KDE is pretty nice, but really if you're going to migrate someone to Linux, you really should do them a favor and load up XPde first, and then once they learn the hierarchy you should show them the super-convienient Enlightenment or WindowMaker. Those GUIs are pretty fast compared to clunky Windows-ripoff desktop environments, and once you get used to using alt-shortcuts, it's too hard to quit. Also, WindowMaker and Enlightenment are efficient. You may be able to give a technically-inept person a well-configured WindowMaker environment that only has the necessities in the right-click menu.
If you simplified WindowMaker's right-click menu for someone, it would make a pretty nice beginner's platform for Linux, since there are no annoying and intimidating buttons all over the place, and the menu would be quick and simple to find the program you want.
KDE is pretty good, but once you go WindowMaker or Enlightenment, it becomes less and less easy to convince yourself to go through the KDE loading process and be greeted by buttons everywhere and a pretty clunky interface.
I apologize to anyone who uses KDE on a regular basis, but really we're supposed to take a step forward with Linux, and the rather inconvienient loading time coupled with a pretty clunky and inconvienient interface is no step or a step backwards.
That's a pretty close analogy of going on, except the guy would tell you that there is a part on your car that is his, and that he won't tell you what it is because then you'll replace it. They first said it was a screw, then it was a muffler, and now it's the whole engine block.
and what about once they show their evidence in court? It will be public then, and all that kernel hackers are going to do is get rid of it then. The REAL reason they aren't showing code is either they don't have any solid proof, or they want to wait as long as possible to spread a bunch of FUD. Or both. That's why I salute Red Hat for slapping SCO in the face. Their "put up or shut up" campaign will work, and either SCO has proof (we delete it) or they have absolutely nothing and lose a shiatload of money.
Just wait for them to become unionized, and then eventually they'll do a world-wide strike of all telemarketers. Instant solution!
If that doesn't work, then world-wide, we can strike telemarketers!
The way I see it, when you buy music in any format, be it 8-track, record, CD, or cassette, you are buying not only the media, but a lifelong "license" per se to have in your possession a copy of that song in any media. You already gave a record label their cut for buying the song, so you shouldn't have to buy it over and over again. It's basically the same as copying your CDs so that you have a backup if the CD breaks/deteriorates. As long as you have the original container that held the media, you should be able to prove, basically, that you once paid for the right to have the songs.
You bought a lot of vinyl music, therefore you're a dedicated customer. The RIAA would be sorely mistaken for bagging you on this one. All you have to do is raise a big stink, and the press would probably side with you, making the RIAA look more and more like the dirty greedy slimeballs they are.
Actually, in my Economics class, we're doing a stock market simulation. And I'm "going short" on SCO stock, which means that I sell SCO stock that I don't own and buy it later. That way, when IBM drives SCO to the ground, I profit, and SCO loses.
Nothing like profiting off the misfortune of stupid companies.
You guys obviously never used the GameBoy Camera. That was the best handheld console peripheral EVER. Honestly...I made lots of crazy animations and stuff with it. It was great.
I guess it's an advantage to use Mozilla and alternative open source OSes. Now we can keep this crap (probably IE oriented) from showing up on our screens.
Actually, the Beatles (and Apple Records) sued Apple Computer about a decade ago for having the same name. The lawsuit basically stated that Apple Computer was never supposed to become a record industry, since it would lead to confusion.
Also, since the computers started recording sound, they decided to add "Sosumi" as one of the sounds that comes with it to make a joke. You know, like "So sue me."
I never see any fucking vulgar language on Slashdot. Those cuntbags must just be fucking out of their fuck-ass mind.
BTW, I actually am at a school that uses Bess, an N2H2 product. It banned Slashdot for being a "Message Board." I have a good mind to go there and give those networking bastards a piece of my mind.
Slashdot Mirror
I guess it's time for me to boot into Linux!
If the guy can make diamonds, why doesn't he make a diamond helmet? Then a bullet going at his head wouldn't matter!
Um...don't you remember in Doom? You had to activate switches and open doors with the space bar. You don't just run up to the door.
The game of Go is extremely difficult to implement on a computer. I guess that's the next computing challenge.
The irony about all this is that their slogan on that stupid "Respect Copyrights" commercial is
"Movies. They're worth it."
Um... what about Pepsi One? Or "An army of One?" Or that movie "The One?"
"There are many bad things one may rightly say about SCO, but to suggest that they have anything to do with the compromise is just plain stupid!"
Yeah! Since when has SCO been good at compromising?
If you simplified WindowMaker's right-click menu for someone, it would make a pretty nice beginner's platform for Linux, since there are no annoying and intimidating buttons all over the place, and the menu would be quick and simple to find the program you want.
KDE is pretty good, but once you go WindowMaker or Enlightenment, it becomes less and less easy to convince yourself to go through the KDE loading process and be greeted by buttons everywhere and a pretty clunky interface.
I apologize to anyone who uses KDE on a regular basis, but really we're supposed to take a step forward with Linux, and the rather inconvienient loading time coupled with a pretty clunky and inconvienient interface is no step or a step backwards.
I anticipate the modding down of this post.
Tried to access a slashdotted web site, didn't you?
That's a pretty close analogy of going on, except the guy would tell you that there is a part on your car that is his, and that he won't tell you what it is because then you'll replace it. They first said it was a screw, then it was a muffler, and now it's the whole engine block.
and what about once they show their evidence in court? It will be public then, and all that kernel hackers are going to do is get rid of it then. The REAL reason they aren't showing code is either they don't have any solid proof, or they want to wait as long as possible to spread a bunch of FUD. Or both. That's why I salute Red Hat for slapping SCO in the face. Their "put up or shut up" campaign will work, and either SCO has proof (we delete it) or they have absolutely nothing and lose a shiatload of money.
Just wait for them to become unionized, and then eventually they'll do a world-wide strike of all telemarketers. Instant solution! If that doesn't work, then world-wide, we can strike telemarketers!
I think I'll wait until tomorrow to start on that.
I think you've been spending too much time drinking the bamBooze.
16 discs on the dead man's chest, yo ho ho and a bottle of......Bawls.
And all 'ya gotta do to join is sing a bar of Alice's Restaurant the next time it comes along on the guitar!
You can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant (excepting Alice)
Walk right in it's around the back, just a half a mile from the railroad track.
The way I see it, when you buy music in any format, be it 8-track, record, CD, or cassette, you are buying not only the media, but a lifelong "license" per se to have in your possession a copy of that song in any media. You already gave a record label their cut for buying the song, so you shouldn't have to buy it over and over again. It's basically the same as copying your CDs so that you have a backup if the CD breaks/deteriorates. As long as you have the original container that held the media, you should be able to prove, basically, that you once paid for the right to have the songs.
You bought a lot of vinyl music, therefore you're a dedicated customer. The RIAA would be sorely mistaken for bagging you on this one. All you have to do is raise a big stink, and the press would probably side with you, making the RIAA look more and more like the dirty greedy slimeballs they are.
I believe you're referring to E. Honda, the gigantic sumo wrestler with the dreaded Hundred Hand Slap.
It's a good newbie fighter, but once you get experienced, it's real easy to counter all of his cheap moves.
I do not think it is in the best interest of the developers to be referred to as "forkers"
Those forkers!
Actually, in my Economics class, we're doing a stock market simulation. And I'm "going short" on SCO stock, which means that I sell SCO stock that I don't own and buy it later. That way, when IBM drives SCO to the ground, I profit, and SCO loses.
Nothing like profiting off the misfortune of stupid companies.
You guys obviously never used the GameBoy Camera. That was the best handheld console peripheral EVER. Honestly...I made lots of crazy animations and stuff with it. It was great.
The MatriXXX?
I guess it's an advantage to use Mozilla and alternative open source OSes. Now we can keep this crap (probably IE oriented) from showing up on our screens.
Actually, the Beatles (and Apple Records) sued Apple Computer about a decade ago for having the same name. The lawsuit basically stated that Apple Computer was never supposed to become a record industry, since it would lead to confusion.
Also, since the computers started recording sound, they decided to add "Sosumi" as one of the sounds that comes with it to make a joke. You know, like "So sue me."
I never see any fucking vulgar language on Slashdot. Those cuntbags must just be fucking out of their fuck-ass mind.
BTW, I actually am at a school that uses Bess, an N2H2 product. It banned Slashdot for being a "Message Board." I have a good mind to go there and give those networking bastards a piece of my mind.