Most of these are experimenting in new directions. And ext4 is backwards compatibile with ext3 which is backwards compatible with ext2 (the reverse is not true: i.e. you can't mount an ext4 filesystem with ext3).
1) I don't believe (for xine at least) that wine is neccessary for asf (wmv) playback (the windows codec dlls are required, but used by xine without wine's help) All of the various linux players use a modified version of the wine dll loader.
Everyone critices GIMP's interface and the fact that it is not MDI like Photoshop on Windows. I absolutely hate Photoshop's toolboxes !!! I'd rather have the side panels like InDesign has, so they can be easily hidden.
Support for the OpenDocument file format has been donated by INdT, Nokia's Technology Institute. Currently the OpenDocument import filter is basically complete, with support for styles, headers/footers, lists, image wrapping, text boxes, tables, footnotes/endnotes and tables of contents. OpenDocument export is planned as well and will be added during the 2.4.x series.
> How he is considered qualified to talk about the LSB when it doesn't have much of anything to do with Glibc, I don't know.
Probably because the LSB was created so that commercial binaries can run on any LSB-compatible distro. A key part of this is also related to symbol versioning in Glibc. As Ulrich is maintainer of Glibc, and as he works for Redhat which has to guarantee LSB certification, I guess he's entitle to talk about the LSB.
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Actually X.org uses very little memory: it was designed to run in 16MB (or was it 8MB ?). The memory you see being taken up by the X server can be attributed to several things: a mmaped framebuffer (if you have a 256MB videocard, the reported memory usage of X will include that), and server side shared pixmaps. It is really the applications' fault if this gets out of control.
metacity (the Gnome window manager) can be a compositing manager, but it is disabled by default (a configure switch) so that only users who know what they are doing enable it.
The Apple iTunes price of 1.49 for a single is ludicrous. Especially considering that the Euro is at $1.19 now. Haven't they considered that average European salary is less than in the US ?
You sound like a troll, but I'll bite. You don't have to tinker. You don't need to know what kernel version you're running. Get a modern distro and it will be the same thing as running your "innovative" Windows XP. You're also missing the fact that the kernel is only a small portion of the entire system. And the amount of tinkerability you have with Windows XP is nothing. You have no control on the low level stuff
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Oh my ${deity}, six hours !!! That's like AGES ago !
Most of these are experimenting in new directions. And ext4 is backwards compatibile with ext3 which is backwards compatible with ext2 (the reverse is not true: i.e. you can't mount an ext4 filesystem with ext3).
Yes, and McCarthy too.
Java != Javascript
How many times have we seen this comment...
I think they already know about it.
Actually I believe it's more along the lines of "Ignorantia legis non excusat"
No, we just have to wait for the AIGLX and DRI project to complete adding the required bits to the drivers. It's not GNOME's fault.
Everyone critices GIMP's interface and the fact that it is not MDI like Photoshop on Windows.
I absolutely hate Photoshop's toolboxes !!! I'd rather have the side panels like InDesign has, so they can be easily hidden.
Actually Google Talk is based on Jabber. Gaim is just a multiprotocol messaging client
Gaim has nothing to do with Gnome
Well, Linux started off as a geeky pursuit. I'd say it's pretty practical :)
2.4 supports import of OpenDocument: from http://www.abiword.com/release-notes/2.4.0.phtml:
OpenDocument support
Support for the OpenDocument file format has been donated by INdT, Nokia's Technology Institute. Currently the OpenDocument import filter is basically complete, with support for styles, headers/footers, lists, image wrapping, text boxes, tables, footnotes/endnotes and tables of contents. OpenDocument export is planned as well and will be added during the 2.4.x series.
> How he is considered qualified to talk about the LSB when it doesn't have much of anything to do with Glibc, I don't know.
Probably because the LSB was created so that commercial binaries can run on any LSB-compatible distro. A key part of this is also related to symbol versioning in Glibc. As Ulrich is maintainer of Glibc, and as he works for Redhat which has to guarantee LSB certification, I guess he's entitle to talk about the LSB.
I think you are referring to Firefox 1.5.
Actually X.org uses very little memory: it was designed to run in 16MB (or was it 8MB ?).
The memory you see being taken up by the X server can be attributed to several things: a mmaped framebuffer (if you have a 256MB videocard, the reported memory usage of X will include that), and server side shared pixmaps. It is really the applications' fault if this gets out of control.
> - The single best original music theme in entire film history (ta ta-ta taaaa, ta ta-taaaa...)
:)
I'm afraid that place is already taken by Ennio Morricone's The Good The Bad and The Ugly theme.
Nadir
Just use http://freepops.sourceforge.net/ which can act as a POP3 gateway to several webmails, including Hotmail, Yahoo and GMail
metacity (the Gnome window manager) can be a compositing manager, but it is disabled by default (a configure switch) so that only users who know what they are doing enable it.
In fact that is Dutch
I only wish that people in the US recognized that there is more to the world than the States.
Like 6 billion people more.
Actually, the Oracle Enterprise Manager which comes with iAS 10g says it supports Mozilla 1.4+
The Apple iTunes price of 1.49 for a single is ludicrous. Especially considering that the Euro is at $1.19 now.
Haven't they considered that average European salary is less than in the US ?
Bah
Tristan
Fact is that IE 6 doesn't even support CSS2 properly which became a W3C recommendation in 1998.
You sound like a troll, but I'll bite.
You don't have to tinker. You don't need to know what kernel version you're running. Get a modern distro and it will be the same thing as running your "innovative" Windows XP. You're also missing the fact that the kernel is only a small portion of the entire system. And the amount of tinkerability you have with Windows XP is nothing. You have no control on the low level stuff