This is in response to all the people that keep saying, "Yeah, but I've downloaded firefox like 5 times myself". On my system, and thousands of others, firefox hasn't even been "downloaded" once. It comes packaged by my distribution (debian). So, all those debian/ubuntu/gentoo/etc users out there that have firefox packaged by their distro are not really being counted at all, unless I'm missing something about how they come to these figures. I wonder how many debian/ubuntu users alone there are that have never manually downloaded the browser and are not being counted.
On my desktop machine, it's my _user_ data that I care about. I can afford to lose a bunch of files in/var/lib, as long as I don't lose all the valuable data I have in/home/lakcaj. A re-install of debian with broadband takes me little over an hour. I've spent months and even years on some of my personal files (before you ask, of course I do backups).
Also, for those of you that think you need root access to hose a system, go ahead and do a rm / -rfv as a normal user and see what happens;)
I don't know why, but I hate the buzz word "podcasting". It's streaming audio, and it was streaming audio years before the blog generation even discovered it existed. I'm still amazed by people's reactions when I tell them the ambient music in my apartment is being streamed from an online radio station from shoutcast.
This is going to sound like a troll, but really it's not. Now, with all the talent and resources the linux community has, why can't someone come up with a beautiful default icon set for both KDE and Gnome? I don't care what anyone says, but those icons do not look professional and they are UGLY! First impressions matter, and to me, my first impression when I see a screenshot like that is, "What a POS". And before you say, "Well then, make your own icons", be assured that I would if I had the talent.
Now, it you want to see some examples of professional _and_ attractive icons, go to gnome-look.org and take a look at the Exquisite, Edge, or d3a icons.
It can connect a keyboard, and it has all the necessary interfaces. It can run media, and it can run on a network. It's got such an all-around purpose, and it's open. It will become completely open if we equip it with Linux, and programmers will be able to do anything with it.
spectre_be writes "Davyd Madeley wrote a sneak peek at Gnome 2.10, which is scheduled for release on the March 9, 2005. It looks like Gnome's new release policy is starting to pay off, as several existing utilities get enhancements and a couple new ones are added. Also, a Mozilla-style type-ahead find feature has finally been implemented in Gnome's open and save dialogs. Together with OpenOffice.org 2.0's scheduled release and Novell's Mono coming up to speed, will 2005 prove to be the year of Gnome?"
Why don't you try proof reading some of your own shit before YOU submit it!
And before you correct any mistakes in my post, including the fact that I started this sentence with the word "And", let me save you the trouble and let you know that I don't give a shit.
In any typical MS story, Slashdotters have no problem jumping on the fact that IE is the swish-cheese of browsers, using OutLook _can_be_ the equivelent of handing over the keys to your computer, and that WMP is a total POS. However, when linguae sums this all up, and suggests that in a "custom" environment, more attention should be paid to obvious security issues, it's flamebait.
As far as I can see, he's just calling them as he sees them. I don't know why being a MS sympathizer is suddenly becoming en vogue on/. regardless of their actions.
It amazes me how often I see people trying to seem 7331 by saying shit like, "Just rm -rf/" and laughing their heads off.
I'm not even a system administrator, but even I know that any admin worth their salt knows to type the flags after the destination, ala:
rm / -rfv
or
rm/etc/somefile -rfv
This way, if you accidently hit return before typing the full path, you will be prompted for confirmation, since you didn't get to the part where you type the "-f" flag.
They should have called that thing the FUGL-E because it is fuckin' ugly!
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Since when is C# "marketed as portable"? This is MS's baby, and they don't give a shit if it runs on Linux or the Mac. The Mono project has nothing to do with MS or its C# development team.
1. The device is not level or turned on its side?
2. The device is accelerated?
It would seem to me that a device that uses fluid dynamics might be subject to the effects of gravity/acceleration... hardly suitable for the control system in a fighter jet for example:)
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This is in response to all the people that keep saying, "Yeah, but I've downloaded firefox like 5 times myself". On my system, and thousands of others, firefox hasn't even been "downloaded" once. It comes packaged by my distribution (debian). So, all those debian/ubuntu/gentoo/etc users out there that have firefox packaged by their distro are not really being counted at all, unless I'm missing something about how they come to these figures. I wonder how many debian/ubuntu users alone there are that have never manually downloaded the browser and are not being counted.
On my desktop machine, it's my _user_ data that I care about. I can afford to lose a bunch of files in /var/lib, as long as I don't lose all the valuable data I have in /home/lakcaj. A re-install of debian with broadband takes me little over an hour. I've spent months and even years on some of my personal files (before you ask, of course I do backups).
;)
Also, for those of you that think you need root access to hose a system, go ahead and do a rm / -rfv as a normal user and see what happens
Argubly, one of the reasons might be the spell checker :)
You don't have a clue what you're talking about.
Thank you for posting AC!
I stand corrected... thank you for the clarification
I don't know why, but I hate the buzz word "podcasting". It's streaming audio, and it was streaming audio years before the blog generation even discovered it existed. I'm still amazed by people's reactions when I tell them the ambient music in my apartment is being streamed from an online radio station from shoutcast.
Yeah, IBM and Novell sure are "business novices"
Nice whoring, whore
This is going to sound like a troll, but really it's not. Now, with all the talent and resources the linux community has, why can't someone come up with a beautiful default icon set for both KDE and Gnome? I don't care what anyone says, but those icons do not look professional and they are UGLY! First impressions matter, and to me, my first impression when I see a screenshot like that is, "What a POS". And before you say, "Well then, make your own icons", be assured that I would if I had the talent.
Now, it you want to see some examples of professional _and_ attractive icons, go to gnome-look.org and take a look at the Exquisite, Edge, or d3a icons.
"Automatic Updates automatically"
:)
From the "Redundancy Department of Redundancy"
You must be new here.
Maybe like "Dallas" for example? It could even star John Travolta as JR. Now _that_ would be cool!
http://www.ultimatedallas.com/movie/media.htm
Did he really say "ye"?
From the article:
It can connect a keyboard, and it has all the necessary interfaces. It can run media, and it can run on a network. It's got such an all-around purpose, and it's open. It will become completely open if we equip it with Linux, and programmers will be able to do anything with it.
Maybe it's just me, but I wouldn't have the only screenshot on the whole kpilot page making it look like the thing barely works:
...
/dev/pilot does not exist /dev/pilot /dev/pilot
KPilot has been reported to cause data loss
Starting KPilot daemon
Daemon status is 'not running'
Pilot device
Trying to open
Could not open device
The thing might work great, but that screeny certainly isn't confidence instilling.
http://pim.kde.org/components/kpilot.php
Revised, this reads:
spectre_be writes "Davyd Madeley wrote a sneak peek at Gnome 2.10, which is scheduled for release on the March 9, 2005. It looks like Gnome's new release policy is starting to pay off, as several existing utilities get enhancements and a couple new ones are added. Also, a Mozilla-style type-ahead find feature has finally been implemented in Gnome's open and save dialogs. Together with OpenOffice.org 2.0's scheduled release and Novell's Mono coming up to speed, will 2005 prove to be the year of Gnome?"
Why don't you try proof reading some of your own shit before YOU submit it!
And before you correct any mistakes in my post, including the fact that I started this sentence with the word "And", let me save you the trouble and let you know that I don't give a shit.
In any typical MS story, Slashdotters have no problem jumping on the fact that IE is the swish-cheese of browsers, using OutLook _can_be_ the equivelent of handing over the keys to your computer, and that WMP is a total POS. However, when linguae sums this all up, and suggests that in a "custom" environment, more attention should be paid to obvious security issues, it's flamebait.
/. regardless of their actions.
As far as I can see, he's just calling them as he sees them. I don't know why being a MS sympathizer is suddenly becoming en vogue on
It amazes me how often I see people trying to seem 7331 by saying shit like, "Just rm -rf
I'm not even a system administrator, but even I know that any admin worth their salt knows to type the flags after the destination, ala:
rm / -rfv
or
rm
This way, if you accidently hit return before typing the full path, you will be prompted for confirmation, since you didn't get to the part where you type the "-f" flag.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 20 times, shame on me.
Actually -- it's, "Fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again."
It is possible, but not if you handle is DraconPern
They should have called that thing the FUGL-E because it is fuckin' ugly!
Since when is C# "marketed as portable"? This is MS's baby, and they don't give a shit if it runs on Linux or the Mac. The Mono project has nothing to do with MS or its C# development team.
Of course I didn't RTFA, but what happens if:
1. The device is not level or turned on its side?
2. The device is accelerated?
It would seem to me that a device that uses fluid dynamics might be subject to the effects of gravity/acceleration... hardly suitable for the control system in a fighter jet for example
You really think a bunch of geeks would be successful in a contest to have their "rockets" reach the big O?