Yes, because after all "rights" and "freedoms" were not designed so you could do things the government doesn't approve of, and the only people who care about them must pretty much be terrorists anyway. What kind of a weirdo doesn't want the government to have unlimited power to go through their shit? The kind with something to hide of course!
Comparing how the similary funny and clever jabs of the parent and grandparent got moderated speaks volumes about the politcal bias of slashdot, and how that translates into almost a kind of censorship.
I'm not saying it's bad, or that I'm the first to notice it, but it's interesting nonetheless.
Well that's great for you, but what about those of us that don't run windows?
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I'm sorry, but did I miss a meeting? Is this now an obligatory inclusion in all articles? Must all articles now declare the state is going too far, our rights are trounced, or privacy is at dire risk?!?
Yeah, it's the official replacement for "could this be the year of the linux desktop?" which will not be back until next december. Didn't you get the memo?
I am REALLY getting sick of Apple Zealotry about 64bit or fastest computer or best interface or what have you.
Did you even read it?
We are the first linux distribution to offer a 64-bit top-to-bottom solution which is not a toy environment.
Where does it say anything about being the first 64 bit environment period, or in fact anything about apple being good? Gah I don't know why I'm even responding to crap like this.
Wow, I usually hate "me too" posts, but i just can't resist. You said exactly what I wanted to say, and probably expressed it better than I would have.
Not graphical does not mean hard. Putting a fancy bubble button aroudn something may make it more appealing to aunt tilly or joe sixpack or whoever, but it is no easier than hitting a key. Take slackware's installer for instance (I don't use slackware, but am a fan). It isn't "graphical" but it is one of the easiest and fastest installs out there, at least for my setup. It has all the power of options and choice, but it also has the option to do a quick, easy install. Like the parent said, FREEDOM does not mean forcing the user to do things the hard way.
Anyway I apologize for the useless post, but my hat goes off to you zerocool^
*sigh* I guess I didn't put that as well as I should have. I have no problem at all wtih him saying "Suse is the BEST operating system package I have used." Of course he as every right to his opinion, and I'm honestly glad that it has found something that is working out for him so well. What I don't understand is why he felt the need to tack on "Everything else is just second rate and inferior."
anyway my point was supposed to be that knocking other distros is not only pointless but rediuclous as each distro has it's own strenghts that will appeal to everybody differently. For example my distro is good for bleeding edge, "EXPERIMENTAL packages" but not so much for stability or ease of use. Does this make it "second rate and inferior"? no, it just means i have different priorities.
Anyway I apologize for my original post, which now that I read it again was not as clearly thought out as I had intended.
Suse is the BEST operating system package I have used. Everything else is just second rate and inferior.
What a rediculous thing to say. Suse may be great for your needs, or even the "BEST", but not everybody will share your opinion. Just a little higher up in your post you mentioned having problems with some simple upgrages; personally I would never use a distro i couldn't make my own kernel for.
I'm glad you've found a distro that suits your needs, but calling other peoples choices inferior is childish and pointless. I use gentoo, and have never had to download a new iso as it updates so flawlessly. For me, gentoo is the BEST. It runs extremely quickly, and installing things is a breeze.
The only operating system that deserves your kind of scorn IMHO starts with a W and ends in indows.
I recommend reading the parent carefully to all the mac osX zealots who have come out for a linux-bashing session. Sometimes sinking lots of money into a project just gets whatever the money-sinker wants foisted on their users; getting focus-follows-mouse in almost any linux window manager (a window manager that you can choose for yourself.. ) is only a few mouse-clicks away.
of course I have nothing agains osX either, i think it's very nice.. my father uses it.
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And that dinosaurs (which will now be referred to as Jesus-Horses) lived along side man.
You dropped out of high school? :P
And now you got yourself modded to 5 funny.. might want to put that server in a water bath or something.
2 motors to 1 wheel, for a total of 8 motors and 4 wheels. (if infact having more motors was the reason for having all those damn wheels)
Hmm that's a possible explanation but why couldn't they just have connected to motors to one wheel? I assume the technology exists to do this....
"Dude, $1 million won't change your life in a way that's measurable 5 years out." I wish I could say that.
Yes, because after all "rights" and "freedoms" were not designed so you could do things the government doesn't approve of, and the only people who care about them must pretty much be terrorists anyway. What kind of a weirdo doesn't want the government to have unlimited power to go through their shit? The kind with something to hide of course!
I haven't even used a computer yet.
Comparing how the similary funny and clever jabs of the parent and grandparent got moderated speaks volumes about the politcal bias of slashdot, and how that translates into almost a kind of censorship.
I'm not saying it's bad, or that I'm the first to notice it, but it's interesting nonetheless.
Well that's great for you, but what about those of us that don't run windows?
Yeah, it's the official replacement for "could this be the year of the linux desktop?" which will not be back until next december. Didn't you get the memo?
But there is so little selection!
Wow, I usually hate "me too" posts, but i just can't resist. You said exactly what I wanted to say, and probably expressed it better than I would have.
Not graphical does not mean hard. Putting a fancy bubble button aroudn something may make it more appealing to aunt tilly or joe sixpack or whoever, but it is no easier than hitting a key. Take slackware's installer for instance (I don't use slackware, but am a fan). It isn't "graphical" but it is one of the easiest and fastest installs out there, at least for my setup. It has all the power of options and choice, but it also has the option to do a quick, easy install. Like the parent said, FREEDOM does not mean forcing the user to do things the hard way.
Anyway I apologize for the useless post, but my hat goes off to you zerocool^
*sigh* I guess I didn't put that as well as I should have. I have no problem at all wtih him saying "Suse is the BEST operating system package I have used." Of course he as every right to his opinion, and I'm honestly glad that it has found something that is working out for him so well. What I don't understand is why he felt the need to tack on "Everything else is just second rate and inferior."
anyway my point was supposed to be that knocking other distros is not only pointless but rediuclous as each distro has it's own strenghts that will appeal to everybody differently. For example my distro is good for bleeding edge, "EXPERIMENTAL packages" but not so much for stability or ease of use. Does this make it "second rate and inferior"? no, it just means i have different priorities.
Anyway I apologize for my original post, which now that I read it again was not as clearly thought out as I had intended.
I'm glad you've found a distro that suits your needs, but calling other peoples choices inferior is childish and pointless. I use gentoo, and have never had to download a new iso as it updates so flawlessly. For me, gentoo is the BEST. It runs extremely quickly, and installing things is a breeze.
The only operating system that deserves your kind of scorn IMHO starts with a W and ends in indows.
TELNET?? surely thats insecure!!
i'll just have to wait untill they get openbsd running on it, with ssh
I recommend reading the parent carefully to all the mac osX zealots who have come out for a linux-bashing session. Sometimes sinking lots of money into a project just gets whatever the money-sinker wants foisted on their users; getting focus-follows-mouse in almost any linux window manager (a window manager that you can choose for yourself.. ) is only a few mouse-clicks away.
of course I have nothing agains osX either, i think it's very nice.. my father uses it.
what the heck? that first MSN result has a broken link! ;)
Option "NoLogo" "1" # fixes that stupid nvidia logo nicely, without the need to replace it with something equally annoying
Flame me if you want... but... (Score:5, Flamebait) look what you've done