Let me get this straight...does this patent cover the patent system itself? Or only video game representations of patent systems? Because this clearly falls under the category of 'insane'.
I basically do not compile, ever, unless I want to. Apt took me about five minutes to learn, and I have absolutely no problem with it.
I don't turn my nose up at people who need help, and I have experienced almost bewildering support when I looked for it, assuming the problem wasn't ridiculously obscure.
I've been running Linux for 4 years, and running it exclusively for about 2.
Gnome fulfils almost all of my needs, and frankly, I like the GUI *better* than I like OSX, though honestly I haven't used OSX nearly as much.
And, my main point was: if you don't goddamn like it, don't spend your time reading about it and complaining about it. The ratio in this story has improved, but after the first 200 comments or so, about one in two was about OSX.
Alright, guys, look, OSX wasn't even mentioned in the story. It's about the Linux desktop. Sure, many of the points the author raises are already addressed by OSX. OSX is better! Got that? It is!
But that doesn't help me. OSX is also proprietary and non-free, and while that might not matter to you, it matters to me. It's also in the hands of a notoriously flaky company with a notoriously flaky CEO. That is one basket into which I will not put my eggs.
So, I would like to work on my own desktop, my free Linux desktop. This story has some interesting suggestions, some of which I agree with, and some of which I don't--and I would like to hear what other people think. I just don't see how some dude's story about how sound card troubles in Linux forced him to switch to OSX which by the way has a great UI has anything to do with this story--it's just noise.
OSX has a headstart, but Linux will, I believe, catch up. It caught up with various Unices in the server room; it has, IMHO, surpassed Windows on the desktop; it's on mobile phones and cutting-edge research hardware. It can handle the desktop.
Oh, and hardware...once Linux is big enough that hardware manufacturers have to support it, well, it'll have support.
If you don't believe it, just keep using OSX. Why are you all here, reading about suggestions for improving the Linux desktop, anyway? You've seen the future, right? You're using it! So quit wasting your time, and do something constructive!
So, anyway, please shut the hell up. We backwards Linux users would like to have a decent conversation here.
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Let me get this straight...does this patent cover the patent system itself? Or only video game representations of patent systems? Because this clearly falls under the category of 'insane'.
Woah, woah, man, relax...
I basically do not compile, ever, unless I want to. Apt took me about five minutes to learn, and I have absolutely no problem with it.
I don't turn my nose up at people who need help, and I have experienced almost bewildering support when I looked for it, assuming the problem wasn't ridiculously obscure.
I've been running Linux for 4 years, and running it exclusively for about 2.
Gnome fulfils almost all of my needs, and frankly, I like the GUI *better* than I like OSX, though honestly I haven't used OSX nearly as much.
And, my main point was: if you don't goddamn like it, don't spend your time reading about it and complaining about it. The ratio in this story has improved, but after the first 200 comments or so, about one in two was about OSX.
Alright, guys, look, OSX wasn't even mentioned in the story. It's about the Linux desktop. Sure, many of the points the author raises are already addressed by OSX. OSX is better! Got that? It is! But that doesn't help me. OSX is also proprietary and non-free, and while that might not matter to you, it matters to me. It's also in the hands of a notoriously flaky company with a notoriously flaky CEO. That is one basket into which I will not put my eggs. So, I would like to work on my own desktop, my free Linux desktop. This story has some interesting suggestions, some of which I agree with, and some of which I don't--and I would like to hear what other people think. I just don't see how some dude's story about how sound card troubles in Linux forced him to switch to OSX which by the way has a great UI has anything to do with this story--it's just noise. OSX has a headstart, but Linux will, I believe, catch up. It caught up with various Unices in the server room; it has, IMHO, surpassed Windows on the desktop; it's on mobile phones and cutting-edge research hardware. It can handle the desktop. Oh, and hardware...once Linux is big enough that hardware manufacturers have to support it, well, it'll have support. If you don't believe it, just keep using OSX. Why are you all here, reading about suggestions for improving the Linux desktop, anyway? You've seen the future, right? You're using it! So quit wasting your time, and do something constructive! So, anyway, please shut the hell up. We backwards Linux users would like to have a decent conversation here.