Obviously its uses are limited but for things like creating/editing MySQL tables I find it easier to export mysql-query-browser to my machine and the latency is hardly noticeable.
I was easily twice as efficient in Linux as I was in Windows. What really made the process a breeze for me was the ease of remote operation for pushing test code to the development server. Linux really comes into its own here - with sshfs/fish etc the network just disappears as a potential obstacle. Add to that the fact that X Windows is client/server from the ground up and you can export applications running on machines half way across the world to your desktop through ssh. I mean, how would you go back to a Windows machine for development/systems administration after that?
It has to be said Linux distributions have come on leaps and bounds in terms of hardware support, autodetection, and "just works" in the last 18 months or so. Although I'm a techie, I'm also a Linux Sceptic, and I do ask myself "how would a non-techie deal with this problem or situation". I would say that with a distro like Ubuntu, we are at or very near the point where Windows and Linux, in terms of setup and installation, even on something like the Thinkpads I use, are comparable.
But then, of course, once you ARE installed and running, it's a different ballgame. Viruses? Spyware? Malware? Trojans? Updates? The operational experience is utterly refreshing - the internet becomes an opportunity, not a threat, and I struggle to see how anyone would return to the MS world.
Of course, people are culturally acclimatised to MS, they believe that the problem is with "computers" not "MS Windows" and that's the real challenge.
... and the one on printers to build houses, imagine coming in to work in the morning and being confronted with a housing estate, only to find your printer had been hacked.
I stick to simple libraries that abstract away the guts of browser type and the mechanics of XMLHttprequest, and give me something I can return an array of data from the back end to do with what I wish.
Having said that, I generally only use a smattering of AJAX to facilitate the use of a page - though it's definitely essential, and my apps could not compete with desktop apps at all without the functionality that AJAX provides.
I've found that scripting the DOM manually really isn't that tricky if you're prepared to do the legwork, and to date, I've not got to a point where there was something I wanted to do but couldn't find out how to do.
The EU has much in common with closed source software, so this comes as no surprise. Nobody understands how it works, nobody can change it, it's expensive, when it goes wrong nobody takes responsibility and it takes an army of overpaid people to operate.
Does anyone have any better ideas as to how to stop this unprecedented assault on our sensibilities, fuelling addiction and debasing our society? I'm all for something - obviously a TLD called.xxx would be easily bypassed by ip addresses. How about a range of IP addresses?
Agreed. Simple job of compiling and installing modem with 'make' and 'make install'. I bought a modem with this chipset for £5.00 including p&p off eBay.
Also the gkdial package "apt-get gkdial" is a very nice easy to use dialer for newbies.
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I can't believe he said that Debian is hard to use and miles behind. Just how difficult is "apt-get whatever"? The very stable 'unstable' release is pretty much up to date, and many cutting edge packages (eg XFCE 4.2 beta out now (amazing, try it)) has its own deb packages and sources.list url.
I can't imagine why I'd switch.
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Obviously its uses are limited but for things like creating/editing MySQL tables I find it easier to export mysql-query-browser to my machine and the latency is hardly noticeable.
"I'm using Ubuntu Edgy Eft" That's the development version.
It has to be said Linux distributions have come on leaps and bounds in terms of hardware support, autodetection, and "just works" in the last 18 months or so. Although I'm a techie, I'm also a Linux Sceptic, and I do ask myself "how would a non-techie deal with this problem or situation". I would say that with a distro like Ubuntu, we are at or very near the point where Windows and Linux, in terms of setup and installation, even on something like the Thinkpads I use, are comparable. But then, of course, once you ARE installed and running, it's a different ballgame. Viruses? Spyware? Malware? Trojans? Updates? The operational experience is utterly refreshing - the internet becomes an opportunity, not a threat, and I struggle to see how anyone would return to the MS world. Of course, people are culturally acclimatised to MS, they believe that the problem is with "computers" not "MS Windows" and that's the real challenge.
... and the one on printers to build houses, imagine coming in to work in the morning and being confronted with a housing estate, only to find your printer had been hacked.
I stick to simple libraries that abstract away the guts of browser type and the mechanics of XMLHttprequest, and give me something I can return an array of data from the back end to do with what I wish. Having said that, I generally only use a smattering of AJAX to facilitate the use of a page - though it's definitely essential, and my apps could not compete with desktop apps at all without the functionality that AJAX provides. I've found that scripting the DOM manually really isn't that tricky if you're prepared to do the legwork, and to date, I've not got to a point where there was something I wanted to do but couldn't find out how to do.
The EU has much in common with closed source software, so this comes as no surprise. Nobody understands how it works, nobody can change it, it's expensive, when it goes wrong nobody takes responsibility and it takes an army of overpaid people to operate.
Does anyone have any better ideas as to how to stop this unprecedented assault on our sensibilities, fuelling addiction and debasing our society? I'm all for something - obviously a TLD called .xxx would be easily bypassed by ip addresses. How about a range of IP addresses?
Agreed. Simple job of compiling and installing modem with 'make' and 'make install'. I bought a modem with this chipset for £5.00 including p&p off eBay. Also the gkdial package "apt-get gkdial" is a very nice easy to use dialer for newbies. Michael
I can't believe he said that Debian is hard to use and miles behind. Just how difficult is "apt-get whatever"? The very stable 'unstable' release is pretty much up to date, and many cutting edge packages (eg XFCE 4.2 beta out now (amazing, try it)) has its own deb packages and sources.list url. I can't imagine why I'd switch.