Once you have played every game on that list, come back and then say that Linux games suck...until then, keep your head buried up your ass or you may see the sun sometime
Sounds like someone either has a short attention span when it comes to entertainment...or has had WAY too much coffee today!!
You complain about spending too much money on Linux games now, when you admit to buying 30 games in the last year... 30 x $40 = $1,200 You spent over a grand on games you probably don't play more then a couple weeks, and you say that Linux gaming is too expensive?
Did you miss the little bit under the animations?? Both Flash and Real are available for Linux, if you don't want to use them, don't complain because the option is there
*Linux versions of these players are available. Get the free Linux plug-ins for Macromedia Flash and RealPlayer.
what kind of privacy is lost by using a discount card?
The police could use it to verify that he bought that bottle of JD and went for a swerving drive down the interstate at 100mph...
The FBI can verify when/where he bought the needed supplies to start a home making bomb 'project'
His wife can find out that he bought a 12 pack of condoms at the time he was suppose to be at work...and she never saw these
These are things that should not be tracked, ever! We don't want someone going to jail over such 'evidence'! MY privacy has been compromised! They know that I'm a drunken explosives expert adulterer!! The humanity!!
Linux users whine about distros needing to be easier so their grandmother can use it
No, Windows users learning Linux are whining about needing easier distros.
Those that have a clue, already have grandma running Linux without spam, adware, worms or AOL...
Which are both completely brainless and automated on windows.
And it's just as easy in Linux, if you know how to read the README files. The flash plugin is simple to install in Linux but people don't want to read (what is the most common response to a software EULA? NEXT without reading a single word)
Java install is a pain no matter what OS your using, the hardest part is finding the right installer. But in Linux there is no lovely 'clickable' icon for you, you need to (oh gawd) TYPE!! "sh j2re-1_4_2_04-linux-i586.bin" is soooo difficult to do!!
This is the nature of Linux, to install something Like Java you need to be root. This is something a lot of Windows users still don't understand very well, and the concept of 'user space' is totally alien.
Not that none of this is possible, but Linux is taking the opposite path that Windows took. Where Windows was made to be easy to use first then secure, Linux was made to be secure first and then easy to use.
You seem to be pushing "security through obscurity" with your rant about how configuration shouldn't be an "...easy thing to do."
No, I'm pushing security through knowledge Any dumb ass can click a button an say "My system has the latest security patches, so I'm secure" then have SSH running with an easy root password (or none at all!)
People want easy, that's not a bad thing in itself, but in the process they refuse to learn what makes a system 'secure' and expect other people to do it for them. It's the damsel in distress syndrome, sitting on your duff until someone comes to save you...
Hey look, it's a typical Unix BOFH wanker. I can guess what people think of you at work.
Invalid Syntax...query removed. actully, people think highly of me at work. I do all the leg work, reading and searching for things that people are too lazy to do themselves. I see a problem, I fix it and don't take the easy way out by working around the problem. Maybe if every other 'wanker' would get off their own asses and either RTFM or even try to LEARN SOMETHING NEW I wouldn't be considered a BOFH, but a guide and helper.
The packages are all signed by Fedora, so zero chance.
Not all of them. The 'official' from Fedora are signed, but a lot of third party RPMs are not singed, yet people will think "Hey, it's Linux, it's secure right?" and install a botched RPM and leave them screaming on the support forums for help
OK, so Fedora ships a dummy point-n-click update tool that's broken out of the box, and that's a good thing?!
I have not looked at this, but is it possible that it is server overload with everyone getting and installing right away and all trying to get the updates? With Fedora Core 1 after the first month or two it became nearly impossible to use the default update server due to the constant over load
If someone wrote a worm targetting Fedora, I wouldn't be the least bit shocked.
That's where system administration comes into play, and Linux is a multi-user Operating System not unlike UNIX. Changing where up2date points to is not (and should not be) and easy thing to do. If it was easy for the user to make these changes (which you need to be root to do) they need to know where to point it to which they need to do research to find.
If this was an easy thing to do, like click link to 'mirrors' and check a box, what are the chances that one of these won't install a rootkit and hijack the system? End users do not check and verify these things, they want it and they want it now and don't care how as long as it's easy and now.
We all know how most people administer their Windows systems (why do internet worms spread so quickly?), do we want these same people using Linux...as root?!
Computers are not toys, appliances or status symbols...they are tools and every tool can be abused. Would you give a 5 year old a power saw and hope he doesn't cut his arms off? I'd rather give him a light plastic hammer and take the chances with that until he learns how to use the power saw (and what to do with it)
Sorry for the rant, it's not meant to be on you. It's just that people expect everything and get pissed off when they get anything less and blame others for their overly high expectations.
I see a lot of these complaints about Fredora being "Crippled" and "Missing multimedia", like this choice quote
You are given a browser with no plugins, so if you jump online excitedly with your new system, there are a lot of things that won't work. You load your favorite mp3s, then find out you cannot play them. God forbid you have a dvd drive.
Wow, an OS that doesn't have all the 3rd party software already installed and configured for you...last I checked Windows was nice enough to include MP3 playback AND ActiveX for your browsing pleasure, you still need to download and install Java and Flash
Repeat after me
Linux is not Windows
I don't think anyone will be happy with any Linux distro until they realize this fact What I want to know, is why don't people complain that Flash is not installed when they first install Windows? But having to spend an extra $300 for an office suite is OK?
A degree never made a person successful...successful people make themselves. A degree just gets them the interview; beyond that it is a worthless piece of paper. People who think otherwise are heading for burnout and misery.
Larry Ellison was a college drop out...He later became the richest man in the world, until Bill Gates came along
Does that mean us thirty-something people will be turned down if we apply? Sure, teens are the #1 candidates for college but the 30+ still like to continue their education...oh that's right, we are suppose to lose interest in games after 30...
They got the OK to run manned LEO (Low Earth Orbit) flights from the DOT (Department of Transportation) for the next year, so I'd say it's a safe bet that they will be doing this again a couple more times.
I was hopeing that they would do the early '90s grunge thing for this =)
I though GTA:VC had a very good variety of stations which was excellent, GTA3 radio didn't seem quite the same...but of course in GTA3 it was all 'fake' stuff and GTA:VC used licensed music which I thought was great.
I think what REALLY made GTA:VC so great was it had a solid story and the main character you played had a personality (I hated in GTA3 how the guy just walked around and people offered him jobs without him ever saying a single word) If GTA:SA has a good story and well developed charaters, I might be able to overlook an over abundance of rap =)
I was hoping that they would do something simular to how they did the radio stations in Vice City. One of the best parts of GTA:VC is just grabbing a bike and cruise listening to the radio (and driving like a mad man!)
I found the radio in GTA3 to be somewhat boring and not nearly as entertaining. From the sounds of it though, GTA:SA is going to probably have a sound track that sucks like in True Crime (I couldn't play that for more the 10 minutes before all the damn 'Gangsta Rap' got on my nerves!)
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Insightful post my ASS
Time to feed the Trolls
Here's a small list of games that are available for Linux
Take not that these do not include the L, G or K games that are usually bundled with a desktop manager
Once you have played every game on that list, come back and then say that Linux games suck...until then, keep your head buried up your ass or you may see the sun sometime
Sounds like someone either has a short attention span when it comes to entertainment...or has had WAY too much coffee today!!
You complain about spending too much money on Linux games now, when you admit to buying 30 games in the last year... 30 x $40 = $1,200
You spent over a grand on games you probably don't play more then a couple weeks, and you say that Linux gaming is too expensive?
Please say you bought budget games at $10 each...
Ever order from TuxGames? I'm still waiting for Creatures: Internet Edition that I ordered a month ago...
5-10 days for US orders...I didn't know that in the UK days means weeks...
"What do you mean, "I couldn't be president, of the United States of America"?
Tell me something, it's still "We the people", right?"
Did you miss the little bit under the animations??
Both Flash and Real are available for Linux, if you don't want to use them, don't complain because the option is there
*Linux versions of these players are available. Get the free Linux plug-ins for Macromedia Flash and RealPlayer.
The FBI can verify when/where he bought the needed supplies to start a home making bomb 'project'
His wife can find out that he bought a 12 pack of condoms at the time he was suppose to be at work...and she never saw these
These are things that should not be tracked, ever! We don't want someone going to jail over such 'evidence'!
MY privacy has been compromised! They know that I'm a drunken explosives expert adulterer!! The humanity!!
So Canadian Companies have privacy options to keep the customer happy and the United Stated has it to keep from being sued!
Democracy in action! Only in America you can get sued for knowing someone's name and address!
Java install is a pain no matter what OS your using, the hardest part is finding the right installer. But in Linux there is no lovely 'clickable' icon for you, you need to (oh gawd) TYPE!!
"sh j2re-1_4_2_04-linux-i586.bin" is soooo difficult to do!!
This is the nature of Linux, to install something Like Java you need to be root. This is something a lot of Windows users still don't understand very well, and the concept of 'user space' is totally alien.
Not that none of this is possible, but Linux is taking the opposite path that Windows took. Where Windows was made to be easy to use first then secure, Linux was made to be secure first and then easy to use.
Any dumb ass can click a button an say "My system has the latest security patches, so I'm secure" then have SSH running with an easy root password (or none at all!)
People want easy, that's not a bad thing in itself, but in the process they refuse to learn what makes a system 'secure' and expect other people to do it for them.
It's the damsel in distress syndrome, sitting on your duff until someone comes to save you...
Invalid Syntax...query removed.
actully, people think highly of me at work. I do all the leg work, reading and searching for things that people are too lazy to do themselves. I see a problem, I fix it and don't take the easy way out by working around the problem. Maybe if every other 'wanker' would get off their own asses and either RTFM or even try to LEARN SOMETHING NEW I wouldn't be considered a BOFH, but a guide and helper.
Not all of them. The 'official' from Fedora are signed, but a lot of third party RPMs are not singed, yet people will think "Hey, it's Linux, it's secure right?" and install a botched RPM and leave them screaming on the support forums for help
I have not looked at this, but is it possible that it is server overload with everyone getting and installing right away and all trying to get the updates? With Fedora Core 1 after the first month or two it became nearly impossible to use the default update server due to the constant over load
Neither would I, neither would I...
That's where system administration comes into play, and Linux is a multi-user Operating System not unlike UNIX. Changing where up2date points to is not (and should not be) and easy thing to do. If it was easy for the user to make these changes (which you need to be root to do) they need to know where to point it to which they need to do research to find.
If this was an easy thing to do, like click link to 'mirrors' and check a box, what are the chances that one of these won't install a rootkit and hijack the system? End users do not check and verify these things, they want it and they want it now and don't care how as long as it's easy and now.
We all know how most people administer their Windows systems (why do internet worms spread so quickly?), do we want these same people using Linux...as root?!
Computers are not toys, appliances or status symbols...they are tools and every tool can be abused. Would you give a 5 year old a power saw and hope he doesn't cut his arms off? I'd rather give him a light plastic hammer and take the chances with that until he learns how to use the power saw (and what to do with it)
Sorry for the rant, it's not meant to be on you. It's just that people expect everything and get pissed off when they get anything less and blame others for their overly high expectations.
Repeat after me
Linux is not Windows
I don't think anyone will be happy with any Linux distro until they realize this fact
What I want to know, is why don't people complain that Flash is not installed when they first install Windows? But having to spend an extra $300 for an office suite is OK?
Does that mean if Lucas puts himself in Cryogenics that his copyright of Star Wars would last forever?
Hell, I've been trying for 3 years to get Magic: The Gathering working! I'd be thrilled once that works under Linux!
They got the OK to run manned LEO (Low Earth Orbit) flights from the DOT (Department of Transportation) for the next year, so I'd say it's a safe bet that they will be doing this again a couple more times.
It was Laffer...but maybe they change it because they completely left Al Lowe out of this one!
I was hopeing that they would do the early '90s grunge thing for this =)
I though GTA:VC had a very good variety of stations which was excellent, GTA3 radio didn't seem quite the same...but of course in GTA3 it was all 'fake' stuff and GTA:VC used licensed music which I thought was great.
I think what REALLY made GTA:VC so great was it had a solid story and the main character you played had a personality (I hated in GTA3 how the guy just walked around and people offered him jobs without him ever saying a single word)
If GTA:SA has a good story and well developed charaters, I might be able to overlook an over abundance of rap =)
I was hoping that they would do something simular to how they did the radio stations in Vice City. One of the best parts of GTA:VC is just grabbing a bike and cruise listening to the radio (and driving like a mad man!) I found the radio in GTA3 to be somewhat boring and not nearly as entertaining. From the sounds of it though, GTA:SA is going to probably have a sound track that sucks like in True Crime (I couldn't play that for more the 10 minutes before all the damn 'Gangsta Rap' got on my nerves!)
Quake III looked nice, gameplay was just quick and smooth but lacked substance which UT was full of
So does SUSE with the Openexchange Server