e you can only resize horizontally or vertically
I do it all the time. Try grabbing the bottom left or right corners.
No easy way to get a 'taskbar' - most of my apps appear as the default WM icon, which is extremely unhelpful I suppose i could go and assign a bitmap to each app, but i'd rather just have a taskbar, not some giant square brick with an unrecognisable glyph on it.
A few people have said that KDE and GNOME brought Unix to the desktop. What is the obsession with KDE and GNOME? Am I the only one who thinks they are both too bloated to ever become a desktop standard? Sure, they're flashy, but they're both slow and almost unusable (practically speaking) on a 486. Even on faster machines, WindowMaker with fspanel is *much* faster, and therefore more usable.
So I ask: you who use KDE/GNOME: what kind of machines do you have? Have you tried WindowMaker? ------
# apt-get install clue
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
clue: Depends: cmucl-clx but it is not installable
E: Sorry, broken packages
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Yeah, I know. But obviously some people don't use it, because a few times I've done a "make install prefix=/usr/local/stow/progname", and the thing just installs itself in/usr anyway. Very annoying. ------
Machine code is no less logical than source code (and it can be more logical in some cases). A lot fewer people can understand machine (or disassembly) code, but there's nothing inherently hidden about it.
Assembly language is easier than you think. Really. Try it. ------
Somebody said that users don't know to install non-pre-installed software on their computers. Almost everyone using Windows XP will be getting an internet connection. Everyone getting an internet connection talks to an ISP. ISPs can give people CDs whose install process says "such-and-such a program gives you this-and-that benefit(s). Do you wish to install it?" People will install the software and use that instead.
The solution to OEM bundling could be more bundling. Fight fire with fire. --------
Genius dies of the same blow that destroys liberty.
Think about it. If 1/3 of all the slashdotters here became programmers, and damn GOOD programmers (not that hard. The key is DISCIPLINE), would Microsoft stand a chance? --------
Genius dies of the same blow that destroys liberty.
What exactly is a megabit-second? I've heard of megabits *per* second (Mbps; Mb/s), but never a megabit-second.
mb (millibits)
Mb (megabits)
mB (millibytes)
MB (megabytes)
mbps (millibits per second)
mBps (millibytes per second)
Mbps (megabits per second)
MBps (megabytes per second)
There is no such thing as 10MB ethernet, or 2.4 Mbs wireless ethernet. It could be a typo, but somehow I doubt it. --------
Genius dies of the same blow that destroys liberty.
Your parents say not to take them because you are fat. There are many things parents may do to their children that it would be illegal for an adult to do to another adult.
Throwing insults around doesn't make you right, either. It simply shows one's maturity. --------
Genius dies of the same blow that destroys liberty.
Is it just me, or isn't KDE (and GNOME, and Mozilla, and dpkg) a little too slow (think x86 120-200MHz, here)? What happened to "lean, mean GNU/Linux?" --------
Genius dies of the same blow that destroys liberty.
If motion blurring became a standard feature on graphics cards, we would only need a MAXIMUM of maybe 40-60 fps, drastically reducing the currently huge data-transfer rates required for smooth gameplay. (The reason people like having ~150 fps is because their eyes are doing all the motion-blurring work, and things start to look choppy. Movies are only 25-50 fps (can't remember) and nobody complains that movies don't look smooth)). --------
Genius dies of the same blow that destroys liberty.
Slashdot Mirror
Why don't you email them instead of complaining on Slashdot?
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I do it all the time. Try grabbing the bottom left or right corners.
No easy way to get a 'taskbar' - most of my apps appear as the default WM icon, which is extremely unhelpful I suppose i could go and assign a bitmap to each app, but i'd rather just have a taskbar, not some giant square brick with an unrecognisable glyph on it.
fspanel should suit your needs there.
I agree WindowMaker is lacking in some respects, but given my options, I would (and do) choose it over anything else currently available.
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A few people have said that KDE and GNOME brought Unix to the desktop. What is the obsession with KDE and GNOME? Am I the only one who thinks they are both too bloated to ever become a desktop standard? Sure, they're flashy, but they're both slow and almost unusable (practically speaking) on a 486. Even on faster machines, WindowMaker with fspanel is *much* faster, and therefore more usable.
So I ask: you who use KDE/GNOME: what kind of machines do you have? Have you tried WindowMaker?
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# apt-get install clue
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
clue: Depends: cmucl-clx but it is not installable
E: Sorry, broken packages
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Genius dies of the same blow that destroys liberty.
Yeah, but (if you guys in the US do your jobs and get on your politicians backs,) that won't be true for very long.
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Well, yes, but I don't have to be talking about it for my point to stand.
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Yeah, I know. But obviously some people don't use it, because a few times I've done a "make install prefix=/usr/local/stow/progname", and the thing just installs itself in /usr anyway. Very annoying.
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I think you mean Opera. Oprah is a talk-show host.
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RTLinux is getting there, but the answer is no.
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Why does everyone use make install? How do you people keep the cruft from building up on your system when you upgrade and/or remove programs?
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Whoa. Time out. I let my mother use Linux all the time (administer? No. Use? Yes.).
Which is more reassuring? "Go ahead, try it. You can't break anything important" or "Eek! Don't touch that! You'll break something!"
Windows is an OS for people who don't know any better, and don't have access to anyone who does.
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Binaries can be audited too.
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Machine code is no less logical than source code (and it can be more logical in some cases). A lot fewer people can understand machine (or disassembly) code, but there's nothing inherently hidden about it.
Assembly language is easier than you think. Really. Try it.
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Don't you mean it stick's out like a sore thumb?
</sarcasm>
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FINALLY, a few people who actually understand what they say!
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Genius dies of the same blow that destroys liberty.
Somebody said that users don't know to install non-pre-installed software on their computers. Almost everyone using Windows XP will be getting an internet connection. Everyone getting an internet connection talks to an ISP. ISPs can give people CDs whose install process says "such-and-such a program gives you this-and-that benefit(s). Do you wish to install it?" People will install the software and use that instead.
The solution to OEM bundling could be more bundling. Fight fire with fire.
--------
Genius dies of the same blow that destroys liberty.
Think about it. If 1/3 of all the slashdotters here became programmers, and damn GOOD programmers (not that hard. The key is DISCIPLINE), would Microsoft stand a chance?
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Genius dies of the same blow that destroys liberty.
*Sigh*
What exactly is a megabit-second? I've heard of megabits *per* second (Mbps; Mb/s), but never a megabit-second.
mb (millibits)
Mb (megabits)
mB (millibytes)
MB (megabytes)
mbps (millibits per second)
mBps (millibytes per second)
Mbps (megabits per second)
MBps (megabytes per second)
There is no such thing as 10MB ethernet, or 2.4 Mbs wireless ethernet. It could be a typo, but somehow I doubt it.
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Genius dies of the same blow that destroys liberty.
Your parents say not to take them because you are fat. There are many things parents may do to their children that it would be illegal for an adult to do to another adult.
Throwing insults around doesn't make you right, either. It simply shows one's maturity.
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Genius dies of the same blow that destroys liberty.
Is it just me, or isn't KDE (and GNOME, and Mozilla, and dpkg) a little too slow (think x86 120-200MHz, here)? What happened to "lean, mean GNU/Linux?"
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Genius dies of the same blow that destroys liberty.
Use Diceware to generate your passphrases.
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Genius dies of the same blow that destroys liberty.
And how!
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It'll be Doom 3.
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Genius dies of the same blow that destroys liberty.
If motion blurring became a standard feature on graphics cards, we would only need a MAXIMUM of maybe 40-60 fps, drastically reducing the currently huge data-transfer rates required for smooth gameplay. (The reason people like having ~150 fps is because their eyes are doing all the motion-blurring work, and things start to look choppy. Movies are only 25-50 fps (can't remember) and nobody complains that movies don't look smooth)).
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... since it's not an open standard (something about usage fees???)
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Genius dies of the same blow that destroys liberty.