Well seriously, anyone that actually purchases a _car_ over 25k is simply irresponsible. Unless you are buying a truck to haul/tow crap you are wasting your money. I read a financial book one and one of the top then things you can do to become a "senior millionaire" (senior citizen with 1M bucks for retirement) is never to purchase a new car. You are better off purchasing a low to mid-range used american/japanese car 2-3 years old and fixing it up as needed. You _will_ save money in the long run.
They sell graphics cards. They dont care if linux/X or MS succeeds. It makes no difference for them. They would probably prefer one OS existed so that they only have to write drivers for one platform.
I bet they just wait it out and continue to support xfree86. There is no reason for them to act. In that respect, this is a setback to linux/X. Uncertainty has not been a good environment for technology investments since the dotcom bust. How many people buy their high end cards for windows as opposed to Mac or Linux? My guess is 90%-5%-5%.
the current administration in the U.S. really doesn't care what M$ does anymore.
Nice troll. The economy in the US is growing but still unstable. If a large company like microsoft were broken up tomorrow, It would have negative effects on private investors. They would pull their money out of companies and put it into low risk accounts thus killing off new ventures. People stop buying goods and services and stay home 24-7. This is exactly what happened in post-dotcom. Companies stock value plummeted and with no cash infusions, the economy froze. This is what they are trying to avoid now. Once the economy has stablized, I would expect to see more action taken, if not, then bitch. It has nothing to do with with the "current administration" or even the elections this fall.
PS - If the "current administration" was really about money, power and greed, why would they allow Billy to get all the money and power? Wouldnt they do everything possible to get it for themselves? Is there a secret rich person club?
Does it auto-download missing or out of date DLLs for programs that you are installing? Nope. This is primarily because most DLLs are not open source or redistributable.
Does it also make sure a DLL that needs to be updated with your application wont break existing programs? Nope. Since InstallSheild is typically system independant, it has no knowledge of what other applications require. Sure it can probe the registry but backwards compatibility issues can change daily even hourly. Most of the time you dont know if something is backwards compatible until you try it.
InstallSheild can detect dependency and reverse denpendency issues but there is no universal way to solve them.
Thank you, Gentoo (and many other ports based distros);)
That sounds like a great idea until you realize how much current would be needed to recharge a battery that recharges in say a minute whereas under normal supply adequate power for 60 minutes to its users. That is more than 60x the normal operating current once that power gets turned back on and your battery starts recharging. Your equipment would still be running and your battery would be recharging at an astronomical rate.
You would have to have some serious power service to your home/office and to that power outlet. Imagine having 4 UPSs on a 20A line and they all kick on to recharge. I would think just one would flip a breaker a 20A line let alone 5.
I dont feel like punching numbers, maybe someone else will.
you can just turn the option off if you don't like it, people.
"Oh really? Which option is the screen located on again? I have to open a command line? Whats that? I thought this operating system was supposed to be simple?" said my girfriend.
My money says gnome 2.8 will have this spatial malarky off by default. The first thing my girlfriend said when her laptop got "upgraded" with gnome 2.6 was, "I thought windows98 solved this problem years ago by just using a single window so you dont clutter your desktop. Where is the location bar in the explorer so I can just type in a URL and get to a website?" She now uses KDE.
Instead of packing up and running every time something happens that you don't like, why not stick around here and fight for what you believe in? You can start by sending a few bucks to the EFF.
Oh geeze, just cut to the chase and ask for mod points next time...
The problem is that many of the packages are simply poorly maintained.
That is true with any distro I have ever tried. (Notably redhat, debian and mandrake). No way around that.
It's all enough to drive me to just go and download the damn tarballs myself.
If you are installing directly into the system like this then yeah, you are going to jack your system. If this is truely needed install to a single directory point so you can blow it away easily. I have rarely seen a time when gentoo didnt have a piece of software long before any other major linux distro. But people make mistakes sometimes...
The maintainers of many of the packages have simply failed to live up to their end of the bargain.
Well if they were bargaining with your system management style (apparently circumventing portage frequently) then yes I guess they have and they never will. I would definitely say your experience is not typical. If certain packages are habitually broken, post to the forums and email the maintainer.
One gripe I have about building from source is
that most packages do not have "make uninstall".
If you are using a ports system, they typically have a command similar to gentoo's - "emerge unmerge yomama". _All_ non protected files are removed that were installed with the application are removed. I think you might want to differentiate between "building from source" and "building from source* (*with a mangement system)"
This means that anyone who tried to maintain the machine is hopelessly lost trying to figure out what the previous person did. OTOH, When (e.g.)
Thats not very accurate, at least when speaking about gentoo. It keeps track of what packages were installed with which "USE" flags. These are shortcuts to configure scripts are as simple as saying "Yes, I want ldap support in apache". If you log into a system and want to know if apache was compiled with ldap support, all you have to do is query portage and ask. "etcat uses apache". It will tell you what was compiled can be compiled in, what is compiled in, and what _will be_ compiled in next time. Without that functionality, yes gentoo would be a mess.
Well I would argue with you however you claim that Redhat Enterprise is doing "very well". This is hardly the case. Suse is outselling redhat currently 2:1 for corporate enterprise servers. You obviously dont know what you are talking about.
In case you havent noticed RedHat is losing market share very, very fast... Suse meanwhile has is gaining market share faster in the _corporate_ environments faster than any other distro. Its not as simple are GTK vs Qt but it shows you where the markets are going. Companies want corporate backing and support on the tools they use to make their own products.
Well said, This is a prime example of open source project where the members (or leaders) are running around the playground with their eyes closed trying to use the Force. No offense to them, but they need to start getting more input from QA minded people. I think this would greatly improve the direction of gnome.
I expect this "feature" to be disabled by default in a future release as it is impractical for everyday users. Whether you are surfing a source tree, browsing your music collection or a searching a photo collection, this navigational schema just does not suit. Yeah I know you can change it. You can also turn AA on and off. Where do you do this? A config file for both. So much for HIG.
-Yeah I am not "slashdot mainstream" so mark me as a troll please.
Well I am a developer and I can say for sure this functionality (Spatial Nautilus) renders the desktop useless as I do not have the time nore monitor size to accomidate 20 windows just to get at a source file. I will stick with kde3.2+.
Not to be cruel to the nautilus developers, but this is a definite step backwards for gnome. It will turn more people off than it will attract.
This is exactly why the GPL is a/the problem. Don't get me wrong, open source is great. Credit should given where it is due. However the GPL tries to control how you develop and deploy your software. Sometimes you may link against GPL'd code, or you may simply include a binary in a release. Either way, you have a good chance of breaking the GPL depending your approach.
If the GPL was really about freedom "they" wouldnt care what you did with it as long as you explicitly stated where the code or binary came from and submitted updates to the software back to the original author or maintainer.
Actually their not. The IA64 has been a failure and the chip will not be supported once their new line of 64 bit processors come out.
The IA64 was too expensive, and did not perform as well as marketed. Most companies can go with Xeons/Opterons for a fraction of the price and a wider range of OSs.
it might have interefered with good data being sent from opportunity
Yeah so sometimes radios can actually operate at different frequencies. I wonder if NASA thought of that? Ya think?
Slashdot Mirror
Well seriously, anyone that actually purchases a _car_ over 25k is simply irresponsible. Unless you are buying a truck to haul/tow crap you are wasting your money. I read a financial book one and one of the top then things you can do to become a "senior millionaire" (senior citizen with 1M bucks for retirement) is never to purchase a new car. You are better off purchasing a low to mid-range used american/japanese car 2-3 years old and fixing it up as needed. You _will_ save money in the long run.
They are for now but there is no garuntee that they will be compatible in the future.
I am sure nvidia and ati have no plans to stop development on their current X drivers but this could hold up future projects on Linux.
They sell graphics cards. They dont care if linux/X or MS succeeds. It makes no difference for them. They would probably prefer one OS existed so that they only have to write drivers for one platform.
I bet they just wait it out and continue to support xfree86. There is no reason for them to act. In that respect, this is a setback to linux/X. Uncertainty has not been a good environment for technology investments since the dotcom bust. How many people buy their high end cards for windows as opposed to Mac or Linux? My guess is 90%-5%-5%.
I have heard (on his show) that he is already in talks to get on XM.
the current administration in the U.S. really doesn't care what M$ does anymore.
Nice troll. The economy in the US is growing but still unstable. If a large company like microsoft were broken up tomorrow, It would have negative effects on private investors. They would pull their money out of companies and put it into low risk accounts thus killing off new ventures. People stop buying goods and services and stay home 24-7. This is exactly what happened in post-dotcom. Companies stock value plummeted and with no cash infusions, the economy froze. This is what they are trying to avoid now. Once the economy has stablized, I would expect to see more action taken, if not, then bitch. It has nothing to do with with the "current administration" or even the elections this fall.
PS - If the "current administration" was really about money, power and greed, why would they allow Billy to get all the money and power? Wouldnt they do everything possible to get it for themselves? Is there a secret rich person club?
and is currently the wealthiest organization in the world.
For net assets on a non-profit that would be Mastercard chief. Catlickers arent even close.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367093/board/nest/658 4623
Does it auto-download missing or out of date DLLs for programs that you are installing? Nope. This is primarily because most DLLs are not open source or redistributable.
;)
Does it also make sure a DLL that needs to be updated with your application wont break existing programs? Nope. Since InstallSheild is typically system independant, it has no knowledge of what other applications require. Sure it can probe the registry but backwards compatibility issues can change daily even hourly. Most of the time you dont know if something is backwards compatible until you try it.
InstallSheild can detect dependency and reverse denpendency issues but there is no universal way to solve them.
Thank you, Gentoo (and many other ports based distros)
That sounds like a great idea until you realize how much current would be needed to recharge a battery that recharges in say a minute whereas under normal supply adequate power for 60 minutes to its users. That is more than 60x the normal operating current once that power gets turned back on and your battery starts recharging. Your equipment would still be running and your battery would be recharging at an astronomical rate.
You would have to have some serious power service to your home/office and to that power outlet. Imagine having 4 UPSs on a 20A line and they all kick on to recharge. I would think just one would flip a breaker a 20A line let alone 5.
I dont feel like punching numbers, maybe someone else will.
Nike wouldnt exist if it wasnt for childeren in Pakistan. http://www.american.edu/TED/nike.htm
you can just turn the option off if you don't like it, people.
"Oh really? Which option is the screen located on again? I have to open a command line? Whats that? I thought this operating system was supposed to be simple?" said my girfriend.
My money says gnome 2.8 will have this spatial malarky off by default. The first thing my girlfriend said when her laptop got "upgraded" with gnome 2.6 was, "I thought windows98 solved this problem years ago by just using a single window so you dont clutter your desktop. Where is the location bar in the explorer so I can just type in a URL and get to a website?" She now uses KDE.
Instead of packing up and running every time something happens that you don't like, why not stick around here and fight for what you believe in? You can start by sending a few bucks to the EFF.
Oh geeze, just cut to the chase and ask for mod points next time...
The problem is that many of the packages are simply poorly maintained. That is true with any distro I have ever tried. (Notably redhat, debian and mandrake). No way around that.
It's all enough to drive me to just go and download the damn tarballs myself. If you are installing directly into the system like this then yeah, you are going to jack your system. If this is truely needed install to a single directory point so you can blow it away easily. I have rarely seen a time when gentoo didnt have a piece of software long before any other major linux distro. But people make mistakes sometimes...
The maintainers of many of the packages have simply failed to live up to their end of the bargain. Well if they were bargaining with your system management style (apparently circumventing portage frequently) then yes I guess they have and they never will. I would definitely say your experience is not typical. If certain packages are habitually broken, post to the forums and email the maintainer.
One gripe I have about building from source is that most packages do not have "make uninstall".
If you are using a ports system, they typically have a command similar to gentoo's - "emerge unmerge yomama". _All_ non protected files are removed that were installed with the application are removed. I think you might want to differentiate between "building from source" and "building from source* (*with a mangement system)"
This means that anyone who tried to maintain the machine is hopelessly lost trying to figure out what the previous person did. OTOH, When (e.g.)
Thats not very accurate, at least when speaking about gentoo. It keeps track of what packages were installed with which "USE" flags. These are shortcuts to configure scripts are as simple as saying "Yes, I want ldap support in apache". If you log into a system and want to know if apache was compiled with ldap support, all you have to do is query portage and ask. "etcat uses apache". It will tell you what was compiled can be compiled in, what is compiled in, and what _will be_ compiled in next time. Without that functionality, yes gentoo would be a mess.
Well I would argue with you however you claim that Redhat Enterprise is doing "very well". This is hardly the case. Suse is outselling redhat currently 2:1 for corporate enterprise servers. You obviously dont know what you are talking about.
It's not a lot of cash, but it's sort of tough to compete with a robust, free product.(i.e. GTK)
Lets not forget slow (rendering and development), buggy, and no corporate support...
In case you havent noticed RedHat is losing market share very, very fast... Suse meanwhile has is gaining market share faster in the _corporate_ environments faster than any other distro. Its not as simple are GTK vs Qt but it shows you where the markets are going. Companies want corporate backing and support on the tools they use to make their own products.
Well said, This is a prime example of open source project where the members (or leaders) are running around the playground with their eyes closed trying to use the Force. No offense to them, but they need to start getting more input from QA minded people. I think this would greatly improve the direction of gnome.
I expect this "feature" to be disabled by default in a future release as it is impractical for everyday users. Whether you are surfing a source tree, browsing your music collection or a searching a photo collection, this navigational schema just does not suit. Yeah I know you can change it. You can also turn AA on and off. Where do you do this? A config file for both. So much for HIG.
-Yeah I am not "slashdot mainstream" so mark me as a troll please.
I dont need to read the article, I have 2.5 installed and poked around. Good luck finding out how =)
Put it this way, its about as easy as disabling anti-aliasing.
Well I am a developer and I can say for sure this functionality (Spatial Nautilus) renders the desktop useless as I do not have the time nore monitor size to accomidate 20 windows just to get at a source file. I will stick with kde3.2+.
Not to be cruel to the nautilus developers, but this is a definite step backwards for gnome. It will turn more people off than it will attract.
This is exactly why the GPL is a/the problem. Don't get me wrong, open source is great. Credit should given where it is due. However the GPL tries to control how you develop and deploy your software. Sometimes you may link against GPL'd code, or you may simply include a binary in a release. Either way, you have a good chance of breaking the GPL depending your approach.
If the GPL was really about freedom "they" wouldnt care what you did with it as long as you explicitly stated where the code or binary came from and submitted updates to the software back to the original author or maintainer.
but they are still 100% behind Itanic.
Actually their not. The IA64 has been a failure and the chip will not be supported once their new line of 64 bit processors come out.
The IA64 was too expensive, and did not perform as well as marketed. Most companies can go with Xeons/Opterons for a fraction of the price and a wider range of OSs.
it might have interefered with good data being sent from opportunity Yeah so sometimes radios can actually operate at different frequencies. I wonder if NASA thought of that? Ya think?
My 9500Pro works great in linux with 2.6 kernels. It has since the beginning of december. Perhaps you dont have a good agpart driver?