Sucks for me then. I'm a righty but I drive a stick shift car. When I'm on the phone while driving, I hold the phone with my left hand and drive with my right hand.
I haven't tried quickbooks with crossover, but crossover office is amazing. I'm an engineering student and I need to use Orcad PSPICE for homework and lab reports. I got that program whic is made for windows running with no problems. I've had trouble with wine and I after using crossover I never bothered with it. Well, crossover is based on wine, but they do a lot to test and guarantee program compatibility. Running Microsoft Office XP is no problem at all. I primarily use openoffice, but sometimes you just need word and it's nice to know it's there.
I love using gentoo. I just updated two packages with portage and it was a piece of cake that took a few minutes. I liked mandrake, but the packaging system sucked. Gentoo has a reputation of being geeky and overkill, but it's really a good distro for people just wanting a system that will work without much maintenance. I never have to download another ISO and upgrade, it does it in small increments which is so much easier.
I did the same thing with Gentoo. I went from windows to mandrake to gentoo. Gentoo is good because you have a little more control of what happens to your system. Some people say that they learned a ton from just installing, but I think they're a little mistaken. Installing Gentoo will give you more experience and knowledge than installing say Mandrake. This is probably because you'll have to fiddle and fudge it more, but it's worth it in the end. If you work for a big company, see if you can get an extra computer lying around. Install every distro you can. The best way to learn is to use because you'll hit a wall and need to figure out how to climb over it.
I think the point many people are trying to make is that while java used to be slow, it's better. With linux becoming more popular, I think java could get more popular. If a developer can compile a program and have it "just work" on mac, windows and linux, then he can focus on making the program better, not more compatible. I've worked with java and it's pretty easy to use. Version 1.5 (or now 5.0) is supposed to have some nice features to make it easier.
Just f**king download firefox and enjoy the f**cking google bar already build the f**k in. It's f**king great and I use it all the f**cking time.
Haha, alright man, I'm just f**cking with you. I still like to go to google.com. This article made me realize I should get rid that that f**king google bar. It's just wasting space and that pissed me the f**k off.
Well said. I didn't want to post and start a flame war. I've already noticed comments anti-bush being modded up and comments that are anti-moore being modded down. The bias here is getting pretty bad I think.
I guess you were trying to be informative, but I think any gentoo user who got their system up and running in the first place knows how to update xorg. However, as of right now 6.8 isn't in there. Only a hardmasked 6.7.99.904 version.
...if the product were open source and it was later found to have flaws, could California sue? I think voting terminals should be open source because it allows people who may be a lot smarter than those working at Diebold to dissect it and make sure it's working properly and secure. For something as fundamanetal as voting, people should know what happens when they click on a candidate.
But back to what I was saying, California knows that if Diebold violates the contract, they can sue. If this was done by a bunch of people, they wouldn't have that insurance. They also wouldn't have had as much risk though.
I don't know, this is an interesting set of circumstances because it seems so new in our culture. I'd like to hear any opinions on people close to this matter who have some valuable insight.
With due respect, I think you missed the point. The great thing about gentoo is portage. People generally use knoppix to install gentoo so they have a working computer to browse the web and such while it's compiling away in the background. I've never done this install gentoo. Modern processors can do the work in a day or so, enough time to be away from the computer. And installing knoppix to the hard drive isn't the best way to get debian. I've tried it and I had less than decent results.
As just another annoying gentoo user, I agree with you. Having a system working around portage makes life so much easier. Dealing RPM hell makes using linux more difficult than windows. Yeah, I meant that!
just kidding. You can get away with a compiled kernel and KDE desktop in 24 hours on a 1.8 ghz p4. I've only bootstrapped on a 500mhz k6-2. It took several weeks until KDE was finished.
I wouldn't see Gentoo as a bad solution for a small company as long as the guy doing it was familiar with gentoo. Once you configure a few systems, you get an idea of how the install process should go. It's not difficult, it's just a learning experience.
It may seem like a waste of time and maybe I'm just dumb and naive to you, but I feel it's important to vote. You can think the system is bullshit and corrupt and that you have no control over it, but you do have one vote. It's more of a statement than power.
I'm not going to preach ideals, but I think it's important for people to vote. If you disagree, then fine by me.
between cell phones and computers. This thing has a processor, an embedded os and a hard drive. It's on a network, it's got a keyboard and color display.
No, but you do get the right to complain when an elected official mucks something up. People who don't vote but are able to, should stop complaining when they didn't have the 20 minutes to go down and vote one day.
Voting is a powerful message that many Americans take for granted. I'm proud to vote and I'll vote in the upcoming presidential election. If I lived in another country and I either couldn't vote or my vote was BS and didn't count (think elections where a dictator received 100% of the vote) I would be baffled my so many people's indifference to democracy.
You make a great point. Small businesses rely on small software packages that are proprietary and will only run on windows. I have some experience in software for small law firms. They pay lots of money for this custom software that they couldn't work without.
I think in the next few years, we might see a transition from windows to linux. I think the first thing software developers should be looking at is if their programs will run in at least crossover. If they run out of the box with wine, then even better.
I'd rather see them push for linux specific versions of their software, but I understand the cost involved. And I feel the same way you do. If I could help in coding I would, but I just don't have the knowledge and the only thing I can do is use OSS and tell people how good it is.
You're completely correct; I think my comment was mistaken. Without the reward of money at the end of the tunnel, I probably wouldn't be in school now working towards a goal. There is no shame in working for money because it represents a reward for an invaluable effort.
However, I've seen many intelligent people work hard without stopping because it was the right thing to do, not because of the monetary gain. That is what I'd hope to highlight.
I meant to say is that we'd all be happier if we didn't have to worry about money. However, a lot of people are living paycheck to paycheck and the little things in life (broadband, it's a joke) make the effort meaningful.
It makes sense. Anyone that brilliant would see how pointless it is to worry about money. When will the rest of us learn? There's more to life than money.
Instead of trying to emulate (yeah, wine is not an emulator, I know) an existing project, people is the oss community tried to make their own product. I haven't tried GnuCash, but I see how it could work if you could move your data to it. That is where the GnuCash people should be working. But I don't think it's up to the open source community to make it able to run windows apps. Saying that linux can't be a contender because you can't run QuickBooks might be the wrong way to look at the problem. Another way could be that Intuit could make their next version compatible with wine and thus crossover.
I've had good luck with crossover. I can run Microsoft Office and Orcad PSpice without any problems. I try to stick with openoffice, but there are times I need word and so I use it.
I understand your gripes with linux. I hate those responses that shout back at people who can't get linux to fit their needs and lable them stupid. Everyone here asks why people don't switch to it over night as if they were dumb, but then people try and it doesn't meed their needs. I guess the only thing people who can't contribute directly to projects like GnuCash would be to contact Intuit and ask them to think about making their app compatible with wine. It's a start.
If I had modpoints, I'd mod you up. Left Propaganda is really mucking the media up. Hell, this guy named Michael Moore even made a movie and a hundred million about spreading anti-Bush FUD. Documentaries should be about presenting facts and offering no opinion, not engineering and editing film to persuade people. Too many people see movies and news stories like this an assume it's the truth. Americans need to stop trusting the media and start demanding non-biased news.
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Sucks for me then. I'm a righty but I drive a stick shift car. When I'm on the phone while driving, I hold the phone with my left hand and drive with my right hand.
I haven't tried quickbooks with crossover, but crossover office is amazing. I'm an engineering student and I need to use Orcad PSPICE for homework and lab reports. I got that program whic is made for windows running with no problems. I've had trouble with wine and I after using crossover I never bothered with it. Well, crossover is based on wine, but they do a lot to test and guarantee program compatibility. Running Microsoft Office XP is no problem at all. I primarily use openoffice, but sometimes you just need word and it's nice to know it's there.
I love using gentoo. I just updated two packages with portage and it was a piece of cake that took a few minutes. I liked mandrake, but the packaging system sucked. Gentoo has a reputation of being geeky and overkill, but it's really a good distro for people just wanting a system that will work without much maintenance. I never have to download another ISO and upgrade, it does it in small increments which is so much easier.
I did the same thing with Gentoo. I went from windows to mandrake to gentoo. Gentoo is good because you have a little more control of what happens to your system. Some people say that they learned a ton from just installing, but I think they're a little mistaken. Installing Gentoo will give you more experience and knowledge than installing say Mandrake. This is probably because you'll have to fiddle and fudge it more, but it's worth it in the end. If you work for a big company, see if you can get an extra computer lying around. Install every distro you can. The best way to learn is to use because you'll hit a wall and need to figure out how to climb over it.
I think the point many people are trying to make is that while java used to be slow, it's better. With linux becoming more popular, I think java could get more popular. If a developer can compile a program and have it "just work" on mac, windows and linux, then he can focus on making the program better, not more compatible. I've worked with java and it's pretty easy to use. Version 1.5 (or now 5.0) is supposed to have some nice features to make it easier.
Just f**king download firefox and enjoy the f**cking google bar already build the f**k in. It's f**king great and I use it all the f**cking time.
Haha, alright man, I'm just f**cking with you. I still like to go to google.com. This article made me realize I should get rid that that f**king google bar. It's just wasting space and that pissed me the f**k off.
Fuck!
Well said. I didn't want to post and start a flame war. I've already noticed comments anti-bush being modded up and comments that are anti-moore being modded down. The bias here is getting pretty bad I think.
I guess you were trying to be informative, but I think any gentoo user who got their system up and running in the first place knows how to update xorg. However, as of right now 6.8 isn't in there. Only a hardmasked 6.7.99.904 version.
I meant to say I've never used knoppix to install gentoo. I've done it the old fashion way of following the handbook.
...if the product were open source and it was later found to have flaws, could California sue? I think voting terminals should be open source because it allows people who may be a lot smarter than those working at Diebold to dissect it and make sure it's working properly and secure. For something as fundamanetal as voting, people should know what happens when they click on a candidate.
But back to what I was saying, California knows that if Diebold violates the contract, they can sue. If this was done by a bunch of people, they wouldn't have that insurance. They also wouldn't have had as much risk though.
I don't know, this is an interesting set of circumstances because it seems so new in our culture. I'd like to hear any opinions on people close to this matter who have some valuable insight.
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With due respect, I think you missed the point. The great thing about gentoo is portage. People generally use knoppix to install gentoo so they have a working computer to browse the web and such while it's compiling away in the background. I've never done this install gentoo. Modern processors can do the work in a day or so, enough time to be away from the computer. And installing knoppix to the hard drive isn't the best way to get debian. I've tried it and I had less than decent results.
As just another annoying gentoo user, I agree with you. Having a system working around portage makes life so much easier. Dealing RPM hell makes using linux more difficult than windows. Yeah, I meant that!
Asleep over a 3 day weekend maybe.
just kidding. You can get away with a compiled kernel and KDE desktop in 24 hours on a 1.8 ghz p4. I've only bootstrapped on a 500mhz k6-2. It took several weeks until KDE was finished.
I wouldn't see Gentoo as a bad solution for a small company as long as the guy doing it was familiar with gentoo. Once you configure a few systems, you get an idea of how the install process should go. It's not difficult, it's just a learning experience.
But does HP make the specific IBM software they use?
...like Lindows.
It may seem like a waste of time and maybe I'm just dumb and naive to you, but I feel it's important to vote. You can think the system is bullshit and corrupt and that you have no control over it, but you do have one vote. It's more of a statement than power.
I'm not going to preach ideals, but I think it's important for people to vote. If you disagree, then fine by me.
between cell phones and computers. This thing has a processor, an embedded os and a hard drive. It's on a network, it's got a keyboard and color display.
No, but you do get the right to complain when an elected official mucks something up. People who don't vote but are able to, should stop complaining when they didn't have the 20 minutes to go down and vote one day.
Voting is a powerful message that many Americans take for granted. I'm proud to vote and I'll vote in the upcoming presidential election. If I lived in another country and I either couldn't vote or my vote was BS and didn't count (think elections where a dictator received 100% of the vote) I would be baffled my so many people's indifference to democracy.
You make a great point. Small businesses rely on small software packages that are proprietary and will only run on windows. I have some experience in software for small law firms. They pay lots of money for this custom software that they couldn't work without.
I think in the next few years, we might see a transition from windows to linux. I think the first thing software developers should be looking at is if their programs will run in at least crossover. If they run out of the box with wine, then even better.
I'd rather see them push for linux specific versions of their software, but I understand the cost involved. And I feel the same way you do. If I could help in coding I would, but I just don't have the knowledge and the only thing I can do is use OSS and tell people how good it is.
You're completely correct; I think my comment was mistaken. Without the reward of money at the end of the tunnel, I probably wouldn't be in school now working towards a goal. There is no shame in working for money because it represents a reward for an invaluable effort.
However, I've seen many intelligent people work hard without stopping because it was the right thing to do, not because of the monetary gain. That is what I'd hope to highlight.
I appologize, my comment was mistaken.
I meant to say is that we'd all be happier if we didn't have to worry about money. However, a lot of people are living paycheck to paycheck and the little things in life (broadband, it's a joke) make the effort meaningful.
Your reply was dead on though, and insightful.
It makes sense. Anyone that brilliant would see how pointless it is to worry about money. When will the rest of us learn? There's more to life than money.
Yeah, it's broadband.
Instead of trying to emulate (yeah, wine is not an emulator, I know) an existing project, people is the oss community tried to make their own product. I haven't tried GnuCash, but I see how it could work if you could move your data to it. That is where the GnuCash people should be working. But I don't think it's up to the open source community to make it able to run windows apps. Saying that linux can't be a contender because you can't run QuickBooks might be the wrong way to look at the problem. Another way could be that Intuit could make their next version compatible with wine and thus crossover.
I've had good luck with crossover. I can run Microsoft Office and Orcad PSpice without any problems. I try to stick with openoffice, but there are times I need word and so I use it.
I understand your gripes with linux. I hate those responses that shout back at people who can't get linux to fit their needs and lable them stupid. Everyone here asks why people don't switch to it over night as if they were dumb, but then people try and it doesn't meed their needs. I guess the only thing people who can't contribute directly to projects like GnuCash would be to contact Intuit and ask them to think about making their app compatible with wine. It's a start.
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If I had modpoints, I'd mod you up. Left Propaganda is really mucking the media up. Hell, this guy named Michael Moore even made a movie and a hundred million about spreading anti-Bush FUD. Documentaries should be about presenting facts and offering no opinion, not engineering and editing film to persuade people. Too many people see movies and news stories like this an assume it's the truth. Americans need to stop trusting the media and start demanding non-biased news.