2 different agencies which have different responsibilities. I'd suggest, again only from watching popular culture, that the CIA is more focussed on your 'worldwide battle against terrorism' than the FBI.
In theory, as long as the kernel module isn't a binary blob specific to a kernel revision.
I once had a winmodem for which the vendor released a driver. They said it worked with 2.4.(x) but as the kernel API changed it wouldn't work with subsequent revisions e.g. 2.4.(x+1) The hardware vendor said they'd done their job. No upgrading to a newer kernel...
Maemo, Nokia's tablet OS, is built on Linux with binary kernel blobs. Users of the superseded 770 Internet Tablet have concerns that their tablet may be left behind if Nokia do not provide ongoing assistance with respect to these binary blobs. They mightn't be in a position to open source these drivers but could at least provide blob updates similar to the policies of Nvidia. Thus if and when Nokia formally drops support for these devices in terms of new development, at least their hardware might still work with kernel 2.8.x on community supported distro such as familiar or angstrom. (Already there's a separation between OS2006 and OS2007). I hope so...
Back on topic, I hope Dell's Linux friendly hardware does have open source drivers for all the chipsets. Video cards are a known proposition. But they may need to do a bit of work w.r.t. all the fancy 'designed for Vista' embellishments.
Last time I checked there was no descent(sic)wysiwyg editor for LaTeX (Lyx is probably the best out their, but honestly, I couldn't recommend it to anyone).
I last used it for an academic paper several years ago. It was functional but still using the ancient XForms toolkit.
The software is undergoing a major overhaul with Qt4 being used as the toolkit. More info here.
I question whether your reluctance to recommend it to anyone was due to the clunky toolkit (mine), or the paradigm shift from traditional word processors. I still shake my head when ask to do tech support for relatives who struggle with the complexities of MS Word when editing the simplest of documents. I wonder if they'd had a clean modern interface such as LyX 1.5 as their first computerized typewriter application they'd have coped better.
Well, javascript was submitted to a standards body, ECMA. Anyone should be able to write clean javascript code by adhering to that standard.
For gmail, it seems, there's browser specific code for each of the browsers they support, konqueror not included.
The browser wars are still with us, each with little incompatibilities. In an ideal world gmail would deliver standards compliant xhtml and ECMAscript where anything that didn't work could be explained 'oh, that a bug in firefox - let them fix it'.
the problem with konqueror imitating IE is that they have to reverse engineer behaviour and second guess what will be the impact of such code on other websites. plus, when gmail's code changes, it potentially breaks any previous IE hacks in konqueror.
gmail is supposedly the gold standard for web apps?
It doesn't even work in konqueror properly! Thankfully gmail provides smtp and pop3.
Javascript support is so fragmented that web developers only response is often to encourage users to upgrade to the latest version of IE or firefox. I don't see that switching from konqueror to firefox to run some shoddy AJAX app qualifies as an upgrade. talk about write once, debug everywhere!
(I've read that konqueror does try to get some apps working by implementing hacks to emulate the IE behaviour or the firefox one)
Applications in a browser, be they written in flash, java applets or AJAX are often a poor substitute for desktop ones, particularly in offline mode. For this Sun provides Java Web Start - Swing but no web browser. So for me the issue isn't why applets failed but why everything has to be done in a web browser. web != internet
But using what application is the content created and edited? Please don't say MS Office - the source format is still proprietary.
PDF is primarily an output format. Which is fine for printing out documents in the 22nd century if A4 paper still exists.
However, you'll struggle to find an office suite that uses PDF as its native file format.
If the content were ever to be re-used or edited without the application that originally created it, ODF stands a better chance, with OpenOffice and KOffice using the format internally.
Well, if they're anything like the greens in my country, the typical 'suits in the corporate world' wouldn't vote for them anyway.
The incumbent governments chide the greens' policies as 'business unfriendly' marxist drivel and bad for the economy.
being an election year environmental issues are receiving lip service. but last election the mainstream opposition gambled on an environmental vision against which the government scared enough voters they'd lose their jobs.
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This isn't to prove, per se, that the fox toolkit is any faster than gtk but that the corresponding translation to Java is.
The SWT binding directly accesses gtk through JNI. This may have suited IBMs purposes of accessing gtk through the SWT API but might not be the most optimal binding of gtk to Java.
The java-gnome project produces java bindings for gtk. They are in the process of being re-written from scratch using 2007 best practice JNI binding techniques. I suspect that an SWT implementation using this approach would far outperform the current offering. Maintenance would be far simpler too: no native code in the SWT layer!
indeed, the hardware is here today. software needs to catch up. amd chips have been 64 bit for some time and with the release of core 2 from intel, every desktop/notebook will be 64bit capable within 12 months.
Alas, while 32bit Windows XP is prevalent, 64bit is a minor concern.:-(
Well perhaps, if they're not already doing so, providing the same level of open source driver support for their chips as they do for linux in hopefully both 32 and 64 bit versions. e.g. wifi & graphics.
Meaning, hopefully, there won't be the 'driver bogey' as a disincentive to choosing Solaris over Linux, particularly if nvidia, ati and amd follow suit.
(Solaris, like Java, may soon be under the GPL)
As a Java developer, an OS tuned for the hardware and a JVM optimised for the OS can only be a good thing!
Just how much of Ubuntu's innovation are actually tied to the Linux kernel?
My understanding is that Nexenta has imported a lot of Ubuntu code. It's still in alpha, meaning a number of issues related to meshing upstream solaris code need to be resolved. But essentially it is Ubuntu with a Sun kernel.
Re-licensing solaris will make life simpler for Nexenta developers in having changes endorsed by hardline-GPL upstream maintainers in debian.
Debian won't officially endorse the project due to resistance to the CDDL license. The Nexenta FAQ explains the issue; licensing solaris under GPL3 gain acceptance.
Nokia has licensed embedded versions of Flash for OS2006 (770 Internet Tablet) and OS2007 (N800).
Long term, Nokia hasn't confirmed upgrades for flash on the 770 nor Opera.
The platform is embedded Linux, dependant on a number of proprietary modules. Longer term, should Nokia abandon upgrades, embedded browsers based on gecko or gtk-webcore may provide the answer, with gnash.
The possibility exists to compile one's domain-specific fortress logic to bytecode. So where the fortress paradigm is applicable, use it. But if it is more natural to develop a GUI shell around it using Java, that's an option too.
Were this option explored fully, 'jfortress' code would have access to the java class libraries, as I believe ports such as jruby, jython and the rhino ecmascript environment do.
This community does provide 'standards' for interoperability, including drag and drop. Various UI operations mightn't work as seemlessly as on Windows or Mac but the intent is there.
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2 different agencies which have different responsibilities. I'd suggest, again only from watching popular culture, that the CIA is more focussed on your 'worldwide battle against terrorism' than the FBI.
In theory, as long as the kernel module isn't a binary blob specific to a kernel revision.
I once had a winmodem for which the vendor released a driver. They said it worked with 2.4.(x) but as the kernel API changed it wouldn't work with subsequent revisions e.g. 2.4.(x+1) The hardware vendor said they'd done their job. No upgrading to a newer kernel...
Maemo, Nokia's tablet OS, is built on Linux with binary kernel blobs. Users of the superseded 770 Internet Tablet have concerns that their tablet may be left behind if Nokia do not provide ongoing assistance with respect to these binary blobs. They mightn't be in a position to open source these drivers but could at least provide blob updates similar to the policies of Nvidia. Thus if and when Nokia formally drops support for these devices in terms of new development, at least their hardware might still work with kernel 2.8.x on community supported distro such as familiar or angstrom. (Already there's a separation between OS2006 and OS2007). I hope so...
Back on topic, I hope Dell's Linux friendly hardware does have open source drivers for all the chipsets. Video cards are a known proposition. But they may need to do a bit of work w.r.t. all the fancy 'designed for Vista' embellishments.
KOffice, for one, uses ODF as its native file format and is fairly adequate in terms of office functionality.
If anything, the FUD surrounding IBM is laughable given that Sun Microsystems, historically at least, drove OpenOffice.
I last used it for an academic paper several years ago. It was functional but still using the ancient XForms toolkit.
The software is undergoing a major overhaul with Qt4 being used as the toolkit. More info here.
I question whether your reluctance to recommend it to anyone was due to the clunky toolkit (mine), or the paradigm shift from traditional word processors. I still shake my head when ask to do tech support for relatives who struggle with the complexities of MS Word when editing the simplest of documents. I wonder if they'd had a clean modern interface such as LyX 1.5 as their first computerized typewriter application they'd have coped better.
'organisation' looks fine in the Queen's English.
Replacing the letter 's' with 'z' is a North American corruption.
Well, javascript was submitted to a standards body, ECMA. Anyone should be able to write clean javascript code by adhering to that standard.
For gmail, it seems, there's browser specific code for each of the browsers they support, konqueror not included.
The browser wars are still with us, each with little incompatibilities. In an ideal world gmail would deliver standards compliant xhtml and ECMAscript where anything that didn't work could be explained 'oh, that a bug in firefox - let them fix it'.
the problem with konqueror imitating IE is that they have to reverse engineer behaviour and second guess what will be the impact of such code on other websites. plus, when gmail's code changes, it potentially breaks any previous IE hacks in konqueror.
gmail is supposedly the gold standard for web apps? It doesn't even work in konqueror properly! Thankfully gmail provides smtp and pop3. Javascript support is so fragmented that web developers only response is often to encourage users to upgrade to the latest version of IE or firefox. I don't see that switching from konqueror to firefox to run some shoddy AJAX app qualifies as an upgrade. talk about write once, debug everywhere! (I've read that konqueror does try to get some apps working by implementing hacks to emulate the IE behaviour or the firefox one) Applications in a browser, be they written in flash, java applets or AJAX are often a poor substitute for desktop ones, particularly in offline mode. For this Sun provides Java Web Start - Swing but no web browser. So for me the issue isn't why applets failed but why everything has to be done in a web browser. web != internet
But using what application is the content created and edited? Please don't say MS Office - the source format is still proprietary.
PDF is primarily an output format. Which is fine for printing out documents in the 22nd century if A4 paper still exists.
However, you'll struggle to find an office suite that uses PDF as its native file format.
If the content were ever to be re-used or edited without the application that originally created it, ODF stands a better chance, with OpenOffice and KOffice using the format internally.
Hmmm.
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How long have the taliban been in existence? And did they ever run the government of Pakistan?
Way to stereotype a country of 150 million! Not to mention a religion.
Don't believe everything you read on Wikipedia.
Well, if they're anything like the greens in my country, the typical 'suits in the corporate world' wouldn't vote for them anyway.
The incumbent governments chide the greens' policies as 'business unfriendly' marxist drivel and bad for the economy.
being an election year environmental issues are receiving lip service. but last election the mainstream opposition gambled on an environmental vision against which the government scared enough voters they'd lose their jobs.
Well, Norway isn't in the EU.
The SWT binding directly accesses gtk through JNI. This may have suited IBMs purposes of accessing gtk through the SWT API but might not be the most optimal binding of gtk to Java.
The java-gnome project produces java bindings for gtk. They are in the process of being re-written from scratch using 2007 best practice JNI binding techniques. I suspect that an SWT implementation using this approach would far outperform the current offering. Maintenance would be far simpler too: no native code in the SWT layer!
indeed, the hardware is here today. software needs to catch up. amd chips have been 64 bit for some time and with the release of core 2 from intel, every desktop/notebook will be 64bit capable within 12 months.
:-(
Alas, while 32bit Windows XP is prevalent, 64bit is a minor concern.
Well perhaps, if they're not already doing so, providing the same level of open source driver support for their chips as they do for linux in hopefully both 32 and 64 bit versions. e.g. wifi & graphics.
Meaning, hopefully, there won't be the 'driver bogey' as a disincentive to choosing Solaris over Linux, particularly if nvidia, ati and amd follow suit.
(Solaris, like Java, may soon be under the GPL)
As a Java developer, an OS tuned for the hardware and a JVM optimised for the OS can only be a good thing!
Why not Linux Lass, the superheroine?
It mentions building it from sources with links to pre-compiled binaries, even an installer.
Just how much of Ubuntu's innovation are actually tied to the Linux kernel?
My understanding is that Nexenta has imported a lot of Ubuntu code. It's still in alpha, meaning a number of issues related to meshing upstream solaris code need to be resolved. But essentially it is Ubuntu with a Sun kernel.
Re-licensing solaris will make life simpler for Nexenta developers in having changes endorsed by hardline-GPL upstream maintainers in debian.
Debian won't officially endorse the project due to resistance to the CDDL license. The Nexenta FAQ explains the issue; licensing solaris under GPL3 gain acceptance.
Long term, Nokia hasn't confirmed upgrades for flash on the 770 nor Opera.
The platform is embedded Linux, dependant on a number of proprietary modules. Longer term, should Nokia abandon upgrades, embedded browsers based on gecko or gtk-webcore may provide the answer, with gnash.
Yes, it's Rhyming Slang.
The release notes suggest that beta 1 doesn't work but beta 2 does!
Fortress is hosted within a JVM.
The possibility exists to compile one's domain-specific fortress logic to bytecode. So where the fortress paradigm is applicable, use it. But if it is more natural to develop a GUI shell around it using Java, that's an option too.
Were this option explored fully, 'jfortress' code would have access to the java class libraries, as I believe ports such as jruby, jython and the rhino ecmascript environment do.
Make the thing waterproof.
All Apple then need to do is accessorise properly, in the form of swimming trunks with appropriate pockets.
Who wouldn't want to listen to calming music underwater, whilst swimming?
This community does provide 'standards' for interoperability, including drag and drop. Various UI operations mightn't work as seemlessly as on Windows or Mac but the intent is there.
My grandmothers are both deceased, you insensitive clod!