Its more admirable to make a few changes and call it a.1 version increase, than do the same thing and call it a whole new version. However, the interface in WinXX changed a little more than I think OS X's will be changing.
I'm just a little suspect of the fact that Apple seems to be cranking out a release a year, expecting people to pay for an upgrade. It seems like a way to make up for the losses on selling the actual computers themselves. Don't get me wrong, Apple really does have the coolest hardware and a lot of the coolest software around, but it all costs an arm and a leg. It seems like most people just buy Apples to seem 'elite' and trendy.
BTW, Linux and FreeBSD = a server OS that anyone w/ basic comuter knowledge can install and use, is open source, and doesn't cost anything.
I've seen the piles system on some professor's website about a year ago.
Thought it was totally innovative, and a very cool way to classify documents, something like a crude version of the OS seen in Minority Report (why do all of the video clips in the future have to be all flickery and dark though?). I'm not sure if I would use it, but props to Apple for innovation.
Of course if you want to use this OS you will have to shell out $100 to upgrade.1 of a version number. Sheesh!
It seems like everyone is caught up in talking about porting applications to work on x86-64. I guess this is the case if you are tied to an RPM distro (Well, if you are running Windows you have to run in only 32 bit mode).
But, I think that this is one of the places that a ports system can really shine. In Gentoo, for instance, new applications are downloaded and custom compiled for you architecture. So everything you install on your brand new Opteron will be optimized just for your processor!
Its too bad that the Windows world enslaves us into backwardly compatible (or upwardly compatible, according to my professors) processors. I think we could make more efficient designs if we weren't tied to the x86 assembly code. The architecture has come a long way since 1978, shouldn't the instruction set too?
After using Linux for about a year, I have found that the plethora of applications is often a big detractor. Example: I want software to rip my CDs onto mycomputer. So I go onto sourceforge and search and search for one and end up installing 3 and deleting the two that are not as functional or easy to use. Actually, the best way I found to get a good application is to search for what I want on google, and whichever comes up with the most results is likely the best application.
I'm sure the purists would disagree with me, but I beleive that consolidation of development on applications is a good thing. Once we have an easy to install and use desktop system with high quality applications, average users will flock to Linux.
Here's my vision: think a distribution as easy to install as Redhat, but with a gui-frontend for a gentoo-style ports system. This would include pictures and descriptions of all applications, and also be user-searchable. Proper menu items should also be created. Imagine searching for what you want, reading a description, checking out screenshots, and clicking one button to install it. i386 binaries should also be availible for those who don't want to wait to compile from source on their machine.
Don't Australian citizens have some right to privacy? At least in America you can't have your computer searched without a warrant.
Targeting individuals is the wrong way to stop illegal content from being downloaded. It hardly seems a big deal in a world with so many other problems.
Anyway, to me digital media is just another form of evolution of technology. File sharing will never be completely stopped because there will always be a way (unless computers can't receive audio signals somehow).
Is it just my opinion, or does anyone else think that Palladium will allow "desktop linux" to attain widespread use? I don't think that people will go for Palladium at all... nobody will like to have their usage of a computer limited by some Big Brother organization.
The solution to copyright infringement is new incentives to buy copyrighted material (like cheaper CDs). For example, who would pirate a book by scanning every page and OCR'ing the text? That would be way to time consuming. However, if CD's were distributed in cheap packaging, and record companies lost all their bloat, they could sell them for a few dollars a disc and make a profit. I know that I would rather own the original undistorted CD of an album that I could play anywhere, rather than some crappily encoded.mp3s that I could only play on my computer
Well, because AMD is NOT making money. They are getting screwed by razor-thin profit margins on desktop chips (Athlons).
They are thinking they can save themselves by devoting their time to releasing a server chip first, because it will have higher profit margins. However, they should realize that the time to adoption for server chips is going to be SLOW. I beleive that the only way to really win the hearts and minds of users is to release THE fastest chip at a competitive price to Intel (which is exactly what they did with the first Athlon). The PC manufacturers will then follow....Btw I recently used to co-op for AMD... great people.
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.1 version increase, than do the same thing and call it a whole new version. However, the interface in WinXX changed a little more than I think OS X's will be changing.
Its more admirable to make a few changes and call it a
I'm just a little suspect of the fact that Apple seems to be cranking out a release a year, expecting people to pay for an upgrade. It seems like a way to make up for the losses on selling the actual computers themselves. Don't get me wrong, Apple really does have the coolest hardware and a lot of the coolest software around, but it all costs an arm and a leg. It seems like most people just buy Apples to seem 'elite' and trendy.
BTW, Linux and FreeBSD = a server OS that anyone w/ basic comuter knowledge can install and use, is open source, and doesn't cost anything.
I've seen the piles system on some professor's website about a year ago.
.1 of a version number. Sheesh!
Thought it was totally innovative, and a very cool way to classify documents, something like a crude version of the OS seen in Minority Report (why do all of the video clips in the future have to be all flickery and dark though?). I'm not sure if I would use it, but props to Apple for innovation.
Of course if you want to use this OS you will have to shell out $100 to upgrade
It seems like everyone is caught up in talking about porting applications to work on x86-64. I guess this is the case if you are tied to an RPM distro (Well, if you are running Windows you have to run in only 32 bit mode).
But, I think that this is one of the places that a ports system can really shine. In Gentoo, for instance, new applications are downloaded and custom compiled for you architecture. So everything you install on your brand new Opteron will be optimized just for your processor!
Its too bad that the Windows world enslaves us into backwardly compatible (or upwardly compatible, according to my professors) processors. I think we could make more efficient designs if we weren't tied to the x86 assembly code. The architecture has come a long way since 1978, shouldn't the instruction set too?
After using Linux for about a year, I have found that the plethora of applications is often a big detractor. Example: I want software to rip my CDs onto mycomputer. So I go onto sourceforge and search and search for one and end up installing 3 and deleting the two that are not as functional or easy to use. Actually, the best way I found to get a good application is to search for what I want on google, and whichever comes up with the most results is likely the best application. I'm sure the purists would disagree with me, but I beleive that consolidation of development on applications is a good thing. Once we have an easy to install and use desktop system with high quality applications, average users will flock to Linux. Here's my vision: think a distribution as easy to install as Redhat, but with a gui-frontend for a gentoo-style ports system. This would include pictures and descriptions of all applications, and also be user-searchable. Proper menu items should also be created. Imagine searching for what you want, reading a description, checking out screenshots, and clicking one button to install it. i386 binaries should also be availible for those who don't want to wait to compile from source on their machine.
Don't Australian citizens have some right to privacy? At least in America you can't have your computer searched without a warrant. Targeting individuals is the wrong way to stop illegal content from being downloaded. It hardly seems a big deal in a world with so many other problems. Anyway, to me digital media is just another form of evolution of technology. File sharing will never be completely stopped because there will always be a way (unless computers can't receive audio signals somehow).
Dude, if you had a sense of humor you would mod this up.
Is it just my opinion, or does anyone else think that Palladium will allow "desktop linux" to attain widespread use? I don't think that people will go for Palladium at all... nobody will like to have their usage of a computer limited by some Big Brother organization.
.mp3s that I could only play on my computer
The solution to copyright infringement is new incentives to buy copyrighted material (like cheaper CDs). For example, who would pirate a book by scanning every page and OCR'ing the text? That would be way to time consuming. However, if CD's were distributed in cheap packaging, and record companies lost all their bloat, they could sell them for a few dollars a disc and make a profit. I know that I would rather own the original undistorted CD of an album that I could play anywhere, rather than some crappily encoded
Well, because AMD is NOT making money. They are getting screwed by razor-thin profit margins on desktop chips (Athlons). They are thinking they can save themselves by devoting their time to releasing a server chip first, because it will have higher profit margins. However, they should realize that the time to adoption for server chips is going to be SLOW. I beleive that the only way to really win the hearts and minds of users is to release THE fastest chip at a competitive price to Intel (which is exactly what they did with the first Athlon). The PC manufacturers will then follow. ...Btw I recently used to co-op for AMD... great people.
No, only watching too many DivX pr0n movies makes people blind.