You can enable "focus follows mouse" along with auto-raise or click-to-raise in CompizConfig under the General settings. Not sure how it works with the unified menu thing, though.
No, I hadn't noticed. I don't keep track of things like that, honestly.
I have a desktop with Ubuntu/Unity, along with three other laptops and the netbook. Kids, wife and even my 60 year old mother-in-law have no problems with Unity. Windows died on her, so she got switched over.
Every click? I have a Dell 10" netbook that I used for all of my homework in school and I can't say that I've noticed this. Were you using Unity 2D?
The launcher auto-hides, so I'm not sure how it'll cover the back button. Unless you trigger it opening by going all the way to the edge of the screen. I do that sometimes, but then I just wait a second for the launcher to go away instead of installing a new OS. But I'm weird that way.
You can get the same categorical list of programs in Unity. Just click on "filter" or something like it on the dash screen or whatever the HUD is called. Choose your category. Done.
I don't know that you can create your own categories or move programs/shortcuts around, though, if that's what you're after.
I haven't noticed it with USB headphones and speakers plugged into the line-out of the motherboard. Not to say my experience is the same as everyone elses, though, of course.
You can get the same categorical listings of programs in Unity as you could in the old drop downs. No need to type or remember every programs name.
It's maybe an extra click or two. But if you're like the guy that can't handle the close button being on the "wrong" side, then good luck finding an alternative.
I know this is mostly jokes, but isn't that the key difference? Minivans were built on a car chasis and full size vans on a truck chasis? I don't know if that's the case anymore, though.
I know there's certainly nothing "mini" about my Town & Country as I try to drive and park it around Europe.
I've been using StrongVPN (OpenVPN) on a Buffalo G300NH loaded with DD-WRT and haven't had any issues. Works great from Belgium for Netflix, Pandora and web browsing. I chose the router solution so that the Roku, iPhone, and Wii can always be on the VPN and the laptops/desktops can be switched back and forth. I have another wireless router that provides local Internet.
Streaming works great here, too. The kids are always watching something on Netflix. I'll sit outside by the fire with a cigar for a couple of hours and Pandora streams the entire time. Depends on your location in Europe and ISP, of course...
~47m euro to the contractor and 58m euro "in total" could very well be the same contract, depending on perspective. There is a cost to developing, evaluating, awarding, monitoring, etc. these contracts outside of what goes to the winner.
>> If you have a system that must not be compromised, then don't connect it to the fucking Internet.
Those are called secret or top secret network and they are removed from the Internet either logically, by inline encrypters, or physically separate networks. At some point you have to be on a network connected to the Internet if you want to communicate with people outside of NATO, though. How else would I deal with contractors, state departments or national military users?
We can argue that €58 million is too high and I'd probably agree, but in the end, NATO still has a network that needs security measures applied to it.
I doubt that kind of induced latency would show up in ping or traceroute ICMP packets, though.
More likely is that ICMP is dumped in a small, low priority queue and the delays or latency shown there may not apply to other types of traffic. I hope the poster has verified the latency with more than just ICMP.
and the link between C and D is "dirty", errors, dropping packets, delays, whatever... wouldn't those errors affect calculations on the "effective bandwidth and percent packet loss on any given hop" after that link? The DE and EF link would appear dirty, too, since you have to go through CD and something is going to get dropped, delayed, whatever...
I've never understood the reliance on these kind of tools. Maybe if you have ONE dirty link on the network, something like this will show you where the errors start popping up, but so would any basic ping or traceroute. If there are intermittent delays or errors and they only pop up on the CD link when the tool is "testing" the EF link, I'd imagine that it'd show the EF link as bad when it's actually the CD link.
Why does it have to be superior? Maybe it's just simply as good as something else. A different method. It's better for some organizations and not so much for others.
My opinion:
1. No one will read those emails / status updates, eventually. After reading 3 or 4 updates from the other team and realizing I have no interest in what they're doing, I'll never read another. Even though 4 weeks from now, they're going to get a new project or come across an issue I can offer some help/insight on.
2. Public speaking time is important is some organizations. Can I say what needs to be said in 60 seconds or so? Am I bumbling moron or making shit up as I go because the real brains on the project isn't here today?
If done correctly and kept focused without turning into a "meeting", then I see the benefit. It may not exist for all organizations, though.
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You can enable "focus follows mouse" along with auto-raise or click-to-raise in CompizConfig under the General settings. Not sure how it works with the unified menu thing, though.
No, I hadn't noticed. I don't keep track of things like that, honestly.
I have a desktop with Ubuntu/Unity, along with three other laptops and the netbook. Kids, wife and even my 60 year old mother-in-law have no problems with Unity. Windows died on her, so she got switched over.
Every click? I have a Dell 10" netbook that I used for all of my homework in school and I can't say that I've noticed this. Were you using Unity 2D?
The launcher auto-hides, so I'm not sure how it'll cover the back button. Unless you trigger it opening by going all the way to the edge of the screen. I do that sometimes, but then I just wait a second for the launcher to go away instead of installing a new OS. But I'm weird that way.
You can get the same categorical list of programs in Unity. Just click on "filter" or something like it on the dash screen or whatever the HUD is called. Choose your category. Done.
I don't know that you can create your own categories or move programs/shortcuts around, though, if that's what you're after.
I didn't really know what you were describing and I came across the following while researching. Wouldn't this fix your issue?
http://askubuntu.com/questions/64605/how-do-i-set-focus-follows-mouse
I haven't noticed it with USB headphones and speakers plugged into the line-out of the motherboard. Not to say my experience is the same as everyone elses, though, of course.
You can get the same categorical listings of programs in Unity as you could in the old drop downs. No need to type or remember every programs name.
It's maybe an extra click or two. But if you're like the guy that can't handle the close button being on the "wrong" side, then good luck finding an alternative.
lol... You forgot to put "Ubuntu is dead to me"!
Bye!
I know this is mostly jokes, but isn't that the key difference? Minivans were built on a car chasis and full size vans on a truck chasis? I don't know if that's the case anymore, though.
I know there's certainly nothing "mini" about my Town & Country as I try to drive and park it around Europe.
I've been using StrongVPN (OpenVPN) on a Buffalo G300NH loaded with DD-WRT and haven't had any issues. Works great from Belgium for Netflix, Pandora and web browsing. I chose the router solution so that the Roku, iPhone, and Wii can always be on the VPN and the laptops/desktops can be switched back and forth. I have another wireless router that provides local Internet.
Streaming works great here, too. The kids are always watching something on Netflix. I'll sit outside by the fire with a cigar for a couple of hours and Pandora streams the entire time. Depends on your location in Europe and ISP, of course...
-John
"inTernal" combustion engine. "infernal" had me chuckling at this as I was reading.
How do you plan to identify a "good" packet from an unwanted one when they're both likely destined for Samsung?
~47m euro to the contractor and 58m euro "in total" could very well be the same contract, depending on perspective. There is a cost to developing, evaluating, awarding, monitoring, etc. these contracts outside of what goes to the winner.
That's why these are often judged on "best value" versus "lowest cost".
How much would you have bid, AC? Make sure you follow the bidding instructions and show how you can deliver for an order of magnitude less.
Do you propose NATO sets up a network with no security? If €58 million is too high, what would you have bid on it?
>> If you have a system that must not be compromised, then don't connect it to the fucking Internet.
Those are called secret or top secret network and they are removed from the Internet either logically, by inline encrypters, or physically separate networks. At some point you have to be on a network connected to the Internet if you want to communicate with people outside of NATO, though. How else would I deal with contractors, state departments or national military users?
We can argue that €58 million is too high and I'd probably agree, but in the end, NATO still has a network that needs security measures applied to it.
I doubt that kind of induced latency would show up in ping or traceroute ICMP packets, though.
More likely is that ICMP is dumped in a small, low priority queue and the delays or latency shown there may not apply to other types of traffic. I hope the poster has verified the latency with more than just ICMP.
If you have hops
A -- B -- C xx D -- E -- F
and the link between C and D is "dirty", errors, dropping packets, delays, whatever... wouldn't those errors affect calculations on the "effective bandwidth and percent packet loss on any given hop" after that link? The DE and EF link would appear dirty, too, since you have to go through CD and something is going to get dropped, delayed, whatever...
I've never understood the reliance on these kind of tools. Maybe if you have ONE dirty link on the network, something like this will show you where the errors start popping up, but so would any basic ping or traceroute. If there are intermittent delays or errors and they only pop up on the CD link when the tool is "testing" the EF link, I'd imagine that it'd show the EF link as bad when it's actually the CD link.
Am I misunderstanding something?
Anything "different" will get you picked on in school. Red hair is the easy target.
You know how it goes; squeaky wheels get heard. I have no problems with Unity.
I like it, too. It may not be the best interface (what is?) but it's no hinderance to me.
Why does it have to be superior? Maybe it's just simply as good as something else. A different method. It's better for some organizations and not so much for others.
My opinion:
1. No one will read those emails / status updates, eventually. After reading 3 or 4 updates from the other team and realizing I have no interest in what they're doing, I'll never read another. Even though 4 weeks from now, they're going to get a new project or come across an issue I can offer some help/insight on.
2. Public speaking time is important is some organizations. Can I say what needs to be said in 60 seconds or so? Am I bumbling moron or making shit up as I go because the real brains on the project isn't here today?
If done correctly and kept focused without turning into a "meeting", then I see the benefit. It may not exist for all organizations, though.
-John
Why should there have to be deals made to watch Internet content on a box connected to my TV?