...one of the most active contributors to the Linuzz community advocates this on his blog...
Of course if you want just another inflamatory article on/., just go on...
Stop ruining our Microsoft bashing with Linux bashing
In my country, only XP models are available. All the retail networks here buy them from one or two importers, who only provide XP models.
That way, they can charge for them almost as much as for real laptops.
Wasn't this clear from the beginning, when they only started offering XP as a choice? Soon you won't be able to run Linux on them at all, not without tricks like ndiswrapper at least...
the rest of the world fucking loves whatever we produce You are a moron if you really think that. And if not, you're trolling.
In my country, almost everything on TV is "dubbed american stuff", but that's not because we love it. In fact, we hate it, it's just cheaper for local TV channels to import american crap than to produce quality stuff here.
Exactly the same situation as with chinese goods in US.
Now maybe they (the A.L. Studio) will get some sence about Apple and the likes. Because they love doing business with them, apparently.
Notice how they only promise windows and mac support for the keyboard because linux doesn't have enough marketshare:
Why isnt there any Linux software?
Because first we want to let 95% of people to work with the keyboard.
Is there a chance it will support Linux?
Maybe sometime.
Unfortunately it does get to a point where fixing bugs in old rendering code becomes financially unfeasible for a company that actually has to pay for it's coders. Boo-hoo, poor Microsoft! "Financially unfeasible"... It's not like MS Office is the most popular and most expensive office software in the world... No, they have to release an update specifically to block existing code which nobody expects them to fix.
On a less related note, you recently wondered why people call you a shill. It's shit like this, when you feel obligated to defend Microsoft's most idiotic or evil behaviour.
Sad thing is, you can only speak for yourself. Most of the people seem to have no problem to surrender to MS. Even most of slashdotters have some kind of "open minded" approach:
- "I'll just use the best tool for the job";
- "I don't mind to buy from MS, competition is good";
- "I despise their business practices, but I just bought the XBOX out of curiosity";
They'll bitch after MS pulls the plug (like with PlaysForSure), but will do nothing about it and just continue to donate to Microsoft's cause.
Wait, are you against FUD in general, or are you against FUD only when it applies to topics related to Russia? I'm against FUD in general. I've hit the "200 friends/foes" limit because of this.
The topic of the submission was "Russian Software Piracy Crackdown Restricts Free Speech". Every couple of weeks there are articles in russian press about police raids and confiscations of counterfeit CDs. I don't see any of these news here on/. But when the "free press" (which BTW is just as corrupt and self-involved as the ones they bash) is concerned, suddenly there's an article in WP and a helpful submission of our own "reporter".
If any one of them ever use their position as a pulpit to disagree with the Kremlin, then they too may get a knock at the door for software piracy. No, they'll first get a visit from the Tax Police, you don't know much about business there.
Russia is only selectively enforcing copyright laws against organizations that have spoken out against the government Does the name "allofmp3.com" ring a bell? There are dosens of music sites and online libraries (with OCRed books) that were closed in the last five years, yet WP and this reporter guy don't talk much about it.
That's not anti-Russian FUD, it's reality! Please explain to us why it is FUD. And saying "Because it is anti-Russian" doesn't cut it. I chose to call a selective representation of reality "FUD". Just like most of us call "Get The Facts" site reports about Windows vs. Linux performance. The results of the benchmarks were real, it's the test conditions that were...hmmm... uneven.
Ha. This is Russia we're talking about.
So does this automatically gives justification to putting bullshit on the front page? disregarding the focus of the comment which was to tell of a specific human rights violation the Russian government was guilty of
It seems that EVERYTHING the guy posts is related to "human rights violations" in Russia. I'm just pointing out that he floods the site with political news, part of which may be even true (but again, we only know about this from Washington Post), but are still irrelevant.
Trolling? Ok, I don't have much experience with it, but everybody has to start sometime:)
Why do you think that the Washington Post article is FUD? Because WP don't actually read russian news, they just repeat what the "human rights groups" tell them. Never mind the fact that every month the police confiscates thousands of CDs on the streets, when they target the "free press", then they report it.
And why do I find it amusing that you are attempting to silence someone who is concerned about people being silenced? I don't know why do you (an AC) find it amusing. The guy who uses the terms "Russian fascism", "Russian beast", etc. is not concerned about anything, he just spreads the Red Scare again.
At the risk of gaining a few more/. "freaks", I have to point out that this post is just on of the many recent submissions by reporter, most of which are simply anti-russian FUD.
He even expressed his desire to have a dedicated anti-russian section here.
While bashing a Cold War enemy is certainly fun, I don't see much "news for nerds" here. Keep/. politics focused on U.S., please.
This is actually a very weak countermeasure, because these files are easy to recognise - they have unreasonably high availability.
Hopefully the more nasty tricks like clogging of upload queues will be defeated after P2P developers look at MD's code.
(I use openoffice-bin anyway)
Just out of curiosity, does it even take advantage of distcc?
Because last time I checked, packages like Firefox and Openoffice don't even use MAKEOPTS="j4" on my Athlon X2 - they compile with one process only.
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...one of the most active contributors to the Linuzz community advocates this on his blog... Of course if you want just another inflamatory article on /., just go on...
Stop ruining our Microsoft bashing with Linux bashing
Fixed that for you.
In my country, only XP models are available. All the retail networks here buy them from one or two importers, who only provide XP models.
That way, they can charge for them almost as much as for real laptops.
Wasn't this clear from the beginning, when they only started offering XP as a choice? Soon you won't be able to run Linux on them at all, not without tricks like ndiswrapper at least...
In my country, almost everything on TV is "dubbed american stuff", but that's not because we love it. In fact, we hate it, it's just cheaper for local TV channels to import american crap than to produce quality stuff here.
Exactly the same situation as with chinese goods in US.
Nice troll.
Next time try not posting anonymously to make your bullshit look more credible.
Notice how they only promise windows and mac support for the keyboard because linux doesn't have enough marketshare:
Why isnt there any Linux software?
Because first we want to let 95% of people to work with the keyboard.
Is there a chance it will support Linux?
Maybe sometime.
I hope they feel violated.
On a less related note, you recently wondered why people call you a shill. It's shit like this, when you feel obligated to defend Microsoft's most idiotic or evil behaviour.
Microsoft shills get mod points too, probably more often than you do.
Update: Apparently it's now called Sunbelt Personal Firewall or something like that.
Kerio Personal Firewall used to be very good until they discontinued the 2.x versions. I'm still using 2.1.5 on all my XP installations.
Try Kontact (part of KDE Personal Information Manager).
Sad thing is, you can only speak for yourself. Most of the people seem to have no problem to surrender to MS. Even most of slashdotters have some kind of "open minded" approach:
- "I'll just use the best tool for the job";
- "I don't mind to buy from MS, competition is good";
- "I despise their business practices, but I just bought the XBOX out of curiosity";
They'll bitch after MS pulls the plug (like with PlaysForSure), but will do nothing about it and just continue to donate to Microsoft's cause.
Ha. :)
This is Russia we're talking about.
So does this automatically gives justification to putting bullshit on the front page?
disregarding the focus of the comment which was to tell of a specific human rights violation the Russian government was guilty of
It seems that EVERYTHING the guy posts is related to "human rights violations" in Russia. I'm just pointing out that he floods the site with political news, part of which may be even true (but again, we only know about this from Washington Post), but are still irrelevant.
Trolling? Ok, I don't have much experience with it, but everybody has to start sometime
At the risk of gaining a few more /. "freaks", I have to point out that this post is just on of the many recent submissions by reporter, most of which are simply anti-russian FUD. /. politics focused on U.S., please.
He even expressed his desire to have a dedicated anti-russian section here.
While bashing a Cold War enemy is certainly fun, I don't see much "news for nerds" here. Keep
Pretty soon all major distros will have something similar by default, if they don't have it already.
This is the best candidate to replace the "17 MB file copying on a Mac" troll...
This is actually a very weak countermeasure, because these files are easy to recognise - they have unreasonably high availability.
Hopefully the more nasty tricks like clogging of upload queues will be defeated after P2P developers look at MD's code.
I *love* undocumented features!
Thanks.
(I use openoffice-bin anyway)
Just out of curiosity, does it even take advantage of distcc?
Because last time I checked, packages like Firefox and Openoffice don't even use MAKEOPTS="j4" on my Athlon X2 - they compile with one process only.
What does this tag have to do with anything?
Is this a new crapflooding technique?
It seems to appear on some of the previous articles too...
GenTube looks similar, although it only supports Youtube at the moment.
msblast.exe ?