"One of the main things I like about VMWare is the "Snapshot" capability which lets you create multiple "restore" points (in an easy to use visual "tree" manager) that you can instantly return to. In fact you can have a VM automatically revert to a snapshot. Does VirtualBox have any sort of advanced snapshot management?"
I do want Linux to have more drivers, but not with the price of destroying what is good about Linux. People who want more closed drivers should use Windows, it's simple as that.
It's a trade-off that Linux people are willing to take. People who want something else can use BSD or some other operating systems... or they can continue to bitch. BTW, I think BSD has fixed API... what good did that do to BSD, I haven't heard of people saying "I'm going to use BSD instead of Linux because it has more drivers"
It's not about passing the buck, it's a very difficult problem, it's also not because developers are stupid, or lazy, or have bad intentions.
You can't easily support hardware if you don't know the details of the hardware, it's simply as that. Reverse engineering is possible and is done in many cases, but it's hard and it takes time. That being said, Linux has improved a lot in hardware support, I used/tried Linux on probably 7 types of computers without issues. Besides, and I made the point before, for people who don't want trouble they can buy a pre-installed system, I'm sure there will not be any hardware support issue with machines that were bought with Linux pre-installed.
As for your proposed solutions: 1) using Windows drivers is not possible because they are not open source and they are not compatible with Linux license. It's also a bad idea to use close source drivers (that's exactly what I was talking about "fixing" linux by making it crappier, but in any case that's not possible because of license, changing Linux license is not possible either, nor desirable) 2) kernel developers do just that and there are big successes, however it takes time and patience. Not all companies listen...
Other than that, I don't know what we are debating about, my initial point was that many things are external to Linux and no amount of bitching will solve that and you seem to agree with me in this respect...
"2) There's a *keyboard shortcut* for it. WTF? Is this something people need to do every 10 minutes or something?"
There's a keyboard shortcut (in Windows and Linux) to reboot the computer, do you reboot it every 10 minutes or so?
As for your tablet I have no clue, it works on my computer, it does have support for my graphic card (natively without 3D acceleration, with NVidia driver for 3D acceleration).
However, we are now in the "drivers availability" subject, this is not about "user friendliness" that was discussed before, and even if we were talking about driver availability this is less of a Linux developers issue as it is an issue with hardware manufacturers, people can bitch about Linux and hardware support in blogs, but that won't improve Linux because it's not something that developers can easily fix, it's mostly an issue with hardware manufacturers and them releasing hardware specification and/or drivers. So getting back to the original issue: Linux could benefit from more "tough love" is clear to me that in instance is false claim because bitching about hardware support no matter how accurate and deserved is won't help improve Linux a bit, or you see this differently?
You are wrong, I'm talking about resolution, if you have the proper driver installed you can change resolution how I described (at least in KDE it works that way, but I think it's a general X shortcut)
Maybe I used a bad example, do this: http://www.google.com/search?q=linux and install any distro that you find on first two pages of results... any of those should work fine. Don't tell me that people can't find info about Linux if they _want_ to.
So, what exactly IS the problem? People who don't know about Linux, won't know there are 500+ distributions either, they would get the one that Dell provides or download one in the first page of Google results, this is not a problem... You didn't explain why having so many distributions hurts Linux adoptions (even assuming that people here care about linux adoption more than they care about having choices)
what do you mean by "slightly shifted terminal console", you probably have a wrong setting, it's most likely not a "Linux problem", I haven't seen such thing.
I don't use hibernation so I didn't know about that problem. Is that general? Does anybody who use hibernation doesn't get the sound back? This doesn't sound right...
Resolution changes very well on my system, I just press CTRL-ALT-minus or CTRL-ALT-plus,also programs do that without problems. I haven't yet found the need to change the color depth on the fly, nor do I think that Windows can do that... can it?
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Thank you for providing a good example of criticizing things that are not broken. What's your problem that are a bajillion of distros? Use only one. Do you have problems picking stuff, pick any of the top in distrowatch.com and you'll be fine. use a die if you still have problems deciding.
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I don't read that blog, but in general people complain about things that are not really broken, even more I would stop liking Linux as much as I do if it were "fixed" according to their complains.
Frankly I don't know what is to complain about Linux, except for not running Windows programs (if Wine can't handle them) but that's not a complaint about Linux per se, it's a reality external to Linux and no Linux or free software developer can fix that in a easy way, they don't do it because they are lazy or they don't want to fix it, it's just hard work and Wine people are doing an amazing work.
For example, suppose I sit on the curb and give away free lemons. A kid next door might get the bright idea to get my lemons, make lemonade, and sell it. The lemonade is clearly a "derived work," since it is made from my lemons, but it is absurd to suggest I have any right to tell him what price to put on his lemonade or how much sugar he can use in it.
But you could for example give him the lemons for free with the condition to do the same if he makes lemonade out of them. He can accept or refuse the deal, but it's a deal nevertheless, it's just a different type of deal. In one deal you give away or sell a product and then you don't care what happens with it, in the other case you give it away with a condition.
If not given the assurance people think only about the bad outcome caused by their confession, when given the assurance they actually compound two fears, the fear of bad outcome and the fear of having the promise broken.
The problem is not that McCain is too old, the problem is that he looks and moves like a mummy and people might start to believe that he thinks like a mummy too... being a Repubilican doesn't help in that respect either.
I have two computers at home, even if I wanted to install OS X on them it would not work and it would probably be illegal, I have no intention to buy another computer because these are rather new machines. Oh, and I don't want to use Windows either, plus it's way too expensive and bloated (Vista). Linux and BSD work just fine on my machines...
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"VMWare and Parallels seem to be better choices"
On which facts do you base your assertion? I understand the 3D issue (by the way does Parallels do 3D?) but other than that?
"One of the main things I like about VMWare is the "Snapshot" capability which lets you create multiple "restore" points (in an easy to use visual "tree" manager) that you can instantly return to. In fact you can have a VM automatically revert to a snapshot. Does VirtualBox have any sort of advanced snapshot management?"
Yep.
That also might mean that black girls are twice as smart as the black boys. That doesn't sound far-fetched.
I do want Linux to have more drivers, but not with the price of destroying what is good about Linux.
People who want more closed drivers should use Windows, it's simple as that.
Again, this brings me to my initial point "people who want to 'fix' Linux advocate for a worse Linux" for me a Linux with a fixed API this this argument: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/misc/2.6/stable-api-nonsense-2.6.10-rc2.patch
It's a trade-off that Linux people are willing to take. People who want something else can use BSD or some other operating systems... or they can continue to bitch. BTW, I think BSD has fixed API... what good did that do to BSD, I haven't heard of people saying "I'm going to use BSD instead of Linux because it has more drivers"
It's not about passing the buck, it's a very difficult problem, it's also not because developers are stupid, or lazy, or have bad intentions.
You can't easily support hardware if you don't know the details of the hardware, it's simply as that. Reverse engineering is possible and is done in many cases, but it's hard and it takes time. That being said, Linux has improved a lot in hardware support, I used/tried Linux on probably 7 types of computers without issues. Besides, and I made the point before, for people who don't want trouble they can buy a pre-installed system, I'm sure there will not be any hardware support issue with machines that were bought with Linux pre-installed.
As for your proposed solutions:
1) using Windows drivers is not possible because they are not open source and they are not compatible with Linux license. It's also a bad idea to use close source drivers (that's exactly what I was talking about "fixing" linux by making it crappier, but in any case that's not possible because of license, changing Linux license is not possible either, nor desirable)
2) kernel developers do just that and there are big successes, however it takes time and patience. Not all companies listen...
Other than that, I don't know what we are debating about, my initial point was that many things are external to Linux and no amount of bitching will solve that and you seem to agree with me in this respect...
"2) There's a *keyboard shortcut* for it. WTF? Is this something people need to do every 10 minutes or something?"
There's a keyboard shortcut (in Windows and Linux) to reboot the computer, do you reboot it every 10 minutes or so?
As for your tablet I have no clue, it works on my computer, it does have support for my graphic card (natively without 3D acceleration, with NVidia driver for 3D acceleration).
However, we are now in the "drivers availability" subject, this is not about "user friendliness" that was discussed before, and even if we were talking about driver availability this is less of a Linux developers issue as it is an issue with hardware manufacturers, people can bitch about Linux and hardware support in blogs, but that won't improve Linux because it's not something that developers can easily fix, it's mostly an issue with hardware manufacturers and them releasing hardware specification and/or drivers. So getting back to the original issue: Linux could benefit from more "tough love" is clear to me that in instance is false claim because bitching about hardware support no matter how accurate and deserved is won't help improve Linux a bit, or you see this differently?
"correct me if I'm wrong"
You are wrong, I'm talking about resolution, if you have the proper driver installed you can change resolution how I described (at least in KDE it works that way, but I think it's a general X shortcut)
Maybe I used a bad example, do this: http://www.google.com/search?q=linux and install any distro that you find on first two pages of results... any of those should work fine. Don't tell me that people can't find info about Linux if they _want_ to.
Or, if installing Linux is perceived as a hard thing to do, try this, type "linux" in search field on dell.com site: http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?s=gen&c=us&l=en&cs=&k=linux&cat=all&x=0&y=0 Now, if people don't want to search for Linux, they won't, but that's not relevant for our discussion, is it?
So, what exactly IS the problem? People who don't know about Linux, won't know there are 500+ distributions either, they would get the one that Dell provides or download one in the first page of Google results, this is not a problem... You didn't explain why having so many distributions hurts Linux adoptions (even assuming that people here care about linux adoption more than they care about having choices)
You know of Distrowatch because I told you. Otherwise, you could just buy a computer with Linux pre-installed IF you really wanted to use Linux.
I agree Windows will continue to dominate, but not because there are too many Linux distributios as you seem to imply.
I don't complain about market share, the only market share that I care is myself and for me it works 100%.
what do you mean by "slightly shifted terminal console", you probably have a wrong setting, it's most likely not a "Linux problem", I haven't seen such thing.
I don't use hibernation so I didn't know about that problem. Is that general? Does anybody who use hibernation doesn't get the sound back? This doesn't sound right...
Resolution changes very well on my system, I just press CTRL-ALT-minus or CTRL-ALT-plus,also programs do that without problems. I haven't yet found the need to change the color depth on the fly, nor do I think that Windows can do that... can it?
Thank you for providing a good example of criticizing things that are not broken. What's your problem that are a bajillion of distros? Use only one. Do you have problems picking stuff, pick any of the top in distrowatch.com and you'll be fine. use a die if you still have problems deciding.
I don't read that blog, but in general people complain about things that are not really broken, even more I would stop liking Linux as much as I do if it were "fixed" according to their complains.
Frankly I don't know what is to complain about Linux, except for not running Windows programs (if Wine can't handle them) but that's not a complaint about Linux per se, it's a reality external to Linux and no Linux or free software developer can fix that in a easy way, they don't do it because they are lazy or they don't want to fix it, it's just hard work and Wine people are doing an amazing work.
Yeah, but who wants to be hired by an anonymous coward?
At least I know I'm safe because I run... Oh, crap.
I'm sure AMD fans will make a point that they are protected in this case.
Here: http://www.ntfs-3g.org/
Why is it needed in the kernel?
For performance I guess.
That's called "stupidity tax".
For example, suppose I sit on the curb and give away free lemons. A kid next door might get the bright idea to get my lemons, make lemonade, and sell it. The lemonade is clearly a "derived work," since it is made from my lemons, but it is absurd to suggest I have any right to tell him what price to put on his lemonade or how much sugar he can use in it.
But you could for example give him the lemons for free with the condition to do the same if he makes lemonade out of them. He can accept or refuse the deal, but it's a deal nevertheless, it's just a different type of deal. In one deal you give away or sell a product and then you don't care what happens with it, in the other case you give it away with a condition.
I suggest an improvement in the technology. Coasters should come without the hole in the middle.
I need an anti-virus program to connect to University network. If I don't have one I am not allowed to connect. Period.
If not given the assurance people think only about the bad outcome caused by their confession, when given the assurance they actually compound two fears, the fear of bad outcome and the fear of having the promise broken.
But can you detect a Stradivarius without knowing it is one?
Not if I play.
The problem is not that McCain is too old, the problem is that he looks and moves like a mummy and people might start to believe that he thinks like a mummy too... being a Repubilican doesn't help in that respect either.
I have two computers at home, even if I wanted to install OS X on them it would not work and it would probably be illegal, I have no intention to buy another computer because these are rather new machines. Oh, and I don't want to use Windows either, plus it's way too expensive and bloated (Vista). Linux and BSD work just fine on my machines...
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