Strangely the only drivers that make problems all the time on my PC are the two or three drivers that are not packaged with the vanilla kernel (NVidia and Ndiswrapper).
Why don't they use API Versioning and all Extensions using APIs that don't change don't break and the others that use changed ones get disabled? Why use the global version number?
As long as people standardize outdated technologies like rpm this will not change. You need at least something like portage or apt to get all distros together.
Which will ultimately kill the Project. RPM is the one worst package format ever. Everyone except the commercial distros knows this and uses a better packaging tool.
What you want is a totally fixed driver API.
That way we had...let me think about it...zero development in the kernel and we had to keep old bugs because by fixing them we would break compatibility.
Thanks but no thanks. I would prefer not to have Windows-packaging shit on Linux where every Programs brings all the Libraries it needs and thus either overwrites the different versions or I have two or three versions of the same library in RAM to support the same number of apps.
It is the byte-code that gets interpreted or JIT-compiled. And I don't really see any reason to argue performance with Java as long as there are other problems (like compatibility between versions) that prevent use of Java to create interoperable apps that work in a year or more with the JRE that is current then (so other apps which need the new version can run in parallel)
For the first situation you don't want to use Knoppix but rather a Live Cd that matches your distribution closely and boots without all this crap like X and KDE or Gnome
I guess the problem is more along the lines that everyone who wants to try his new version of the most popular MMORPG out there without lag stops uploading as soon as he has the update.
.torrent files don't contain more info than ed2k links. Hosting them is the same grade of legal or illegal. ed2k is slower because everyone shares whole directories with lots of crap while in bittorrent you have to put a little bit of effort in publishing a file and so the bandwith stays with the intended files.
There is no guarantee the original Web-Server won't take the File down before you downloaded a complete copy either. This can't be guaranteed with any protocol.
Basically you can build two computers that act exactly the same simply because they run the same software with the same config files. So it is not a big problem if a computer gets destroyed since you can build one exactly like it. This does not work with sentient beings which is the reason why we regard destruction (killing) of a human being much worse than destruction of a machine.
That because we don't want to play the "blame-game" like politicians and big corporations do. We want to play the "who can do something about it game" and MS is definitely the one entity that has the means to do something about this problems.
I would blame them if my doors and windows could not be closed and had no locks. Especially if my neighbour bought his house from another company with other suppliers and his were closable and lockable.
I don't use Windows anymore but when I did I never needed more than one hour to 90 minutes to fix any problem. The solution was reinstalling the whole shit and it (surprisingly) worked on every non-hardware problem. Once you prepared the PC by setting up Windows on a small and the rest on a big partition it is even faster.
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The Problem with CD Burning is not the App but the CD Standard that does not allow longer names.
Strangely the only drivers that make problems all the time on my PC are the two or three drivers that are not packaged with the vanilla kernel (NVidia and Ndiswrapper).
Why don't they use API Versioning and all Extensions using APIs that don't change don't break and the others that use changed ones get disabled? Why use the global version number?
As long as people standardize outdated technologies like rpm this will not change. You need at least something like portage or apt to get all distros together.
Which will ultimately kill the Project. RPM is the one worst package format ever. Everyone except the commercial distros knows this and uses a better packaging tool.
What you want is a totally fixed driver API. That way we had...let me think about it...zero development in the kernel and we had to keep old bugs because by fixing them we would break compatibility.
Sounds familiar?
Thanks but no thanks. I would prefer not to have Windows-packaging shit on Linux where every Programs brings all the Libraries it needs and thus either overwrites the different versions or I have two or three versions of the same library in RAM to support the same number of apps.
It is the byte-code that gets interpreted or JIT-compiled. And I don't really see any reason to argue performance with Java as long as there are other problems (like compatibility between versions) that prevent use of Java to create interoperable apps that work in a year or more with the JRE that is current then (so other apps which need the new version can run in parallel)
Java does behave the same on all distro:
It doesn't work flawless on any of them.
For the first situation you don't want to use Knoppix but rather a Live Cd that matches your distribution closely and boots without all this crap like X and KDE or Gnome
I guess the problem is more along the lines that everyone who wants to try his new version of the most popular MMORPG out there without lag stops uploading as soon as he has the update.
I could name you more "non-infringing" uses of P2P than non-people-injuring uses of guns.
But there are lots of normal people buying them half a month before the release and then they change the release date a few times.
How exactly is he a zealot because he hopes a system he can't use won't become popular draining ressources/users from systems he can use?
.torrent files don't contain more info than ed2k links. Hosting them is the same grade of legal or illegal. ed2k is slower because everyone shares whole directories with lots of crap while in bittorrent you have to put a little bit of effort in publishing a file and so the bandwith stays with the intended files.
There is no guarantee the original Web-Server won't take the File down before you downloaded a complete copy either. This can't be guaranteed with any protocol.
Basically you can build two computers that act exactly the same simply because they run the same software with the same config files. So it is not a big problem if a computer gets destroyed since you can build one exactly like it. This does not work with sentient beings which is the reason why we regard destruction (killing) of a human being much worse than destruction of a machine.
You mean it would if there could be something like sentient machines?
Today there is no smallest sign at the horizon that there will ever be something like that.
How do you know that you have emotions as opposed to being programmed to think you have them?
Name one App that comes with Windows and isn't made by MS themselves.
Name one where Windows comes with several alternatives.
That because we don't want to play the "blame-game" like politicians and big corporations do. We want to play the "who can do something about it game" and MS is definitely the one entity that has the means to do something about this problems.
Could you name some of the Applications that won't run on Linux? I have yet to find an app without a suitable Linux alternative.
I know most Games won't work and I know some Hardware doesn't but Applications are all there AFAIK.
I would blame them if my doors and windows could not be closed and had no locks. Especially if my neighbour bought his house from another company with other suppliers and his were closable and lockable.
I don't use Windows anymore but when I did I never needed more than one hour to 90 minutes to fix any problem. The solution was reinstalling the whole shit and it (surprisingly) worked on every non-hardware problem. Once you prepared the PC by setting up Windows on a small and the rest on a big partition it is even faster.
I want your job (where you can earn the price of an ibook in a few minutes)