i don't do two clicks i do one click - previously a window bar button
as to the etc: configuration is hard and unintuitive, some apps are still terribly slow and unstable: epiphany, evolution, vlc. gnome-terminal feels weird. icons disappear often from apps. sticky notes are limited in functionality/flexibility.
i want a desktop to help my work the same as you - which is why I've migrated to Linux. if a gadget helps me achieve that: color-chooser, configurable snapshot viewer, pixel-ruler, so much the better. i like the principle of choice - but that should be widened not limited. i would love to see gnome being my desktop manager of choice, since that was my first entry point into Linux, version after version I see that is not going to happen.
ages ago. that include most of the gnome apps how they've downgraded Evolution (once my fave app) - that was criminal (the stuff is still horribly unstable)
how they messed up a previously enjoyable and very functional desktop (talk about stay-on-top buttons, etc) is beyond belief.
don't these complaints haunt the developers? is it the user-base or just their own selves they've been developing for? I just wonder how many more fans have Gnome lost since.
I should have a better look into that then. I like supporting any native game for Linux, commercial or open-source. Last game I was recommended was Cube.. but haven't had a chance to test-drive it yet.
That is why the "Dark Forces" threaten *any* company that dare port their games to Linux . * Half-Life had just about been ported to Linux but then... silence.
* Tribes 2 was ported and was extremely successful, then all of a sudden - all distributors were explicitly prohibited in making more copies. Despite huge demand.
* For sometime people have been lobbying to get WarCraft ported to Linux, the current signature holds 12'000. Not only that was ignored, but the attempt to have a Linux free alternative was immediately culled.
Again and again - understand - if Linux or Apple become true gaming platform, Microsoft will lose the Desktop war for good. That is why we have the Blizzards, Vivendis and Sierras pro-actively stopping such thing from happening.
Of course they don't mind using Linux to develop game servers; free platform and stability; suits them all very fine... "thanks very much!" - they say.
So first the government forces BBC to apologize - for a news item we later find out was correct: the sexing up of the w.m.d report. And if that is not enough, now they are actually going to directly interfere who runs it? - Fire and replace those that dare challenge the Prime Minister and it's policies?
Looks like George Orwell was only but a few decades wrong in his book title.
My past experience is that the inherit problems with Windows makes it a less productive environment eventually. Security problems, Corrupted irrecoverable files, viruses, trojans, worms, and a system that decays with time - becoming slower and slower. Pure paranoia.
In Linux, sure there will be a learning curve often a long one. 1 year (?).. it all depends how persistant you are. But after that - you just can't possibly go back to using just Windows.
Now if you work with Windows files (Corel Draw, Excel Macros) or even program for Windows like i do (Visual Studio, C#) you can set an environment to make the best of both worlds. I use CrossOver/Wine (for the common MS apps), Win4Lin (for a cute embedded Win98) and Vmware (Windows XP). This way I have what it's not granted to Windows users : much choice, security and flexibility.
Most of the time I am on Linux (95%) - as I have some bad memories of Windows, also find it very boring and featureless. Take for example your Internet/File Browser. Does it come with Newsfeed? A W3C Validator? And complete FTP capabilitities? I can FTP to a site, open up a document, edit it and when I save it - it uploads the changes for me. How convenient is that? I can exchange documents between many FTP sites with much ease. What about if I right click on a file I can navigate through a series of pop-up windows displaying directories so that eventually I can click "Copy Here" or "Move Here". In Windows you have to either CTRL+C then fiddle your way through various folders and then CTRL+V Or perhaps open two Windows and drag and drop between them? Kinda Clumsy.
So its like that - much power and a lot of flexibility.
Our version of "Notepad" is so powerful, it recognizes the syntax and highlights your code be it HTML, CSS or even C#. If you are on KDE.. Kwrite allows for 80+ different language or script markups, with colour-highlight and silent error checking. Not to mention the cascading indentation trees..
Then you need Outlook to have Sticky notes. Ours work independantly, and accepts Rich Text Formatting.
The convenience of Virtual Desktop can only lend to better productivity.
Sure you probably can (given the time and resources) download all these gimmicks and add-ons from freeware and shareware sites. But God knows what you've installed with it as well.
Linux makes even Windows users more productive and they can use it for their advantage.
See it as a tool and powerful infrastructure enviroment, rather than abandoning Windows for good and joining a restrictive cult.
The possibilities are endless and I could go on and on...
Linux is very stable, much faster, more secure So don't just have Windows - have two operating systems (or more) in one. If you truly care about productivity - of course. (and security, and stability, and speed, and peace)
good picks Also I've heard Microsoft is hiring - but firing Martin Taylor - Ya know, he is just not quite aggressive enough with all these (hand-picked) "factoids".
because they somehow own it also over 60% of slashdot readers a MS users anyway. they only pretend they are into other OS ya know - it makes them look "cool"
(can you see billy gates smiling just after the slashdot logo above?... say no more)
i take it you don't waste your flops right? do you devote any of your time, energy and presence to some noble chariteable cause?
i have a feeling that despite this number-theory experiment of theirs, many of the scientists and mathematicians involved contributed more to humanity, medicine, science and education than you possibly could even in some 2^42-1 years.
Slashdot Mirror
not kwite
once one of my fave websites
if only trolling was an art -
that guy sure inspired many.
Everyone hates everything else in here - all Corporations included.
sorry i meant totem not vlc. :)
vlc never worked well anywhere / anyway
forgot to add menu-editing to my "ambiguous" etc.
thanks for listening.
i don't do two clicks
i do one click - previously a window bar button
as to the etc: configuration is hard and unintuitive, some apps are still terribly slow and unstable: epiphany, evolution, vlc. gnome-terminal feels weird. icons disappear often from apps. sticky notes are limited in functionality/flexibility.
i want a desktop to help my work the same as you - which is why I've migrated to Linux.
if a gadget helps me achieve that: color-chooser, configurable snapshot viewer, pixel-ruler, so much the better.
i like the principle of choice - but that should be widened not limited.
i would love to see gnome being my desktop manager of choice, since that was my first entry point into Linux, version after version I see that is not going to happen.
i see
so we we should disregard people's post saying that it is too heavy to run on a 128 Mb Ram machine?
ages ago.
that include most of the gnome apps
how they've downgraded Evolution (once my fave app) - that was criminal (the stuff is still horribly unstable)
how they messed up a previously enjoyable and very functional desktop (talk about stay-on-top buttons, etc) is beyond belief.
don't these complaints haunt the developers?
is it the user-base or just their own selves they've been developing for?
I just wonder how many more fans have Gnome lost since.
I should have a better look into that then. .. but haven't had a chance to test-drive it yet.
I like supporting any native game for Linux, commercial or open-source.
Last game I was recommended was Cube
xine orh stone/hitchh ikersguidetothegalaxy/images/hh_large_03.mov
mplayer --playlist
http://movies.apple.com/trailers/touc
in Linux ?
Apple - PLEASE Port these missing QT codecs.
that is the idea!
... silence.
... "thanks very much!" - they say.
That is why the "Dark Forces" threaten *any* company that dare port their games to Linux
.
* Half-Life had just about been ported to Linux but then
* Tribes 2 was ported and was extremely successful, then all of a sudden - all distributors were explicitly prohibited in making more copies. Despite huge demand.
* For sometime people have been lobbying to get WarCraft ported to Linux, the current signature holds 12'000. Not only that was ignored, but the attempt to have a Linux free alternative was immediately culled.
Again and again - understand - if Linux or Apple become true gaming platform, Microsoft will lose the Desktop war for good.
That is why we have the Blizzards, Vivendis and Sierras pro-actively stopping such thing from happening.
Of course they don't mind using Linux to develop game servers; free platform and stability; suits them all very fine
you do know any brainless zitty teenager
can have mod points power
so i wouldnt take it too personal
So first the government forces BBC to apologize - for a news item we later find out was correct:
the sexing up of the w.m.d report.
And if that is not enough, now they are actually going to directly interfere who runs it?
- Fire and replace those that dare challenge the Prime Minister and it's policies?
Looks like George Orwell was only but a few decades wrong in his book title.
I've got a Dana Alphasmart
:(
but find myself now getting more distracted by the games they've included in my combo-pack
My past experience is that the inherit problems with Windows makes it a less productive environment eventually.
.. it all depends how persistant you are.
.. Kwrite allows for 80+ different language or script markups, with colour-highlight and silent error checking. ..
...
Security problems, Corrupted irrecoverable files, viruses, trojans, worms, and a system that decays with time - becoming slower and slower. Pure paranoia.
In Linux, sure there will be a learning curve often a long one.
1 year (?)
But after that - you just can't possibly go back to using just Windows.
Now if you work with Windows files (Corel Draw, Excel Macros) or even program for Windows like i do (Visual Studio, C#)
you can set an environment to make the best of both worlds.
I use CrossOver/ Wine (for the common MS apps), Win4Lin (for a cute embedded Win98) and Vmware (Windows XP).
This way I have what it's not granted to Windows users : much choice, security and flexibility.
Most of the time I am on Linux (95%) - as I have some bad memories of Windows, also find it very boring and featureless.
Take for example your Internet/File Browser.
Does it come with Newsfeed? A W3C Validator? And complete FTP capabilitities?
I can FTP to a site, open up a document, edit it and when I save it - it uploads the changes for me.
How convenient is that?
I can exchange documents between many FTP sites with much ease.
What about if I right click on a file I can navigate through a series of pop-up windows displaying directories so that eventually I can click "Copy Here" or "Move Here".
In Windows you have to either CTRL+C then fiddle your way through various folders and then CTRL+V
Or perhaps open two Windows and drag and drop between them? Kinda Clumsy.
So its like that - much power and a lot of flexibility.
Our version of "Notepad" is so powerful, it recognizes the syntax and highlights your code be it HTML, CSS or even C#.
If you are on KDE
Not to mention the cascading indentation trees
Then you need Outlook to have Sticky notes.
Ours work independantly, and accepts Rich Text Formatting.
The convenience of Virtual Desktop can only lend to better productivity.
Sure you probably can (given the time and resources) download all these gimmicks and add-ons from freeware and shareware sites.
But God knows what you've installed with it as well.
Linux makes even Windows users more productive and they can use it for their advantage.
See it as a tool and powerful infrastructure enviroment, rather than abandoning Windows for good and joining a restrictive cult.
The possibilities are endless and I could go on and on
Linux is very stable, much faster, more secure
So don't just have Windows - have two operating systems (or more) in one.
If you truly care about productivity - of course.
(and security, and stability, and speed, and peace)
just make him King once and for all.
he already owns the Republic of Ireland.
(not to mention the unswerving loyalty of many European Subordinates)
I feel like culling someone's Corgi today.
Cheap?
I've heard they were very expensive - which was the main criticism at the time.
Has things changed now?
*BSD
Interesting.
Can you do one for Solaris as well.
Also do one for Mac OS - just for completion sakes.
Interesting Template Coward.
Master of FUDware.
good picks
:)
Also I've heard Microsoft is hiring - but firing Martin Taylor
- Ya know, he is just not quite aggressive enough with all these (hand-picked) "factoids".
Keep practising
yes there is
you are pedantically stupid
of course it is an emulator - dont be stupid.
no.
Microsoft has a strong partnership with that company.
Microsoft strongest allies uses Vmware.
I wonder if Win4Lin will be attacked though.
because they somehow own it
... say no more)
also over 60% of slashdot readers a MS users anyway.
they only pretend they are into other OS
ya know - it makes them look "cool"
(can you see billy gates smiling just after the slashdot logo above?
Parent should have been
Score:-1, Clueless
i take it you don't waste your flops right?
do you devote any of your time, energy and presence to some noble chariteable cause?
i have a feeling that despite this number-theory experiment of theirs, many of the scientists and mathematicians involved contributed more to humanity, medicine, science and education than you possibly could even in some 2^42-1 years.
The real question is what would have you answered, if you worked for Microsoft (but preferred not to get fired)?
Martin is a much better statesman for Microsoft than Bill Gates or that sweaty clown Steve Balmer.
Can I have my XP activation back now please?