I used Knoppix a few times and I was very impressed, but it cannot replace the current installer because it's heavily desktop-oriented. That's what my point was.
I agree that the best way to satisfy all users is to have multiple installers, but Debian is ran by volunteers so it's unreasonable to expect them to develop or support multiple installers.
The problem with Knoppix is that it doesnt fit the "Universal Operating System" style of Debian.
I installed Debian (with the beta3 installer) on a box for file serving/backup. Very few packages (5 or 6) in the default install were unnecessary and I only needed to: apt-get nfs-kernel server.
With Knoppix it would take me a lot of time just to uninstall packages I wouldn't use. Knoppix is great for desktops but it's not the best for everyone.
It's an island so of course there are ruins "leading" into the ocean (sea to be exact). Most cities were built on the coast lines because it meant better transportation.
There is another thing which makes the whole discovery bogus; there are no Cypriot myths about Atlantis. If it is so close why aren't there any?
The Word equation editor is very slow and painful to work with. I prefer Openoffice.org for editing documents with equations. It has a markup mode which is very easy to learn and the help system is great.
It's no replacement for latex but at least you can spend your time writing equations instead of looking for the right button to click.
They are busy working on xmms2. It is a complete rewrite and it is in very early stages, but it looks very interesting. It will support multiple frontends at the same time (including GTK2, text and probably more).
The only thing it will have in common with xmms is the name.
You are right DCHP is an essential part for average Joe accounts. The problem is that many providers: overcharge static IPs, force you to buy a business plan to get a static IP or they only sell them in blocks.
For small not-for-profit low-traffic sites ISP policies are a bit of problem.
Look at the picture in the article. I doesn't look like most (or any) of them have computers at home. Then read the part that the mailman has to read the letters sometimes because many people can't read and you will see why e-mail wont work.
Actually most of his points were about scalability and eficient use of hardware. Both are not so important for desktops. I think he was talking about the server not the desktop.
Cable has similar issues due to the sharing of the line. Cable fixed this with DOCSIS 1.1 that supports encryption. They can do the same and my guess is that they already do.
You will pick up signals from the power line but the problem is what you do with them.
The same applies to cable. What if I tap into my cable line and start my own channel?
This is new technology and there will be issues initially, but at least give them some credit that they know what they are doing. They are the experts in those things and we are just guessing.
Worried yes, but it isn't as bad as the poster made it sound.
Quoting the article:
According to reports of EU negotiations, the directive will no longer attempt to exceed its jurisdiction by creating criminal law sanctions (Article 20) and the right of information (Article 9) will be limited to "appropriate court cases" to ensure that a case has been filed before personal information is forcibly disclosed. Together with an exclusion of (Article 21's) ban on technical devices, these changes would mark an improvement in the directive's overall handling of consumer rights.
If you want something totally concurrent with the PC world then Gentoo linux is the way to go. Nearly all packages will work with PPC because they are self compiled.
What does that have to with anything? Compiling is one thing, executing properly is another.
From the same page:
"A timescale of 8-9 months seems reasonable; that is, a final 2.4.0 in late August or early September. As always, we're a bit late, so our current target date is early in 2004."
Troll == making up things.
You gave several examples none of which was valid. You gave as an example a project that didn't even have any files. Some other examples of projects that had updates within the past couple of months.
If this isn't a troll then what is? Just because you believe something doesn't make it a fact. If you were trying to make a reasoned argument, well you are still missing the reasoned part.
Enlighten us with your reasons so maybe we can see the light too.
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I used Knoppix a few times and I was very impressed, but it cannot replace the current installer because it's heavily desktop-oriented. That's what my point was.
I agree that the best way to satisfy all users is to have multiple installers, but Debian is ran by volunteers so it's unreasonable to expect them to develop or support multiple installers.I installed Debian (with the beta3 installer) on a box for file serving/backup. Very few packages (5 or 6) in the default install were unnecessary and I only needed to: apt-get nfs-kernel server.
With Knoppix it would take me a lot of time just to uninstall packages I wouldn't use. Knoppix is great for desktops but it's not the best for everyone.
Windows is POSIX compliant to some extend so it is easy to port Windows applications to Linux. Not!
A virus has been detected. Please delete all files in the Documents directory.
Ignorant users will still get s****. Nothing replaces proper user training.It's a server for running Web-based java applications.
It's an island so of course there are ruins "leading" into the ocean (sea to be exact). Most cities were built on the coast lines because it meant better transportation.
There is another thing which makes the whole discovery bogus; there are no Cypriot myths about Atlantis. If it is so close why aren't there any?
It's no replacement for latex but at least you can spend your time writing equations instead of looking for the right button to click.
The only thing it will have in common with xmms is the name.
You are right DCHP is an essential part for average Joe accounts. The problem is that many providers: overcharge static IPs, force you to buy a business plan to get a static IP or they only sell them in blocks.
For small not-for-profit low-traffic sites ISP policies are a bit of problem.Look at the picture in the article. I doesn't look like most (or any) of them have computers at home. Then read the part that the mailman has to read the letters sometimes because many people can't read and you will see why e-mail wont work.
Actually most of his points were about scalability and eficient use of hardware. Both are not so important for desktops. I think he was talking about the server not the desktop.
Think about that before you accuse them of being behind in computer technology.
- You will pick up signals from the power line but the problem is what you do with them.
- The same applies to cable. What if I tap into my cable line and start my own channel?
This is new technology and there will be issues initially, but at least give them some credit that they know what they are doing. They are the experts in those things and we are just guessing.Not to mention that they had the skills to build that complex system yet they were incapable of writing the software for the controller???
Yeap, it makes sense because Soviet programmers are incompetent and American programmers are the shiat.
This smells propaganda and nationalism to me, but unfortunately some people will buy it.
Not today :)
apt-cache show xfree86-common | grep Version
Version: 4.3.0-2
Quoting the article:
According to reports of EU negotiations, the directive will no longer attempt to exceed its jurisdiction by creating criminal law sanctions (Article 20) and the right of information (Article 9) will be limited to "appropriate court cases" to ensure that a case has been filed before personal information is forcibly disclosed. Together with an exclusion of (Article 21's) ban on technical devices, these changes would mark an improvement in the directive's overall handling of consumer rights.Software is always about compromises. It is stupid to go for "correctness" in a performance-critical part of the code.
Would you like your images to render faster or the underlying code to be goto-free?If you want something totally concurrent with the PC world then Gentoo linux is the way to go. Nearly all packages will work with PPC because they are self compiled.
What does that have to with anything? Compiling is one thing, executing properly is another.
From the same page:
"A timescale of 8-9 months seems reasonable; that is, a final 2.4.0 in late August or early September. As always, we're a bit late, so our current target date is early in 2004."
Windows is not asking. It just overwrites the MBR.
If 1% of the users are programers then any given project with more than 99 users has at least one person capable of fixing the bug.
With 1000 users you only need 0.1%.Bug gets fixed everyone is happy.
If this isn't a troll then what is? Just because you believe something doesn't make it a fact. If you were trying to make a reasoned argument, well you are still missing the reasoned part.
Enlighten us with your reasons so maybe we can see the light too.PS Capitalism sucks
IF there is an uninstall target in the makefile.