you have to track the bugs on each platform separately anyways
Not to seem ignorant but why?
A bug fix on one architecture may break something on another. Why have multiple databases that may potentially not be in sync when a unified database may be more efficient?
I wont pretend that I read all of the mailing lists, far from it. I wont pretend that I understand all of the decisions that the debian developers/package maintainers make. But from what I have seen of the work done by them I am more than willing to have a little faith that they know what they are doing and that there are good reasons for the decisions they make.
Maybe it would have been an idea to release the x86 packages, but whether it would have been a good idea or a bad idea I don't know.
Well redhat is out to make a profit, they make no secret of it, this is their choice. In this choice is reflected any other choice they make, ie they will be primarily to make and increase their profits.
Debian is a community distro, if someone wants to base another distro on it, either for free or for profit, they can. If however they wanted change Debian itself to be for profit, they'd need most of the developers to be in agreement on this. They would have to convince the community at large about this. It's not like a buisiness where the boss simply decides one day to up and sell. Debian has a leader, but that leader is not the boss. He can make decisions, but he can also be overruled and if need be removed from his position and replaced.
This is one of the things that makes debian different to many other distros out there. Maybe not better, but certainly different.
A good looking, easier installer for just x86 is doable, but having that same installer work on the, what is it now, 10 or more different supported architectures that is the trick. Also don't forget the debian installer is designed to work on the lowest common denominator not every system it installed on has a flashy graphics card, some don't have a display card at all.
Debian like FreeBSD is stable and the developers do not have the pressure to get the latest and greatest apps and versions of kde out of the door to increase sales.
I disagree, if you look through some of the debian mailing lists, especially the xfree86 one, there is a lot of pressure to get the latest and greatest packages added. However the developers generally have enough sense to smile, nod and get on building the packages properly and not folding to the pressure.
It would be nice if a disc like the freeloader disc or the action replay could be updated to allow direct booting from either the broadband adapter of from the disc itself. Maybe it would be an idea to approach datel once a working version is available. They have a long history of producing some of the more interesting peripherals for various consoles.
The SD Flash is a posibility, but not the mini DVD-R discs. From what I've read the discs are written differently enough that they cannot be read be a normal dvd drive. Also meaning that standard mini dvd discs cannot be read.
On another note Gamecube memory cards can be bought in sizes upto 128 megebits and accessing the memory card slots (including accessing any peripherals plugged in I assume) is on the roadmap for the linux/gamecube project. 128Mbits should be more than enough for a/home directory to store files and preferences.
Would it be really wise to have the government get involved in rewriting a commonly used web browser/window manager/kitchen sink?
Especially a government that thinks the "patriot act" and the DMCA amongst others are good ideas?
It's bad enough that an American based company has a stranglehold on the global browser market, but getting the government involved too is just asking for trouble. The only way I could trust a browser written by the American, any government in fact, is if the source were freely available and I compiled it myself.
This is, of course, very true. Not to mention the ideal solution.
In fact to be completely honest my suggestion would simply hide the problem of non-standards compliant websites. It could even hold back the very changes that need to be made by not allowing webmasters to see which browsers are being used to access their sites.
It'd be nice if this could be automated or better still allow the browser ID being sent to be adusted on a site by site (perhaps even a page by page) basis.
One thing I will never understand... why were the people at LILUG playing that stupid dancing game? They looked like a bunch of fools.
Well my guess would be that they were having fun.
Hell I laughed the first time I saw the game being played, but after trying out the mat I bought my little sister for her birthday I can see the appeal. The first few goes I kinda just stood there thinking "Shit I must look fucking stupid!" But then I got past that and started to enjoy it.
Yep, not much to watch, but playing it is totally different. And it drips originality. There's exploration, action, strategy, resource managment, puzzle solving and a whole bunch more that blends together to make a very fun and enjoyable game
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So that's what windows would look like!
broken sword had a breakout type game you could play during the install.
pfft, a mere toy! I use one of these
I prefer this one.
OK, my bad. I thought you were implying seperate databases :)
A bug fix on one architecture may break something on another. Why have multiple databases that may potentially not be in sync when a unified database may be more efficient?
I wont pretend that I read all of the mailing lists, far from it. I wont pretend that I understand all of the decisions that the debian developers/package maintainers make. But from what I have seen of the work done by them I am more than willing to have a little faith that they know what they are doing and that there are good reasons for the decisions they make.
Maybe it would have been an idea to release the x86 packages, but whether it would have been a good idea or a bad idea I don't know.
It may suck, but it works a charm :)
Well redhat is out to make a profit, they make no secret of it, this is their choice. In this choice is reflected any other choice they make, ie they will be primarily to make and increase their profits.
Debian is a community distro, if someone wants to base another distro on it, either for free or for profit, they can. If however they wanted change Debian itself to be for profit, they'd need most of the developers to be in agreement on this. They would have to convince the community at large about this. It's not like a buisiness where the boss simply decides one day to up and sell. Debian has a leader, but that leader is not the boss. He can make decisions, but he can also be overruled and if need be removed from his position and replaced.
This is one of the things that makes debian different to many other distros out there. Maybe not better, but certainly different.
A lot less than 2 CDs if you have the bandwidth to do a net install. There are debian net install .isos out there that'll fit on a business card disc.
A good looking, easier installer for just x86 is doable, but having that same installer work on the, what is it now, 10 or more different supported architectures that is the trick. Also don't forget the debian installer is designed to work on the lowest common denominator not every system it installed on has a flashy graphics card, some don't have a display card at all.
And those are just the sizes of the EULA!
Whee, you had paper? In my day we had to memorise the ones and wonder what else we needed as neither paper nor zeros had been invented!
It would be nice if a disc like the freeloader disc or the action replay could be updated to allow direct booting from either the broadband adapter of from the disc itself. Maybe it would be an idea to approach datel once a working version is available. They have a long history of producing some of the more interesting peripherals for various consoles.
The SD Flash is a posibility, but not the mini DVD-R discs. From what I've read the discs are written differently enough that they cannot be read be a normal dvd drive. Also meaning that standard mini dvd discs cannot be read.
/home directory to store files and preferences.
On another note Gamecube memory cards can be bought in sizes upto 128 megebits and accessing the memory card slots (including accessing any peripherals plugged in I assume) is on the roadmap for the linux/gamecube project. 128Mbits should be more than enough for a
Whoa, hold on there!
Would it be really wise to have the government get involved in rewriting a commonly used web browser/window manager/kitchen sink?
Especially a government that thinks the "patriot act" and the DMCA amongst others are good ideas?
It's bad enough that an American based company has a stranglehold on the global browser market, but getting the government involved too is just asking for trouble. The only way I could trust a browser written by the American, any government in fact, is if the source were freely available and I compiled it myself.
Some call it paranoia, I call it prudence.
This is, of course, very true. Not to mention the ideal solution.
In fact to be completely honest my suggestion would simply hide the problem of non-standards compliant websites. It could even hold back the very changes that need to be made by not allowing webmasters to see which browsers are being used to access their sites.
It'd be nice if this could be automated or better still allow the browser ID being sent to be adusted on a site by site (perhaps even a page by page) basis.
You'd trust a patch for the Patriot Act from MS?
Worse yet you'd trust a rewrite by them?
Hell I laughed the first time I saw the game being played, but after trying out the mat I bought my little sister for her birthday I can see the appeal. The first few goes I kinda just stood there thinking "Shit I must look fucking stupid!" But then I got past that and started to enjoy it.
It's basically an "each to their own" thing.
Yep, not much to watch, but playing it is totally different.
And it drips originality. There's exploration, action, strategy, resource managment, puzzle solving and a whole bunch more that blends together to make a very fun and enjoyable game
In the same vein I'd have to say pikmin rocked for me. Obviously not *made* this year, but it's the most original game I've *played* all year.