But if you can snag a $30 student upgrade, its worth it
Guess we're not upgrading...:)
cross-GPU-vendor multi-monitor is supported, and theres heaps of other goodies.
It's a netbook, for Christ's sake.
Now if only they hadnt thrown that all out for the mess that is Windows 8.....
I know the feeling. I've held our desktops back to Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 because my wife hates change and I hate (1) change for change's sake and (2) pandering to mythical Linux newbies.
perhaps you shouldnt have commented on Vista and windows 7
Point *slightly* taken.
7 really is worth the upgrade-- dont judge it based on Starter which really is awful and is usually put on devices that should never have run windows to begin with.
I'm not going to pay an extra $100 on a $250 computer. When/if my wife comes upon it's limitations (so far she hasn't) then we'll discus what to do.
How many users are willing to have all websites broken by default until each one is explicitly whitelisted?
Exactly. I deinstalled Noscript 2 years ago because it's just a big fat hassle. Sadly, ABP is creeping in that direction on web sites with lots of video on it.
I dispute that, but it's really subjective opinion, since GNOME 2 seems very consistent to me.
and the fonts were unreadable.
2001 is calling, your unreadable fonts were just fixed...
Seriously, are you sure that you didn't install Debian?
Her main issue was flash game compatibility
I installed Ubuntu 10.04LTS on my wife-kids PC and everything's hunky-dory. The kids play flash games, the wife watches recent TV shows on network web sites and they all read email and write the occasional document.
I couldn't even figure out how to get a non-admin user setup for her on Ubuntu.
WTF?
Minimum-privs is the *default*.
I have an MCP, MCSA, MCSE, MCITP SA, and MCITP SE. Obviously
If you can't use Ubuntu, then you're obviously a drooling idiot who *should* stay on Windows.
How ironic that CritterNYC said that "The rest of LibreOffice has no Java components", you complain about OpenOffice.org from one year ago and this topic is on the of LibreOffice.
Your FAIL is Big, Fat, Hairy and smells like Stupid.
Flood, not an issue at my building cause its on the 6th floor.
Until an idiot plumber on the floor above you swings his braising torch too close to a fire sprinkler, and thousands of gallons of water find the crack between the floors and pours straight down upon your SAN cabinets. (Yes, that actually happened to us...)
Well, yes. Unless you're a hermit, doing -- within reason -- what other people do has some pretty darned good merits, us being social animals and whatnot.
I use Linux exclusively at home, but at work it's Windows all the way. Why? Because *They* say so, and They use Exchange, and a VPN and make us PGP encrypt all laptop disks. So if I want a job, I -- within the law -- do what everyone else does.
I'm just different I guess, and I try to avoid the whole group-think mindset.
Actually, you appear to be a know-it-all Uni student.
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But if you can snag a $30 student upgrade, its worth it
Guess we're not upgrading... :)
cross-GPU-vendor multi-monitor is supported, and theres heaps of other goodies.
It's a netbook, for Christ's sake.
Now if only they hadnt thrown that all out for the mess that is Windows 8.....
I know the feeling. I've held our desktops back to Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 because my wife hates change and I hate (1) change for change's sake and (2) pandering to mythical Linux newbies.
perhaps you shouldnt have commented on Vista and windows 7
Point *slightly* taken.
7 really is worth the upgrade-- dont judge it based on Starter which really is awful and is usually put on devices that should never have run windows to begin with.
I'm not going to pay an extra $100 on a $250 computer. When/if my wife comes upon it's limitations (so far she hasn't) then we'll discus what to do.
OO Writer 3.2 was slow to load, but LO 3.3.2 starts in only 4 seconds on my machine. (Ubuntu 10.10 with ppa:libreoffice/ppa.)
Someone didnt pay attention to the Vista and Win7 changes.
The only non-XP Windows systems I've seen in the past 5 years is the Win7 Starter on my wife's (brand new) netbook.
Other than that, we're pure Linux at home and XP at work, so there was nothing to not pay attention to (if that makes any sense).
and of course lawyers, especially lawyers.
Just half the lawyers (since they do actually serve some useful purposes), with special emphasis on person injury lawyers that advertise on TV.
Why would a toolbar contact a government-run weather services instead of their own
Because it's an add-on written by Joe Programmer?
How many users are willing to have all websites broken by default until each one is explicitly whitelisted?
Exactly. I deinstalled Noscript 2 years ago because it's just a big fat hassle. Sadly, ABP is creeping in that direction on web sites with lots of video on it.
Flashblock is still a Big Win, though.
But FF5+ represents an increase in safety over FF4.
How so?
So do most windows users.
I dispute that, and assert that most home users run using the default Admin account that was automatically created by the manufacturer.
what can you do if you favorite site serves infected 3rd party adds?
Get your pr0n from usenet?
She said the UI was inconsistent
I dispute that, but it's really subjective opinion, since GNOME 2 seems very consistent to me.
and the fonts were unreadable.
2001 is calling, your unreadable fonts were just fixed...
Seriously, are you sure that you didn't install Debian?
Her main issue was flash game compatibility
I installed Ubuntu 10.04LTS on my wife-kids PC and everything's hunky-dory. The kids play flash games, the wife watches recent TV shows on network web sites and they all read email and write the occasional document.
I couldn't even figure out how to get a non-admin user setup for her on Ubuntu.
WTF?
Minimum-privs is the *default*.
I have an MCP, MCSA, MCSE, MCITP SA, and MCITP SE. Obviously
If you can't use Ubuntu, then you're obviously a drooling idiot who *should* stay on Windows.
Not an issue since were on the top floor
Roof leak during rain storm? Unless you're in the Sahara, Atacama, Antarctica or Texas.
It's unofficial, only works for Stable and was broken for 3 years.
Honestly, I think you could strip out 60% of it and it would serve most average users quite well for home use
That would be AbiWord.
Most packages in Linux use ether "apt-get" or "yum" and most updates use what is called "delta's"
Don't know about the RPM world, but there are no DEB deltas.
A year ago
How ironic that CritterNYC said that "The rest of LibreOffice has no Java components", you complain about OpenOffice.org from one year ago and this topic is on the of LibreOffice.
Your FAIL is Big, Fat, Hairy and smells like Stupid.
If you want to edit , i.e, REVIEW a document
Edit != Review.
Spend some money on a 22" or larger screen.
Where do you work that They buy anything you want any time you want?
Flood, not an issue at my building cause its on the 6th floor.
Until an idiot plumber on the floor above you swings his braising torch too close to a fire sprinkler, and thousands of gallons of water find the crack between the floors and pours straight down upon your SAN cabinets. (Yes, that actually happened to us...)
So you use it because other people are using it?
Well, yes. Unless you're a hermit, doing -- within reason -- what other people do has some pretty darned good merits, us being social animals and whatnot.
I use Linux exclusively at home, but at work it's Windows all the way. Why? Because *They* say so, and They use Exchange, and a VPN and make us PGP encrypt all laptop disks. So if I want a job, I -- within the law -- do what everyone else does.
I'm just different I guess, and I try to avoid the whole group-think mindset.
Actually, you appear to be a know-it-all Uni student.
The ribbon bar in Excel and Word 2007 just aggravate the shit out of me. It's why I stick with go-OO 3.2.1 on Windows.
You missed the parts that's written:
Proponents of a more refined First Amendment argue that this freedom should be treated not as a right but as a privilege — a special entitlement granted by the state on a conditional basis that can be revoked if it is ever abused or maltreated.
Who leaves their backup tapes in a car anyways?
People who work for niggardly companies or government agencies?
Corporate policies are that backups are to never leave the server room, much less the office.
And if there's some physical disaster (fire, flood, etc, etc)?
We had five, yes five duplicate tape backups sets
You mention neither the manufacturer nor the format. Thus, it could be shitty old Travan or (in my experience, very durable) DLT.
Since there are multiple exits to the Pentagon, what you and I said are not incompatible.