If it (the PS-lookalike code) was contributed back upstream (which it doesn't have to be, but the code itself must still be available to those who download the binary in order to comply with the GPL) I do not think the GIMP developers would accept it since it then would no longer conform as it does to GNOME's Human Interface Guidelines.
From the summary: "It's a Windows XP Tablet Edition with lots of the features you'd expect on a high end slate machine." I can't get to the article so I have no idea of the specs of this and whether or not putting GNU/Linux on it would be possible or plausible.
Because of the way the Dothan (a.k.a. Pentium M) is designed and wired with the rest of the Centrino chipset, it can do more per cycle. In fact, a good rule of thumb for Pentium-M (and Dothans, likewise) is to add one GHz or so and thats the equivalently-rated Pentium 4 speed. There's a good article on Wikipedia with more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_M#Dothan
If each transceiver (i.e. WiFi card) is also a hub that transmits others' packets, what's to stop someone from hacking their card or its drivers then using them to intercept and damage others' packets in a man-in-the-middle style attack?
1. I like their HIG. It makes my programs intuitive and easy to use, letting me quickly and easily get my work done.
2. It uses GTK+. I like GTK+ much more than Qt as both a developer (more language bindings, more permissive license, better design idealogy) and user (it looks good, is easy to configure, etc.) Also, all the programs I use (Evolution, Firefox, gVim, BMP, etc.) use GTK+ and many follow, at least in part, GNOME's HIG so they are also nice and user-friendly.
3. It's a GNU project. I, for one, have only ever used one GNU utility that I didn't like, and that was GNU Emacs. Granted, I last tried it more than a year ago so it's likely a lot nicer now, but I'm already used to using Vim, and I'm too stubborn to change;-)
Anti-spyware programs wouldn't be very useful on a GNU/Linux system, since spyware is pretty much non-existent on a an entirely or almost completely Free/Open-Source operating system. Ah the beauty that is peer-review. (nVidia's drivers and Macromedia's Flash Player are the only proprietary things I've installed.)
There's a great article called Can you trust your computer? written by Richard Stallman concerning initiatives like DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) and TC (Treacherous Computing).
Maybe it's just me with a programmer's mind, but I find the GIMP's user interface to be much more intuitive than the last time I tried PS (a version 7 trial download through Wine).
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That's a very insightful post! =)
Winderz ExPee is susceptible to a lot more than that. Remember the Blaster worm ?
If it (the PS-lookalike code) was contributed back upstream (which it doesn't have to be, but the code itself must still be available to those who download the binary in order to comply with the GPL) I do not think the GIMP developers would accept it since it then would no longer conform as it does to GNOME's Human Interface Guidelines.
Just you wait and see :-)
Ummm .. Jurassic Park was written by Michael Chrichton. Get your fact straight before you make claims like this please
What the heck has he done for Sci-Fi?
From the summary: "It's a Windows XP Tablet Edition with lots of the features you'd expect on a high end slate machine." I can't get to the article so I have no idea of the specs of this and whether or not putting GNU/Linux on it would be possible or plausible.
Because of the way the Dothan (a.k.a. Pentium M) is designed and wired with the rest of the Centrino chipset, it can do more per cycle. In fact, a good rule of thumb for Pentium-M (and Dothans, likewise) is to add one GHz or so and thats the equivalently-rated Pentium 4 speed. There's a good article on Wikipedia with more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_M#Dothan
I've got a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 (120 GB, ATA/133, 8 MB cache) and it's whisper quiet and very fast.
Does this ean I can download pr0n faster? =P
Perhaps once it's not completely broken on everything that's not bog-standard x86 and when it's included and tested in the vanilla kernel tree?
You're K-9's bites are no match for my K8's bytes!
If each transceiver (i.e. WiFi card) is also a hub that transmits others' packets, what's to stop someone from hacking their card or its drivers then using them to intercept and damage others' packets in a man-in-the-middle style attack?
McGrath is the head developer of the GNU C Library, which is an absolute necessity for an entirely F/OSS system.
1. I like their HIG. It makes my programs intuitive and easy to use, letting me quickly and easily get my work done.
;-)
2. It uses GTK+. I like GTK+ much more than Qt as both a developer (more language bindings, more permissive license, better design idealogy) and user (it looks good, is easy to configure, etc.) Also, all the programs I use (Evolution, Firefox, gVim, BMP, etc.) use GTK+ and many follow, at least in part, GNOME's HIG so they are also nice and user-friendly.
3. It's a GNU project. I, for one, have only ever used one GNU utility that I didn't like, and that was GNU Emacs. Granted, I last tried it more than a year ago so it's likely a lot nicer now, but I'm already used to using Vim, and I'm too stubborn to change
...run NetBSD?
>Yeah, that's why the root shell exploit came out this week. No. That's why it was fixed so quickly.
Anti-spyware programs wouldn't be very useful on a GNU/Linux system, since spyware is pretty much non-existent on a an entirely or almost completely Free/Open-Source operating system. Ah the beauty that is peer-review. (nVidia's drivers and Macromedia's Flash Player are the only proprietary things I've installed.)
There's a great article called Can you trust your computer? written by Richard Stallman concerning initiatives like DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) and TC (Treacherous Computing).
...it's called Gaim Encryption. Add that to Jabber over SSL (overkill, probably) and I've got secure conversations with my friends and family.
Don't they offer GPG/PGP signatures for all their official source tarballs?
rpm2targz will convert the RPM into a .tar.gz file which you can then extract into /opt/ or whereever you so choose..
Grab it here
Maybe it's just me with a programmer's mind, but I find the GIMP's user interface to be much more intuitive than the last time I tried PS (a version 7 trial download through Wine).
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