If everyone knows the format so well, then why are there still difference when opening documents in word and openoffice. Openoffice won't be considered a serious alternative to many people until documents look and work the same in the.DOC format.
I use openoffice, I think it's a great program. However, sometimes I receive a document and openoffice doesn't display it properly and I end up having to use word to view it. A business isn't going to want to switch to openoffice until issues like this are resolved because all it ends up doing is adding more costs if their employees still need to have office licenses as backup solutions.
Are you comparing this to acroread 5 or acroread 7? Because acroread 7 loads nearly instantly. I don't know what they did, but this works a hell of a lot better than any version of acrobat I've used in windows.
Well, using emerge -u world is going to automatically update any new packages on your computer. Especially on gentoo where new versions get into portage and are marked stable relatively quickly, if you go a month or two at a time you're going to have a lot of software to compile.
However, back to what you were talking about.. emerge -uDav world will list the updates, download size, but not actually do anything. So this is how you'd get around automatic updates by having the choice of what to update and what not to. Another nice thing is using the -t option that builds a tree of what package is requesting the update.
However, if you haven't used gentoo then I'd doubt you'd have ever had the need to investigate this. I don't know all the ins and outs of apt or swaret because I've rarely had to.
But for those interested, updating in portage is usually painless, but not automatic and won't go behind your back and do something unintended.
Good point. Getting the drivers into the kernel would make using your hardware a non-issue for most people. The only drivers I ever have to worry about on my system are the nvidia drivers. Everything else is just a check box in the kernel config. This is definitely one of linux's strong points.
Well just think of it this way. If google has more competition, then it will need to create an even better product in the future. I use google exclusively and I think it's a great search engine. However, I would not want it to push every other search engine out of the water. Then they'd never innovate and it'd eventually suck.
So while I don't use ask jeeves, I'm glad some people do.
People like distros that do stuff automatically for you. For example, I plug in an iPod or usb flash drive and an icon instantly appears on the desktop. No need to mess with the fstab, it just works automatically. Those features are in the popular distros and are very beneficial to people who just want their shit to work.
And you mentioned slackware because you like it. I could have easily posted why not use gentoo because compiling all your own software might get that 0.5% performance increase so everyone should do it. Who cares?
There are so many linux distros out there that people should never act as if one is always and will always be better. There are distros for the bored people out there (gentoo) that people can spend hours tweaking. Then there are distros that people can throw on in 20 minutes and get a complete system up and running. People should play around with several distros and choose the one that suits their needs best.
I did the same thing. And I broke the computer. However, I did this on a test computer so it didn't matter. You should always try new stuff in an environment where breaking things doesn't matter. After I felt comfortable with gentoo, I put it on my laptop which is my main computer. I've been happy ever since.
On a gentoo system, after you update a package with an/etc/* file, it tells you that you have to update the file. Then you run "etc-update". I usually play the game this way. If I've ever edited the file, I'll take a look at it to see if it's going to bork my system. If it's not a file I've ever touched, I'll assume that the changes are fine and I replace the file...
oh wait...that only works if the user knows what's going on with the system...I'd hate to be an administrator in charge of many computers after an update!
For most people, that isn't going to benefit them. I use gcc only by way of portage to compile the software I use...kde, xorg, qt, mozilla stuff. I wouldn't care if it takes longer to compile if the binaries are more efficient and the programs run faster. I can understand some of the posts I've seen so far that it's frustrating to wait hours for big packages to compile. A simple solution I've found is to compile at night so when you wake up it's finished.
However, if I was a developer and I had to deal with slow compilations on a daily basis, I'd probably not be too happy with it. Most people who use software compiled by gcc, however, aren't the ones who compiled it. So for most people, gcc 4.0 is going to benefit them in terms of application performace. I have seen compile time decreases from 3.3 to 3.4 so I'm sure they'll speed things up with 4.0 as well.
Another thing to consider is that when your brother sells it for, well, a LOT more than ten dollars, he has to show that huge profit as income on his taxes.
I agree. The money and hassle spent on a horrid evil proprietary closed source program is a lot less than if the OSS alternative makes a mistake. I'm not implying an OSS would necessarily be bad, but for fuck sake, this is the IRS you're dealing with.
Hell, if my taxes were more complicated than the 1040EZ, I'd consider hiring the professional. The $175 down could certainly pay off if they found just one or two deductions that I didn't find.
For some things, I think paying for a good reputable service is worth it.
Besides the addition of the database on top of it and the search utility, what else would have to be changed? I don't mean this as a witty sarcastic comment, I am curious as to what has to be redesigned.
This will required unmasking them in package.unmask and package.keywords. I did this for KDE and 3.4 beta 2 compiled fine without problems. Although, I recommend the gentoo forums for discussions like this since there are some pretty helpful people there.
Yeah, but to people here, it's like Jesus was that carpenter switching from a 15" hammer to a 16" hammer. I don't think this is particularly newsworthy. If I got a free Mac one day, I'd sure as hell use it.
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If everyone knows the format so well, then why are there still difference when opening documents in word and openoffice. Openoffice won't be considered a serious alternative to many people until documents look and work the same in the .DOC format.
I use openoffice, I think it's a great program. However, sometimes I receive a document and openoffice doesn't display it properly and I end up having to use word to view it. A business isn't going to want to switch to openoffice until issues like this are resolved because all it ends up doing is adding more costs if their employees still need to have office licenses as backup solutions.
Are you comparing this to acroread 5 or acroread 7? Because acroread 7 loads nearly instantly. I don't know what they did, but this works a hell of a lot better than any version of acrobat I've used in windows.
While officially released, I'm still not seeing it any of the mirrors portage is trying to connect to.
But it's nothing without the key to the lock box that holds the key to the bigger lock box which contains the internet.
yeah, I know.
Think Fourier transforms. Many techniques can be used to encode music such that the quality is reasonable and the file size small.
It's called Spellbound
It's a great Firefox extension. You can spell check any field.
Well, using emerge -u world is going to automatically update any new packages on your computer. Especially on gentoo where new versions get into portage and are marked stable relatively quickly, if you go a month or two at a time you're going to have a lot of software to compile.
However, back to what you were talking about.. emerge -uDav world will list the updates, download size, but not actually do anything. So this is how you'd get around automatic updates by having the choice of what to update and what not to. Another nice thing is using the -t option that builds a tree of what package is requesting the update.
However, if you haven't used gentoo then I'd doubt you'd have ever had the need to investigate this. I don't know all the ins and outs of apt or swaret because I've rarely had to.
But for those interested, updating in portage is usually painless, but not automatic and won't go behind your back and do something unintended.
Good point. Getting the drivers into the kernel would make using your hardware a non-issue for most people. The only drivers I ever have to worry about on my system are the nvidia drivers. Everything else is just a check box in the kernel config. This is definitely one of linux's strong points.
Well just think of it this way. If google has more competition, then it will need to create an even better product in the future. I use google exclusively and I think it's a great search engine. However, I would not want it to push every other search engine out of the water. Then they'd never innovate and it'd eventually suck.
So while I don't use ask jeeves, I'm glad some people do.
People like distros that do stuff automatically for you. For example, I plug in an iPod or usb flash drive and an icon instantly appears on the desktop. No need to mess with the fstab, it just works automatically. Those features are in the popular distros and are very beneficial to people who just want their shit to work.
And you mentioned slackware because you like it. I could have easily posted why not use gentoo because compiling all your own software might get that 0.5% performance increase so everyone should do it. Who cares?
There are so many linux distros out there that people should never act as if one is always and will always be better. There are distros for the bored people out there (gentoo) that people can spend hours tweaking. Then there are distros that people can throw on in 20 minutes and get a complete system up and running. People should play around with several distros and choose the one that suits their needs best.
I did the same thing. And I broke the computer. However, I did this on a test computer so it didn't matter. You should always try new stuff in an environment where breaking things doesn't matter. After I felt comfortable with gentoo, I put it on my laptop which is my main computer. I've been happy ever since.
On a gentoo system, after you update a package with an /etc/* file, it tells you that you have to update the file. Then you run "etc-update". I usually play the game this way. If I've ever edited the file, I'll take a look at it to see if it's going to bork my system. If it's not a file I've ever touched, I'll assume that the changes are fine and I replace the file...
oh wait...that only works if the user knows what's going on with the system...I'd hate to be an administrator in charge of many computers after an update!
Why would battery life be worse running 64-bit code versus 32-bit code on a 64-bit processor?
For most people, that isn't going to benefit them. I use gcc only by way of portage to compile the software I use...kde, xorg, qt, mozilla stuff. I wouldn't care if it takes longer to compile if the binaries are more efficient and the programs run faster. I can understand some of the posts I've seen so far that it's frustrating to wait hours for big packages to compile. A simple solution I've found is to compile at night so when you wake up it's finished.
However, if I was a developer and I had to deal with slow compilations on a daily basis, I'd probably not be too happy with it. Most people who use software compiled by gcc, however, aren't the ones who compiled it. So for most people, gcc 4.0 is going to benefit them in terms of application performace. I have seen compile time decreases from 3.3 to 3.4 so I'm sure they'll speed things up with 4.0 as well.
Another thing to consider is that when your brother sells it for, well, a LOT more than ten dollars, he has to show that huge profit as income on his taxes.
Which shows the same error message as in the first link
I'm still compiling mplayer!
Where the hell have you been?
Na, that won't do it. You'd have to decrement the program counter instead of incrementing it.
It's a voluntary tax. Yeah, this is a brilliant idea.
I agree. The money and hassle spent on a horrid evil proprietary closed source program is a lot less than if the OSS alternative makes a mistake. I'm not implying an OSS would necessarily be bad, but for fuck sake, this is the IRS you're dealing with.
Hell, if my taxes were more complicated than the 1040EZ, I'd consider hiring the professional. The $175 down could certainly pay off if they found just one or two deductions that I didn't find.
For some things, I think paying for a good reputable service is worth it.
Besides the addition of the database on top of it and the search utility, what else would have to be changed? I don't mean this as a witty sarcastic comment, I am curious as to what has to be redesigned.
This will required unmasking them in package.unmask and package.keywords. I did this for KDE and 3.4 beta 2 compiled fine without problems. Although, I recommend the gentoo forums for discussions like this since there are some pretty helpful people there.
Yeah, but to people here, it's like Jesus was that carpenter switching from a 15" hammer to a 16" hammer. I don't think this is particularly newsworthy. If I got a free Mac one day, I'd sure as hell use it.