This is exactly what Microsoft would like to do with Treacherous Computing, although the issue would cover things like security from the user rather than for the user.
No matter how many times that FUD is introduced here, people forget that GCC bootstrapped itself, and I'm sure it gives you directions somewhere on how to bootstrap it yourself as well. Writing a simple C compiler in Assembly and "compiling" the Assembly by hand is very possible if you need that degree of paranoia distinguished.
If Gnome and KDE are too resource-intensive for that computer, just use Xubuntu. It comes with Xfce 4.4, a very light and powerful desktop environment. IIRC, DSL uses Xfce as well. If that doesn't work, just install Fluxbox or Blackbox.
Considering that Ubuntu is free (in both ways) and includes a firewall (the Linux kernel has a very powerful and versatile one built in), I think she saved money with Ubuntu.
If Sony's hardware history has anything to say about it, yes, it will run Linux. I'm running Linux on a Sony Vaio notebook, and this particular one has been running smoothly for over a year now.
I know that the SIMD-like instructions won't help a web browser in performance (video encoding, definitely), but I'm pretty sure that both x86_64 and IA64 added more than just 64-bit registers and stacks; they added even more available instructions including ones that take advantage of the 64-bit registers and stacks (e.g. native quad-words). Since x86's history includes elegant hacks to deal with backwards compatibility all the way back to 8-bit processing, I'm sure that 64-bit mode includes more hacks to continue working the way it does (an update to ModR/M, SIB, etc.).
I don't know if this helps, but in Konqueror, the "Location" menu (what is normally the "File" menu in many programs) has options to "Open in foo" where foo are all your installed browsers. For example, mine shows that I can view in Firefox or Lynx (!) since I have them installed.
Virtualization is just re-inventing the mainframe by your argument. Mainframes were modular, and you had them custom-designed to focus on any specific purposes you had.
People like you are the reason why he wants net neutrality! When you clog up the pipes by sending him internets all the time, of course he's going to demand that it stops.
Congress does have an attendance policy. According to the Constitution, they have to meet at least once a year.
*ahem* Anyhow, Illinois has this nice little part of their Constitution that states that all bills must cover only a single logical subject matter (i.e. no riders allowed), and it works out very nicely around here. Maybe something like that will help the US Congress immensely.
Say hello to the Speaker of the House, Representative Dennis Hastert (R, IL). He's been the Speaker since 1999, so the only way for him to go bye-bye is to vote someone else in the 14th District of Illinois (somewhere west of Chicago in farmland basically) or to get a Democrat majority in the House.
Slashdot Mirror
It's a well-known fact that Microsoft has no influence on MSNBC nowadays.
This is exactly what Microsoft would like to do with Treacherous Computing, although the issue would cover things like security from the user rather than for the user.
Something called "copyright"...
Yeah, 4 kWh is 14.4 joules (or about .0034 food calories). You consume more energy in a spec of sugar...
No matter how many times that FUD is introduced here, people forget that GCC bootstrapped itself, and I'm sure it gives you directions somewhere on how to bootstrap it yourself as well. Writing a simple C compiler in Assembly and "compiling" the Assembly by hand is very possible if you need that degree of paranoia distinguished.
At this point, even Debian has a more reliable release schedule!
GF also has meaning in videogames (e.g. Guardian Force from Finaly Fantasy VIII), but Wikipedia has several different meanings for GF.
If Gnome and KDE are too resource-intensive for that computer, just use Xubuntu. It comes with Xfce 4.4, a very light and powerful desktop environment. IIRC, DSL uses Xfce as well. If that doesn't work, just install Fluxbox or Blackbox.
Considering that Ubuntu is free (in both ways) and includes a firewall (the Linux kernel has a very powerful and versatile one built in), I think she saved money with Ubuntu.
If Sony's hardware history has anything to say about it, yes, it will run Linux. I'm running Linux on a Sony Vaio notebook, and this particular one has been running smoothly for over a year now.
He's talking about patents behind Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. Licensing of both might conflict with each other (anti-competitive clauses for one).
I know that the SIMD-like instructions won't help a web browser in performance (video encoding, definitely), but I'm pretty sure that both x86_64 and IA64 added more than just 64-bit registers and stacks; they added even more available instructions including ones that take advantage of the 64-bit registers and stacks (e.g. native quad-words). Since x86's history includes elegant hacks to deal with backwards compatibility all the way back to 8-bit processing, I'm sure that 64-bit mode includes more hacks to continue working the way it does (an update to ModR/M, SIB, etc.).
AdBlock is included by default in Konqueror now, and since Opera has a similar install base, I don't think they'd get in trouble for doing it.
I don't know if this helps, but in Konqueror, the "Location" menu (what is normally the "File" menu in many programs) has options to "Open in foo" where foo are all your installed browsers. For example, mine shows that I can view in Firefox or Lynx (!) since I have them installed.
Virtualization is just re-inventing the mainframe by your argument. Mainframes were modular, and you had them custom-designed to focus on any specific purposes you had.
Wait, you mean that prepend isn't a word?
I'm pretty sure marketing drones already know that sex sells, but I still like your idea better than their sad attempts.
Because the first sentence ends in a verb, and the second sentence doesn't. It's basically a split infinitive, but the second half is missing.
You can burn music from iTMS. That's the only argument I've ever heard supporting its success despite DRM.
No, wrong System. I'm pretty sure the system in question was Neo's circulatory system as he went into some sort of shock.
I thought that the PS3 was going to be running Linux in the first place.
Ah, another question that can be answered by Wikipedia. Maybe Congress should read it?
People like you are the reason why he wants net neutrality! When you clog up the pipes by sending him internets all the time, of course he's going to demand that it stops.
Congress does have an attendance policy. According to the Constitution, they have to meet at least once a year.
*ahem* Anyhow, Illinois has this nice little part of their Constitution that states that all bills must cover only a single logical subject matter (i.e. no riders allowed), and it works out very nicely around here. Maybe something like that will help the US Congress immensely.
Say hello to the Speaker of the House, Representative Dennis Hastert (R, IL). He's been the Speaker since 1999, so the only way for him to go bye-bye is to vote someone else in the 14th District of Illinois (somewhere west of Chicago in farmland basically) or to get a Democrat majority in the House.