The grandparent was talking about package managers I think - the average person would probably never see the command line let alone compile software. What they would see would be YaST or Synaptic which handles things for the user.
You know, it might help if you actually installed a Linux distroD. OS booting from hard drive beats OS booting from CD - well, of course.
Scripting languages I won't comment on - except to say that Linux has all the choice in the world, not to mention the ability to modify the actual source code to add whatever features you like.
I'm not even sure what you are talking about when you mention Java - I'd assume that people generally use, well, Java.
Well, I recently built a new computer. The CD that came with the gigabyte motherboard includes a program called @BIOS that can update the BIOS firmware. The hairs rose on the back of my neck - you can do that from within an operating system? Worse, the program doesn't give the correct binaries for download by default! I'd hate to see the average user using something like that.
Personally I'm surprised he didn't choose one desktop and stick with it years ago. Supporting both is doable for distros with large teams, but there's such a thing as too much work.:)
I don't know about the other distros, but with SuSE a new user can basically click ok through the entire installation and arrive at a functional KDE desktop. Sane defaults is the key - I'd be shocked if there was a modern distro that didn't have them.
If Steve's head grows anymore they'll have to widen the door to his office. Apple is just as evil as Microsoft and if they ever beat Windows they'll turn their attention to destroying open source operating systems next.
But Apple never seems to be out of the courts these days. While they may be in the right, it's starting to damage their image - and since Apple survives mostly on image, it isn't smart.
To get a GPS fix, the unit needs to have a view of the sky. It needs to be able to see a fairly large area of the sky too in order to always have a full 3D fix. With a small area you get a lot of 2D fixes or have no GPS at all.
I have no interest in tech advice from someone that doesn't know better than using IE. Not that the content previous to this was anything particularly special.
Translation: Symantec thinks they should be selling more software in the UK and US. I'll believe it when I see an analysis done by someone with less of an interest in selling substandard security software.
No. They broke the law and are now planning to profit from the judgement against them. If they don't like it they can piss off out of Europe, I certainly won't complain about their stuff not being sold here.
Apple will gleefully jump on board. They like it when users have no choice but to do what Apple tells them to do, because Steve Jobs is a closet megalomaniac.
Apple are now offcially litigious bastards in my book. They'll just have to share the title with the other litigious bastards. I wonder how long before they start claiming to own KDE and Gnome.
Is how much damage Apple have done to themselves with that single lawsuit. The previously very Apple-friendly slashdot now regularly has anti-Apple jokes and outright dislike from a lot of posters (myself included).
Since all that has kept and will keep Apple going against cheap PC hardware and Windows (and increasingly Linux) is their public relations I doubt it was worth it. Microsoft can keep going because the average Joe knows only Windows. Apple relies on geeks and professionals for their business - and geeks and professionals tend to read sites like slashdot which expose the litigation-happy Apple.
Guess that means sources will have to stay annonymous from now on. Don't know why they didn't in the first place, I certainly would have done. A journalist can't reveal what he/she doesn't know after all.
As for Apple... see that category you are in? It's the same one Microsoft is in. I will never ever EVER buy a single one of your products for the rest of my life. No one actually needs you - the combination of AMD64 and Linux more than beats anything you put out. After Linux has killed Windows, OS X is next.
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Since at least 9.1, which was released about a year ago. Plus a DVD of sources and five install CDs for those that don't have a DVD drive.
The grandparent was talking about package managers I think - the average person would probably never see the command line let alone compile software. What they would see would be YaST or Synaptic which handles things for the user.
Haven't we had enough April Fool's jokes today already?
Scripting languages I won't comment on - except to say that Linux has all the choice in the world, not to mention the ability to modify the actual source code to add whatever features you like.
I'm not even sure what you are talking about when you mention Java - I'd assume that people generally use, well, Java.Well, I recently built a new computer. The CD that came with the gigabyte motherboard includes a program called @BIOS that can update the BIOS firmware. The hairs rose on the back of my neck - you can do that from within an operating system? Worse, the program doesn't give the correct binaries for download by default! I'd hate to see the average user using something like that.
Personally I'm surprised he didn't choose one desktop and stick with it years ago. Supporting both is doable for distros with large teams, but there's such a thing as too much work. :)
I don't know about the other distros, but with SuSE a new user can basically click ok through the entire installation and arrive at a functional KDE desktop. Sane defaults is the key - I'd be shocked if there was a modern distro that didn't have them.
If Steve's head grows anymore they'll have to widen the door to his office. Apple is just as evil as Microsoft and if they ever beat Windows they'll turn their attention to destroying open source operating systems next.
So everyone on slashdot is automatically a person that downloads copyrighted music? Fuck off and troll somewhere else you ignorant wanker.
But Apple never seems to be out of the courts these days. While they may be in the right, it's starting to damage their image - and since Apple survives mostly on image, it isn't smart.
Novell's plan is to have NLD as the stable corporate desktop while SuSE Pro has the latest and greatest code, IIRC. I think 9.3 is due fairly soon.
To get a GPS fix, the unit needs to have a view of the sky. It needs to be able to see a fairly large area of the sky too in order to always have a full 3D fix. With a small area you get a lot of 2D fixes or have no GPS at all.
I have no interest in tech advice from someone that doesn't know better than using IE. Not that the content previous to this was anything particularly special.
Translation: Symantec thinks they should be selling more software in the UK and US. I'll believe it when I see an analysis done by someone with less of an interest in selling substandard security software.
Don't forget to go socket 939, otherwise you have no upgrade path in the future.
No. They broke the law and are now planning to profit from the judgement against them. If they don't like it they can piss off out of Europe, I certainly won't complain about their stuff not being sold here.
Apple will gleefully jump on board. They like it when users have no choice but to do what Apple tells them to do, because Steve Jobs is a closet megalomaniac.
Apple are now offcially litigious bastards in my book. They'll just have to share the title with the other litigious bastards. I wonder how long before they start claiming to own KDE and Gnome.
Since all that has kept and will keep Apple going against cheap PC hardware and Windows (and increasingly Linux) is their public relations I doubt it was worth it. Microsoft can keep going because the average Joe knows only Windows. Apple relies on geeks and professionals for their business - and geeks and professionals tend to read sites like slashdot which expose the litigation-happy Apple.
The heavy handed tactics of the entertainment industry is what gains them the public relations disaster.
When have the we-want-to-profit-from-other-peoples-work crowd ever made sense?
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As for Apple... see that category you are in? It's the same one Microsoft is in. I will never ever EVER buy a single one of your products for the rest of my life. No one actually needs you - the combination of AMD64 and Linux more than beats anything you put out. After Linux has killed Windows, OS X is next.
Those of us outside the US are just not interested in bowing to your retard of a leader. Fuck Bush and fuck the American Empire.