I use the gorilla theme and the default debian background. Quite pleasing to the eye, yet still highly functional for day to day use.
It's about choice.
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What's better, daytime or night?
What's better, rain or sunshine?
Everyone has preferences, and Linux is all about choices. I'd rather see an occasional Gnome/KDE flamewar and have the choice to use whichever I prefer. Truth be known, I have both installed. I love Gnome's beautiful interface, and KDE's powerful apps for development. Depending on my task du jour is what I choose from my GDM login screen.
Of course, if you can't make up your mind, there's always blackbox, xfce, windowmaker, enlightenment, and 7.2 hojillion other choices for your X environment. Of course, no one ever complains that Windowmaker is better than XFCE. >83=
there was a statement made long ago that computers would never need more than 256k of RAM. Now many games require 1G as a minimum requirement. With changing technologies comes the ability for people to expand what they are capable of. With the advent of accelerated graphics, it wasn't "needed" at the time, however there soon became a point where almost every game sold required it. There was never a need for 256M Ram at the time it was available, but as the hardware became more capable, development followed suit to utilize the available resources.
The best answer I can give to ever needing higher bandwidth is, "build it, and they will come". As more resources become available, developers will be able to provide content which will utilize that resource and overall the experience of programs and applications will improve. After all, what's better, rdp over dialup, or rdp over LAN?
Reading this article, I see that sober will update itself from the following sites,
http://people.freenet.de/gixcihnm/
http://scifi.pages.at/agzytvfbybn/
http://home.pages.at/bdalczxpctcb/
http://free.pages.at/ftvuefbumebug/
http://home.arcor.de/ijdsqkkxuwp/
Can these companies be held to any type of punishment for allowing this to happen over their domain? Is there some type of regulation that applies for allowing your site/service to be used to replicate and/or update malware and viruses?
I run HP and Dell with one IBM stashed away to work from my couch when I feel lazy. Why? They all offer alternative OS as an option. HP-UX, Red Hat, and IBM's push for OSS has a good bit to do with it.
My wireless card for my laptops? Netgear. Why? They offer alternative OS drivers (Red Hat, but still, a step forward and it's not hard to mod them to Slackware)
How about instead of complaining that vendors won't support Linux/Unix, we make a pact to stop buying from companies who refuses to support it? There's enough companies out there who offer products and support for *nix distros, why don't we just band together and support those who support us? Maybe if some of the other companies see a 5-10% drop in sales, they'll look into why people are buying more from other companies with OSS support.
The solution isn't in pleading with companies to help us... it's with taking our money elsewhere. They don't care about *nix, they care about their bottom lines. If we can make their OSS support directly proportionate to their bottom line, we'll be making progress.
I have a 75 mhz IBM thinkpad 365XD which runs linux, slackware 10.1 with Xfce and alsa. This was originally designed for Warp OS2. If I put a good bit of effort into it, I could probably force this laptop to run Windows 95... which isn't supported or even close to resembling secure any more since it has been dropped form MS's radar.
I also have a small development server at my home running Slackware 10.1 with Apache, ProFTPd, BIND, IMAP (etc), which is used from a 395mhz Athlon K6, which barely ran windows 2kPro.
I think a lot of businesses, especially small to medium sized businesses are in the same boat. I have a couple of new-ish computers that run XP, but half of my equipment is sadly outdated. Microsoft targets businesses with brand new servers, brand new workstations, brand new computers, slam full of RAM with uber-processors and an army of people who can barely check their email using Outlook. I would think (in my opinion) that they just don't want their bankrolls, er uh... prospective clients I mean, to see that other smaller businesses without an unlimited budget are using Linux and Unix with success.
Microsoft isn't evil. They're a business trying to make money. No one complains when the Ford car salesman talks bad about Chevy's, or when the Dodge car salesman talks down Hondas. It's part of having a business. You make money by targeting groups of people. Microsoft is doing just that.
Meanwhile... I'll stick with Slack. Not only does it "just work", but it works one heck of a lot better than other OS's on my sadly outdated equipment.
Children learn what they're taught. This would be why there's such a huge push in MS to resist change. Windows XP works very similar to Windows 95 for this very reason.
If we teach children OSS, they learn OSS. If we teach them windows, they learn windows. Your comment that "Linux is for techies" is like saying "We can't teach children english because japanese is easier!"
By the way, I'm writing this while listening to the BBC news broadcast on a linux laptop. My sound to works just fine.
Sorry, I may have been a bit unclear. I meant that they normally don't review linux only clients, but then I meant to separate that I was surprised that they included pine. Didn't mean to cause confusion that I was implying pine was "linux only" I use pine in WinXP actually, it's fast, easy to use, and I'm used to it from using it in linux.
I think primarily they were using comparisons of software that home users would actually use. My work is getting geared up to Novell Groupwise on IMAP, which is so far from what the average home user would need that it's not even worth saying
Of course, I'm wondering where Kontact (Kmail) and Evolution fit into their little reviews? Rarely do you see Linux only clients. I was actually amazed to see pine thrown into the bunch, however I was also surprised that it received more than one star. I use Pine on a Slack based 75Mhz P1 laptop that I use for a wireless ssh terminal, and Pine runs fine on it. I'd shudder to think how long it would take Thunderbird or any other GUI based client to load.
This is hardly a study. This is a couple of guys who are creating a virtual possibility of two theoretical servers, considering what an inexperienced and/or inept sys admin may or may not do to secure their system before exposing it to the internet.
This is slightly more scientific than saying "My dog's poop stinks less than your dog's poop"
Microsoft says they're safer than linux
This email says that these pills will make my johnson grow to twice it's size.
This TV commercial says that this product will make my hair grow back.
This car dealer says I can buy a brand new car for less than I'm paying a month now.
People say a lot of things. That doesn't make them true. That makes them salesmen. (salespersons?)
Okay, well, maybe not native. I use slackware and SuSE 9.2. I haven't been able to get ATI's drivers to work for Slack for almost a year now, but SuSE's downloads work well if you follow their instructions EXACTLY!
I'd say go native for gaming though. There's flight simulators, Seach and Rescue, and a good number of others available.
Also, playing Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory on Windows yields about 80fps at 1024x786 on my RV350AP, in linux, it's over 100fps, occasionally spiking to about 120 even with all of the effects maxed out. I tried playing the windows port of ET under cedega, and I was getting about 60fps with much less effects turned on. That's just over half of the usual performance I get from the ported linux version.
If you can help it, get a ported linux game, or even a native linux game. First, showing support for native linux games shows developers that there's a market out there for linux gamers.. Second, they just work better than trying to emulate another OS on top of an OS that's already running.
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Bluetooth watch with 32MB of memory would be pretty neat. Now if only I had something else that was bluetooth to actually put files on it. :/
I use the gorilla theme and the default debian background. Quite pleasing to the eye, yet still highly functional for day to day use.
What's better, rain or sunshine?
Everyone has preferences, and Linux is all about choices. I'd rather see an occasional Gnome/KDE flamewar and have the choice to use whichever I prefer. Truth be known, I have both installed. I love Gnome's beautiful interface, and KDE's powerful apps for development. Depending on my task du jour is what I choose from my GDM login screen.
Of course, if you can't make up your mind, there's always blackbox, xfce, windowmaker, enlightenment, and 7.2 hojillion other choices for your X environment. Of course, no one ever complains that Windowmaker is better than XFCE. >83=
there was a statement made long ago that computers would never need more than 256k of RAM. Now many games require 1G as a minimum requirement.
With changing technologies comes the ability for people to expand what they are capable of. With the advent of accelerated graphics, it wasn't "needed" at the time, however there soon became a point where almost every game sold required it. There was never a need for 256M Ram at the time it was available, but as the hardware became more capable, development followed suit to utilize the available resources.
The best answer I can give to ever needing higher bandwidth is, "build it, and they will come". As more resources become available, developers will be able to provide content which will utilize that resource and overall the experience of programs and applications will improve. After all, what's better, rdp over dialup, or rdp over LAN?
- http://people.freenet.de/gixcihnm/
- http://scifi.pages.at/agzytvfbybn/
- http://home.pages.at/bdalczxpctcb/
- http://free.pages.at/ftvuefbumebug/
- http://home.arcor.de/ijdsqkkxuwp/
Can these companies be held to any type of punishment for allowing this to happen over their domain? Is there some type of regulation that applies for allowing your site/service to be used to replicate and/or update malware and viruses?I run HP and Dell with one IBM stashed away to work from my couch when I feel lazy. Why? They all offer alternative OS as an option. HP-UX, Red Hat, and IBM's push for OSS has a good bit to do with it.
My wireless card for my laptops? Netgear. Why? They offer alternative OS drivers (Red Hat, but still, a step forward and it's not hard to mod them to Slackware)
How about instead of complaining that vendors won't support Linux/Unix, we make a pact to stop buying from companies who refuses to support it? There's enough companies out there who offer products and support for *nix distros, why don't we just band together and support those who support us? Maybe if some of the other companies see a 5-10% drop in sales, they'll look into why people are buying more from other companies with OSS support.
The solution isn't in pleading with companies to help us... it's with taking our money elsewhere. They don't care about *nix, they care about their bottom lines. If we can make their OSS support directly proportionate to their bottom line, we'll be making progress.
I have a 75 mhz IBM thinkpad 365XD which runs linux, slackware 10.1 with Xfce and alsa. This was originally designed for Warp OS2. If I put a good bit of effort into it, I could probably force this laptop to run Windows 95... which isn't supported or even close to resembling secure any more since it has been dropped form MS's radar.
I also have a small development server at my home running Slackware 10.1 with Apache, ProFTPd, BIND, IMAP (etc), which is used from a 395mhz Athlon K6, which barely ran windows 2kPro.
I think a lot of businesses, especially small to medium sized businesses are in the same boat. I have a couple of new-ish computers that run XP, but half of my equipment is sadly outdated. Microsoft targets businesses with brand new servers, brand new workstations, brand new computers, slam full of RAM with uber-processors and an army of people who can barely check their email using Outlook. I would think (in my opinion) that they just don't want their bankrolls, er uh... prospective clients I mean, to see that other smaller businesses without an unlimited budget are using Linux and Unix with success.
Microsoft isn't evil. They're a business trying to make money. No one complains when the Ford car salesman talks bad about Chevy's, or when the Dodge car salesman talks down Hondas. It's part of having a business. You make money by targeting groups of people. Microsoft is doing just that.
Meanwhile... I'll stick with Slack. Not only does it "just work", but it works one heck of a lot better than other OS's on my sadly outdated equipment.
Children learn what they're taught. This would be why there's such a huge push in MS to resist change. Windows XP works very similar to Windows 95 for this very reason. If we teach children OSS, they learn OSS. If we teach them windows, they learn windows. Your comment that "Linux is for techies" is like saying "We can't teach children english because japanese is easier!" By the way, I'm writing this while listening to the BBC news broadcast on a linux laptop. My sound to works just fine.
I'd think by reading post #33 in their forums, that they would tend to agree with your outcome.
Man, I tried clicking the link and the sites down. the RIAA is moving much more efficiently now apparently. :D
"Honey, look at this neat screensaver/icon/cursor/toolbar that I downloaded for my computer!"
Sorry, I may have been a bit unclear. I meant that they normally don't review linux only clients, but then I meant to separate that I was surprised that they included pine. Didn't mean to cause confusion that I was implying pine was "linux only" I use pine in WinXP actually, it's fast, easy to use, and I'm used to it from using it in linux.
Of course, I'm wondering where Kontact (Kmail) and Evolution fit into their little reviews? Rarely do you see Linux only clients. I was actually amazed to see pine thrown into the bunch, however I was also surprised that it received more than one star. I use Pine on a Slack based 75Mhz P1 laptop that I use for a wireless ssh terminal, and Pine runs fine on it. I'd shudder to think how long it would take Thunderbird or any other GUI based client to load.
This is hardly a study. This is a couple of guys who are creating a virtual possibility of two theoretical servers, considering what an inexperienced and/or inept sys admin may or may not do to secure their system before exposing it to the internet. This is slightly more scientific than saying "My dog's poop stinks less than your dog's poop"
Microsoft says they're safer than linux This email says that these pills will make my johnson grow to twice it's size. This TV commercial says that this product will make my hair grow back. This car dealer says I can buy a brand new car for less than I'm paying a month now. People say a lot of things. That doesn't make them true. That makes them salesmen. (salespersons?)
Okay, well, maybe not native. I use slackware and SuSE 9.2. I haven't been able to get ATI's drivers to work for Slack for almost a year now, but SuSE's downloads work well if you follow their instructions EXACTLY! I'd say go native for gaming though. There's flight simulators, Seach and Rescue, and a good number of others available. Also, playing Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory on Windows yields about 80fps at 1024x786 on my RV350AP, in linux, it's over 100fps, occasionally spiking to about 120 even with all of the effects maxed out. I tried playing the windows port of ET under cedega, and I was getting about 60fps with much less effects turned on. That's just over half of the usual performance I get from the ported linux version. If you can help it, get a ported linux game, or even a native linux game. First, showing support for native linux games shows developers that there's a market out there for linux gamers.. Second, they just work better than trying to emulate another OS on top of an OS that's already running.