If its the tradename Mandrake then couldn't they easily switch to using strictly 'Linux Mandrake' (its already being used). The original article is in french and I didn't see many specifics in the press release..
I agree with you. I'd like to see the concept of email split into two categories: secure email (white listing at the very least, maybe pgp signatures if they can be maded UF/transparent enough, encryption against eavesdroppers) and insecure (basically old fashioned email. This way you'd have you primary account(s) which are just for REAL communication and some secondary accounts you'd have to run filters on and deal with a little bit of junk. I would never advocate for removing our ablity to recieve email from anyone at all. But I'm pretty dead-set against using another lame filter system that will cut 100 of the 200 pieces of junk I recieve every day..
That said I use bluebottle.com which is now back from the dead (they use a tmda like system with the whitelist/greylist/blacklist and auto-add features). They work pretty good and are the closest thing I've seen so far.
The method works for only about half of all e-mails received - but in all of those cases, it sorts the mail into the right category.
We don't need a Band-Aid. We need a real solution. This may be an interesting solution, but honestly, its not acceptable. I really believe buddy lists is probably the way to go (i.e. white lists). At least for email going directly into your inbox, they should be approved senders or friends of approved senders. When we get a solution that can block 99.9% of all spam and can catch up with new exploits as they come up, then I'll be impressed. Everything else is just mental masturbation.
First, to be on topic ESR need to accept that proprietary software is OK. Its just not his/our thing. But its not the end of the world. Attacking individuals/companies because they don't do what you think is the right thing will not help anything.
As for Sun and Java I'd like to see them make it more ubiquitous. Just having to download and install it is trouble enough add to that their cumbersome website design and you can toss at least 30% of the population right out. Make it idiot friendly. Any technology that isn't easy to use from fit to finish still needs work.
I think java is great, but I think they got so excited about the technology they overlooked the end user at times. Simple mistake, but it will certainly clog up adoption.
Winex is neet and all and I'll give them credit for not adding game support for games that are actively being ported to Linux. But if your trying to decide between a couple of games try to get the one that has a Linux port before chosing one with emulation (ok, wine is not emulation..ygmp).
Between inhouse porting and Icculus a lot of the major releases are coming out with native Linux ports. The developers are doing their part to support a Linux market that we've been clamoring about it for ages, so...buy something from ID Software or try out Savage, Neverwinter Nights, MOHAA or Unreal Tournament. Or save a little money and try America's Army. I'm playing a hell of a lot of Postal 2 STP and its *addictive as hell* and I haven't even touched Tribes 2 in months. Supporting WineX is just begging to go back to playing Tetris clones and Solitare natively under Linux.;-)
Does this mean that they did not believe Comcast's offer to be legitimate?
Thats business speak. It just means it wasn't enough (big enough, good enough, whatever) not that it wasn't legitimate (given enought greenbacks almost anything becomes legitimate;-)).
And yes, once it gets to the point where he could run out to the store (or call up Dell/Gateway/whomever) and order a new computer that has Linux as its default OS, hopefully all these shortcomings will have been addressed.
I think the thing is he's not going to run out and buy a computer with Linux preinstalled even while their available. Unless he's heard from someone he trusts (prefferably multiple someones, and probably you) that Linux is HANDS DOWN the way to go.
I think the number of people who buy computers with Linux preinstalled expecting it to have ALL the usability of OS X or Windows is low.
If your dad ever installs linux on his home desktop it will be because Linux (or more like the distro he's chosen) has over come the short coming your reffering to. You've made a moot point.
When Linux is ready it will be as easy to use as either Mac or Windows. And to really grab mindshare it will probably have to do the same things better then those other too.
It doesn't inconvenience them. Otherwise you've just got an annoyed Microsoft customer using Linux cdroms as coasters.
Might be good for people already familiar with Linux or who want to make the switch. But for a new user to convert its going to have to do something better then the current standard (which like it or not is Windows). Something that will actually positively effect their day to day use or give them some ragging rights. Like preinstalled MythTV.
Ryan is god if your even a little bit of a Linux gamer. But where did you get this info? Trying to find status on his ports is really..um..frustrating. I check his finger page daily (I'm waiting for Postal 2 retail) and the info is pretty thin. I had no idea *anyone* was working on a UT 2004 port (in fact what I'd picked up on the Linux game sites was that there wouldn't be one).
Anyhow, if you've got some inside track, share. Someone should put a game column into Linux Journal or something with this type of information. He's like a one man army bringing real gaming to the Linux desktop.
Thanks. So you uninstall Mozilla before every update? Sounds like you've got it covered. Hopefully whatever issue your having will get caught. I've switched my workplace over to Mozilla (well, all except for one old lady) and haven't experienced any of the same issues (all crappy Win-tel pc's). Works great with enough extras to keep most users away from IE for good.
When you upgrade Mozilla do you install over the top of the older version? I did this at first and it caused ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS. Including many of the problem you mention.
Aside from that I (probably like most of the other Slashdot users) am using it now. I haven't had any trouble with it in ages and really do swear by it and am also seeing more and more 'regular' pc users pricking up their ears at the mention of pop-up blocking or lack of spyware or any number of other useful features.
I think the 'geewiz factor' would be what could push Linux over the edge and the first 3 are more fundamentals. Like with Mozilla, where it can do certain things that IE doesn't (at least by default) that can quickly become 'must have' features.
I think you make some good, somewhat classical slashdot comments. Webs of trust are something of a buzzword around here. We seem to love to scratch our heads about this sort of thing.
So here's what I don't get.
Why aren't more sites using these types of systems? I mean: like a couple of years ago. Slashdot introduced a sort of democracy to the internet and we now have some semblance of order (mixed with a good deal of choas). But I look around and I see NONE of it being commonly put into use outside of Slashdot or sites like Kuroshin or blogs based on slashcode.
Then something like this happens and someone pipes up and suggests some form of moderation. Then everyone installs PHPbb or whatever they preffer and they go back to sleep.
I'm not trying to harp on anyone here, but if any of you are responsible for chosing or deploying web services look for a product that alows moderation for christ sake (and if your vender doesn't have it BITCH ABOUT IT). I mean we all know its not a sliver bullet, but not having it just sucks and honestly, at this point it just doesn't make sense.
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Through rote/repetetive use?
by calling it ManSoft? ;-)
If its the tradename Mandrake then couldn't they easily switch to using strictly 'Linux Mandrake' (its already being used). The original article is in french and I didn't see many specifics in the press release..
Script kiddies? It sounds like an evil superhero.
I agree with you. I'd like to see the concept of email split into two categories: secure email (white listing at the very least, maybe pgp signatures if they can be maded UF/transparent enough, encryption against eavesdroppers) and insecure (basically old fashioned email. This way you'd have you primary account(s) which are just for REAL communication and some secondary accounts you'd have to run filters on and deal with a little bit of junk. I would never advocate for removing our ablity to recieve email from anyone at all. But I'm pretty dead-set against using another lame filter system that will cut 100 of the 200 pieces of junk I recieve every day..
That said I use bluebottle.com which is now back from the dead (they use a tmda like system with the whitelist/greylist/blacklist and auto-add features). They work pretty good and are the closest thing I've seen so far.
The method works for only about half of all e-mails received - but in all of those cases, it sorts the mail into the right category.
We don't need a Band-Aid. We need a real solution. This may be an interesting solution, but honestly, its not acceptable. I really believe buddy lists is probably the way to go (i.e. white lists). At least for email going directly into your inbox, they should be approved senders or friends of approved senders. When we get a solution that can block 99.9% of all spam and can catch up with new exploits as they come up, then I'll be impressed. Everything else is just mental masturbation.
already discovered caffeine?
Prior art.
Buying scientists off is expensive. ;-)
First, to be on topic ESR need to accept that proprietary software is OK. Its just not his/our thing. But its not the end of the world. Attacking individuals/companies because they don't do what you think is the right thing will not help anything.
As for Sun and Java I'd like to see them make it more ubiquitous. Just having to download and install it is trouble enough add to that their cumbersome website design and you can toss at least 30% of the population right out. Make it idiot friendly. Any technology that isn't easy to use from fit to finish still needs work.
I think java is great, but I think they got so excited about the technology they overlooked the end user at times. Simple mistake, but it will certainly clog up adoption.
Winex is neet and all and I'll give them credit for not adding game support for games that are actively being ported to Linux. But if your trying to decide between a couple of games try to get the one that has a Linux port before chosing one with emulation (ok, wine is not emulation..ygmp).
;-)
Between inhouse porting and Icculus a lot of the major releases are coming out with native Linux ports. The developers are doing their part to support a Linux market that we've been clamoring about it for ages, so...buy something from ID Software or try out Savage, Neverwinter Nights, MOHAA or Unreal Tournament. Or save a little money and try America's Army. I'm playing a hell of a lot of Postal 2 STP and its *addictive as hell* and I haven't even touched Tribes 2 in months. Supporting WineX is just begging to go back to playing Tetris clones and Solitare natively under Linux.
Begins NOW!
;-)
No..now!
Does this mean that they did not believe Comcast's offer to be legitimate?
Thats business speak. It just means it wasn't enough (big enough, good enough, whatever) not that it wasn't legitimate (given enought greenbacks almost anything becomes legitimate;-)).
And yes, once it gets to the point where he could run out to the store (or call up Dell/Gateway/whomever) and order a new computer that has Linux as its default OS, hopefully all these shortcomings will have been addressed.
I think the thing is he's not going to run out and buy a computer with Linux preinstalled even while their available. Unless he's heard from someone he trusts (prefferably multiple someones, and probably you) that Linux is HANDS DOWN the way to go.
I think the number of people who buy computers with Linux preinstalled expecting it to have ALL the usability of OS X or Windows is low.
If your dad ever installs linux on his home desktop it will be because Linux (or more like the distro he's chosen) has over come the short coming your reffering to. You've made a moot point.
When Linux is ready it will be as easy to use as either Mac or Windows. And to really grab mindshare it will probably have to do the same things better then those other too.
It doesn't inconvenience them. Otherwise you've just got an annoyed Microsoft customer using Linux cdroms as coasters.
Might be good for people already familiar with Linux or who want to make the switch. But for a new user to convert its going to have to do something better then the current standard (which like it or not is Windows). Something that will actually positively effect their day to day use or give them some ragging rights. Like preinstalled MythTV.
Thanks to Epic for supporting the port and a HUGE thanks to Ryan @ Icculus for keeping Linux gaming a really, really good thing.
When do you think you'll finish iKernel? Looks like an interesting project (nice looking screen too!).
:-)
Just curious.
Ryan is god if your even a little bit of a Linux gamer. But where did you get this info? Trying to find status on his ports is really..um..frustrating. I check his finger page daily (I'm waiting for Postal 2 retail) and the info is pretty thin. I had no idea *anyone* was working on a UT 2004 port (in fact what I'd picked up on the Linux game sites was that there wouldn't be one).
Anyhow, if you've got some inside track, share. Someone should put a game column into Linux Journal or something with this type of information. He's like a one man army bringing real gaming to the Linux desktop.
Yeehaw!
Thanks. So you uninstall Mozilla before every update? Sounds like you've got it covered. Hopefully whatever issue your having will get caught. I've switched my workplace over to Mozilla (well, all except for one old lady) and haven't experienced any of the same issues (all crappy Win-tel pc's). Works great with enough extras to keep most users away from IE for good.
But the solution is stop using it.
For the war against IE. I like the war-like name. Moz developers take note! ;-)
When you upgrade Mozilla do you install over the top of the older version? I did this at first and it caused ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS. Including many of the problem you mention.
Aside from that I (probably like most of the other Slashdot users) am using it now. I haven't had any trouble with it in ages and really do swear by it and am also seeing more and more 'regular' pc users pricking up their ears at the mention of pop-up blocking or lack of spyware or any number of other useful features.
#1 - Total integration.
#2 - Usability.
#3 - Stylishness/aesthetics.
#4 - Geewiz.
I think the 'geewiz factor' would be what could push Linux over the edge and the first 3 are more fundamentals. Like with Mozilla, where it can do certain things that IE doesn't (at least by default) that can quickly become 'must have' features.
I think you make some good, somewhat classical slashdot comments. Webs of trust are something of a buzzword around here. We seem to love to scratch our heads about this sort of thing.
So here's what I don't get.
Why aren't more sites using these types of systems? I mean: like a couple of years ago. Slashdot introduced a sort of democracy to the internet and we now have some semblance of order (mixed with a good deal of choas). But I look around and I see NONE of it being commonly put into use outside of Slashdot or sites like Kuroshin or blogs based on slashcode.
Then something like this happens and someone pipes up and suggests some form of moderation. Then everyone installs PHPbb or whatever they preffer and they go back to sleep.
I'm not trying to harp on anyone here, but if any of you are responsible for chosing or deploying web services look for a product that alows moderation for christ sake (and if your vender doesn't have it BITCH ABOUT IT). I mean we all know its not a sliver bullet, but not having it just sucks and honestly, at this point it just doesn't make sense.