I don't suppose many of you guys remember the British computer Apricot? Apricot - sort of similar to Apple? These beasts ran an almost compatible version of msdos 3.something. Well you can imagine the fun and games we had with that. The department I worked in had to spend £100.00 (sterling, mind you, not dollars) to get wordperfect to print a £ symbol. Oh for the good old days....
I was using an XP only today when my daughter asked me to show her how to use the playlist editor in WMP: I had to admit defeat. I know that there must be a simple way to do that but, hey, I'm only a programmer and linux user so what the hell would I know?
No way - I'm using Gnome right now and can cut and paste mostly anywhere. Don't use Firefox - epiphany does precisely everything I want. CUPS works well once its configured (which is a ridiculous fucking rigmarole - like, so much of their documentation is so good, its a real shame that getting to it is black magic.) No, like I said, way. This linux thing really rocks.
I, personally, like to download and compile sources. But the choice should be there - lets face it, most users can't (and shouldn't have to) be arsed about that stuff.
I'm running (well "running" may be an overstatement) GNOME 2.4 on a slowish box and it IS mind-numbingly slow to open an app. Thing is though, it seems to be very stable compared to KDE and I have grown to prefer the environment. The trick is to open Nautilus and whatever else you may want, once, at start-up and leave them open. I find that it is very capable and it will get faster with time, I'm sure..
Yeah, this thing keeps cropping-up on/. I have programmed in Java but it just cannot compete with C/C++ in speed terms (I don't know what these Java fanboys are on when they claim that they can achieve performance which matches or excedes C) Python has, as you say, thrived because of its merits and I refuse to use Java because it is so stodgy.
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I don't suppose many of you guys remember the British computer Apricot? Apricot - sort of similar to Apple? These beasts ran an almost compatible version of msdos 3.something. Well you can imagine the fun and games we had with that. The department I worked in had to spend £100.00 (sterling, mind you, not dollars) to get wordperfect to print a £ symbol. Oh for the good old days....
I'll drink to that!
I was using an XP only today when my daughter asked me to show her how to use the playlist editor in WMP: I had to admit defeat. I know that there must be a simple way to do that but, hey, I'm only a programmer and linux user so what the hell would I know?
I went to that ADULTADD site but I got impatient with th
Canadian pesos...
Nor me. What a shame.
How long before mlDonkey is hacked to enable Groove network?
Funny.
Very funny.
No way - I'm using Gnome right now and can cut and paste mostly anywhere.
Don't use Firefox - epiphany does precisely everything I want. CUPS works well once its configured (which is a ridiculous fucking rigmarole - like, so much of their documentation is so good, its a real shame that getting to it is black magic.)
No, like I said, way. This linux thing really rocks.
You see, this Hitler guy knows what he's talking about....
Far as I was aware, most mainstream USB devicesare supported.
I, personally, like to download and compile sources. But the choice should be there - lets face it, most users can't (and shouldn't have to) be arsed about that stuff.
Well put - lucid and cogent. It did need to be said - even though it appears blindingly obvious. Bravo, sir.
Spyware MUST be outlawed.
Maybe not.
What about smarter filtering software?
...how do we effectively enforce such things?
Short answer: we don't, thank god.
We don't want politicians extending their slimy tentacles onto the net. We really don't.
welcome our new musical android overlords.
I am happy using GNOME (moved from KDE)
I'm running (well "running" may be an overstatement) GNOME 2.4 on a slowish box and it IS mind-numbingly slow to open an app. Thing is though, it seems to be very stable compared to KDE and I have grown to prefer the environment.
The trick is to open Nautilus and whatever else you may want, once, at start-up and leave them open. I find that it is very capable and it will get faster with time, I'm sure..
Yeah, this thing keeps cropping-up on /.
I have programmed in Java but it just cannot compete with C/C++ in speed terms (I don't know what these Java fanboys are on when they claim that they can achieve performance which matches or excedes C)
Python has, as you say, thrived because of its merits and I refuse to use Java because it is so stodgy.
Except that in this case, you don't.
And I bet that most of them will renew.
Like what? If I pay up front for anything then I do expect to get it - and will kick up all manner of fuss if I don't. Like any normal person.
Yeah I signed up for the Duke Nukem Vapourware Assurance scheme and look where it got me....
Now that explains an awful lot of linux desktops...
It probably would cost more to take them out. Just leaving them were they are makes some sense.