I have done exactly that kind of shitty grunt work for a number of open source projects, without expecting any credit or whatever. For one reason, the one you stated:
it's that QA step, all the thankless hours of gruntwork, that make the final product what it is
I believe in open source, and am willing to further the cause just to further the cause, not to further my own ego.
I, for one, will join the KDE Quality (Kuality?) Team.
I've been waiting for this. Last time I filed a bug report with KDE I got some snotty reply from some programmer who said I was wrong (the bug got fixed in the next release and was listed in the changelog).
No, they pretty much assume if you're using linux you're so smart you don't need menus and you deal with your gtk+ themes.
This is exactly the kind of thinking that is holding Linux back from its full potential. The average joe-6-pack end user is sick and tired of Windows, and wants to get away. However, the average end-user is not "so smart they don't need menus"
It is only when developers (like the KDE team) start thinking of the average not-as-smart-as-you end user that Linux will truly flourish as a desktop OS.
Kudos, KDE!
BTW I have always used KDE, and LOVE 3.2 (and yes, I am "smart enough" to configure my OS/WindowManager/Desktop Environment without menus)
Sweet! Now, next time I see that old bat staring at the thru her window with her binoculars, I will just sick my Dragonflyer on her. I wonder how hard it would be to mod it to carry a BB cannon, or a small flamethrower?
We had a very similar situation here in the Colorado Springs, CO area a few years ago when a faulty FM broadcast tower started sending out signals on rogue frequencies.
Not only were keyless entry systems affected, but garage doors started opening at seemingly random intervals as well. It happened on the southwest side of the city, which as anyone familiar with the area knows, is smack-dab next to NORAD (as well as the main array of broadcast antennae that serve the city).
Needless to say, the conspiracy theorists had a field day with that one too.
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I have done exactly that kind of shitty grunt work for a number of open source projects, without expecting any credit or whatever. For one reason, the one you stated:
it's that QA step, all the thankless hours of gruntwork, that make the final product what it is
I believe in open source, and am willing to further the cause just to further the cause, not to further my own ego.
I, for one, will join the KDE Quality (Kuality?) Team.
WOW! I couldn't agree more though. KDE is so much more than gnome on all fronts.
I've been waiting for this. Last time I filed a bug report with KDE I got some snotty reply from some programmer who said I was wrong (the bug got fixed in the next release and was listed in the changelog).
:( ICK!!
And bad odors into a spacecraft can even lead to the abortion of a mission
DAMNIT Jim, I TOLD you not to eat that broccoli!!!
No, they pretty much assume if you're using linux you're so smart you don't need menus and you deal with your gtk+ themes.
This is exactly the kind of thinking that is holding Linux back from its full potential. The average joe-6-pack end user is sick and tired of Windows, and wants to get away. However, the average end-user is not "so smart they don't need menus"
It is only when developers (like the KDE team) start thinking of the average not-as-smart-as-you end user that Linux will truly flourish as a desktop OS.
Kudos, KDE!
BTW I have always used KDE, and LOVE 3.2 (and yes, I am "smart enough" to configure my OS/WindowManager/Desktop Environment without menus)
Sweet! Now, next time I see that old bat staring at the thru her window with her binoculars, I will just sick my Dragonflyer on her. I wonder how hard it would be to mod it to carry a BB cannon, or a small flamethrower?
What's wrong with black helicoptors? I almost always have at least one following me around...
Sounds more like they were jamming signals for the NATO conference, most likely to disable any potential bugs in the hotel.
If memory serves correctly, it turned out to be 106.3.
We had a very similar situation here in the Colorado Springs, CO area a few years ago when a faulty FM broadcast tower started sending out signals on rogue frequencies.
Not only were keyless entry systems affected, but garage doors started opening at seemingly random intervals as well. It happened on the southwest side of the city, which as anyone familiar with the area knows, is smack-dab next to NORAD (as well as the main array of broadcast antennae that serve the city).
Needless to say, the conspiracy theorists had a field day with that one too.
ls -l `which ed`
/bin/ed
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 72988 Jul 7 2001
on RedHat 7.2
You wuss!!