Car analogy: a VW Beetle and a Porsche 911 are pretty similar when it comes to driving; they are both automobiles and both have the same basic functionality. But referring to a 911 as a 'tarted up beetle' will generate some lively discussion.
Note that "almost everything is the same" is not "almost everything is similar". Both linux and OSX are indeed based on the same fundamentals as Unix; but neither is Unix, they just look and feel much the same. You can't take a program from one and run it on the other without some work and a recompile.
Well, by definition it isn't linux, since it runs a different kernel.
Besides, the main attraction to a linux distro is that it is configurable. Want it to act like Windows? Fine. Want it to act like a Mac? That's fine too. It's all configurable; unlike OSX, which is basically not configurable at all. (Try setting up a Mac with focus-follows-mouse and see what I mean).
As to the original question: Lenovo. Every one I've tried works fine. The *only* thing to watch out for (and this is true of any brand laptop) is the touchpads that have no physical buttons (a la recent macbooks). With Windows theyre' barely usable; with Linux you may as well give up and just buy a mouse. While it's nice to know that I can fix the driver for it to work right given a week or two.... I don't have the time.
Chromecast all but requires another smart device running (continuously) to control it. You can't control it directly.
The Amazon Fire Stick is pretty much identical to the Chromecast (but nicer), and comes with a remote control. For the intended market, the Amazon product is far superior.
The Chromecast works perfectly well with some apps (e.g. Netflix), but stutters badly on others (e.g. Hulu). I wonder how much of this is a questionable WiFi connection, and how much of it is poor software buffering design? My bet is that a hardwired connection will make Hulu performance better, but not perfect.
One basic problem seems to be that repositories are providing downloads of known vulnerable components.
Once a bit of software has a known vulnerability, it should *immediately* be deleted from all repositories. Responsible developers will post a fix in a timely manner; hacks will wait weeks/months/years to update, Eventually people will move away from the badly written bits of software - because they aren't available. Problem solved.
C++ for Android is an interesting challenge, because there are multiple processor types out there.
Remember when Apple was shipping MacOS for both Intel and PPC processors? C++ programs worked just fine. There's not much in computer science that hasn't already been solved.
Seems like the biggest reason not to pick your career based on the economy is this: you'll probably won't like the job. So, instead of doing something you enjoy, you get to spend 50 years doing a job you hate.
Now, if you guessed right, maybe you'll hate your job, but at least make some money. But if you guessed wrong - you'll have huge student loans to pay, and a lifetime of misery, all because you' placed money above your happiness.
"I use a laptop, but I rarely do local compute on it, only cloud-based stuff; so I'm willing to spend $400+ on a device that arbitrarily limits me to ONLY doing cloud stuff, and can never do any useful local compute if I need it".
Car analogy: I only use a maximum of 63 horsepower in my daily commute, so I'm going to go out and buy a brand new car with a 63 horsepower engine.
An app that you don't want, is completely useless, that consumes storage space, but is not removable - that, to me, is harmful. By that measure, 99.9% of Android phones contain harmful apps.
Just wait until one of the cannot-be-uninstalled apps comes up with a major security vulnerability. That's going to be fun to watch.
Mr. Jackson: your editorial advice is clearly needed here at Slashdot. Article summaries have become a leading cause of frustration for those of us who can actually read and write English.
You know, by now I'm used to articles in the mainstream news who confuse an operating system, applications (which may or may not ship with an operating system), and the look/feel that a particular GUI puts on both. However, a web site like Slashdot - self-proclaimed home of "news for geeks" - should be able to do a little bit better.
The tiny editors do have their uses. They tend _not_ to require dozens of unrelated and bulky graphical packages to support them, the failure of any of which can disable the graphical editor. And they work well over poor bandwidth connections to remote servers, and even work well on overburdened, very lightweight virtualization servers for software routers or proxies.
So making them work really well can save work time and be very appreciated by people doing critical work with very real constraints.
You can be my wingman anytime. It just edits text! That's it! That's all I need!
Among the new features of this alternative to Vim and Emacs is a fully-functionality undo system, Vim-compatible file locking, linter support, formatter support, flexible syntax highlighting, and many bug-fixes.
This is one of the problems with open source development; people will spend endless hours perfecting the buggy whip; not to mention coming up with new, competing buggy whip designs.
Whatever floats your boat, I guess; but there are countless other open source projects in real need of help.
A watch is a mechanical timepiece you wear on your wrist. The Apple product mentioned is a small computer you wear on your wrist.
Expensive watches are mainly expensive because of the internals, not because of the case. Sure, gold/silver/etc will drive up the price - but a good mechanical watch in a stanless steel case can still cost $10,000 - because of the intricate, hand-assembled internals. Replace those internals with $10 worth of silicon circuitry and a display, and it won't be worth $10K any more, even though there's the same name on the face.
Assuming that all things you wear on your wrist are interchangeable is like assuming all automobiles are interchangeable. Taking an Aston Martin and replacing the engine/transmission/driveline with one from a Ford Focus isn't going to create a desirable vehicle, and it won't be worth $140,000.
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Car analogy: a VW Beetle and a Porsche 911 are pretty similar when it comes to driving; they are both automobiles and both have the same basic functionality. But referring to a 911 as a 'tarted up beetle' will generate some lively discussion.
Note that "almost everything is the same" is not "almost everything is similar". Both linux and OSX are indeed based on the same fundamentals as Unix; but neither is Unix, they just look and feel much the same. You can't take a program from one and run it on the other without some work and a recompile.
Well, by definition it isn't linux, since it runs a different kernel.
Besides, the main attraction to a linux distro is that it is configurable. Want it to act like Windows? Fine. Want it to act like a Mac? That's fine too. It's all configurable; unlike OSX, which is basically not configurable at all. (Try setting up a Mac with focus-follows-mouse and see what I mean).
As to the original question: Lenovo. Every one I've tried works fine. The *only* thing to watch out for (and this is true of any brand laptop) is the touchpads that have no physical buttons (a la recent macbooks). With Windows theyre' barely usable; with Linux you may as well give up and just buy a mouse. While it's nice to know that I can fix the driver for it to work right given a week or two.... I don't have the time.
Norton Utilities has always been considered *extremely* offensive antivirus software.
Chromecast all but requires another smart device running (continuously) to control it. You can't control it directly.
The Amazon Fire Stick is pretty much identical to the Chromecast (but nicer), and comes with a remote control. For the intended market, the Amazon product is far superior.
The Chromecast works perfectly well with some apps (e.g. Netflix), but stutters badly on others (e.g. Hulu). I wonder how much of this is a questionable WiFi connection, and how much of it is poor software buffering design? My bet is that a hardwired connection will make Hulu performance better, but not perfect.
How does a book about how to use emacs "celebrate open source values and practices"?
So that everyone can stand up in their cubicles and do a little happy dance. It's good for the soul.
One basic problem seems to be that repositories are providing downloads of known vulnerable components.
Once a bit of software has a known vulnerability, it should *immediately* be deleted from all repositories. Responsible developers will post a fix in a timely manner; hacks will wait weeks/months/years to update, Eventually people will move away from the badly written bits of software - because they aren't available. Problem solved.
C++ for Android is an interesting challenge, because there are multiple processor types out there.
Remember when Apple was shipping MacOS for both Intel and PPC processors? C++ programs worked just fine. There's not much in computer science that hasn't already been solved.
Seems like the biggest reason not to pick your career based on the economy is this: you'll probably won't like the job. So, instead of doing something you enjoy, you get to spend 50 years doing a job you hate. Now, if you guessed right, maybe you'll hate your job, but at least make some money. But if you guessed wrong - you'll have huge student loans to pay, and a lifetime of misery, all because you' placed money above your happiness.
A wax sculpture of Carly Fiorina would be hugely popular - if it had a wick.
A day late, a dollar short.... *yesterday* was Donut Day.
Please read this book. It shows that you can lead an open source company and *not* be universally hated.
Isn't leaking personally identifiable health information a violation of HIPPA?
"I use a laptop, but I rarely do local compute on it, only cloud-based stuff; so I'm willing to spend $400+ on a device that arbitrarily limits me to ONLY doing cloud stuff, and can never do any useful local compute if I need it".
Car analogy: I only use a maximum of 63 horsepower in my daily commute, so I'm going to go out and buy a brand new car with a 63 horsepower engine.
This cycle's slate of republican canidates is so packed with FAIL is unbelievable.
So was the last cycle. Sarah Palin, Carly Fiorina - without nametags it would be hard to tell them apart.
So once I did the accounting system for a car dealership..... in short:
if ((firstname == EASTER_FIRST) && (lastname == EASTER_LAST))
discount = EASTER_DISCOUNT;
and hey presto, if I bought a car there, instant 15% discount.
Bad news: It was a GM dealership. In other words.... it was *still* better to buy a Honda.
An app that you don't want, is completely useless, that consumes storage space, but is not removable - that, to me, is harmful. By that measure, 99.9% of Android phones contain harmful apps.
Just wait until one of the cannot-be-uninstalled apps comes up with a major security vulnerability. That's going to be fun to watch.
They can log *a* visit, and know *an* IP, but they can't uniquely identify you versus the 1,753 other people at that Starbucks today.
If media sites become financially liable for the harm that their content does, Fox News is in deep trouble.
Mr. Jackson: your editorial advice is clearly needed here at Slashdot. Article summaries have become a leading cause of frustration for those of us who can actually read and write English.
You know, by now I'm used to articles in the mainstream news who confuse an operating system, applications (which may or may not ship with an operating system), and the look/feel that a particular GUI puts on both. However, a web site like Slashdot - self-proclaimed home of "news for geeks" - should be able to do a little bit better.
The tiny editors do have their uses. They tend _not_ to require dozens of unrelated and bulky graphical packages to support them, the failure of any of which can disable the graphical editor. And they work well over poor bandwidth connections to remote servers, and even work well on overburdened, very lightweight virtualization servers for software routers or proxies.
So making them work really well can save work time and be very appreciated by people doing critical work with very real constraints.
Oh, absolutely. That's why vi is so useful.
You can be my wingman anytime. It just edits text! That's it! That's all I need!
Among the new features of this alternative to Vim and Emacs is a fully-functionality undo system, Vim-compatible file locking, linter support, formatter support, flexible syntax highlighting, and many bug-fixes.
This is one of the problems with open source development; people will spend endless hours perfecting the buggy whip; not to mention coming up with new, competing buggy whip designs.
Whatever floats your boat, I guess; but there are countless other open source projects in real need of help.
A watch is a mechanical timepiece you wear on your wrist. The Apple product mentioned is a small computer you wear on your wrist.
Expensive watches are mainly expensive because of the internals, not because of the case. Sure, gold/silver/etc will drive up the price - but a good mechanical watch in a stanless steel case can still cost $10,000 - because of the intricate, hand-assembled internals. Replace those internals with $10 worth of silicon circuitry and a display, and it won't be worth $10K any more, even though there's the same name on the face.
Assuming that all things you wear on your wrist are interchangeable is like assuming all automobiles are interchangeable. Taking an Aston Martin and replacing the engine/transmission/driveline with one from a Ford Focus isn't going to create a desirable vehicle, and it won't be worth $140,000.