this is going to set off all sorts of alarms. A lot of Windows users are (finally) getting used to the idea that some software will try and install all manner of nasties, they are going to see this list of additional software that needs installing, and freak out, meaning theyre not going to install it. Pity, as this looks as if it could potentially be a viable alternative to MS Orifice or OpenOffice.
Windows users install runtimes all the time,.net runtime, java runtime, visual basic runtime, new msvc runtimes etc. No, I don#t agree with your hypothesis.
I've had the flu since Tuesday afternoon. My wife picked me up from work with a temperature of 103.6 and it finally broke at 98.7 around 3am this morning. Yay. The problem is that I used my laptop during my periods of feverish deliriousness, contaminating my shiny 15" MacBook Pro with the icky influenza virus.
Since you are a Mac user, I will recommend a normal Mac solution to the problem.
It doesn't, but Google sync wasn't secure. Or at least it wasn't the last time I checked.
It does use a secure server (HTTPS), it also encrypts the content with RSA encryption (some of it optional) that it stores on the server, so even Google can't just directly read it (you could find this out easily just by analyzing the extension).
The main problem was that the updates were done without notifications and didn't use a secure server either.
I consider the spinning synchronization icon to be a notification.
I fail to see how this synchronizes cookies, bookmarks, passwords among multiple computers that I am using at the same time which is what Google sync solves for me.
I think they use blowfish algorithms for the encryption
I have to disagree with anyone who thinks a MacBook or an entry level iMac are somehow expensive.
Compared to what I can get for the same prices as a laptop else where, be it HP, Asus, Acer etc. I do. (My laptop is not entry level by the way)
anyone who thinks iMacs/MacBooks are NOT moderately priced are just cheap.
It's not that I am cheap, it's just that, if I have to invest more money, I will go buy better hardware than what Apple can provide me for that price.
The point I'm making is an incredibly rewarding user experience doesn't have to cost a small fortune.
I guess if we're talking about the cost of getting the Apple experience instead of powerful hardware for the price, then, yes, I agree with you that it isn't that expensive.
Apple gets it, Dell doesn't.
Hence why I buy from other OEMs, I don't know why most people in the States (observation) seem to believe that Dell is one of the only choices.
Better yet, the middle ground is there, but why does it suck so greatly compared to Apple's middle ground?
Because Dell have great business and this formula gives them the optimal profit. Dell has very loyal followers since there are plenty of people who don't know of anything but Dell.
that a decent-spec'd, moderately priced yet still well-designed computer
Prices of regular PCs have gone down, while Macs stayed at the same price. My widescreen HP laptop which has a slower processor (only downside), 512MB dedicated graphic card RAM, Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5450 @ 1.66GHz, nVidia Corporation GeForce 8400M GS (rev a1) (with HDMI, VGA outputs) , sdcard reader/writer, wireless, lan nic, modem cost me the same price as the cheapest Mac Mini £399.
Sorry, I don't think that Macs are "moderately priced" and considering how the graphics on the Mac Mini, macbook, imac etc. don't have real dedicated RAM (they use shared memory - Mac Pro and Macbookpro don't)... I don't agree with the "well-designed" comment either.
Maybe then Bill can realize that sometimes less is more and that a long laundry list of half-assed features is no good compared to a shorter list of features that work well.
I use Windows firefox because I am on FreeBSD and there is no flash player for FreeBSD.
Why don't you enable the Linux ELF compatibility support in FreeBSD, install Linux Firefox with Linux flash plugin?
I suspect the Wine issues you are suffering might be due to Wine issues with the FreeBSD specific port. I do recall listening to a podcast on BSDtalk where Jeremy White said the Wine support shouldn't even be considered beta on the BSDs. In theory you could run the Linux version through the Linux ELF binary support - but I haven't tried that myself, but I doubt there should be any issues.
I have used Firefox through the Linux ELF binary support though.
My brother, who runs his own business & is a recent Ubuntu evangelist, said that Quickbooks doesn't function on Wine.
QuickBooks works in Crossover. There is definitely a way to get QuickBooks working under Wine (since Wine and Crossover are pretty much the same sourcecode, except one comes with a easy-to-use install interface).
That is a rather important piece of software. It's on the order, if not exceeding that, of Photoshop.
As for Photoshop, while not officially supported by Crossover, there are reports that the older versions work fine - also if it works under Crossover, there is definitely a way to get it working under Wine.
I used to run Acrobat 7 a while back under Wine. But I found most of the pdf software on Linux was good enough to replace it.
Firefox crashes constantly.
Why don't you run the native version for Linux?
I could not get AOL online service client to run.
I cannot find "AOL online service client" on Google, so I assumed you meant AOL Instant Messenger, which works fine.
Office XP doesnt run.
Yes it does and you can run different versions of Office simultaneously if you know how to use the wineprefix parameter.
Its misleading since the software does not fully emulate windows
Wine is not a emulator, it simply implements the Windows API on top of a unix-like environment.
even reasonably well.
I beg to differ. I find that some of my games tend to run faster under Wine (compared to running them under Windows XP/Vista on the same hardware), I also use it to run older software that does not run under Windows XP SP2, Vista etc.
Release 1.0 when you finally get everything working right.
You don't even need to delete the native msxml dlls if you're using winecfg to override them with the Microsoft versions. (You got what is native to wine entirely backwards).
You do because the Microsoft XML installer doesn't replace them for some stupid reason.
Oh, boo hoo. It's not like OpenOffice.org doesn't do the same job better anyway.
I use Microsoft Office 2007 for interacting with Microsoft Office 2007 documents that have specific features that are unique to Microsoft Office 2007 (such as Microsoft Office's Groove). Tell me how OpenOffice.org not only does that, but does that better.
By deleting the incomplete msxml dlls and setting winecfg's settings to use the native versions, then installing microsoft xml..
You can install and run Microsoft Office 2007.
I do find it a little disappointing that Wine didn't set getting Office 2007 working out of the box as a goal for 1.0, as it really currently just relies upon finishing two DLLs.
Here, I will quote and bold my original point out to you, again.
What are you, a idiot? The reason why people are annoyed about this is because it's entirely blocking other communications (stuff that isn't child porn).
Which was in response to your
It is just staggering to me how the bias on slashdot in favor of "free speech" has blinded so many to the terrible horror that children face when abused in this manner. Those children have rights, not the least of which is just the simple right to privacy after the fact, such that their pornographic images are removed from public view. A child's right to privacy, especially in this circumstance, trumps your supposed 1st amendment right to "free speech" - particularly given that this "speech" is not the least bit protected under constitutional law.
No need to answer the original question, it's been answered.
It is just staggering to me how the bias on slashdot in favor of "free speech" has blinded so many to the terrible horror that children face when abused in this manner. Those children have rights, not the least of which is just the simple right to privacy after the fact, such that their pornographic images are removed from public view. A child's right to privacy, especially in this circumstance, trumps your supposed 1st amendment right to "free speech" - particularly given that this "speech" is not the least bit protected under constitutional law.
Here here! These children have rights to block non-related information to their abuse!
What are you, a idiot? The reason why people are annoyed about this is because it's entirely blocking other communications (stuff that isn't child porn).
Hell, there are certain alt.* boards I visit which don't have child porn. I don't think blocking all alt.* boards when the evidence is only "child porn on 88 newsgroups -- out of roughly 100,000 newsgroups that exist." is a suitable solution.
The OS X interface is pretty awful with respect to conforming to Macintosh interface standards. I would guess that I noticed at least a dozen errors within four minutes of use.
Many of Apple's applications don't conform with Apple's Human Interface Guidelines, including ones that come with OS X. So I wouldn't judge it such a high priority since Apple can't even do it right.
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Pretty sure downloading the KDE base libraries would pretty much have the same effect in this case for all KDE applications.
Windows users install runtimes all the time, .net runtime, java runtime, visual basic runtime, new msvc runtimes etc. No, I don#t agree with your hypothesis.
Since you are a Mac user, I will recommend a normal Mac solution to the problem.
Buy a new replacement Mac.
It does use a secure server (HTTPS), it also encrypts the content with RSA encryption (some of it optional) that it stores on the server, so even Google can't just directly read it (you could find this out easily just by analyzing the extension).
I consider the spinning synchronization icon to be a notification.
I fail to see how this synchronizes cookies, bookmarks, passwords among multiple computers that I am using at the same time which is what Google sync solves for me.
Google browser sync uses RSA.
Compared to what I can get for the same prices as a laptop else where, be it HP, Asus, Acer etc. I do. (My laptop is not entry level by the way)
It's not that I am cheap, it's just that, if I have to invest more money, I will go buy better hardware than what Apple can provide me for that price.
I guess if we're talking about the cost of getting the Apple experience instead of powerful hardware for the price, then, yes, I agree with you that it isn't that expensive.
Hence why I buy from other OEMs, I don't know why most people in the States (observation) seem to believe that Dell is one of the only choices.
Because Dell have great business and this formula gives them the optimal profit. Dell has very loyal followers since there are plenty of people who don't know of anything but Dell.
Prices of regular PCs have gone down, while Macs stayed at the same price. My widescreen HP laptop which has a slower processor (only downside), 512MB dedicated graphic card RAM, Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5450 @ 1.66GHz, nVidia Corporation GeForce 8400M GS (rev a1) (with HDMI, VGA outputs) , sdcard reader/writer, wireless, lan nic, modem cost me the same price as the cheapest Mac Mini £399.
Sorry, I don't think that Macs are "moderately priced" and considering how the graphics on the Mac Mini, macbook, imac etc. don't have real dedicated RAM (they use shared memory - Mac Pro and Macbookpro don't)... I don't agree with the "well-designed" comment either.
I don't think you know Bill that well.
I suspect the Wine issues you are suffering might be due to Wine issues with the FreeBSD specific port. I do recall listening to a podcast on BSDtalk where Jeremy White said the Wine support shouldn't even be considered beta on the BSDs. In theory you could run the Linux version through the Linux ELF binary support - but I haven't tried that myself, but I doubt there should be any issues.
I have used Firefox through the Linux ELF binary support though.Okay... I'm not touching that with a ten foot pole.
If you're using Gentoo however, we may end up getting nowhere due to weirdness issues that occur on Gentoo.
Microsoft Office 2003, XP should install and run out of the box in Wine 1.0. Office 2007 requires a few tweaks before you can install it though.
By deleting the incomplete msxml dlls and setting winecfg's settings to use the native versions, then installing microsoft xml..
You can install and run Microsoft Office 2007.
I do find it a little disappointing that Wine didn't set getting Office 2007 working out of the box as a goal for 1.0, as it really currently just relies upon finishing two DLLs.
I find this poster quote adequate, When you pirate MP3s, you're downloading COMMUNISM.
Which was in response to your
No need to answer the original question, it's been answered.
What are you, a idiot? The reason why people are annoyed about this is because it's entirely blocking other communications (stuff that isn't child porn).
Hell, there are certain alt.* boards I visit which don't have child porn. I don't think blocking all alt.* boards when the evidence is only "child porn on 88 newsgroups -- out of roughly 100,000 newsgroups that exist." is a suitable solution.
Abused kids don't have the rights to cut off information resources that aren't related to their abuse, nor should they.
And I will not switch to any new version or other browser that does not have Google browser sync.