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  1. Re:the right way to use ubuntu is called kubuntu on Canonical Finally Lets Users Move The Unity Launcher To Bottom In Ubuntu 16.04 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    KDE 4.x got decent. I think that KDE SC 5 series still has some time to go before it gets good. With that said, TDE is a perfectly good option for those of us that loved KDE 3.x (I use TDE on Fedora and Ubuntu). There again, I've also been playing around with MaXX desktop (Linux port of SGI's 4DWM) on some lightweight systems (read Pentium II (IBM Thinkpad 600e) and III (Dell Latitude C400, Inspiron 8100) era) that I mainly use as remote/serial terminals.

  2. Well, for OS X you might want to check out the Flavours App which works with Yosemite and older (security policy changes in El Capitan seem to have blocked it). I've had some fun with it on my old MacBook (running 10.7)

  3. Re:Is anyone else seeing this as.. on Apple Employees, If Ordered To Unlock iPhone, Might Quit (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Really? Because they didn't apply for a search warrant. That would require them to show that there is reason to believe evidence is on the phone. They asked to court for a writ to force Apple to make a means to unlock the phone. Not quite the same as using a key that already exists.

  4. Re:Supercomputing on AMD Announces 16 TFLOP Radeon Pro Duo (hothardware.com) · · Score: 2

    I'd say there are quite a few OpenCL projects that run rather well on AMD cards - POEM@HOME and Einstein@HOME seem to work better on AMD (And I'm running AMD on Linux too mind you)

  5. Pshh...I'm upgrading to Twisted Vortex Beams.

  6. Re:A little pain for a lot of gain on Ubuntu Drops Support For AMD's Catalyst GPU Driver (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    You understood the message, so it doesn't matter. And when I do play with source code, it is normally at night after I've finished gaming anyway (I worked with porting libreSSL to AIX and IRIX for a while there, plus some small projects of my own). So there are rare occasions that my statement becomes true. To date though, I've never sifted through the code for a video driver.

  7. Re:A little pain for a lot of gain on Ubuntu Drops Support For AMD's Catalyst GPU Driver (phoronix.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is why people don't like the GNU groups - you are all about freedom as long as it is what you choose for others.

  8. Re:A little pain for a lot of gain on Ubuntu Drops Support For AMD's Catalyst GPU Driver (phoronix.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Oh boo hoo, someone likes something that I don't. Perhaps people like having systems that actually work? Furthermore, how many people actually care if the video driver is open source? I know that I've never looked at the source for a video driver, and have no interest in doing so. Therefore, it makes no difference to me (and plenty of people like me) if it is closed source or open. I'd rather play the game then sit there and audit code.

  9. Re:Make the Pentagon more tech savvy? on Eric Schmidt Gets A Job At The Pentagon (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't be so sure...I know that NASA still has a lot of old SGI boxes in service (running IRIX on MIPS, for people who aren't familiar with the 'good old days'), and it's my understanding that DoD had plenty of Solaris boxes in service.

  10. Re:Sun connections on Eric Schmidt Gets A Job At The Pentagon (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, if they are still running Solaris - of which versions 9 - 11 are still supported by Oracle, there is a fair chance they have GNOME installed on them in addition to CDE (Solaris 10 defaults to GNOME, Solaris 11 drops CDE all together).

  11. Re:Problems? X over ssh is sloooow, insecure on Wayland Isn't Ready For the Fedora 24 Desktop (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    Because X11 wasn't just a random name - there were previous versions of the X Windows System.

  12. Re:Sigh.. poor AMD on AMD Wants To Standardize the External GPU (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I've got high hopes for Zen when it comes out personally.

  13. Re:Same goes for all other skills on The Case Against Algebra · · Score: 1

    It's bad if it is by lowering the standard, because it makes the degree less valuable. In some ways it's bad in general because too many people having the degree lower's it's actual value (that, and I am tired of all the job postings that require a degree when the degree has nothing to do with one's ability to do that job).

  14. Re:First project for the new Pi 3 on Raspberry Pi 3 Rolls Out With Faster CPU, On-Board Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth · · Score: 1

    Why? If you don't want it, don't buy one, or simply don't use it. It's not like you're being forced into anything.

  15. Re:Please give us 64-bit OS, too on Raspberry Pi 3 Rolls Out With Faster CPU, On-Board Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth · · Score: 1

    That's exactly what SGI used to recommended on IRIX (SGI Hardware (MIPS) and OS (IRIX, a real UNIX) was 64-bit back in the 90s, but they told people to compile everything 32-bit unless they had an actual need to be 64-bit).

  16. Re:Tails Linux 2.2 Adds libdvdcss2 on Microsoft Unhappy With Beta Testers, Demands Answers (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Offtopic as hell....but....

    Illegal to use? No. Illegal to distribute? Maybe.

  17. Re:I have lots of steam games on Valve's SteamOS Now Supports Vulkan, The Cross-Platform Alternative To DirectX 12 (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    You can't give full access like that - you would need a different card for the host OS.

  18. Re:I have lots of steam games on Valve's SteamOS Now Supports Vulkan, The Cross-Platform Alternative To DirectX 12 (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Next time read the TOS and EULA before buying the game

  19. In a way that's what happened with my father for a while - departments couldn't get records from another department in the same hospital, sometimes even when we hand delivered it!

  20. You do realize how insecure and ineffective fax tech actually is, right?

  21. Re:Software Freedom? on Software Freedom Conservancy: Distributing Linux With ZFS Is Illegal (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    Who is making changes to anything?

  22. Re:A grey area Oracle might exploit on Software Freedom Conservancy: Distributing Linux With ZFS Is Illegal (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    Except in this case the GPL is the restrictive license, not the CDDL. Oracle has no grounds to file suit since their terms aren't being violated. It's that pesky GPL getting in the way, since CDDL isn't their brand of 'free' software it must be evil.

  23. Re:SFS/FSF does not get to rule on GPL on Software Freedom Conservancy: Distributing Linux With ZFS Is Illegal (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    Oracle's terms aren't violated, so there is no reason for them to sue.

  24. Re:State Requirements on Chicago Public Schools Make Computer Science a Requirement For a HS Diploma · · Score: 1

    I remember learning to type on an Apple II in elementary school (90s). In middle school I took a course that covered basic image editing (Photoshop) and desktop publishing (Pagemaker) - but never was any of them called computer science.

  25. They need Apple to write software first, and then test/verify that it'll actually work prior to installing it.