Noooooo don't do that. Seriously; if you can avoid cards that need manufacturer specific configuration you'll find it's much easier to upgrade to a new distro/release/etc. later. It's worth boycotting both ATI and NVIDEA simply because of the extra hassle and security risks induced by the binary blobs they add to your system.
I can 100% understand your point. You make a good one. However, I do 3D modeling with Maya. It doesn't work as well on Windows as on Linux, and it just plain is not worth using without an nVidia graphics card. I'm kind of stuck.
Another thing I'd like to point out here (since you mention Fedora and some people have mentioned Ubuntu) is that a lot of distros make their own tweaks to Xorg, KDE or Gnome, and the drivers they include. Most desktop-oriented distros, like Fedora and Ubuntu, also include their own tools for configuring displays. In some ways, this is a good thing. There was a time when Xorg was truly a beast to configure (well, really XFree86), most graphics setups required arcane configurations, and most people had no clue how to do it correctly themselves. That is why many distros started including their own tools for doing it.
That has mostly changed. Xorg's default config (the self-generated one) will usually work out of the box without any problems. On top of that, the two most common graphics cards (ATI and nVidia) both include manufacturer-made setup tools which are greatly superior to the ones included with most distros. If you are using an ATI or nVidia card and you use the config tools which come with the drivers you shouldn't experience any problems at all, as long as you use the manufacturer config tools and not the ones that are part of your distro. In my case, I am used to using less desktop oriented distros, like Slackware, Gentoo, and Debian, which do not even have distro-specific tools for configuring the display. I just use the autogenerated Xorg.conf, and then run the config tool from the manufacturer. If you do this as well, you'll have the same experience I am having. Now, the distro-specific config tools are the problem, not the solution.
On the contrary, I am using Gentoo with Gnome. Gentoo provides no tools for helping set anything up like that. I have an nvidia graphics card. Simply running the nvidia-settings tool, which comes with the driver, was quite sufficient to get my multi-monitor setup working just fine without any tweaking whatsoever. My monitors are different sizes, one is a CRT and one is an LCD, and they don't even support the same resolutions. I had to do NOTHING strange at all to make that work. I didn't have to edit any files, go into any strange menus, or read any forums.
I don't know WTF is even being discussed here exactly. Everything the article poster is talking about has been available and working well for as long as I can remember. I have been a Linux user for almost 10 years. Have you people never even looked at Enlightenment 16 or 17? What about Compiz? Or how about KDE or Gnome (in recent years)?
I think a lot of the reason for the preference given to coders with degrees comes down to one simple fact: most people do not know how to code. Many employers do not know enough about coding to tell the difference between someone who does and does not, or to judge the skill level of a coder. Therefore, they rely on degrees to give them a general idea of how skilled a coder should be.
Sounds like a perfect audience for an OS with fewer security flaws.
I thought the same thing after supporting a family composed of a ages 6, 13, 18, and 40+. I set them up with Ubuntu after hearing that they mainly use the computer for internet and email, as well as occasionally typing reports and changing the music on their iPods. Ubuntu did solve the malware problem, but it introduced several more challenging problems I did not see coming:
OpenOffice saves in it's own format by default. Try explaining this to school children when they save their homework and then can't open it at school.
iTunes does not work. Try explaining why the exact programs they are used to using do not work, even though alternatives like Rhythmbox work just as well. (I installed and showed them Rhythmbox, and they thought I had just installed iTunes...)
I could go on with several more specific examples. What it comes down to, is there are so many very small differences between Windows and Ubuntu (and likely anything else) that the users were very lost and confused. They had more questions and more problems, which have thus far been impossible to solve. The problem has changed from one that can be at least corrected with software to one that requires educating the user.
The average user does not want to be educated. The average user wants whatever solution requires the least effort on their part. As long as calling you to solve their problems is easier then solving the problem themselves, they will continue to call you. I have solved this issue by looking at all the computer repair places and the like in this area to determine what the charge and what their turn around time is. I offer friends and family a much better deal than anywhere else they can get their computer fixed.
and you have what evidence that I've accomplished nothing or amounted to nothing? I didn't post this to brag exactly, only as anecdotal evidence to the contrary of what the article is saying. My intelligence is more of a curse than anything, and I'm not proud of it.
This reminds me of how one of the first worms was actually created. Xerox made it for going around their computers after hours and doing various checks and system maintainence. It got out of control and DoS'ed their network.
How about we go the whole nine yards, and impliment a full scale government, politician, and business/commerce data mining system that's open, p2p, and usable by anyone? You know, just to keep things fair. I'm sure they'd have no problem with us keeping the same tabs on them that they'd like to keep on us. We'll call the system Press, because afterall, the press doesn't do their job, but maybe a system like this would.
...and all that boils down to is you still need to lie, cheat, manipulate, and steal to get by in the world because you don't actually have anything meanigful or useful to contribute. So, you spend all of your time trying to convince people to make things you can "sell" to people to obtain meaningless pieces of paper you like to call money. Meanwhile, you try to convince the people who do think for themselves and contribute that they somehow need you and your damn pieces of paper to live a happy and fruitful life.
Without marketing and advertising people, I'd be in a house, built as largely as I damn well felt like, wherever I felt like building it, eating as much of whatever I desired, whilst you and your ilk would be huddling in a cave trying to devise a plan to trick me into making you a spear.
Let me put this simply. We understand nature, the environment, and the world around us in general. Everything we need is here. Manipulating others serves no purpose but greed.
So, what you're basically saying is marketers are usurpers and users, right? How do we deal with those again? Apparently that's THE RIGHT WAY TO BE in today's world. Too bad you're whole fucking world is built on the shoulders of giants. Why is that a problem you ask? Well, let me see here. You know nothing of the knowledge, science, and technology which are the pillars of your bright new world. They were built by people whose minds are so arcane and alien to you that you will never be able to comprehend exactly how much you rely on the hobbies of dead legends. The problem? We've come back to reclaim our throne.
Because people like you continue to prove that the vast majority of the population are mentally deficient sheep, incapable of getting past caring what other people do in their own spare time and/or recognizing when a politician is lying to you for their own gain. You are likely the kind of person who truly believes that commercials on television are actually public service announcements carefully crafted to help you lead a happier, better life. It's kind of like the people who think that Windows is a good product because they see it in stores and commercials, and who believe iPods are worth the money they cost.
I'm sorry if this may be paradigm shattering for you, but it is time that you and the other ignorant sheeple like you pull your heads out of your collective asses and get out of our way before we trample over you like the disgusting puppets you are.
I do recognize that irresponsible and ignorant people do use substances incorrectly and bring harm to those around them, but those people are no worse than you are. They are also on our agenda to be refined, relocated, or expunged from the human herd. Humanity is now evolving in a different way and those like you are obsolete luddites holding us back. If you cannot find a place in this new world you are not welcome here.
A place in my area does something like Burning Man on a much smaller scale every year, and they too use a policy like this. I happen to know the organizers of the event in my area and I asked them about this sort of policy. It's not what it seems. The reason for the seemingly underhanded legalize has to do with people using drugs at the event.
Basically, if someone takes pictures which could "let the word out" this enables the organizers to take down those pictures and control the information, so the cops aren't up everyone's ass every year. This has worked for the last five years, and as a result it's fine and encouraged to smoke pot and drop acid all weekend long, even in front of event security (they do it too). I don't know if this is the same reason Burning Man does this, but it would make a LOT of sense.
Why the fuck my earlier comment was moderated (-1, troll) is beyond me. Whomever I pissed off, you can go fuck yourself. If you don't like phones that ring, you can go beat off somewhere. What I said was not trolling. And if you moderated it down just because it was my comment and you hate me, you can go to hell twice.
Honestly... who actually enjoys the sound of a ringing phone? If you enjoy phones that ring maybe you should be a telemarketer. Then you can call your !favorite moderator while they go beat off somewhere to the image of you slamming your face into your keyboard in anger at this atrocity.
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Noooooo don't do that. Seriously; if you can avoid cards that need manufacturer specific configuration you'll find it's much easier to upgrade to a new distro/release/etc. later. It's worth boycotting both ATI and NVIDEA simply because of the extra hassle and security risks induced by the binary blobs they add to your system.
I can 100% understand your point. You make a good one. However, I do 3D modeling with Maya. It doesn't work as well on Windows as on Linux, and it just plain is not worth using without an nVidia graphics card. I'm kind of stuck.
Another thing I'd like to point out here (since you mention Fedora and some people have mentioned Ubuntu) is that a lot of distros make their own tweaks to Xorg, KDE or Gnome, and the drivers they include. Most desktop-oriented distros, like Fedora and Ubuntu, also include their own tools for configuring displays. In some ways, this is a good thing. There was a time when Xorg was truly a beast to configure (well, really XFree86), most graphics setups required arcane configurations, and most people had no clue how to do it correctly themselves. That is why many distros started including their own tools for doing it.
That has mostly changed. Xorg's default config (the self-generated one) will usually work out of the box without any problems. On top of that, the two most common graphics cards (ATI and nVidia) both include manufacturer-made setup tools which are greatly superior to the ones included with most distros. If you are using an ATI or nVidia card and you use the config tools which come with the drivers you shouldn't experience any problems at all, as long as you use the manufacturer config tools and not the ones that are part of your distro. In my case, I am used to using less desktop oriented distros, like Slackware, Gentoo, and Debian, which do not even have distro-specific tools for configuring the display. I just use the autogenerated Xorg.conf, and then run the config tool from the manufacturer. If you do this as well, you'll have the same experience I am having. Now, the distro-specific config tools are the problem, not the solution.
On the contrary, I am using Gentoo with Gnome. Gentoo provides no tools for helping set anything up like that. I have an nvidia graphics card. Simply running the nvidia-settings tool, which comes with the driver, was quite sufficient to get my multi-monitor setup working just fine without any tweaking whatsoever. My monitors are different sizes, one is a CRT and one is an LCD, and they don't even support the same resolutions. I had to do NOTHING strange at all to make that work. I didn't have to edit any files, go into any strange menus, or read any forums.
I don't know WTF is even being discussed here exactly. Everything the article poster is talking about has been available and working well for as long as I can remember. I have been a Linux user for almost 10 years. Have you people never even looked at Enlightenment 16 or 17? What about Compiz? Or how about KDE or Gnome (in recent years)?
Imagine trying to herd a beowulf cluster of those!
You require more Vespene Gas!
I think a lot of the reason for the preference given to coders with degrees comes down to one simple fact: most people do not know how to code. Many employers do not know enough about coding to tell the difference between someone who does and does not, or to judge the skill level of a coder. Therefore, they rely on degrees to give them a general idea of how skilled a coder should be.
Sounds like a perfect audience for an OS with fewer security flaws.
I thought the same thing after supporting a family composed of a ages 6, 13, 18, and 40+. I set them up with Ubuntu after hearing that they mainly use the computer for internet and email, as well as occasionally typing reports and changing the music on their iPods. Ubuntu did solve the malware problem, but it introduced several more challenging problems I did not see coming:
I could go on with several more specific examples. What it comes down to, is there are so many very small differences between Windows and Ubuntu (and likely anything else) that the users were very lost and confused. They had more questions and more problems, which have thus far been impossible to solve. The problem has changed from one that can be at least corrected with software to one that requires educating the user.
The average user does not want to be educated. The average user wants whatever solution requires the least effort on their part. As long as calling you to solve their problems is easier then solving the problem themselves, they will continue to call you. I have solved this issue by looking at all the computer repair places and the like in this area to determine what the charge and what their turn around time is. I offer friends and family a much better deal than anywhere else they can get their computer fixed.
You can do this with an Atheros card under Linux or BSD. Look at the documentation for the drivers, specifically the section on VAP's.
and you have what evidence that I've accomplished nothing or amounted to nothing? I didn't post this to brag exactly, only as anecdotal evidence to the contrary of what the article is saying. My intelligence is more of a curse than anything, and I'm not proud of it.
The difference really jumps out with me. No allergies, walked at 9 months, IQ 168. Yeah, Winter really screwed me. Morons.
This reminds me of how one of the first worms was actually created. Xerox made it for going around their computers after hours and doing various checks and system maintainence. It got out of control and DoS'ed their network.
This all actually sounds sort of like they are trying to implement something like MPICH in their OS.
Nah, it will ship with a USB 3.0 flash drive which contains Windows drivers. Gotta do the shit to them they've been doing to us for years.
Laws. Money. Lack of a suitable weapon for changing that.
WISDOM - Weaponized Information Systems Domination Occupation and Management
How about we go the whole nine yards, and impliment a full scale government, politician, and business/commerce data mining system that's open, p2p, and usable by anyone? You know, just to keep things fair. I'm sure they'd have no problem with us keeping the same tabs on them that they'd like to keep on us. We'll call the system Press, because afterall, the press doesn't do their job, but maybe a system like this would.
That sounds like your problem, not mine. Perhaps yuor should have a look at the history of science. Hint: Hermes.
...and all that boils down to is you still need to lie, cheat, manipulate, and steal to get by in the world because you don't actually have anything meanigful or useful to contribute. So, you spend all of your time trying to convince people to make things you can "sell" to people to obtain meaningless pieces of paper you like to call money. Meanwhile, you try to convince the people who do think for themselves and contribute that they somehow need you and your damn pieces of paper to live a happy and fruitful life.
Without marketing and advertising people, I'd be in a house, built as largely as I damn well felt like, wherever I felt like building it, eating as much of whatever I desired, whilst you and your ilk would be huddling in a cave trying to devise a plan to trick me into making you a spear.
Let me put this simply. We understand nature, the environment, and the world around us in general. Everything we need is here. Manipulating others serves no purpose but greed.
So, what you're basically saying is marketers are usurpers and users, right? How do we deal with those again? Apparently that's THE RIGHT WAY TO BE in today's world. Too bad you're whole fucking world is built on the shoulders of giants. Why is that a problem you ask? Well, let me see here. You know nothing of the knowledge, science, and technology which are the pillars of your bright new world. They were built by people whose minds are so arcane and alien to you that you will never be able to comprehend exactly how much you rely on the hobbies of dead legends. The problem? We've come back to reclaim our throne.
Because people like you continue to prove that the vast majority of the population are mentally deficient sheep, incapable of getting past caring what other people do in their own spare time and/or recognizing when a politician is lying to you for their own gain. You are likely the kind of person who truly believes that commercials on television are actually public service announcements carefully crafted to help you lead a happier, better life. It's kind of like the people who think that Windows is a good product because they see it in stores and commercials, and who believe iPods are worth the money they cost.
I'm sorry if this may be paradigm shattering for you, but it is time that you and the other ignorant sheeple like you pull your heads out of your collective asses and get out of our way before we trample over you like the disgusting puppets you are.
I do recognize that irresponsible and ignorant people do use substances incorrectly and bring harm to those around them, but those people are no worse than you are. They are also on our agenda to be refined, relocated, or expunged from the human herd. Humanity is now evolving in a different way and those like you are obsolete luddites holding us back. If you cannot find a place in this new world you are not welcome here.
A place in my area does something like Burning Man on a much smaller scale every year, and they too use a policy like this. I happen to know the organizers of the event in my area and I asked them about this sort of policy. It's not what it seems. The reason for the seemingly underhanded legalize has to do with people using drugs at the event.
Basically, if someone takes pictures which could "let the word out" this enables the organizers to take down those pictures and control the information, so the cops aren't up everyone's ass every year. This has worked for the last five years, and as a result it's fine and encouraged to smoke pot and drop acid all weekend long, even in front of event security (they do it too). I don't know if this is the same reason Burning Man does this, but it would make a LOT of sense.
Why the fuck my earlier comment was moderated (-1, troll) is beyond me. Whomever I pissed off, you can go fuck yourself. If you don't like phones that ring, you can go beat off somewhere. What I said was not trolling. And if you moderated it down just because it was my comment and you hate me, you can go to hell twice.
Honestly... who actually enjoys the sound of a ringing phone? If you enjoy phones that ring maybe you should be a telemarketer. Then you can call your !favorite moderator while they go beat off somewhere to the image of you slamming your face into your keyboard in anger at this atrocity.
. . . why these people have not been struck by a meteor. If there were a God in this universe, there would be a meteor.
Ah, so this is the reason for the coverup we discussed earlier today