And I always found its Interface to absolutely suck when trying to help my father in understanding it.
Sure, I can use most Interfaces by trying them out and guessing how they work but with some this works for non-geeks too and with others (e.g. Outlook) it does not.
What we really need is somewhere that objectivly lists the strong / weak points of each distro in various scenarios - so that people don't have to try them all themselves.
Most of these points are just to subjective to do that.
Some distros use mutually exclusive methods of configuring certain kinds of software
I like to configure my apps in config files which I can transfer from one PC to another which Gentoo (and most other "User-knows-what-he-is-doing"-Distors) allows me to do. Most Beginner-friendly-Distros force you to use their Configuration-Tool with nested Menus and all the other shit that were the main reason I left Windows behind me.
The differences between most distros are negligable
And you have tried how many distros?
I tried at least half a dozen very different distros including SuSE, a few Linux-Router-Livecd-Distros, Debian, Redhat, Linux-from-Scratch, Sourcemage and Gentoo and most of them have lots of differences. The greatest difference with most of them is the kind of User they target. Suse might be a good distro for beginners but it is a real pain in the ass if you know what you are doing (much like Windows). Linux-from-Scratch is really nice if you know what you are doing, a pain to stay updated and unusable without a good portion of knowledge about how linux works. Router-Distros are fine for the Job they were designed for but it is far to difficult to install additional software on a Live-CD.
So, now tell me again the differences between most distros are negligable and the only difference is the package count.
You are right.
If they take Perl, Ruby or Python as examples they might end up with real 'write once run anywhere' instead of 'write once maybe run on the exact same jre minor version and os and crash everywhere else' and who would want that?
I guess they are just trying to go after the big myths about non=petrol-cars in people's heads.
One of them is that they must be slow, can't go faster than 100 km/h and stuff like that.
This cars is not for sale, it is for marketing.
What about efficiently switching from one enery source to another? When we have a way to power our cars with big Power Plants it is much easier to replace those big plants when something new is developed.
The Lakehurst Historical Society prefers the spelling HindenbUrg, although the other form with an "E" is not uncommon
It was named after a german politician of that time whose name was written with an U (in every source i've ever seen at least and being from Germany I've seen lots of them)
You are right BUT when we find that solution (which we need anyway since we power a lot more things with Power Plants than just our Hydrogen Production) it will be a lot easier to just replace a few big Power Plants instead of Millions and Millions of Cars and the related Car-Infrastructure.
Theoretically if you had a website with a very formal way of describing new exploits you could write code parsing this information and using it for new ways of infection or DoS.
In Germany it is the same. Some people have credit cards but most people do not and a large percentage of those that have them do because of online purchases at US-based companies.
The Internet is just the Internet, kids websites or not. It is something like the bad part of town. You wouldn't let your child go to the bad part of town alone. Why would you "send" it online all alone? After all it is not exactly difficult for your child to leave the Page it is supposed to go and browse other Websites. This assumes you don't use whitelisting but who does?
I would neither call Skype VoIP in the sense the GP Poster meant it nor would I call Skype a killer app at all.
VoIP without the need for a readily booted Computer might be a killer app. VoIP with Headset on a PC surely isn't (except for killing my nerve when someone with bad typing skills wants to use it instead of IRC/ICQ where I can have several conversations at once and listen to Music or watch a movie at the same time)
NAT stops incoming Worms exploiting some kind of Network Service vulnerability. It stops neither email worms nor Trojans nor IRC Exploits nor Browser Vulnerability Exploits...
It stops only one of the many ways to exploit a box behind it and has disadvantages itself like NAT-devices with Superuser-Passwords for all devices of this type and similar crap.
No, not just you.
Flash has this effect for me too.
Especially since you can't use mouse gestures in Opera properly since the Flash Plugin grabs the Right Click and displays it stupid "Play, Pause,..." Menu noone ever needs on Flash Sites (only with Flash-Movies). Flash Sites don't allow "Open in new Window" either. Every Company using Flash for their Website has a good chance of losing me as a customer or never getting me as one in the first place.
Political experience isn't the kind of experience any political leader needs. Experience how it is to be a "normal" person would be a much better thing to have for a change (goes for teachers, college-professors, lawyers,... as well)
But they have to SHOW that their policies can be enacted at the lower levels WITHOUT destroying civilization as we know it.
What's so bad about destroying civilization as we know it? After all it has lots and lots of problems. If someone can come up with something different it wouldn't be so bad to try it out for a change. Going bad wouldn't be half as difficult as making these major changes in the first place.
Now, I brought two computers, Linux and Mac OS X, and I _STILL_ NAT them for security!
Just curious: Why are you so sure your NAT device has less exploits than your Mac or Linux box. After all it is unlikely to be patched for years while I assume you patch your computers at least every 6 months.
Most of the Problems in Windows are due to backwards compatibility.
IMHO the Users would be better off in the long run if they did not care so much about breaking 0.5% or less of applications in use and fixed things when they are broken regardless of backwards compatibility.
It should be Software Developers patching their Software for new versions of the OS if they break not the other way round.
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And I always found its Interface to absolutely suck when trying to help my father in understanding it.
Sure, I can use most Interfaces by trying them out and guessing how they work but with some this works for non-geeks too and with others (e.g. Outlook) it does not.
Some distros use mutually exclusive methods of configuring certain kinds of software I like to configure my apps in config files which I can transfer from one PC to another which Gentoo (and most other "User-knows-what-he-is-doing"-Distors) allows me to do. Most Beginner-friendly-Distros force you to use their Configuration-Tool with nested Menus and all the other shit that were the main reason I left Windows behind me.
I tried at least half a dozen very different distros including SuSE, a few Linux-Router-Livecd-Distros, Debian, Redhat, Linux-from-Scratch, Sourcemage and Gentoo and most of them have lots of differences. The greatest difference with most of them is the kind of User they target. Suse might be a good distro for beginners but it is a real pain in the ass if you know what you are doing (much like Windows). Linux-from-Scratch is really nice if you know what you are doing, a pain to stay updated and unusable without a good portion of knowledge about how linux works. Router-Distros are fine for the Job they were designed for but it is far to difficult to install additional software on a Live-CD.
So, now tell me again the differences between most distros are negligable and the only difference is the package count.
Don't forget Porn :)
You are right.
If they take Perl, Ruby or Python as examples they might end up with real 'write once run anywhere' instead of 'write once maybe run on the exact same jre minor version and os and crash everywhere else' and who would want that?
I guess they are just trying to go after the big myths about non=petrol-cars in people's heads. One of them is that they must be slow, can't go faster than 100 km/h and stuff like that. This cars is not for sale, it is for marketing.
What about efficiently switching from one enery source to another? When we have a way to power our cars with big Power Plants it is much easier to replace those big plants when something new is developed.
You are right BUT when we find that solution (which we need anyway since we power a lot more things with Power Plants than just our Hydrogen Production) it will be a lot easier to just replace a few big Power Plants instead of Millions and Millions of Cars and the related Car-Infrastructure.
Theoretically if you had a website with a very formal way of describing new exploits you could write code parsing this information and using it for new ways of infection or DoS.
Sound good on paper
An excuse for schools and parents to use when another child falls victim to pedophiles.
In Germany it is the same. Some people have credit cards but most people do not and a large percentage of those that have them do because of online purchases at US-based companies.
The Internet is just the Internet, kids websites or not. It is something like the bad part of town. You wouldn't let your child go to the bad part of town alone. Why would you "send" it online all alone? After all it is not exactly difficult for your child to leave the Page it is supposed to go and browse other Websites. This assumes you don't use whitelisting but who does?
I would neither call Skype VoIP in the sense the GP Poster meant it nor would I call Skype a killer app at all.
VoIP without the need for a readily booted Computer might be a killer app. VoIP with Headset on a PC surely isn't (except for killing my nerve when someone with bad typing skills wants to use it instead of IRC/ICQ where I can have several conversations at once and listen to Music or watch a movie at the same time)
NAT stops incoming Worms exploiting some kind of Network Service vulnerability. It stops neither email worms nor Trojans nor IRC Exploits nor Browser Vulnerability Exploits...
It stops only one of the many ways to exploit a box behind it and has disadvantages itself like NAT-devices with Superuser-Passwords for all devices of this type and similar crap.
No, not just you.
Flash has this effect for me too. Especially since you can't use mouse gestures in Opera properly since the Flash Plugin grabs the Right Click and displays it stupid "Play, Pause,..." Menu noone ever needs on Flash Sites (only with Flash-Movies). Flash Sites don't allow "Open in new Window" either. Every Company using Flash for their Website has a good chance of losing me as a customer or never getting me as one in the first place.
Political experience isn't the kind of experience any political leader needs. Experience how it is to be a "normal" person would be a much better thing to have for a change (goes for teachers, college-professors, lawyers,... as well)
Wouldn't "successfully" mean their candidate got elected?
Most of the Problems in Windows are due to backwards compatibility.
IMHO the Users would be better off in the long run if they did not care so much about breaking 0.5% or less of applications in use and fixed things when they are broken regardless of backwards compatibility.
It should be Software Developers patching their Software for new versions of the OS if they break not the other way round.
Why don't you use Bittorrent to distribute it before your email server crashes too?