Actually Linux is user unfriendly and has a pretty poor GUI.
Everytime I install/use a version of Linux, I get frustrated by trying to configure it. Which of these three control panels is my option in...oh wait is it in a.conf file in/etc or is it a . file in my home directory... It's very very frustrating that there is not a standard way to configure the system.
As for the GUI I was just using knoppix today and was frustrated at how poor Konqueror was handling different things. First I don't like the one click opens (though this is probably changeable). The main gripe was trying to transfer files over samba using konquerer and having very unhelpful error messages such as "file could not be transfered cancel, skip, auto skip". This didn't tell me why it didn't transfer which was the information that I really needed.
PS: I've used Debian, Gentoo, Suse, Knoppix, Ubunto, Mandrake, Redhat/fedora, and others and they all suffer from problems like these.
Ok. Create a document that has some vector graphics in it or that has a pdf inside and then open it up in openoffice. All of the nice vector stuff is now rasterized and looks horrible.
The amount of money you'll save on your electricity bill during the life of that computer is more than enough to justify getting the pentium M over any AMD chip.
That is a slap on the wrist compared to the damage that asshole caused. This is a major crime that cost millions if not billions of dollars in damages and put many peoples lives in danger. This is not a small crime at all. He should serve some major jail time (20 years minimum).
Yes he is becuase a virus can cause people to die in certain circumstances. If a virus writer causes the death of many people than yes, life in prison is a reasonable sentence.
Umm the graphics you speak of don't take anywhere near as much space as you say. Besides if it takes up too much space, there is a theme for the old and ugly look that other systems use.
I really like having the user icon next to their text b/c it's the quickest indicator of who typed that text.
Functionality and good/intuitive are two seperate things. The unix shell is an awful interface. It requires total knowledge to be able to use as effectivily as a good GUI.
I'd rather not waste my life trying to learn to use a piece of software and would instead rather just use it and be done and doing other things.
The athlon 64 is nowhere near as good as the pentium M for laptops. The pentiium M is much more efficient. Just because AMD is the underdog doesn't mean that it's better in every case.
I can name one reason to not use Linux. It's not very easy to use.
I should never need to pull up a terminal to do anything at all. Everything should be standard as in one GUI toolkit, ONE control panel that's standard across all of Linux, and a standard install procedure. Until Linux has all three of those, it isn't going to hold a candle to anything on the the desktop.
I have never seen one of these unskippable ads that you speak of. I've seen some disney movies with ads but the tell you to press menu to skip which I rather quickly do.
The super parent is right in that the main use of that program is to rip dvds illegally. Just get a real dvd player and plug it up to your tv. It will look better, sound better (with a good sound setup), and you can use a couch.
And implementing something like that will just make it easier to hack in because people don't like to have to remember long passwords especially with weird requirements. They are very hard to remember and people just end up going with 111111111111111111 or some such thing.
Why does every single joke or subtlety in the book have to be in the movie? A movie can't copy everything and still be under 4 or 5 hours long. STOP basing the movie on how much it's like the book and actually base it on how good the movie was in it's own merit. Remember it says "Based on Hitchhikers Guide" at the beginning.
You do not have a right to access the iTunes music store with a non-iTunes client. It is not written in the Constitution that you can do this. A cd store can throw you out of their store for doing something they didn't like. This isn't any different.
*waves hands*
I've gone through 3 playstations(one was my gf's) and my friends PS2 won't even read cd based games anymore. My gamecube survived being dropped from 5 feet several times before the open door mechanism broke making it so that it couldn't play. The playstations broke by just being used to play ddr.
I've still got a working NES, SNES, Genesis, Atari, etc. The only ones I've ever had a quality issue are the sonys and the dreamcast.
I've decided that I'm never going to buy another Sony system again. I think they gained so much "market share" because everybody was replacing their playstations.
Except that it doesn't work with iTunes or allow me to use AAC files that I already have encoded. It would require too much work to use. Also why would I want an FM tuner on my music player that already has music on it. AM would be good for news/sports but FM is useless.
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Take a brown paper bag and breath. Now go outside and do something away from your computer.
The support model has a HUGE flaw in it's design. It is built around the fact that the software is unintuitive and the fact that it is bad enough to need support in order to make money. This leads to software not being improved because then companies can make more money.
The 'Mac fanatics' will indeed use Apple lossless but for a very different reason than you provide. The reason that they will use it is that it takes no time to use or setup. The only setup is to go to iTunes preferences and selected it in a drop down box. I don't even want to think of the setup that would have to be done to get flac installed and able to rip in iTunes if that's even possible. I'm not going to use another program just to rip a cd when iTunes does it quickly and easily. Why waste my time when what I have works already.
Not only that but iTunes runs on all of the platforms I use and it allows me to stream music from my desktop to my laptop if I so wish to do so.
No he is not a troll. He stated what most computer programmers that make a living by developing software think about the GPL. He may have made a single mistake in his statement but the overall statement is STILL correct.
P.S. If somebody else adds code to a GPLed product then the owner can't relicense the whole thing without permission from all contributors I do believe.
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As for the GUI I was just using knoppix today and was frustrated at how poor Konqueror was handling different things. First I don't like the one click opens (though this is probably changeable). The main gripe was trying to transfer files over samba using konquerer and having very unhelpful error messages such as "file could not be transfered cancel, skip, auto skip". This didn't tell me why it didn't transfer which was the information that I really needed.
PS: I've used Debian, Gentoo, Suse, Knoppix, Ubunto, Mandrake, Redhat/fedora, and others and they all suffer from problems like these.
Ok. Create a document that has some vector graphics in it or that has a pdf inside and then open it up in openoffice. All of the nice vector stuff is now rasterized and looks horrible.
The amount of money you'll save on your electricity bill during the life of that computer is more than enough to justify getting the pentium M over any AMD chip.
That is a slap on the wrist compared to the damage that asshole caused. This is a major crime that cost millions if not billions of dollars in damages and put many peoples lives in danger. This is not a small crime at all. He should serve some major jail time (20 years minimum).
Yes he is becuase a virus can cause people to die in certain circumstances. If a virus writer causes the death of many people than yes, life in prison is a reasonable sentence.
That's different because a user is willingly using his software whereas a virus is spread unknowingly thereby making it's user a victim.
Umm the graphics you speak of don't take anywhere near as much space as you say. Besides if it takes up too much space, there is a theme for the old and ugly look that other systems use.
I really like having the user icon next to their text b/c it's the quickest indicator of who typed that text.
I'd rather not waste my life trying to learn to use a piece of software and would instead rather just use it and be done and doing other things.
The athlon 64 is nowhere near as good as the pentium M for laptops. The pentiium M is much more efficient. Just because AMD is the underdog doesn't mean that it's better in every case.
I should never need to pull up a terminal to do anything at all. Everything should be standard as in one GUI toolkit, ONE control panel that's standard across all of Linux, and a standard install procedure. Until Linux has all three of those, it isn't going to hold a candle to anything on the the desktop.
The super parent is right in that the main use of that program is to rip dvds illegally. Just get a real dvd player and plug it up to your tv. It will look better, sound better (with a good sound setup), and you can use a couch.
So they are called "Cryptographers" now...
And implementing something like that will just make it easier to hack in because people don't like to have to remember long passwords especially with weird requirements. They are very hard to remember and people just end up going with 111111111111111111 or some such thing.
P.S. Adams wrote the script for this movie!
Umm no. He said that using something that uses AA batteries is bad. There are thousands of products that use other kinds of batteries.
You do not have a right to access the iTunes music store with a non-iTunes client. It is not written in the Constitution that you can do this. A cd store can throw you out of their store for doing something they didn't like. This isn't any different.
I've gone through 3 playstations(one was my gf's) and my friends PS2 won't even read cd based games anymore. My gamecube survived being dropped from 5 feet several times before the open door mechanism broke making it so that it couldn't play. The playstations broke by just being used to play ddr.
I've still got a working NES, SNES, Genesis, Atari, etc. The only ones I've ever had a quality issue are the sonys and the dreamcast.
I've decided that I'm never going to buy another Sony system again. I think they gained so much "market share" because everybody was replacing their playstations.
Yes then you use your 1 year free warrenty to get it replaced or fixed.
Except that it doesn't work with iTunes or allow me to use AAC files that I already have encoded. It would require too much work to use. Also why would I want an FM tuner on my music player that already has music on it. AM would be good for news/sports but FM is useless.
Take a brown paper bag and breath. Now go outside and do something away from your computer.
The support model has a HUGE flaw in it's design. It is built around the fact that the software is unintuitive and the fact that it is bad enough to need support in order to make money. This leads to software not being improved because then companies can make more money.
Not only that but iTunes runs on all of the platforms I use and it allows me to stream music from my desktop to my laptop if I so wish to do so.
No not really. Speech can't ruin somebody else's property like a virus can.
I first read FC3 as Final Cut Pro 3 then realized linux and was completely confused for a minute. Don't use acronyms, they only lead to confusion.
P.S. If somebody else adds code to a GPLed product then the owner can't relicense the whole thing without permission from all contributors I do believe.