Linux desktop has been comparable if not better in user friendliness than Windows since the late 90s.
True, but Windows was never a paragon of user-friendliness, was it? I think people could get many good interface ideas from "classic" Mac OS. It still gets some things better than modern systems.
No. The GPL is more free, because Free software is really about the software's freedom.
When you get Free code, you have the Four Freedoms - to use, study, modify, and redistribute. If you modify that code, make an improved program, and let someone else use it, the next person must also have the Four Freedoms. And they only get that if they have access to the code. When you don't release the code, the next person does not get the Four Freedoms.
Damn. I wouldn't resist asking how much she got under the table. And if she got offended and claimed there's no bribe, I'd laugh, roll my eyes, and say sarcastically: "Suuuuuure, I totally believe you've made such a retarded deal with notorious crooks without taking some dead presidents for yourself. Come on now, how much?"
It should be illegal for governments to use proprietary software in the first place. Do as you wish as an individual, or a private enterprise, but public data cannot be subjected to vendor lock-in. And as governments are supposed to serve the public good (wishful thinking much?), they should promote the development of Free software.
That's like choosing the piece of shit that stinks slightly less and calling it perfume. The Start menu is terrible because the programs are not organized. Unlike this.
That makes no sense. It would be stupid to cripple a device that costs a premium. It's a matter of optimizing for different tasks. For example, double-precision floating-point is useless for games, and there's a huge performance hit. But when it comes to scientific programs, medical imaging, engineering, movie special effects... you can't afford the risk of rounding errors that come with using single-precision, because they will pile up and fuck your shit up.
Workstation GPUs work a bit differently. They are optimized for professional stuff like 3D modeling or raster graphics editing... but when it comes to gaming, they will not outperform a much cheaper desktop GPU.
Arkham Knight is a bad example, it was a rushed port outsourced to a tiny ill-equipped developer. Most current PC games actually run well on modest hardware.
The Xbox 360 came out in November 2005. What else was even dual core at the time? The Athlon 64 X2 came out in May 2005, the Xeon "Paxville DP" came out in October 2005, the Intel Core Duo would only come out in January 2006, and the Itanium "Montecito" in July 2006. So, I'm pretty sure the typical desktop at the time would be at most a Pentium 4, single core (but hyper-threaded if that counts).
Consoles usually represent good value for the processing they provide at time of release.
That was the case with the Xbox 360, which had a triple-core PowerPC back when x86 PCs were still on single-core Pentium 4. Not so much with the current generation consoles, that were kind of "meh" from the start.
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Linux desktop has been comparable if not better in user friendliness than Windows since the late 90s.
True, but Windows was never a paragon of user-friendliness, was it? I think people could get many good interface ideas from "classic" Mac OS. It still gets some things better than modern systems.
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A fully functional Apple I can go for... half a million dollars. No joke.
No. The GPL is more free, because Free software is really about the software's freedom.
When you get Free code, you have the Four Freedoms - to use, study, modify, and redistribute. If you modify that code, make an improved program, and let someone else use it, the next person must also have the Four Freedoms. And they only get that if they have access to the code. When you don't release the code, the next person does not get the Four Freedoms.
Damn. I wouldn't resist asking how much she got under the table. And if she got offended and claimed there's no bribe, I'd laugh, roll my eyes, and say sarcastically: "Suuuuuure, I totally believe you've made such a retarded deal with notorious crooks without taking some dead presidents for yourself. Come on now, how much?"
It should be illegal for governments to use proprietary software in the first place. Do as you wish as an individual, or a private enterprise, but public data cannot be subjected to vendor lock-in. And as governments are supposed to serve the public good (wishful thinking much?), they should promote the development of Free software.
You are expected to get a new phone every two years anyway - even if the new model is barely better (or even worse) than the old one.
"Steam machines" are just fancy PCs with a customized Debian.
So, you've memorized the names of all the programs you have installed there?
Here's all I want: ABOLISH COPYRIGHT LAWS. To hell with those fuckers.
That's like choosing the piece of shit that stinks slightly less and calling it perfume. The Start menu is terrible because the programs are not organized. Unlike this.
There is a lot wrong with Windows 10's UI. Just because you find it usable doesn't mean there's no room for improvement.
Because it's not from Microsoft.
Hogan's signature move is the leg drop, not the pile drive.
Don't be so mean to elephants.
That makes no sense. It would be stupid to cripple a device that costs a premium. It's a matter of optimizing for different tasks. For example, double-precision floating-point is useless for games, and there's a huge performance hit. But when it comes to scientific programs, medical imaging, engineering, movie special effects... you can't afford the risk of rounding errors that come with using single-precision, because they will pile up and fuck your shit up.
Workstation GPUs work a bit differently. They are optimized for professional stuff like 3D modeling or raster graphics editing... but when it comes to gaming, they will not outperform a much cheaper desktop GPU.
How do you play games without buttons? How do you write an essay on a virtual keyboard? Yes, a phone does it all - very, very poorly.
I think that the so beloved original start menu was much worse
Of course, the Start menu is complete shit, there is no sense of organization. It's a joy to go to Linux and find things tidy and nice like this.
Arkham Knight is a bad example, it was a rushed port outsourced to a tiny ill-equipped developer. Most current PC games actually run well on modest hardware.
The Xbox 360 came out in November 2005. What else was even dual core at the time? The Athlon 64 X2 came out in May 2005, the Xeon "Paxville DP" came out in October 2005, the Intel Core Duo would only come out in January 2006, and the Itanium "Montecito" in July 2006. So, I'm pretty sure the typical desktop at the time would be at most a Pentium 4, single core (but hyper-threaded if that counts).
Consoles usually represent good value for the processing they provide at time of release.
That was the case with the Xbox 360, which had a triple-core PowerPC back when x86 PCs were still on single-core Pentium 4. Not so much with the current generation consoles, that were kind of "meh" from the start.
And Red Hat is the one pushing systemd against everyone else's wishes...
Mech Warrior I on a 3Dfx Voodoo card.
I can't imagine a Voodoo helping this much, so you must be thinking of MW2.
Or xi, or zi, or whatever made-up crap.