While that may be true, I would much rather have badly documented OO programs than badly documented programs full of GOTOs. Just as I would rather have a well documented OO program than a well documented GOTO program.
No programming language can make up for bad documentation, but that doesn't mean that all programming languages are equal.
Sandboxed VM execution for user-mode applications built in to the OS?
Except that this this can already be done with Java. And before you say that it isn't part of "Linux", Linux != OS. It is a kernel, the distros (Mandrake, SuSE, Fedora, etc) are the OSes, and many of them do include Java as part of the OS.
Not only that, but Linux actually can do this, just at the kernel level. It is called SELinux. And it is much more powerful than a simple sandbox.
By default, Firefox zooms images that you view directly to fit the screen. When I occasionally used Windows lab machines a few years ago there was nothing I hated more than loading a screenshot and seeing it scaled down. At least you can turn this off in the preferences.
FYI, if you click on the image it goes to full size. A bit annoying at times, but it's not that bad...
What, so you would rather use a 32-bit extension for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system coded for a 4-bit microprocessor written by a 2-bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition?
Didn't they? Then why did Apple take a *NIX OS and make it into OSX? Then why was a major selling point of the latest version of OSX having X Windows? Then why did Apple take KHTML? Why does OSX have the GNU coreutils (or was it BSD ones)?
Oh, and before you say "That's not Linux!", "Linux" is a kernel. And a GPLed one at that. So, yeah, they don't copy "Linux", and can't.
Try going into the KDE Control Center -> Sound and Multimedia -> Sound System, and unchecking the box that says "Run with the highest possible priority (realtime priority)". I've heard that the Anticipatory Scheduler can sometimes cause problems (skipping and such) with applications that have a low nice level.
Um, the GPL doesn't ever infringe on fair use. No where in the the GPL does it say that you cannot do something with the data on your HD. Hell, you don't have to even agree with it to use the software. It only comes into play when you wanna redistribute the software.
The poster that you quited was not saying anything about redistributing anything. He just wants the data that is on his HD to be fully accessible to him.
Sadly, the gap is closing from the US side, for the good of the country and all that rot.
You have the fact that not everyone wants to hear what you have to say with true cencorship. You can still say what you want about the US govenrment. Just because that viewpoint isn't represented on major networks does not mean that the "gap is closing", it simply means that people do not want to hear it.
It DID happen. Loki heard the clamor, released a bunch of games, then went belly up because all the people who had insisted for years that they'd buy linux games if they came out turned out to be lying.
No, Loki didn't go out of business because of people not being willing to buy Linux games, Loki went out of business becuase of extremely poor management. See http://www.linuxandmain.com/features/lokistory.htm lfor the full story on how bad the management really was.
I'm not flame bating here, but what does Gnome have to do with Linux aside from the fact that its one of many programs that can run on Linux? From the Gnome about [gnome.org] page, it mentions Linux twice with "or UNIX" right beside it.
Because GNOME and KDE were written on Linux for Linux. Yes, they run on other UNIXes, but that is only a favorable effect of Linux following the POSIX standard. Without Linux, there would have been no GNOME or KDE (there might have been something else, but not KDE and GNOME).
Qt is open (sort of) and closed (sort of), and there seems to be little concensus about how open it is -- having read the license myself, I'm still not sure.
Um... QT is GPL, so it is just as Free as Linux.
It can also be used under another lisence, if you are willing to pay to help QT development.
Does anyone else see the irony in this person using the term lean in relation to the Linux kernal?"
No.
I've seen Linux running on a 486DX with 8 MB of RAM nicely. To run X, you'll need a bit more... say P1 100 with 32MB of ram. That hardly qualifies as "bloat".
You just need to choose which bloat to take, or go with one of the BSDs, one of the Unixes, FreeDOS or OpenBeOS.
Ummm... no. The BSD's are roughly at the same level at Linux. Many of the UNIXes are much larger then Linux and BSD.
Oh, and drivers are almost always compiled as modules, so that if they are not needed, they are not loaded.
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While that may be true, I would much rather have badly documented OO programs than badly documented programs full of GOTOs. Just as I would rather have a well documented OO program than a well documented GOTO program.
No programming language can make up for bad documentation, but that doesn't mean that all programming languages are equal.
less arcane than vi
:wq or just :x...
Yeah, because Ctrl+KX is so much less arcane than
Not only that, but Linux actually can do this, just at the kernel level. It is called SELinux. And it is much more powerful than a simple sandbox.
What, so you would rather use a 32-bit extension for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system coded for a 4-bit microprocessor written by a 2-bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition?
Didn't they? Then why did Apple take a *NIX OS and make it into OSX? Then why was a major selling point of the latest version of OSX having X Windows? Then why did Apple take KHTML? Why does OSX have the GNU coreutils (or was it BSD ones)?
Oh, and before you say "That's not Linux!", "Linux" is a kernel. And a GPLed one at that. So, yeah, they don't copy "Linux", and can't.
That must be why I have ESD, aRts, and XMMS (direct to /dev/dsp) running at the same time...
I believe you meant Motion Picture Ass Head. Notice the "/jack/".
I know I've heard that somewhere, but I can't quite rememer where. Anyone care to enlighten me?
I'll take the Linux women over the BSD women any day.
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Try going into the KDE Control Center -> Sound and Multimedia -> Sound System, and unchecking the box that says "Run with the highest possible priority (realtime priority)". I've heard that the Anticipatory Scheduler can sometimes cause problems (skipping and such) with applications that have a low nice level.
Um, the GPL doesn't ever infringe on fair use. No where in the the GPL does it say that you cannot do something with the data on your HD. Hell, you don't have to even agree with it to use the software. It only comes into play when you wanna redistribute the software.
The poster that you quited was not saying anything about redistributing anything. He just wants the data that is on his HD to be fully accessible to him.
That's a good idea. I assume that I get to pick which ones, right?
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Then why are all those porn servers in the US? Then why can people still sell porno videos in the US (as long as it isn't to minors)?
You only have problems when you try to get the govenrment to reserve part of the EM frequency for you.
Sadly, the gap is closing from the US side, for the good of the country and all that rot.
You have the fact that not everyone wants to hear what you have to say with true cencorship. You can still say what you want about the US govenrment. Just because that viewpoint isn't represented on major networks does not mean that the "gap is closing", it simply means that people do not want to hear it.
Yeah, you had better ask those GIMP guys for all your money back. Oh, wait...
Heh. If it was Win, it would have been hacked, but no one would have known.
Something like KSayIt perhaps?
Also, IIRC, Windows XP has no equivelent of setuid or setgid bits. Nor does it have sudo.
Except that you are that minor, unimportant and insignificant person. ;)
It can also be used under another lisence, if you are willing to pay to help QT development.
I've seen Linux running on a 486DX with 8 MB of RAM nicely. To run X, you'll need a bit more... say P1 100 with 32MB of ram. That hardly qualifies as "bloat".
Ummm... no. The BSD's are roughly at the same level at Linux. Many of the UNIXes are much larger then Linux and BSD.
Oh, and drivers are almost always compiled as modules, so that if they are not needed, they are not loaded.
Just so you know: X mmaps all your video card's RAM. So if your video card has 256MB of RAM, X will appear to be using 256MB of RAM.