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Is the manual for this application posted online? I searched Google for "apk hosts file engine" manual (and documentation) but didn't see anything relevant.
For the price of three years of a VPS on which to run Windows applications in Wine and three years of cellular Internet through which to access it while commuting on transit, you could probably buy a Windows laptop. And what is appropriate for users of applications that neither A. are ported to a free[1] Linux userland, B. work in Wine, nor C. have a free replacement that is 100% bug compatible with the dominant application's file format?
[1] For example, AOSP is free, while Android with GMS is not.
If [forms of identification needed to get a job or a bank account] are things that aren't readily available to all residents, then that's a more fundamental issue that needs to be solved.
Based on what I've heard during the debate on voter ID, a lot of even natural-born citizens apparently don't have their original birth certificate handy. A certified copy of a birth certificate can be obtained at the vital records department of the county of birth, but often the subject must appear in person, sometimes several hundred miles (several hundred kilometres) away from home. Some have no debt (such as postpaid utility bills) in their own name, or no personal printer with which to make paper copies of electronic bills, and therefore no proof of address. U.S. state legislatures controlled by the Republican Party are disincentivized to solve this "more fundamental issue" because economically disadvantaged voters tend to lean Democratic if they do manage to register.
The only way I can see a restaurant being able to do this is if they required that the patron pay for their meal in advance of being able to eat it
This has long the case in quick service. For full service, the customer can insert the card before being seated, and the restaurant places an "authorization" on the card for twice the expected bill per person, only "capturing" the amount that the party actually orders plus whatever tip is written on the final check. It's the same way a gasoline/petrol pump works.
Besides, there are pre-paid debit cards available at businesses that do accept cash
Once fewer and fewer businesses accept cash, watch the fees for these prepaid debit cards increase to the point where it costs $60 or more to buy a $50 debit card.
As far as I know, most credit unions don't charge any fees for regular savings and checking accounts
Is everyone included in some credit union's geographic "field of membership"? And for those new to banking, how much does it cost to obtain the ID required by "know your customer" regulations?
See windows 10s which only allows installs from the windows store?
BS.
You can download an ISO file from MS website and install Windows 10 on any computer
Anonymous Coward #55799467 wasn't referring to the operating system. Unlike other editions of Windows 10, Windows 10 S refuses to run applications obtained outside the Windows Store.
On what platform do people make the apps that run on the phone, tablet, smart TV, car, and Chromebook? Or ought only a small number of people to have a chance to learn what goes into making apps?
the only possible way Linux will gain ground is if you can run multiple OS's at the same time the same way we run applications at the same time. It has to be as easy as switching apps on a windows 8 taskbar. That would require a company like AMD to build it into the hardware/bios.
And if so, Microsoft would probably add a restriction forbidding virtualization of OEM licensed Windows. Oh wait: it already does. Pony up $119.99 if you want to run Windows other than on the metal.
Let me know when the vast majority of web applications other than chat work offline. Otherwise, you end up needing two ISP subscriptions: a cellular ISP for mobile use of a laptop and a wired ISP for high-volume uploads and downloads without having to worry about data transfer metering.
And let me know when I can run tools for all responsibilities of my job through a browser. These include a pixel art editor, pixel art conversion to 8x8 character format, assembly language code editor, and assembly, linking, and step debugging of code for an 8-bit microprocessor.
By far the longest bit was copying files off the previous laptop.
Did copying files take longer than, say, researching each make and model of laptop in your size and price range to ensure that its hardware has a free driver compatible with Linux?
Nobody cares about everyday apps in Linux vs X. [...] Now that Windows 10 comes with a Linux subsystem for devs, there's even less incentive to not pick it over Linux.
Speaking of X, Windows 10's Windows Subsystem for Linux lacks an X server. Which third-party X server for Windows is any good?
The only real use for a desktop now is for business use. Personal use of desktops is crashing.
You're forgetting a few other categories: gaming and creators. Smartphone or tablets really aren't a good substitute for these, as you really can't do equivalent things.
For the former, a PlayStation 4 console can "do equivalent things" so long as you are content with vanilla versions of games (that is, without mods). The latter are probably subsumed in "business use".
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Then run Evolution in GNU/Linux in Oracle VirtualBox in Windows.
I can't find a language spec for "web technologies"
In the context of browser extensions, the relevant specs are ECMA-262, CSS, HTML Living Standard, and WebExtensions API.
Is the manual for this application posted online? I searched Google for "apk hosts file engine" manual (and documentation) but didn't see anything relevant.
For the price of three years of a VPS on which to run Windows applications in Wine and three years of cellular Internet through which to access it while commuting on transit, you could probably buy a Windows laptop. And what is appropriate for users of applications that neither A. are ported to a free[1] Linux userland, B. work in Wine, nor C. have a free replacement that is 100% bug compatible with the dominant application's file format?
[1] For example, AOSP is free, while Android with GMS is not.
If [forms of identification needed to get a job or a bank account] are things that aren't readily available to all residents, then that's a more fundamental issue that needs to be solved.
Based on what I've heard during the debate on voter ID, a lot of even natural-born citizens apparently don't have their original birth certificate handy. A certified copy of a birth certificate can be obtained at the vital records department of the county of birth, but often the subject must appear in person, sometimes several hundred miles (several hundred kilometres) away from home. Some have no debt (such as postpaid utility bills) in their own name, or no personal printer with which to make paper copies of electronic bills, and therefore no proof of address. U.S. state legislatures controlled by the Republican Party are disincentivized to solve this "more fundamental issue" because economically disadvantaged voters tend to lean Democratic if they do manage to register.
The only way I can see a restaurant being able to do this is if they required that the patron pay for their meal in advance of being able to eat it
This has long the case in quick service. For full service, the customer can insert the card before being seated, and the restaurant places an "authorization" on the card for twice the expected bill per person, only "capturing" the amount that the party actually orders plus whatever tip is written on the final check. It's the same way a gasoline/petrol pump works.
Cards cost 3%. Cash handling isn't nearly that expensive.
How much does cash handling cost, both for small-transaction merchants and for large-transaction merchants?
Besides, there are pre-paid debit cards available at businesses that do accept cash
Once fewer and fewer businesses accept cash, watch the fees for these prepaid debit cards increase to the point where it costs $60 or more to buy a $50 debit card.
As far as I know, most credit unions don't charge any fees for regular savings and checking accounts
Is everyone included in some credit union's geographic "field of membership"? And for those new to banking, how much does it cost to obtain the ID required by "know your customer" regulations?
Therefore I repeat the original question: On what platform does Google expect developers of Chrome Apps for Chromebook to develop them?
So apparently Cygwin X server can display clients running in WSL. But how much extra RAM does it use when Cygwin and WSL are both loaded?
Chrome is also available on Linux for developing Chromebook applications.
I thought Google announced in August 2016 that Chrome for desktop Linux would no longer install or run Chromebook applications.
Can the same .deb file or the same .rpm file install on Debian, Ubuntu, and Fedora? If so, what steps does the developer need to take to ensure this?
I was lead programmer for The Curse of Possum Hollow, released in 2016.
See windows 10s which only allows installs from the windows store?
BS.
You can download an ISO file from MS website and install Windows 10 on any computer
Anonymous Coward #55799467 wasn't referring to the operating system. Unlike other editions of Windows 10, Windows 10 S refuses to run applications obtained outside the Windows Store.
I'm also not sure where this fairy tale about "only allowing installs from windows store" comes from.
It comes from Windows 10 S.
On what platform do people make the apps that run on the phone, tablet, smart TV, car, and Chromebook? Or ought only a small number of people to have a chance to learn what goes into making apps?
Didn't people switch to the console 15 years ago.
This may be true of vanilla versions of AAA games. But mods and indie games typically come to consoles later if at all.
and didn't well with a keyboard and mouse
USB game controllers work with a PC, be they generic HID controllers or XInput controllers (Xbox 360 and Xbox One).
Your problem may have been buying an Acer rather than a System76.
the only possible way Linux will gain ground is if you can run multiple OS's at the same time the same way we run applications at the same time. It has to be as easy as switching apps on a windows 8 taskbar. That would require a company like AMD to build it into the hardware/bios.
Would it be anything like Intel VT?
And if so, Microsoft would probably add a restriction forbidding virtualization of OEM licensed Windows. Oh wait: it already does. Pony up $119.99 if you want to run Windows other than on the metal.
all you need is browser, which is new desktop.
Let me know when the vast majority of web applications other than chat work offline. Otherwise, you end up needing two ISP subscriptions: a cellular ISP for mobile use of a laptop and a wired ISP for high-volume uploads and downloads without having to worry about data transfer metering.
And let me know when I can run tools for all responsibilities of my job through a browser. These include a pixel art editor, pixel art conversion to 8x8 character format, assembly language code editor, and assembly, linking, and step debugging of code for an 8-bit microprocessor.
By far the longest bit was copying files off the previous laptop.
Did copying files take longer than, say, researching each make and model of laptop in your size and price range to ensure that its hardware has a free driver compatible with Linux?
Nobody cares about everyday apps in Linux vs X.
[...]
Now that Windows 10 comes with a Linux subsystem for devs, there's even less incentive to not pick it over Linux.
Speaking of X, Windows 10's Windows Subsystem for Linux lacks an X server. Which third-party X server for Windows is any good?
The only real use for a desktop now is for business use. Personal use of desktops is crashing.
You're forgetting a few other categories: gaming and creators. Smartphone or tablets really aren't a good substitute for these, as you really can't do equivalent things.
For the former, a PlayStation 4 console can "do equivalent things" so long as you are content with vanilla versions of games (that is, without mods). The latter are probably subsumed in "business use".