Many replies here are very uninformed. People should read things to get the basis of what Miguel was saying. He meant to offend you! The better response would be to find out why he did this.
Anyway I agree with him in that we have no reusable components as Microsoft does. GNOME aims to change all of that. I hope they succeed.
He also says that we haven't gotten a Free Software Foundation Operating System for the masses yet. I tend to disagree here. Which masses are we referring to? Programmers LOVE LINUX and BSD. They should.
Uninformed or casual computer users don't.. I don't blame them.. As things are right now I don't believe that Linux belongs on the desktop for office apps. In UNIX "everything is a file" means everything to programmers but next to nothing for a new user. "What do you mean by that?" is the question that would suddenly make your description of Unix to a newbie more technical. I can guarantee you will "lose them" once you begin spouting out meaningless technobabble. That is why its no good. The learning curve is too high..
Of course there is always Applixware and Star Office. Star Office will be GPL'd soon but you have to pay the same amount you would have paid for Win95 when it debuted (upgrade price) for Applixware ($99 USD).
Linux has DVD support. I am working with the cdrom driver right now and there are a bunch of new DVD function calls for 2.2.16 and greater... I am having trouble with the cd-changer support however which is why I am doing this
Go here It's Bungle Fever. Mr Bungle is a band with Mike Patton (Faith No More's lead singer before they broke up!!) and buddies who play some ass kickin music. One of the videos on this site is a live cover of the Theme to Super Mario Bros. Excellent. You need vivo to play it though. There is a MP3 of the same song on the site too!!! Check them out.. leimy
They don't have to warn you at all. Any email sent from the company network is company property. Many people have lost their jobs as companies hire Email detectives to find dirt on their people.
It has prevented a lot of business espionage from happening in the past and those who get caught get fired.
No conflict. Check court cases. You'll see who owns your email. The network you broadcast email on is an owner so if it is on a LAN or on a mainframe on a LAN or on a company machine, you don't own your email...
I have been in long debates over this.... Trust me. I had computer ethics classes.
Not only can the monitor your email (which is the property of the company) they can convict and fire you for what you say in that email. Many people have lost their jobs over situations where employees think that they can get away with something through their "secret" email contacts. I had a class about law and computing. Don't try to dispute it. It's the law and I think it is an ok one so long as it doesn't go too far... Leimy
Yes actually. I am sure you can find a way to pull it out of the kdebase tarball. If not you will have to wait for the full release of KDE 2.0 (Hopefully within the next month or so last I heard) Leimy
Actually the sad thing is most of the posts are from those who have experience in some side or another. Maybe they don't have enough experience or just want to speculate on why they think it isn't possible.
If it works despite all of this speculation then you can see how groundbreaking a product this is.
From what I have been reading so far it does work but isn't for high performance settings(like everyday use for me). The question isn't does it exist or does it work but WHY?
Oh yeah and I write TONS of code (C++, LISP, Scheme, Python, C, ASM, PHP, Java, BASIC, COBOL and whatever else I want to learn) so don't blindly state what you obviously don't know.
It is highly doubtful that a driver designed for an os like Windows could work on an OS like linux or the HURD.
If the world could agree on one microkernel and then put a uniform driver layer.... Then something like this would be more feasible. After the driver layer the OS could look-like anything you want.
Since the world doesn't work this way I have many doubts about how well something like this would work. I don't even think it can work but then I had doubts about VMWare too!
If it's true-- great. If not... Oh well it looks like April fools day is a month long...
Someone should probably go and see what the goals of the HURD is before they try and make that claim. HURD is also a MACH kernel. A GNUMACH Kernel. It is capable of running something called a server that acts like Unix. Servers could potentially be written under this architecture that look like windows also. The kewl thing is they can run simultaneously and two users running simultaneously can both tweak their OS without affecting the other. They also are implementing some interesting things called translators which I am not familiar with at all. Really people, do some research before you submit. I don't care if you are an Anonymous Coward. Oh yeah and it isn't what the HURD wanted to be. It is what the HURD IS and what it WILL BE!!! Keep an eye on that OS. Leimy
First issue is why would anyone who wants a secure system click "Remember Password". Secondly why would a person who knows so much about security as yourself forget their password. Thirdly Kmail is open source which allowed "YOU" to fix your problem which wasn't even a secure solution to begin with. If you had been using Outlook your life would have been hell. Just being root on the machine is probably easy on your linux box because you don't seem to have a clue. I am sorry that you are unable to see why open source is better for security fixes and protection by closing obvious open doors that everyone knows about if they read a book about it or even visit a site telling of linux's potential vulnerabilities. No one should trust and OS out of the box to be a secure solution. It's a shame you hit the submit button!! Leimy
I have had limited time to read these posts but I think many people sell MACH short. Microkernel seems to be the way things are going. Modularity in Linux is very popular and necessary to support all the devices that it does and future ones (The kernel can only be reasonably big and still be worth while). Microkernels get away from this monolithic design. I admit that they have yet to prove themselves agains UNIX but I suggest we turn our eyes to the GNU HURD project as I think they will have something to reckon with in a few years.
This is how I respond to the parenting issues. Even if your 13-14 year old is "out of control" how bad are they really? I was once that age and did a lot of stupid shit. Mostly micheivous stuff that wasn't that big of a deal. If your kids talk back, get detentions, try pot, stuff like that then your kids are probably just going through the time in their lives when They are discovering themselves. They will hopefully under remembering the foundation you laid for them see through the peer pressure and other bullshit that kids have to go through today and become good people.
I am not saying all parents are bad. I just think people aren't ready for children when they think they are and the child suffers for that reason.
If you are going to blame computer games then you should blame cops and robbers, those violent lullabies we sing to our children (They all ran after the famers wife... cut off their tails with a carving knife) (and if the bough breaks the cradle will fall and down will come BABY cradle and all)
I think it is truly sad to see such immaturity and lack of responsibility on the side of the parents. In this day and age with both parents at the workplace, no one can keep an eye on their kids like they used to. It's a shame that things like this happen but don't blame the video games, blame the kids and the parents. If your kid chooses to model his life after a murderer or thinks that killing someone is cool and they do it, then you obviously have not had a good talk with your child in a while.
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Many replies here are very uninformed. People should read things to get the basis of what Miguel was saying. He meant to offend you! The better response would be to find out why he did this.
Anyway I agree with him in that we have no reusable components as Microsoft does. GNOME aims to change all of that. I hope they succeed.
He also says that we haven't gotten a Free Software Foundation Operating System for the masses yet. I tend to disagree here. Which masses are we referring to? Programmers LOVE LINUX and BSD. They should.
Uninformed or casual computer users don't.. I don't blame them.. As things are right now I don't believe that Linux belongs on the desktop for office apps. In UNIX "everything is a file" means everything to programmers but next to nothing for a new user. "What do you mean by that?" is the question that would suddenly make your description of Unix to a newbie more technical. I can guarantee you will "lose them" once you begin spouting out meaningless technobabble. That is why its no good. The learning curve is too high..
Of course there is always Applixware and Star Office. Star Office will be GPL'd soon but you have to pay the same amount you would have paid for Win95 when it debuted (upgrade price) for Applixware ($99 USD).
Hopefully this sheds light on what he meant.
Dave Leimbach
Linux has DVD support. I am working with the cdrom driver right now and there are a bunch of new DVD function calls for 2.2.16 and greater... I am having trouble with the cd-changer support however which is why I am doing this
Go here It's Bungle Fever. Mr Bungle is a band with Mike Patton (Faith No More's lead singer before they broke up!!) and buddies who play some ass kickin music. One of the videos on this site is a live cover of the Theme to Super Mario Bros. Excellent. You need vivo to play it though. There is a MP3 of the same song on the site too!!! Check them out.. leimy
They don't have to warn you at all. Any email sent from the company network is company property. Many people have lost their jobs as companies hire Email detectives to find dirt on their people.
It has prevented a lot of business espionage from happening in the past and those who get caught get fired.
Leimy
No conflict. Check court cases. You'll see who owns your email. The network you broadcast email on is an owner so if it is on a LAN or on a mainframe on a LAN or on a company machine, you don't own your email...
I have been in long debates over this.... Trust me. I had computer ethics classes.
Leimy
Not only can the monitor your email (which is the property of the company) they can convict and fire you for what you say in that email. Many people have lost their jobs over situations where employees think that they can get away with something through their "secret" email contacts. I had a class about law and computing. Don't try to dispute it. It's the law and I think it is an ok one so long as it doesn't go too far... Leimy
Yes actually. I am sure you can find a way to pull it out of the kdebase tarball. If not you will have to wait for the full release of KDE 2.0 (Hopefully within the next month or so last I heard) Leimy
OpenGL IS in SDL now! Go look at the latest documentation. I use it exclusively where I used to use Allegro for DOS.
Actually the sad thing is most of the posts are from those who have experience in some side or another. Maybe they don't have enough experience or just want to speculate on why they think it isn't possible.
If it works despite all of this speculation then you can see how groundbreaking a product this is.
From what I have been reading so far it does work but isn't for high performance settings(like everyday use for me). The question isn't does it exist or does it work but WHY?
Oh yeah and I write TONS of code (C++, LISP, Scheme, Python, C, ASM, PHP, Java, BASIC, COBOL and whatever else I want to learn) so don't blindly state what you obviously don't know.
I have no respect for Anonymous Cowards!!!!
Leimy
It is highly doubtful that a driver designed for an os like Windows could work on an OS like linux or the HURD.
If the world could agree on one microkernel and then put a uniform driver layer.... Then something like this would be more feasible. After the driver layer the OS could look-like anything you want.
Since the world doesn't work this way I have many doubts about how well something like this would work. I don't even think it can work but then I had doubts about VMWare too!
If it's true-- great. If not... Oh well it looks like April fools day is a month long...
Leimy
Someone should probably go and see what the goals of the HURD is before they try and make that claim. HURD is also a MACH kernel. A GNUMACH Kernel. It is capable of running something called a server that acts like Unix. Servers could potentially be written under this architecture that look like windows also. The kewl thing is they can run simultaneously and two users running simultaneously can both tweak their OS without affecting the other. They also are implementing some interesting things called translators which I am not familiar with at all. Really people, do some research before you submit. I don't care if you are an Anonymous Coward. Oh yeah and it isn't what the HURD wanted to be. It is what the HURD IS and what it WILL BE!!! Keep an eye on that OS. Leimy
I will buy it tell me where to sign up. PLEASE!! port BG2 to Linux!!! It would be neat to see a little competition and have Diablo II also.... Dave
First issue is why would anyone who wants a secure system click "Remember Password". Secondly why would a person who knows so much about security as yourself forget their password. Thirdly Kmail is open source which allowed "YOU" to fix your problem which wasn't even a secure solution to begin with. If you had been using Outlook your life would have been hell. Just being root on the machine is probably easy on your linux box because you don't seem to have a clue. I am sorry that you are unable to see why open source is better for security fixes and protection by closing obvious open doors that everyone knows about if they read a book about it or even visit a site telling of linux's potential vulnerabilities. No one should trust and OS out of the box to be a secure solution. It's a shame you hit the submit button!! Leimy
I have had limited time to read these posts but I think many people sell MACH short. Microkernel seems to be the way things are going. Modularity in Linux is very popular and necessary to support all the devices that it does and future ones (The kernel can only be reasonably big and still be worth while). Microkernels get away from this monolithic design. I admit that they have yet to prove themselves agains UNIX but I suggest we turn our eyes to the GNU HURD project as I think they will have something to reckon with in a few years.
This is how I respond to the parenting issues. Even if your 13-14 year old is "out of control" how bad are they really? I was once that age and did a lot of stupid shit. Mostly micheivous stuff that wasn't that big of a deal. If your kids talk back, get detentions, try pot, stuff like that then your kids are probably just going through the time in their lives when They are discovering themselves. They will hopefully under remembering the foundation you laid for them see through the peer pressure and other bullshit that kids have to go through today and become good people.
I am not saying all parents are bad. I just think people aren't ready for children when they think they are and the child suffers for that reason.
If you are going to blame computer games then you should blame cops and robbers, those violent lullabies we sing to our children (They all ran after the famers wife... cut off their tails with a carving knife)
(and if the bough breaks the cradle will fall and down will come BABY cradle and all)
It's all bullshit.
I think it is truly sad to see such immaturity and lack of responsibility on the side of the parents. In this day and age with both parents at the workplace, no one can keep an eye on their kids like they used to. It's a shame that things like this happen but don't blame the video games, blame the kids and the parents. If your kid chooses to model his life after a murderer or thinks that killing someone is cool and they do it, then you obviously have not had a good talk with your child in a while.
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