Tell that to average jane who's computer is bloated by security/system updates so much so that any response to a mouse click would take up to a minute.
A decent computer suppose to run WinXP decently in 2001, is extremely slow with same OS now. But of course that "same OS" is aged and fattened over the years.
My point is M$ lives no choice to user to choose, or makes it so complicated so that user doesn't care to choose. Or windows-update resets each time so that, M$ products are set to default (live.com as search, msn.com as homepage) with each update.
What freedom are you talking about?? how many competitors M$ had thrashed over the years??
Have you tried that latest IE7/8?? it is so fucked up to the point that it almost doesn't work without forcing you to log onto msn.com and set Live.com as your default search. MS lives users no choice at all, or choices are so hidden and hard to change for average joe.
Soon, EI will allow users to search directly from addressbar, gues what!!, thru Live.com. Then soon after that Google goes belly-up too.. just like countless others M$ had killed while monopolizing software business.
Something needs to be done, else there will be noone left but M$.
EU has some point. Have you tried that latest fucking IE7/8?? it is so fucked up to the point that it almost doesn't work without logging onto msn.com first and setting Live.com as default search. MS lives uses no choice, or choices are so hidden and hard to change.
I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species, and I realised that humans are not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment; but you humans do not. Instead you multiply, and multiply, until every resource is consumed. The only way for you to survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern... a virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer on this planet, you are a plague, and we... are the cure.
I have installed the Fedora 10 on a relatively new intel box with 2gig ram and 128mb Nvidia. Compared to WinXP and Leopard, its UI still feels sluggish and slow to mouse clicks and user actions in general. but I hear this is problem of X.org, and improvement is on the way. Let's hope this finally brings us the 'YOLD'. the Year Of Linux Desktop.
UI response to mouse clicks is the definition of speed for most users, with rightfully so.
It takes split second more time for latest Ubuntu to switch between Firefox tabs, that defines the 'speed' for about 80% of all computer users out there.
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There are tiny odds of just about anything happening, why is it news?
To remind us that "economy melting down" is least of our problems and that we should pull ourselves together, and keep spirits up.
Solution: Stick with RedHat.
Tell that to average jane who's computer is bloated by security/system updates so much so that any response to a mouse click would take up to a minute.
A decent computer suppose to run WinXP decently in 2001, is extremely slow with same OS now. But of course that "same OS" is aged and fattened over the years.
Microsoft working on it.
Unless you already know what Linux is, which many, many people do not, it is utterly meaningless.
This is correct.
I beleive that it would help if Linux were marketed as "Linux PC". This will help people to associate Linux with Computers.
My point is M$ lives no choice to user to choose, or makes it so complicated so that user doesn't care to choose. Or windows-update resets each time so that, M$ products are set to default (live.com as search, msn.com as homepage) with each update.
M$ finds ways to kill competition.
What freedom are you talking about?? how many competitors M$ had thrashed over the years??
Have you tried that latest IE7/8?? it is so fucked up to the point that it almost doesn't work without forcing you to log onto msn.com and set Live.com as your default search. MS lives users no choice at all, or choices are so hidden and hard to change for average joe.
Soon, EI will allow users to search directly from addressbar, gues what!!, thru Live.com. Then soon after that Google goes belly-up too.. just like countless others M$ had killed while monopolizing software business.
Something needs to be done, else there will be noone left but M$.
Forgive me I'm a bit passionate about this.
EU has some point. Have you tried that latest fucking IE7/8?? it is so fucked up to the point that it almost doesn't work without logging onto msn.com first and setting Live.com as default search. MS lives uses no choice, or choices are so hidden and hard to change.
Something needs to be done.
RHT is no ordinary lam. And MSFT is no longer the lion it once was.
So I bet they will get along just fine.
Yes, it'll save you cost too.
I have similar problems with Fedora and Ubuntu. Linux GUI feels sluggish in general.
I agree with you, GUI of modern distros such as Fedura and Ubuntu are sluggish.
Agent Smith (of Matrix movie) puts it nicely:
I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species, and I realised that humans are not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment; but you humans do not. Instead you multiply, and multiply, until every resource is consumed. The only way for you to survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern... a virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer on this planet, you are a plague, and we... are the cure.
>>I'm mystified why people are so positive about Win7
Me too. Maybe people felt guilty of over criticizing Vista.
I have installed the thing and it works like Vista, it looks like Vista, it feels like Vista. Guess what, it is Vista.
Why should software providers keep rewriting their code just because of Microsoft's whims and fancies?
software providers of course, may choose to write their own OS instead.
I wouldn't be surprised if, sun declines and RH gains further, RH buying sun and opening up every single code Sun had ever developed.
RH gets Sun's remaining customers, seems like a good deal to me.
>>But I doubt a $30M company scares them much.
Well now, I bet Yahoo! was thinking same way as you do when they decided that Google will supply Yahoo Search.
Now, Google 10x bigger than Yahoo!, at least in stock value.
If I'm not mistaken, Orkut was developed as a "20% free time" project by a Google engineer named Orkut.
... hookers are available for bloggers too..
I'd add, its Here to thrive.
>> It has a long way to go, but the ball is definitely rolling.
Agreed. And more it rolls, the faster it will roll.
If it reaches to, say, 40-50% market share, I dont see how MS or any other company can compete against it.
I have installed the Fedora 10 on a relatively new intel box with 2gig ram and 128mb Nvidia. Compared to WinXP and Leopard, its UI still feels sluggish and slow to mouse clicks and user actions in general. but I hear this is problem of X.org, and improvement is on the way. Let's hope this finally brings us the 'YOLD'. the Year Of Linux Desktop.
naah, but Lynx is ;)
but it also supports FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, UnixWare, LynxOS and HURD
oh come on now..
who uses these anyway?
solaris? - thats Suns problem.
Free/Open/Net BSD, LynxOS, Hurd?? - who uses these?
UI response to mouse clicks is the definition of speed for most users, with rightfully so.
It takes split second more time for latest Ubuntu to switch between Firefox tabs, that defines the 'speed' for about 80% of all computer users out there.