It's about time we got an official release of WINE. I've been getting into Linux music lately and WINE is one of the biggest problems. I'm trying to run freest (a wrapper for Windows VST plugins using WINE), and it is incompatible with the newer versions of WINE. So when WINE goes stable, Paul Davis will hopefully fix whatever's keeping fst from working with new versions of WINE.
I've been working with Linux for about 2 years now. I've also been trying to master music production for about the same amount of time.
My music software of choice was Beast/BSE, which is a modular softsynth/sequencer program. At first, I kept giving up. I just couldn't make the sounds that "everyone else" was using. After a while, I understood enough to make those sounds, but I had spend so much time making my own sounds that I didn't want to use "everyone's" sounds.
The moral is: Free Software has a huge learning curve in some cases, and I was tempted to give up very often, but in the end, I believe that the Free Software gave me more power than a non-Free equivalent.
So let's say that I get three viruses and they're all running. Not only will WinXP SE prevent any more viruses from running, but it will prevent me from getting any more viruses from, say, browsing the web or checking email.
Ingenious.
Microsoft has announced that they will be building technology for Transparent Desktops into their next-generation operating-system, Longhorn. Microsoft representatives report that this technology involves cutting the back out of the monitor to allow the image behind it to show through. When asked whether this would impede the monitor's ability to display images, Microsoft replied that this was an issue that will be addressed in SP1.
Is anyone else just not impressed here? I'm not a big fan of the uber-eye-candy shiny GUI's, and I know for a fact that a lot of seasoned Windows users aren't either. I favor the cleaner toolkits like GTK and the Blender toolkit, which manages to find a good balance of eye candy. No highlights, no annoying gradients to make us think that the buttons are made from glass-tic, just a relatively clean GUI. I'd like to see how a GUI like this "Aero" will go over with the Windows users who instinctively switch every XP box they touch to "classic" mode.
Did anyone else notice that that laptop was running Linux? One of the screenshots has XMMS with the default theme, and another shot has him unmounting something with the terminal.
Good thing, too, because I was going to ask whether it was running Debian Woody.
That would work, except for the fact that SCO would sue you for infringing on their IP laws because you stole their anal code, which is unique to you and SCO.
This is exactly like what Microsoft did with Windows ME:
Micro$oft: VB6 is great! You can develop applications rapidly!
Programmers: We like! Give us the VB6.
Micro$oft: VB.NET will be even better with the power of the.NET framework!
Programmers: Ooh,.NET!
~ pause ~
Micro$oft: Now we've released.NET! VB is even better now!
Programmers: Wait...VB.NET <> VB at all...it's like VB.NET = C# but VB.NET < C#...
Micro$oft: Yeah, we know. Who wants to use an old, outdated language like VB anyway?
"A large enterprise needs to be sure because it relates to securifying [sic] the environment. We see some of the same things occurring that did to Unix -- it could splinter into many different types of languages. We are quite cautious about Linux and its deployment."
First off, "securifying?" WTF?
Second, I wasn't aware that Linux has become a language now. I'll have to learn this. Does it have a C-like syntax? Is Linux OO?
EDS->credibility--;
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NeroLinux vs. K3b
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First off, I'm not a K3b person or a Nero person. I'm actually a console mp3burn user. I've used K3b in the past and I must say that it's a very formidible opponent to go up against. I don't have a Nero CD key so I have to go with what everyone else is saying about NeroLinux.
I think it's great that we're finally getting some commercial Linux software, corporate people don't care whether K3b is "better," they just want brand recognition. So now we have some brand reccognition. If Nero gets positive feedback from this, other companies will be likely to follow. If we can prove to Nero that Linux is a viable platform to develop for, they'll keep at it. RMS probably doesn't like this, but it needs to happen.
If we can give the people what they think they want (brand recognition), we can influence them. E.g. if J.Random Windows User goes to buy EasyToInstallAndUseLinux 1.0 and NeroLinux and perhaps even WordPerfectLinux (sometime in the future), he'd be set. Now, say that ETIAULinux comes with KDE and K3b and J.RWU discovers it one day, likes it, and uses it as his default burning program.
That's what we'll have to do: lure them with commercial software and win them over with opensource.
I find it difficult to believe that security is a concern and they plan to implement IDN support. Didn't the Firefox team decide to disable IDN by default because of the security risks?
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Currently, he is also the most Slashdotted person in the world.
Yes, but if AMD is already here right now, and Intel will be where AMD is right now in two years, think about where AMD will be in two years.
Here, kids, we'll give you a reason to sit on your ass all day if you get up and excercise!
No, they'll be perfectly plausible strings like "lilcutie4432837113."
It's about time we got an official release of WINE. I've been getting into Linux music lately and WINE is one of the biggest problems. I'm trying to run freest (a wrapper for Windows VST plugins using WINE), and it is incompatible with the newer versions of WINE. So when WINE goes stable, Paul Davis will hopefully fix whatever's keeping fst from working with new versions of WINE.
C is the universal language. You can do anything in C. Well, unless you want object-orientation. Or decent string handling. Or readable code.
I've been working with Linux for about 2 years now. I've also been trying to master music production for about the same amount of time.
My music software of choice was Beast/BSE, which is a modular softsynth/sequencer program. At first, I kept giving up. I just couldn't make the sounds that "everyone else" was using. After a while, I understood enough to make those sounds, but I had spend so much time making my own sounds that I didn't want to use "everyone's" sounds.
The moral is: Free Software has a huge learning curve in some cases, and I was tempted to give up very often, but in the end, I believe that the Free Software gave me more power than a non-Free equivalent.
If Microsoft loses this lawsuit, would they finally have to make IE do PNG's correctly?
So let's say that I get three viruses and they're all running. Not only will WinXP SE prevent any more viruses from running, but it will prevent me from getting any more viruses from, say, browsing the web or checking email. Ingenious.
I don't think he's going to switch from one commercial SCM to another.
Seriously, stop. It's not funny anymore. I want my news back.
This just in:
Microsoft has announced that they will be building technology for Transparent Desktops into their next-generation operating-system, Longhorn. Microsoft representatives report that this technology involves cutting the back out of the monitor to allow the image behind it to show through. When asked whether this would impede the monitor's ability to display images, Microsoft replied that this was an issue that will be addressed in SP1.
Is anyone else just not impressed here? I'm not a big fan of the uber-eye-candy shiny GUI's, and I know for a fact that a lot of seasoned Windows users aren't either. I favor the cleaner toolkits like GTK and the Blender toolkit, which manages to find a good balance of eye candy. No highlights, no annoying gradients to make us think that the buttons are made from glass-tic, just a relatively clean GUI.
I'd like to see how a GUI like this "Aero" will go over with the Windows users who instinctively switch every XP box they touch to "classic" mode.
Did anyone else notice that that laptop was running Linux? One of the screenshots has XMMS with the default theme, and another shot has him unmounting something with the terminal.
Good thing, too, because I was going to ask whether it was running Debian Woody.
That would work, except for the fact that SCO would sue you for infringing on their IP laws because you stole their anal code, which is unique to you and SCO.
This is exactly like what Microsoft did with Windows ME:
.NET framework! .NET! .NET! VB is even better now!
Micro$oft: VB6 is great! You can develop applications rapidly!
Programmers: We like! Give us the VB6.
Micro$oft: VB.NET will be even better with the power of the
Programmers: Ooh,
~ pause ~
Micro$oft: Now we've released
Programmers: Wait...VB.NET <> VB at all...it's like VB.NET = C# but VB.NET < C#...
Micro$oft: Yeah, we know. Who wants to use an old, outdated language like VB anyway?
"A large enterprise needs to be sure because it relates to securifying [sic] the environment. We see some of the same things occurring that did to Unix -- it could splinter into many different types of languages. We are quite cautious about Linux and its deployment."
First off, "securifying?" WTF?
Second, I wasn't aware that Linux has become a language now. I'll have to learn this. Does it have a C-like syntax? Is Linux OO?
EDS->credibility--;
First off, I'm not a K3b person or a Nero person. I'm actually a console mp3burn user.
I've used K3b in the past and I must say that it's a very formidible opponent to go up against. I don't have a Nero CD key so I have to go with what everyone else is saying about NeroLinux.
I think it's great that we're finally getting some commercial Linux software, corporate people don't care whether K3b is "better," they just want brand recognition. So now we have some brand reccognition. If Nero gets positive feedback from this, other companies will be likely to follow. If we can prove to Nero that Linux is a viable platform to develop for, they'll keep at it. RMS probably doesn't like this, but it needs to happen.
If we can give the people what they think they want (brand recognition), we can influence them. E.g. if J.Random Windows User goes to buy EasyToInstallAndUseLinux 1.0 and NeroLinux and perhaps even WordPerfectLinux (sometime in the future), he'd be set. Now, say that ETIAULinux comes with KDE and K3b and J.RWU discovers it one day, likes it, and uses it as his default burning program.
That's what we'll have to do: lure them with commercial software and win them over with opensource.
I find it difficult to believe that security is a concern and they plan to implement IDN support.
Didn't the Firefox team decide to disable IDN by default because of the security risks?
Later on in the thread, the creator says that this is a "blatantly photoshopped image which was put up for a joke."
You mean like 'E'?
Enlightenment,
Edje,
Evas,
Ecore,
Euphoria,
Entrance...
Why do mice need human brain cells?
Aren't they the smartest species on Earth (followed by dolphins)?