I had a cable modem from comcast. One day I recieved a letter in the mail telling me to reboot the modem to update the firmware and I would see a speed bump. It went to 3 megs/sec and I didn't pay a dime extra for it. This is why competition works and regulations suck monkey balls
This campaign is going to explain how the cost of quitting smoking (nicoderm, self help books, etc.) is higher than smoking. This is only valid in a period of three weeks, but it's valid nonetheless.
What microsoft fails to mention is that in three years when you upgrade the software on everyone's machine, the cost of upgrading is drastically less than if you kept them running windows.
The cost to switch people over is there in terms of wasted hours figuring out how to use linux and presumably KDE, however this is done once as they did from going to typewriters to windows.
I don't remember typewriter companies having their "get the fud" roadshow preaching how expensive it is to train people to use a word processor.
This isn't the same as walking around your neighborhood. When you surf the web, you still have an expectation of privacy. If you download something and click "yes" to installing spyware, then your expection is gone. However, if leaving your computer connected without a firewall gets you a virus which then downloads and installs spyware without your concent, then you have a right to call "shananagans" on the people who designed their software to violate your right of privacy. I wouldn't read into this news article too much. All it's about is a judge simply wants to take the time to decide if this law is unjust. Lawmakers make the laws, and judges decide if they're constitutional (in a broad sense).
Blame microsoft for the problems brought on by bad programs made by other companies. Then bitch because windows is insecure. Then bitch because they're trying to fix the situation and remove backwards compatibility to lessen the problems. Then say how microsoft is only doing this so people have to buy updated software. Well sometimes you have to bite the bullet and upgrade. If you're using some ten year old word processor on top for windows XP, then you better have a good reason of doing so. If you don't want to spend the money, switch to open office.
I can't understand how microsoft gets bashed for having the security holes and then again for trying to fix them. Besides, how many people on here still use windows? I'm always under the impressions that everyone on/. uses linux and other 1337 shit.
Not nessesarily, as far as p2p apps go, this has the best reputation in my opinion. For example, when mandrake released their ISOs of mandrake 10 to the club members, they distributed it over torrent. Another plus for bit torrent is you need to use a secondary method of finding the torrent files so unlike kazaa, there is no "search for music" option. Being open source also helps in that you can ensure there is no spyware. I think bit torrent can succeed as a reputable p2p app because it was not designed to steal music and divx movies, it just happens to do it well.
Now this may sound utterly rediculous, but think about it. 5-10 years ago, fixing windows machines consisted of getting drivers to work, DLL conflicts, IRQ conflicts, and of course the poorly written windows versions based off DOS.
With Windows 2000 and XP and plug-n-play, those problems I listed above are gone for the most part. I can't remember the last time I had to hunt down the proper DLL. The only driver issues I've had when installing windows 2000 was on obscure hardware, which linux had trouble with as well (on the same machine).
So what is left for IT people to fix? Windows updates, antivirus updates, and running ad-aware. All this requires a lot less know-how than which inturrupt a legacy NE2000 Ethernet card should be on (it's 11 if I remember correctly;) ).
What I'm saying is that when a computer went to shit a few years ago, you really had to know what to do to fix it. Nowadays, it's "run this program" or "install this update." That difficult problem solving requirement has gone away. If it weren't for viruses and spyware, windows 2000 and XP machines wouldn't need much attention and the IT staff wouldn't have work. Face it, once the network is set up and you have a bunch of machines, most of the maintainance is just playing janitor with spyware.
I use linux now and ironically I'm back to the old days. When a program crashes, it's because I updated the wrong library (think dll hell) or my nvidia is acting up (it broke after no config changes a couple times required a recompilation of the kernel module). I'll admit I get more satisfaction when I figure out the problem and solve it than I did with running ad-aware. However if I was hunting down foo.so.4 for 40 computers at my workplace, I'd probably rather go back to running ad-aware. One thing to remember is that when you fix somebody's computer who doesn't know much about computers, you get the same appriciation if you recompiled the kernel or removed gator for the fifth time.
Don't get me wrong, I think IT people who bitch about spyware shouldn't turn around and be appriciative of it, they should just remember how things used to be. If this is the career you chose, you're going to be a janitor half the time. Deal with it.
I just downloaded the binary linux installer and the fonts were all messed up. I was using 1.6. What I mean by messed up is the font in the menus is very small and the fonts available to specify for web pages are named oddly and come up garbled. I'll compile it from scratch tomorrow and see if that makes a difference.
Fair question. Before I used it I got annoyed by gentoo zealots puffing it like it was the next savior.
So I'll make it easy and explain it. Typing "emerge " downloads the (usually) most current version, all of it's dependencies, and installs it. I've gone crazy playing cat and mouse with compiling packages from scratch to satisfy the dependencies.
I use mandrake and their packages become out of date quickly and it's gets aggrivating. True, gentoo by default compiles everything. You can get binary packages for the big ones so you won't be compiling kde for a few days. The smaller packages don't take that long so it's not a big deal. As for the speed increase, I don't know if it's noticable.
I hope that explains it clearly. I don't like gentoo just because a bunch of nerds on slashdot worship it. I've used it and many other distros and I've come to that conclusion on my own.
I just discovered this one tonight. He already has the KDE 3.2.2 rpms. The 3.2.3 are comming soon apparently. It would be nice if mandrake was faster and actually released these, but I'm a poor college student and I didn't pay so I can't complain. Mandrake 10 is the easiest distro I've ever used. I'd recommend it to anyone trying linux out for the first time. I'll eventually grow up a little and switch to gentoo because of the portage system, but it's great to get your feet wet with.
I can't see how ring tones are going to drain your battery. I have a plain jane nokia phone I got in December. It does have a color screen, but when the backlight is off I don't think it drains the battery too much. In fact, the battery lasts a lot longer than my older phone which had even less features and a monocrome screen.
I hope this doesn't mean that PCs will be sold like Xboxes. I don't want to have to intall a mod chip on my laptop to run linux. I like the idea of the BIOS having more function and power, but I want it to do more than just prevent code from being executed. This should definately be an open standard otherwise Microsoft or Intel will have too much control. It's one thing to boot into windows and have that muck up your computer, but it's different when microsoft code is running on a linux box.
Since microsoft doesn't seem to like to innovate anymore, I wonder why they are pushing for this. Linux has shown that you don't need security at the hardware level to prevent viruses from taking down your computer.
So far I don't see many benefits the user will notice and enjoy. I'm not trying to spread DRM FUD because this article doesn't talk about it, I'm just asking why Microsoft cares so much to push this.
They won't go missing if you have a good system of knowing who has taken them out. People tend to steal less if they know they are the ones responsible for returning it. A signature on a sign out sheet goes a long way.
The difficulty part in using linux is not using the software to accomplish tasks, but getting it set up properly. The reason windows seems easier is because computers come preloaded with it. Now when a change like this occurs, the secretaries aren't installing linux, the experts are. Once you set up a good system, it will be easy to use. The benefit of linux is that you don't have to babysit it when it spits up every morning.
Alright, flame me because I'm not about the command line 100%, but in cases like this seeing directory trees makes a big difference. When I started out in linux, I was all gui because windows is at all gui. That was years ago and I definatly see how the cli can be a lot faster and a lot more efficient, but in cases where I have to delete files (which isn't too often for desktop users) I would prefer a gui. You may gawk at this, but a directory tree in konquorer shows how we percieve the files to be laid out in our mind better than #pwd; ls -l.
Go buy Mandrake 10 Powerpack or something like that. It's made for users not wanted to have to deal with all that junk. I used to get annoyed by the nomenclature of package namings in linux, but then i realized it just made things easier.
Just because slack isn't best suited for your average consumer doesn't mean there are not other distros that are. Slack is and always has been a distro for people who like to tweak and pick apart until they've learned something new. For a lot of people running it on the main desktop, it's probably because they like the feeling of control it gives them that windows and probably mandrake or fedora don't. It's all about preferences.
And by the way, it included, as you posted, KDE 3.2.3 which is designed to make using linux very easy. That and swaret will probably make maintaining the system easier than on windows.
This may be a little off topic, but why are linux programs primarily compiled with gcc? I've read how people complain how linux seems slower than windows. I've read people talk about how slow gcc is? I myself feel linux is slower than windows based on using windows and linux on the same computer. I use linux on my laptop and it's has a decent cpu so it doesn't seem to lag much, but the slowness is pretty bad on older hardware. So is gcc to blame and if so, is it possible for me to switch compilers and still run emerge on gentoo like I'm used to?
Something for the ogg and drm zealots to bitch about today.
A penny a song isn't bad, but it could get annoying. I leave my computer with music playing. When I come back, knowing I wasted 10 cents would get annoying. If anything, I think that little annoyance would hinder people from playing music freely. It's still cheaper than $20 for the shrink wrapped cd or 99 cents for the song from apple. This service is probably better for teenagers who like to listen to the pop hits rather than actually invest and support and artist they like.
I think "turbo on" actually ran the processor at the rated speed where if it was turned off it underclocked it. I forget where I read this, assuming I remember properly, but I think that's why they removed it eventually because no one ever wanted to underclock their machine. It was probably introduced either to provide more stability or when games wouldn't sync properly and the framerate was too fast.
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I had a cable modem from comcast. One day I recieved a letter in the mail telling me to reboot the modem to update the firmware and I would see a speed bump. It went to 3 megs/sec and I didn't pay a dime extra for it. This is why competition works and regulations suck monkey balls
This campaign is going to explain how the cost of quitting smoking (nicoderm, self help books, etc.) is higher than smoking. This is only valid in a period of three weeks, but it's valid nonetheless.
What microsoft fails to mention is that in three years when you upgrade the software on everyone's machine, the cost of upgrading is drastically less than if you kept them running windows.
The cost to switch people over is there in terms of wasted hours figuring out how to use linux and presumably KDE, however this is done once as they did from going to typewriters to windows.
I don't remember typewriter companies having their "get the fud" roadshow preaching how expensive it is to train people to use a word processor.
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This isn't the same as walking around your neighborhood. When you surf the web, you still have an expectation of privacy. If you download something and click "yes" to installing spyware, then your expection is gone. However, if leaving your computer connected without a firewall gets you a virus which then downloads and installs spyware without your concent, then you have a right to call "shananagans" on the people who designed their software to violate your right of privacy. I wouldn't read into this news article too much. All it's about is a judge simply wants to take the time to decide if this law is unjust. Lawmakers make the laws, and judges decide if they're constitutional (in a broad sense).
Blame microsoft for the problems brought on by bad programs made by other companies. Then bitch because windows is insecure. Then bitch because they're trying to fix the situation and remove backwards compatibility to lessen the problems. Then say how microsoft is only doing this so people have to buy updated software. Well sometimes you have to bite the bullet and upgrade. If you're using some ten year old word processor on top for windows XP, then you better have a good reason of doing so. If you don't want to spend the money, switch to open office.
/. uses linux and other 1337 shit.
I can't understand how microsoft gets bashed for having the security holes and then again for trying to fix them. Besides, how many people on here still use windows? I'm always under the impressions that everyone on
Not nessesarily, as far as p2p apps go, this has the best reputation in my opinion. For example, when mandrake released their ISOs of mandrake 10 to the club members, they distributed it over torrent. Another plus for bit torrent is you need to use a secondary method of finding the torrent files so unlike kazaa, there is no "search for music" option. Being open source also helps in that you can ensure there is no spyware. I think bit torrent can succeed as a reputable p2p app because it was not designed to steal music and divx movies, it just happens to do it well.
Now this may sound utterly rediculous, but think about it. 5-10 years ago, fixing windows machines consisted of getting drivers to work, DLL conflicts, IRQ conflicts, and of course the poorly written windows versions based off DOS.
;) ).
With Windows 2000 and XP and plug-n-play, those problems I listed above are gone for the most part. I can't remember the last time I had to hunt down the proper DLL. The only driver issues I've had when installing windows 2000 was on obscure hardware, which linux had trouble with as well (on the same machine).
So what is left for IT people to fix? Windows updates, antivirus updates, and running ad-aware. All this requires a lot less know-how than which inturrupt a legacy NE2000 Ethernet card should be on (it's 11 if I remember correctly
What I'm saying is that when a computer went to shit a few years ago, you really had to know what to do to fix it. Nowadays, it's "run this program" or "install this update." That difficult problem solving requirement has gone away. If it weren't for viruses and spyware, windows 2000 and XP machines wouldn't need much attention and the IT staff wouldn't have work. Face it, once the network is set up and you have a bunch of machines, most of the maintainance is just playing janitor with spyware.
I use linux now and ironically I'm back to the old days. When a program crashes, it's because I updated the wrong library (think dll hell) or my nvidia is acting up (it broke after no config changes a couple times required a recompilation of the kernel module). I'll admit I get more satisfaction when I figure out the problem and solve it than I did with running ad-aware. However if I was hunting down foo.so.4 for 40 computers at my workplace, I'd probably rather go back to running ad-aware. One thing to remember is that when you fix somebody's computer who doesn't know much about computers, you get the same appriciation if you recompiled the kernel or removed gator for the fifth time.
Don't get me wrong, I think IT people who bitch about spyware shouldn't turn around and be appriciative of it, they should just remember how things used to be. If this is the career you chose, you're going to be a janitor half the time. Deal with it.
Let's say the storm is open source. Microsoft is that asshole who sits on his front porch claiming that this hurricane won't do any damage.
I just downloaded the binary linux installer and the fonts were all messed up. I was using 1.6. What I mean by messed up is the font in the menus is very small and the fonts available to specify for web pages are named oddly and come up garbled. I'll compile it from scratch tomorrow and see if that makes a difference.
Is anyone else experiencing this?
Fair question. Before I used it I got annoyed by gentoo zealots puffing it like it was the next savior.
So I'll make it easy and explain it. Typing "emerge " downloads the (usually) most current version, all of it's dependencies, and installs it. I've gone crazy playing cat and mouse with compiling packages from scratch to satisfy the dependencies.
I use mandrake and their packages become out of date quickly and it's gets aggrivating. True, gentoo by default compiles everything. You can get binary packages for the big ones so you won't be compiling kde for a few days. The smaller packages don't take that long so it's not a big deal. As for the speed increase, I don't know if it's noticable.
I hope that explains it clearly. I don't like gentoo just because a bunch of nerds on slashdot worship it. I've used it and many other distros and I've come to that conclusion on my own.
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I just discovered this one tonight. He already has the KDE 3.2.2 rpms. The 3.2.3 are comming soon apparently. It would be nice if mandrake was faster and actually released these, but I'm a poor college student and I didn't pay so I can't complain. Mandrake 10 is the easiest distro I've ever used. I'd recommend it to anyone trying linux out for the first time. I'll eventually grow up a little and switch to gentoo because of the portage system, but it's great to get your feet wet with.
I can't see how ring tones are going to drain your battery. I have a plain jane nokia phone I got in December. It does have a color screen, but when the backlight is off I don't think it drains the battery too much. In fact, the battery lasts a lot longer than my older phone which had even less features and a monocrome screen.
BTW, how long are you on your boat?
I hope this doesn't mean that PCs will be sold like Xboxes. I don't want to have to intall a mod chip on my laptop to run linux. I like the idea of the BIOS having more function and power, but I want it to do more than just prevent code from being executed. This should definately be an open standard otherwise Microsoft or Intel will have too much control. It's one thing to boot into windows and have that muck up your computer, but it's different when microsoft code is running on a linux box.
Since microsoft doesn't seem to like to innovate anymore, I wonder why they are pushing for this. Linux has shown that you don't need security at the hardware level to prevent viruses from taking down your computer.
So far I don't see many benefits the user will notice and enjoy. I'm not trying to spread DRM FUD because this article doesn't talk about it, I'm just asking why Microsoft cares so much to push this.
Sure, come on in.
Hi, step right up.
Wait, let me see your ID...okay...Sasser eh? Alright sounds good.
Alright, I'm going on break now. Time for wifi to shut down
They won't go missing if you have a good system of knowing who has taken them out. People tend to steal less if they know they are the ones responsible for returning it. A signature on a sign out sheet goes a long way.
you insensitive clod!
The difficulty part in using linux is not using the software to accomplish tasks, but getting it set up properly. The reason windows seems easier is because computers come preloaded with it. Now when a change like this occurs, the secretaries aren't installing linux, the experts are. Once you set up a good system, it will be easy to use. The benefit of linux is that you don't have to babysit it when it spits up every morning.
Alright, flame me because I'm not about the command line 100%, but in cases like this seeing directory trees makes a big difference. When I started out in linux, I was all gui because windows is at all gui. That was years ago and I definatly see how the cli can be a lot faster and a lot more efficient, but in cases where I have to delete files (which isn't too often for desktop users) I would prefer a gui. You may gawk at this, but a directory tree in konquorer shows how we percieve the files to be laid out in our mind better than #pwd; ls -l.
When dealing with audio blogs narrated, you can write it as "oggs"
Go buy Mandrake 10 Powerpack or something like that. It's made for users not wanted to have to deal with all that junk. I used to get annoyed by the nomenclature of package namings in linux, but then i realized it just made things easier.
Just because slack isn't best suited for your average consumer doesn't mean there are not other distros that are. Slack is and always has been a distro for people who like to tweak and pick apart until they've learned something new. For a lot of people running it on the main desktop, it's probably because they like the feeling of control it gives them that windows and probably mandrake or fedora don't. It's all about preferences.
And by the way, it included, as you posted, KDE 3.2.3 which is designed to make using linux very easy. That and swaret will probably make maintaining the system easier than on windows.
My first reaction to this story was "apt-get manga"? Needless to say, this has been a long day...
This may be a little off topic, but why are linux programs primarily compiled with gcc? I've read how people complain how linux seems slower than windows. I've read people talk about how slow gcc is? I myself feel linux is slower than windows based on using windows and linux on the same computer. I use linux on my laptop and it's has a decent cpu so it doesn't seem to lag much, but the slowness is pretty bad on older hardware. So is gcc to blame and if so, is it possible for me to switch compilers and still run emerge on gentoo like I'm used to?
Something for the ogg and drm zealots to bitch about today.
A penny a song isn't bad, but it could get annoying. I leave my computer with music playing. When I come back, knowing I wasted 10 cents would get annoying. If anything, I think that little annoyance would hinder people from playing music freely. It's still cheaper than $20 for the shrink wrapped cd or 99 cents for the song from apple. This service is probably better for teenagers who like to listen to the pop hits rather than actually invest and support and artist they like.
Yeah, but they made it smaller and more efficient!
I think "turbo on" actually ran the processor at the rated speed where if it was turned off it underclocked it. I forget where I read this, assuming I remember properly, but I think that's why they removed it eventually because no one ever wanted to underclock their machine. It was probably introduced either to provide more stability or when games wouldn't sync properly and the framerate was too fast.