One of the things that makes Linux distributions secure is that normally one installs programs from the distributions repository. All of the programs in this repository are verified and compiled by the distribution's maintainers and all packages are signed by the distribution. Android is not like this. The individual developers upload their binaries into Google Play. Google does not compile and verify the programs, they only check them for known malware. This is a weakness in Android. I wish Google had chosen GPL3 as the licence and required all programs in Google Play to conform to that licence. Then maybe there would be no Android malware to speak of, just as there is no significant GNU/Linux malware.
There is F-Droid Repository "an easily-installable catalogue of FOSS applications for the Android platform. The server contains the details of multiple versions of each application, and the Android client makes it easy to browse, install them onto your device, and keep track of updates."
has always been financed by advertising on the nationally syndicated programs. The proliferation of cable channels has already fragmented the audience watching local stations. This has reduced the amount that stations can charge for advertising. If people turn to the Internet for their programming, this will only accelerate this fragmentation, making local stations financially unsustainable. It is already happening in Canada where TV networks have demanded that cable and satellite TV providers begin to pay fees to carry their programming, which the cable providers have traditionally not paid for.
Having switched to KDE4.x from Gnome, spatial view is the one thing I miss. I never liked using Konqueror for file management in KDE3.x, which is why I mostly used Gnome. I wish someone would write a spatial view file manager for KDE. I came to Linux from OS/2 back in the last century, so spatial view seems like the normal way to do things for me. Although I confess that I still use Midnight Commander for a lot of stuff, especially when I am moving a lot of files from place to place.
The Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics is doing great work with its public outreach program that includes public lectures that are always have full attendance and which are available online. This year they are holding the Quantum to Cosmos Festival from Oct. 15 to 25. From the "About" page: "For 10 exciting days this October, Perimeter Institute's Quantum to Cosmos: Ideas for the Future (Q2C) will take a global audience from the strange world of subatomic particles to the outer frontiers of the universe. All events will occur on-site in Waterloo, Ontario and online at q2cfestival.com."
This article seems to put an emphasis on the scientists ethnicity. Why is a scientists ethnic background relevant to a scientific discovery? If the scientists in question were Arab-Americans, would this news site have treated the news differently?
Well Joe computer user should care. Real competition in the marketplace makes for better products and consumer choice. We would not accept the situation in the computer industry in any other industry. I can walk into an electronics retailer and see multiple brands of sound systems, or go into a housewares store and choose among multiple brands of cookware or coffee makers, yet if I walk into a computer store I see the same OS on all of the computers even if they have different brand names on them. Many people might prefer Windows to Linux, but they should have the right to make that choice. As things stand, they do not in any meaningful way.
Apparently this guy has never subscribed to a development mailing list. Linux users who have a criticism post a bug to their distributions bug tracker or discuss it on the relevant mailing list. Linux users get so critical that they start a new distribution just because they are ticked off that the existing ones won't do things the way they want. What we don't need is non-contributing criticism. If you don't like something, post a bug report or discuss it on the appropriate list. Don't just whine on your blog.
How can a law that was created to protect minors from exploitation be used to punish those whom it was designed to protect. Punishing a minor for a picture that she took of herself is like charging someone with attempted murder for engaging in high risk activities that could potentially result in their own death.
I run Mandriva Cooker and have been using KDE 4.2 quit a bit. I like it a lot. I am normally a Gnome user, but I have been attracted to KDE 4 much more than 3.5. 4.0 was very unstable, it is true, but I think that Mandriva KDE users will be happy with KDE 4.2 when 2009 Spring is released. The main Gnome thing that I miss in KDE 4 is the Nautilus file manager.
The same programs that encode in MP3 from CD also does OGG Vorbis and FLAC. Any popular Linux distribution comes with several. I would expect my friends to investigate the market and compare player features before buying and then get one that plays the most codecs, just like I did.
I bought mine at Canada Computers, a 15 store chain in southern Ontario. It wasn't hard at all. I knew what I wanted to buy. The Cowon site listed authorized retailers.
http://flac.sourceforge.net/links.html#hardware lists a large number of devices that support FLAC. http://wiki.xiph.org/VorbisHardware lists devices that support Ogg Vorbis.
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One of the things that makes Linux distributions secure is that normally one installs programs from the distributions repository. All of the programs in this repository are verified and compiled by the distribution's maintainers and all packages are signed by the distribution. Android is not like this. The individual developers upload their binaries into Google Play. Google does not compile and verify the programs, they only check them for known malware. This is a weakness in Android. I wish Google had chosen GPL3 as the licence and required all programs in Google Play to conform to that licence. Then maybe there would be no Android malware to speak of, just as there is no significant GNU/Linux malware.
You can't get Lexmark drivers for Linux, either.
Has it improved since version 3.1, the last one I bought? I went from that to OS/2 to Linux and now Android on my phone and tablet.
Make sure you have instant upload turned on and you won't lose any photos or movies.
Mageia has the "tainted" repository that replaces PLF.
There is F-Droid Repository "an easily-installable catalogue of FOSS applications for the Android platform. The server contains the details of multiple versions of each application, and the Android client makes it easy to browse, install them onto your device, and keep track of updates."
I am surprised to learn that the show was still running. I haven't heard it for 25 years or so.
has always been financed by advertising on the nationally syndicated programs. The proliferation of cable channels has already fragmented the audience watching local stations. This has reduced the amount that stations can charge for advertising. If people turn to the Internet for their programming, this will only accelerate this fragmentation, making local stations financially unsustainable. It is already happening in Canada where TV networks have demanded that cable and satellite TV providers begin to pay fees to carry their programming, which the cable providers have traditionally not paid for.
It only filters ultraviolet. Its purpose is to prevent the fading of colours on fabrics exposed to sunlight from windows.
You could read this book and be even more afraid (or maybe this author is just paranoid.)
Having switched to KDE4.x from Gnome, spatial view is the one thing I miss. I never liked using Konqueror for file management in KDE3.x, which is why I mostly used Gnome. I wish someone would write a spatial view file manager for KDE. I came to Linux from OS/2 back in the last century, so spatial view seems like the normal way to do things for me. Although I confess that I still use Midnight Commander for a lot of stuff, especially when I am moving a lot of files from place to place.
The Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics is doing great work with its public outreach program that includes public lectures that are always have full attendance and which are available online. This year they are holding the Quantum to Cosmos Festival from Oct. 15 to 25. From the "About" page: "For 10 exciting days this October, Perimeter Institute's Quantum to Cosmos: Ideas for the Future (Q2C) will take a global audience from the strange world of subatomic particles to the outer frontiers of the universe. All events will occur on-site in Waterloo, Ontario and online at q2cfestival.com."
So? How does that make it relevant?
This article seems to put an emphasis on the scientists ethnicity. Why is a scientists ethnic background relevant to a scientific discovery? If the scientists in question were Arab-Americans, would this news site have treated the news differently?
Well Joe computer user should care. Real competition in the marketplace makes for better products and consumer choice. We would not accept the situation in the computer industry in any other industry. I can walk into an electronics retailer and see multiple brands of sound systems, or go into a housewares store and choose among multiple brands of cookware or coffee makers, yet if I walk into a computer store I see the same OS on all of the computers even if they have different brand names on them. Many people might prefer Windows to Linux, but they should have the right to make that choice. As things stand, they do not in any meaningful way.
Apparently this guy has never subscribed to a development mailing list. Linux users who have a criticism post a bug to their distributions bug tracker or discuss it on the relevant mailing list. Linux users get so critical that they start a new distribution just because they are ticked off that the existing ones won't do things the way they want. What we don't need is non-contributing criticism. If you don't like something, post a bug report or discuss it on the appropriate list. Don't just whine on your blog.
How can a law that was created to protect minors from exploitation be used to punish those whom it was designed to protect. Punishing a minor for a picture that she took of herself is like charging someone with attempted murder for engaging in high risk activities that could potentially result in their own death.
I went to CNN and ran a live video and didn't get the EULA pop up. Just another reason to abandon Windows for Linux.
I run Mandriva Cooker and have been using KDE 4.2 quit a bit. I like it a lot. I am normally a Gnome user, but I have been attracted to KDE 4 much more than 3.5. 4.0 was very unstable, it is true, but I think that Mandriva KDE users will be happy with KDE 4.2 when 2009 Spring is released. The main Gnome thing that I miss in KDE 4 is the Nautilus file manager.
I'd be much more interested in some of the evidence-based medicine exposes of mainstream medicine.
Then you might be interested in reading the article The Wholesale Sedation of America's Youth in the Nov/Dec '08 issue of Skeptical Inquirer.
The same programs that encode in MP3 from CD also does OGG Vorbis and FLAC. Any popular Linux distribution comes with several. I would expect my friends to investigate the market and compare player features before buying and then get one that plays the most codecs, just like I did.
I bought mine at Canada Computers, a 15 store chain in southern Ontario. It wasn't hard at all. I knew what I wanted to buy. The Cowon site listed authorized retailers. http://flac.sourceforge.net/links.html#hardware lists a large number of devices that support FLAC. http://wiki.xiph.org/VorbisHardware lists devices that support Ogg Vorbis.
My Cowon iAudio 7 plays Ogg Vorbis and FLAC just fine.
You can avoid the whole moral dilemma by buying yourself a good bicycle and/or using public transit. It works for me.