That includes everyone who's responded to a blog entry, posted on a message board, etc.? It seems rather low. What would really be interesting is how many people have their own web page(s).
Right, but they may not know how to evaluate the reliable information they get. My newspaper called Tim Berners-Lee the inventer of the internet. I'm sure their reliable information was correct, but they didn't know the difference between the internet and the web.
Because newspapers don't have good tech writers. How would they? The people in charge of hiring them don't know what to look for, anyone who knows a little more than the employer will look like an expert.
It can be modded that way, but it's not very mainstream to do so. If everyone had to mod their XYZBox to have something like today's computer, there would be much less software available, and less users (actually, that would probably be a good thing). There would be no way to download and burn ISOs for XYZBOX hacks, so people would have to trade them in person or through the mail, which would add cost. Luckily, I don't think most people would let large corporations take over computers to that extent.
Not trying to troll, I'm really wondering whether something like this is needed. The major distros have such nice installers these days, I was able to walk away during my Fedora install after doing nothing but inserting the CD and selecting a few options.
I'm 13, and I've been programming in various languages since I was around 10. Nothing I read taught me good programming principles, and I'm worse off for it. Sure, it was probably more fun then, but I'm still trying to relearn half of what I know about programming.
The second I saw the annoying fade-in text effect. Google is nice because it's simple. No animations, no JS, and no fade-in text. This site doesn't seem to be much in the spirit of Google, no matter who runs it.
I don't know much about Windows development, so I can't comment on whether it's possible to use native widgets, but hardly anyone complains that they don't. On WinXP, programs which don't have that manifest file thingy have native widgets, and people don't seem to mind that too much.
Nonsense. Look at a lot of professional Windows apps (almost all games), they draw their own widgets. People want applications to look pretty, but not necessarily the same.
I know I shouldn't be replying to a troll, but here goes...
First of all, Debian has the most out of date software packages of any major mainstream distros. Even in the unstable version, is KDE 2.2 and Gnome 2.0, with Xfree86 4.1 (A version that really sucks). There are literally years that pass between each update of Debian.
My Debian Unstable with Gnome 2.4, KDE 3.1, and Xfree86 4.2 disagrees.
Secondly, its a pain in the rear to set up, first of all, you are forced to use Kernel 2.2, which is horribly hacked with "backports" to get any use on any modern machine (Read, made after 1999). Good luck memorizing all the *.ko files in/lib/modules, as you are going to need it.
My Debian system with 2.4.18 disagrees.
Configuring XFree86 is a pain! If you don't have a Thick X11 orilley book, and a list of your horizontal sync values from your monitor's intruction manual (if you even have one), BOOM! There goes your monitor.
I don't have an X11 book, but I do have my monitor's manual. And that worked.
Even then, good luck getting anything over 640x480@16 colours.
1280x1024 with 14 colors. Who needs more?
The most common response to help questions on the Debian mailing list is "n00b, READ THE MANUAL, you idiot, go back to WINDOWS XP if you can't learn to use dselect", true too, search the archives if you think I'm lying. Other distros give you comprehensive PRINTED MANUALS, PHONE SUPPPORT and/or freindly forums where repling RTM gets you banned!
But honestely, RTFMing is often the best thing to do. I've been told to RTFM a few times, and I'm glad of it too; I now know how to solve my own problems most of the time.
Debians support for any decent hardware, including USB mice, scanners, Sound cards, heck even Serial devices struggle. If you can even get 80x25 text mode with PS/2 input devices you are really lucky.
All of my hardware (including a USB keyboard, USB mouse, and HP Photosmart digital camera) works perfectly under Debian. Can't talk about any other hardware, of course.
Apt-get has many flaws. First of all it uses a non standard package format (the rest of the world uses RPM, deprecate the DEB format!), has broken respetories, and out of date software to install. All this combined with the kludgey dselect user interface make package management a nightmare.
Yes, most of the Linux distros are far behind Debian in using the RPM package format. DEBs are far better.
So we have a few broken repositories, so the heck what? Don't use them.
If you don't like dselect, use something else. Synaptic is quite nice.
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That includes everyone who's responded to a blog entry, posted on a message board, etc.? It seems rather low. What would really be interesting is how many people have their own web page(s).
Right, but they may not know how to evaluate the reliable information they get. My newspaper called Tim Berners-Lee the inventer of the internet. I'm sure their reliable information was correct, but they didn't know the difference between the internet and the web.
Because newspapers don't have good tech writers. How would they? The people in charge of hiring them don't know what to look for, anyone who knows a little more than the employer will look like an expert.
What if XML documents are considered scripts themselves, and namespaces are considered a way to embed more than one in the same file?
It's a patent, not a copyright, and it's on an idea, not code.
It can be modded that way, but it's not very mainstream to do so. If everyone had to mod their XYZBox to have something like today's computer, there would be much less software available, and less users (actually, that would probably be a good thing). There would be no way to download and burn ISOs for XYZBOX hacks, so people would have to trade them in person or through the mail, which would add cost. Luckily, I don't think most people would let large corporations take over computers to that extent.
Not trying to troll, I'm really wondering whether something like this is needed. The major distros have such nice installers these days, I was able to walk away during my Fedora install after doing nothing but inserting the CD and selecting a few options.
I'm 13, and I've been programming in various languages since I was around 10. Nothing I read taught me good programming principles, and I'm worse off for it. Sure, it was probably more fun then, but I'm still trying to relearn half of what I know about programming.
Proof that trolls never check their facts. It's been down for a while now, sorry.
I know you don't want to hear this, but the good posts makes the occasional spam well worth it. Oh yeah, and FP.
The second I saw the annoying fade-in text effect. Google is nice because it's simple. No animations, no JS, and no fade-in text. This site doesn't seem to be much in the spirit of Google, no matter who runs it.
Santa Cruise Operation, a charity cruise with Santa for terminally ill children.
Seems to be Slashdotted already.
I don't know much about Windows development, so I can't comment on whether it's possible to use native widgets, but hardly anyone complains that they don't. On WinXP, programs which don't have that manifest file thingy have native widgets, and people don't seem to mind that too much.
Nonsense. Look at a lot of professional Windows apps (almost all games), they draw their own widgets. People want applications to look pretty, but not necessarily the same.
Sounds like something from Pokemon.
I would complain and call it stupid, but I wouldn't try to get it banned. That's stupid.
The old black Apple keyboard that came with my old iMac isn't very quiet.
"You will be notified by e-mail of your final ranking when 2.6 is released."
What?
I'm talking about Debian Unstable, as I said.
I don't care who is or isn't using Debian, I care that it works for me.
As far as I know, POSIX doesn't mention any package format. How are DEBs any less standards-compliant than RPMS?
Can you name these security holes?
I know I shouldn't be replying to a troll, but here goes...
My Debian Unstable with Gnome 2.4, KDE 3.1, and Xfree86 4.2 disagrees.
My Debian system with 2.4.18 disagrees.
I don't have an X11 book, but I do have my monitor's manual. And that worked.
1280x1024 with 14 colors. Who needs more?But honestely, RTFMing is often the best thing to do. I've been told to RTFM a few times, and I'm glad of it too; I now know how to solve my own problems most of the time.
All of my hardware (including a USB keyboard, USB mouse, and HP Photosmart digital camera) works perfectly under Debian. Can't talk about any other hardware, of course.
Yes, most of the Linux distros are far behind Debian in using the RPM package format. DEBs are far better.
So we have a few broken repositories, so the heck what? Don't use them.
If you don't like dselect, use something else. Synaptic is quite nice.
Yeah, that's what Slashdot needs... peer review would prevent dupes like this.
"And, of course, those that existed merely as a figment of someone's imagination."
Is that a joke, or can they read minds now? I could come up 1000 things that I planned to create but didn't tell a soul about, could one of them win?