1) The X font management sucks. I write a lot of essays and need access to fonts for some papers.
Ximian Deskop: I double click on My Computer, I then click on Fonts, boom, I have a window which shows all the fonts I have installed (with little previews of the font as icons), I drag my true type fonts into that directory, and they're immediately available everywhere.. all nice and hinted and antialiased.
Your comment about recompiling the kernel shows you as the fudmeister you are.. I haven't recompiled a kernel in years. I have a lot of usb2.0 hardware, including cdburner and thumbdrive and SDCard reader. I didn't even have to reboot or install any drivers or anything. I'm even using an Apple Pro Keyboard.. works just peachy... including the Volume keys above the number pad.
what I typically see is if that a Linux guy can afford a Mac, he gets one. If he can't, he runs Linux with a shiny KDE or Gnome desktop and talks about how it's "just as good" as a Mac; usually he's looking at the Mac with utter lust as he says this
I'm a linux guy, I use RH9, I'm not a commandline freak, and I really hate OSX. I hate the fact that all the features that made OS9 good are gone. No more window blinds (unless you want to spend $30 for a shareware package). I think the Dock is the worst way to organize your apps, I can't tell the difference between a running app and an app that I haven't run yet.
I watch my coworkers fumble around their desktops, they spend several seconds mousing back and forth over the dock looking for Transmit or something, I watch them accidentally close the wrong window, over and over again because they can't tell which window is open. I watch them click and hold for 5 seconds for their Applications menu to open up (what good is a menu if it doesn't pop open immediately?)
I watch him save a file, and then wonder where it went, because it won't show up on the desktop until he clicks on the desktop.
My only conclusion is that OSX users are delusional.
Me, I'm happy with my Ximian Gnome desktop, it just works (hey, I thought that was Apple's line).
Re: drivers -- I've been running an OS X machine for a year. I've added and removed hardware and software. Needing to think about drivers isn;t part of the process. Sure, the hardware needs drivers, but Apple's tight control of the platform ensures that finding and installing drivers is something that never gets in the way of users.
I've got to comment with this.. sure if you only install hardware you bought from Apple this is true, but my coworker just spent over an hour today trying to get a usb camera to work with the new iChat (he still hadn't gotten it to work when I left for the day) He installed the drivers (which he had to scour the net for) and still iChatAV claims there is no camera hooked up.
The SPEC benchmark programs that Apple ran were all compiled by GCC 3.3 -- the benchmarks on the SPEC website are different because they use different compilers. Chill out.:^)
Oh, I see, Apple gets to provide their own customized compiler, but for the intel machines, they have to use a stock GCC.
Straight from the report: "* Installs Apple's version of the GCC compiler (version 3.3 build 1379)"... and for the Dell: "* Downloaded GCC version 3.3 (gcc-3.3.tar.gz) from http://gcc.gnu.org"
Apple is blatantly lying about the Dell Precision 650 SPEC benchmarks. Go to SPEC's site and compare what SPEC says about the Precision 650 versus what Apple claims.
Let's see....I'm running OS X version 10.2.6. That'd be 6--count 'em--6 major upgrade points since release, plus security updates periodically.
"Major upgrade points"? Try Minor upgrade points.
I'm running Linux 2.4.22, is that 22 major upgrades since the release of 2.4?
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Personally, I see Apple forcing their users to upgrade since they don't make it simple for developers to write their code once and have it run on all their system versions.
Don't forget about all the software that requires 10.2, like Safari. Those of us who haven't spent the $130 for Jaguar can't run Safari... MS may be evil, but they never forced me to buy a new version of windows to get the latest web browser.
Yet every single one of those artists has heavy radio rotation. I don't think the radio station is playing their entire album, why aren't they artistically opposed to that?
As with all statistics, you can make them say whatever you want...
Can you make them say "I'm lost, can you help me" in German? I'm going to Germany soon and if I can get some english-german speaking statistics, it would really help.
I have a feeling that MS will do it half-assed, just like always... and in that respect I think winfs will probably suck, however if done right, it would rock.
The concept of naming files, and sorting them in directories isn't a very good concept, and the proof of it is looking at how everyone here uses playlists to handle media files.
None of us even know the filename for our mp3s anymore, it's buried in iTunes or Winamp or XMMS, we just know the artist, and the song name. As a side-effect, we can easily find songs by the same artist on our harddrives, or same genre.
This obviously doesn't require a database filesystem, but I think it's gotten to the point where we *need* some way to assign metadata to files and then deal with files *soley* by metadata.
I think filesystem creators could take a huge hint from Content Management Systems. CMSs are more powerful than filesystem, and much easier to use, especially when dealing with a huge number of files.
Why is it every slashdot article needs to have nearly every word linked? We don't care what the University of Wisconsin's website is.. don't bother linking it.
Having to guess which word takes me to the article is insane. (In this case, it's "team". All the other links are extraneous).
Consider a client wavernig on whether or not to buy SCO or Linux support. They sign the NDA, SCO shows them they are the proper owners of the ultra-secret code, then they buy gobs of stuff from SCO.
It seems to me that if they bought gobs of stuff from SCO, they'd be violating the NDA, because they'd be telling the public what SCO showed them.
Maybe not directly, but they'd still be making a statement.
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God only knows what Doom III is going to require.
Well considering Doom3 is supposed to run on the xbox, I'd say less than the 64 megs of ram the xbox has.
And what's more, when you start running programs that use more than 2GB of data
Holy crap, that's a huge word document!
1) The X font management sucks. I write a lot of essays and need access to fonts for some papers.
Ximian Deskop: I double click on My Computer, I then click on Fonts, boom, I have a window which shows all the fonts I have installed (with little previews of the font as icons), I drag my true type fonts into that directory, and they're immediately available everywhere.. all nice and hinted and antialiased.
Your comment about recompiling the kernel shows you as the fudmeister you are.. I haven't recompiled a kernel in years. I have a lot of usb2.0 hardware, including cdburner and thumbdrive and SDCard reader. I didn't even have to reboot or install any drivers or anything. I'm even using an Apple Pro Keyboard.. works just peachy... including the Volume keys above the number pad.
what I typically see is if that a Linux guy can afford a Mac, he gets one. If he can't, he runs Linux with a shiny KDE or Gnome desktop and talks about how it's "just as good" as a Mac; usually he's looking at the Mac with utter lust as he says this
I'm a linux guy, I use RH9, I'm not a commandline freak, and I really hate OSX. I hate the fact that all the features that made OS9 good are gone. No more window blinds (unless you want to spend $30 for a shareware package). I think the Dock is the worst way to organize your apps, I can't tell the difference between a running app and an app that I haven't run yet.
I watch my coworkers fumble around their desktops, they spend several seconds mousing back and forth over the dock looking for Transmit or something, I watch them accidentally close the wrong window, over and over again because they can't tell which window is open. I watch them click and hold for 5 seconds for their Applications menu to open up (what good is a menu if it doesn't pop open immediately?)
I watch him save a file, and then wonder where it went, because it won't show up on the desktop until he clicks on the desktop.
My only conclusion is that OSX users are delusional.
Me, I'm happy with my Ximian Gnome desktop, it just works (hey, I thought that was Apple's line).
Re: drivers -- I've been running an OS X machine for a year. I've added and removed hardware and software. Needing to think about drivers isn;t part of the process. Sure, the hardware needs drivers, but Apple's tight control of the platform ensures that finding and installing drivers is something that never gets in the way of users.
I've got to comment with this.. sure if you only install hardware you bought from Apple this is true, but my coworker just spent over an hour today trying to get a usb camera to work with the new iChat (he still hadn't gotten it to work when I left for the day) He installed the drivers (which he had to scour the net for) and still iChatAV claims there is no camera hooked up.
Seriously, name one server task you can perform with Linux which you can't with OS X.
Run on a mainframe.
The SPEC benchmark programs that Apple ran were all compiled by GCC 3.3 -- the benchmarks on the SPEC website are different because they use different compilers. Chill out. :^)
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Oh, I see, Apple gets to provide their own customized compiler, but for the intel machines, they have to use a stock GCC.
Straight from the report:
"* Installs Apple's version of the GCC compiler (version 3.3 build 1379)"
and for the Dell:
"* Downloaded GCC version 3.3 (gcc-3.3.tar.gz) from http://gcc.gnu.org"
See my other post about this.
Apple is blatantly lying about the Dell Precision 650 SPEC benchmarks. Go to SPEC's site and compare what SPEC says about the Precision 650 versus what Apple claims.
The benchmarks on Apple's website are complete fabrications.
They say they're specing against "3.06 GHz Dual Xeon-based Dell Precision 650".
According to Apple, the Precision 650 has a SPECint of 836 with a SPECint_rate of 16.7, and a SPECfp of 646 and a SPECfp_rate of 11.1.
But according to Spec, the Precision 650 has a SPECint of 1089, with a SPECint_rate of 21.7, and a SPECfp of 1053, with a SPECfp_rate of 15.7
Which puts the Dell Precision 650 FAR ahead of the Dual G5... I can't believe there are such blatant lies on Apples website.
Let's see....I'm running OS X version 10.2.6. That'd be 6--count 'em--6 major upgrade points since release, plus security updates periodically.
"Major upgrade points"? Try Minor upgrade points.
I'm running Linux 2.4.22, is that 22 major upgrades since the release of 2.4?
Personally, I see Apple forcing their users to upgrade since they don't make it simple for developers to write their code once and have it run on all their system versions.
Don't forget about all the software that requires 10.2, like Safari. Those of us who haven't spent the $130 for Jaguar can't run Safari... MS may be evil, but they never forced me to buy a new version of windows to get the latest web browser.
Sure, they're "artistically opposed" to selling singles for 99 cents.. but they have no problem selling singles for $12.99.
Linkin Park
Radiohead
Madonna
Jewel
Green Day
I'm artistically opposed to purchasing anything by these bands.
Yet every single one of those artists has heavy radio rotation. I don't think the radio station is playing their entire album, why aren't they artistically opposed to that?
Why don't artists skip the labels? Go straight to the Apple Music Store or mp3.com or whatever?
Great idea, now go convince Apple to accept music from unsigned artists.
2003-06-16 17:35:03 How much do the artists really get from mp3 sales? (articles,money) (rejected)
How foolish of me, I should've waited a few days before submitting.
Sheesh, kids today and their poor optimization skills.
a^=b;
b^=a;
a^=b;
Swaps scalars without using an extra variable.
As with all statistics, you can make them say whatever you want...
Can you make them say "I'm lost, can you help me" in German? I'm going to Germany soon and if I can get some english-german speaking statistics, it would really help.
Yeah, great, but where will they put the Command key?
You can rave about one button mouse all you want, but all Apple really did was move the second mouse button from the mouse to the keyboard.
Cairo was never released though. It was scrapped.
I have a feeling that MS will do it half-assed, just like always... and in that respect I think winfs will probably suck, however if done right, it would rock.
The concept of naming files, and sorting them in directories isn't a very good concept, and the proof of it is looking at how everyone here uses playlists to handle media files.
None of us even know the filename for our mp3s anymore, it's buried in iTunes or Winamp or XMMS, we just know the artist, and the song name. As a side-effect, we can easily find songs by the same artist on our harddrives, or same genre.
This obviously doesn't require a database filesystem, but I think it's gotten to the point where we *need* some way to assign metadata to files and then deal with files *soley* by metadata.
I think filesystem creators could take a huge hint from Content Management Systems. CMSs are more powerful than filesystem, and much easier to use, especially when dealing with a huge number of files.
I just proposed a bill of my own. HR-1952. Here it is in it's entirety:
HR-1952
Drafted Tuesday, June 17th, 2003.
Revision I
Sponsored by Rep. Proc K. Core I-AZ
We propose that the Senator known as Orrin Hatch shall here-by be known as "Senator FuckNut", active immediately.
It hasn't passed the house yet, but we have every confidence in it.
Why is it every slashdot article needs to have nearly every word linked? We don't care what the University of Wisconsin's website is.. don't bother linking it.
Having to guess which word takes me to the article is insane. (In this case, it's "team". All the other links are extraneous).
This site has all the relevent information.
> but $500 buys a lot of beer...
Dude, you PAY for beer? I heard that there's a 'Linux' beer that's free...you should check it out.
Hah! Everyone knows that Linux is free as in speech, not free as in beer.
Studies have found that kids today can't even point to a sliderule in a room, let alone use one.
Cursive isn't important, and if it died, we would be none the poorer for it.
Consider a client wavernig on whether or not to buy SCO or Linux support. They sign the NDA, SCO shows them they are the proper owners of the ultra-secret code, then they buy gobs of stuff from SCO.
It seems to me that if they bought gobs of stuff from SCO, they'd be violating the NDA, because they'd be telling the public what SCO showed them.
Maybe not directly, but they'd still be making a statement.