Ndiswrapper is great for a lot of people. But the average Joe Linux user might not want to play around with his system to get it to work. A lot of people forget about the average Joe Linux user these days, but he is out there. Drivers with Windows can be, in some cases, simpler. You put the hardware in your computer if it isn't already, insert a CD, copy the drivers, and your ready to go. Not all drivers work like that under Windows, but some do. I want to see that on Linux. We need to see some other companies release drivers for Linux. Providing a fair license agreement is important, but I would gladly accept a somewhat restrictive license agreement for my WMP11 if I could switch to Linux and get the Microsoft crap off my computer for good.
My machine has been pretty whacked since I installed SP2. My Linksys WMP11 driver fails about 1 in 3 times upon startup. However, this probably is Linksys' fault, and a new driver might fix the problem. However, Windows will soemtimes not let me access any programs, forcing me to restart. Its frustrating, and I hope Microsoft cares enough to fix all the minor bugs.
This is REALLY bad if it happens. Not many of my friends really care about computers. Getting them to use gaim will be like trying to convince them to learn computer programming. They won't do it. It really pisses me off that AOL would do something like this. You already can't share files between AIM and gaim. I have only gotten it to work once, with my brother, but we were on the same network. I have been trying to convince a few of my friends to switch to gaim, but only one of them has downloaded it, and he doesn't even use it. I wish it was easier to convince everyone to support gaim and the open source community on this issue.
Wow. You have it a lot better than me. I have automatic updates on and haven't noticed anything different. When it does try to download patches, it takes forever and I finally have to go download it myself. I think it would be nice if Microsoft secured their OS before they shipped it so we didn't have to worry about this.
This is great. I hope several companies agree. It will be hard to get Linksys to agree, if they try. Linksys will not do anything about it. I have written to them three times about it, and gotten bullshit each time saying that they might be working on drivers for other OSes. The more companies we get the better. Wireless support is the only issue stopping me from using BSD or Linux.
I heard that AMD increased the prices of their faster Athlon64s and their 32-bit Athlons to make their low end Athlon64s cheaper. It happened a few months ago.
Well, it kind of depends on your perspective. If it makes prices lower, it is a good thing. But if they are using all the money saved by layoffs and outsourcing so that the executives can cram another digit on to their paycheck, then it is really stupid. I wish companies that outsourced jobs would always be willing to do so that prices are lower. And keep in mind that the people in Asia doing these jobs often do the small, simple, and repetitive jobs. If you have something really big, chances are your going to have someone working on it in the US, but that could change.
My dad's computer has a 17'' Sony LCD monitor. I play Morrowind on it all the time and notice no lag at all. My school has Dell 15'' screens and I notice no lag at all when people play Runescape on them. Looks like its just you. Also, I have read about LCD lag in several magazines before. I thoguht it was fairly obvious.
I don't know about this. I am probably an intermediate C+ programmer at best, programming for about 2 years now. From the start, I made sure to define a style and keep it. At first, I did have some trouble trying to remember all my style rules, but now I make very few style mistakes. However, I also have never attended a programming class and have learned from books and guides.
Very true. I think it would be great if my city had wireless, but I don't have any wireless devices. I simply don't have the money (I'm 13.) My laptop is a 180MHz Compaq with 24MB RAM and just about no battery life, and my PDA is a Palm m100. And I don't think I will get a decent wireless-enabled device for a while either. I considered buying a cheap PocketPC for this, but didn't. For some people, wireless access would be nice. But for a lot of people, it really wouldn't make a difference. You also have to take a look at the people around you. if you live in a computer-saavy town, it might be a great thing. But if most of the people in your town are average-Joe PC users, they really aren't going to care. It looks like it really depends on the type of people in your area.
My ideas for a mobile device are probably quite a few years away, but I think these features would be really cool:
1. Hologrpahic Keyboard: This way you could get the full sized keyboard and have it anywhere you wanted.
2. Built In Projector: This way the mobile device would be great for on the go presentations, and the projector could also function as a larger screen. It doesn't need to be a state of the art $1000 projector, just one that can get maybe 15-20 inches so it can be like a normal computer.
Not sure how this would work in the real world, but sounds cool in theory, at least to me.
I somehow forgot to put the heatsink on an AMD Athlon XP 2000+. It beeped, but the beep was an ear piercing beep or a garbeled beep. It screwed up the processer and the mobo. There are visible burn marks on the processor slot, and the computer didn't care if we removed RAM from it during operation or anything. It was fun to mess around with until I get a new mobo and processor.
I hate windows for several reasons.
1. Security: I hate all the patches needed to jsut get Windows to run safely. Also, a lot of the bugs are very old and should have been corrected a long time ago.
2. Stability: The simplest actions can end up with memory leaks and crashes. As soon as you go to gaming, game crashes become common.
3. Stupidity in strategy: Microsoft attempts to eliminate their competitors with lawsuits. And, they support software patents. If Microsoft wants to be an idiot, they can go ahead, but I won't use their products.
4. Pricing: For the price of Windows compared to Linux, I would expect a near perfect OS.
I have this same problem all the time. There is a good and a bad to it if you look at it however. The good is that it shows that we aren't trying to just copy Windows (I have seen hardcore Windows users whine about this). The bad thing is that it is annoying for anyone who has used Windows on a regular basis. I normally check for a keyboard combo I can use for copying and pasting, or find a way to let that work for me. This is a really annoying problem for anyone who is forced to use Linux and Windows. For example, my school uses Windows on all its computers, and won't do a thing to change it, even though I'm pretty sure that it could save LOTS of money so we could get color printers. However, I find that you just have to stick with it and actually think about what you are doing before you work. A solution I use it to keep an empty document open, so that I can copy stuff to it, and if I need it again, I just go to that document. I do it on WIndows too, just to make sure I don't overwrite something very long which I am storing in the clipboard.
We just need to find a workaround. What if we reprogram mouses on Linux so that pressing the left button and then the right button does the same function as a double click, or did they patent that too? If they patented that, then we can replace double clicks with some obscure movement of the mouse or maybe a keyboard shortcut and then laugh at Micro$oft! Ha ha ha(Unless they patent keyboard shortcuts too)!
While Best Buy is nice, I find they lie. There is a CompUSA just down the street from the Best Buy near us. I bought a stick of memory at Best Buy. I then went over to CompUSA to look at other prices. The memory at CompUSA was 50 USD cheaper. Also, I have had some negative experiences with Best Buy, especially with their warranties. Our brand new Sony Vaio had to go in a month after they bought it because of an HD corruption. We were without a good computer for three weeks, but I suppose it could have been worse. Also, the Best Buy near us seems to be understaffed. The computer section is understaffed, and the people there rarely help anyone besides someone looking to buy a whole system from what I have noticed. There are a few nice people there, but normally I help people confused with what they need to buy, simply because the salespeople won't.
It might be my area, I am in Alpharetta, GA (near Atlanta). I am not sure if it is my luck or what. Going back to MSN tech support, it seemed a lot nicer.
I have had my fair share of problems with Comcast. I have recieved moron tech support several times. It took me about 6 months to finnaly get tech support for some information needed for my network. In Texas, we tried to get Comcast. Here is what the tech did:
Time 1: Forgot to give us the modem
Time 2: Forgot to give us the wires they promised.
Time 3: Never showed up.
Time 4: We asked that he comes between 2PM and 5PM, he shows up at 9 AM, and leaves a note saying we were not home.
Time 5: Never shows up.
We were being billed this whole time also. We canceled, and it was a year before we got to Georgia and finnaly got Comcast. I am not sure if my luck is getting me crap tech support, or it is Comcast, however.
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Ndiswrapper is great for a lot of people. But the average Joe Linux user might not want to play around with his system to get it to work. A lot of people forget about the average Joe Linux user these days, but he is out there. Drivers with Windows can be, in some cases, simpler. You put the hardware in your computer if it isn't already, insert a CD, copy the drivers, and your ready to go. Not all drivers work like that under Windows, but some do. I want to see that on Linux. We need to see some other companies release drivers for Linux. Providing a fair license agreement is important, but I would gladly accept a somewhat restrictive license agreement for my WMP11 if I could switch to Linux and get the Microsoft crap off my computer for good.
My machine has been pretty whacked since I installed SP2. My Linksys WMP11 driver fails about 1 in 3 times upon startup. However, this probably is Linksys' fault, and a new driver might fix the problem. However, Windows will soemtimes not let me access any programs, forcing me to restart. Its frustrating, and I hope Microsoft cares enough to fix all the minor bugs.
This is REALLY bad if it happens. Not many of my friends really care about computers. Getting them to use gaim will be like trying to convince them to learn computer programming. They won't do it. It really pisses me off that AOL would do something like this. You already can't share files between AIM and gaim. I have only gotten it to work once, with my brother, but we were on the same network. I have been trying to convince a few of my friends to switch to gaim, but only one of them has downloaded it, and he doesn't even use it. I wish it was easier to convince everyone to support gaim and the open source community on this issue.
We will all be in trouble if someone patents "a method for slashdotting sites."
If they wanted to compare the top processors from each company, why didn't they test the new P4 against an AMD 64 FX system?
Wow. You have it a lot better than me. I have automatic updates on and haven't noticed anything different. When it does try to download patches, it takes forever and I finally have to go download it myself. I think it would be nice if Microsoft secured their OS before they shipped it so we didn't have to worry about this.
This is great. I hope several companies agree. It will be hard to get Linksys to agree, if they try. Linksys will not do anything about it. I have written to them three times about it, and gotten bullshit each time saying that they might be working on drivers for other OSes. The more companies we get the better. Wireless support is the only issue stopping me from using BSD or Linux.
I heard that AMD increased the prices of their faster Athlon64s and their 32-bit Athlons to make their low end Athlon64s cheaper. It happened a few months ago.
Well, it kind of depends on your perspective. If it makes prices lower, it is a good thing. But if they are using all the money saved by layoffs and outsourcing so that the executives can cram another digit on to their paycheck, then it is really stupid. I wish companies that outsourced jobs would always be willing to do so that prices are lower. And keep in mind that the people in Asia doing these jobs often do the small, simple, and repetitive jobs. If you have something really big, chances are your going to have someone working on it in the US, but that could change.
My dad's computer has a 17'' Sony LCD monitor. I play Morrowind on it all the time and notice no lag at all. My school has Dell 15'' screens and I notice no lag at all when people play Runescape on them. Looks like its just you. Also, I have read about LCD lag in several magazines before. I thoguht it was fairly obvious.
I don't know about this. I am probably an intermediate C+ programmer at best, programming for about 2 years now. From the start, I made sure to define a style and keep it. At first, I did have some trouble trying to remember all my style rules, but now I make very few style mistakes. However, I also have never attended a programming class and have learned from books and guides.
Very true. I think it would be great if my city had wireless, but I don't have any wireless devices. I simply don't have the money (I'm 13.) My laptop is a 180MHz Compaq with 24MB RAM and just about no battery life, and my PDA is a Palm m100. And I don't think I will get a decent wireless-enabled device for a while either. I considered buying a cheap PocketPC for this, but didn't. For some people, wireless access would be nice. But for a lot of people, it really wouldn't make a difference. You also have to take a look at the people around you. if you live in a computer-saavy town, it might be a great thing. But if most of the people in your town are average-Joe PC users, they really aren't going to care. It looks like it really depends on the type of people in your area.
My ideas for a mobile device are probably quite a few years away, but I think these features would be really cool: 1. Hologrpahic Keyboard: This way you could get the full sized keyboard and have it anywhere you wanted. 2. Built In Projector: This way the mobile device would be great for on the go presentations, and the projector could also function as a larger screen. It doesn't need to be a state of the art $1000 projector, just one that can get maybe 15-20 inches so it can be like a normal computer. Not sure how this would work in the real world, but sounds cool in theory, at least to me.
I somehow forgot to put the heatsink on an AMD Athlon XP 2000+. It beeped, but the beep was an ear piercing beep or a garbeled beep. It screwed up the processer and the mobo. There are visible burn marks on the processor slot, and the computer didn't care if we removed RAM from it during operation or anything. It was fun to mess around with until I get a new mobo and processor.
I hate windows for several reasons. 1. Security: I hate all the patches needed to jsut get Windows to run safely. Also, a lot of the bugs are very old and should have been corrected a long time ago. 2. Stability: The simplest actions can end up with memory leaks and crashes. As soon as you go to gaming, game crashes become common. 3. Stupidity in strategy: Microsoft attempts to eliminate their competitors with lawsuits. And, they support software patents. If Microsoft wants to be an idiot, they can go ahead, but I won't use their products. 4. Pricing: For the price of Windows compared to Linux, I would expect a near perfect OS.
The only use of caps lock I can think of is video games. Sometimes it functions as a run lock key.
I have this same problem all the time. There is a good and a bad to it if you look at it however. The good is that it shows that we aren't trying to just copy Windows (I have seen hardcore Windows users whine about this). The bad thing is that it is annoying for anyone who has used Windows on a regular basis. I normally check for a keyboard combo I can use for copying and pasting, or find a way to let that work for me. This is a really annoying problem for anyone who is forced to use Linux and Windows. For example, my school uses Windows on all its computers, and won't do a thing to change it, even though I'm pretty sure that it could save LOTS of money so we could get color printers. However, I find that you just have to stick with it and actually think about what you are doing before you work. A solution I use it to keep an empty document open, so that I can copy stuff to it, and if I need it again, I just go to that document. I do it on WIndows too, just to make sure I don't overwrite something very long which I am storing in the clipboard.
We just need to find a workaround. What if we reprogram mouses on Linux so that pressing the left button and then the right button does the same function as a double click, or did they patent that too? If they patented that, then we can replace double clicks with some obscure movement of the mouse or maybe a keyboard shortcut and then laugh at Micro$oft! Ha ha ha(Unless they patent keyboard shortcuts too)!
While Best Buy is nice, I find they lie. There is a CompUSA just down the street from the Best Buy near us. I bought a stick of memory at Best Buy. I then went over to CompUSA to look at other prices. The memory at CompUSA was 50 USD cheaper. Also, I have had some negative experiences with Best Buy, especially with their warranties. Our brand new Sony Vaio had to go in a month after they bought it because of an HD corruption. We were without a good computer for three weeks, but I suppose it could have been worse. Also, the Best Buy near us seems to be understaffed. The computer section is understaffed, and the people there rarely help anyone besides someone looking to buy a whole system from what I have noticed. There are a few nice people there, but normally I help people confused with what they need to buy, simply because the salespeople won't.
It might be my area, I am in Alpharetta, GA (near Atlanta). I am not sure if it is my luck or what. Going back to MSN tech support, it seemed a lot nicer.
I have had my fair share of problems with Comcast. I have recieved moron tech support several times. It took me about 6 months to finnaly get tech support for some information needed for my network. In Texas, we tried to get Comcast. Here is what the tech did: Time 1: Forgot to give us the modem Time 2: Forgot to give us the wires they promised. Time 3: Never showed up. Time 4: We asked that he comes between 2PM and 5PM, he shows up at 9 AM, and leaves a note saying we were not home. Time 5: Never shows up. We were being billed this whole time also. We canceled, and it was a year before we got to Georgia and finnaly got Comcast. I am not sure if my luck is getting me crap tech support, or it is Comcast, however.