Nations like North Korea, Iran, Iraq and Libya can buy time for running their "scientific" tests on a computer cluster not far from being a supercomputer. No more need for Iraq to import video games and put them together as a computer cluster.:)
When I switched to Sprint some four months ago, telemarketers started to call like crazy (8-10 calls a day) regarding changing long distance etc. I thought... why not wasting their time and money by setting up my answering machine to pick up the call on the second ring? (since their computer hanged up on the third) Sure enough, they continued to call, and my answering machine picked up and they had to listen to my message. (they never left any messages.) It continued for four days and then they took me off their list. I've not had a signle telemarketer calling me from that day on! I guess they didn't like to get their time wasted and lose money on each call my answering machine picked up.:)
Redhat isn't bad to start with because you can understand what's wrong with it when you actually learn stuff later.
This is the type of info newbies to Linux should hear on day one.:) As you wrote... you can always move over to the other flavors later on, but it would be cool if they knew where to start. Thanks!
Everytime I go grocery shopping Im like "Which cereal shall I chose." For heavens sake theres an entire isle devoted to cearel. I think this confuses the consumer. Instead there should be only one cereal called "United Cereal."
When you go to the store, you don't have to read every written line to see if you like it.;) With all the Linux flavors, you better read AND understand what the differences are. Most people don't like to read a bunch of hard-to-understand technical mumbo jumbo (I've been around long enough to do it, but it's time consuming for a beginner) to find out if the specific Linux flavor is what they want/need or not... so they stick with Windows... after all, it have served their purpose in the past.
The best way to go for a newcommer is to use a well supported distro like Redhat.
I found it easy to install it when I tried it out in the past. I'll give it another try. Thanks.:)
You're missing the whole point with my post. I'm just trying to point out that having so many flavors might confuse some people. (like me) If Linux is going to be popular outside of the geek community, then it would be better if there were fewer choices with a clear distinction between them.
It will be harder to get Windows people to migrate to Linux if the trend of adding more flavors continues. To me it's like they're making coffee from the same set of coffee beans, and then add their own special flavor to it, like milk, sugar etc. All these different versions makes a beginner rather confused. I bet a lot of people ask themselves "Which Linux shall I choose???"... Well, at least I do.:) I've only tried out Red Hat, but I won't migrate away from Windows until I've figured out why there's so many different flavors of Linux. I don't think I'm alone in this quest for knowledge. Anyway, I'm not in a rush... I'll waste the time to STFW.:)
They should fire the incompetent leadership (no severance package) and use the $25 million to hire people who knows how to run a company without becoming greedy.
This was invented by some pimple-faced scientists who've got rejected one-to-many times by women. When all these tests are done, these guys can get it on with women who doesn't know them. All they now have to do is to finish that 3D program featuring a Tom Cruise lookalike person and then it's just rock 'n' roll... Yeah Baby Yeah! (of course they have to fix an Austin Powers speech synthesizer.)
... someone managed to port Windows XP to Commodore 64-SX (in its original configuration) and being able to run it... Just wonder how many tapes it would take to hold the bloated XP.
One layer of nanotech on their face and women never have to spend their 45 minutes every morning putting on their makeup. This ought to be a bestseller. (and make a lot of husbands and boyfriends happy as well)
... will be when China has ironed out all the bugs with their CPUs and software. Then you can forget Intel and Microsoft having much sales in Asia and the rest of the developing countries. A guess would be that a Chinese handheld would go for $50. China has the ambition of taking the lead in the IT market in Asia and the developing countries... and I bet they will. And then slowly they'll move over to take market shares in the developed countries... maybe with 'inferior' products, but it will all go the way the car industry went. Once they get a foothold, they'll make better and better products and finally pass companies like Intel and Microsoft.
Really nice list of alternatives! I'll keep these in mind when I move to Mac and Linux. I'm going for both since I need it for testing compatibility of my web applications. Thanks a lot!:)
Those who takes this subscription plan better sign up for a prescription plan for Prozac as well. The rest looks into Windows alternatives as well as moving everything over to Linux.;)
Look at the bigger picture of where Microsoft is heading. They're diversifying their line of business. In the past, MS Office was the cash cow at Microsoft, but the market for office packages is rather saturated... companies and governments are looking for cheaper alternatives etc. Not much room to grow. Now they can afford playing the good guys by opening up their file formats, since they got new markets to capture... mobile phones, handheld computers, home entertainment etc.
I bet DMA don't like Microsoft either. Microsoft has promised that their Palladium will stop spam. Direct marketing is spam and a darn nuissance, no matter what DMA claims.
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Nations like North Korea, Iran, Iraq and Libya can buy time for running their "scientific" tests on a computer cluster not far from being a supercomputer. No more need for Iraq to import video games and put them together as a computer cluster. :)
When I switched to Sprint some four months ago, telemarketers started to call like crazy (8-10 :)
calls a day) regarding changing long distance etc. I thought... why not wasting their time and
money by setting up my answering machine to pick up the call on the second ring? (since their
computer hanged up on the third) Sure enough, they continued to call, and my answering machine
picked up and they had to listen to my message. (they never left any messages.) It continued for
four days and then they took me off their list. I've not had a signle telemarketer calling me from
that day on! I guess they didn't like to get their time wasted and lose money on each call my
answering machine picked up.
Redhat isn't bad to start with because you can understand what's wrong with it when you actually learn stuff later.
:) As you wrote... you can always
This is the type of info newbies to Linux should hear on day one.
move over to the other flavors later on, but it would be cool if they knew where to start. Thanks!
Everytime I go grocery shopping Im like "Which cereal shall I chose." For heavens sake theres an entire isle devoted to cearel. I think this confuses the consumer. Instead there should be only one cereal called "United Cereal."
;) With
:)
When you go to the store, you don't have to read every written line to see if you like it.
all the Linux flavors, you better read AND understand what the differences are. Most people
don't like to read a bunch of hard-to-understand technical mumbo jumbo (I've been around
long enough to do it, but it's time consuming for a beginner) to find out if the specific Linux
flavor is what they want/need or not... so they stick with Windows... after all, it have served
their purpose in the past.
The best way to go for a newcommer is to use a well supported distro like Redhat.
I found it easy to install it when I tried it out in the past. I'll give it another try. Thanks.
That there be one GNU/Linux - the one you like?
You're missing the whole point with my post. I'm just trying to point out that having so many
flavors might confuse some people. (like me) If Linux is going to be popular outside of the
geek community, then it would be better if there were fewer choices with a clear distinction
between them.
It will be harder to get Windows people to migrate to Linux if the trend of adding more flavors :) I've only tried out Red Hat, but I won't migrate away from Windows until I've :)
continues. To me it's like they're making coffee from the same set of coffee beans, and then add
their own special flavor to it, like milk, sugar etc. All these different versions makes a beginner
rather confused. I bet a lot of people ask themselves "Which Linux shall I choose???"... Well,
at least I do.
figured out why there's so many different flavors of Linux. I don't think I'm alone in this quest for
knowledge. Anyway, I'm not in a rush... I'll waste the time to STFW.
They should fire the incompetent leadership (no severance package) and use the $25 million
to hire people who knows how to run a company without becoming greedy.
This was invented by some pimple-faced scientists who've got rejected one-to-many times by women.
When all these tests are done, these guys can get it on with women who doesn't know them. All they
now have to do is to finish that 3D program featuring a Tom Cruise lookalike person and then it's just
rock 'n' roll... Yeah Baby Yeah! (of course they have to fix an Austin Powers speech synthesizer.)
Couldn't they just have made a mouse pad with some anime crap on it?
Why not spend more R&D money in increasing the speed of the bus? It would give us way better performance.
... someone managed to port Windows XP to Commodore 64-SX (in its original configuration) and
being able to run it... Just wonder how many tapes it would take to hold the bloated XP.
Soon the yuppies will start sharing stolen earnings :)
reports, just like people share movies and music
before it have been released.
Seriously, if you put something 'secret' online and
don't protect it... you're the one who screwed up,
not the person who downloaded it.
The moderators lack of humor.
One layer of nanotech on their face and women never have to spend their 45 minutes every morning putting
on their makeup. This ought to be a bestseller. (and make a lot of husbands and boyfriends happy as well)
Matthew will no longer be able to work full-time unless more people donate, so please give whatever you can spare at our Donations page.
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Not free as 'leeching free'.
Does the WOPR in War Games count?
... will be when China has ironed out all the bugs with their CPUs and software. Then you can forget
Intel and Microsoft having much sales in Asia and the rest of the developing countries. A guess would
be that a Chinese handheld would go for $50. China has the ambition of taking the lead in the IT
market in Asia and the developing countries... and I bet they will. And then slowly they'll move over
to take market shares in the developed countries... maybe with 'inferior' products, but it will all go the
way the car industry went. Once they get a foothold, they'll make better and better products and finally
pass companies like Intel and Microsoft.
Why does all terror organizations love New York? I
mean... first Al Qaeda, and now Microsoft... when
will this madness end?
Isn't 16 trillion bytes about 14.551915228366851806640625 TB?
"If you are good at tetris you can play online tournaments at Worldwinner.com [worldwinner.com] against an or some opponents.
The nice part: you bet real money. If you are somewhat good you can make some cash."
Maybe the MIT dudes should have known about this...
They could have made their Tetris simulator pay for
their research project and more.
Really nice list of alternatives! I'll keep these in mind when I move to Mac and Linux. I'm going for :)
both since I need it for testing compatibility of my web applications. Thanks a lot!
Office 11 is to be on the subscription plan.
;)
Those who takes this subscription plan better sign up for a prescription plan for Prozac as well.
The rest looks into Windows alternatives as well as moving everything over to Linux.
Look at the bigger picture of where Microsoft is heading. They're diversifying their line of business.
In the past, MS Office was the cash cow at Microsoft, but the market for office packages is rather
saturated... companies and governments are looking for cheaper alternatives etc. Not much room to
grow. Now they can afford playing the good guys by opening up their file formats, since they got
new markets to capture... mobile phones, handheld computers, home entertainment etc.
"Microsoft has promised that their Palladium will stop spam."
I'm sorry, I just peed my pants laughing so hard....
Microsoft has never lied to their customers... or
should that 'never' be 'always'? I always seem to
mix up these two words.
I bet DMA don't like Microsoft either. Microsoft has promised that their Palladium will stop spam.
Direct marketing is spam and a darn nuissance, no matter what DMA claims.
Personally I don't want any of the above.