Personally I found the opposite. I used to think regular keyboards sucked until I bought a laptop (PowerBook). I ended up having to buy a rollup keyboard.
Have you ever even used VMWare? Performance is pretty close to native (which makes sense, because it is native; there's no emulation involved).
I've been using their Player and an evaluation of 5.5, but even on my Athlon 64 3200+ (2GB RAM) it feels very sluggish. It's significantly faster than QEMU, but nowhere near native. Acessing a Dell Optiplex GX1 (450MHz P3, 128mb RAM) over Remote Desktop feels more responive.
Fixed a compatiblity problem in the FairKeys feature caused by a recent Music Store change. (JHymn is still not compatible with Music Store accounts with which purchases have been made using iTunes 6, however.)
If you've bought anything using the current version of iTunes, you cannot currently remove the DRM. I bought one song with the new version (my first and last) and ended up burning it to a CD and encoding it as a FLAC.
Hmm. After using OpenOffice on the Mac, I'd have to say they really don't have to fear that.
It only works under X11, feels very slow and unresponsive, looks terrible, and doesn't follow the normal shortcuts. NeoOffice/J is alright and corrects the shortcut problem, but it still feels very out of place and slow.
Don't get me wrong, I love OpenOffice. I use it exclusively on Linux and Windows. It's just very half-assed on the Mac. I ended up having to buy the student version of Microsoft Office 2004 to have something to work with.
If it's a home computer, use AVG Free. If it's a company computer, use F-Prot. I've had very good experiences with both, and F-Prot is very cheap when buying volume licenses (~$2/computer).
Don't forget about BitDefender. It has a free on-demand scanner, and I've found it to be excellent. I gave it a try this weekend on a few computers heavily infested with spyware and viruses and it found and removed things that Spybot, Ad-Aware, Microsoft AntiSpyware, AVG Free, F-Prot, and ClamWin didn't. I'm definatly going to be using this more often.
Not to mention they actually do a better job at it.
I'm currently running Fedora Core 4 on a dialup connection. Every weekend I run "yum update" and it usually takes the weekend just do download all the updates. Not cool.
My first Linux install was Redhat 4.2. The computer was a Pentium 133 with 16mb RAM. Win95 felt very slow while Redhat felt fast and responsive.
package managers have improved greatly
True, but I feel this is a big weakness in Linux. Since I stopped using source based distros I moved to several different distros in the last two years for one main reason: packages. It'd be much nicer if distros focused on getting a nice solid polished system while developers released their own packages (Autopackage or something similar).
Yeah, but in Firefox there is a decent workaround.
Go to Edit->Preferences. Click on the "Privacy" icon. Click on the "Cookies" tab. Check "Allow sites to set Cookies" Check "for the originating site only" Under "Keep Cookies" select "until I close Firefox".
This way sites are allowed to set cookies, but webbugs (ie, DoubleClick) are blocked. When you close the browser all cookies are removed. For sites like Slashdot where I want persistant cookies, I can enable them for that site.
It can also be done in Konqueror, Safari and IIRC, IE. Opera probably does it too.
Yeah, but in Firefox there is a decent workaround.
Go to Edit->Preferences.
Click on the "Privacy" icon.
Click on the "Cookies" tab.
Check "Allow sites to set Cookies"
Check "for the originating site only"
Under "Keep Cookies" select "until I close Firefox".
This way sites are allowed to set cookies, but webbugs (ie, DoubleClick) are blocked. When you close the browser all cookies are removed. For sites like Slashdot where I want persistant cookies, I can enable them for that site.
It can also be done in Konqueror, Safari and IIRC, IE. Opera probably does it too.
just get PlayFair and decode those songs, no biggie (assuming it still works, haven't checked in a while).
It doesn't work with the current versions of iTunes and Quicktime.
I think you're missing the point. Any music store could easily support the iPod and it would require no help from Apple. The store would simply have to sell MP3s or non-crippled AACs.
To quote the GP: all this DRM is really just shooting themselves in the foot
I just have to say that is one of the main reasons I bought a Mac (PowerBook). This way I can load up Photoshop, and still have Quanta and a responsive GIMP open at the same time. No more dual booting.
I did once since I wanted to not have to boot into Windows to use PrintShop. That was a total waste of my time.
I wasn't doing anything complex, just a certificate. All I needed was the company logo and a couple text fields. Every time I hit print, none of the text fields showed up. I spent a few days trying to solve the problem, and had no luck. I ending up just wasting my time and having to boot into Windows and pull an all nighter (had to do about 500 of them).
This year, though, I used OpenOffice Draw. Did exactly what I needed, and worked without any issues. I tried Scribus again to see if it improved, and still had many issues with it.
Linux definatley needs work in the DTP area.
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They're's someting wrong with your system. On the following machines KDE has felt very snappy:
Especially since Target doesn't read any of my CC's in their machine, they always have me do it 4 times then take it into the cash register and THEN it reads just fine.
Are you around a lot of magnets or something? None of my cards ever have that problem.
Anyway, you can always use my perferred method of payment: cash. Fast and anonymous. There's these things called ATMs, in many areas you don't even have to get out your car to use one.
When I first started wearing earplugs to band practice (melodic death metal) and concerts they made my ears itch badly. After a few weeks, though, they stopped bothering me. I also found them very uncomfortable at first but now that doesn't bother me either.
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Personally I found the opposite. I used to think regular keyboards sucked until I bought a laptop (PowerBook). I ended up having to buy a rollup keyboard.
Have you ever even used VMWare? Performance is pretty close to native (which makes sense, because it is native; there's no emulation involved).
I've been using their Player and an evaluation of 5.5, but even on my Athlon 64 3200+ (2GB RAM) it feels very sluggish. It's significantly faster than QEMU, but nowhere near native. Acessing a Dell Optiplex GX1 (450MHz P3, 128mb RAM) over Remote Desktop feels more responive.
If you've bought anything using the current version of iTunes, you cannot currently remove the DRM. I bought one song with the new version (my first and last) and ended up burning it to a CD and encoding it as a FLAC.
Hmm. After using OpenOffice on the Mac, I'd have to say they really don't have to fear that.
It only works under X11, feels very slow and unresponsive, looks terrible, and doesn't follow the normal shortcuts. NeoOffice/J is alright and corrects the shortcut problem, but it still feels very out of place and slow.
Don't get me wrong, I love OpenOffice. I use it exclusively on Linux and Windows. It's just very half-assed on the Mac. I ended up having to buy the student version of Microsoft Office 2004 to have something to work with.
If it's a home computer, use AVG Free. If it's a company computer, use F-Prot. I've had very good experiences with both, and F-Prot is very cheap when buying volume licenses (~$2/computer).
Don't forget about BitDefender. It has a free on-demand scanner, and I've found it to be excellent. I gave it a try this weekend on a few computers heavily infested with spyware and viruses and it found and removed things that Spybot, Ad-Aware, Microsoft AntiSpyware, AVG Free, F-Prot, and ClamWin didn't. I'm definatly going to be using this more often.
Not to mention they actually do a better job at it.
I'm currently running Fedora Core 4 on a dialup connection. Every weekend I run "yum update" and it usually takes the weekend just do download all the updates. Not cool.
Well, they run a good project at dhs.org...
(Yes I know it's not run by that dhs...)
Why are you suggesting Microsoft Word? Are you saying he needs the Grammer Checker?
That's strange.
My first Linux install was Redhat 4.2. The computer was a Pentium 133 with 16mb RAM. Win95 felt very slow while Redhat felt fast and responsive.
package managers have improved greatly
True, but I feel this is a big weakness in Linux. Since I stopped using source based distros I moved to several different distros in the last two years for one main reason: packages. It'd be much nicer if distros focused on getting a nice solid polished system while developers released their own packages (Autopackage or something similar).
Yeah, but in Firefox there is a decent workaround.
Go to Edit->Preferences.
Click on the "Privacy" icon.
Click on the "Cookies" tab.
Check "Allow sites to set Cookies"
Check "for the originating site only"
Under "Keep Cookies" select "until I close Firefox".
This way sites are allowed to set cookies, but webbugs (ie, DoubleClick) are blocked. When you close the browser all cookies are removed. For sites like Slashdot where I want persistant cookies, I can enable them for that site.
It can also be done in Konqueror, Safari and IIRC, IE. Opera probably does it too.
Basically the equivilent of this:
~/.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache
Yeah, but in Firefox there is a decent workaround. Go to Edit->Preferences. Click on the "Privacy" icon. Click on the "Cookies" tab. Check "Allow sites to set Cookies" Check "for the originating site only" Under "Keep Cookies" select "until I close Firefox". This way sites are allowed to set cookies, but webbugs (ie, DoubleClick) are blocked. When you close the browser all cookies are removed. For sites like Slashdot where I want persistant cookies, I can enable them for that site. It can also be done in Konqueror, Safari and IIRC, IE. Opera probably does it too.
That's what "Lock Screen" is for.
Stewie: "Does anyone smell Astroglide?"
(From episode "Brian Does Hollywood")
just get PlayFair and decode those songs, no biggie (assuming it still works, haven't checked in a while). It doesn't work with the current versions of iTunes and Quicktime.
I think you're missing the point. Any music store could easily support the iPod and it would require no help from Apple. The store would simply have to sell MP3s or non-crippled AACs.
To quote the GP: all this DRM is really just shooting themselves in the foot
I just have to say that is one of the main reasons I bought a Mac (PowerBook). This way I can load up Photoshop, and still have Quanta and a responsive GIMP open at the same time. No more dual booting.
I did once since I wanted to not have to boot into Windows to use PrintShop. That was a total waste of my time.
I wasn't doing anything complex, just a certificate. All I needed was the company logo and a couple text fields. Every time I hit print, none of the text fields showed up. I spent a few days trying to solve the problem, and had no luck. I ending up just wasting my time and having to boot into Windows and pull an all nighter (had to do about 500 of them).
This year, though, I used OpenOffice Draw. Did exactly what I needed, and worked without any issues. I tried Scribus again to see if it improved, and still had many issues with it.
Linux definatley needs work in the DTP area.
They're's someting wrong with your system. On the following machines KDE has felt very snappy:
AMD K6-2 350MHz - 128mb RAM
Pentium II 450MHz - 128mb RAM
Pentium III 733 MHz - 256mb RAM
Athlon 750MHz - 512mb RAM
Duron 1.6GHz - 256mb RAM
Athlon XP 2800+ - 256mb RAM
Athlon 64 3200+ (64-bit mode) - 2GB RAM
I give GNOME a try for a few weeks after every new release (Fedora and Ubuntu) and it always feels sluggish to me.
-KDE user since '97
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I get about 10 of those a day. Well. did before setting a filter...
I also get the software one, but from many different names.
Especially since Target doesn't read any of my CC's in their machine, they always have me do it 4 times then take it into the cash register and THEN it reads just fine.
Are you around a lot of magnets or something? None of my cards ever have that problem.
Anyway, you can always use my perferred method of payment: cash. Fast and anonymous. There's these things called ATMs, in many areas you don't even have to get out your car to use one.
When I first started wearing earplugs to band practice (melodic death metal) and concerts they made my ears itch badly. After a few weeks, though, they stopped bothering me. I also found them very uncomfortable at first but now that doesn't bother me either.
The downside is that most people can't use it.
Klearlooks theme + the Clearlooks color scheme. Not quite as nice as Clearlooks yet, but it's getting there.
Lipstick is also quite nice.