I remember dual-boot being one of the issues people were talking about during the anti-trust settlement, but IIRC was not addresses in the actual case. The case seemed to concentrate on less important issues like Internet Explorer integrated into the OS. Though I don't know for sure the details of all this, I didn't follow it closely enough.
But why not offer a dual-boot Linux/Windows machine for the price of a Windows-only machine?
Rumor has it that Microsoft licensing prevents a dual-boot Linux/Windows machine. Supposedly there is some clause that prevents it, but we won't know for sure because the license is supposedly a trade secret.
But you're right, dual-boot would be best for consumers.
I recently reinstalled Windows XP. There were 47 "critical" updates. Installed service pack 1. Then there were 29 critical updates left. About time for Service pack 2.
Don't expect SP2 anytime soon, Microsoft pushed back their release of WinXP SP2 until 3rd quarter of next year.
The whole "free, as in beer" thing never made sense to me because as long as I can recall free beer is not legal.
Think parties with kegs of beer. Just walk right in, grab a Solo cup, fill it up, and drink it up, its free. Most of the time you're drinking cheap beer, but every now and then someone buys some good stuff.
Also, clubs/bar can serve free beer (and any other kind of drink). This is certainly legal. Hell, I drink free beer most Saturdays. Remember to tip your bartender, though (kinda like "its free, but buy a copy or donate to support the distro").
I can't say I like these leech-cd companies very much. Even when they donate to the projects, it's still at the cost of a direct lost sale that would have supported them a lot more. If you care enough about a project to want it on a professionally replicated CD, you should at least be willing to buy it from an official outlet.
What if you don't particularly give a shit about a particular project, but you do want to try out their product before you decide whether you give a shit or not? And you're on a 56k connection?
Is it any worse than us broadband users downloading the ISO's?
I can assure you those guys (at SCO) are at least snorting giant rails of coke, if not baking it up and smoking the rock... I think Linus is right on the money, their behavior is that of an addict.
.Dropped by the IRC channel and loved every minute of it. I've never met a debian guru I didn't like.
Indeed. I've been using Debian for about 8 months now. I've been on #debian @ freenode a few times and have had nothing but good experiences. I either don't get an answer at all because no one knows, or I get a quick reply from someone who has already experienced the problems I am having.
I don't believe I've ever seen X run slow enough that you can see the windows and menu's being redrawn...
I've noticed that the widgets being redrawn for GTK apps tend to be really noticable. GTK apps in Windows don't have this problem. In X, when I switch between virtual desktops, I see Evolution take about a half a second to redraw itself. It is very noticable. Qt apps do it to, but not as bad. Mozilla is not as bad, but still noticable. Definitely something that needs a solution. Windows doesn't have this problem.
I'm running on Duron 1 GHz with a Geforce2 for video, and 512MB RAM. If anyone can point me in the direction on how to tweak X to not have these problems.
But this is only test1. It makes no sense to be using that when there is test3 (if you want to actually do some testing, its fine for check out the features of 2.6.0).
Mobile phone numbers in the US have area codes? That's wacky.
Yes, they have area codes. If someone in the area code is calling your cell phone, it is a local call for them (thus costs nothing). How does this work in the UK? Is calling a cell phone (from a land line) always free?
You do, actually. It's rare to not have to reboot in Windows 2000 after applying a patch/hotfix, even though MS promised us we'd hardly ever have to reboot again...
This particular patch didn't ask me to reboot, it was actually quite surprising.
Hmmm.. I received another automatic update to patch a DirectX bug this morning. Did MS release another fix for this issue? Maybe the first patch had a bug in it?
...this is just AOL cutting the Mozilla project loose. Yeah, $2 million contribution to the Mozilla Foundation isn't much, but I expect many other companies to contribute. No worries here. In fact, it seems appropriate that the Mozilla project is disconnected from AOL.
has an ugly look and feel that few other applications can match.
Try Mozilla Firebird with the theme "Phoenity Neo." Very simple yet nice looking, easy on the eyes. I wish they had that theme for regular Mozilla. I agree, the two default themes kinda suck, and I can't find any decent themes for v1.4.
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Would somebody google his address and get back to me? I'm in the market for a new television and stereo!
That's too bad, all you'll get is a folding chair, and an old 486.
Well, I actually find it describes my attitude about things. Yes, I lock my doors and have very tight firewall rules, but this part is important:
"I'd rather accept the slight risk of attack than constantly live in fear."
Begun, the Clone() war has.
I think you mean:
Clone war = new Clone();
war.Begin();
this.Text = war.InsertYodaQuote();
I might have to get my eyebrows plucked regularly, but I think I can take this job.
I remember dual-boot being one of the issues people were talking about during the anti-trust settlement, but IIRC was not addresses in the actual case. The case seemed to concentrate on less important issues like Internet Explorer integrated into the OS. Though I don't know for sure the details of all this, I didn't follow it closely enough.
But why not offer a dual-boot Linux/Windows machine for the price of a Windows-only machine?
Rumor has it that Microsoft licensing prevents a dual-boot Linux/Windows machine. Supposedly there is some clause that prevents it, but we won't know for sure because the license is supposedly a trade secret.
But you're right, dual-boot would be best for consumers.
I recently reinstalled Windows XP. There were 47 "critical" updates. Installed service pack 1. Then there were 29 critical updates left. About time for Service pack 2.
Don't expect SP2 anytime soon, Microsoft pushed back their release of WinXP SP2 until 3rd quarter of next year.
The whole "free, as in beer" thing never made sense to me because as long as I can recall free beer is not legal.
Think parties with kegs of beer. Just walk right in, grab a Solo cup, fill it up, and drink it up, its free. Most of the time you're drinking cheap beer, but every now and then someone buys some good stuff.
Also, clubs/bar can serve free beer (and any other kind of drink). This is certainly legal. Hell, I drink free beer most Saturdays. Remember to tip your bartender, though (kinda like "its free, but buy a copy or donate to support the distro").
Cheers.
I can't say I like these leech-cd companies very much. Even when they donate to the projects, it's still at the cost of a direct lost sale that would have supported them a lot more. If you care enough about a project to want it on a professionally replicated CD, you should at least be willing to buy it from an official outlet.
What if you don't particularly give a shit about a particular project, but you do want to try out their product before you decide whether you give a shit or not? And you're on a 56k connection?
Is it any worse than us broadband users downloading the ISO's?
I can assure you those guys (at SCO) are at least snorting giant rails of coke, if not baking it up and smoking the rock... I think Linus is right on the money, their behavior is that of an addict.
.Dropped by the IRC channel and loved every minute of it. I've never met a debian guru I didn't like.
Indeed. I've been using Debian for about 8 months now. I've been on #debian @ freenode a few times and have had nothing but good experiences. I either don't get an answer at all because no one knows, or I get a quick reply from someone who has already experienced the problems I am having.
The flames come when someone disses on Debian. It usually goes like this:
/etc."
newb: "Debian fucking sucks, it can't do X. And its very hard to do Y."
debian-user: "Why didn't you just use apt-get for Y? And it can do X, you just have to edit some files in
newb: "How the fuck am I suppose to know all that you elitist prick?"
debian-user: "Next time you have a question, go RTFM or do a Google search before you come in here claiming Debian sucks and flaming people."
newb: "Fuck you you fucking ass!!@#$@"
*** newb has been kicked from the channel
I don't believe I've ever seen X run slow enough that you can see the windows and menu's being redrawn...
I've noticed that the widgets being redrawn for GTK apps tend to be really noticable. GTK apps in Windows don't have this problem. In X, when I switch between virtual desktops, I see Evolution take about a half a second to redraw itself. It is very noticable. Qt apps do it to, but not as bad. Mozilla is not as bad, but still noticable. Definitely something that needs a solution. Windows doesn't have this problem.
I'm running on Duron 1 GHz with a Geforce2 for video, and 512MB RAM. If anyone can point me in the direction on how to tweak X to not have these problems.
So ask the men "this pill shrinks your penis by an inch, but makes you way smarter - would you take it?"
As long as that is length and not width.
Linux is a good thing because it allows you to be a part of a small clique that is able to feel superior to everyone else
Oh ok, so people use Linux to be elite? That's a new argument that we haven't heard before.
And here I always thought Linux was so popular because it was a free UNIX work-alike which has seen a rapid amount of growth.
You think sendmail and emacs are big, bloated and don't conform to the UNIX philosophy?
Regarding Emacs: GNU's not UNIX
I think I answered my own question:
a ge-2.6.0-test1-1-386.html
http://packages.debian.org/testing/base/kernel-im
But this is only test1. It makes no sense to be using that when there is test3 (if you want to actually do some testing, its fine for check out the features of 2.6.0).
I have a better question: does anyone know where i can find .deb's for the 2.4-series kernel? Have they hit testing yet?
Assuming you are serious here:
sources.list line:
deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
package:
kernel-image-2.4.21-3
(these are specific for your processor so look up which package you need)
Personally, I want to know where to find debs for 2.6.0. Anyone know?
Mobile phone numbers in the US have area codes? That's wacky.
Yes, they have area codes. If someone in the area code is calling your cell phone, it is a local call for them (thus costs nothing). How does this work in the UK? Is calling a cell phone (from a land line) always free?
You do, actually. It's rare to not have to reboot in Windows 2000 after applying a patch/hotfix, even though MS promised us we'd hardly ever have to reboot again...
This particular patch didn't ask me to reboot, it was actually quite surprising.
Hmmm.. I received another automatic update to patch a DirectX bug this morning. Did MS release another fix for this issue? Maybe the first patch had a bug in it?
What's so special about this flaw?
What's so special is you actually *don't* have to reboot after applying the patch.
So why use broadband?
1) Streaming media
I've paid for audio streams that had nothing to do with RIAA/MPAA. There is plenty of free streaming media as well.
2) Downloading your music
Plenty of indie bands out there sharing their stuff. Once I produce a decent recording, I'll do the same.
3) Always available
Not always, but just about.
4) High Speed
300 KB/sec (KB=kilobyte) at any given time including peak hours is high speed to me.
5) Unlimited internet
Caps? What caps?
...this is just AOL cutting the Mozilla project loose. Yeah, $2 million contribution to the Mozilla Foundation isn't much, but I expect many other companies to contribute. No worries here. In fact, it seems appropriate that the Mozilla project is disconnected from AOL.
has an ugly look and feel that few other applications can match.
Try Mozilla Firebird with the theme "Phoenity Neo." Very simple yet nice looking, easy on the eyes. I wish they had that theme for regular Mozilla. I agree, the two default themes kinda suck, and I can't find any decent themes for v1.4.
the browser war can now be faught by the remaining worthy competitors, IE and Mozilla (and some might say Opera).
Some might also say KHTML. Win32 port possibly?