Or even new. My Averatec cost $700 bucks after Staples rebate. It has an Athlon XPM-1600 (about 1.3 GHZ), 30-gig hd, 256 MB RAM (upgradable to 640), three USB slots (2.0), a regular (if somewhat smallish) keyboard, and a 1024x768 screen.
Toss in SuSE 9.0 Professional for $80, and you have a Linux laptop.
On SuSE 9.0, get into KDE (the default desktop), insert the floppy into the floppy drive, and click the floppy icon on the desktop. OOOH, feel the pain!
Colin
But can you run vi on it? Seriously, how would you edit text files on it. My Averatec cost $700 (after Staples rebates). Not only can I watch DVD's on its 12-inch screen, but I can actually do work on it, as well. At 4.3 pounds, it's not too heavy to carry around. If I worry about heat, I can also carry my laptop cooler.
Munich didn't get its Linux by downloading ISO's, it got that Linux from IBM and SuSE (now part of Novell). I suspect those companies can handle such problems.
What if an application includes a library? How can I install that as a user? And even if I can install a library somewhere in my home directory, how do I alter ld.so.conf to recognize that directory? Or can users have their own ld.co.conf files?
I suspect that few OSS programmers would have to worry about antitrust law.
And what of people who like to program? How would you prohibit them from doing so? After all, noone complains if someone who likes to work with cars repaurs them cheaply.
To the extent that I write software, it is for my own use, though when it is done I will try to share it. Do I owe these software companies my nonparticipation? No. If they can't handle it, that's too bad for them.
And if it does glorify my ego to write sofware? It's my life.
The problem (from a legal viewpoint) is that Microsoft bundles its own products (to the disadvantage of third-party vendors), whereas the Linux distributors bundle third-party products.
The average Windows user's idea of freedom is freedom from the cognitive responsibility of learning how a computer works, while Stallman idea of freedom is the freedom to do what one can one on a computer. Yep, they're radically different.
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But the thing is almost as large as my 10.5inx9.5inx1.2in 4.3lb laptop. And I didn't see a CD-RW/DVD-ROM included with the Pepper Pad.
Word processing? With that "keyboard"?
Or even new. My Averatec cost $700 bucks after Staples rebate. It has an Athlon XPM-1600 (about 1.3 GHZ), 30-gig hd, 256 MB RAM (upgradable to 640), three USB slots (2.0), a regular (if somewhat smallish) keyboard, and a 1024x768 screen.
Toss in SuSE 9.0 Professional for $80, and you have a Linux laptop.
Your sig is a bit scary, as I'm that all by myself.
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On SuSE 9.0, get into KDE (the default desktop), insert the floppy into the floppy drive, and click the floppy icon on the desktop. OOOH, feel the pain! Colin
But can you run vi on it? Seriously, how would you edit text files on it. My Averatec cost $700 (after
Staples rebates). Not only can I watch DVD's on its 12-inch screen, but I can actually do work on it, as well. At 4.3 pounds, it's not too heavy to carry around. If I worry about heat, I can also carry my laptop cooler.
And has RMS ever sent the police to compel you to license your code under the GPL? Assuming that you didn't derive it from or link to GPL code?
Hey, even the Swiss patent office had an Einstein.
Can't the US do any better?
Could you be more specific, or should we just accept you on faith?
My Harrap's has it transsexuel or transsexuelle
The woman in the dis.org jpegs isn't that cute.
Munich didn't get its Linux by downloading ISO's, it got that Linux from IBM and SuSE (now part of Novell). I suspect those companies can handle such problems.
What if an application includes a library? How can I install that as a user? And even if I can install a library somewhere in my home directory, how do I alter ld.so.conf to recognize that directory? Or can users have their own ld.co.conf files?
But will that growth rate be maintained?
At least I don't have to defrag my Linux machines.
Excuse me, but are DVD's really that fragile? I've never had that trouble with them.
But how do I insert a videotape into my laptop?
I suspect that few OSS programmers would have to worry about antitrust law.
And what of people who like to program? How would you prohibit them from doing so? After all, noone complains if someone who likes to work with cars repaurs them cheaply.
I'm not a professional programmer, so I wouldn't get paid anyway. And what evidence do you have that OSS is worse tahn proprietary software?
To the extent that I write software, it is for my own use, though when it is done I will try to share it. Do I owe these software companies my nonparticipation? No. If they can't handle it, that's too bad for them.
And if it does glorify my ego to write sofware? It's my life.
And how consistent is Microsoft between releases? Does one have the same configuration GUI's in Win XP as in Win 95?
You would switch from RedHat to Win XP because you believe the latter to be more easily configured, but you would not switch to SUSE?
Also, the problem I had with Apache was that the directories themselves lacked the proper permissions, not with Apache directly.
Also, when you use a GUI to adjust settings, is the GUI a front end for editing a text file, or does it affect the registry?
And what if you aren't running a GUI? And I have had the opposite problem. Editing smb.conf by hand was easier than using SWAT.
The problem (from a legal viewpoint) is that Microsoft bundles its own products (to the disadvantage of third-party vendors), whereas the Linux distributors bundle third-party products.
If the average Windows user were to run Linux as root, he would break it. That's why he shouldn't run as root.
I've never built a Linux distro. I just toss in the CD and install. But I do value choice.
The average Windows user's idea of freedom is freedom from the cognitive responsibility of learning how a computer works, while Stallman idea of freedom is the freedom to do what one can one on a computer. Yep, they're radically different.