"Let's not make any configuration options available to the users at all! No settings, preiod. If they think they are smart enough to reconfigure the product, let them read through the source and figure out what cryptic Gconf keys they need to hack. Yeah!"
Seriously though, is forking such a good idea? I can't say I've run into too many gnome bugs (and I use it everywhere.) What gnome really needs, like a number of large-scale open-source products, is to have all the features 'finalized.' It seems that some things are just not quite finished, or some things hint at integration, yet it is not as complete as it should be. Finish the main features, then fork off that. Why not?
Hi. Though knowing how notoriously bad Dell is with Linux support, I bought an Insipiron 600m anyway.
There's gentoo running on it, and everything works. Well, I don't think the modem works, but I have never had the occasion to use it. It could be working, for all I know.
And I mean, everything from cpu frequency scaling and suspend and hibernate, to stuff like the special touchpad features and 3D, native wifi drivers, all works fine.
I use Gentoo.
Point is, it depends on what you consider 'Support'. It is in most cases possible to make any device work on any distro.. It all depends on how much tinkering you are willing to put in. With Gentoo, you do your own configuration... I don't know how much of this stuff would have been picked up by the 'auto-hardware probe' scripts that come with most binary distributions.
Finally, linux on a laptop, pre-installed! This is the ultimage geek dream come true. Linux on my Dell 600m was a PITA, but everything seems to work finally (invluding software suspend!). Let me know if you have one of em and want a.config.
I've thrown together a distro based on knoppix and DSL taht boots off a floppy disk and a 128-meg usb drive. THe floppy contains the kernel and some initrd stuff, while the usb key has the rest of the files. It boots off any usb storage device - flash drive, mp3 player, cf reader, etc.Let me know if you want a copy.
What keeps me off Windows and on Linux is not just the stability issue, or not having to restart the machine every time a trivial setting is changed, but the development tools as well. If I want to write a gui-based windows program, I have to get microsoft's high-priced development tools. On Linux, I can choose from a whole list of nifty apps, like, kdevelop, glade, qt designer, waht have you.
(And yes, I know you can get Qt for windows, but still...)
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What the heck is E3 already ??
Here is an article my friend wrote regarding SSNs and the magstripe ID cards most colleges use.
http://privacyumd.blogspot.com/
Not too familiar with how this happens, but...
If the thing uses phosphors, then would not the display be prone to burn-in ?
"Let's not make any configuration options available to the users at all! No settings, preiod. If they think they are smart enough to reconfigure the product, let them read through the source and figure out what cryptic Gconf keys they need to hack. Yeah!" Seriously though, is forking such a good idea? I can't say I've run into too many gnome bugs (and I use it everywhere.) What gnome really needs, like a number of large-scale open-source products, is to have all the features 'finalized.' It seems that some things are just not quite finished, or some things hint at integration, yet it is not as complete as it should be. Finish the main features, then fork off that. Why not?
Hi.
Though knowing how notoriously bad Dell is with Linux support, I bought an Insipiron 600m anyway.
There's gentoo running on it, and everything works. Well, I don't think the modem works, but I have never had the occasion to use it. It could be working, for all I know.
And I mean, everything from cpu frequency scaling and suspend and hibernate, to stuff like the special touchpad features and 3D, native wifi drivers, all works fine.
I use Gentoo.
Point is, it depends on what you consider 'Support'. It is in most cases possible to make any device work on any distro.. It all depends on how much tinkering you are willing to put in. With Gentoo, you do your own configuration... I don't know how much of this stuff would have been picked up by the 'auto-hardware probe' scripts that come with most binary distributions.
Can I have this thing pipe /proc into my brain?
For once, you can truly become one with your operating system.
Finally, linux on a laptop, pre-installed! This is the ultimage geek dream come true. Linux on my Dell 600m was a PITA, but everything seems to work finally (invluding software suspend!). Let me know if you have one of em and want a .config.
I've thrown together a distro based on knoppix and DSL taht boots off a floppy disk and a 128-meg usb drive. THe floppy contains the kernel and some initrd stuff, while the usb key has the rest of the files. It boots off any usb storage device - flash drive, mp3 player, cf reader, etc.Let me know if you want a copy.
What keeps me off Windows and on Linux is not just the stability issue, or not having to restart the machine every time a trivial setting is changed, but the development tools as well. If I want to write a gui-based windows program, I have to get microsoft's high-priced development tools. On Linux, I can choose from a whole list of nifty apps, like, kdevelop, glade, qt designer, waht have you. (And yes, I know you can get Qt for windows, but still...)