Menu Meters - Menu applet for cpu usage, net usage, and more.
Mplayer OS X - This app will play just about any media format in existance
Poisoned - GiFT (Kazaa) and mldonkey based P2P mac client.
Quicksilver - Very cool file/application/url/itunes/etc/etc/etc indexing program. It's like spotlight, only here TODAY and free!
VLC - Another good video playing app. Nice to have a backup sometimes if mplayer doesn't play a file (which is very very rare).
That's the jist of things i give them. Besides that. play with expose. it is godlike. i recommend setting the screen corners for maximum efficiency. Besides that, the best thing you can do is to just play around with the apps and system until you're comfortable
why copy the copy cat? I'd rather they copy apple, who's known for quality interfaces. luckily though, gnome has taken a page or two from them rather than microsoft. i'd say it's kde who's mimicing windows (konqueror is a file browser + web browser. in gnome these are different. gnome strives for simplicity. kde strives for features, etc).
screw that. i want working middle-click to open a tab support, and working right click menus when using all-in-one-gestures. i'm sick of their abismal os x support.
you know what i've always wanted? one time credit #s. go to [insert credit card company site] and login, then generate a one-time valid credit card number that only works with the company foo.com. why is this too much to ask? it would virtually eliminate the ability to get anything useful from a credit card number besides a receipt.
um. maybe i've just been mislead here. but if they haven't been using lasers in optical mice all this time, wtf is that red light coming out of the bottom of my mx700?
also. the mx1000 while nice, has one immediate turn off: lack of bluetooth. i rather like the ability to take one mouse, and without needing to switch which computer the RF base station is hooked up to, use it on another computer.
there's also that capability of using it on the go with a powerbook or something, and not needing the bulky base station.
You mean, like one of the main features of Be? It's sure is cool, but if it's inventive, dunno.
i'm not sure what be's metadata architecture was, but i wouldn't be surprised if this is very similar since the main bfs developer now works for apple.
How the heck is that information management? How do you prevent name clashes? How can you find *any* command? In which way is this usefull?
they explained this a bit at the WWDC. the data is stored in a per-partition SQLlite DB. it does not index network partitions at the moment. i imagine it's done by inode or something low-level trackable without having to update the db every time a file is renamed or moved. i'm not sure what you mean by "how can you find any command". i suppose this is in relation to the/usr/bin comment above? this metadata indexing system has absolutely nothing to do with console commands. this is meant for files rich in metadata like pdfs, word docs, images, etc. not executables.
you basically got it right. i just wanted to chime in on one thing. i think apple's solution with tiger is rather inventive. basically there's a low-level system api that hooks into the file system so that changes can be tracked. whenever a file is moved, created, renamed, or changed an event is sent upwards to the mdimporter system. mdimporters basically are little programs that implement a single function which takes a filename, and returns an NSDictionary (i.e. a map, or hash). the mdimporter can register itself with the system for certain file formats.
the coolest thing about this is, you get live updates. so for example, if you have the spotlight search open in the top right and you've searched for "kansas," you can then go into a microsoft word doc and type kansas, then save the file. the file will instantly appear in the spotlight search.
i don't think linux has a solution just yet for live-updates, which is important for the integrity of the indexed data.
exactly. and the performance would be excellent on reiser4
hans reiser says this quite specifically in his vision of the future paper "cut backwards compatability for god sakes! the FS industry is going nowhere"
i think the other half to his movies, that make them so appealing to me, is the unbelivably well written and flowing dialog. dialog is the driving force of Tarantino's movies with excellent directing wrapped around it.
if you liked 12 monkeys, you should check out another one of Terry Gilliam's films, "Brazil." It's a retro-futuristic mind game of a movie. One of the best I've ever seen.
i haven't seen this yet. how's the integration work? Mail.app in os x shows a little IM status icon next to email contacts if they are in your addressbook and your iChat buddy list. Not sure if kmail/kopete would do something similar.
is there any time frame on how long it will take to be in the vanilla kernel? how about gentoo-dev-sources? I'd like to check it out, but i hate fooling with kernel patches.
that's funny considering i haven't used windows in about 3 years. i do it all from casual browsing, to banking, to flash sites, media (rm, quicktime, wmv).
You're wrong, bluecurve does the only thing that is *worse* than completely different DEs it makes them *look* the same but under the hood they're still different they have different little quirks the options are in different places and they interact inconsistently with other applications for no apparent reason (they look the same after all)
on a basic level, they function the same. seeing 3 different interfaces (qt3, gtk2, gtk1) for the same function is annoying at best. in fact with a properly configured bluecurve desktop linux even looks more consistent than windows xp. i refuse to see 3 different toolkits, because it looks absolutely tacky. i very much doubt grandma cares if k3b is gtk or qt, as long as clicking the burn button works and doesn't appear different.
And gnome is unusable for beginners because you have to use external tools/CLI for too many things. And btw. where did you get that strange idea that gnome usability is superior. Gnome discoverability may be quite good but it loses it's importance within a week.
this almost makes me laugh. compare spacial nautilus and konq some time. which is simpler to use? compare epiphany and konq. same question? how about gnome configuration panels and kde config panels? not to mention that gnome looks significantly better with defaults. especially in fedora. it's says a lot when i can still spot a kde app based on how ugly it looks, even though it's still bluecurve.
i disagree. fedora is much further along in providing a cohesive experience thanks to bluecurve. on top of that, fedora uses anaconda for it's installer -- this is lightyears ahead of anything mandrake has to offer in polish, and somehow i doubt suse's is much better than mandrakes. suse is a kde distro. enough said. kde is not as good for usability as gnome, and i think this is integral for beginning desktop linux users. fedora is backed by the biggest linux company around, redhat. it's going to have a brighter future if you ask me than suse and mandrake.
i don't think then you understand how funded grants work usually. grants aren't "here's money, do anything you want with it." It's usually more along the lines of "here's 2 million, it must be used on such and such or i won't donate it." that money wouldn't have gone towards any school improvements in the first place.
Sure, you have to be enrolled to get the iPod, but the $250+ fee thereafter is not part of tuition. The iPods were given out as part of a $500,000 grant.
just because that's the only reason the labels let companies like apple and real sell online music, doesn't make it right. DRM serves no purpose but to inconvience the people who would never rip it off, and midly deter the ones who were considering it. for the people that want something for free and are willing to go to any length to get it, DRM is as much of a deterent as putting a sticker on the device that says "Please don't pirate music". these are the people who bootleg for money. these are the people who will always get something cracked with shere manpower and reverse engineering. it's nothign but a big game, and the media companies can never win.
kind of hard to develop a closed source commercial application an ship it under an open source license then isn't it?
i don't think gtk has this problem, as i've seen commercial apps for *nix that use gtk before. they probably have an lgpl license or something.
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That's the jist of things i give them. Besides that. play with expose. it is godlike. i recommend setting the screen corners for maximum efficiency. Besides that, the best thing you can do is to just play around with the apps and system until you're comfortable
why copy the copy cat? I'd rather they copy apple, who's known for quality interfaces. luckily though, gnome has taken a page or two from them rather than microsoft. i'd say it's kde who's mimicing windows (konqueror is a file browser + web browser. in gnome these are different. gnome strives for simplicity. kde strives for features, etc).
screw that. i want working middle-click to open a tab support, and working right click menus when using all-in-one-gestures. i'm sick of their abismal os x support.
you know what i've always wanted? one time credit #s. go to [insert credit card company site] and login, then generate a one-time valid credit card number that only works with the company foo.com. why is this too much to ask? it would virtually eliminate the ability to get anything useful from a credit card number besides a receipt.
that would be a pretty cripling blow, seeing as how HP is pretty much the biggest supporter of itaniums
cause dual opterons run mac os x...
um. maybe i've just been mislead here. but if they haven't been using lasers in optical mice all this time, wtf is that red light coming out of the bottom of my mx700?
also. the mx1000 while nice, has one immediate turn off: lack of bluetooth. i rather like the ability to take one mouse, and without needing to switch which computer the RF base station is hooked up to, use it on another computer.
there's also that capability of using it on the go with a powerbook or something, and not needing the bulky base station.
they explained this a bit at the WWDC. the data is stored in a per-partition SQLlite DB. it does not index network partitions at the moment. i imagine it's done by inode or something low-level trackable without having to update the db every time a file is renamed or moved. i'm not sure what you mean by "how can you find any command". i suppose this is in relation to the
you basically got it right. i just wanted to chime in on one thing. i think apple's solution with tiger is rather inventive. basically there's a low-level system api that hooks into the file system so that changes can be tracked. whenever a file is moved, created, renamed, or changed an event is sent upwards to the mdimporter system. mdimporters basically are little programs that implement a single function which takes a filename, and returns an NSDictionary (i.e. a map, or hash). the mdimporter can register itself with the system for certain file formats.
the coolest thing about this is, you get live updates. so for example, if you have the spotlight search open in the top right and you've searched for "kansas," you can then go into a microsoft word doc and type kansas, then save the file. the file will instantly appear in the spotlight search.
i don't think linux has a solution just yet for live-updates, which is important for the integrity of the indexed data.
exactly. and the performance would be excellent on reiser4 hans reiser says this quite specifically in his vision of the future paper "cut backwards compatability for god sakes! the FS industry is going nowhere"
i think the other half to his movies, that make them so appealing to me, is the unbelivably well written and flowing dialog. dialog is the driving force of Tarantino's movies with excellent directing wrapped around it.
and the letters in GATTACA are all genetic letters used in DNA coding.
if you liked 12 monkeys, you should check out another one of Terry Gilliam's films, "Brazil." It's a retro-futuristic mind game of a movie. One of the best I've ever seen.
i haven't seen this yet. how's the integration work? Mail.app in os x shows a little IM status icon next to email contacts if they are in your addressbook and your iChat buddy list. Not sure if kmail/kopete would do something similar.
i can't wait till it hits 1.0..
is there any time frame on how long it will take to be in the vanilla kernel? how about gentoo-dev-sources? I'd like to check it out, but i hate fooling with kernel patches.
that's funny considering i haven't used windows in about 3 years. i do it all from casual browsing, to banking, to flash sites, media (rm, quicktime, wmv).
what's this you say about requiring ie?
ie6 runs fine with crossover office. same with photoshop and quicktime, and some other big name applications.
You're wrong, bluecurve does the only thing that is *worse* than completely different DEs it makes them *look* the same but under the hood they're still different they have different little quirks the options are in different places and they interact inconsistently with other applications for no apparent reason (they look the same after all)
on a basic level, they function the same. seeing 3 different interfaces (qt3, gtk2, gtk1) for the same function is annoying at best. in fact with a properly configured bluecurve desktop linux even looks more consistent than windows xp. i refuse to see 3 different toolkits, because it looks absolutely tacky. i very much doubt grandma cares if k3b is gtk or qt, as long as clicking the burn button works and doesn't appear different.
And gnome is unusable for beginners because you have to use external tools/CLI for too many things. And btw. where did you get that strange idea that gnome usability is superior. Gnome discoverability may be quite good but it loses it's importance within a week.
this almost makes me laugh. compare spacial nautilus and konq some time. which is simpler to use? compare epiphany and konq. same question? how about gnome configuration panels and kde config panels? not to mention that gnome looks significantly better with defaults. especially in fedora. it's says a lot when i can still spot a kde app based on how ugly it looks, even though it's still bluecurve.
i disagree. fedora is much further along in providing a cohesive experience thanks to bluecurve. on top of that, fedora uses anaconda for it's installer -- this is lightyears ahead of anything mandrake has to offer in polish, and somehow i doubt suse's is much better than mandrakes. suse is a kde distro. enough said. kde is not as good for usability as gnome, and i think this is integral for beginning desktop linux users. fedora is backed by the biggest linux company around, redhat. it's going to have a brighter future if you ask me than suse and mandrake.
i don't think then you understand how funded grants work usually. grants aren't "here's money, do anything you want with it." It's usually more along the lines of "here's 2 million, it must be used on such and such or i won't donate it." that money wouldn't have gone towards any school improvements in the first place.
Sure, you have to be enrolled to get the iPod, but the $250+ fee thereafter is not part of tuition. The iPods were given out as part of a $500,000 grant.
just because that's the only reason the labels let companies like apple and real sell online music, doesn't make it right. DRM serves no purpose but to inconvience the people who would never rip it off, and midly deter the ones who were considering it. for the people that want something for free and are willing to go to any length to get it, DRM is as much of a deterent as putting a sticker on the device that says "Please don't pirate music". these are the people who bootleg for money. these are the people who will always get something cracked with shere manpower and reverse engineering. it's nothign but a big game, and the media companies can never win.
kind of hard to develop a closed source commercial application an ship it under an open source license then isn't it? i don't think gtk has this problem, as i've seen commercial apps for *nix that use gtk before. they probably have an lgpl license or something.