What about analog sticks? PS1 didn't introduce them. They were sucessfully introduced by Nintendo in Nintendo 64 and only later sony launched its dual shock controllers.
both refuse connections from anything that doesn't identify itself as Explorer
Maybe you should try User Agent Switcher extension. Then your firefox will identify itself as IE. I use it all the time to navigate to sites which block non-IE browsers.
"...and reading this from a windows/IE only work PC."
There is no such thing as IE only PC. You can always install Firefox, even if its on your personal folder. You don't need administrative access to install Firefox. You don't even need to install it, you can run it directly from USB pendrive.
And what about their own anti-virus product that you can buy to protect you from virus and trojans and spywares? All these malware that wouldn't even exist if they did their homework correctly, and they charge you for a tool to fix what wasn't supposed to happen in first place.
You're right. There must be a way to disable stupid stuff. I remember back in 386 days that I hated the paper-flying-animation when I first saw it.
But you can have good eyecandy, that is useful, and without switching OS versions. One thing doesn't have to come with the other...
As an example, take a look at Enlightenment DR17. It is beautiful, and it is getting pretty functional. I show it off to clueless people, and they drool all over. And it is very practical and useful already, in fact it feels a lot natural to use, specially in big resolutions. Eye candy does not get in my way. I love it and it is my primary desktop environment now.
Goddamn it, I hate it when I find out here at Slashdot that I'm doing things that it's not possible to do. Sigh, now I have to stop using my XP themes and my camera that automatically installed and mounted as a drive when I plugged it in... (but really, you used device support as a reason to switch to linux? what the hell?)
In windows, I had to install Canon's CD to get my old A300 camera working. In Linux, I just plug it in. Maybe it's because this (and others) camera is not detected as usb-storage like sony's ones for example.
Oh, and, by the way, XP themes sux. You can't customize them enough, you have to purchase stuff and there is no easy way to change icons. Not even close of the Ubuntu's gnome art manager that I can use to download thousands of themes, and mix and match windows decorations and icons at will.
Yeah, definitely have to switch to linux to use those programs, and those are definitely features open source software has a monopoly on.
No, but as I said, these are the features that I show to people that has no clue, and it makes a impression, it can make them switch to opensource solutions (not necessarily Linux Desktop as a whole).
That won't happen. The adjective has to start with the same letter of the name.
Breezy Badger
Hoary Hedgehog
Dapper Drake
Perky Penguin
Randy Rhino
Tricky Turtle
Wifebeater Womba
Gorgeous Gnu
Charming Chimp
It rarely needs rebooting, it lets even computer illiterate users be surprisingly productive, and it really doesn't cost very much. In fact, it effectively comes "for free" with a $500 Dell desktop PC.
I have to disagree. $500 Dell desktop has windows costs built in.
BTW, I live in a country where everybody - and I mean *everybody* - uses pirated copies of windows. I yet have to meet a home user that has all licenses for windows and office software. Many "tech guys" make their living by instaling pirated copies of windows.
When I say "no, I don't work with windows", people are amazed at me. Then, when I show my Ubuntu laptop, they are truly puzzled. Then, I tell them the advantages of security, updates and such, and they are fished.
For a Linux desktop to be preferred over Windows, the Linux desktop experience will have to provide something new and innovative that Windows does not, rather than just knocking off Windows features.
What about a huge selection of free software, unmatchable security features, beautiful customization of the desktop and themes (that Windows XP is definitively lacking), out-of-the-box support for their hardware (like when you plug in your camera and get pictures with gphoto2, without having to install the camera's CD).
PDF export in OpenOffice, tab navigation in firefox, and so on... That features I use to sell Open Source to people which has no clue.
Hackers like me and you like Linux for many reasons -- but none of those reasons are particularly interesting to Joe Office Manager or Mom and Pop User.
I think that when you show them the advantages above, they are willing to try it out. With a good explanation, you can make a change. I know it doesn't work like this for everybody, but I have a good rate of success.
Get innovative, people -- invent something new and useful that Windows *doesn't* have, and then they will come.
If Novell is lauching SLED 10 with its Xgl extension, this will be another feature to show off and attract users that are easily impressed by this kind of eye candy.
Dell has no clean line of thought. There is no such thing as "one major distribution", and there won't be.
What he needs to do is to support one distribution, release modules, patches, etc, for it, and since compatible hardware is highly desirable in open source software these days, all other major distributions will join.
The distribution choosen could be Novell's SuSE, or Fedora, or Ubuntu, or almost anything.
There is about a 12 minute delay between when data is sent
12 minutes!! That's a little more than the lag I got in any game I've ever played, including MUDs by dialup!!
And I live in a third world poor country!!
I think NASA should hire 3rd world old gamers, at least they are used to the lag...
Slashdot Mirror
It was Disaster: Day of Crisis.
What about analog sticks? PS1 didn't introduce them. They were sucessfully introduced by Nintendo in Nintendo 64 and only later sony launched its dual shock controllers.
ACK
Notepad is terrible!!! I mean:
Use emacs, gedit, kate, or even notepad+ for a while and you will never use notepad again!
Isn't it easier to just fire from the satellite?
Maybe you should try User Agent Switcher extension. Then your firefox will identify itself as IE. I use it all the time to navigate to sites which block non-IE browsers.
It was back in the day you where in a place with girls and normal people.
Now you are at slashdot!
1. Click Reply 2. Type in your version of the "Mod me up" comment 3. ? 4. Profit!
Since you are sitting there reading this anyway, mod me up please :)
And what about their own anti-virus product that you can buy to protect you from virus and trojans and spywares?
All these malware that wouldn't even exist if they did their homework correctly, and they charge you for a tool to fix what wasn't supposed to happen in first place.
*SIGH*
You're right. There must be a way to disable stupid stuff. I remember back in 386 days that I hated the paper-flying-animation when I first saw it.
But you can have good eyecandy, that is useful, and without switching OS versions. One thing doesn't have to come with the other...
As an example, take a look at Enlightenment DR17. It is beautiful, and it is getting pretty functional. I show it off to clueless people, and they drool all over. And it is very practical and useful already, in fact it feels a lot natural to use, specially in big resolutions. Eye candy does not get in my way. I love it and it is my primary desktop environment now.
I think my eye has Diabetes, so I will pass on vista, and take Xgl Ligth please.
In fact, it does makes a backup. Look your /etc/apt/sources.list_backup_TIMESTAMP files.
In windows, I had to install Canon's CD to get my old A300 camera working. In Linux, I just plug it in. Maybe it's because this (and others) camera is not detected as usb-storage like sony's ones for example.
Oh, and, by the way, XP themes sux. You can't customize them enough, you have to purchase stuff and there is no easy way to change icons. Not even close of the Ubuntu's gnome art manager that I can use to download thousands of themes, and mix and match windows decorations and icons at will.
No, but as I said, these are the features that I show to people that has no clue, and it makes a impression, it can make them switch to opensource solutions (not necessarily Linux Desktop as a whole).
Maybe firefox's nifty extension User Agent Switcher can help you on that one. The morons wont even notice in their log files.
In this one, RDesktop can help you. It even comes with Ubuntu and Novell's Suse.
From TFA:
That won't happen. The adjective has to start with the same letter of the name. Breezy Badger Hoary Hedgehog Dapper Drake Perky Penguin Randy Rhino Tricky Turtle Wifebeater Womba Gorgeous Gnu Charming Chimp
I have to disagree. $500 Dell desktop has windows costs built in.
BTW, I live in a country where everybody - and I mean *everybody* - uses pirated copies of windows. I yet have to meet a home user that has all licenses for windows and office software. Many "tech guys" make their living by instaling pirated copies of windows.
When I say "no, I don't work with windows", people are amazed at me. Then, when I show my Ubuntu laptop, they are truly puzzled. Then, I tell them the advantages of security, updates and such, and they are fished.
What about a huge selection of free software, unmatchable security features, beautiful customization of the desktop and themes (that Windows XP is definitively lacking), out-of-the-box support for their hardware (like when you plug in your camera and get pictures with gphoto2, without having to install the camera's CD).
PDF export in OpenOffice, tab navigation in firefox, and so on... That features I use to sell Open Source to people which has no clue.
I think that when you show them the advantages above, they are willing to try it out. With a good explanation, you can make a change. I know it doesn't work like this for everybody, but I have a good rate of success.
If Novell is lauching SLED 10 with its Xgl extension, this will be another feature to show off and attract users that are easily impressed by this kind of eye candy.
In my humble opnion they are in the right path.
Dell has no clean line of thought. There is no such thing as "one major distribution", and there won't be.
What he needs to do is to support one distribution, release modules, patches, etc, for it, and since compatible hardware is highly desirable in open source software these days, all other major distributions will join.
The distribution choosen could be Novell's SuSE, or Fedora, or Ubuntu, or almost anything.
12 minutes!! That's a little more than the lag I got in any game I've ever played, including MUDs by dialup!!
And I live in a third world poor country!!
I think NASA should hire 3rd world old gamers, at least they are used to the lag...
That would be the biggest boot salad ever seen!
I mean, Real ROM -> EFI -> rEFIt -> eLILO -> Linux BIOS -> Vista!!!
Share commitments? Find out about events and add them? See what other people will do?
Parent has an interesting idea. I think most of /. users would like to collaborate.
Lets just type "anything"... 1st link is:
http://www.bushspeech.org/
???
What the?