Not that I disagree with any of your assessments, really, but CTRL+L may be the answer to this particular problem:)
Yes, that works, but where is it written? Is it possible to have a newbie find this Ctrl+L thing, or does one have to source help from a "geek?" This is one of the biggest problems with GNOME. Everything [useful] is "hidden!"
Even with it's relatively numerous releases as compared to KDE, GNOME as implemented by the "best" GNOME centric desktop (Ubuntu), sucks in my opinion, and here's why: -
It will not allow me type into the file dialog! Translation: All files *must* reside on the system. This is absurd considering that we're in the so called internet age.
I find its colors dull yet GNOME will not allow me change this.
As implemented by Ubuntu, GNOME has just too many dialog boxes, some of them redundant!
Fonts are plain ugly. I am beginning to doubt whether clear, crisp fonts are possible on Linux. In all cases beautiful desktops I have seen have been made possible on the font front by Microsoft's help!
GNOME just too slow!
GNOME still sucks with its file manager. The developers should look at KDE's Krusader and Konqueror itself for inspiration. Up to now, GNOME lacks the ability to set the default directory and cannot have more than two panes!
...then Google TV will not be very far off, though I wonder why company and government officials always decline confirming or denying so called rumors. Some like those in our [US] government will simply say "no comment!"
I have tested a number of "Internet Freedom Disks" (Live CDs), if I may call them that and have found that the best "Internet Freedom Disk" is Freespire version 1.0.13.This disk comes with everything needed to be productive on the internet nowadays.
This disk also enabled me play Yahoo! games which means Java was [properly] installed. Sound and video worked great and the fonts for the first time, looked better, though more work was still needed on this front.
One thing I did not like was the CnR warehouse for it complained about my email address being invalid and complained again that the same email address had already been used!
The other complaint I have with Freespire is the fact that I could not customize my KDE to my liking. But overall, this Freespire distro is the best I have seen for the desktop in the Linux world.
'We believe the brain increased in gray matter volume because of the huge amount or data memorized.
Did these scientists have a "control experiment" done? The very usage of the word "believe" scares me. That means that there could be another scientist who might *not* believe.
May be those brain cells grow because of the working environment these taxi drivers find themselves in. In this case, they see so much traffic in their particular work day - maybe.
I wonder whether this is a classic case of misplaced energy and effort on the part of the FSF. Why don't they (the FSF) direct their energy to improving "end user" software on free operating systems like Linux with GUIs like KDE, GNOME, XFCE etc?
I find the user experience on all these platforms to be greatly wanting! In addition, all user software I have seen on these platforms still sucks big time!
Since when has Microsoft rolled out a new operating system that is [100%] compatible with its own existing software? Even though I am no geek, I expected updated versions of existing Microsoft software to come Vista. So to me, this is expected.
Think of it: Did anyone of you expect the current version of SQL Server to simply play nice with the "new and improved" Microsoft Vista OS, with all enhancements, bell and whistles? Heck, these "enhancements" took more than 5 years to implement! Way more time than was planned. Give me a break!
Perhaps not exactly what Microsoft intended when they released the Internet Explorer Administration Kit, which allows developers to customize IE.
Microsoft should do the needful, and change the license. All those fooling around with their browser (including Google) would be stopped in their tracks. Mission accomplished - period.
Yes, I wonder who really cares. If the FAA starts making tourism such a hassle, most would be tourists will go to space via Russia, on Russian rockets that are more reliable and on the cheap! Now beat that.
A PC without an OS generally shows a black screen with "No Boot Record Found" or something like that in white letters. Are you really willing to pay $500+ for a machine that can only do that? That seems pretty absurd to me. I've never seen anybody staring at a monitor like that.
Yes I am willing, for as long as I am paying *no* Windows Tax. In that case, Knoppix and other "Live CD" distros would come to the rescue.
"Here, working should be interpreted as the actual PC being able to respond as expected to the user when switched on"
According to who? To me, a [new] PC would be considered working if on booting, it complains about the absence of an OS, then allows me to go ahead to install one of my liking. To you, I agree it is something else and that's OK.
To some US car manufacturers, their cars are advertised as working, but in some cases, the purchasing public have been disappointed.
I also have trouble with your definition of "useful work" because this is subjective.
For its part, HP contends that it is not in violation of the law because the OS is integral to the PC. 'The PC without an OS is not a product because it doesn't work,' said Alain Spitzmuller, legal affairs director for HP France.
I beg to challenge HP on this: -
A PC without an OS can actually work, by allowing the installation of another OS without much hassle. Here, working should be interpreted as the actual PC being able to respond as expected to the user when switched on, instead of displaying Windows related stuff.
What are the available Skype alternatives and how do they compare to the real Skype itself? Now that they are gonna end the `free ride' to US and Canada destinations, it ripe to begin looking at alternatives.
I totally agree with your contribution. But in my case, my dad found OpenOffice to be just ugly! "The icons are too big," he complained. Even after making them "smaller" the whole interface remained "ugly."
Then we have the long time it takes to load.
Heck even saving a simple document tales a long time.
The Gnome or GTK file dialog did not help matters at all. He found that he could not paste an HTTP link into this file dialog to have OpenOffice open the referenced file. In other words a file to be opened MUST exist on the local or mounted file system.
Its help system seemed incomplete!
There did not exist a credible alternative to Microsoft Access. The integrated database application is not friendly at all and leaves a lot to be desired.
The whole suite feels heavy to a user with an average system.
Sadly, I agree with him. OpenOffice really needs more love. It's one thing to make a free office suite available but it's another to actually get users to use it.
It's my hope that the developers will see this and create a suite that people can use. Most of them have used Word-Perfect or Microsoft Office and should not find it hard to see what we are talking about.
"According to the BBC, the American Union of Concerned Scientists has put out a statement about the misrepresentation of date and a list of such interference by the U.S. government in scientific research.
Even when the press puts such statements up for rebuttal to our president, he goes around the question, dodging it and then says "...we have a lot of work to do for the American people..."
Samsung in my "small world", has risen from a relatively unknown entity in the electronics world, to a world leader ahead of names like Sony, JVC and Toshiba.
I understand they (Samsung) are the largest manufacturers of television sets of any kind now. And their stuff is of quality. Kudos to them.
For your information, this release *finally* passes the ACID test! Now that's good news and I know that this is where most slashdotters and I will find agreement.
Slashdot Mirror
Yes, that works, but where is it written? Is it possible to have a newbie find this Ctrl+L thing, or does one have to source help from a "geek?" This is one of the biggest problems with GNOME. Everything [useful] is "hidden!"
It seems it was part of the strategy and so far, it appears to be working. Good for Microsoft.
On the other hand, I wonder what Novell will ever to right with Open Source Software.
...then Google TV will not be very far off, though I wonder why company and government officials always decline confirming or denying so called rumors. Some like those in our [US] government will simply say "no comment!"
But the US is one of the "1st world" countries, right?
"What do you expect?" "It's the 3rd world."
They need more "technical assistance" from us who are more developed.
But I am not surprised, after all the US, which is the "most technically advanced" country in the world, cannot secure its borders. But is it?
Burn that torrent and use the resulting disk as a Live CD by selecting the appropriate menu option.
It is the only disk that enables me watch CNN video, Yahoo! video, and videos on http://www.youtube.com/ and http://www.video.google.com/ and http://http//www.grouper.com with no tweaking whatsoever.
This disk also enabled me play Yahoo! games which means Java was [properly] installed. Sound and video worked great and the fonts for the first time, looked better, though more work was still needed on this front.
One thing I did not like was the CnR warehouse for it complained about my email address being invalid and complained again that the same email address had already been used!
The other complaint I have with Freespire is the fact that I could not customize my KDE to my liking. But overall, this Freespire distro is the best I have seen for the desktop in the Linux world.
Did these scientists have a "control experiment" done? The very usage of the word "believe" scares me. That means that there could be another scientist who might *not* believe.
May be those brain cells grow because of the working environment these taxi drivers find themselves in. In this case, they see so much traffic in their particular work day - maybe.
"Offer 141 doesn't exist!"
Now that sucks big time! Not good PR if you are promoting your stuff.
I find the user experience on all these platforms to be greatly wanting! In addition, all user software I have seen on these platforms still sucks big time!
Think of it: Did anyone of you expect the current version of SQL Server to simply play nice with the "new and improved" Microsoft Vista OS, with all enhancements, bell and whistles? Heck, these "enhancements" took more than 5 years to implement! Way more time than was planned. Give me a break!
Microsoft should do the needful, and change the license. All those fooling around with their browser (including Google) would be stopped in their tracks. Mission accomplished - period.
Yes, I wonder who really cares. If the FAA starts making tourism such a hassle, most would be tourists will go to space via Russia, on Russian rockets that are more reliable and on the cheap! Now beat that.
Yes I am willing, for as long as I am paying *no* Windows Tax. In that case, Knoppix and other "Live CD" distros would come to the rescue.
According to who? To me, a [new] PC would be considered working if on booting, it complains about the absence of an OS, then allows me to go ahead to install one of my liking. To you, I agree it is something else and that's OK.
To some US car manufacturers, their cars are advertised as working, but in some cases, the purchasing public have been disappointed.
I also have trouble with your definition of "useful work" because this is subjective.
http://marc.merlins.org/linux/refundday/
I beg to challenge HP on this: -
A PC without an OS can actually work, by allowing the installation of another OS without much hassle. Here, working should be interpreted as the actual PC being able to respond as expected to the user when switched on, instead of displaying Windows related stuff.
What are the available Skype alternatives and how do they compare to the real Skype itself? Now that they are gonna end the `free ride' to US and Canada destinations, it ripe to begin looking at alternatives.
Here is more about it: http://www.pkblogs.com/thegallopingbeaver/2006/03/ canadian-software-will-breakdown-great.html
Best of all, that very tool is now open source!
- There did not exist a credible alternative to Microsoft Access. The integrated database application is not friendly at all and leaves a lot to be desired.
The whole suite feels heavy to a user with an average system. Sadly, I agree with him. OpenOffice really needs more love. It's one thing to make a free office suite available but it's another to actually get users to use it.It's my hope that the developers will see this and create a suite that people can use. Most of them have used Word-Perfect or Microsoft Office and should not find it hard to see what we are talking about.
Even when the press puts such statements up for rebuttal to our president, he goes around the question, dodging it and then says "...we have a lot of work to do for the American people..."
I understand they (Samsung) are the largest manufacturers of television sets of any kind now. And their stuff is of quality. Kudos to them.
Guys, it's time to fork MySQL. I am ready [and willing] to contribute. What do you think?
http://tech.cybernetnews.com/index.php?s=Alpha%20