It's looks very promising and hopefully it'll get to the point where installing software on Linux will be as easy as on WIndows and OSX.
What now? Installing software is a two step issue. 1) Locate the software. The major distributions have a program and/or website that will be able to do just that and find the majority of software. e.g. http://software.opensuse.org/
2) Installing will be done with most likely the same program. Do you have openSUSE 11.3 and want to install e.g. lbreakout2 Just click here
Yeah, sometimes you will need to compile the software yourself. That is however not an OS problem, but a developer problem. They decided not to package. And packaging can be done for many distro's by using e.g. https://build.opensuse.org/ where you can build against openSUSE, SLE, Debian, Fedora, RedHat, CentOS, Mandriva and Ubuntu (23 versions in total) all in one go.
The last time I needed to compile something is now about 3 years ago. I just look for something similar and use that instead.
Right now they're being investigated because they drove down the street with a microphone and recorded all the idiots shouting out their private info to anyone willing to listen... without special listening equipment! I understand making it illegal for someone to use a laser mic to listen to my private in home conversations. I expect anything that normally would not be heard outside my home to be private.
So what is the line between special and non-special listening equipment? You draw the line at special equipment. I draw the line at recording. e.g. you can sit at the table next to me and listen to what I have to say and then tell that later to the press. Using a recording device (without my consent) would be something I would be against. Yes, also for video.
The recording itself is not the main issue. It is the maintaining of all that data for all times that bothers me.
To me privacy is not about the location. Privacy, for me, is about the person. I would like to be able to expect some form of privacy even in public places. Public places are unavoidable and you can't say that you must avoid them. And why should I give up rights for any company?
Indeed it is. Remembering passwords will not protect you against your family held hostage and shot one by one if you give them the wrong or no access at all. Most likely this will not happen to get my email account.
So there will always be some sort of level at which you say "This is not worth the trouble." and forced changing of passwords WILL make them less secure. All your company security is only as strong as the weakest link, so what you must achieve is not to make the strongest link stronger (ie the nerd who changes his passwords each day) but the to make the weakest link stronger (ie the CEO and his secretary who have other things on their mind and will hand out their own password if somebody asks for it, because they need the report NOW!)
And not only the passwords. Also the different logins. Most of the time I have no power over the login. I have had First.Last@example.com, FirstLast, FLast, FirstL, Last, First, OwnCompany, RemoteCompany, Department, FTP12345, $Random and many other variations. with or without the addition of numbers.
Even then there existed something called copyright. So do they have explicit permission, because if no explicit exceptions are given, copyright is implied. The words copyright and the sign and year are a nice extra and make it easier to proof, but not needed.
Why do people keep thinking that Linux a a cheap, or free or open or whatever replacement of Windows. It isn't. And you can't copy Windows. That would mean that you have to wait till Windows does something. http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm
Linux should go its own way and if that takes down Windows, it is a nice plus. Competing with Windows should not be a direction, bceause that will be a fight that you can only loose.
He is in India. So he talks nice to India. WOW! Welcome to politics 101. I am sure he will say the opposite when he is somewhere else. That is what politicians do.
A president is still a politician. Do not think he is above any other politician, even if you might want or expect it.
Obama is a politician.That should have been enough. Unfortunately with a two party system all you can do is vote for the lesser of two evils.
What will happen is that one party tries to get out of the financial crisis. The only way to do that is by raising taxes. The other party will then gain votes by blaming the other party and start spending money like crazy. This will lead the other party to blame the other party and gain votes and do stupid things.
Just blame the other party and you will be elected every so often.
We live in a world of soundbites and voting is done by emotion. In Belgium with elections, there always are one or two websites where you can do some tests to see what party fits closest to your ideas. Yet when I ask my friends what the outcome will be the party they will vote for, the answer is always no. This because they are voting with emotion, not reasoning. http://www.euprofiler.eu/ as an example and in English
Apparently the "All" in the subject is like the "World Series" or "Miss Universe" where the location is basically not like anything the title might imply.
I am not able to select a country when I want to subscribe, When I go to the Terms of use, I get a popup that tells me "Sorry, currently our video library can only be streamed from within the United States" so I would not call this "All".
Voting for someone just because they aren't a part of the two-party system still puts me on record as having supported that person.
Aren't votes supposed to be anonymous? Only that fact that you showed up once should be on record. Not even if your vote was valid or if you voted at all. Just if you showed up and that only so you can only show up once.
Thje standard is that if things happen in public that they should be public, So the main difference I see is that it is people who do it and not a large company.
I have a battery powered alarm that listens to radio signals for the time. Also plenty of warning before the batteries go dead. This because of frequent power failures (two per year or so) and I can't sleep with a ticking clock next to me.
No forgetting to rewind. No cell phone I forgot to recharge. When I get the warning of low battery, I am still good for a month at least.
You make it sound if the money part is a bad thing. What if this is not OR/OR but AND/AND? AND he can work on a project that he is passionate about AND he earns more money.
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And then there is https://build.opensuse.org/ so developers can build easily against those major distro's.
What now? Installing software is a two step issue.
1) Locate the software. The major distributions have a program and/or website that will be able to do just that and find the majority of software. e.g. http://software.opensuse.org/
2) Installing will be done with most likely the same program. Do you have openSUSE 11.3 and want to install e.g. lbreakout2 Just click here
Yeah, sometimes you will need to compile the software yourself. That is however not an OS problem, but a developer problem. They decided not to package. And packaging can be done for many distro's by using e.g. https://build.opensuse.org/ where you can build against openSUSE, SLE, Debian, Fedora, RedHat, CentOS, Mandriva and Ubuntu (23 versions in total) all in one go.
The last time I needed to compile something is now about 3 years ago. I just look for something similar and use that instead.
Yes, let's all welcome the tyranny of the majority.
And while we're at it, the tyranny of the uninformed.
Thanks for the welcome, although about several years to late.
That can be said about almost every game out there. From boardgames, over toys to computer games.
They are not real. That is the whole purpose of them.
So what is the line between special and non-special listening equipment?
You draw the line at special equipment. I draw the line at recording. e.g. you can sit at the table next to me and listen to what I have to say and then tell that later to the press.
Using a recording device (without my consent) would be something I would be against. Yes, also for video.
The recording itself is not the main issue. It is the maintaining of all that data for all times that bothers me.
To me privacy is not about the location. Privacy, for me, is about the person. I would like to be able to expect some form of privacy even in public places. Public places are unavoidable and you can't say that you must avoid them. And why should I give up rights for any company?
Indeed it is. Remembering passwords will not protect you against your family held hostage and shot one by one if you give them the wrong or no access at all. Most likely this will not happen to get my email account.
So there will always be some sort of level at which you say "This is not worth the trouble." and forced changing of passwords WILL make them less secure. All your company security is only as strong as the weakest link, so what you must achieve is not to make the strongest link stronger (ie the nerd who changes his passwords each day) but the to make the weakest link stronger (ie the CEO and his secretary who have other things on their mind and will hand out their own password if somebody asks for it, because they need the report NOW!)
And not only the passwords. Also the different logins. Most of the time I have no power over the login. I have had First.Last@example.com, FirstLast, FLast, FirstL, Last, First, OwnCompany, RemoteCompany, Department, FTP12345, $Random and many other variations. with or without the addition of numbers.
Even then there existed something called copyright. So do they have explicit permission, because if no explicit exceptions are given, copyright is implied. The words copyright and the sign and year are a nice extra and make it easier to proof, but not needed.
Why do people keep thinking that Linux a a cheap, or free or open or whatever replacement of Windows. It isn't.
And you can't copy Windows. That would mean that you have to wait till Windows does something.
http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm
Linux should go its own way and if that takes down Windows, it is a nice plus. Competing with Windows should not be a direction, bceause that will be a fight that you can only loose.
Those were the times. If you would do that now, you will be sued out of existence and then your children will be sold for their kidneys.
He is in India. So he talks nice to India. WOW! Welcome to politics 101.
I am sure he will say the opposite when he is somewhere else. That is what politicians do.
A president is still a politician. Do not think he is above any other politician, even if you might want or expect it.
Obama is a politician.That should have been enough. Unfortunately with a two party system all you can do is vote for the lesser of two evils.
What will happen is that one party tries to get out of the financial crisis. The only way to do that is by raising taxes. The other party will then gain votes by blaming the other party and start spending money like crazy. This will lead the other party to blame the other party and gain votes and do stupid things.
Just blame the other party and you will be elected every so often.
We live in a world of soundbites and voting is done by emotion. In Belgium with elections, there always are one or two websites where you can do some tests to see what party fits closest to your ideas. Yet when I ask my friends what the outcome will be the party they will vote for, the answer is always no. This because they are voting with emotion, not reasoning. http://www.euprofiler.eu/ as an example and in English
And people wonder why shit happens in politics.
If boats can go faster than the wind, why not a wind cart?
So it should have been made much more clear that this is about down wind. OK. mentioned later, but who reads that far in a summery.
If you steal something, yes. If you COPY something, then no.
http://www.knowaguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Piracy-vs-Theft.jpg
And nothing of value was lost.
Apparently the "All" in the subject is like the "World Series" or "Miss Universe" where the location is basically not like anything the title might imply.
I am not able to select a country when I want to subscribe, When I go to the Terms of use, I get a popup that tells me "Sorry, currently our video library can only be streamed from within the United States" so I would not call this "All".
The collapse started the moment it became legal for the banks to be doing what they did.
Perhaps the viral went out too late:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BJfMPxQuiU
Aren't votes supposed to be anonymous? Only that fact that you showed up once should be on record. Not even if your vote was valid or if you voted at all. Just if you showed up and that only so you can only show up once.
Thje standard is that if things happen in public that they should be public, So the main difference I see is that it is people who do it and not a large company.
Indeed. Some things are not about financial gain, but about knowledge.
I have a battery powered alarm that listens to radio signals for the time. Also plenty of warning before the batteries go dead. This because of frequent power failures (two per year or so) and I can't sleep with a ticking clock next to me.
No forgetting to rewind. No cell phone I forgot to recharge. When I get the warning of low battery, I am still good for a month at least.
You make it sound if the money part is a bad thing.
What if this is not OR/OR but AND/AND? AND he can work on a project that he is passionate about AND he earns more money.
Please extend this to the phone companies and the postal service.
And yes, that was sarcasm.
Apple is not fighting DRM. Apple just does not want others besides themselves to have any rights.