and get a free boxed/retail copy of each openSUSE release.
No. I've been a member since the first day applications for membership were accepted and have never received a free box. Those normally go to people who make contributions to the distribution or community (consistently good bug reports, heavy involvement in the development cycle via bug reports and feedback, quality packaging, translations, advocacy, community involvement, etc.) above and beyond the usual, and not just to members but to non-members, as well.
I had no success, so if anyone knows what I am talking about, please post the link. It's possible that this was part of a bigger series of comic "sequels" to famous books.
Unfortunately (IMHO), the default desktop on SUSE has changed from KDE to Gnome since Novell took it over.
No, it hasn't. The default selection in SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop is Gnome, but that only means the radio button for Gnome is preselected rather than for KDE when choosing which desktop to install. It doesn't take much effort to select the KDE button. The default selected desktop for openSUSE is still KDE.
Considering that GNOME is the default on suse, it is amazing.
Gnome is the default selection for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, but only in that the radio button for Gnome is preselected, rather than that for KDE. KDE is still the default selection for openSUSE.
My understanding is that this is an indemnity deal. Microsoft says it won't sue Novell over patents.
Incorrect. This is the part everyone around here keeps getting wrong, either willfully or because the fact that Microsoft is involved gets them so crosseyed-mad that they can't read. The agreement is that Microsoft won't sue Novell's customers should Novell be found to be violating any of Microsoft's patents, nor will Novell sue Microsoft's customers if Microsoft is found to be violating Novell's patents. This doesn't prevent either company from suing the other over patent violations.
This is the company who, until recently, produced only proprietary software - specifically, every one of the tools they created for their distribution, most notably yast, were closed-source.
No, not really. Previous to YaST's license being changed to GPL in 2004, the source was fully available. The original YaST license, however, was not OSI-compatible in that while you could modify and/or redistribute YaST, one was prohibited from selling any product using YaST or YaST derivatives. The only proprietary software provided by SuSE was in the box sets (MainActor demo, Acrobat Reader, Flash, Arkeia, etc.), all placed in a separate package group and not installed by default, with a popup when installing through YaST notifying you of its non-Free status.
Good explanation of venture capital. However, the OP was making a (too?) subtle reference to the fact that ScuttleMonkey and the submitter are a couple of illiterate halfwits who seem to be lacking in anything close to a simple understanding of even the most basic rules of capitalization and grammar.
The last day of the tax year is 31 December (it's also the last day of Q4 for those filing quarterly business returns). Just because most people are too damned lazy to file until the last possible second doesn't mean that you can't file as soon as the tax forms are available.
Three Words: Red Green Show
Tune into it on PBS sometime and you'll find that there is still some good American humor left, despite what "Airplane" did to the rest of it. Unfortunately, the 'Brits probably won't get it.
If, by "American humor", you meant "Canadian humour", sure. (Hint: "The Red Green Show" is produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.)
I'm one of those "libertarians" whould would like to see public education disappear. FYI, my parents sent me to a nice private school in CA, and FYI it cost them less to send me there than it did the state of CA to send a kid in LA to gettho high about 30 minutes north.
Also, I believe govt funded education will go away, they simply cant meet our kids needs for the future, and the govt spending is quickly approaching bankruptcy levels.
It appears that the quality of education you received from this "nice private school" is about equal to that of "gettho high". So, have your parents asked for a refund due to the school's failure to educate you, or are they making you work it off due to your apparent inability to learn your native tongue?
I find it rediculous when companies try to charge for access to their news archives (eg: nytimes). For the most part, the only articles that are of interest to anyone are those that are from the current edition. The current articles are mainly read for pleasure. I can understand paying for that.
But the Times doesn't charge for access to current articles. Sure, you've got to register to do so, but how many people bitch about even that?
Personally, I have no problem with them making a little on the side by charging for access to their archives. It's not like its a new idea; many newspapers have been charging for access to their morgues and for physical copies of back issues and old articles for years.
I think the point is that it is easy to connect two computers to the modem via the ethernet ports if you don't want to have to set up internet connection sharing on one of your computers.
I've installed a few of these for clients who were unable to get broadband, were unwilling to pay more for broadband versus cheap dialup, or were in need of a backup link. Yes, sharing a 56K connection in an office network is hideously slow. It's bad enough sharing a dialup connection with my wife, a bookkeeper, when she needs to update Quicbooks' tax tables. "To hell with your clients, dear, I need to read Slashdot!"
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Members get to vote on the board
Yes.
and get a free boxed/retail copy of each openSUSE release.
No. I've been a member since the first day applications for membership were accepted and have never received a free box. Those normally go to people who make contributions to the distribution or community (consistently good bug reports, heavy involvement in the development cycle via bug reports and feedback, quality packaging, translations, advocacy, community involvement, etc.) above and beyond the usual, and not just to members but to non-members, as well.
It was a Bob the Angry Flower strip.
No, it hasn't. The default selection in SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop is Gnome, but that only means the radio button for Gnome is preselected rather than for KDE when choosing which desktop to install. It doesn't take much effort to select the KDE button. The default selected desktop for openSUSE is still KDE.
Gnome is the default selection for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, but only in that the radio button for Gnome is preselected, rather than that for KDE. KDE is still the default selection for openSUSE.
SuSE was a privately-held company before the Novell purchase. Novell bought SuSE for $210 million in cash.
Incorrect. This is the part everyone around here keeps getting wrong, either willfully or because the fact that Microsoft is involved gets them so crosseyed-mad that they can't read. The agreement is that Microsoft won't sue Novell's customers should Novell be found to be violating any of Microsoft's patents, nor will Novell sue Microsoft's customers if Microsoft is found to be violating Novell's patents. This doesn't prevent either company from suing the other over patent violations.
If the phone company were to arbitrarily remove my business listing from the phonebook, I should at the very least be given an explanation as to why.
Yes, a bad analogy. Businesses pay for their phonebook listings.
No, not really. Previous to YaST's license being changed to GPL in 2004, the source was fully available. The original YaST license, however, was not OSI-compatible in that while you could modify and/or redistribute YaST, one was prohibited from selling any product using YaST or YaST derivatives. The only proprietary software provided by SuSE was in the box sets (MainActor demo, Acrobat Reader, Flash, Arkeia, etc.), all placed in a separate package group and not installed by default, with a popup when installing through YaST notifying you of its non-Free status.
I found two of them for the US. One here, and the other one can be found here.
Good explanation of venture capital. However, the OP was making a (too?) subtle reference to the fact that ScuttleMonkey and the submitter are a couple of illiterate halfwits who seem to be lacking in anything close to a simple understanding of even the most basic rules of capitalization and grammar.
The last day of the tax year is 31 December (it's also the last day of Q4 for those filing quarterly business returns). Just because most people are too damned lazy to file until the last possible second doesn't mean that you can't file as soon as the tax forms are available.
If, by "American humor", you meant "Canadian humour", sure. (Hint: "The Red Green Show" is produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.)
Also, I believe govt funded education will go away, they simply cant meet our kids needs for the future, and the govt spending is quickly approaching bankruptcy levels.
It appears that the quality of education you received from this "nice private school" is about equal to that of "gettho high". So, have your parents asked for a refund due to the school's failure to educate you, or are they making you work it off due to your apparent inability to learn your native tongue?
So how bad would it be to just repost all the same comments in this story?
Well, it's not like the editors are going to check up on you.
Oh, you mean like a Slashdot meetup?
So nice of you to copy this comment from an earlier story, verbatim, without crediting the original author
He didn't copy it, he reverse-engineered it.
Except that it is the GNU General Public License, not the "GNU Public License", which is what the poster was pointing out.
Yes. In 0.11.20, you have the option to make a clone copy (i.e., a raw bit-for-bit copy) of a CD. K3b recommends using this option to copy (S)VCDs.
"Be sure to drink your Ovaltine."?
Something tells me that they are already omitting visible light.
Kids these days. You send them to school, and they just chew on the books.
Yes, there is.
And you know that just as soon as you lay that fibre, a backhoe is going to come along and cut it.
Except that AOL doesn't use a regular PPP connection. They use their own proprietary dialup protocol, instead.
But the Times doesn't charge for access to current articles. Sure, you've got to register to do so, but how many people bitch about even that?
Personally, I have no problem with them making a little on the side by charging for access to their archives. It's not like its a new idea; many newspapers have been charging for access to their morgues and for physical copies of back issues and old articles for years.
And at around USD$55, is a lot cheaper than the alternative.
I've installed a few of these for clients who were unable to get broadband, were unwilling to pay more for broadband versus cheap dialup, or were in need of a backup link. Yes, sharing a 56K connection in an office network is hideously slow. It's bad enough sharing a dialup connection with my wife, a bookkeeper, when she needs to update Quicbooks' tax tables. "To hell with your clients, dear, I need to read Slashdot!"