Re:Enhanced KDE 2.2? I have that!
on
Xandros 1.0
·
· Score: 1
Off topic, but a very good suggestion to the kernel people.
Re:Or you could just...
on
Xandros 1.0
·
· Score: 1
Not so much that Windows is sufficiently stable, but that people have learned to have a level of tolerance with crashing and instability. People with a high level of tolerence will always be needed for testing beta software, but the normal home users really shouldn't. I don't expect next generation of normal home users (running GNU/Linux systems of course) to have much of any tolerance for crashing. Hopefully the developers of the next generation will have a bit higher level of tolerance, or the stability might also be the downfall of GNU/Linux since the developers would give up when they wrote buggy code.
Re:Or you could just...
on
Xandros 1.0
·
· Score: 1
I don't see a point for RedHat. I think Mandrake is superior to RedHat for a distro. After all, they are (supposedly) targetting businesses.
The problem now is... What distro would be targeting (normal) home users? That's what Xandros, Lindows, and Lycoris are trying to do. Unfortunately, none of these are 100% free software (AFAIK) so we still need a free alternative for the (normal) home user.
Re:Just to get this over with:
on
Xandros 1.0
·
· Score: 1
I fail to see the difference between installing the same CD on multiple systems and copying it for others to put on their systems. Either way, the end result is all the systems mentioned would have been installed off one source disc (set?) bought from the company.
Re:Just to get this over with:
on
Xandros 1.0
·
· Score: 1
If not for any other reason, because you have to.
Re:What about GPL?? Sources??
on
Xandros 1.0
·
· Score: 1
If they can't give people code which is linked to a GPL'd program, then they cannot give those people the binaries either.
There's a difference here though. Microsoft did not create C or Java yet they changed it anyway (actually, AFAIC they just forked new languages). W3C, however, made XML so should be able to change it if they wish. Backward compatibility WOULD be nice though... I guess one could possibly use the XML version and work with both versions if they decide to break the compatibility.
I would consider Japanese-manufactured items of higher quality than US items anyway... That is, assuming you can actually find something made in the US...
BTW, I wasn't aware that once modding a post (2 first-posts) I couldn't post in the topic at all w/o undoing them... Shouldn't replies to the main topic be allowed w/o unmodding other things in that topic?
Since when does the GPL prevent monetary costs for obtaining information used? Last time I checked, the GPL even allowed programs licensed under it to have a cost associated. Of course, once someone has obtained the program they must also have [access to] the source code and the other various rights protected by the GPL, but that's only once they obtain the program in the first place.
I don't see this going anywhere... I'd rather use kb & mouse. On the other hand, I heard (probably on/.) of some mouse that follows your eyes and lets you use blinks to click... That would probably be more usable.
Actually, more like this:
Linux/BSD/etc =.GNU
Isn't there a real.GNU project out there?
Re:Consumer marketing is irrelevant to the kernel
on
Linux Kernel 3.0?
·
· Score: 1
Really? Why are they making Pentium 4s at 2 GHz which are actually the same speed as a P3 800 MHz then? Sure seems like consumer level trickery to me...
Slashdot Mirror
Off topic, but a very good suggestion to the kernel people.
Not so much that Windows is sufficiently stable, but that people have learned to have a level of tolerance with crashing and instability. People with a high level of tolerence will always be needed for testing beta software, but the normal home users really shouldn't. I don't expect next generation of normal home users (running GNU/Linux systems of course) to have much of any tolerance for crashing. Hopefully the developers of the next generation will have a bit higher level of tolerance, or the stability might also be the downfall of GNU/Linux since the developers would give up when they wrote buggy code.
I don't see a point for RedHat. I think Mandrake is superior to RedHat for a distro. After all, they are (supposedly) targetting businesses. The problem now is... What distro would be targeting (normal) home users? That's what Xandros, Lindows, and Lycoris are trying to do. Unfortunately, none of these are 100% free software (AFAIK) so we still need a free alternative for the (normal) home user.
I fail to see the difference between installing the same CD on multiple systems and copying it for others to put on their systems. Either way, the end result is all the systems mentioned would have been installed off one source disc (set?) bought from the company.
If not for any other reason, because you have to.
If they can't give people code which is linked to a GPL'd program, then they cannot give those people the binaries either.
Don't you mean high latency? Low latency is a GOOD thing and not common with satellite...
Winamp is a proprietary x86 binary. It cannot run on a RISC processor. Perhaps you mean FreeAmp or XMMS?
You forget that GPL doesn't allow for software licensing anyway...
That's almost like the DC1 protocol which uses | for EOL...
0D-0A == Windows
0A == UNIX
0D == Mac (pre OS X?)
It was just a matter of time until something used 0A-0D...
LOL... But NEL is a character too. Not ASCII, but it's still a character. :)
Well obviously Slashdot is using Extended ASCII then. Extended ASCII is not any form of Unicode.
There's a difference here though. Microsoft did not create C or Java yet they changed it anyway (actually, AFAIC they just forked new languages). W3C, however, made XML so should be able to change it if they wish. Backward compatibility WOULD be nice though... I guess one could possibly use the XML version and work with both versions if they decide to break the compatibility.
I would consider Japanese-manufactured items of higher quality than US items anyway... That is, assuming you can actually find something made in the US...
I thought it only applied to replies within a topic... I don't see how people manage to mod the fps down if they can't talk on the subject at all...
BTW, I wasn't aware that once modding a post (2 first-posts) I couldn't post in the topic at all w/o undoing them... Shouldn't replies to the main topic be allowed w/o unmodding other things in that topic?
Since when does the GPL prevent monetary costs for obtaining information used? Last time I checked, the GPL even allowed programs licensed under it to have a cost associated. Of course, once someone has obtained the program they must also have [access to] the source code and the other various rights protected by the GPL, but that's only once they obtain the program in the first place.
Does VA Linux Systems still exist? I was under the impression that they renamed to VA Software...
And how is bartering stealing or a crime?
I don't see this going anywhere... I'd rather use kb & mouse. On the other hand, I heard (probably on /.) of some mouse that follows your eyes and lets you use blinks to click... That would probably be more usable.
Actually, more like this: Linux/BSD/etc = .GNU
Isn't there a real .GNU project out there?
Really? Why are they making Pentium 4s at 2 GHz which are actually the same speed as a P3 800 MHz then? Sure seems like consumer level trickery to me...
I might be wrong, but from what I've heard, P4 has Palladium builtin secretly... just not enabled yet
Probably because WINE compatibility changes. Some apps that worked in WINE a few months ago don't anymore... Not sure why not tho