They can't have a very high opinion of slashdot readers... slashdot referrals are blocked! Mind you they can't be far off; the site is still up so it seems to be thwarting enough of us;-)
How on earth are you going to download custom DRM software on a standard DVD player not connected to the interweb??? It doesn't matter how long it takes for new DVD players with DRM to come on the market. Most people have DVD players already, which play current DVDs, if not recordable DVDs, and don't need to be connected to the web. How are you going to convince people to buy a new DVD player that has more restrictions than the one you already own and costs twice as much, and only lets you play [insert favourite hollywood studio here] DVDs? You can call the sheep argument, but sheep follow the path of least resistance. This is not DRM.
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I wanted the game. I was pointing out I didn't have the option of returning it if I was unsatisfied with it. What do you find difficult about understanding that?
I was told upon purchasing this in the U.K. that in no way could I return this product. If it was faulty I could legally, but whether or not I would sucessfully get a refund if I was unsatisfied with it is another matter.
Erm not very! As a Slackware user of a couple of years now I have to point out a few things;
Adding/removing daemons especially, is really easy, much easier than in Slackware, (the Slack book has... forgotten to mention those).
How about pkgtool, Setup, services? A simple tick for each daemon? Can't get much easier than that.
Arch also turns off my machine automatically too, while with Slackware I have to manually turn off using the power button. Little things like that make a difference.
How about removing the # from #/sbin/modprobe apm in/etc/rc.d/rc.modules? Maybe this was something to do with it being tested on a laptop, but come on the guy had ten months...
I also agree with the parent that it seems odd to talk about 'lean' distros. Your leaness (IMHO) is dictated by your requirements, not your distro. Any distro can be lean if you so wish.
Hell, even typing the command on its own usually gives you some idea of what to do. My own personal favourite prompt is on workbone when you forget to turn num lock on...
A site about security showing mostly visits from IE? Now that IS surprising. I wonder why on earth all those UNIX and firefox users aren't visiting security sites that often?
I'd hide your laptop whenever you leave the room - prefereably in your underwear drawer.
Not if you're female... that's the first place any guy is going to look. Although whether he would see the laptop in all that underwear is another matter...
The software industry is inherently capitalistic, and will follow the money.
Not so. Capitalism states anything you give away for free has no value. Far more enlightened people than me are STILL speculating on the nature of the software industry. It seems to me quite obvious the the success of Open Source software shows that software does not follow the rules of capitlism. I am tired of hearing what seem to be intelligent people on slashdot bolding predicting the future. I am reminded of the old chinese saying "May you live in exciting times". We do, as long you keep an open mind. The first decade of every century heralds great change. How that can be anything else but open source software for this century is beyond me.
You're comparing using a computer to taking a dump? That's just silly. The generation of people who want the computer to work "the way the want to work" are growing older by the day. Its purely deomographics. My parents have seen the universal symbols on tape decks, video recorders, cd players, car radios that I have seen for the same number of years, but they STILL aren't intuitive to them..
I personally use the Gnome Desktop and was previously updating Slackware 9.1 with Dropline Gnome to get a Gnome 2.6 Desktop. Call me strange but I feel in love with spatial nautilus almost instantly (after refiling of course). However as Slackware 10 now comes with Gnome 2.6, I don't feel the need to use dropline any more. Is it just me or does Slackware seem to be speeding up??? I would say if anyone has been put off Slackware in the past for it not being as up to date as some other ditributions, take another look at Slack 10 I think you'll be impressed.
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Hello Martin, Would you concede that Linux has superiority in the Web Server department with Apache?
...yeah but give it a couple of weeks as soon as the right person gets their hands on it. OpenARCHOS anyone?
I'm just learning perl. That sig's the first code joke I've got on /. :-)
They can't have a very high opinion of slashdot readers... slashdot referrals are blocked! Mind you they can't be far off; the site is still up so it seems to be thwarting enough of us ;-)
How on earth are you going to download custom DRM software on a standard DVD player not connected to the interweb??? It doesn't matter how long it takes for new DVD players with DRM to come on the market. Most people have DVD players already, which play current DVDs, if not recordable DVDs, and don't need to be connected to the web. How are you going to convince people to buy a new DVD player that has more restrictions than the one you already own and costs twice as much, and only lets you play [insert favourite hollywood studio here] DVDs? You can call the sheep argument, but sheep follow the path of least resistance. This is not DRM.
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...don't mention the war (on terror).
I wanted the game. I was pointing out I didn't have the option of returning it if I was unsatisfied with it. What do you find difficult about understanding that?
I was told upon purchasing this in the U.K. that in no way could I return this product. If it was faulty I could legally, but whether or not I would sucessfully get a refund if I was unsatisfied with it is another matter.
I also agree with the parent that it seems odd to talk about 'lean' distros. Your leaness (IMHO) is dictated by your requirements, not your distro. Any distro can be lean if you so wish.
Hell, even typing the command on its own usually gives you some idea of what to do. My own personal favourite prompt is on workbone when you forget to turn num lock on...
IANAAP (I am not an astro-physicist) but surely anything powerful enough to take the earth out will wreak havoc on the moon too?
At least he doesn't ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY hurt thousands of innocent people with like, bombs and shit...
Has anyone here got a clue what this is really all about? No wonder Bush stays in power if this is a sample of American Political thinking.
A site about security showing mostly visits from IE? Now that IS surprising. I wonder why on earth all those UNIX and firefox users aren't visiting security sites that often?
Not if you're female... that's the first place any guy is going to look. Although whether he would see the laptop in all that underwear is another matter...
Actually, DUCK tape came first...
Ah you see the other 5%? Thats just the security savvy Linux users spoofing google...
Dude, you rock.
You're comparing using a computer to taking a dump? That's just silly. The generation of people who want the computer to work "the way the want to work" are growing older by the day. Its purely deomographics. My parents have seen the universal symbols on tape decks, video recorders, cd players, car radios that I have seen for the same number of years, but they STILL aren't intuitive to them..
Sorry this is /. after all. She's 14 as far as I remember. Don't have my copy to hand. And Batman is fifty five in TDKR, not in his sixties.
But will it run OpenBSD?
I personally use the Gnome Desktop and was previously updating Slackware 9.1 with Dropline Gnome to get a Gnome 2.6 Desktop. Call me strange but I feel in love with spatial nautilus almost instantly (after refiling of course). However as Slackware 10 now comes with Gnome 2.6, I don't feel the need to use dropline any more. Is it just me or does Slackware seem to be speeding up??? I would say if anyone has been put off Slackware in the past for it not being as up to date as some other ditributions, take another look at Slack 10 I think you'll be impressed.