"VMware is not open-source, and is pretty expensive if you need more than the basics. However it's well-supported in most circles, and its paid-license-support gets it past the PHB hurdle."
KVM is to VMware what Sendmail is to Exchange, not a drop in replacement in 99% of what people are expecting out a VM product.
Xen is tainted by its association with Citrix to me, but I wish there would be more support for Virtualbox (also tainted by corporate association, of course) since that is the most n00b friendly virtualization software and should be used in place of VMWare Player/Workstation/Fusion in most instances IMHO.
It's worth a bit more but worth it. The cumulative benefit of the system is great, considering you can add nodes easily once its in place and sync or not sync. Especially awesome when combined with MusicIP.
TFA looks like a troll. There are actually a lot of devices out there which meet the criteria.
If you're conscious about price and have lax wireless security get find a linksys wmls11b on line. For $30-40 it can't be beat!
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I was paying $50 for 3Mb DSL, which only negotiated at 1.7Mb on my router. The only other mainstream alternative was TimeWarner, who doesn't sell naked cable (i.e. you need their "extended basic" service for $45 before you can get Internet service), so I thought I was screwed.
However I was able to get Earthlink 8Mb for $75 with unlimited long distance and various other stuff.
I was worried the low speed negotiation that hampered Verizon would continue when I switched to Earthlink, but I get 750Kb downloads consistently, so that wasn't the case.
I have Earthlink's DNS crap and the slight double click on the phone when I first pick up, but other than that, the service has been stellar.
The difference for me was the response on some sites like Youtube and the ability to stream radio stations without interruption.
Let's face it broadband in the US is going to be intermittently crappy for our lifetime. It's in the hands of companies who don't give a hoot about anything but their own short term goals.
Any solution wherever you are will only temporarily solve the problem.
Outlook integration isn't quite as seamless as it could be; you still have to link folders to Sharepoints, etc. The tremendous number of needless changes in the way servers/users are managed will slow the adoption of E2007. The powershell fetish ui alone will keep any number small network admins from using it as long as 2003 still works.
"... this is one of the most significant Ubuntu releases in a while."
Significant and Ubuntu release, shouldn't be used in the same sentence, until they get off the six month treadmill. Until then there's only "works for me" latest release and the older YMMV releases.
In one month any bugs in Gutsy are for the ages and !hoary becomes the new golden child.
All modern operating systems are still struggling to catch up to the Atari 800. Even now it sits impenetrable with layer one security from both the Internet and power grid in my closet!
1. Infiltrate key positions on BSG 2. Occasionally let BSG inflict tremendous damage for no real reason (Resurrection Ship, Base Star, etc.) 3. Infiltrate even more key positions on ship and acquire nuclear weapons 4. Establish almost complete information asymmetry 5. ????? 6. Profit (the producers of course)
Boredom by it's very nature gives the creator time to think of what would be a worthwhile endeavor.
On the other hand, deadlines cause editors to pontificate on the obvious because they have editorials to write, news aggregator sites to point to lame articles because they have quotas to fill, and so on.
It's pretty clear that the way Gnome is funded is part of it's problem. It's exactly do the fact of how Gnome is funded that:
a) it doesn't actively compete with KDE because it's got the inside track, so it doesn't have to try as hard, because there's no active evaluation of it's worth opposite KDE by most of the big distributions.
b) it stagnates in some areas where the corporate backers' ideas conflict with each other, like moving beyond C.
c) there are a fair number of people on the project who are clearly not interested in it as they once were and work on it part time while indulging in all sorts of unrelated side projects.
I actually think Gnome would greatly benefit from a shake up in it's funding, for the benefit of all. IMHO the leadership is too conflicted and complacent to make a desktop that can truly challenge the commercial offerings.
Not really. The developers wonder why Linux isn't making any progress as a desktop OS, and users know why Linux isn't making any progress as a desktop OS. Slightly different in this case.
Well, if it's on a case by case basis, then Gnome did indeed win the desktop war... For you, but it lost with me. I'm not saying that Gnome doesn't have it's pluses or have it's fans, but in terms of saying anything in Linux has won the desktop war, there's no denying that Linux isn't making much progress in this area.
The root of what this story is about is SLED 10, which obviously didn't go anywhere in terms of desktop market share despite a massive investment from one of the premier Linux vendors, thus necessitating monies from Bill.
The fact that Havoc Pennington, Nat Friedman, Jeff Waugh and various other muck-a-mucks at commercial vendors choose Gnome over KDE doesn't amount to a hill of beans as long as there's no real progress on the desktop front, and KDE development continues. Declaring Gnome the winner because people still shovel money into it, is simply not accurate at this point.
Gnome will be winning the desktop wars when Linux starts winning the desktop wars, and there are no signs that we're even making any progress in this area. As much as Linux is growing, the fact that companies are writing more apps in GTK isn't a sign of Gnome's superiority or even progress in this area as it's still mostly servers and specialty machines.
KDE or Gnome it doesn't matter. They maybe the leper with the most fingers, but they still can't wipe their ass. Whether companies choose to ship Gnome as the default desktop or not it makes no difference, because none of them are succeeding on the merits of being a general purpose desktop OS.
When I first saw this, I though oh cool something informative that I can forward to users during spam outbreaks. Then I saw it was a vague graph that doesn't show up under Firefox. I wondered would it show up on Slashdot, based on the premise of coolness, even though it sucks rocks?
"There were plenty of real-world examples from people who wanted to deploy Ubuntu in their company but would have to create custom install-images to change the default."
Sir, I'd like permission to deploy Ubuntu Warty Warthog, a three month old distribution crafted from unstable and experimental packages in Debian.
Sure go ahead, it's about time we updated the machines in the ICU. Hey wait a minute, what's that on logon screen?
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"VMware is not open-source, and is pretty expensive if you need more than the basics. However it's well-supported in most circles, and its paid-license-support gets it past the PHB hurdle."
KVM is to VMware what Sendmail is to Exchange, not a drop in replacement in 99% of what people are expecting out a VM product.
Xen is tainted by its association with Citrix to me, but I wish there would be more support for Virtualbox (also tainted by corporate association, of course) since that is the most n00b friendly virtualization software and should be used in place of VMWare Player/Workstation/Fusion in most instances IMHO.
It's worth a bit more but worth it. The cumulative benefit of the system is great, considering you can add nodes easily once its in place and sync or not sync. Especially awesome when combined with MusicIP.
TFA looks like a troll. There are actually a lot of devices out there which meet the criteria.
If you're conscious about price and have lax wireless security get find a linksys wmls11b on line. For $30-40 it can't be beat!
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From New York City, inside the "speed zone"
I was paying $50 for 3Mb DSL, which only negotiated at 1.7Mb on my router. The only other mainstream alternative was TimeWarner, who doesn't sell naked cable (i.e. you need their "extended basic" service for $45 before you can get Internet service), so I thought I was screwed.
However I was able to get Earthlink 8Mb for $75 with unlimited long distance and various other stuff.
I was worried the low speed negotiation that hampered Verizon would continue when I switched to Earthlink, but I get 750Kb downloads consistently, so that wasn't the case.
I have Earthlink's DNS crap and the slight double click on the phone when I first pick up, but other than that, the service has been stellar.
The difference for me was the response on some sites like Youtube and the ability to stream radio stations without interruption.
Let's face it broadband in the US is going to be intermittently crappy for our lifetime. It's in the hands of companies who don't give a hoot about anything but their own short term goals.
Any solution wherever you are will only temporarily solve the problem.
Which model? I'm in the market for one of these.
TIA
Yes, but does it run XP?
Paul Graham and Mark Cuban were busy?
"... this is one of the most significant Ubuntu releases in a while."
Significant and Ubuntu release, shouldn't be used in the same sentence, until they get off the six month treadmill. Until then there's only "works for me" latest release and the older YMMV releases.
In one month any bugs in Gutsy are for the ages and !hoary becomes the new golden child.
All modern operating systems are still struggling to catch up to the Atari 800.
Even now it sits impenetrable with layer one security from both the Internet and power grid in my closet!
1. Infiltrate key positions on BSG
2. Occasionally let BSG inflict tremendous damage for no real reason (Resurrection Ship, Base Star, etc.)
3. Infiltrate even more key positions on ship and acquire nuclear weapons
4. Establish almost complete information asymmetry
5. ?????
6. Profit (the producers of course)
I thought that goal looked familiar. Youtube was aiming for the same thing. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060816-7521 .html
Boredom by it's very nature gives the creator time to think of what would be a worthwhile endeavor.
On the other hand, deadlines cause editors to pontificate on the obvious because they have editorials to write, news aggregator sites to point to lame articles because they have quotas to fill, and so on.
It's pretty clear that the way Gnome is funded is part of it's problem. It's exactly do the fact of how Gnome is funded that:
a) it doesn't actively compete with KDE because it's got the inside track, so it doesn't have to try as hard, because there's no active evaluation of it's worth opposite KDE by most of the big distributions.
b) it stagnates in some areas where the corporate backers' ideas conflict with each other, like moving beyond C.
c) there are a fair number of people on the project who are clearly not interested in it as they once were and work on it part time while indulging in all sorts of unrelated side projects.
I actually think Gnome would greatly benefit from a shake up in it's funding, for the benefit of all. IMHO the leadership is too conflicted and complacent to make a desktop that can truly challenge the commercial offerings.
Give it time with the first two. We used Verizon for years, but recently they started timing out on any ips not on their net. Beware!
"Easy answer: Turtles"
I was going to say that was interesting, but I'm waiting for the citizendium link to make sure it was.
Not really. The developers wonder why Linux isn't making any progress as a desktop OS, and users know why Linux isn't making any progress as a desktop OS. Slightly different in this case.
Well, if it's on a case by case basis, then Gnome did indeed win the desktop war... For you, but it lost with me. I'm not saying that Gnome doesn't have it's pluses or have it's fans, but in terms of saying anything in Linux has won the desktop war, there's no denying that Linux isn't making much progress in this area.
The root of what this story is about is SLED 10, which obviously didn't go anywhere in terms of desktop market share despite a massive investment from one of the premier Linux vendors, thus necessitating monies from Bill.
The fact that Havoc Pennington, Nat Friedman, Jeff Waugh and various other muck-a-mucks at commercial vendors choose Gnome over KDE doesn't amount to a hill of beans as long as there's no real progress on the desktop front, and KDE development continues. Declaring Gnome the winner because people still shovel money into it, is simply not accurate at this point.
Ugh where are my mod points?
Gnome will be winning the desktop wars when Linux starts winning the desktop wars, and there are no signs that we're even making any progress in this area. As much as Linux is growing, the fact that companies are writing more apps in GTK isn't a sign of Gnome's superiority or even progress in this area as it's still mostly servers and specialty machines.
KDE or Gnome it doesn't matter. They maybe the leper with the most fingers, but they still can't wipe their ass. Whether companies choose to ship Gnome as the default desktop or not it makes no difference, because none of them are succeeding on the merits of being a general purpose desktop OS.
When I first saw this, I though oh cool something informative that I can forward to users during spam outbreaks.
Then I saw it was a vague graph that doesn't show up under Firefox.
I wondered would it show up on Slashdot, based on the premise of coolness, even though it sucks rocks?
Now I know.
http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,9 79827,00.html
It violated the prime directive: not interfering with decisions of network programming executives, even in the event of cancellation.
One of the best signs I ever saw in a comic shop was:
Stan Lee, a creative genius or the Forest Gump of comics?
"There were plenty of real-world examples from people who wanted to deploy Ubuntu in their company but would have to create custom install-images to change the default." Sir, I'd like permission to deploy Ubuntu Warty Warthog, a three month old distribution crafted from unstable and experimental packages in Debian. Sure go ahead, it's about time we updated the machines in the ICU. Hey wait a minute, what's that on logon screen?