Most People dont realize what bad people could make into weapons. For example, Go to the gift shop at the Air Port, buy a disposable camera, open it up and there is a large capasitor being powered by a AA battery. If you touch the wrong part on the curcuit board you can get a pretty nasty shock. Im sure someone could use that to take down a plane. Or modify a camera and install a larger capasitor that would do more harm. Stick that to someones neck and they will be in alot of pain. Sorry to sound evil, but its scary on what normal things can be turned into weapons. So I can see why they can be leary about Computer batteries.
Libranet seems like a good idea, but to expensive for me. I cant waste my money on a linux distro at the moment, because 9 times out of 10 I wont like something about it and I will go try another free distro. Im very picky about my computer, it has to do what I want, and if I buy a product and its nothing I expected I will be really mad. Why pay for this when you can grab Gentoo linux and build a better system for free? Yeah it might take alittle longer but who cares, Its a hobbie isnt it? Oh well Ill stick with Gentoo linux they are the only distro currently that has Phoenix 0.2 running perfectly with Gtk2!
I use gentoo and when i am in the irc channels I always here people asking if they can get the kde theme that Redhat Null (beta) uses. I think it totally intergrates the new look perfectly with every other app. This guy is making a big deal about nothing. Have you seen the default theme of KDE? ITS UGLY! The new look doesnt make kde look like gnome2! It just makes the two desktops look alike so NEW users dont get confused. I remember installing Mandrake 7.1 and they did the same EXACT thing, This is not new. The new user should be able to launch both kde and gnome and they should look Identical. Redhat will make sure EVERY thing works and if it doesnt people will complain and Redhat will make the changes based on user experience. Come on guys, LETs get over this.
And it makes sence because gnome2 is the default DE, why is it bad for qt apps to have unified look?
heh you are so right, I am currently trying to "Find the source to Phoenix" which is kinda weird. Its basicly Mozilla+trunk + mozilla/browser + mozilla/toolkit (from their cvs server) then you have to enable some configure options to get phoenix. So In a sense phoenix's source is bigger than mozillas but because of the configure options it makes a smaller binary. WASTEFUL! So if you want to compile it it still takes the same amount of time mozilla does. I cant believe they have done it this way. At least with galeon2 it just links to mozilla. So you can remove galeon2 if you wanted with out touching mozillla. weird. oh well...
I have always been a big fan of freebsd. I am currently using it on my server. I think this is long over due. Most apps are being released for windows a linux and they forget about freebsd users. Like Nvidia drivers, UT2003, quake3, DOOM III (when it comes out). And alot lot more. They still havent released the src yet for phoenix 0.1 (I could always check it out of the cvs) so we wont see it on freebsd for quite awhile.
The reason linux gets so much more attention than freebsd is because of Tux the penguin. I know this might sound stupid but Tux makes people want to switch over. And once they see nvidia drivers and native games in linux they are hooked. Then once they get used to linux and want a real chalange they check out freebsd.
Most people that are curious about Unix will try linux first because people say its more user friendly. Mandrake and Redhat are super easy to install. I think for bsd to get as much market share as linux they need to do the same thing. Of course we will have freebsd (they way it is) for servers but wouldnt it be nice to see a gui installer for it?
Oh well Until then freebsd users will always have to wait for software.
Yes to many options is a problem, but having a registry full of options is not. have you ever tried gnome 2? it has gconf-editor which has options for pretty much everything you could think of. Its not for normal users but for users that know enough to tweak things.
By default gnome/kde/windowmaker/fluxbox or whatever are very useable and have minor gui changes in their config menus which make it easier for the User.
As for my father, he would click on the wrong button by mistake, like when he wanted to double click on a song he would end up dragging it by mistake or something silly like that. Bad thing is I cant see him doing this because he always does it when I am not around.
I cant use macosx because I am so used to the way my windowmanager controls windows. In macosx I really cant customize anything. For example, I like to be able to shade and unshade windows using my mouse wheel on the top bar of the window. This makes it so I dont have to minimize the window. Apple got rid of shading the window in macosx but you can get a plugin that will allow you to get the feature back. But the plugin still wont allow you to shade and unshade using the mouse wheel.
Another thing I like to do is to move and resize windows using Alt+mouse button1 and mouse button 2. This is a must have feature for me, it makes navigating the gui alot easier on me.
So you can see that macosx cant be customized the same way linux can. If you dont like those above options in linux you can always turn them off.
As for itunes/xmms I really dont care, I just like being able ot play music. I do have one thing to say about itunes, its confusing to some people. My dad got his first computer last month, he got the new imac with the 15" lcd. He is 78 years old. He asked me if I the computer was able to play the music cds that he had (he has a couple of cds that my sister made him) I told him I can copy the cd to the harddrive so he doesnt have to put the cd in everytime (I didnt expect him to do it him self) so Once I had the music converted to mp3 I made him a play list in itunes and i showed him how to use it. It was way to much for him, he kept hitting the wrong things and nothing is marked so he had a hard time finding the correct buttons. (he didnt understand if you hold the mouse over a button that it would show the name in a pop up) TO make a long story short, he had alot of problems with itunes, it took him a while to learn, while programs like xmms are a no brainer. I really wish there was a program like winamp for macosx.
Sorry about grammar and spelling, I normally dont spell check or care about things I post on slashdot.....sorry if it bugs you.
okay, yes I just stated i like using the terminal because of tab complete. (had nothing to do with macosx) And I also said I like to open ALOT of terminals So how would the >console help me?
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Since when is $100 for a toy cheap? I get sick and tired of seeing these huge prices for things like mp3 players or cd players or video games and dvds.
I know people pay insain prices for entertainment, but not everyone can afford it.
I barely know anyone that has a Playstation 2 or a Xbox, they are expensive, $200 for the system, plus the rf adapter ($35) plus a game ($49). It gets way to expensive for the average person.
I remember when the nintendo and super nintendo was popular, they were cheap enough for people to afford them. So EVERYONE had one.
I once saw a guy pay $710 US dollars for a Japanese Nintendo 64 just because he wanted it 3 months before it came out in the USA.
I think waiting for things to hit $100 is a good idea. I have been doing the same thing for a long time. What ever gives me the best bang for the buck.
I would never pay $399 for a IPOD! More like $125.
So please dont say he is cheap for making wise choices.
I use the terminal more than I use a gui based filemanager. I can do ALOT in a terminal. tab complete is one of the most usefull tools. In my eyes its alot faster than a gui. But Im sure people that have never used a terminal to its fullest would say the gui FM is better.
I also Have like 20 Terminals open at once. Makes life easier. Have you seen how much memory the terminal.app uses?
what do you mean? Linux developers have came up with alot of cool stuff. Like highlighting the text to copy then just middle clicking to paste. Of course you can do this on bsd or anything that runs X but its still cool. And we have based the desktops around it. No more need to right click to bring up a menu to copy/paste. also in X you can have a active window behind another window. this comes in handy when you are trying to look at both windows at the same time and so one doesnt cover the other. (you do this by right clicking on the window behind the main window to focus on it).
As for the way the desktop looks, thats a personal preference. Do you really think kde/gnome and linux distros really ship with aqua themes?
I like the macosx look and If I can have that look emulated on my free linux box, then thats a bonus.
Linux is completely customizable, you can change everything about the desktop, kde and gnome are very flexable. If you dont like something you can pull the src apart and change it. (I wrote a couple patches my self because I like to use the mouse scroll to shade and unshade windows on the top bar)
We have also made our own freetype fonts. So we dont have to steal them from microsoft. But we can also install the microsoft fonts if we want our desktop to look like a windows box.
Linux developers are very innovative we have more updates and enhancements than macosx and windows put together.
Yes somethings need improvement, but thats what you get when the developers are not being paid.
I would like to see more fluid movement when moving windows across the desktop. Gnome 2.0.2 has really improved it, but its still nowhere as smooth as macosx.
(this probably has something to do with Xfree86)
Linux does have apps like itunes and dreamweaver and even microsoft word. One stop at freshmeat and you will find everything you need.
A good Itunes replacement would be xmms, yes its a clone of winamp, but there is nothing wrong with that, FREE THEMES!
A good replacemnt for dreamweaver would be hotdog, yes the name sounds kinda crude but its very useable and very fast. Reminds me alot of dreamweaver.
And a good replacement for MSword is Abiword or kword, or openoffice. Any One of these will fill your needs. Abiword can read new and old docs perfectly.
Sorry to go on forever but I dont like when people say that linux developers are not innovative.
How is this news? I like the article on how to do it, but I people have been building subs for a long long time. You can go to radioshack and buy everything you need to build a good sub. Optimus is not the greatest but Im sure you can get the encloserment and then go to a good speaker shop to buy a 12" sub speaker. Plus the 4 gage wire and blah blah blah.
The terminal.app is so slow, even after this patch it opens like a dog. thats why I boot to gentoo ppc, and use my trusty xterm. that launches as fast as I click on it. And now that mol supports macosx I will never have to reboot again! I love linux.
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Proves that there is nothing microsoft can do to secure the xbox. Oh well, thank god for xbox hackers!
Most People dont realize what bad people could make into weapons. For example, Go to the gift shop at the Air Port, buy a disposable camera, open it up and there is a large capasitor being powered by a AA battery. If you touch the wrong part on the curcuit board you can get a pretty nasty shock. Im sure someone could use that to take down a plane. Or modify a camera and install a larger capasitor that would do more harm. Stick that to someones neck and they will be in alot of pain. Sorry to sound evil, but its scary on what normal things can be turned into weapons. So I can see why they can be leary about Computer batteries.
Im glad the ebuild worked for you:-) Gotta Love Gentoo
Thats what I hate about opera.
audacity uses it, very portable, very fast and a nice clean look. wxEmbedded is just another good product made by those smart developers.
so? What works for my hobbie also works for my job.
Libranet seems like a good idea, but to expensive for me. I cant waste my money on a linux distro at the moment, because 9 times out of 10 I wont like something about it and I will go try another free distro. Im very picky about my computer, it has to do what I want, and if I buy a product and its nothing I expected I will be really mad. Why pay for this when you can grab Gentoo linux and build a better system for free? Yeah it might take alittle longer but who cares, Its a hobbie isnt it? Oh well Ill stick with Gentoo linux they are the only distro currently that has Phoenix 0.2 running perfectly with Gtk2!
Why hasnt slashdot reported redhat 8.0 coming out today? gezz
did I miss the slashdot story about Redhat 8.0? I guess so!
I use gentoo and when i am in the irc channels I always here people asking if they can get the kde theme that Redhat Null (beta) uses. I think it totally intergrates the new look perfectly with every other app. This guy is making a big deal about nothing. Have you seen the default theme of KDE? ITS UGLY! The new look doesnt make kde look like gnome2! It just makes the two desktops look alike so NEW users dont get confused. I remember installing Mandrake 7.1 and they did the same EXACT thing, This is not new. The new user should be able to launch both kde and gnome and they should look Identical. Redhat will make sure EVERY thing works and if it doesnt people will complain and Redhat will make the changes based on user experience. Come on guys, LETs get over this.
And it makes sence because gnome2 is the default DE, why is it bad for qt apps to have unified look?
Gezz!
heh you are so right, I am currently trying to "Find the source to Phoenix" which is kinda weird. Its basicly Mozilla+trunk + mozilla/browser + mozilla/toolkit (from their cvs server) then you have to enable some configure options to get phoenix. So In a sense phoenix's source is bigger than mozillas but because of the configure options it makes a smaller binary. WASTEFUL! So if you want to compile it it still takes the same amount of time mozilla does. I cant believe they have done it this way. At least with galeon2 it just links to mozilla. So you can remove galeon2 if you wanted with out touching mozillla. weird. oh well...
I have always been a big fan of freebsd. I am currently using it on my server. I think this is long over due. Most apps are being released for windows a linux and they forget about freebsd users. Like Nvidia drivers, UT2003, quake3, DOOM III (when it comes out). And alot lot more. They still havent released the src yet for phoenix 0.1 (I could always check it out of the cvs) so we wont see it on freebsd for quite awhile.
The reason linux gets so much more attention than freebsd is because of Tux the penguin. I know this might sound stupid but Tux makes people want to switch over. And once they see nvidia drivers and native games in linux they are hooked. Then once they get used to linux and want a real chalange they check out freebsd.
Most people that are curious about Unix will try linux first because people say its more user friendly. Mandrake and Redhat are super easy to install. I think for bsd to get as much market share as linux they need to do the same thing. Of course we will have freebsd (they way it is) for servers but wouldnt it be nice to see a gui installer for it?
Oh well Until then freebsd users will always have to wait for software.
Yes to many options is a problem, but having a registry full of options is not. have you ever tried gnome 2? it has gconf-editor which has options for pretty much everything you could think of. Its not for normal users but for users that know enough to tweak things.
By default gnome/kde/windowmaker/fluxbox or whatever are very useable and have minor gui changes in their config menus which make it easier for the User.
As for my father, he would click on the wrong button by mistake, like when he wanted to double click on a song he would end up dragging it by mistake or something silly like that. Bad thing is I cant see him doing this because he always does it when I am not around.
but hopefully he will get the hang of it.
I know how to launch Xdarwin in rootless mode and I know all about fink. Still the terminal.app shouldnt be that slow.
I like to be able to see all the terminals at once also.
I cant use macosx because I am so used to the way my windowmanager controls windows. In macosx I really cant customize anything. For example, I like to be able to shade and unshade windows using my mouse wheel on the top bar of the window. This makes it so I dont have to minimize the window.
Apple got rid of shading the window in macosx but you can get a plugin that will allow you to get the feature back. But the plugin still wont allow you to shade and unshade using the mouse wheel.
Another thing I like to do is to move and resize windows using Alt+mouse button1 and mouse button 2. This is a must have feature for me, it makes navigating the gui alot easier on me.
So you can see that macosx cant be customized the same way linux can. If you dont like those above options in linux you can always turn them off.
As for itunes/xmms I really dont care, I just like being able ot play music. I do have one thing to say about itunes, its confusing to some people. My dad got his first computer last month, he got the new imac with the 15" lcd. He is 78 years old. He asked me if I the computer was able to play the music cds that he had (he has a couple of cds that my sister made him) I told him I can copy the cd to the harddrive so he doesnt have to put the cd in everytime (I didnt expect him to do it him self) so Once I had the music converted to mp3 I made him a play list in itunes and i showed him how to use it. It was way to much for him, he kept hitting the wrong things and nothing is marked so he had a hard time finding the correct buttons. (he didnt understand if you hold the mouse over a button that it would show the name in a pop up) TO make a long story short, he had alot of problems with itunes, it took him a while to learn, while programs like xmms are a no brainer. I really wish there was a program like winamp for macosx.
Sorry about grammar and spelling, I normally dont spell check or care about things I post on slashdot.....sorry if it bugs you.
umm I am in gnome 2.0.2, I click on the XTERM button on my tool bar, and it pops up an "X"term. And Linux is a gui OS when in X.
okay, yes I just stated i like using the terminal because of tab complete. (had nothing to do with macosx) And I also said I like to open ALOT of terminals So how would the >console help me?
Since when is $100 for a toy cheap? I get sick and tired of seeing these huge prices for things like mp3 players or cd players or video games and dvds.
I know people pay insain prices for entertainment, but not everyone can afford it.
I barely know anyone that has a Playstation 2 or a Xbox, they are expensive, $200 for the system, plus the rf adapter ($35) plus a game ($49). It gets way to expensive for the average person.
I remember when the nintendo and super nintendo was popular, they were cheap enough for people to afford them. So EVERYONE had one.
I once saw a guy pay $710 US dollars for a Japanese Nintendo 64 just because he wanted it 3 months before it came out in the USA.
I think waiting for things to hit $100 is a good idea. I have been doing the same thing for a long time. What ever gives me the best bang for the buck.
I would never pay $399 for a IPOD! More like $125.
So please dont say he is cheap for making wise choices.
I use the terminal more than I use a gui based filemanager. I can do ALOT in a terminal. tab complete is one of the most usefull tools. In my eyes its alot faster than a gui. But Im sure people that have never used a terminal to its fullest would say the gui FM is better.
I also Have like 20 Terminals open at once. Makes life easier. Have you seen how much memory the terminal.app uses?
here is my handy dandy xterm:
ps aux:
0.0 0.4 xterm
cpu mem
then why does linux launch it so fast?
what do you mean? Linux developers have came up with alot of cool stuff. Like highlighting the text to copy then just middle clicking to paste. Of course you can do this on bsd or anything that runs X but its still cool. And we have based the desktops around it. No more need to right click to bring up a menu to copy/paste. also in X you can have a active window behind another window. this comes in handy when you are trying to look at both windows at the same time and so one doesnt cover the other. (you do this by right clicking on the window behind the main window to focus on it).
As for the way the desktop looks, thats a personal preference. Do you really think kde/gnome and linux distros really ship with aqua themes?
I like the macosx look and If I can have that look emulated on my free linux box, then thats a bonus.
Linux is completely customizable, you can change everything about the desktop, kde and gnome are very flexable. If you dont like something you can pull the src apart and change it. (I wrote a couple patches my self because I like to use the mouse scroll to shade and unshade windows on the top bar)
We have also made our own freetype fonts. So we dont have to steal them from microsoft. But we can also install the microsoft fonts if we want our desktop to look like a windows box.
Linux developers are very innovative we have more updates and enhancements than macosx and windows put together.
Yes somethings need improvement, but thats what you get when the developers are not being paid.
I would like to see more fluid movement when moving windows across the desktop. Gnome 2.0.2 has really improved it, but its still nowhere as smooth as macosx.
(this probably has something to do with Xfree86)
Linux does have apps like itunes and dreamweaver and even microsoft word. One stop at freshmeat and you will find everything you need.
A good Itunes replacement would be xmms, yes its a clone of winamp, but there is nothing wrong with that, FREE THEMES!
A good replacemnt for dreamweaver would be hotdog, yes the name sounds kinda crude but its very useable and very fast. Reminds me alot of dreamweaver.
And a good replacement for MSword is Abiword or kword, or openoffice. Any One of these will fill your needs. Abiword can read new and old docs perfectly.
Sorry to go on forever but I dont like when people say that linux developers are not innovative.
How is this news? I like the article on how to do it, but I people have been building subs for a long long time. You can go to radioshack and buy everything you need to build a good sub. Optimus is not the greatest but Im sure you can get the encloserment and then go to a good speaker shop to buy a 12" sub speaker. Plus the 4 gage wire and blah blah blah.
Oh well. Cool article!
The terminal.app is so slow, even after this patch it opens like a dog. thats why I boot to gentoo ppc, and use my trusty xterm. that launches as fast as I click on it. And now that mol supports macosx I will never have to reboot again! I love linux.
its good to see apple updating their OS. maybe 10.2 wont have as many problems as 10.1 had.