AMD is IMO a no-brainer for the most desktop users. I havnt bought a intel based machine in god-knows how many years.
A few people I've know, mostly non-tech people and a certain 150 kg MCSE:), have concerns about AMD (or any other non-intel) systems being "incompatible".
Currently I only own AMD and Via based boxes, and I'm very satisfied.
Boycotting sites? Guess what? not happening, EVER!
I wish it was so, but there is no limit to what people will put up with when it comes to ads. The wast majority have long given up trying to control all that advertising. Just take a look; its everywhere, in the newpaper, on the TV, on the radio, posters at the road, on your childrens clothes, everywhere! If it was possible to put an end to intrusive ads, it would have happened a long time ago, but it just isnt so.
The marketing drones have endless potential for comming up with even more intrusive and annoying ads. Wait and see; the worst is still to come. Hell, when I come to think about it, one of the major phone companys here are offering cheap cellphone rates, IF you are prepared to be interrupted a couple of seconds every minute to hear an ad.
One thing's for sure; Once you get used to Linux desktop, Windows will drive you crazy!.
The lack of virtual desktops and + copy-paste is just... lame.
MS Windows vs X copy-paste is a brilliant example of how bad Windows can be. I'm left-handed, so in order to do copy-paste, I have to: - mark-text - move hand from mouse to keyboard - press - move hand from keyboard to mouse - point to new location - move hand from mouce to keyboard - press In KDE: - mark-text - point to new location - press middle mouse button
Actually, copy-paste should be presented as a killer app for the Linux desktop:)
It is a strange fate the Linux desktop seem to take.
Most of us, who already use Linux on desktop on a regular basis, consider ourselfs power-users. One of the reasons I use Linux (well... KDE;) ) on desktop, is because it allows me to organize many browser-windows, editors, IM-windows ect. without cluttering the UI. Yet here the Linux-desktop is being presented as a tool for the light-weight users.
It would seem we have little in common with these new Linux users.
First, the two languages are very similar, with PHP biased towards web-programming, mostly by the absense of particular libraries. But PHP is also emerging as a general purpose language. There has been some experiments to get a GTK capability to PHP.
But, if you already have a staff trained in perl, there's IMO not any real reason for you to switch to PHP.
I have, however, developed a preference for PHP, it has a simpler syntax, and better naming conventions. PHP has more text and perl have more meta-characters when defining arrays, doing string manipulation ect. PHP is simply more readable, to beginners at least. What is the point for example for an array to be prefixed by % or @ or $, depending on the context?
Well.. It is because MySQL recently changed its license to GPL from LGPL, because PHP can do very well without MySQL, (yes, there are severel good alternatives to MySQL around), and because (and MySQL A/B KNOWS this) it might even be fair to say, that MySQL owes its current marketshare to PHP.
And eventually apt-get becomes f_ed beyond all reconciling, and won't install anything.
Yeah yeah yeah...
Strange.. I have several debian machines installed with Knoppix, and they dont seem to be f_ up yet, and I dont believe they will any time soon. Ofcource I've been taken the time to weed out some of the unwanted packages, like i18n in 27 languages, OpenOffice-1.0-DE and other stuff I know I'll never use.
Debian people annoyed? Tough luck, I say. Make a more friendly installer, and they might get som sympathy.
For practical applications, a database is more than merely a sum of its "facts", it has a context and at least it will need to have some sort of an interface and some means of keeping data up-to-date.
AFAICS, these things can be protected under current laws.
Yeah, well, I suppose thats more correct, but its not all sarge:) It can be a pain on a new debian-knoppix install, many packages does not install because of the strange package mix. This does however decrease over time, as you dist-upgrade.
(hmm... this is a FreeBSD talk. We shouldnt be talking debian;))
I might be biting a troll here.. but you can install Knoppix. Just open up a console, su, and run "knx-hdinstall". Its "just" a shellscript, so you can browse while installing. After install you get a Debian Sid system.
While this is true, the very same applys to all other things in computing. More bells, more whisles, more eyecandy, slower booting, all offset by ever improving hardware.... and everybody upgrades.
Seen in context, I must say I find Debian, Knoppix and its siblings most impressive.
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Also, just in case you're curious as to how his last name is pronounced, it's pronounced hells-burg.
No, it most certainly is not!
First its Hejlsberg, not Hejlsburg. "Hejl" is pronounced just like "Heil", as a german would in a WW2 movie:). "berg", the "g" is more or less mute, so it pronounced more like "bear".
So its "Heils-bear"
I don't feel that would be an effective spamming technique. A person's outgoing e-mail is such low-volume that a spammer isn't really spreading the word.
It doesnt take very much volume to defeat the function of spam-blocking.
I have a very effective spamfilter on my server (customised spamassassin + some procmailscripts) 95-98% catch, virtually no false positives. The remaining spam is just nonsense, the mails make no sense, and the spammers are unable to sell anything from these spam-mails. Their primary purpose seems to defeat the filter, so if I setup the filter to block them, it will also generate false positives.
Not to mention that it'd have to include a mechanism for the spammer to get paid for the victim sending the message.
They dont need to get pay for the "conterminated" emails. The purpose would be to create false positives, by doing so force the operator to loosen the filter, and THEN get the real spam trough.
I'd lose my patience quickly if someone I knew sent me spam a second time after I alerted them to their problem. Fortunately, I don't know that many clueless people.
I dont see how that will stop spammers trying to conterminate legit emails. A few clueless users is all it takes.
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www.sco.com has the IP adresse of 127.0.0.1 on my network now, it might very well be the same on yours now, so the Apache-page is probably just the default page of your own local webserver. Try it out...
$ host www.sco.com
www.sco.com A 127.0.0.1
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... to be down, or not to be down.
daniel@baerbar:~$ host sco.com
sco.com A 216.250.128.12
daniel@baerbar:~$ host www.sco.com
www.sco.com A 127.0.0.1
Knoppix is becoming Debians default installer on x86 hardware. Its not just more fun than the conventional approach, but it feels safer, since you can SEE it working on your computer before installing for real.
It works very well for me. I have converted my Desktop and my laptop from RedHat to Debian using Knoppix with very little trouble. The knx-hdinstall is very simple.
And it "sells". Among friends and family, there are now 2 converted Windows boxes and 3 converted RedHat boxes, all to the same knoppix CD;)
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... its only that...
A car has an entirely other purpose than killing people.
A gun only has that purpose - killing people.
No really!.. I dont mean to troll here.
:), have concerns about AMD (or any other non-intel) systems being "incompatible".
AMD is IMO a no-brainer for the most desktop users. I havnt bought a intel based machine in god-knows how many years.
A few people I've know, mostly non-tech people and a certain 150 kg MCSE
Currently I only own AMD and Via based boxes, and I'm very satisfied.
So.. why would anyone want to use intel?
Boycotting sites? Guess what? not happening, EVER!
I wish it was so, but there is no limit to what people will put up with when it comes to ads. The wast majority have long given up trying to control all that advertising. Just take a look; its everywhere, in the newpaper, on the TV, on the radio, posters at the road, on your childrens clothes, everywhere! If it was possible to put an end to intrusive ads, it would have happened a long time ago, but it just isnt so.
The marketing drones have endless potential for comming up with even more intrusive and annoying ads. Wait and see; the worst is still to come. Hell, when I come to think about it, one of the major phone companys here are offering cheap cellphone rates, IF you are prepared to be interrupted a couple of seconds every minute to hear an ad.
How does all that sound???
That sounds lame, and it wont happen, ever!
It wont happen because everyone will think: "this sucks". Plain and simple.
(made more than a dozen converts so far this year alone)
:) keep up the good work.
Damn, thats a lot...
I've only made two, in one years time.
how long is it before they discover apt, and begin customizing their workstation?
They wont, at least not until apt's GUI (Synaptic) improves, CLI is just not suitable for random exploration.
Lets hope so.
... lame.
:)
One thing's for sure; Once you get used to Linux desktop, Windows will drive you crazy!.
The lack of virtual desktops and + copy-paste is just
MS Windows vs X copy-paste is a brilliant example of how bad Windows can be. I'm left-handed, so in order to do copy-paste, I have to:
- mark-text
- move hand from mouse to keyboard
- press
- move hand from keyboard to mouse
- point to new location
- move hand from mouce to keyboard
- press
In KDE:
- mark-text
- point to new location
- press middle mouse button
Actually, copy-paste should be presented as a killer app for the Linux desktop
It is a strange fate the Linux desktop seem to take.
;) ) on desktop, is because it allows me to organize many browser-windows, editors, IM-windows ect. without cluttering the UI. Yet here the Linux-desktop is being presented as a tool for the light-weight users.
Most of us, who already use Linux on desktop on a regular basis, consider ourselfs power-users. One of the reasons I use Linux (well... KDE
It would seem we have little in common with these new Linux users.
First, the two languages are very similar, with PHP biased towards web-programming, mostly by the absense of particular libraries. But PHP is also emerging as a general purpose language. There has been some experiments to get a GTK capability to PHP.
But, if you already have a staff trained in perl, there's IMO not any real reason for you to switch to PHP.
I have, however, developed a preference for PHP, it has a simpler syntax, and better naming conventions. PHP has more text and perl have more meta-characters when defining arrays, doing string manipulation ect. PHP is simply more readable, to beginners at least. What is the point for example for an array to be prefixed by % or @ or $, depending on the context?
Well.. It is because MySQL recently changed its license to GPL from LGPL, because PHP can do very well without MySQL, (yes, there are severel good alternatives to MySQL around), and because (and MySQL A/B KNOWS this) it might even be fair to say, that MySQL owes its current marketshare to PHP.
considered circumsission.
;)
You do mean "Circumvention".... dont you?
We all know you americans are a bit strange, but circumcise a car??...
And eventually apt-get becomes f_ed beyond all reconciling, and won't install anything.
Yeah yeah yeah...
Strange.. I have several debian machines installed with Knoppix, and they dont seem to be f_ up yet, and I dont believe they will any time soon.
Ofcource I've been taken the time to weed out some of the unwanted packages, like i18n in 27 languages, OpenOffice-1.0-DE and other stuff I know I'll never use.
Debian people annoyed? Tough luck, I say. Make a more friendly installer, and they might get som sympathy.
For practical applications, a database is more than merely a sum of its "facts", it has a context and at least it will need to have some sort of an interface and some means of keeping data up-to-date.
AFAICS, these things can be protected under current laws.
Yeah, well, I suppose thats more correct, but its not all sarge :)
;))
It can be a pain on a new debian-knoppix install, many packages does not install because of the strange package mix. This does however decrease over time, as you dist-upgrade.
(hmm... this is a FreeBSD talk. We shouldnt be talking debian
I might be biting a troll here.. but you can install Knoppix.
Just open up a console, su, and run "knx-hdinstall". Its "just" a shellscript, so you can browse while installing. After install you get a Debian Sid system.
While this is true, the very same applys to all other things in computing. More bells, more whisles, more eyecandy, slower booting, all offset by ever improving hardware.... and everybody upgrades.
Seen in context, I must say I find Debian, Knoppix and its siblings most impressive.
Also, just in case you're curious as to how his last name is pronounced, it's pronounced hells-burg.
:). "berg", the "g" is more or less mute, so it pronounced more like "bear".
No, it most certainly is not!
First its Hejlsberg, not Hejlsburg. "Hejl" is pronounced just like "Heil", as a german would in a WW2 movie
So its "Heils-bear"
I don't feel that would be an effective spamming technique. A person's outgoing e-mail is such low-volume that a spammer isn't really spreading the word.
It doesnt take very much volume to defeat the function of spam-blocking.
I have a very effective spamfilter on my server (customised spamassassin + some procmailscripts) 95-98% catch, virtually no false positives. The remaining spam is just nonsense, the mails make no sense, and the spammers are unable to sell anything from these spam-mails. Their primary purpose seems to defeat the filter, so if I setup the filter to block them, it will also generate false positives.
Not to mention that it'd have to include a mechanism for the spammer to get paid for the victim sending the message.
They dont need to get pay for the "conterminated" emails. The purpose would be to create false positives, by doing so force the operator to loosen the filter, and THEN get the real spam trough.
I'd lose my patience quickly if someone I knew sent me spam a second time after I alerted them to their problem. Fortunately, I don't know that many clueless people.
I dont see how that will stop spammers trying to conterminate legit emails. A few clueless users is all it takes.
www.sco.com has the IP adresse of 127.0.0.1 on my network now, it might very well be the same on yours now, so the Apache-page is probably just the default page of your own local webserver.
Try it out...
$ host www.sco.com
www.sco.com A 127.0.0.1
... to be down, or not to be down.
daniel@baerbar:~$ host sco.com
sco.com A 216.250.128.12
daniel@baerbar:~$ host www.sco.com
www.sco.com A 127.0.0.1
Or will fat binaries that can execute in x86, x86-64 Intel and x86-64 AMD be necessary?
;)
Only for Windows
(This is here all you Gentoo zealots come in)
I thinks its fair to assume, that because they too have trouble taking the SCO claims seriously.
Spamassassin is great...
However, people likely to get hit by this "bagle", is very much unlikely to be able to operate their own server running procmail + spamassassin.
No sir, Apple is not strongarming anyone here. No company is even remotely as dependent on Apple as most are on Microsoft.
Want choice? What about OggVorbis?
I seriously doubt anyone concerned about choise, would want to choose WMA.
Amen to that!!.
Knoppix is becoming Debians default installer on x86 hardware. Its not just more fun than the conventional approach, but it feels safer, since you can SEE it working on your computer before installing for real.
Hmmm...
;)
Have you tried Knoppix as a Debian installer?
It works very well for me. I have converted my Desktop and my laptop from RedHat to Debian using Knoppix with very little trouble. The knx-hdinstall is very simple.
And it "sells". Among friends and family, there are now 2 converted Windows boxes and 3 converted RedHat boxes, all to the same knoppix CD