actually, while I dofnt have the link handy, there was an NYTimes article a while back about a substance that clothing could be soaked in allowing it to become rigid on contact. They were busy testing it and it seemed quite feasable
I somewhat agree, though my experiance with easy desktops is with SUSE not mandrake my experiance was the same. I only moved to debian after using an easy distro first. However, even in SUSE, I had to drop to the command line every so often and had to compile packages not easily a vailable through yast from source. The typical user is not going to do that. Hence my comment linux is not (quite) ready for the desktop for many users. However, as I said before, anyone remotely tech savvy is fine.
As for what the grandparent said, we disagree on the fact that his reqs (i.e. setting up CVS repository) were not standard user fare. The fact that he could not get KDE to work is peripheral, someone setting up a CVS repository should know to do research on the OS he chooses to it on.
ok, lets be blunt here. What youb were doing does not count as a typical end-user function. when you do enterprise style work on an OS you absolutely MUST research your OS thoroughly. That doesnt matter if its windows, linux, mac osx, os2, etc. Dont give me the "aww damn, I have to do research.....:-(".
For the typical dumb end-user linux is not ready for the desktop (as I stated in my post before), but for anyone even remotely tech savvy or in this case you and your needs, linux would have/does work admirably.
as for woody, its really not particulary difficult to get it running, you stated before that there were hardware issues in booting from the CD, perhaps the machine had other hardware issues? Anyway, I'll stop feeding the troll now, but I'll say this: if you feel that windws suited your needs better, then more power to you, but dont spread baseless anti-linux FUD
wow, seems like you didnt do research first.... I cant speak for fedora core, only played with it a little bit, but debian...
even the installer for woody (debian stable) is not particulary hard to use, but the installer for sarge (debian testing) is incredibly easy to use. The installer for testing asks like 3 questions if you arent using it in "advanced" or "expert" mode (which I usually do). Testing runs with amazing stability, and the package repository that debian has makes installation of software a cinch.
why dont you try sarge and say again the terrible installation. While I'm not sure that linux is ready for the desktop yet (general users should not have to drop into command line every so often to get things done), it certainly is capable of doing what you wanted
this comes right after bush gets re-elected. seriously though, it is kinda interesting that after a couple years of wait and see, they've suddenly decided to file these suits after bush (friend of corporations, etc) is firmly back in power
mod me down as flame-bait if you want, I just find it an interesting point, not conspiracy but it makes sense; they waited until they knew the party that would support them was going to be in power for a while before they moved.
as I said in my post below, its more showing how new/cheaper communication technologies are affecting the election and voter turnout. This article doesnt have much to do with politics (though it is interesting that more democrats seem to be using this than republicans, perhaps democrats tend to be more tech savvy?)
yet another effect of new/cheaper communication technology on getting the vote out. E-Mails/IMs/websites are nothing new these days, but I've heard about groups of volunteers getting together to use free cell minutes to make calls and now VOIP. Rock on!
I wish the US would get involved in this race to explore too, there's a problem though. The preseidencial candididate that favors space exploration the most is bush (the one thing I agree with him on). Unfortunately bush doesnt get along with our neighbors all that well. One could say that this is good, itll drive competition.
NO! This is very bad.
A cooperative effort is really needed to make space exploration a reality. We americans are faced with a serious dillema. If we have kerry space will be neglected. If we have bush our country will be neglected. On top of that, bush will not cooperate with other nations. a catch 22 it seems, eh?
"because i have lost cd's when there is a scratch on the label side"
the data is stored on the underside of the label coating. if the platic is scratched the disc can be repaired, if the label is scratched off the disc is a coaster
Slashdot Mirror
::chuckles::
not a problem man, you should check out the wild cards series though, some damn fine writing and interesting story
oh, and you can find the whole series here
I think this is the latest:
here
The now out of print but still excellent Wild Card series of novels
if you're talking about the george r. r. martin books, then they're not only back in print, but there are more of them...
perhaps they should concentrate on fixing their modern server :-P
actually, while I dofnt have the link handy, there was an NYTimes article a while back about a substance that clothing could be soaked in allowing it to become rigid on contact. They were busy testing it and it seemed quite feasable
I somewhat agree, though my experiance with easy desktops is with SUSE not mandrake my experiance was the same. I only moved to debian after using an easy distro first. However, even in SUSE, I had to drop to the command line every so often and had to compile packages not easily a vailable through yast from source. The typical user is not going to do that. Hence my comment linux is not (quite) ready for the desktop for many users. However, as I said before, anyone remotely tech savvy is fine.
As for what the grandparent said, we disagree on the fact that his reqs (i.e. setting up CVS repository) were not standard user fare. The fact that he could not get KDE to work is peripheral, someone setting up a CVS repository should know to do research on the OS he chooses to it on.
I dont know why I'm feeding the trolls....
:-(".
ok, lets be blunt here. What youb were doing does not count as a typical end-user function. when you do enterprise style work on an OS you absolutely MUST research your OS thoroughly. That doesnt matter if its windows, linux, mac osx, os2, etc. Dont give me the "aww damn, I have to do research.....
For the typical dumb end-user linux is not ready for the desktop (as I stated in my post before), but for anyone even remotely tech savvy or in this case you and your needs, linux would have/does work admirably.
as for woody, its really not particulary difficult to get it running, you stated before that there were hardware issues in booting from the CD, perhaps the machine had other hardware issues?
Anyway, I'll stop feeding the troll now, but I'll say this: if you feel that windws suited your needs better, then more power to you, but dont spread baseless anti-linux FUD
wow, seems like you didnt do research first....
I cant speak for fedora core, only played with it a little bit, but debian...
even the installer for woody (debian stable) is not particulary hard to use, but the installer for sarge (debian testing) is incredibly easy to use. The installer for testing asks like 3 questions if you arent using it in "advanced" or "expert" mode (which I usually do). Testing runs with amazing stability, and the package repository that debian has makes installation of software a cinch.
why dont you try sarge and say again the terrible installation. While I'm not sure that linux is ready for the desktop yet (general users should not have to drop into command line every so often to get things done), it certainly is capable of doing what you wanted
personally I want to see hello kitty combined with Halo. They wouldnt stand a chance
"BSD *ducks*" :-P
if BSD is dead wouldnt it be moe likely to fall than simply duck?
perhaps, but the judges that have upheld said laws/regs have been conservative...
this comes right after bush gets re-elected.
seriously though, it is kinda interesting that after a couple years of wait and see, they've suddenly decided to file these suits after bush (friend of corporations, etc) is firmly back in power
mod me down as flame-bait if you want, I just find it an interesting point, not conspiracy but it makes sense; they waited until they knew the party that would support them was going to be in power for a while before they moved.
prolly not, after all its internal research and the data released didnt tie the names to the info
as I said in my post below, its more showing how new/cheaper communication technologies are affecting the election and voter turnout. This article doesnt have much to do with politics (though it is interesting that more democrats seem to be using this than republicans, perhaps democrats tend to be more tech savvy?)
yet another effect of new/cheaper communication technology on getting the vote out. E-Mails/IMs/websites are nothing new these days, but I've heard about groups of volunteers getting together to use free cell minutes to make calls and now VOIP. Rock on!
I wish the US would get involved in this race to explore too, there's a problem though. The preseidencial candididate that favors space exploration the most is bush (the one thing I agree with him on). Unfortunately bush doesnt get along with our neighbors all that well. One could say that this is good, itll drive competition.
NO! This is very bad.
A cooperative effort is really needed to make space exploration a reality. We americans are faced with a serious dillema. If we have kerry space will be neglected. If we have bush our country will be neglected. On top of that, bush will not cooperate with other nations. a catch 22 it seems, eh?
"because i have lost cd's when there is a scratch on the label side"
the data is stored on the underside of the label coating. if the platic is scratched the disc can be repaired, if the label is scratched off the disc is a coaster
the link: here
this is for all those who for some strange reason havent seen at least one of this mans (awful and hillarious) movies
IE doesnt adhere to web standard rules as closesly as OSS browsers, therefore the errors dont make the page look as bad
isnt titan saturns 3rd moon? if so, isnt this..... yup you guessed it, "Close encounters of the third kind" ::ducks::
ah but, think of all those features your car wont have if you're in the US: slashdot article on it :-P
I am easily capable of transfering pics to my phone via bluetooth, but its stprage is rather limited
yes they did, there's a website for it here
looks pretty cool, and prolly fulfils the reqs for this article
Now he's cooling his heels in prison.
is the heat coming out his head + interest?