I cannot stand when I'm asked for my phone number or offerred a magazine subscription while checking out. Hey! I'm buying something already, how much more are you trying to suck outta me!
I desire to use linux 100% on my laptop. I've been a windoze peon for eons and I'm slowing becoming familiar with the console. I installed Mandrake 10.1 Community on my laptop and have been running it for 2 weeks and have done a lot with it (nVidia driver install, Samba shares, KDE customization, etc). The problem is that my Mandrake KDE (3.2) has many mysterious crashes of certain apps (konqueror) and many fustrating slowdowns for no good reason. I like mandrake's system control panels and it detects all my strange usb hardware but these crashes are all too random. Would Fedora be a better bet?
Besides drivers I install:
I try to only install freeware, check out THE best freeware site that exists: www.pricelessware.org
1) Startup Monitor - Catch programs trying to add to your startup
2) Zip Genius - freeware unzipper
3) Mozilla
4) TextPad and gVim - freeware txt editors
5) Java SDK
6) iTunes, WinAmp and Nero - for music
7) Symantic Anti-Virus - free through work...
8) WinDvD - no good freeware out there:(
9) OpenOffice
10) NETHACK! and other games...
Win XP is strange, everyday I leave work and leave mozilla, outlook and netbeans or something open. When I return the next morning and move the mouse and try to use something Windows chugs away at a crawl for two or three minutes before I can get any response... I've got a p4 and plenty of memory for these apps. Irritating as all get out.
My Nephew is 15 and can't do anything if he isn't being entertained at all times. He's got a PS2, uses the family computer for online gaming and surfing, cableTV, DVDs, music, etc, etc...
I guess I'm a bit concerned, he doesn't like reading at all (I don't count random surfing as real reading). Heck he can't sit still for 15 minutes, he absolutely needs a TV, game (which he has hundreds) or a computer flashing in front of him.
Donno, his imagination isn't very good. I'm pushing sports, reading, the outdoors and I've introduced him to DnD.
Guess my point is, we've got too much entertainment surrounding us, it becomes a real addiction. I think I'll give up computer/tv/games for a week or two and see how I do.
Well, at the end of the article it says he's been around the world 3 times and the north pole in that same aircraft. I'd say he's a trained responsible pilot.
I think it'd be real nice if Microsoft would send out a CD to each one of their registered XP owners once or twice a year that'd contain all the patches/drivers/service packs/etc released in that past year. A good motivation to register, plus it'd show M$oft cared at least a little. I just reinstalled XP and it took hours to get my system back to "normal".
Even had problems online when MSBLAST rebooted my computer continually until I got the flat update from a friend. I guess anyone who grabs a CD and tries it install in the future will have the same problems...
I've never owned a Mac and prob never will. I've always been a Windows user. My roommate and I tried buymusic.com last week I found it was the biggest headache of our lives. I abhor WMP9. We couldn't use our beloved winamp. iTunes is clean, easy and didn't force me to switch browsers or download a new codecs (what the *?!) just to play a song. And for a bonus I found a plug-in for Winamp2 that lets me play AAC/MP4 files on it. I'll never buy a iPod or portable MP3 player so that's no big deal, I'll mainly burn CDs to use in the car or at work.
I'm fairly happy with iTunes... Although the selection will need to expand, several of my favorite musicians are only represented by one or fewer albums...
Mozilla (all around great) Winamp (simple is good) Openoffice.org (microsoft = bad) gvim (for the programmer) FiZip (forget winzip and it's ads) putty & Vnc (connect to remote systems) ACE FTP (freeware, easy to register for ad free) XP power tools sysinternals.com (for very useful small power tool-like free apps)
I've always been under the impression that the more a band's music is heard the more people will go to their concerts. That's where a band makes most of their money, the money from selling albums is little because of all the publisher and middlemen take most of the profit (correct me if I'm wrong).
That's why big business is so upset about it, not the artists. In almost all cases you don't see the artists taking people to court. The artists WANT people excited to about their music so when they tour more people will see them live! The more exposure the better and in turn more ticket sales! Why do you think Pearl Jam fought Ticketmaster so much? It discourage people from their biggest reveune intake!
I like Opera because the mail client can be docked alongside your webviewer so I can see if I have mail, also download manager and viewing email are put in their own tabs (tabs rock). Less windows the better I say. But I don't like the way it manages links, saves passwords, can't open tabs with middle mouse btn and certain webpages don't display right. Of course that ad stinks too.
Mozilla is good all around but I miss opera's tab integrated mail and download manager.
I.E. sucks it in all features except viewing that rare website that doesn't work right in the other two.
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I cannot stand when I'm asked for my phone number or offerred a magazine subscription while checking out. Hey! I'm buying something already, how much more are you trying to suck outta me!
Curious on what you guys would suggest.
I desire to use linux 100% on my laptop. I've been a windoze peon for eons and I'm slowing becoming familiar with the console. I installed Mandrake 10.1 Community on my laptop and have been running it for 2 weeks and have done a lot with it (nVidia driver install, Samba shares, KDE customization, etc). The problem is that my Mandrake KDE (3.2) has many mysterious crashes of certain apps (konqueror) and many fustrating slowdowns for no good reason.
I like mandrake's system control panels and it detects all my strange usb hardware but these crashes are all too random. Would Fedora be a better bet?
Besides drivers I install:
:(
I try to only install freeware, check out THE best freeware site that exists: www.pricelessware.org
1) Startup Monitor - Catch programs trying to add to your startup
2) Zip Genius - freeware unzipper
3) Mozilla
4) TextPad and gVim - freeware txt editors
5) Java SDK
6) iTunes, WinAmp and Nero - for music
7) Symantic Anti-Virus - free through work...
8) WinDvD - no good freeware out there
9) OpenOffice
10) NETHACK! and other games...
Win XP is strange, everyday I leave work and leave mozilla, outlook and netbeans or something open. When I return the next morning and move the mouse and try to use something Windows chugs away at a crawl for two or three minutes before I can get any response...
I've got a p4 and plenty of memory for these apps. Irritating as all get out.
My Nephew is 15 and can't do anything if he isn't being entertained at all times. He's got a PS2, uses the family computer for online gaming and surfing, cableTV, DVDs, music, etc, etc...
I guess I'm a bit concerned, he doesn't like reading at all (I don't count random surfing as real reading). Heck he can't sit still for 15 minutes, he absolutely needs a TV, game (which he has hundreds) or a computer flashing in front of him.
Donno, his imagination isn't very good. I'm pushing sports, reading, the outdoors and I've introduced him to DnD.
Guess my point is, we've got too much entertainment surrounding us, it becomes a real addiction. I think I'll give up computer/tv/games for a week or two and see how I do.
Well, at the end of the article it says he's been around the world 3 times and the north pole in that same aircraft. I'd say he's a trained responsible pilot.
What you've never run out of gas before? right.
I think it'd be real nice if Microsoft would send out a CD to each one of their registered XP owners once or twice a year that'd contain all the patches/drivers/service packs/etc released in that past year. A good motivation to register, plus it'd show M$oft cared at least a little. I just reinstalled XP and it took hours to get my system back to "normal".
Even had problems online when MSBLAST rebooted my computer continually until I got the flat update from a friend. I guess anyone who grabs a CD and tries it install in the future will have the same problems...
Who here actually uses Windows Media Player as their default music player? Anybody?
If you do, please tell us why?
If I burn a CD from AAC/MP3s I own on say iTunes, can I give that CD to someone???? Is that Legal?
/. people
This is something I'd like to know, How about if someone loans me their CD, can I make a copy for my personal use?
thanks
I've never owned a Mac and prob never will. I've always been a Windows user. My roommate and I tried buymusic.com last week I found it was the biggest headache of our lives. I abhor WMP9. We couldn't use our beloved winamp. iTunes is clean, easy and didn't force me to switch browsers or download a new codecs (what the *?!) just to play a song. And for a bonus I found a plug-in for Winamp2 that lets me play AAC/MP4 files on it. I'll never buy a iPod or portable MP3 player so that's no big deal, I'll mainly burn CDs to use in the car or at work.
I'm fairly happy with iTunes... Although the selection will need to expand, several of my favorite musicians are only represented by one or fewer albums...
Mozilla (all around great)
Winamp (simple is good)
Openoffice.org (microsoft = bad)
gvim (for the programmer)
FiZip (forget winzip and it's ads)
putty & Vnc (connect to remote systems)
ACE FTP (freeware, easy to register for ad free)
XP power tools
sysinternals.com (for very useful small power tool-like free apps)
I've always been under the impression that the more a band's music is heard the more people will go to their concerts. That's where a band makes most of their money, the money from selling albums is little because of all the publisher and middlemen take most of the profit (correct me if I'm wrong).
That's why big business is so upset about it, not the artists. In almost all cases you don't see the artists taking people to court. The artists WANT people excited to about their music so when they tour more people will see them live! The more exposure the better and in turn more ticket sales! Why do you think Pearl Jam fought Ticketmaster so much? It discourage people from their biggest reveune intake!
my 2 cents.
I like Opera because the mail client can be docked alongside your webviewer so I can see if I have mail, also download manager and viewing email are put in their own tabs (tabs rock). Less windows the better I say. But I don't like the way it manages links, saves passwords, can't open tabs with middle mouse btn and certain webpages don't display right. Of course that ad stinks too.
Mozilla is good all around but I miss opera's tab integrated mail and download manager.
I.E. sucks it in all features except viewing that rare website that doesn't work right in the other two.