Well, I guess now I know – either way, I still personally prefer AMD's naming system, but then again I guess that's just me. Probably going to stick with AMD for a while though (this is at everyone else posting, not just parent) – Intel might be faster now, but I see no reason to upgrade every time something "better" comes out just for the sake of upgrading, and besides, it would probably be too much time, money, and effort upgrading my current system [HP dx5150 MT, Athlon 64 3200+] anyway.
Go ahead, mod me "-1, Troll" some more if you want, but I guess there has to be at least one sane, pragmatic person among the raving lunatic fanboys...
but I'm still sticking with my Athlon 64, thanks. Besides, I can't even tell which damn Intel processors are even 64-bit capable – at least AMD makes a clear naming distinction. (I may be wrong here, of course... disclaimer, I used to be an Intel guy myself, but I've since changed.)
Well, just a quick note – if by Windows 95 era you mean circa 1997-ish or so – i.e., around where my Micron XPE laptop (P-133, 80MB, 6GB) is – it might run a bit slow but it should still be usable. I've had the latest Ultima Linux on there without problems for years, KDE's a bit much (I used WindowMaker on it, Xfce works acceptably as well) but OpenOffice.org, Firefox, etc. work great, although definitely kind of slow.
DISCLAIMER – I'm developer of Ultima Linux... by the way, my current laptop's a P-233/96MB, slightly newer, but still works just fine, this one with KDE.
Most of what I do gets converted to PowerPoint format, since most everyone else I know uses Microsoft stuff, but all my stuff is done in OpenOffice.org whatever format I use.
If you're writing in your journal there should be an option to submit it to the editors. You get your story posted the same way... they look at it and decide they like it, or else they just don't post it at all. Don't think they know each other, but then again I wouldn't know. No idea who kdawson is or any of that other stuff, so don't ask me:-)
N.B. – No, I haven't had any submissions accepted...
Don't know about you, but personally I think the old way works a lot better – I'm probably in the minority here, I just read at -1, no bonuses, nested mode, but I tried the new system, and it just makes it too complicated in my opinion...
Seriously, though. All these arguments and battles and stuff are getting kind of stupid, and honestly it's just a waste of time – don't we have anything more important to do than tax the Internet into oblivion like, say, maybe fix the situation in the Middle East? Kind of ironic, we're fighting over neutrality, which usually means NOT taking sides...
Personally I'd have to agree with everyone else who suggests learning XHTML and CSS; it's really not very hard at all... or of course, you can just run something like DreamWeaver on Wine, I'll admit I can't stand those GUI editors at all but it might be worth checking out anyway if it might be easier...
I will admit, I'm a real GIMP addict myself, but it can definitely be a pain in the ass to learn, it took me around a year or so of playing around with it off-and-on before I really got the hang of things, although it was really just silly things like techniques, not the interface or the program itself – and once you've gotten past that, it's a lot easier...
Have you tried maybe OpenOffice.org Draw? Not sure how useful it would be for a Web site, but I've found it's a great program for lots of other stuff, use it all the time for basic desktop publishing...
Personally I still like Dillo – might not have CSS or JavaScript, but it's one hell of a fast browser (and not to mention it never stores any information on your disk) – and yes, it runs Linux.
...to free software – a hell of a lot more pragmatic, in my opinion. And this is why I prefer ESR to RMS as far as open-source politics and stuff goes (mostly I stay out of it altogether, of course...) I don't know about you, but I agree whole-heartedly with what he's said – admittedly, it would be nice if I could build my own optimized version of nVidia's drivers, but you know what? As long as it works, I really don't care in the long run.
By the way, just thought I may as well mention – it's been over two years now since I last had Windows on any of my machines, and my iPod works just fine on Linux, even on a 233MHz Pentium-I laptop. Most of the time I just have to convert everything from Ogg Vorbis to MP3, and even then I could probably skip all that if I really wanted to, mostly it's just sheer force of habit from the Red Hat/Fedora days that keeps me using Ogg...:-)
I happen to like gtkpod – http://www.gtkpod.org/ – and amaroK... I'm an iPod nano addict myself, so I've made sure it's included in Ultima Linux if anyone cares (I've also linked amaroK to libgpod, so it's got everything except a music store now... works just fine for me:-)
This is totally off-topic, but this actually strikes me as oddly similar to Franz Kafka's The Trial (I just had to read that over the summer for English class, aamzingly enough I actually understand it;-) Who knows, maybe it's just me.
My school district's still mad at me for SSH tunneling! (I'm so proud of myself, they've got a new acceptable use policy this year and it's all my fault...:-) Anyway, here's hoping my own school district will hear about this and take a hint, I say this is important stuff...
Damn near laughed my head off... never really used Gentoo, but with all the sources I've had to build lately – especially with my poor PIII-650! – I can't decide whether it's a joke or a perfect description of what I usually have to deal with (other than the fact that I have no telephone support;-)
Yet another reason I like HP, then. Couldn't care less about Debian itself – I occasionally use their sources if the "stock" ones don't work, their patches can sometimes be useful, but never really used the distro itself – but I definitely like the fact that they've always been so Linux-friendly, and I hope they continue... (note, I'm a bit biased towards HP, my dev box right now is an HP dx5150 MT that I got at an auction for $300, very nice machine, and my other dev box is a COMPAQ DeskPro, not technically an HP since it was before the merger but you get the point...)
<troll>And I'm so glad it's not bloody Ubuntu!</troll>
Hell, the Swiss Army Knife is probably the Konqueror of portable blades, if you know what I mean – Konqueror has just about everything except a kitchen sink. (And not to mention it's probably the only browser that can actually embed another browser – just pull up its built-in terminal emulator and run Lynx:-)
Anyway, getting back on topic – I'm honestly not sure how much of an argument there is here. Generic names like "Internet Explorer" actually tend to cause more confusion in the end – they start associating the blue "E" with the entire Internet, which can get annoying after a while if you know the difference... don't know about GNOME, but I know what KDE likes to do is to provide a generic name/description as well as the program name, so for example, just a couple examples that my own menu lists:
Firefox (Web browser) The GIMP (Image Editor)...and so on and so forth. Which I think is probably the best way to do it, that way they know what the program is the first time they run it, but if they need help later – or just want to tell their friends, or whatever – they'll know the specific program they like/need help with/etc. and not just a generic name that could potentially turn up thousands of results...
Their specifications sheets don't want to pull up in Konqueror / KPDF... they open, but you can't read the text. Guess they're Linux-friendly only if you're running Windows...
Yeah, everyone says that... I have yet to pay attention... oh, and as for the VNC thing – SSH compression and a lot of configuration tweaks to the VNC settings... and a LOT of patience. (x0vncserver at full color tends to be somewhat slowish:-)
My school district already hates me, just because I was using a VNC connection over an SSH tunnel to work on some stuff at home (yes, this was for a school project). For whatever reason they thought I was trying to access banned sites... funny thing is, I don't even like MySpace. Or any of those sites.
I've right now got a used HP LaserJet 4 Plus that my friend gave me – he had two of them, so he kept one and let me have the other – haven't used it that much because it's missing a back panel, I had to jam the little lever with a folded PCI slot cover, but it's worked great when I've needed it – very fast, and definitely indestructible. (For that matter, I still use my original-model HP DeskJet as well; not exactly a speed demon, but it's literally older than I am and still works just fine, despite my best efforts... kind of wishing their newer printers were built that well, my DeskJet 540 didn't even last a whole decade...;-)
Anyway, to get back on topic, definitely second [third, whatever] the HP suggestion – just make sure it has a back panel, otherwise expect to spend a lot of time behind the thing to pick up your printouts...
http://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/ (the "All Things Linux" section mostly, but the others are useful too) – not only do I find it useful myself, but I've also recommended it to a couple of my own users the few times I couldn't figure something out myself. Speaking of which, I'd say if your distribution has its own forums, check there too – not sure if SuSE runs any forums, but if you want to switch to Ultima Linux, we'll be more than happy to welcome you in;-)
First of all, may as well mention that a lot of smaller distributions have included all that stuff for years, but whatever the case it's good to see that one of the big distributions has finally chosen to do something pragmatic and practical rather than follow a bunch of abstract ideas like most of the others (*cough* Debian *cough*) seem to do. Now, don't get me wrong – I do agree that freedom is very important in any context and form – but as far as the whole "proprietary software is EVIL!!" thing goes, I have to say it's just a little bit exaggerated, and besides, there are gray areas – if my video card only works with a proprietary driver on Linux, it's still better from a free software perspective to just use the proprietary driver than to go back or switch to a non-free system.
Anyway, to get back on topic, I'm glad to see a big-name distribution considering the people who are actually using their system, not just the ones developing it. A lot of people switching to Linux now couldn't care less about the free-vs.-proprietary-software thing – they switch because it's less expensive, or because they don't like Windows and they hear Linux is better. If anything this whole holy war thing probably drives people away rather than bringing them in; if they get a bad first impression, it's hard to change that around. A lot of the reason users still dual-boot Windows or switch to other distributions is because so many distros refuse to include support for MP3's, wireless drivers, Flash, Wine, etc. Obviously this isn't true for everyone, but that's how it is for a lot of my own users. So long story short, it's a lot better to include a couple non-free programs than to risk them switching to an entirely non-free system altogether...
(Sorry if this is too long or off-topic, you can get back to your regular everyday lives now...)
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Well, I guess now I know – either way, I still personally prefer AMD's naming system, but then again I guess that's just me. Probably going to stick with AMD for a while though (this is at everyone else posting, not just parent) – Intel might be faster now, but I see no reason to upgrade every time something "better" comes out just for the sake of upgrading, and besides, it would probably be too much time, money, and effort upgrading my current system [HP dx5150 MT, Athlon 64 3200+] anyway.
Go ahead, mod me "-1, Troll" some more if you want, but I guess there has to be at least one sane, pragmatic person among the raving lunatic fanboys...
but I'm still sticking with my Athlon 64, thanks. Besides, I can't even tell which damn Intel processors are even 64-bit capable – at least AMD makes a clear naming distinction. (I may be wrong here, of course... disclaimer, I used to be an Intel guy myself, but I've since changed.)
Well, just a quick note – if by Windows 95 era you mean circa 1997-ish or so – i.e., around where my Micron XPE laptop (P-133, 80MB, 6GB) is – it might run a bit slow but it should still be usable. I've had the latest Ultima Linux on there without problems for years, KDE's a bit much (I used WindowMaker on it, Xfce works acceptably as well) but OpenOffice.org, Firefox, etc. work great, although definitely kind of slow.
DISCLAIMER – I'm developer of Ultima Linux... by the way, my current laptop's a P-233/96MB, slightly newer, but still works just fine, this one with KDE.
Most of what I do gets converted to PowerPoint format, since most everyone else I know uses Microsoft stuff, but all my stuff is done in OpenOffice.org whatever format I use.
If you're writing in your journal there should be an option to submit it to the editors. You get your story posted the same way... they look at it and decide they like it, or else they just don't post it at all. Don't think they know each other, but then again I wouldn't know. No idea who kdawson is or any of that other stuff, so don't ask me :-)
N.B. – No, I haven't had any submissions accepted...
Don't know about you, but personally I think the old way works a lot better – I'm probably in the minority here, I just read at -1, no bonuses, nested mode, but I tried the new system, and it just makes it too complicated in my opinion...
...so LEAVE ME ALONE!
Seriously, though. All these arguments and battles and stuff are getting kind of stupid, and honestly it's just a waste of time – don't we have anything more important to do than tax the Internet into oblivion like, say, maybe fix the situation in the Middle East? Kind of ironic, we're fighting over neutrality, which usually means NOT taking sides...
Personally I'd have to agree with everyone else who suggests learning XHTML and CSS; it's really not very hard at all... or of course, you can just run something like DreamWeaver on Wine, I'll admit I can't stand those GUI editors at all but it might be worth checking out anyway if it might be easier...
I will admit, I'm a real GIMP addict myself, but it can definitely be a pain in the ass to learn, it took me around a year or so of playing around with it off-and-on before I really got the hang of things, although it was really just silly things like techniques, not the interface or the program itself – and once you've gotten past that, it's a lot easier...
Have you tried maybe OpenOffice.org Draw? Not sure how useful it would be for a Web site, but I've found it's a great program for lots of other stuff, use it all the time for basic desktop publishing...
Seriously, what do they hope to achieve from this?
Personally I still like Dillo – might not have CSS or JavaScript, but it's one hell of a fast browser (and not to mention it never stores any information on your disk) – and yes, it runs Linux.
...to free software – a hell of a lot more pragmatic, in my opinion. And this is why I prefer ESR to RMS as far as open-source politics and stuff goes (mostly I stay out of it altogether, of course...) I don't know about you, but I agree whole-heartedly with what he's said – admittedly, it would be nice if I could build my own optimized version of nVidia's drivers, but you know what? As long as it works, I really don't care in the long run.
:-)
By the way, just thought I may as well mention – it's been over two years now since I last had Windows on any of my machines, and my iPod works just fine on Linux, even on a 233MHz Pentium-I laptop. Most of the time I just have to convert everything from Ogg Vorbis to MP3, and even then I could probably skip all that if I really wanted to, mostly it's just sheer force of habit from the Red Hat/Fedora days that keeps me using Ogg...
Dammit, you people must have known I set that as my wakeup track! (No, seriously, I did...)
I happen to like gtkpod – http://www.gtkpod.org/ – and amaroK... I'm an iPod nano addict myself, so I've made sure it's included in Ultima Linux if anyone cares (I've also linked amaroK to libgpod, so it's got everything except a music store now... works just fine for me :-)
This is totally off-topic, but this actually strikes me as oddly similar to Franz Kafka's The Trial (I just had to read that over the summer for English class, aamzingly enough I actually understand it ;-) Who knows, maybe it's just me.
My school district's still mad at me for SSH tunneling! (I'm so proud of myself, they've got a new acceptable use policy this year and it's all my fault... :-) Anyway, here's hoping my own school district will hear about this and take a hint, I say this is important stuff...
Damn near laughed my head off... never really used Gentoo, but with all the sources I've had to build lately – especially with my poor PIII-650! – I can't decide whether it's a joke or a perfect description of what I usually have to deal with (other than the fact that I have no telephone support ;-)
Yet another reason I like HP, then. Couldn't care less about Debian itself – I occasionally use their sources if the "stock" ones don't work, their patches can sometimes be useful, but never really used the distro itself – but I definitely like the fact that they've always been so Linux-friendly, and I hope they continue... (note, I'm a bit biased towards HP, my dev box right now is an HP dx5150 MT that I got at an auction for $300, very nice machine, and my other dev box is a COMPAQ DeskPro, not technically an HP since it was before the merger but you get the point...)
<troll>And I'm so glad it's not bloody Ubuntu!</troll>
Anyway, great going HP, keep it up!
Hell, the Swiss Army Knife is probably the Konqueror of portable blades, if you know what I mean – Konqueror has just about everything except a kitchen sink. (And not to mention it's probably the only browser that can actually embed another browser – just pull up its built-in terminal emulator and run Lynx :-)
...and so on and so forth. Which I think is probably the best way to do it, that way they know what the program is the first time they run it, but if they need help later – or just want to tell their friends, or whatever – they'll know the specific program they like/need help with/etc. and not just a generic name that could potentially turn up thousands of results...
Anyway, getting back on topic – I'm honestly not sure how much of an argument there is here. Generic names like "Internet Explorer" actually tend to cause more confusion in the end – they start associating the blue "E" with the entire Internet, which can get annoying after a while if you know the difference... don't know about GNOME, but I know what KDE likes to do is to provide a generic name/description as well as the program name, so for example, just a couple examples that my own menu lists:
Firefox (Web browser)
The GIMP (Image Editor)
Anyway, just my 2 cents.
Their specifications sheets don't want to pull up in Konqueror / KPDF... they open, but you can't read the text. Guess they're Linux-friendly only if you're running Windows...
Yeah, everyone says that... I have yet to pay attention... oh, and as for the VNC thing – SSH compression and a lot of configuration tweaks to the VNC settings... and a LOT of patience. (x0vncserver at full color tends to be somewhat slowish :-)
My school district already hates me, just because I was using a VNC connection over an SSH tunnel to work on some stuff at home (yes, this was for a school project). For whatever reason they thought I was trying to access banned sites... funny thing is, I don't even like MySpace. Or any of those sites.
Please, feel free to mod me "-1, Troll" – I'm just glad to see it isn't yet another bloody Ubuntu slashvertisement. FINALLY!
I've right now got a used HP LaserJet 4 Plus that my friend gave me – he had two of them, so he kept one and let me have the other – haven't used it that much because it's missing a back panel, I had to jam the little lever with a folded PCI slot cover, but it's worked great when I've needed it – very fast, and definitely indestructible. (For that matter, I still use my original-model HP DeskJet as well; not exactly a speed demon, but it's literally older than I am and still works just fine, despite my best efforts... kind of wishing their newer printers were built that well, my DeskJet 540 didn't even last a whole decade... ;-)
Anyway, to get back on topic, definitely second [third, whatever] the HP suggestion – just make sure it has a back panel, otherwise expect to spend a lot of time behind the thing to pick up your printouts...
http://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/ (the "All Things Linux" section mostly, but the others are useful too) – not only do I find it useful myself, but I've also recommended it to a couple of my own users the few times I couldn't figure something out myself. Speaking of which, I'd say if your distribution has its own forums, check there too – not sure if SuSE runs any forums, but if you want to switch to Ultima Linux, we'll be more than happy to welcome you in ;-)
First of all, may as well mention that a lot of smaller distributions have included all that stuff for years, but whatever the case it's good to see that one of the big distributions has finally chosen to do something pragmatic and practical rather than follow a bunch of abstract ideas like most of the others (*cough* Debian *cough*) seem to do. Now, don't get me wrong – I do agree that freedom is very important in any context and form – but as far as the whole "proprietary software is EVIL!!" thing goes, I have to say it's just a little bit exaggerated, and besides, there are gray areas – if my video card only works with a proprietary driver on Linux, it's still better from a free software perspective to just use the proprietary driver than to go back or switch to a non-free system.
Anyway, to get back on topic, I'm glad to see a big-name distribution considering the people who are actually using their system, not just the ones developing it. A lot of people switching to Linux now couldn't care less about the free-vs.-proprietary-software thing – they switch because it's less expensive, or because they don't like Windows and they hear Linux is better. If anything this whole holy war thing probably drives people away rather than bringing them in; if they get a bad first impression, it's hard to change that around. A lot of the reason users still dual-boot Windows or switch to other distributions is because so many distros refuse to include support for MP3's, wireless drivers, Flash, Wine, etc. Obviously this isn't true for everyone, but that's how it is for a lot of my own users. So long story short, it's a lot better to include a couple non-free programs than to risk them switching to an entirely non-free system altogether...
(Sorry if this is too long or off-topic, you can get back to your regular everyday lives now...)