And Computer Labs Inc has announced a fix for those users that update to 'Virucide Gold!' for only another $79.99 a month! You too can protect your computer from fabricated virus warnings for less than the cost of owning your own small country!
The command line functionality in Linux smokes windows. Sometimes its difficult using windows and not having a console to work it (dos does not count), and other times it's difficult using Linux because lack of GUI applications that are available. I will say this though; some of the major Linux vendors have installers that rival windows. THE major thing holding Linux back right now is the dependency problems and lack of an easy method to distribute and install software. Many people just don't have the time to make separate packages for every version of every distro, and even then, if the user has updated various libraries it may not run anyway. Most major distros have the installer down, Gentoo's portage system has the dependency problem down, when someone gets crafty enough to combine the 2 features Linux may see actual desktop market share.
this "Microsoft Internet Keyboard ($19)" is my favorite keyboard, I don't use the internet buttons but it's my favorate in terms of size and the way it keys. I have 2 at home and one I keep at work. It's PS2, doesen't have the bling-bling gee wiz features of some of the other (USB) keyboards, and it's not crap.
"This layout, known as QWERTY for the first six letters in the layout, was originally designed to slow down fast typists by making the arrangement of the keys somewhat awkward! The reason that typewriter manufacturers did this was because the mechanical arms that imprinted each character on the paper could jam together if the keys were pressed too rapidly." - HSW
If you want to know what package versions various distros and betas are using go to distrowatch.com. A list of packages for the top 10 distros can be found here
"1) A MS Distro with proprietary libraries and a proprietary office product"
You think MS might be showing up to release a linux distro?
No way, I'm sure there reason for being there probably has everything to do with.NET and the server market..NET is a framework that IS available to more platforms than just windows. MS support for those other platforms is minimal but it will get em in the door at the expo, the other reason they will be there will probably be to push its "automated administration tools".
"Anyone who sees.NET as anything other than a high-risk development platform is fooling themselves.
Spoken truly like someone who does not develop software for windows. Like it or not.NET does offer some features/advantages over VS6. Most software that exists does so for the windows desktop, a platform that is in no immediate danger of being replaced. Yes, the odds of getting anything written in Visual J#.NET to run on another platform are slim, but the same can be said about VB, C#, VC++, or VJ++.
If it was a ploy to get Linux-only users to buy X-boxen and cost MS money then wouldn't it be just as easy to buy $200k of XBoxes at some type of bulk rate? If it was am Anti-MS move wouldn't it me more efficient to put the money into open source/Linux development? I am sure most/. readers could think of many projects that could use that type of boost. Wouldn't sending stacks of Linux geeks to compete separately coding out a ton of mini-XBox distros take some focus of some existing Open source development?
I fully agree, Anime is kind of (-1, Off Topic) on slashdot. It is for nerds, but it's not news and it doesn't matter. It can go on ask/. maybe, but I don't call it front page news.
Well in a way you could if you had static IP's and a domain, each line from the provider will use its own IP address. You could just give out different IP address from the DNS servers or have multiple A records for the domain. Different requests will use different lines.
Why would you need the BGP info? Both broadband connections are routing to the exact same gateway router. You are just load balancing the data over 2 lines to get there.
If you don't like the results an engine returns don't use it. The government is too large as it is. If you want them to baby-sit everyone then don't complain when you are paying a 75% income tax. That and, depending on what you are looking for some of the most relevant links are the paid ones. This is one of the few areas where the internet can regulate itself, lets let it stay that way.
-Tippy JPriest
I agree, I am using KDE 3 w/ the default Redmond style and.NET widget style. I turned off most of the bells and whistles and there are _many_ ways to tweak it and make it faster. I took me a while to figure out some of the tweaks because there are so few linux-tweak websites though. Now if only some of the native Gnome apps could be ported over to QT 3 and KDE libraries, and I could find a better file browser I'd be set. Konq tries way too hard to integrate everything into it adding too much code and slowing the app for features I don't want. Sometimes it seems in copying windows they take the bad with the good when they could be leaving out useless annoyances in exchange for stability and speed.
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Try this, I searched images.google.com for "Cindy McCaffrey", that was difficult.
But the fish that can not move very fast or stay on land very long may die off, possibly creating faster moving better breathing offspring.
And Computer Labs Inc has announced a fix for those users that update to 'Virucide Gold!' for only another $79.99 a month! You too can protect your computer from fabricated virus warnings for less than the cost of owning your own small country!
The command line functionality in Linux smokes windows. Sometimes its difficult using windows and not having a console to work it (dos does not count), and other times it's difficult using Linux because lack of GUI applications that are available. I will say this though; some of the major Linux vendors have installers that rival windows. THE major thing holding Linux back right now is the dependency problems and lack of an easy method to distribute and install software. Many people just don't have the time to make separate packages for every version of every distro, and even then, if the user has updated various libraries it may not run anyway. Most major distros have the installer down, Gentoo's portage system has the dependency problem down, when someone gets crafty enough to combine the 2 features Linux may see actual desktop market share.
this "Microsoft Internet Keyboard ($19)" is my favorite keyboard, I don't use the internet buttons but it's my favorate in terms of size and the way it keys. I have 2 at home and one I keep at work. It's PS2, doesen't have the bling-bling gee wiz features of some of the other (USB) keyboards, and it's not crap.
Anyone think we will eventually move to Dvorak?
If you want to know what package versions various distros and betas are using go to distrowatch.com. A list of packages for the top 10 distros can be found here
You think MS might be showing up to release a linux distro? No way, I'm sure there reason for being there probably has everything to do with .NET and the server market. .NET is a framework that IS available to more platforms than just windows. MS support for those other platforms is minimal but it will get em in the door at the expo, the other reason they will be there will probably be to push its "automated administration tools".
And the MSI K7D Master
The Iwill MPX2 is another.
And you've tried all these configurations to find out that MS is wrong and you are right?
Wow Lars, are you an Apple zealot? I don't think I have ever seen one in the wild before.
/me takes picture :)
You kinda missed his point.
"Anyone who sees .NET as anything other than a high-risk development platform is fooling themselves.
Spoken truly like someone who does not develop software for windows. Like it or not .NET does offer some features/advantages over VS6. Most software that exists does so for the windows desktop, a platform that is in no immediate danger of being replaced. Yes, the odds of getting anything written in Visual J# .NET to run on another platform are slim, but the same can be said about VB, C#, VC++, or VJ++.
If it was a ploy to get Linux-only users to buy X-boxen and cost MS money then wouldn't it be just as easy to buy $200k of XBoxes at some type of bulk rate? If it was am Anti-MS move wouldn't it me more efficient to put the money into open source/Linux development? I am sure most /. readers could think of many projects that could use that type of boost. Wouldn't sending stacks of Linux geeks to compete separately coding out a ton of mini-XBox distros take some focus of some existing Open source development?
The RIAA is going to flood p2p networks with dummy mp3 files. Can they sue the RIAA if the files are silent?
I fully agree, Anime is kind of (-1, Off Topic) on slashdot. It is for nerds, but it's not news and it doesn't matter. It can go on ask /. maybe, but I don't call it front page news.
Well in a way you could if you had static IP's and a domain, each line from the provider will use its own IP address. You could just give out different IP address from the DNS servers or have multiple A records for the domain. Different requests will use different lines.
Why would you need the BGP info? Both broadband connections are routing to the exact same gateway router. You are just load balancing the data over 2 lines to get there.
AMD's roadmap is here
If you don't like the results an engine returns don't use it. The government is too large as it is. If you want them to baby-sit everyone then don't complain when you are paying a 75% income tax. That and, depending on what you are looking for some of the most relevant links are the paid ones. This is one of the few areas where the internet can regulate itself, lets let it stay that way. -Tippy JPriest
I agree, I am using KDE 3 w/ the default Redmond style and .NET widget style. I turned off most of the bells and whistles and there are _many_ ways to tweak it and make it faster. I took me a while to figure out some of the tweaks because there are so few linux-tweak websites though. Now if only some of the native Gnome apps could be ported over to QT 3 and KDE libraries, and I could find a better file browser I'd be set. Konq tries way too hard to integrate everything into it adding too much code and slowing the app for features I don't want. Sometimes it seems in copying windows they take the bad with the good when they could be leaving out useless annoyances in exchange for stability and speed.
Actually that'd be more like making a copy and lending it.
I wonder what impact Slashdot and fark combined have on the economy.
They mean D.O.S.ing as in serving dummy files and spitting out fake search results, not packeting servers offline.