some (if not most) icons are manually mipmapped (kde supports this - generally you put the 16x16 icons in a directory called 16x16 and so on), however this icon doesn't seem to scale badly at all and still looks fantastic at 16x16. Depends on the type and complexity of the icon I suppose.
did you read the description? The original image was created in Paint and it was converted to JPG as well as some blurring applied as I understand it using Photoshop. I'd be *extremely* impressed anyway if it was made in photoshop - you can't easily make something like that in photoshop.
SimpleKDE seems like a good idea at first but they've gone too far. I'm looking at the screenshots and seeing them removing things like virtual desktops. I don't mind them reducing the amount of settings and configuration required for the newer computer users but these are some brilliant features that increase organisation and productivity here that they're removing.
I can't wait for Plasma, simply because Kicker is way past its use by date. Kicker is in my opinion one of the apps in KDE most in need of improvement. Also an integration of superkaramba and kdesktop will be fantastic.
I haven't seen the blog but is there any idea as to how big the budget will be for this? Will all the voice actors be returning and will the animation be as complex as in the TV show?
I'm not sure I want a futurama movie in the vein of Starship Troopers 2.
I'm not sure how you can criticise the modularity of Linux when it is one of its biggest advantages. As a software engineer I can say with a reasonable degree of authority that integration is *bad*. There is less reusability of code and a single point for security holes (i.e. you know that the security hole in any component of Windows will affect every Windows machine). Also on the security front, there's less of an ability to sandbox modules, so in Windows if there's a bad hole in IE that can run arbitrary code, generally you're fucked. You can't sub a certain piece of the system for something better or more in tune with your needs. The modularity in Linux is the reason why it runs on everything from watches to supercomputers.
Integration appears like a good idea on the surface, but it's usually not.
The one thing I love about BG is that the spaceships are physically accurate. They have thrusters all over the ships in different directions to subtly change course and they conserve momentum. When an enemy is behind them they just use the thrusters to flip around and shoot backwards.
I remember cringing in Stargate when they expressed a ship's top speed in miles per hour.
I was a bit offput by the first episode of the new series. I didn't think it had the feel of Farscape, definitely not. The actors are just actors (Claudia Black's characters are ever so slightly different...)
I was actually bothered by how much it felt like Battlestar Galactica. Don't get me wrong, I like Battlestar Galactica, but Stargate should be Stargate, that's why I watch it. Obviously CmdrTaco loves BG, but unlike him I don't want every show to feel the same.
So you don't see the use in having a web site that can work correctly and bug free in both IE and the others even with the differences in design, or a small format website designed for PDAs and mobile phones or even a text web page designed for text browsers?
Unfortunately, the tags in the lowest common denominator are probably fully described in the Allowed HTML for slashdot. Believe it or not, people may browse the web in a browser that doesn't include IE, KHTML or Firefox, and there may be web pages that need code that is out of the overlap of those browsers, and if you said to a manager of a large web site that catering for the extra one or two percent of visitors was just silly then I'm not sure he'd agree.
She's also sueing the Terminator for the same script. Seeing as how the only overlap between the Terminator and the Matrix is the sentient computer I gather that's what the lawsuit is about. And seeing as how a three year old playing an X-Box could have thought up this idea, I have as much or more of a right to call her a litigious bitchy arsehole trying to legally steal other peoples money as you have calling Andy and Larry Wachowski plagerisers.
lol, easy bullshit. Visible GFX development is run by games, but real GFX development is run by animation and coorperation. Besides, DirectX doesn't actually rule games since it only runs on Windows and XBox, not PS or Nintendo or humble Linux!
Frankly I don't care for the statement "ready for the desktop", I was just offering help. Though I try to correct blatent factual errors (for example that you have to reinstall linux every six months! Hell a lot of people don't even reboot linux every six months except on the off chance they need to upgrade the kernel), I find that there's too much bias and double standards for a conversation like this, so much so that saying that "linux is not ready for the desktop" even compared to OSX means absolutely nothing.
Guess what, they are different, and have a different way of doing things. I'm not in the position to say one or the other is correct. Perhaps the only correct answer to this question is "mu"...
I'd say if you're worried about having things in a mess or compile errors then try Debian or one of it's derivatives (ubuntu, kubuntu, mepis, xandros, kanotix, a few more). They all use apt as a package manager so no mess and things generally just work. Also debian tends to be very cautious about stability so even unstable tends to be stabler than most, definitely stabler than Gentoo.
Besides these advantages, upgrading between versions for (k)ubuntu or doing daily upgrades for Debian testing/unstable tend to just happen and just work with no messing around. Definitely no reinstalling!
Fair enough, it's most probably a hardware error then. Linux runs on a huge amount of hardware but it sometimes really doesn't like playing. Seriously, though, try looking at the Kubuntu wiki, there's an impressive list of laptops there and yours might be in there.
Install debian with fluxbox. You'll have to cut a few things down and do a few things by hand, but that's to be expected if you're going to want to run a modern operating system on a ten year old computer. Otherwise I'd get an old version of debian woody and run kde 2 or gnome on it.
Have you tried the program synaptic? The GUI package manager? It should be in your KDE menu. If not just run "sudo synaptic". For that matter, did you even read the documentation telling you in clear and simple steps exactly what to do?
When you were looking for how to make your laptop sleep or how to make the wifi card work, did you try actually looking on the Kubuntu website? I see an impressive list of laptop brands there telling you how to do different things including sleep and get wifi working.
I know, the distro web site and the distro manual. The last place I'd have thought to look as well.
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It's a simple equation. They don't have forced DRM so the RIAA and co won't deal with them.
some (if not most) icons are manually mipmapped (kde supports this - generally you put the 16x16 icons in a directory called 16x16 and so on), however this icon doesn't seem to scale badly at all and still looks fantastic at 16x16. Depends on the type and complexity of the icon I suppose.
four times the space to put programs in...
did you read the description? The original image was created in Paint and it was converted to JPG as well as some blurring applied as I understand it using Photoshop. I'd be *extremely* impressed anyway if it was made in photoshop - you can't easily make something like that in photoshop.
BTW, it's most definitely not mine!
It's a PNG file for linux - right click and click "save image as". Yes linux icons are usually that big.
SimpleKDE seems like a good idea at first but they've gone too far. I'm looking at the screenshots and seeing them removing things like virtual desktops. I don't mind them reducing the amount of settings and configuration required for the newer computer users but these are some brilliant features that increase organisation and productivity here that they're removing.
I can't wait for Plasma, simply because Kicker is way past its use by date. Kicker is in my opinion one of the apps in KDE most in need of improvement. Also an integration of superkaramba and kdesktop will be fantastic.
Don't laugh too much, MS Paint can be a powerful tool!
I haven't seen the blog but is there any idea as to how big the budget will be for this? Will all the voice actors be returning and will the animation be as complex as in the TV show?
I'm not sure I want a futurama movie in the vein of Starship Troopers 2.
I'm not sure how you can criticise the modularity of Linux when it is one of its biggest advantages. As a software engineer I can say with a reasonable degree of authority that integration is *bad*. There is less reusability of code and a single point for security holes (i.e. you know that the security hole in any component of Windows will affect every Windows machine). Also on the security front, there's less of an ability to sandbox modules, so in Windows if there's a bad hole in IE that can run arbitrary code, generally you're fucked. You can't sub a certain piece of the system for something better or more in tune with your needs. The modularity in Linux is the reason why it runs on everything from watches to supercomputers.
Integration appears like a good idea on the surface, but it's usually not.
The guy obviously hasn't read much of Dvorak's work.
Also there's been new work on the composite extension, hardware acceleration and a modular setup (to be released Sept 30).
In what way is her accent strange mate?
Firefox extensions to the rescue!
The one thing I love about BG is that the spaceships are physically accurate. They have thrusters all over the ships in different directions to subtly change course and they conserve momentum. When an enemy is behind them they just use the thrusters to flip around and shoot backwards.
I remember cringing in Stargate when they expressed a ship's top speed in miles per hour.
I was a bit offput by the first episode of the new series. I didn't think it had the feel of Farscape, definitely not. The actors are just actors (Claudia Black's characters are ever so slightly different...)
I was actually bothered by how much it felt like Battlestar Galactica. Don't get me wrong, I like Battlestar Galactica, but Stargate should be Stargate, that's why I watch it. Obviously CmdrTaco loves BG, but unlike him I don't want every show to feel the same.
So you don't see the use in having a web site that can work correctly and bug free in both IE and the others even with the differences in design, or a small format website designed for PDAs and mobile phones or even a text web page designed for text browsers?
Unfortunately, the tags in the lowest common denominator are probably fully described in the Allowed HTML for slashdot. Believe it or not, people may browse the web in a browser that doesn't include IE, KHTML or Firefox, and there may be web pages that need code that is out of the overlap of those browsers, and if you said to a manager of a large web site that catering for the extra one or two percent of visitors was just silly then I'm not sure he'd agree.
She's also sueing the Terminator for the same script. Seeing as how the only overlap between the Terminator and the Matrix is the sentient computer I gather that's what the lawsuit is about. And seeing as how a three year old playing an X-Box could have thought up this idea, I have as much or more of a right to call her a litigious bitchy arsehole trying to legally steal other peoples money as you have calling Andy and Larry Wachowski plagerisers.
lol, easy bullshit. Visible GFX development is run by games, but real GFX development is run by animation and coorperation. Besides, DirectX doesn't actually rule games since it only runs on Windows and XBox, not PS or Nintendo or humble Linux!
Frankly I don't care for the statement "ready for the desktop", I was just offering help. Though I try to correct blatent factual errors (for example that you have to reinstall linux every six months! Hell a lot of people don't even reboot linux every six months except on the off chance they need to upgrade the kernel), I find that there's too much bias and double standards for a conversation like this, so much so that saying that "linux is not ready for the desktop" even compared to OSX means absolutely nothing.
Guess what, they are different, and have a different way of doing things. I'm not in the position to say one or the other is correct. Perhaps the only correct answer to this question is "mu"...
I'd say if you're worried about having things in a mess or compile errors then try Debian or one of it's derivatives (ubuntu, kubuntu, mepis, xandros, kanotix, a few more). They all use apt as a package manager so no mess and things generally just work. Also debian tends to be very cautious about stability so even unstable tends to be stabler than most, definitely stabler than Gentoo.
Besides these advantages, upgrading between versions for (k)ubuntu or doing daily upgrades for Debian testing/unstable tend to just happen and just work with no messing around. Definitely no reinstalling!
Fair enough, it's most probably a hardware error then. Linux runs on a huge amount of hardware but it sometimes really doesn't like playing. Seriously, though, try looking at the Kubuntu wiki, there's an impressive list of laptops there and yours might be in there.
What distro are you using to have to reinstall every 6 months? I'm actually quite interested.
Install debian with fluxbox. You'll have to cut a few things down and do a few things by hand, but that's to be expected if you're going to want to run a modern operating system on a ten year old computer. Otherwise I'd get an old version of debian woody and run kde 2 or gnome on it.
Have you tried the program synaptic? The GUI package manager? It should be in your KDE menu. If not just run "sudo synaptic". For that matter, did you even read the documentation telling you in clear and simple steps exactly what to do?
When you were looking for how to make your laptop sleep or how to make the wifi card work, did you try actually looking on the Kubuntu website? I see an impressive list of laptop brands there telling you how to do different things including sleep and get wifi working.
I know, the distro web site and the distro manual. The last place I'd have thought to look as well.