He doesn't care about fonts. This implies that he does not use a GUI.
By the way, I do not use a GUI, I am strictly command line with my *nix boxes (that's more than one). But I don't expect that the average computer user will want to edit text in vi or even pico, read their email that way... Manage their 'puter that way. Some people LIKE a GUI, why make them feel like second class Linux users?
Couldn't care less. I've never been bothered by my fonts.
Ah, but many many mor people than not *do* use fonts. Happy with command line? Fine, no one is stopping you. But you don't represent 70 or 80% of the other computer users who do use fonts and do like a nice standardized user interface experience.
But there is one more thing: Embrace the idea of a good standardized user interface for Linux, or quit your bitching about Microsoft/Windows dominence. A good GUI, a good standard installer that handles dependencies with little or no user interaction, and decent usable applications, this is what Linux needs to gain the desktop. Otherwise, enjoy your Microsoft, it'll be here to stay.
May you be modded down for using old and tired humor you insensitive clod. And by the way, you can buy a perfectly adequate 486 Linux box at Goodwill for $50. You see, Linux does not require the same resources as Windows. Now go out and get a cheap box, and download some ISO, and run a dedicated Linux box along side your Widows resource hog. Tie the two up with Samba, simmer for a few days, and enjoy with a nice American pilsner.
I'm sorry, I see no reason at all to have Linux on Windows. I just see no good reasons at all, just bad ones. WHY? I mean, the other way around Samba does everything I need between Linux and Windows.
Sorry, but this sort of thing IS NOT going to draw more people to Linux, if that's what you're thinking. This "try it befor you buy" shit is nonsence (the same reason I have nothing good to say about these bootable Foux-Linux distros). Pick one per box. Have two boxes if you must. But the reality is that Linux is not Windows, Windows is not Linux, the two do not meet except by Wine and Samba. If you need both, you need two boxes.
Which is why we should tariff the import of intellectual property. Businesses want their intellectual property protected just as if it were actual physical property (DMCA, copyright law, patent law, etc), but they import intellectual property in the form of code, legal advice, chemical formulas, genetics research, etc, into the country without paying any value-based tariff.
Bingo! It's a double standard. IP is now an imported product just like everything else we consume. We as a nation (and I understand that not all Slashdot readers are from the USA) need to look out for and support our "middle class". If this means making it cost more to "outsource" and thus keep more jobs here, it's something we need to do.
Anonymous Coward, nuff said. I have my shair of "troll", "flamebait", "redundent". I still have "excellent" Karma. Got something to say? Say it with your name on it.
I remember way back in 1995 or 1996, my dad, a computer pro (do a Google search for Joseph Bottero and Oceanography) showed me this new and interesting thing called hyperlinks. He built a few pages and linked them. I was kind of "so what? I can log on a system and get the same things! Gopher, and so on..." It's amazing how wrong I was.
Yeah. Gator. It's Spam. But from the standpoint of an investor, it's probably a great investment. Remember, Wall Street is about money not social good or bad. This is part of a more complex and disturbing trend of a total conversion of the Internet from a tool of the masses for usful communication, to a commercial product. And, it's an example of how western nations, especially the United States, think that they "own" the internet. This is why I support the idea of taking the Internet away from ICANN, and placing it under UN juristiction.
I own a SunSPARC 10. It's a work of art. Sometimes I pull the cover off just to look at it. But what Sun is doing now just stinks, you watch, a few years down the line, Windows will be a standard option for a Sun box, and Sun will just be another Intel pltform.
Actually, though, many Vancouver WASHINGTON residents live there for just that reason, no WA income tax, and no OREGON sales tax. But, if you WORK in Oregon and live in WASHINGTON, you still pay Oregon income tax.
Apple created a piece of software that doesn't allow people to play the music their paid for on the devices of their choice.Apple created a piece of software that allows people to play their music paid for with certain licensing restriction on devices that Apple has licensed you to play it on.
If you don't like the licensing terms, don't purchase the music under those terms! The choice is all yours!
Yes, actually paying for a product or service is against the "grout think" here. The idea that a copyright owner can charge what ever they want for the use of their property is lost on some people. For some reason, big business is dirty for wanting to profit on their IP, yet these same Slashdotters almost certainly demand a paycheck for their work...
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By the way, I do not use a GUI, I am strictly command line with my *nix boxes (that's more than one). But I don't expect that the average computer user will want to edit text in vi or even pico, read their email that way... Manage their 'puter that way. Some people LIKE a GUI, why make them feel like second class Linux users?
Exactly.
Ah, but many many mor people than not *do* use fonts. Happy with command line? Fine, no one is stopping you. But you don't represent 70 or 80% of the other computer users who do use fonts and do like a nice standardized user interface experience.
But there is one more thing: Embrace the idea of a good standardized user interface for Linux, or quit your bitching about Microsoft /Windows dominence. A good GUI, a good standard installer that handles dependencies with little or no user interaction, and decent usable applications, this is what Linux needs to gain the desktop. Otherwise, enjoy your Microsoft, it'll be here to stay.
May you be modded down for using old and tired humor you insensitive clod. And by the way, you can buy a perfectly adequate 486 Linux box at Goodwill for $50. You see, Linux does not require the same resources as Windows. Now go out and get a cheap box, and download some ISO, and run a dedicated Linux box along side your Widows resource hog. Tie the two up with Samba, simmer for a few days, and enjoy with a nice American pilsner.
Sorry, but this sort of thing IS NOT going to draw more people to Linux, if that's what you're thinking. This "try it befor you buy" shit is nonsence (the same reason I have nothing good to say about these bootable Foux-Linux distros). Pick one per box. Have two boxes if you must. But the reality is that Linux is not Windows, Windows is not Linux, the two do not meet except by Wine and Samba. If you need both, you need two boxes.
You'll have to talk to Dean Martin about that. Well, who ever owns the rights to "That's Amore" these days...
Bingo! It's a double standard. IP is now an imported product just like everything else we consume. We as a nation (and I understand that not all Slashdot readers are from the USA) need to look out for and support our "middle class". If this means making it cost more to "outsource" and thus keep more jobs here, it's something we need to do.
Er, 2 BILLION, not mil. I'll personally bend over and get fucked up the ass for 2 billion. Email me.
The NSA seems to think Linux has what it takes. Besides, why arn't these same questions raised with Windows? Is this a non-issue, or what?
Anonymous Coward, nuff said. I have my shair of "troll", "flamebait", "redundent". I still have "excellent" Karma. Got something to say? Say it with your name on it.
I remember way back in 1995 or 1996, my dad, a computer pro (do a Google search for Joseph Bottero and Oceanography) showed me this new and interesting thing called hyperlinks. He built a few pages and linked them. I was kind of "so what? I can log on a system and get the same things! Gopher, and so on..." It's amazing how wrong I was.
There are MANY "third party" apps that do all the "usful" things that attract novice Internet users to Gator, without the spy / spam ware.
Yeah. Gator. It's Spam. But from the standpoint of an investor, it's probably a great investment. Remember, Wall Street is about money not social good or bad. This is part of a more complex and disturbing trend of a total conversion of the Internet from a tool of the masses for usful communication, to a commercial product. And, it's an example of how western nations, especially the United States, think that they "own" the internet. This is why I support the idea of taking the Internet away from ICANN, and placing it under UN juristiction.
I own a SunSPARC 10. It's a work of art. Sometimes I pull the cover off just to look at it. But what Sun is doing now just stinks, you watch, a few years down the line, Windows will be a standard option for a Sun box, and Sun will just be another Intel pltform.
Right. That's why Sun was recently seen in a Redmond park giving Microsoft a blow job for a cool 2 mil.
Riiiiiiggggghhhhhhtttt.......
Honestly. What in particular is funny about this post?
Here's a suggestion: SLASHMODS need the "steady-cam" to be able to see their beers, obviously they've had too much.
Actually, though, many Vancouver WASHINGTON residents live there for just that reason, no WA income tax, and no OREGON sales tax. But, if you WORK in Oregon and live in WASHINGTON, you still pay Oregon income tax.
Read the post Mr. Coward: I clearly say "sales tax is at the point of sale..."
By the way, we do have sales tax, but it's collected at the point of sale. Also we have horendous property tax...
There's a Microsoft joke here someplace, I'm just not witty enough right now to put my finger on it...
Let me finish that for you:
Naa naa naa...
If you don't like the licensing terms, don't purchase the music under those terms! The choice is all yours!
Yes, actually paying for a product or service is against the "grout think" here. The idea that a copyright owner can charge what ever they want for the use of their property is lost on some people. For some reason, big business is dirty for wanting to profit on their IP, yet these same Slashdotters almost certainly demand a paycheck for their work...
Drawing a line between two arrows and scanning it can't be that hard...