Sorry, you're right - there are alternatives. However, the GNU/Linux label is still reasonable, given the reliance on GNU software, and the quantity of it in most Linux systems.
The GNU core utilities form a significant portion of the operating system. There are no real alternatives, and they're not optional, or required in only some systems as nVidia's drivers are (excepting embedded systems, perhaps) - every single Linux system needs them. Without them, a computer running Linux is useless, not just for your work-specific requirements, but for everything. Without them, the operating system wouldn't operate.
That may be true, but none of the software made by Adobe, Blizzard, etc., is an integral part of the operating system. Removing Photoshop or WoW or whatever is not going to render your system totally useless. Taking away the GNU tools from a Linux-based system would.
Stallman's request for systems that use both the Linux kernel and GNU software to be called GNU/Linux does not sound that unreasonable to me. Take away either one and you're not going to be able to do much.
It actually says 2 remote holes in the base installation in more than 10 years. If you want a full list of all the vulnerabilities in OpenBSD ever, you can count them all here: http://openbsd.org/errata41.html
Ah yes. This sounds a lot like my 'electronic patent-nulling system'. You can license it from me, if you like. Does AU$500/user/year sound reasonable?:)
Christianity is about Christ, grace, forgiveness, mercy, redemption, love, self-sacrifice, and all very, very best things. Christ is the Son of God, and God is Love. "Love seeketh not after her own." It's treating others the way would love to be treated. It's about giving yourself up so that someone else might be saved.
Does that really describe Microsoft, a profit-driven organization that thrives on foistering buggy, self-aggrandizing, unnecessary awful software on people for ridiculous prices, and lying about it, and bullying everyone else into submission, and trying to trap people into giving them money?
That sounds much more like Satan than Christ to me.
Choice magazine does unbiased, in-depth reviews, comparisons and evaluations, although from what I've seen so far their software reviews are more consumer oriented.
My sister bought me a Compaq laptop mid last year, and it came with a recovery DVD and and XP Home install CD. I installed the copy of XP that came with it on my parents' PC and it activated flawlessly. I nuked my laptop's hard disk and installed linux pretty much straight away, but I wonder if I could have had 2 activated copies of Windows if I hadn't.
Disappointingly, it appears you were not using a Microsoft Certified dictionary. PC World is just using the term 'innovative' as defined by the Microsoft Standard American Dictionary.
innovative (in-no-va-tive) adjective: Bigger, buggier, and more expensive than the last fifteen versions. May incorporate slight cosmetic enhancements and added minor functionality. Example: Microsoft Office is more innovative than any of its competitors.
Well, unless that vending machine can also print magical diamond-toothed attachments for its books that are capable of burrowing through the earth to me in rural Australia, I wouldn't worry about lulu.com shriveling up and dying just yet.
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Google Video: http://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=-166095 432964105847&q=good+bad+copy&total=254&start=0&num =10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
I know how you feel.. simple acronyms and software titles are beyond me too.
Sorry, you're right - there are alternatives. However, the GNU/Linux label is still reasonable, given the reliance on GNU software, and the quantity of it in most Linux systems.
OK, I'll have one more go. :)
The GNU core utilities form a significant portion of the operating system. There are no real alternatives, and they're not optional, or required in only some systems as nVidia's drivers are (excepting embedded systems, perhaps) - every single Linux system needs them. Without them, a computer running Linux is useless, not just for your work-specific requirements, but for everything. Without them, the operating system wouldn't operate.
That may be true, but none of the software made by Adobe, Blizzard, etc., is an integral part of the operating system. Removing Photoshop or WoW or whatever is not going to render your system totally useless. Taking away the GNU tools from a Linux-based system would.
It is trivial, but he does have a point.
Stallman's request for systems that use both the Linux kernel and GNU software to be called GNU/Linux does not sound that unreasonable to me. Take away either one and you're not going to be able to do much.
I just don't get the outrage.
It actually says 2 remote holes in the base installation in more than 10 years. If you want a full list of all the vulnerabilities in OpenBSD ever, you can count them all here: http://openbsd.org/errata41.html
Have fun.
Ah yes. This sounds a lot like my 'electronic patent-nulling system'. You can license it from me, if you like. Does AU$500/user/year sound reasonable? :)
Actually, the Pixel demonstration is unlimited, but it watermarks every image you open (and there's a nag screen).
I can't wait for the top 10 'Top 10 Firefox Extension' list.
Christianity is about Christ, grace, forgiveness, mercy, redemption, love, self-sacrifice, and all very, very best things. Christ is the Son of God, and God is Love. "Love seeketh not after her own." It's treating others the way would love to be treated. It's about giving yourself up so that someone else might be saved.
Does that really describe Microsoft, a profit-driven organization that thrives on foistering buggy, self-aggrandizing, unnecessary awful software on people for ridiculous prices, and lying about it, and bullying everyone else into submission, and trying to trap people into giving them money?
That sounds much more like Satan than Christ to me.
=)
Hello, do you have a long lost brother? I think we were seperated at birth.
I get my own sent Gmail mail through POP, and always have.
Let the corny puns begin!
Thank goodness I resisted buying a Dell!
Next time, I will RTFA. I promise.
Noo! What will happen to the GNU Foundation's war on .doc?!
Choice magazine does unbiased, in-depth reviews, comparisons and evaluations, although from what I've seen so far their software reviews are more consumer oriented.
Yeah! It would fire chair-torpedoes and be manned by screaming, sweaty orangutans.
Failing that, they could just crash into it.
Thanks! Now I can read it - it was just gibberish before. I though you must have been pounding on the keyboard or something.
Isn't the FTP client that ships with Windows based heavily on the FreeBSD ftp code?
My sister bought me a Compaq laptop mid last year, and it came with a recovery DVD and and XP Home install CD. I installed the copy of XP that came with it on my parents' PC and it activated flawlessly. I nuked my laptop's hard disk and installed linux pretty much straight away, but I wonder if I could have had 2 activated copies of Windows if I hadn't.
Anyone who wastes doubleplusgood Victory coffee is probably a Eurasian spy anyway.
Right, but you have to reboot to enable it.
=)
Well, unless that vending machine can also print magical diamond-toothed attachments for its books that are capable of burrowing through the earth to me in rural Australia, I wouldn't worry about lulu.com shriveling up and dying just yet.