Oh wait--this isn't Red Hat. dot oh releases are actually stable with Slackware, so there's no need for the "scrambling bugfix" release. Anyway, it's good to see continued development for the venerable distributions, and the (eventual!) addition of glibc support will be valuable.
People are making the the mistake between equality and equal opportunity. While communism preaches equality of state, capitalism preaches equality of opportunity. This means that in communism, the person that actively takes the opportunities and works toward a goal is not rewarded. That's what capitalism is all about. That and greed, jealousy, brutal competition, and an ultra-materialistic society. You gotta love it!
Anyway, Linux is more like capitalism in this way because access to source code (and freedom to do cool things with it), means that every joe schmuck has an equal opportunity to contribute to the whole and make money as a reward. Provided Joe has a computer and preferably Internet access, but that really isn't Linux's problem to solve.
I myself dream of a world where everyone has the same chance, the equal opportunity to go out there and make themselves a fortune. A world where people are rewarded with their hard work. Unless you happen to dislike spending lots of money, like me, but I thoroughly enjoy making it so it all cancels out I guess. An equality of state (everyone's the same, and that's it) would be silly.
I don't think anyone is going to disagree about the fact that the cooperation between KDE and GNOME is beneficial. I don't think that one of the two widget sets will be adopted, however. In my opinion, there will be many widget sets--Qt, Gtk+, and others--each of them talking to an environment that combines the features and interfaces from both KDE and GNOME.
I think the LSB should move in this area. Now don't get started--the LSB is attempting the address the "normal user," not hackers like you and I. Hackers like you and I like to fiddle around with stuff--it's why we're hackers. And Linux in its current state satisfies our needs beautifully.
While the mainstream Linux distributions search for uniformity and standards compliance, there will always be the rogues, the hackers--you can't change that, and it would be stupid to try. But for everyone else, starting with a uniform standard base will be the way to go.
I can't wait to see a desktop environment that will be friendly--nay, designed--for both KDE and GNOME applications.
I've used Linux long enough to enjoy using it, and to understand its philosophy. I derive great joy in finding out how to set up software and create new applications for Linux.
But Linux is for me. BeOS may very well be the OS for everyone else, and that's perfectly fine with me. The desktop operating system landscape will probably include all of Linux, BeOS, and Windows, each with their own uses and mindshare. I can see Linux being used as the developer's desktop, BeOS as the media and consumer desktop, and possibly Windows in the corporate arena. And that should suit us just fine.
The Linux hardware vendors are some of the best corporate citizens I've seen in any industry. They wholeheartedly support the Linux community, because they realise that without it they wouldn't exist in the first place. I like the fact that Penguin Computing is providing servers for sites such as Linux Online, 32 Bits Online, and LinuxToday. Then you've got VA Linux Systems taking the time to ensure Linux.com doesn't get run over by corporate interests, but instead makes it a community interest site. Not to mention hosting Debian, GNU, and Themes.org. You've got to hand it to the Linux Store for pushing the envelope for low-cost systems.
The Linux hardware vendors have shown a dedication to the community and customers that is rarely seen in this generally cruel marketplace. I sincerely hope they keep it up.
I am *very* pleasantly surprised to see the G400 chip specifications availability. With the full G200 specs taking quite a while to emerge, I was quite sure that the same delay would occur with the G400.
But the specs came out! And not only that, they're out before the video card is even on the shelves! I'm guessing that either the specs documentation is a little easier this time around, and/or Matrox is really trying the one-upmanship battle with NVidia (judging by NVidia's recent Open Source Linux drivers).
That's what great about getting hardware vendors to support Linux--you only need to convince one or two. Once that happens, the other companies will do it for fear of losing competitive advantage.
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How did I get First Post, you ask? This story came up on NewsNow before it made it to the front page of Slashdot.org. Interesting.
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Oh wait--this isn't Red Hat. dot oh releases are actually stable with Slackware, so there's no need for the "scrambling bugfix" release. Anyway, it's good to see continued development for the venerable distributions, and the (eventual!) addition of glibc support will be valuable.
People are making the the mistake between equality and equal opportunity. While communism preaches equality of state, capitalism preaches equality of opportunity. This means that in communism, the person that actively takes the opportunities and works toward a goal is not rewarded. That's what capitalism is all about. That and greed, jealousy, brutal competition, and an ultra-materialistic society. You gotta love it!
Anyway, Linux is more like capitalism in this way because access to source code (and freedom to do cool things with it), means that every joe schmuck has an equal opportunity to contribute to the whole and make money as a reward. Provided Joe has a computer and preferably Internet access, but that really isn't Linux's problem to solve.
I myself dream of a world where everyone has the same chance, the equal opportunity to go out there and make themselves a fortune. A world where people are rewarded with their hard work. Unless you happen to dislike spending lots of money, like me, but I thoroughly enjoy making it so it all cancels out I guess. An equality of state (everyone's the same, and that's it) would be silly.
I don't think anyone is going to disagree about the fact that the cooperation between KDE and GNOME is beneficial. I don't think that one of the two widget sets will be adopted, however. In my opinion, there will be many widget sets--Qt, Gtk+, and others--each of them talking to an environment that combines the features and interfaces from both KDE and GNOME.
I think the LSB should move in this area. Now don't get started--the LSB is attempting the address the "normal user," not hackers like you and I. Hackers like you and I like to fiddle around with stuff--it's why we're hackers. And Linux in its current state satisfies our needs beautifully.
While the mainstream Linux distributions search for uniformity and standards compliance, there will always be the rogues, the hackers--you can't change that, and it would be stupid to try. But for everyone else, starting with a uniform standard base will be the way to go.
I can't wait to see a desktop environment that will be friendly--nay, designed--for both KDE and GNOME applications.
I've used Linux long enough to enjoy using it, and to understand its philosophy. I derive great joy in finding out how to set up software and create new applications for Linux.
But Linux is for me. BeOS may very well be the OS for everyone else, and that's perfectly fine with me. The desktop operating system landscape will probably include all of Linux, BeOS, and Windows, each with their own uses and mindshare. I can see Linux being used as the developer's desktop, BeOS as the media and consumer desktop, and possibly Windows in the corporate arena. And that should suit us just fine.
The Linux hardware vendors are some of the best corporate citizens I've seen in any industry. They wholeheartedly support the Linux community, because they realise that without it they wouldn't exist in the first place. I like the fact that Penguin Computing is providing servers for sites such as Linux Online, 32 Bits Online, and LinuxToday. Then you've got VA Linux Systems taking the time to ensure Linux.com doesn't get run over by corporate interests, but instead makes it a community interest site. Not to mention hosting Debian, GNU, and Themes.org. You've got to hand it to the Linux Store for pushing the envelope for low-cost systems.
The Linux hardware vendors have shown a dedication to the community and customers that is rarely seen in this generally cruel marketplace. I sincerely hope they keep it up.
I am *very* pleasantly surprised to see the G400 chip specifications availability. With the full G200 specs taking quite a while to emerge, I was quite sure that the same delay would occur with the G400.
But the specs came out! And not only that, they're out before the video card is even on the shelves! I'm guessing that either the specs documentation is a little easier this time around, and/or Matrox is really trying the one-upmanship battle with NVidia (judging by NVidia's recent Open Source Linux drivers).
That's what great about getting hardware vendors to support Linux--you only need to convince one or two. Once that happens, the other companies will do it for fear of losing competitive advantage.