Agreed. They should avoid being locked into a certain vendor.
Also, there certainly is plenty of reasons to vote against OSS solutions - take the whole RH7 disaster with GNOME 3 - if you are running it in a virtual environment for users (say, like a terminal server), GNOME 3 (which is the default) is no go (doesn't play nice in virtual) so you're left with Microsoft.
Actually I think he was referring to money he spent on stuff that either contained a Microsoft Product or payed patent royalties to MS. I could be wrong though.
They used to have a link to an OpenSuSE live CD to do just that (well, with XFree86/X.Org. Wayland isn't a priority for KDE). It would appear that is no longer present on the site. Also, KDE doesn't really care to be Linux - they target UNIX compatible systems (AIX, FreeBSD). GNOME, on the other hand, wants to be just Linux, and is largely in bed with the Fedora Project.
Many ads no longer pay out unless they receive clicks - which most people are not going to do anyway. They simply waste space and bandwidth for something that provides no value to the person viewing the page. And also there are sufficient ads that are malicious to make them a security concern.
Finally, my bandwidth isn't free either, and many people have limited usage per month.
Big difference in a lot of things anyway - just think how much legacy stuff was dumped for one when OS X came out that OS 9 still had. Another thought (although minor) is that OS X will no longer run PPC programs - any malware that was built for PPC is gone. Third, I think that everyone in general takes security more seriously these days.
And that, I am going to have to agree with. You and I have different ideas on security and usability, and you are encouraged to do and use what you feel is best for your requirements. That, is freedom.
Considering how often I deal with malware on my own computer, I don't really see the need to deal with NoScript. Antivirus, IPS, and staying up to date take care of *most* threats (and not pirating software, etc). The last time I had an actual infection get through, I took the easy route of just restoring to last Sunday's backup (actually, Windows Restore takes care of a lot of things too...), which took a whole 20 minutes to pull off.
Like I said, I've blocked most tracking and analytics in my hosts file to deal with things that exist outside of Firefox (say, a program with an embedded browser, flash, etc).
Oddly, I've never seen a virus on Mac OS, while I have seen trojans that targeted OS X. It could just be internet exposure though - I know more people connected to the net with OS X then I did with OS 8 and 9.
Oddly enough, with all the disable this and that options IE has (Java, ActiveX), JS isn't one of them. I generally do system-wide adblocking via hosts file in addition to using ABP. Noscipt is a giant pain in reality, and is a little on the paranoid side to be honest. So is always using HTTPS.
I went from AMD Bulldozer (FX-8120) to Intel Ivy Bridge (i5-3570K) and couldn't have been happier with the upgrade. Didn't see a need to buy Haswell, and in all honesty I'll probably skip Broadwell as well (maybe. BOINC could always use more computer power...The only game that maxes it out is War of the Vikings, on max settings)
Considering that the only equipment that would be 'stuck' on 10.5 is on PowerPC, and the switch to Intel took place in 2006, I don't really care. Hardware has changed so much since then. Or have you tried using a G5 PowerMac in the modern world? Anything that's GPU accelerated (like browsers), HD video, or Javascript heavy is going to have issues.
Your first point is dead on - users have no reason to switch. And why should they? The choice is made when they buy the computer, not after they've spent the money.
On number 3 - I've generally had better luck with drivers on a clean Linux install vs a clean Windows install. The Windows experience saw great improvement with Vista, but things 'just work' in Linux, until the driver is dropped (old GPU are a great example, such as the Intel i8xx series). AMD GPU are probably the only trouble point I really know (and some odd ball wifi chips) when it comes to drivers, and I blame the driver team for that one (just like I blame the driver teams when one of them cause a BSOD for me on Windows 7).
I hope not. The Longsoon's are about the only desktop MIPS processor still around - and I remember seeing they were having a set of updates to the lineup. There is no reason they couldn't be brought up to speed.
FWIW, I'd buy one of their laptops if they were sold stateside (instead, I'll just keep playing with my old SGI equipment).
Trying to be Windows is what will be the death of Linux. Easy to use? KDE, GNOME, and Unity are all very easy for the average user to use. Local libraries near me have Linux (an Ubuntu variant IIRC) installed on all the PC's there. Users have no issue getting online, using the card catalog, watching Youtube, etc. It all works fine. We have a small collection of native games via Steam, and it's just a matter of time before a major publisher (Blizzard, would you please release your internal WoW client to the wild?) puts out a major title that runs on Linux.
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Agreed. They should avoid being locked into a certain vendor.
Also, there certainly is plenty of reasons to vote against OSS solutions - take the whole RH7 disaster with GNOME 3 - if you are running it in a virtual environment for users (say, like a terminal server), GNOME 3 (which is the default) is no go (doesn't play nice in virtual) so you're left with Microsoft.
Actually I think he was referring to money he spent on stuff that either contained a Microsoft Product or payed patent royalties to MS. I could be wrong though.
They used to have a link to an OpenSuSE live CD to do just that (well, with XFree86/X.Org. Wayland isn't a priority for KDE). It would appear that is no longer present on the site. Also, KDE doesn't really care to be Linux - they target UNIX compatible systems (AIX, FreeBSD). GNOME, on the other hand, wants to be just Linux, and is largely in bed with the Fedora Project.
As the GP said though, what does that have to do with Linus and his kernel?
Many ads no longer pay out unless they receive clicks - which most people are not going to do anyway. They simply waste space and bandwidth for something that provides no value to the person viewing the page. And also there are sufficient ads that are malicious to make them a security concern.
Finally, my bandwidth isn't free either, and many people have limited usage per month.
Big difference in a lot of things anyway - just think how much legacy stuff was dumped for one when OS X came out that OS 9 still had. Another thought (although minor) is that OS X will no longer run PPC programs - any malware that was built for PPC is gone. Third, I think that everyone in general takes security more seriously these days.
Oh absolutely. It's simply NoScript that I'm not a big fan of. I have (and promote) firewalls, IPS/IDS, AV - all of that.
Malware infections are not limited to just the browser as the source. It is *a* source, and a popular one at that.
And that, I am going to have to agree with. You and I have different ideas on security and usability, and you are encouraged to do and use what you feel is best for your requirements. That, is freedom.
Considering how often I deal with malware on my own computer, I don't really see the need to deal with NoScript. Antivirus, IPS, and staying up to date take care of *most* threats (and not pirating software, etc). The last time I had an actual infection get through, I took the easy route of just restoring to last Sunday's backup (actually, Windows Restore takes care of a lot of things too...), which took a whole 20 minutes to pull off.
Like I said, I've blocked most tracking and analytics in my hosts file to deal with things that exist outside of Firefox (say, a program with an embedded browser, flash, etc).
Unless of course, the script has an exploit to give itself root access - which plenty of such are frequently being patched.
Oddly, I've never seen a virus on Mac OS, while I have seen trojans that targeted OS X. It could just be internet exposure though - I know more people connected to the net with OS X then I did with OS 8 and 9.
ESET has a Linux anti-virus, which I have used. In the past I used Avira, but they've discontinued their Antivirus for UNIX product.
Oddly enough, with all the disable this and that options IE has (Java, ActiveX), JS isn't one of them. I generally do system-wide adblocking via hosts file in addition to using ABP. Noscipt is a giant pain in reality, and is a little on the paranoid side to be honest. So is always using HTTPS.
I went from AMD Bulldozer (FX-8120) to Intel Ivy Bridge (i5-3570K) and couldn't have been happier with the upgrade. Didn't see a need to buy Haswell, and in all honesty I'll probably skip Broadwell as well (maybe. BOINC could always use more computer power...The only game that maxes it out is War of the Vikings, on max settings)
Sorry, but I'm pretty sure Skype never ran on Windows 3.11
Considering that the only equipment that would be 'stuck' on 10.5 is on PowerPC, and the switch to Intel took place in 2006, I don't really care. Hardware has changed so much since then. Or have you tried using a G5 PowerMac in the modern world? Anything that's GPU accelerated (like browsers), HD video, or Javascript heavy is going to have issues.
The FOSS thing isn't quite so important to me - I just like MIPS a lot more then I like ARM.
Your first point is dead on - users have no reason to switch. And why should they? The choice is made when they buy the computer, not after they've spent the money.
On number 3 - I've generally had better luck with drivers on a clean Linux install vs a clean Windows install. The Windows experience saw great improvement with Vista, but things 'just work' in Linux, until the driver is dropped (old GPU are a great example, such as the Intel i8xx series). AMD GPU are probably the only trouble point I really know (and some odd ball wifi chips) when it comes to drivers, and I blame the driver team for that one (just like I blame the driver teams when one of them cause a BSOD for me on Windows 7).
I hope not. The Longsoon's are about the only desktop MIPS processor still around - and I remember seeing they were having a set of updates to the lineup. There is no reason they couldn't be brought up to speed.
FWIW, I'd buy one of their laptops if they were sold stateside (instead, I'll just keep playing with my old SGI equipment).
I also remember them moving away from Intel-based stuff in general, in favor of MIPS that they can design and build everything themselves.
Never trust open sores software written by amateurs.
You have a few too many words in there.
Never trust software.
Trying to be Windows is what will be the death of Linux. Easy to use? KDE, GNOME, and Unity are all very easy for the average user to use. Local libraries near me have Linux (an Ubuntu variant IIRC) installed on all the PC's there. Users have no issue getting online, using the card catalog, watching Youtube, etc. It all works fine. We have a small collection of native games via Steam, and it's just a matter of time before a major publisher (Blizzard, would you please release your internal WoW client to the wild?) puts out a major title that runs on Linux.
Because it currently runs on Itanium. As does HP-UX
The only winning move is not to play.