If I could give you points I'd give you a +1. Linux is great but it's too difficult for mom and pop users. There's way to many GUI's and weird commands that have to be learned. I'd love to see Linux beat Microsoft but I'll bet it won't happen in my lifetime. Reading repetitive articles and posts about Linux being able to do this and that, and now it won't be long before Microsoft loses, is starting to annoy and disappoint me. Why can't you geeks make a distro like Windows. Sorry to say it, but Windows is the best for everyday users and Linux/UNIX is best as servers. But there will always be more everyday users than servers.
Hmmm... now I'm thinking of Lindows. Why didn't that make a difference?
So, is that ":q" or ":q!"? You never know when it's Linux.
I agree with celeritas_2 in the parent post, but I can't understand why he wrote ouch to user-friendly options. Make some good mom and pop applications and go fiddle with you kernel yourself.
I can't understand why all you geeks can't make a unified Linux desktop like Windows. Some of you are probably smirking now but look at how small a market share Linux has to Windows. Linux will never ever be a threat to Microsoft if ten geeks make ten desktops. Knoppix can be downloaded in a DVD edition, a mere four gigabytes. Wow, that must be an excellent distro you may think or else you're thinking Slashware, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, etc., etc., is much better. Bah! I'm rambling.
My point is that you Linux geeks should work on a unified mom-and-pop distro to really compete with Microsoft Windows. And please don't reply with stupid posts about this and that does that. If that was true Linux would have won today.
I'm waiting for the usual Linux geeky comments about BSOD, restart, virus, security:P
I can only agree with you that advertising help spread the word about a product/service. Continually hearing about a product also work, except for me. That's milking it. I'm 25 years old and already tired of the biased world of advertisement. I use Adblock when surfing the Internet, I change channel or mute the sound while commercials are on TV, I change channel when listening to radio, etc. I have no problem with others being subjected to ads, it's their choice like I've made mine.
If I need a product/service only then do I search the Internet for it or ask friends or family. Not the other way around, i.e. have a company telling me that I need this or that.
No, I don't see banners because I use Adblock. Other people that don't know Firefox or Mozilla will learn that there's an alternative to Microsoft Internet Explorer and that is a good thing about advertising. But constantly being subjected to irrelevant or repetitive ads is just plain annoying.
I learned about Firefox by searching the Internet for an alternative browser and asked questions on forums. Mozilla was recommended to me and later on Firefox was born. So that would be word-of-mouth advertising which is fine by me because that's what I wanted, not the other way around, i.e. being stuffed with irrelevant ads.
And without advertising, how are people going to know about it
Well, I'm from Denmark and I didn't know about the Foreman grill or Boflex before I Googled it:)
Ads just create an artificial desire. If I need to lose weight I run or do push ups as people have done for centuries. I'd be very surprised if the Foreman grill is a one of a kind product. If so, then it must be patented.
If you like spending time watching commercials in TV, reading them in magazines, or hearing them in radio you're welcome. It's your life.
Read my comment thoroughly before accusing me of not allowing you to advertise. Ads serve a useful purpose if they convey something interesting like a new product. Daily ads like McDonalds are redundant and ignorant. Redundant because everybody already knows about it and ignorant because advertising for their cheap burgers is an oxymoron.
Ads cost money. Whenever I see an ad for a product or service I automatically think that there must be a competing product that's cheaper. If there's no competitor then why advertise?
I was reading an article on CNN [http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/10/27/file.swa pping.ap/index.html]
The following sentence made me wonder if RIAA really can sue people with MP3's: "...the upside is that because the copy isn't exact, the licensing hurdles are lower."
MP3's are NOT exact copies, so how can RIAA justify suing people?
I was (finally) told that MandrakeLinux-9.2rc1-CD1.i586.iso won't run on a 486 computer (doh!). Only question now is why didn't Mandrake explain me that the computer is incompatible and then simply quit?
I tried to install Mandrake 9.2 RC 1 on a 486 Intel machine but repeatedly ran into the same problem regarding a missing package. I don't know the name of the package since the installer didn't specify it. I tried installing with danish language support, then english, but both failed. Then I tried the minimum install (without WineX and documentation), but that failed too. The harddisk was formatted and mounted as "/".
Does Mandrake 9.2 work with 486 processors or what else am I doing wrong? I'm currently downloading Mandrake 9.1 to see if that also fails. HELP!
I'm wondering why in all the places I've worked we never called Microsoft for support. Maybe because support is asking a friends friend for complicated problems.
Is there really a need for supporters since everything can be answered in webforums or otherwise read?
What about "forcing" people to use a newer standard? I'm not referring to XHTML 2.0, but HTML 4 or newer. How many percent are actually limited to a HTML 3.2 browser? </line> <line> I know this seems like flamebait but I'm serious:) </line>
LOL - One line of HTML is enough to crash MSIE 6.0. A visual bug is described at http://www.alistapart.com/bugs.html and security holes are described at http://www.pivx.com/larholm/unpatched/
"Now, of course they want to hook up their digital camera and an all-in-one scanner/printer, so there could be some challenges ahead."
That the essence of Linux. Now your parents will have to contact you to get their camera working. With Windows, the biggest problem would possibly be finding the USB port. Windows will in most cases configure the rest once it's been plugged in.
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If I could give you points I'd give you a +1. Linux is great but it's too difficult for mom and pop users. There's way to many GUI's and weird commands that have to be learned. I'd love to see Linux beat Microsoft but I'll bet it won't happen in my lifetime. Reading repetitive articles and posts about Linux being able to do this and that, and now it won't be long before Microsoft loses, is starting to annoy and disappoint me. Why can't you geeks make a distro like Windows. Sorry to say it, but Windows is the best for everyday users and Linux/UNIX is best as servers. But there will always be more everyday users than servers.
Hmmm... now I'm thinking of Lindows. Why didn't that make a difference?
So, is that ":q" or ":q!"? You never know when it's Linux. :P
I agree with celeritas_2 in the parent post, but I can't understand why he wrote ouch to user-friendly options. Make some good mom and pop applications and go fiddle with you kernel yourself.
I can't understand why all you geeks can't make a unified Linux desktop like Windows. Some of you are probably smirking now but look at how small a market share Linux has to Windows. Linux will never ever be a threat to Microsoft if ten geeks make ten desktops. Knoppix can be downloaded in a DVD edition, a mere four gigabytes. Wow, that must be an excellent distro you may think or else you're thinking Slashware, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, etc., etc., is much better. Bah! I'm rambling.
My point is that you Linux geeks should work on a unified mom-and-pop distro to really compete with Microsoft Windows. And please don't reply with stupid posts about this and that does that. If that was true Linux would have won today.
I'm waiting for the usual Linux geeky comments about BSOD, restart, virus, security
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USA has gone nuts. That is Usama bin Ladens ultimate victory.
For those of us that use Windows there's now a Windows version of PostgreSQL available. Check it out at here and here.
I can only agree with you that advertising help spread the word about a product/service. Continually hearing about a product also work, except for me. That's milking it. I'm 25 years old and already tired of the biased world of advertisement. I use Adblock when surfing the Internet, I change channel or mute the sound while commercials are on TV, I change channel when listening to radio, etc. I have no problem with others being subjected to ads, it's their choice like I've made mine.
If I need a product/service only then do I search the Internet for it or ask friends or family. Not the other way around, i.e. have a company telling me that I need this or that.
No, I don't see banners because I use Adblock. Other people that don't know Firefox or Mozilla will learn that there's an alternative to Microsoft Internet Explorer and that is a good thing about advertising. But constantly being subjected to irrelevant or repetitive ads is just plain annoying.
I learned about Firefox by searching the Internet for an alternative browser and asked questions on forums. Mozilla was recommended to me and later on Firefox was born. So that would be word-of-mouth advertising which is fine by me because that's what I wanted, not the other way around, i.e. being stuffed with irrelevant ads.
And without advertising, how are people going to know about it
:)
Ads just create an artificial desire. If I need to lose weight I run or do push ups as people have done for centuries. I'd be very surprised if the Foreman grill is a one of a kind product. If so, then it must be patented.
Well, I'm from Denmark and I didn't know about the Foreman grill or Boflex before I Googled it
If you like spending time watching commercials in TV, reading them in magazines, or hearing them in radio you're welcome. It's your life.
Read my comment thoroughly before accusing me of not allowing you to advertise. Ads serve a useful purpose if they convey something interesting like a new product. Daily ads like McDonalds are redundant and ignorant. Redundant because everybody already knows about it and ignorant because advertising for their cheap burgers is an oxymoron.
Ads cost money. Whenever I see an ad for a product or service I automatically think that there must be a competing product that's cheaper. If there's no competitor then why advertise?
I'm using a Danish Windows XP. Will this service pack work on my system?
Does anybody know if there's movies from the competition? I'm especially interested in in-game clips.
I love Mozilla plug-ins, especially Adblock and Dictionary Search, but how do I remove a plug-in? Is there a plug-in that can do that?
"Click on any link or image to accept the User Agreement" - So I've agreed even before reading because the agreement isn't on the front page?
Now I'd like to see some statistics on how much time I'm using at reading about bug reports.
I was reading an article on CNN [http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/10/27/file.swa pping.ap/index.html]
The following sentence made me wonder if RIAA really can sue people with MP3's: "...the upside is that because the copy isn't exact, the licensing hurdles are lower."
MP3's are NOT exact copies, so how can RIAA justify suing people?
Check out this PowerQuest Partition Magic update page :)
I was (finally) told that MandrakeLinux-9.2rc1-CD1.i586.iso won't run on a 486 computer (doh!). Only question now is why didn't Mandrake explain me that the computer is incompatible and then simply quit?
I tried to install Mandrake 9.2 RC 1 on a 486 Intel machine but repeatedly ran into the same problem regarding a missing package. I don't know the name of the package since the installer didn't specify it. I tried installing with danish language support, then english, but both failed. Then I tried the minimum install (without WineX and documentation), but that failed too. The harddisk was formatted and mounted as "/".
Does Mandrake 9.2 work with 486 processors or what else am I doing wrong? I'm currently downloading Mandrake 9.1 to see if that also fails. HELP!
I'm wondering why in all the places I've worked we never called Microsoft for support. Maybe because support is asking a friends friend for complicated problems.
Is there really a need for supporters since everything can be answered in webforums or otherwise read?
Where do you get those browser-statistics? My source is TheCounter.com
What about "forcing" people to use a newer standard? I'm not referring to XHTML 2.0, but HTML 4 or newer. How many percent are actually limited to a HTML 3.2 browser?
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I know this seems like flamebait but I'm serious
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"Is your browser retarded [attbi.com]?"
LOL - One line of HTML is enough to crash MSIE 6.0. A visual bug is described at http://www.alistapart.com/bugs.html and security holes are described at http://www.pivx.com/larholm/unpatched/
"Now, of course they want to hook up their digital camera and an all-in-one scanner/printer, so there could be some challenges ahead."
That the essence of Linux. Now your parents will have to contact you to get their camera working. With Windows, the biggest problem would possibly be finding the USB port. Windows will in most cases configure the rest once it's been plugged in.