A kernel is a kernel. An operating system is the whole SYSTEM, the thing you need in order to OPERATE. These days, this includes such utilities as the browser, the shell utility, even the text editor and the sound players.
"I seriously just don't get the hostility. Is this a case of the windows refugees getting restless?"
No, this is a case of legions of loyal Linux users getting pissed off because their UI has been fucked with an iron stick with a razor edge.
You don't get it - the Gnome3 team pushed their vision and now the users are pushing back. Never before has there been a fork of an old version of a DE that received so much attention. Mate is Gnome, as far as anybody with a clue is concerned.
You talk about keyboard-centricity, yet I'm sure you noticed that Gnome2 had the same functionality. Gnome3 has removed a whole lot of choice that the user had, and sure - you can fuck around and download a whole bunch of extensions in order to make it more like Gnome2. In fact, there are countless guides online devoted to getting the Gnome3 disease under control.
I'm sorry but you'd have to be high on crack to believe that anything but a teeny tiny minority of Linux users like Gnome3. People hate it. Never before has there been a desktop environment that has received such universal dislike.
"Thank you Gnome3 team" indeed. You probably are one of the developers that foisted this abortion upon the world. In fact, I am beginning to suspect that Gnome3 is a Microsoft funded project to scare people away from Linux.
He speaks for the majority. Most people hate Gnome3. It's for shit. In fact, shitting on Gnome3 would be too kind - it deserves worse.
You're just another typical Gnome3 apologist, too afraid to even post except anonymously, because even in the depths of your insanity you can sense that you are wrong, that you're fucked, you're a liar, and the worst kind of Nazi. Yes, you're a Gnome3 Nazi. A buttfuckin' Nazi.
And yet Consumer Reports claims that Apple has the best build quality, and any scientific event, space program, university, etc you care to attend has 60%+ mac users now.
The ThinkPad isn't any cooler, it's just made of an insulator instead of a conductor.
Gnome3 is garbage unless you have a tablet. It's a tablet UI, designed without considering that most people who run Gnome do not use a tablet. It's not exactly elegant even compared to other tablet UIs, but it's better than Gnome2 in that respect. However, as I said, people don't really use Gnome (ANY Gnome) on their tablets.
If you're happy with it, great. It's clear that most people aren't, and no matter how much you insist they are stupid for disliking something THAT IS COMPLETELY SUBJECTIVE they won't use it.
"What is the point of having such a high resolution screen if you run out of VRAM for textures etc?"
It's not for 3d gaming, it's for rendering your UI. There's no point in having a Retina screen for playing your 3d games. Makes much more sense to run them at a reduced resolution.
Well, I don't play around with toy operating systems. Haven't in many years, so I can't tell you how well it works on Windows. However, consider this - Quicktime (and Safari) on Windows are running basically all the necessary OS X libraries inside a process, essentially running the whole Cocoa UI / library stack on Windows. This technology was a leftover of the Openstep days.
I have well over ten thousand ALAC files (basically Apple's FLAC, but engineered so portable devices can decode them with almost 0 CPU effort) and a bunch of MP3s. As I said, my library is 32656 files, and iTunes is using less than 2% of the CPU and less than 200 MB of RAM. I'm sure it would be using even less if this system didn't have 16 GB - it doesn't really swap stuff out like I saw on the old Powerbook G4 with 1 GB ram.
Anyway, I feel pity for your poor friends, still playing around with Windows.
I know it's fashionable to shit on iTunes, but i have a playlist with a 32656 song library playing right now, and it is using 1.6% of the CPU and 170 MB of ram. It's also serving this library to my wife's laptop in the living room, as she is listening to different songs.
iTunes is easily, bar none, the only worthwhile digital music player / library maintenance application that exists now. The only people who don't like it are the people who insist on using it like Winamp, ie throwing all their music into one huge folder.
What do you mean what was he thinking? It's obvious to everybody that he's a torpedo executive sent to sink the Nokia ship. In that sense he is exceeding all expectations!
There is no way that they will sell this product for less than the entry-level iPad. First, they don't have the volume to get the parts any cheaper than Apple does. Second, pricing something too cheaply influences the buyer into thinking they are getting a shitty product.
Do you feel partly responsible for the failure of America's manned space program by supporting the diversion of funds from NASA's main purpose? Have you calculated how much of NASA's budget goes toward projects that are only vaguely space-related at best? With projects like this consuming more and ore of NASA's resources, do you think America even has a future in space, or will China and Russia remain the only spacefaring countries into the future?
Your interpretation of the 2nd amendment is only possible if you are ignorant of the writings of the framers, don't understand the meaning of the word regulated, and are a commie.
Nobody wants a product that is called MeeGo. It's the dumbest fucking name for an OS. Whoever thought of this name should be shot. MeeGo poopy now mommy!
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I'm curious - how does one build their own laptop? Which laptops have upgradeable processors or video cards?
Does Apple bother you so much that you'd ignore the non-upgradeable netbooks now being sold by Lenovo? Why not complain about them out too?
A kernel is a kernel. An operating system is the whole SYSTEM, the thing you need in order to OPERATE. These days, this includes such utilities as the browser, the shell utility, even the text editor and the sound players.
"I seriously just don't get the hostility. Is this a case of the windows refugees getting restless?"
No, this is a case of legions of loyal Linux users getting pissed off because their UI has been fucked with an iron stick with a razor edge.
You don't get it - the Gnome3 team pushed their vision and now the users are pushing back. Never before has there been a fork of an old version of a DE that received so much attention. Mate is Gnome, as far as anybody with a clue is concerned.
You talk about keyboard-centricity, yet I'm sure you noticed that Gnome2 had the same functionality. Gnome3 has removed a whole lot of choice that the user had, and sure - you can fuck around and download a whole bunch of extensions in order to make it more like Gnome2. In fact, there are countless guides online devoted to getting the Gnome3 disease under control.
The masses have spoken. They hate Gnome3.
I'm sorry but you'd have to be high on crack to believe that anything but a teeny tiny minority of Linux users like Gnome3. People hate it. Never before has there been a desktop environment that has received such universal dislike.
"Thank you Gnome3 team" indeed. You probably are one of the developers that foisted this abortion upon the world. In fact, I am beginning to suspect that Gnome3 is a Microsoft funded project to scare people away from Linux.
He speaks for the majority. Most people hate Gnome3. It's for shit. In fact, shitting on Gnome3 would be too kind - it deserves worse.
You're just another typical Gnome3 apologist, too afraid to even post except anonymously, because even in the depths of your insanity you can sense that you are wrong, that you're fucked, you're a liar, and the worst kind of Nazi. Yes, you're a Gnome3 Nazi. A buttfuckin' Nazi.
And yet Consumer Reports claims that Apple has the best build quality, and any scientific event, space program, university, etc you care to attend has 60%+ mac users now.
The ThinkPad isn't any cooler, it's just made of an insulator instead of a conductor.
I don't think anybody will dispute the fact that Apple has the best quality laptops and has for many years now.
It certainly isn't Dell or HP or even Lenovo any more. And don't mention Asus or I will vomit partially digested candy corn all over your face.
Gnome3 is garbage unless you have a tablet. It's a tablet UI, designed without considering that most people who run Gnome do not use a tablet. It's not exactly elegant even compared to other tablet UIs, but it's better than Gnome2 in that respect. However, as I said, people don't really use Gnome (ANY Gnome) on their tablets.
If you're happy with it, great. It's clear that most people aren't, and no matter how much you insist they are stupid for disliking something THAT IS COMPLETELY SUBJECTIVE they won't use it.
Even better just use VirtualBox, which is free as in beer, and has 3D support for Linux.
You didn't want to take advantage of the other trends they set? Like longer battery life and thinner, lighter computers? Like nice trackpads?
"What is the point of having such a high resolution screen if you run out of VRAM for textures etc?"
It's not for 3d gaming, it's for rendering your UI. There's no point in having a Retina screen for playing your 3d games. Makes much more sense to run them at a reduced resolution.
It was a wise decision to post this AC. Very, very wise. Otherwise you'd be looking at poopy pants for eternity.
Oh, I see value in earth observation. I just think that this should be secondary to NASA getting a man back into space.
We'll never get manned space travel back with attitudes like yours.
And yes, I feel that earth observation satellites are just an expensive way of masturbating.
Well, I don't play around with toy operating systems. Haven't in many years, so I can't tell you how well it works on Windows. However, consider this - Quicktime (and Safari) on Windows are running basically all the necessary OS X libraries inside a process, essentially running the whole Cocoa UI / library stack on Windows. This technology was a leftover of the Openstep days.
I have well over ten thousand ALAC files (basically Apple's FLAC, but engineered so portable devices can decode them with almost 0 CPU effort) and a bunch of MP3s. As I said, my library is 32656 files, and iTunes is using less than 2% of the CPU and less than 200 MB of RAM. I'm sure it would be using even less if this system didn't have 16 GB - it doesn't really swap stuff out like I saw on the old Powerbook G4 with 1 GB ram.
Anyway, I feel pity for your poor friends, still playing around with Windows.
It's better than everything else. If Quicktime is garbage, everything else is fucking pathetic sub-retarded garbage water concentrate.
I know it's fashionable to shit on iTunes, but i have a playlist with a 32656 song library playing right now, and it is using 1.6% of the CPU and 170 MB of ram. It's also serving this library to my wife's laptop in the living room, as she is listening to different songs.
iTunes is easily, bar none, the only worthwhile digital music player / library maintenance application that exists now. The only people who don't like it are the people who insist on using it like Winamp, ie throwing all their music into one huge folder.
What do you mean what was he thinking? It's obvious to everybody that he's a torpedo executive sent to sink the Nokia ship. In that sense he is exceeding all expectations!
How's the OP a racist? He / she gave it to pretty much all the races equally. Of course, he forgot to mention the dirty Spics or the haughty Heebs.
There is no way that they will sell this product for less than the entry-level iPad. First, they don't have the volume to get the parts any cheaper than Apple does. Second, pricing something too cheaply influences the buyer into thinking they are getting a shitty product.
Do you feel partly responsible for the failure of America's manned space program by supporting the diversion of funds from NASA's main purpose? Have you calculated how much of NASA's budget goes toward projects that are only vaguely space-related at best? With projects like this consuming more and ore of NASA's resources, do you think America even has a future in space, or will China and Russia remain the only spacefaring countries into the future?
Jeez, fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice...
It was "discovered" on a Virus blog / database site, and has never been found or seen in the wild.
Your interpretation of the 2nd amendment is only possible if you are ignorant of the writings of the framers, don't understand the meaning of the word regulated, and are a commie.
Nobody wants a product that is called MeeGo. It's the dumbest fucking name for an OS. Whoever thought of this name should be shot. MeeGo poopy now mommy!