Welcome to the 21st century. DVD drives have been around since at least 1998.:) And they're dirt cheap. In fact, I just bought two to replace 3-year old ones (one stunk from the beginning and the others Dual Layer DVD recording speed was "ancient" by today's standards).
Anyway, they can be had for under $30.00 for an OEM model or $50.00 for a retail version. Get one. You'll be glad you did.
In the meantime, you can do a network install with a Fedora boot CD. Or (if your servers have USB ports) install from a USB flash drive.
I see your point, but it seems to me they should wait till the existing stores (after the closure) put the company back in the black before they begin to expand again.
I think it's probably a good bet that one could easily find more than a good handful of people that hate just about ANY company in the United States world.
No offense, but doesn't that just make sense. I bet everyone hates at least one company. It's just common sense (not specifically that they hate a business, but just the fact that they would).
If you don't hate Wal-Mart, you hate Target.
That may be true, but I'm willing to bet that the numbers of people who "hate" Target are a drop in the bucket compared to the other way around. Count me among the Wal-Mart haters. That in fact is why I just came to dislike Dell even more recently (despite the fact that they are now selling Linux boxes - albeit with next to no configuration options-).
Perhaps the only company that is universally hated is Micro$loth. That, and I haven't really heard anything too negative about Apple, so they're probably hated less,... but I'm sure you can find SOMEBODY that hates 'em!
1. I don't love or hate Microsoft. And I'm getting tired of my fellow Linux fanboys wasting their energy on "hating" them rather than using that energy to promote Linux. But that's a topic for another thread....
2. I've heard of plenty who hate Apple. Can you say iPod and DRM?:)
Circuit City was actually a whole lot better than Best Buy up to a point. Right about the time when they sided with the RI MAFIAA and tried to shove DivX down our throats!
As long as I ignored the fact that their employees didn't know squat about what they were selling (which has been - for the most part- true of both companies), I just preferred the atmosphere and layout in Best Buy stores. I almost never shopped at Circuit City and now I'd not set foot in one of their stores if they were giving stuff (I wanted) away.
Once you install Gentoo, there is no need to "upgrade" later. The way Portage works, you are constnatly upgrading. So if you had installed a previous version, you will already be "upgraded" to the latest when it comes out.
...regardless of the fact that Gentoo removed root logins or so for security purposes, the does not remove the possibility of escalated privileges for someone who shouldn't have them..
But then a sysadmin can always dictate who has sudo access and who doesn't.
And taking it a step further, sudo can also be tweaked to only allow certain commands for a particular user.
..nothing teaches you more about linux than having to choose, configure, and compile every single piece of the OS.
This is true. But the question is, does one have the patience (or the time) to wait for hundreds of megabytes of source code to compile?
Personaly, I think they were smart to come out with the Live CD install. Although it was nothing but a headache for me and I gave up. But at least they are on the right track.
That being said the real question should be how many people aside from the slashdot crowd know what the fuck Thunderbird is? Most of them blindly use outlook but they will use something for pop3. And if their server uses IMAP even better.
I think you mean Outlook Express (even geeks get this wrong - hence Mirosoft chaning it to "Window Mail" in Windows Vista).
After that I don't get what you otherwise mean. If they use Outlook [Express] they are already using POP3 (or IMAP).
Ubuntu is trying to be a Windows killer. And it could be. Wine is "good enough" with the right settings for 90% of what most people want to do coming from a Windows world. Wine is a mess. It's way behind running much of anything in the way of recent Windows software. Wine is great incentive to find Linux alternatives to Windows sotware. Not only that, but it's just butt ugly.
With beryl, good drivers, and built in FOSS apps that beat MS at every turn (Firefox > IE, Beryl > Aero, Thunderbird > Outlook, and VLC > WMP) Beryl is overkill. Frankly all I want are a few niceties like drop shadows and translucent borders. I don't need my Windows to jiggle or catch on fire(and it's not even very "good" fire at that).
I don't see anything multimedia-wise in Linux as a "Windows Killer". I'll take WMP11 and QuickTime any day over VLC, MPlayer, Totem or Xine.
it seems like the win would be fast and clear. Nobody wants Vista, especially when you have to pay. Nobody wants Vista? You really believe that?
Ubuntu comes preconfigured in a way that is over all superior to every Windows that has ever existed. It's more solid and reliable, it has four desktops (though they moronically all have the same wallpaper by default, and it happens to be shit brown) Personally they are about the same when it comes to "preconfiguaton". Ubuntu (and Fedora, SUSE, Mandriva....) comes with most of what the average joe needs to get up and running on a PC, but they still have the "multimedia problem". Windows Vista is up and running in 30 minutes (in my case). I then spent the next hour installing the sofware I wanted to satisfy my needs. The multimedia part was fine (with a quick install of QuickTime and RealPlayher).
it has a very nice user interface (though *i* and many others feel it could take some design cues from Windows 98 with regards to menu structure and some other minor details), You've got to be kidding? Windows 98?
For awesome menu structure see Windows Vista.
and it's free. Oh yeah, and it's open source, so anybody who doesn't like part of it can fix it themselves. I love reading this kind of stuff. It's as if every FLOSS fanboy on the planet assumes that everyone else is a developer too.
Guess what? Most of us Linux users (I use both Linux & Windows, for the record) will be stuck. We're not developers, we can't "fix it". We can submit bugs and be at the mercy of the people who can (provided they are interested).
Feisty could win the OS wars decisively, but given the over all FOSS community attitude towards ordinary people.... Even if the FOSS community started being "nice" the problem would remain. While Ubuntu (or SUSE, Fedora, Mandriva...) is VASTLY superior to anything from back in the Windows 98 days (you know that old OS with the "kick-ass" menus you so still find so contemporary) it's far from the level of polish of OS X or Vista.
Couple that with the fact that only one company markets OS X and only on markets Vista and anyone can see why Linux on the desktop still has a long way to go.
I love Ubuntu. It's awesome. But you know what? I feel the same way about Windows Vista.
Dual booting rocks.:-)
angrykeyboarder enterprises, d/b/a: angrykeyboarder and angrykeyboarder.com announced today it's intent to purchase the assets of Namesys, including the ReiserFS (a/k/a: Reiser3) and Reiser4 filesystems often used with Linux.
ReiserFS (a/k/a: Reiser3) will be re-branded "angryFS" while Reiser4 will be re-branded "KillaFS".
More details to follow in January 2007.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements relating to the growth of our business. Actual results may differ materially from our expected results. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from our expectations include competition, our ability to continue to attract users to a "tainted" business, general economic conditions and those economic conditions specific to the The Free Software/Open Source Community, our ability to innovate and improve monetization, and the growth of the market for infamous filesystems. More information about potential risk factors is not included in our report on Form 10-Q when we do not and never will file with the SEC.
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That's precicely why I prefer KDE to GNOME. As Linus Torvalds once said (to paraphrase) "GNOME treats uers like idiots".
And with that said, I'm off to add my $.02 to Mozilla's Bugzilla...
I'm not sure how one would track overreaction to the Novell-MS deal. ;)
I hate to burst your bubble but...
1. TinyURL does continue to redirect transparantly and
2. Any web browser would display what you saw.
The key factor being that the poster of the URL used TinyURL's new "preview" feature (which is in fact a good thing on the part of the poster).
The URL used was http://preview.tinyurl.com/3atqbt (note the "preview") part of it.
It can also be used as http://tinyurl.com/3atqbt. Both point to the same place. One just gives you an intermediate stop.
Go to http://tinyurl.com/, make the URL of your choice "tiny" and you'll be presented with both options.
Welcome to the 21st century. DVD drives have been around since at least 1998. :) And they're dirt cheap. In fact, I just bought two to replace 3-year old ones (one stunk from the beginning and the others Dual Layer DVD recording speed was "ancient" by today's standards).
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Anyway, they can be had for under $30.00 for an OEM model or $50.00 for a retail version. Get one. You'll be glad you did.
In the meantime, you can do a network install with a Fedora boot CD. Or (if your servers have USB ports) install from a USB flash drive.
Details for all options are here:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f7/en
If they're in debt spending more money (opening stores) is probably not a good idea...
How about just a supervisor? I've seen that done before. No goons, no muscle, no sidearm. Just a supervisory employee doing the escorting.
I see your point, but it seems to me they should wait till the existing stores (after the closure) put the company back in the black before they begin to expand again.
No offense, but doesn't that just make sense. I bet everyone hates at least one company. It's just common sense (not specifically that they hate a business, but just the fact that they would).
That may be true, but I'm willing to bet that the numbers of people who "hate" Target are a drop in the bucket compared to the other way around. Count me among the Wal-Mart haters. That in fact is why I just came to dislike Dell even more recently (despite the fact that they are now selling Linux boxes - albeit with next to no configuration options-).
1. I don't love or hate Microsoft. And I'm getting tired of my fellow Linux fanboys wasting their energy on "hating" them rather than using that energy to promote Linux. But that's a topic for another thread....
2. I've heard of plenty who hate Apple. Can you say iPod and DRM?
As long as I ignored the fact that their employees didn't know squat about what they were selling (which has been - for the most part- true of both companies), I just preferred the atmosphere and layout in Best Buy stores. I almost never shopped at Circuit City and now I'd not set foot in one of their stores if they were giving stuff (I wanted) away.
Yes, Circuit City is the only one of the three with executives on crack.
They lay off their best employees, then lay off more, close stores and then plan to open new ones.
WTF?
I've been in a layoff situation before where temporary security was brought on board to escort people out.
I just find that horribly degrading. Not to mention those of us who were lucky enough to stay found it pretty disgusting.
Talk about rubbing salt in the wound.
The Mozilla Organization is Non-Profit. You're confusing it with the Mozilla Corporation.
I just went to one of their mirrors and found out.
Check this out: http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/
Once you install Gentoo, there is no need to "upgrade" later. The way Portage works, you are constnatly upgrading. So if you had installed a previous version, you will already be "upgraded" to the latest when it comes out.
But then a sysadmin can always dictate who has sudo access and who doesn't.
And taking it a step further, sudo can also be tweaked to only allow certain commands for a particular user.
This is true. But the question is, does one have the patience (or the time) to wait for hundreds of megabytes of source code to compile?
Personaly, I think they were smart to come out with the Live CD install. Although it was nothing but a headache for me and I gave up. But at least they are on the right track.
I suppose that's true if you have taken an Evelyn Wood course.....
It can be done with Linux From Scratch or you can always roll your own.
As Republicans go, McCain was the best of the bunch, until he started sucking up to Shrub and the far right.
;)
But in this case, I actually liked what he had to say.
I'm still voting Democrat tho.
I think you mean Outlook Express (even geeks get this wrong - hence Mirosoft chaning it to "Window Mail" in Windows Vista).
After that I don't get what you otherwise mean. If they use Outlook [Express] they are already using POP3 (or IMAP).
I can't recall the last time I installed Windows software that didn't instruct me to close all running programs before proceeding....
Get Mr Tech's Local Install and you'll get "Remove Duplicate Messages" working just fine.
How depressing. Could HD pr0n be doomed? Sony (the major Blu-ray manufacturer) has said they won't produce pr0n disks.
PHOENIX, ARIZONA 25 December 2006
angrykeyboarder enterprises, d/b/a: angrykeyboarder and angrykeyboarder.com announced today it's intent to purchase the assets of Namesys, including the ReiserFS (a/k/a: Reiser3) and Reiser4 filesystems often used with Linux.
ReiserFS (a/k/a: Reiser3) will be re-branded "angryFS" while Reiser4 will be re-branded "KillaFS".
More details to follow in January 2007.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements relating to the growth of our business. Actual results may differ materially from our expected results. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from our expectations include competition, our ability to continue to attract users to a "tainted" business, general economic conditions and those economic conditions specific to the The Free Software/Open Source Community, our ability to innovate and improve monetization, and the growth of the market for infamous filesystems. More information about potential risk factors is not included in our report on Form 10-Q when we do not and never will file with the SEC.
Even better:
$ sudo apt-get install blubuntu-look peace-look tropic-look