There's no 64-bit version for Windows or Mac OS X either. Adobe should rightfully be criticized for not having 64-bit support in Flash right now, but Linux users acting like they are the only ones left out of a 64-bit Flash is just ridiculous.
Have you paid attention to how well these teams you listed are actually doing, or are you just grouping the Sharks in there because it's a California city you've never heard of? San Jose (along with Dallas) has become one of the more successful areas the NHL expanded to in the 1990s, both business and support wise. The city of San Jose along with the rest of the Bay Area has practically embraced the team, especially since they moved to the Sharks Tank 14 years ago, and HP Pavillion is regularly at 97+% attendance for Sharks games.
ATi released the specs for their Radeon 9250 chips and older models, so open-source hackers can make our own drivers (it's also the reason why the EXA feature in 7.0 supports ATi cards right now, and not nVidia cards). IMO allowing programmers to make their own open-source drivers with the official specs would be considered a lot more "helpful to Linux" than putting out working but closed-source drivers.
Convo box? I don't see any buddy icon by the convo box. In fact, the screenshot only shows Buddy Icons in the Buddy List,and that feature has always been something that can be switched off, although it's been enabled by default in Gaim for as long as I can remember, and there's nothing that indicated that that option has been taken away. What's wrong with a little eye candy that's always been there to begin with, and that can be disabled?
Uh, no. People will instead buy a new PC/CD player/DVD player/whatever that they're told will work with their DRM'd disc (because they can't get enough of whatever the fad musician/movie of the moment is) like good little consumers.
You overestimate people's ability to think for themselves.
You know, there just might be this crazy idea that the video game and music divisions of Sony are independent of each other, and just maybe, that not all of them condone moves done by the other division. You ever think of that?
Are you sure you aren't mixing things up here? I'm pretty sure it's more often that there are 3 times as many people who say they're boycotting as there are those who actually do boycott.
Either way, there will still be a large amount of people who still buy the products and the boycott becomes moot anyway.:)
While Evince is nifty, I've noticed that it's slow loading image-heavy PDFs like the the Hardcore Gamer issues I download each month. Also, it has some serious issues of not rendering the transperancy on some images (for instance, take a look at page 17 of the HGM September issue PDF - why are there white retangles covering the other two characters there?) that don't happen in Adobe Reader. Until those issues are fixed, I'm sticking with Adobe's Reader.
Agree here. Most PC users are lazy and don't want to have to go through all the compilcated (at least to them) steps to secure their PC. They just want something to plug in and work. They also don't want to hear "education" or such from us geeks on why those expectations are unrealistic.
It's sad, but that's the way things are.
Yeah, but most of the time, people send them to mechanics to get those problems fixed, because not everybody has the time or ability to become a mechanic themselves.
Similarly, the expectation in free/open source circles that everybody that uses the software should become a programmer is a tad bit unrealistic.
My guess would be political corectness. Considering that you can't bring a nail clipper onto planes in this era of "there's no such thing as too much security", trying to sell a controller that's shaped and functions like a gun would get the manufacturer a lot of bad PR.
Wow, does that suck regarding support.
Let's just hope some more reliable companies starts producing PCs with Linux reinstalled. A first impression like this may discourage some people from looking into Linux PCs in the future.
Why the hell are you harassing chat ops? I imagine most of them aren't involved in it's programming, so why should you bother them for GPL violations when they most likely don't know what you're talking about?
What's wrong with selecting a proprietary solution if I want to, even if there is a free solution? Why force RMS's beliefs on another person if they don't care, or find the closed software able to get their job done? My neighbors use a Windows computer with proprietary software not because they like restrictions, but because it allows them to get what they want done, at a cheap price. They're not programmers, nor do they have the time to be, so software freedom is the last thing on their mind. This also means they can't easily add a feature in free software if it's missing and the maintainer has no plans to add said feature.
"You can't use this because the developer doesn't release it source, use this it's free, it won't get your job done but it's morally right according to the guy I follow, and I know it's the right way because he told me!" is of the same thinking that brought about the Inquisition, slavery and the decimation of the American Indians. People shouldn't be forced to use free software just because you say it's better for them. I'm more of the school of thought that if a person wants to use proprietary software, let them. If they're bothered by the restrictions, they'll eventually find free software anyway. If they find the work they get done with the software is more important that whether or not it's "free as in freedom", let them wallow in the restrictions. Honestly, I find people who try to force changes in others' lifestyles just because they feel the new way is more "moral" or "free" to be disgusting. Just leave people alone, and let them decide for themselves if they want free or propietary software.
Lots and lots of people. MP3 is pretty much a de facto standard for digital music files. Do a search on eMule or any other file-sharing service. Most of the music you'll find in those services is MP3. MP3 has become the word in the mainstream to describe music files, or is at least the one format most commonly associated with them. OGG may be a better technology, but that doesn't take away from the fact that MP3 is more or less another word for "digital music" for years now.
Your average desktop user does not want to compile software. Dropping to a terminal, cd pathtoapp, tar -jxvf whatever.tar.gz, cd newpath,./configure; make; make install is too much shit for a user -- and then how to uninstall? Keep the source directory there forever?
Thank you. I have a knuckleheaded Linux From Scratch-using friend who insists that somehow since Windows users have "learned" to use GUI installers, that they can easily learn how to do what you described on a command line in Linux. He just cannot grasp the idea that not all desktop users can, or want to, compile software, much less know where certain dependencies are located if./configure can't find them. Don't even ask him about his opinion on GUIs in general.
This is where Autopackage comes in. I love the idea of Autopackage; one package that can be installed on all distros without any trouble, without worrying that Distro X installs GTK in/usr/lib, but Distro Y installs it in/usr/local/lib and having to add some lengthy, hard-to-remember option to./configure. This makes installing apps on Linux easier, and thus can make Linux more attractive to the less technically-inclined.
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Thank you, I knew I wasn't the only one who thought of the SportsCenter anchor when I saw the guy's name.
There's no 64-bit version for Windows or Mac OS X either. Adobe should rightfully be criticized for not having 64-bit support in Flash right now, but Linux users acting like they are the only ones left out of a 64-bit Flash is just ridiculous.
San Jose
Have you paid attention to how well these teams you listed are actually doing, or are you just grouping the Sharks in there because it's a California city you've never heard of? San Jose (along with Dallas) has become one of the more successful areas the NHL expanded to in the 1990s, both business and support wise. The city of San Jose along with the rest of the Bay Area has practically embraced the team, especially since they moved to the Sharks Tank 14 years ago, and HP Pavillion is regularly at 97+% attendance for Sharks games.
ATi released the specs for their Radeon 9250 chips and older models, so open-source hackers can make our own drivers (it's also the reason why the EXA feature in 7.0 supports ATi cards right now, and not nVidia cards). IMO allowing programmers to make their own open-source drivers with the official specs would be considered a lot more "helpful to Linux" than putting out working but closed-source drivers.
Convo box? I don't see any buddy icon by the convo box. In fact, the screenshot only shows Buddy Icons in the Buddy List ,and that feature has always been something that can be switched off, although it's been enabled by default in Gaim for as long as I can remember, and there's nothing that indicated that that option has been taken away. What's wrong with a little eye candy that's always been there to begin with, and that can be disabled?
Has Gnome has some kind of epiphany or something?
;)
Yes it does, but it's just a web browser.
Uh, no. People will instead buy a new PC/CD player/DVD player/whatever that they're told will work with their DRM'd disc (because they can't get enough of whatever the fad musician/movie of the moment is) like good little consumers.
You overestimate people's ability to think for themselves.
You know, there just might be this crazy idea that the video game and music divisions of Sony are independent of each other, and just maybe, that not all of them condone moves done by the other division. You ever think of that?
Are you sure you aren't mixing things up here? I'm pretty sure it's more often that there are 3 times as many people who say they're boycotting as there are those who actually do boycott. Either way, there will still be a large amount of people who still buy the products and the boycott becomes moot anyway. :)
That would explain why it's so poor at rendering image transparencies as xpdf was, then.
While Evince is nifty, I've noticed that it's slow loading image-heavy PDFs like the the Hardcore Gamer issues I download each month. Also, it has some serious issues of not rendering the transperancy on some images (for instance, take a look at page 17 of the HGM September issue PDF - why are there white retangles covering the other two characters there?) that don't happen in Adobe Reader. Until those issues are fixed, I'm sticking with Adobe's Reader.
Of course it's going to be GPL. Carmack release the Quake 1 and 2 source code under the GPL, so why wouldn't he do the same for Q3?
Agree here. Most PC users are lazy and don't want to have to go through all the compilcated (at least to them) steps to secure their PC. They just want something to plug in and work. They also don't want to hear "education" or such from us geeks on why those expectations are unrealistic. It's sad, but that's the way things are.
Keep in mind you signed up for free *webspace*, not free *bandwidth*.
Yeah, but most of the time, people send them to mechanics to get those problems fixed, because not everybody has the time or ability to become a mechanic themselves.
Similarly, the expectation in free/open source circles that everybody that uses the software should become a programmer is a tad bit unrealistic.
And I would've gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for you meddling nerds and your cleaning robot!
My guess would be political corectness. Considering that you can't bring a nail clipper onto planes in this era of "there's no such thing as too much security", trying to sell a controller that's shaped and functions like a gun would get the manufacturer a lot of bad PR.
It's called Super Mario World.
Wow, does that suck regarding support. Let's just hope some more reliable companies starts producing PCs with Linux reinstalled. A first impression like this may discourage some people from looking into Linux PCs in the future.
Why the hell are you harassing chat ops? I imagine most of them aren't involved in it's programming, so why should you bother them for GPL violations when they most likely don't know what you're talking about?
What's wrong with selecting a proprietary solution if I want to, even if there is a free solution? Why force RMS's beliefs on another person if they don't care, or find the closed software able to get their job done? My neighbors use a Windows computer with proprietary software not because they like restrictions, but because it allows them to get what they want done, at a cheap price. They're not programmers, nor do they have the time to be, so software freedom is the last thing on their mind. This also means they can't easily add a feature in free software if it's missing and the maintainer has no plans to add said feature.
"You can't use this because the developer doesn't release it source, use this it's free, it won't get your job done but it's morally right according to the guy I follow, and I know it's the right way because he told me!" is of the same thinking that brought about the Inquisition, slavery and the decimation of the American Indians. People shouldn't be forced to use free software just because you say it's better for them. I'm more of the school of thought that if a person wants to use proprietary software, let them. If they're bothered by the restrictions, they'll eventually find free software anyway. If they find the work they get done with the software is more important that whether or not it's "free as in freedom", let them wallow in the restrictions. Honestly, I find people who try to force changes in others' lifestyles just because they feel the new way is more "moral" or "free" to be disgusting. Just leave people alone, and let them decide for themselves if they want free or propietary software.
*buzz*
Nope, it was from the King Features Syndicate because Mandrake is the name of one of their popular comics, Mandrake the Magician.
Macrodobe is a hilarious name, btw. I dunno why Adobe didn't think of using that name instead.
And btw who uses mp3s anymore?
Lots and lots of people. MP3 is pretty much a de facto standard for digital music files. Do a search on eMule or any other file-sharing service. Most of the music you'll find in those services is MP3. MP3 has become the word in the mainstream to describe music files, or is at least the one format most commonly associated with them. OGG may be a better technology, but that doesn't take away from the fact that MP3 is more or less another word for "digital music" for years now.
Your average desktop user does not want to compile software. Dropping to a terminal, cd pathtoapp, tar -jxvf whatever.tar.gz, cd newpath, ./configure; make; make install is too much shit for a user -- and then how to uninstall? Keep the source directory there forever?
./configure can't find them. Don't even ask him about his opinion on GUIs in general.
/usr/lib, but Distro Y installs it in /usr/local/lib and having to add some lengthy, hard-to-remember option to ./configure. This makes installing apps on Linux easier, and thus can make Linux more attractive to the less technically-inclined.
Thank you. I have a knuckleheaded Linux From Scratch-using friend who insists that somehow since Windows users have "learned" to use GUI installers, that they can easily learn how to do what you described on a command line in Linux. He just cannot grasp the idea that not all desktop users can, or want to, compile software, much less know where certain dependencies are located if
This is where Autopackage comes in. I love the idea of Autopackage; one package that can be installed on all distros without any trouble, without worrying that Distro X installs GTK in
Apparently an important factor is security
Does that mean they're removing ActiveX?