"KDE already runs on Cygwin on Windows. KDE is based on Qt, Qt now has been released GPL for Windows, so does that mean that I might be able to run KDE or any of it's apps, without Cygwin, on Windows?"
For the most part, yes. There probably are some more low level stuff that would require Cygwin for a while till a native version of some code is written to replace it. Also KWin for the most part probably would be useless on Windows.
I doubt KOffice will do better on Windows than OO.org, KOffice's main advantage is its tight integration with KDE, allowing it to use all of KDE's features like KIO Slaves (making it fully network transparent). KOffice is also much lighter than OO.org, though it suffers because its lacking a few important features, but for most people they would never notice.
KDE isn't X Server dependent, QT/X11 is X Server dependant. I have used KDE-CygWin on windows a couple years ago, it's development slowed down while QT/X11 was being ported to Windows, but for the most part it was very impressive. Some of the more linux like system calls may have to be done by CygWin for a while, but for the most part they shouldn't have any sort of problems finishing the porting now.
Though ISP's like comcast DONT require authentication (and authentication doesn't work that well for users like me who WANT it), they allow you to spoof your e-mail address, and I don't believe they have and caps on e-mails.
Well I haven't seen anything that bad (cause I don't watch that much of 'On Demand'), somethings don't have ANY commercials at all (like I remember some anime didn't have any at all), some have 1 or 2 commercials (like Strangers With Candy had like 2 for Comedy Central shows).
The biggest problem with On Demand for TV shows is the HORRIBLE selection, your lucky if they have 2 episodes of a show.
Though I think the movies are a bit better on like HBO and Starz (it has a 'z' right?), cause often there are a load of them, and most movies are only 1 thing you have to watch to see it all.
So unless comcast makes their collection of shows MUCH larger, it will be a crappy system. If they do put most shows & episodes in it, then even if the ads are in it the same way they are in normal TV it would be OK with me (they DO have to make money, you know?).
I don't mind the restrictions on TV, but DVD movies are a WHOLE different thing (I hate having to see the companies logo, and all the legal bs EVERY time).
Linux has used hardware features to protect against buffer overflows since LONG before sp2 came out. Linux also uses software protection to protect against buffer overflows (i.e. Execution-Shield).
If you don't like adware/spyware don't use IE (use FF/Mozilla/non-free Opera), and make sure you don't install any programs that have it bundled with them.
Linux has for a good while. It also has 'Execute-Shield' which also makes buffer overflows much harder (implemented in software, and I believe works on more than just x86/x86_64).
You can rely on Microsoft to provide updates? Did you forget their web page they had of bug they refused to fix (before it got too long), like the whole little domain spoofing ability?
By that definition a browser IS an OS for web based applications (exactly what he mentioned). He probably was meaning OS as in a system in which stuff operates, rather than what you normally think of as an Operating System.
(Like when some people say Emacs is an OS)
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For 1 you can set that if you install the firefox tab options extensions (which is probably just a front end to about:config).
I don't know about 2, since I use Konqueror primarily, for Konqueror you just go to Tools -> Crashes -> and the click a date (saying its ever even crashed, my list is empty cause its never crashed so I can't test it)
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Yes, thats why having the W3C compliance logo at the bottom of your page is not as important as it rendering correctly in all browsers (testing on IE, and Firefox should be enough, but also testing on other browsers like Konqueror and Opera is even better).
HIV is exactly the same, it use to be in monkeys, but at some point it crossed over into humans (i don't want to know how...), and then mutated into what it is now. It wasn't at all deadly to monkeys, it could be that way at first in humans, then come out of no where.
Maybe write a little Kommander application that is opened instead of wine, which warns you about it (you could create a white-list of stuff you don't want to be warned about), and if you click yes it will do mostly 'wine %s' and open the program with wine.
You could also create links directly to 'wine APP' for stuff that you often use w/ WINE.
Wow! Thanks for that link! That site is awesome! It's amazing what you can accomplish using pure CSS magic!
Too bad IE still doesn't support all of CSS1 even:-(. So much stuff you can't do without making it look broken to IE users (though I guess you could check the user agent string via PHP and modify the page based on that...
Again, thanks for the link! Everyone whos into webdesign should be forced to read that site before they start ruining the Internet.
"since the traffic is directly addressed to the internal network it will bypass the NAT system completely."
Since home routers use private network addresses (such as 192.168.x.y), if anyone on the internet sends out a packet your internal IP address it will be dropped by the first router it encounters because it will be unroutable. An ISP's router would have to be grossly misconfigured to allow it to move about (plus statistically very unlikely that it would ever happy, so unlikely that it can be ignored completely).
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"KDE already runs on Cygwin on Windows. KDE is based on Qt, Qt now has been released GPL for Windows, so does that mean that I might be able to run KDE or any of it's apps, without Cygwin, on Windows?"
For the most part, yes. There probably are some more low level stuff that would require Cygwin for a while till a native version of some code is written to replace it. Also KWin for the most part probably would be useless on Windows.
I doubt KOffice will do better on Windows than OO.org, KOffice's main advantage is its tight integration with KDE, allowing it to use all of KDE's features like KIO Slaves (making it fully network transparent). KOffice is also much lighter than OO.org, though it suffers because its lacking a few important features, but for most people they would never notice.
KDE isn't X Server dependent, QT/X11 is X Server dependant. I have used KDE-CygWin on windows a couple years ago, it's development slowed down while QT/X11 was being ported to Windows, but for the most part it was very impressive. Some of the more linux like system calls may have to be done by CygWin for a while, but for the most part they shouldn't have any sort of problems finishing the porting now.
Though ISP's like comcast DONT require authentication (and authentication doesn't work that well for users like me who WANT it), they allow you to spoof your e-mail address, and I don't believe they have and caps on e-mails.
Except its not GPL, its CDDL.
Oops? Yeah, I thought so.
Touch screens are far inferior to mice (think of the amount of movement you have to do).
Its a TV show... now wish to go back to the good old days where it was just Over Clocking
Well I haven't seen anything that bad (cause I don't watch that much of 'On Demand'), somethings don't have ANY commercials at all (like I remember some anime didn't have any at all), some have 1 or 2 commercials (like Strangers With Candy had like 2 for Comedy Central shows).
The biggest problem with On Demand for TV shows is the HORRIBLE selection, your lucky if they have 2 episodes of a show.
Though I think the movies are a bit better on like HBO and Starz (it has a 'z' right?), cause often there are a load of them, and most movies are only 1 thing you have to watch to see it all.
So unless comcast makes their collection of shows MUCH larger, it will be a crappy system. If they do put most shows & episodes in it, then even if the ads are in it the same way they are in normal TV it would be OK with me (they DO have to make money, you know?).
I don't mind the restrictions on TV, but DVD movies are a WHOLE different thing (I hate having to see the companies logo, and all the legal bs EVERY time).
Linux has used hardware features to protect against buffer overflows since LONG before sp2 came out. Linux also uses software protection to protect against buffer overflows (i.e. Execution-Shield).
If you don't like adware/spyware don't use IE (use FF/Mozilla/non-free Opera), and make sure you don't install any programs that have it bundled with them.
Linux has for a good while. It also has 'Execute-Shield' which also makes buffer overflows much harder (implemented in software, and I believe works on more than just x86/x86_64).
You can rely on Microsoft to provide updates? Did you forget their web page they had of bug they refused to fix (before it got too long), like the whole little domain spoofing ability?
I think Dell is just good at picking the worst possible hardware for their PCs.
If you got a common model though you can often find info on google on how to set it up to work on most any distro (if its possible).
By that definition a browser IS an OS for web based applications (exactly what he mentioned). He probably was meaning OS as in a system in which stuff operates, rather than what you normally think of as an Operating System.
(Like when some people say Emacs is an OS)
For 1 you can set that if you install the firefox tab options extensions (which is probably just a front end to about:config).
I don't know about 2, since I use Konqueror primarily, for Konqueror you just go to Tools -> Crashes -> and the click a date (saying its ever even crashed, my list is empty cause its never crashed so I can't test it)
Yes, thats why having the W3C compliance logo at the bottom of your page is not as important as it rendering correctly in all browsers (testing on IE, and Firefox should be enough, but also testing on other browsers like Konqueror and Opera is even better).
IE reinforces his revenue stream, long as people are dependant on IE, they will most likely stay with Windows.
Don't forget the ISP Speakeasy (there was a slashdot article on it yesterday).
All we need now is a huge name OEM preloading FireFox onto computers and setting it as the default browser.
HIV is exactly the same, it use to be in monkeys, but at some point it crossed over into humans (i don't want to know how...), and then mutated into what it is now. It wasn't at all deadly to monkeys, it could be that way at first in humans, then come out of no where.
Maybe write a little Kommander application that is opened instead of wine, which warns you about it (you could create a white-list of stuff you don't want to be warned about), and if you click yes it will do mostly 'wine %s' and open the program with wine.
You could also create links directly to 'wine APP' for stuff that you often use w/ WINE.
From what I've learned, the one child law isn't really enforced in 'farming communities' and the like, but IS enforced in the cities.
that should be 'Not mass, weight.'
GOTTA LOVE TYPOS!
Now mass, weight.
Mass never changes.
I think he meant how the DNS servers are updated.
"(an example here)"
:-(. So much stuff you can't do without making it look broken to IE users (though I guess you could check the user agent string via PHP and modify the page based on that...
Wow! Thanks for that link! That site is awesome! It's amazing what you can accomplish using pure CSS magic!
Too bad IE still doesn't support all of CSS1 even
Again, thanks for the link! Everyone whos into webdesign should be forced to read that site before they start ruining the Internet.
"since the traffic is directly addressed to the internal network it will bypass the NAT system completely."
Since home routers use private network addresses (such as 192.168.x.y), if anyone on the internet sends out a packet your internal IP address it will be dropped by the first router it encounters because it will be unroutable. An ISP's router would have to be grossly misconfigured to allow it to move about (plus statistically very unlikely that it would ever happy, so unlikely that it can be ignored completely).