Oh, and these steps work for the last four (arguably five) OS releases
Windows Vista's workflow isn't covered in your description by the way and some systems don't even display the networking icon in the tray by default on clean installs (unlike Ubuntu).
BSD doesn't even support nearly as many devices as Linux has. Are you certain BSD is capable of scaling up to Linux's numbers without foundation changes to the ABI?
But the problem is they are not going to install Linux (or Windows for that matter). Because "I'm just not adept/understand/know...". (not sure how it is in English, i only hear it in Hungarian) Even though they could. Because they all know intermediate users they can ask. And that's where it's at. We intermediate users install maybe 90 percent of the desktops. So if you want desktops then you need to win us over. And you are not...
Then buy a computer with Linux pre-installed, (such as stuff from system76)
Linux Desktop (ubuntu) LTS is a joke. WinXP was around for a decade, that is LTS. I don't have time to learn new distributions, UIs... every year. And the ever present or growing inconsistency does not help either.
Then use a long term support distribution like Redhat Linux.
So who are intermediate users? Basically we can use Google (or Bing, Yahoo). That's it. And when I search for "how to..." I get maybe 10 percent success rate or even less. Because either the top result is a forum, where the same question is asked but there is no solution, or there are many solutions that none of work, the result is for a different distribution, same distribution but different incompatible version...
Sounds like a personal problem. I don't have this issue when searching for how tos for Linux.
Maybe if developers would focus more on stability
I don't have stability issues.
fixing bugs and developing useful tools
I have plenty of useful tools and I see bug fixes all the time when I do updates.
features we need rather than rewriting everything (Unity, that is useless on VMs)...
Sounds like more personal problems. I can run Unity just fine on VMware workstation 10, VDI configurations etc.
(I know, it's less exciting to write production quality code than writing something new.) Maybe one day.
I have seen non-FOSS production ready code, there is no standard of quality. There is some immense crap out there. Anecdotally, some of the best code I have seen comes from scrum-agile development teams (which I find a lot of modern FOSS projects use).
Looking at the post you linked, you used question marks in few places:
Per my subject-line above vs. your erroneous statement?
I still think you have a reading comprehension issue.
Some evidence to the contrary... ok??
Your evidence was that you posted TL;DR content still... (Remember, my post was "APK does not understand this. Also, expect more TL;DR type posts from him now.")
P.S.=> So, as the saying goes? "Argue with the numbers" that came STRAIGHT from your own "peers" here on/....
That doesn't even sound like a common saying.
Anyway, I have now answered your questions, so we return to my comment...
Giving away your own troll modus operandi isn't too smart
It's interesting how some people end up over reacting when they hear you're a troll and you just have a pleasant conversation with other people as they yell and scream.
Unlike most trolls, I don't need anonymity. I can also form long lasting relationships with people regardless of them knowing of the label too.
Many people are ignorant and disrespectful on the internet because they can't be identified.
As someone who is known to troll. I tend to do my best to not be ignorant. Also, I am generally respectful even when trolling.
The real solution is for users to have an identity that follows them
I've been using the same username for years on multiple sites. It hasn't really done anything.
There needs to be accountability for people posting garbage.
No, let's ban people for posting garbage to the Internet. There is so much garbage online these days, it's hard to sift through it all and the ignorance of users who just repost that garbage is infuriating.
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Which doesn't prove it.
How do they legally use Google's service to do that? Google own ToS forbids what they are doing.
20 years ago, the transatlantic cables were horrible and there was terrible latency issues. TCP connections would frequently fail due to timeouts.
20 years ago, you could log online and try to find something useful, but you would spend several hours to find what you can get now in seconds.
You fool! What have you done?
APK will be summoned now.
It proves? How do you prove it's not argumentum ad nauseam then?
Windows Vista's workflow isn't covered in your description by the way and some systems don't even display the networking icon in the tray by default on clean installs (unlike Ubuntu).
BSD doesn't even support nearly as many devices as Linux has. Are you certain BSD is capable of scaling up to Linux's numbers without foundation changes to the ABI?
Next time buy a system76 laptop, compare the Linux installation on it, then install OS X and Windows on it and see how they compare.
Should have bought a laptop from System76.
Non-sense, everyone knows that "Anonymous Coward" is always APK.
Please provide the licensing for redistribution on media.
Then buy a computer with Linux pre-installed, (such as stuff from system76)
Then use a long term support distribution like Redhat Linux.
Sounds like a personal problem. I don't have this issue when searching for how tos for Linux.
I don't have stability issues.
I have plenty of useful tools and I see bug fixes all the time when I do updates.
Sounds like more personal problems. I can run Unity just fine on VMware workstation 10, VDI configurations etc.
I have seen non-FOSS production ready code, there is no standard of quality. There is some immense crap out there. Anecdotally, some of the best code I have seen comes from scrum-agile development teams (which I find a lot of modern FOSS projects use).
I already did.
I don't use sockpuppets, nor do I need to.
I spoke the truth. Call me troll if you like, doesn't make your TL;DR posts any less TL;DR.
You're posting from his account!
I have no idea what you're even saying any more.
I don't need to sockpuppet, APK. I don't sockpuppet on Slashdot either. Feel free to report me to DICE if you feel so strongly on the matter.
I had no words to eat because I noted that you would do 'TL;DR' posts and you did make them.
I answered the questions in the post as you asked, you like changing the goal posts, don't you?
Nope.
Yes, I did:
http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
Looking at the post you linked, you used question marks in few places:
I still think you have a reading comprehension issue.
Your evidence was that you posted TL;DR content still... (Remember, my post was "APK does not understand this. Also, expect more TL;DR type posts from him now.")
That doesn't even sound like a common saying.
Anyway, I have now answered your questions, so we return to my comment...
Hows it going, APK?
IMAP IDLE is supported by most modern FOSS mail servers.
I've had Excel crash by merely opening it. Sounds enterprise ready to me.
I have done such a setup with Zimbra, Asterisk and generic opensource SIP clients.
The only functionality I am aware of that I have missing in my setup is Outlook Journals. Does anyone even use that?
Calm down, all I did was greet you.
I don't really troll on Slashdot.
It's interesting how some people end up over reacting when they hear you're a troll and you just have a pleasant conversation with other people as they yell and scream.
Unlike most trolls, I don't need anonymity. I can also form long lasting relationships with people regardless of them knowing of the label too.
As someone who is known to troll. I tend to do my best to not be ignorant. Also, I am generally respectful even when trolling.
I've been using the same username for years on multiple sites. It hasn't really done anything.
No, let's ban people for posting garbage to the Internet. There is so much garbage online these days, it's hard to sift through it all and the ignorance of users who just repost that garbage is infuriating.