A slow release schedule means that a lot of security fixes exist which aren't merged into the distribution. Take the kernel for example: All versions prior to 2.2.16 have a security bug. A distro that releases less often means more work for the sysadmin after installing. There are other facts the guy missed, but I think that is what he's referring to.
Contrary to some other posts here and some ambiguous text on galeon's website, you do not need to use M16 for galeon to work. The nightly builds work just fine. All I had to do to install was install the mozilla-devel rpms and the galeon rpm. I also moved my nightly build from ~ to/usr/local/mozilla, but I'm not sure whether that's necessary.
There are only two big caveats: it doesn't store cookies (meaning no slashdot login) and it doesn't have any right-click menus for page elements (yet), meaning no saving images or 'copy link location,' etc. These things will probably be added later on.
I seem to recall Dad and my Opa thinking of buildiing a hydraulic car, where the IC engines is running at a constant speed (that at which it has peak efficiency). When you brake, the motor compresses hydraulic chambers as you idle, and when you release the brake, all that pressure is immediately available for acceleration.
There were other details, such as that the traditional brake-accelerator set of pedals wouldn't work without some mechanical shenanigans. But the main thing is that the motor is constantly running at peak efficiency.
Related to this, I also remember hearing about a guy (perhaps someone else can remember his name) who developed a carbuerator that flash-vapourised gasoline instead of merely spraying droplets of gas into the chamber. This resulted in far less wasted fuel going out the exhaust pipe. I don't know what became of this idea (I think it was a 70s or 80s thing), but the main problem is the saftey hazard of using those highly volatile vapours.
(BTW, when did/. become 'news for grease monkeys'?)
Wow, man, I like it! Hey everyone, new Jargon proposed here:
Aqua et igni indterdictusadj. [Latin, "to be denied water and fire"] Barred or otherwise prevented from connecting to the Internet, or (worse) using a computer at all, esp. as a result of legal action.
You could do what I do - volunteer at a local nursing home and help with their "IT" needs. Of course, it's often not brain-salad work by any means. I'm helping out at a Good Samaritan nursing home here in Minneapolis, and they are just now putting their mailing list "online" (by which they mean, in a computer database vs. on typewritten sheets of paper formatted to Xerox onto mailing labels). The computer I work on is a 286 (probably almost as old as I am) running MS-DOS 5.0; the database is Alpha Three! Their mailing list is running about 1500 addresses which is more than twice the number of residents in the nursing home...kinda bizarre
Hmm...H-T-T-P is much easier and nicer to say than B-X-X-P. But if they just used the first letter instead of going for those X's, we could just say BEEP! Wouldn't that be cool?
Awhile back, a friend at work showed me a trick I use here at work all the time. I print my code in landscape on 11x17 paper, which keeps lines from wrapping for the most part, and leaves me lots of scribbling room. When you're done you can fold it in half, so it looks like a small book.
I guess that's kind of the opposite philosophy though:-)
-JD
Re:Which PDA's are we talking about here?
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Enlightenment does not need to be "stripped out" of GNOME. E is a seperate program and was developed seperately from GNOME. If you don't like Enlightenment, you can just install a new window manager. It's not that hard.
Furthermore, GNOME is going to need a lot more stripping-down than just changing the window manager, if it is to be fit for PDA use.
You're right, it isn't as usable, but you hardly ever need to do it. I work at a large architecture & engineering firm, and of the huge amounts of specs and other documents we put out every day, we never use multi-column text. There's no point in using multi-col for electronic documents, it's bad design.
For all practical purposes, the Crusoe is an x86 chip. Neither Linux nor Windows need any modification in order to use the Crusoe, provided everything else is normal (i.e., a standard PC with motherboard, RAM, etc. as opposed to a stripped-down computer such as a PDA).
There is a version of Linux, "mobile Linux" which was created by Linus basically to enable it to work better in PDAs but AFAIK, it was not specifically optimized for the Crusoe per se, just for PDA setups in general.
It's easy to do, although I could count the situations where I'd need it on one hand. The use of multiple columns for text is a holdover from print media, and is usually not necessary for purely electronic documents.
Ever hear of the TABLE tag? That's what most people use for multi-column text. Sure, it doesn't balance the text automatically across columns, but it works and it gives you better control over what goes where.
Also, for what it's worth, column settings are being built into the CSS spec. Of course, it will take awhile before all browsers support it.
I am a recent convert to Linux (about six or eight months now, can't remember exactly). I have an older computer w/only 32mb ram, so I don't like to use StarOffice. I don't have time to learn LaTex. I have found the best way to type up documents is in plain-vanilla HTML. It's easy (simple and creatable in any editor) and it's unbelievably portable. A Windows user can open it in their browser or in MS Word. I can stick it on my web site if I like. Easy hyperlinks are a plus, too.
It's also very flexible as far as formatting goes. You can stick some simple CSS in there for font and margin settings, and if the browser doesn't support them it's no big deal. All browsers that I have seen will print out HTML just fine.
I have only found one or two cons for my purposes: you must store images seperately of course (can't embed them in the document), and you have almost no control over page breaks or headers and footers. None of these really matter to me however.
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Nice troll :-)
-JD <><
Sounds like ... tarantula!
-JD
They should have named it MENOS as in "mas o menos." :-)
-JD
Don't watch TV.
:-)
Cancel your cable and use the money on something else. Listen to talk radio. Subscribe to a magazine or two.
You'll find you don't miss it as much as you thought you would
-JD
A slow release schedule means that a lot of security fixes exist which aren't merged into the distribution. Take the kernel for example: All versions prior to 2.2.16 have a security bug. A distro that releases less often means more work for the sysadmin after installing. There are other facts the guy missed, but I think that is what he's referring to.
-JD
Probably not as much as our new "governor"...
-JD (A Minnesotan)
Contrary to some other posts here and some ambiguous text on galeon's website, you do not need to use M16 for galeon to work. The nightly builds work just fine. All I had to do to install was install the mozilla-devel rpms and the galeon rpm. I also moved my nightly build from ~ to /usr/local/mozilla, but I'm not sure whether that's necessary.
There are only two big caveats: it doesn't store cookies (meaning no slashdot login) and it doesn't have any right-click menus for page elements (yet), meaning no saving images or 'copy link location,' etc. These things will probably be added later on.
-JD
I seem to recall Dad and my Opa thinking of buildiing a hydraulic car, where the IC engines is running at a constant speed (that at which it has peak efficiency). When you brake, the motor compresses hydraulic chambers as you idle, and when you release the brake, all that pressure is immediately available for acceleration.
/. become 'news for grease monkeys'?)
There were other details, such as that the traditional brake-accelerator set of pedals wouldn't work without some mechanical shenanigans. But the main thing is that the motor is constantly running at peak efficiency.
Related to this, I also remember hearing about a guy (perhaps someone else can remember his name) who developed a carbuerator that flash-vapourised gasoline instead of merely spraying droplets of gas into the chamber. This resulted in far less wasted fuel going out the exhaust pipe. I don't know what became of this idea (I think it was a 70s or 80s thing), but the main problem is the saftey hazard of using those highly volatile vapours.
(BTW, when did
-JD
Wow, man, I like it! Hey everyone, new Jargon proposed here:
Aqua et igni indterdictus adj. [Latin, "to be denied water and fire"] Barred or otherwise prevented from connecting to the Internet, or (worse) using a computer at all, esp. as a result of legal action.
-JD
...'cause someday, when you become Speaker of the House o' Representatives, some CBS reporter is gonna dig that post up ;-)
-JD
Of course, your wonderful ecosystem of politcal parties hasn't done you a whole lot of good, and it won't prevent the inevitable.
... i'm from duluth )
;-)
-JD
(PS: *cough cough* joke *hrmm* *cough*
You could do what I do - volunteer at a local nursing home and help with their
"IT" needs. Of course, it's often not brain-salad work by any means. I'm
helping out at a Good Samaritan nursing home here in Minneapolis, and they are
just now putting their mailing list "online" (by which they mean, in a
computer database vs. on typewritten sheets of paper formatted to Xerox onto
mailing labels). The computer I work on is a 286 (probably almost as old as I am) running MS-DOS 5.0; the database is Alpha Three! Their mailing list is running about 1500 addresses which is more than twice the number of residents in the nursing home...kinda bizarre
-JD
Ahem.
Jose, can you see
By the dawn's early light....
-JD
Hmm...H-T-T-P is much easier and nicer to say than B-X-X-P. But if they just used the first letter instead of going for those X's, we could just say BEEP! Wouldn't that be cool?
beep://slashdot.org
I like that much better.
-JD
...but rusty has a nice policy of zapping all spammers' comments. You might not like it there :) -JD
You're right...doh! What in the name of GNUtias was I thinking? that as terrible...call it freestyle I guess
...
:-)
Despite what others say
You'll always have one who knows
Hemos doesn't 'sux'
-JD
I hear this thread is a flop eh?
:-)
-JD
Awhile back, a friend at work showed me a trick I use here at work all the time. I print my code in landscape on 11x17 paper, which keeps lines from wrapping for the most part, and leaves me lots of scribbling room. When you're done you can fold it in half, so it looks like a small book.
:-)
I guess that's kind of the opposite philosophy though
-JD
Enlightenment does not need to be "stripped out" of GNOME. E is a seperate program and was developed seperately from GNOME. If you don't like Enlightenment, you can just install a new window manager. It's not that hard.
Furthermore, GNOME is going to need a lot more stripping-down than just changing the window manager, if it is to be fit for PDA use.
-JD
You're right, it isn't as usable, but you hardly ever need to do it. I work at a large architecture & engineering firm, and of the huge amounts of specs and other documents we put out every day, we never use multi-column text. There's no point in using multi-col for electronic documents, it's bad design.
-JD
For all practical purposes, the Crusoe is an x86 chip. Neither Linux nor Windows need any modification in order to use the Crusoe, provided everything else is normal (i.e., a standard PC with motherboard, RAM, etc. as opposed to a stripped-down computer such as a PDA).
There is a version of Linux, "mobile Linux" which was created by Linus basically to enable it to work better in PDAs but AFAIK, it was not specifically optimized for the Crusoe per se, just for PDA setups in general.
-JD
Also...
Imminent Death Of The 'Net Predicted!
-JD
It's easy to do, although I could count the situations where I'd need it on one hand. The use of multiple columns for text is a holdover from print media, and is usually not necessary for purely electronic documents.
Ever hear of the TABLE tag? That's what most people use for multi-column text. Sure, it doesn't balance the text automatically across columns, but it works and it gives you better control over what goes where.
Also, for what it's worth, column settings are being built into the CSS spec. Of course, it will take awhile before all browsers support it.
-JD
I am a recent convert to Linux (about six or eight months now, can't remember exactly). I have an older computer w/only 32mb ram, so I don't like to use StarOffice. I don't have time to learn LaTex. I have found the best way to type up documents is in plain-vanilla HTML. It's easy (simple and creatable in any editor) and it's unbelievably portable. A Windows user can open it in their browser or in MS Word. I can stick it on my web site if I like. Easy hyperlinks are a plus, too.
It's also very flexible as far as formatting goes. You can stick some simple CSS in there for font and margin settings, and if the browser doesn't support them it's no big deal. All browsers that I have seen will print out HTML just fine.
I have only found one or two cons for my purposes: you must store images seperately of course (can't embed them in the document), and you have almost no control over page breaks or headers and footers. None of these really matter to me however.
-JD