but the problem is, every now and again, your mind changes how you want to lay out all of the files, and it takes a few hours to refile everything in the correct folders.
Just wait 'till you have to re-tag everything. And then, when you're done, you remember that App 27 needs that other tag, or it can't find the files.
Of course, if we argue TCO with Windows, we've already lost.
Free Software is about FREEDOM, not price. And that's the one thing Microsoft have NO argument against. I half-suspect that the whole Open Source movement is an attempt to get Linux people to forget about Free Software, too. The Halloween memo did mention that they had insiders in the Linux community, and the undermining of the Free Software label is the one thing I know of that's been so damaging to the cause of Software Freedom.
Actually it may just re-inforce the "Oh it's more expensive so it must be better" meme people have in their heads.
Yes, and eventually lead to $9.99 songs. Luckily, they've forgot that there's a much tougher competitor they have to deal with than Apple's iTunes vs. offline sales: the reality of music distribution costs in the digital age (i.e., next-to-nothing).
I'm boycotting the thing, and I'm surprised most other people on/. don't have the integrity to do the same, if they truly believe that Microsoft is a malevolent force.
1) Find Al-Qaeda website.
2) Fuck up the whole internet and bring everything under threat with overzealous measures and counter-measures.
3) Ignore pleas for wisdom.
4) Talk about FREEDOM!
5) Repeat from 2.
Did you notice how he's making this about "open source" only? Not one mention of Free Software, the FSF, or GNU. Not even a mention of the GPL, in his part of the conversation.
The big thing that Free Software has going for it is FREEDOM, that ordinary people on the street might actually get some day. If they do, they'll give up proprietary tech.
If, however, people continue to call GPL'd products "open source", as if it's just about whether the code is on sourceforge for programmers to access, we'll eventually be wiped out by MS's intense focus on shipping a shiny product that dazzles customers' judgement, and by MS's footholds in education and game consoles.
I'm not one for conspiracy theories: I usually like to belief that people are always doing what seems good to them, at least in their understanding of the world. But Microsoft are taking a lot of steps that cannot be good for the future of the software industry. And, as such, not good for our future technology-driven society as a whole.
Please start using the term Free Software or Software Libre again.
It's OK. Basically, what's nice about it is the automatic database layering, but any dynamic language like python can do that, and in fact, does do that. Even PHP5 has similar options, afaik.
However, RoR doesn't scale as well as it looks in examples: things get complicated quickly. Also, if you're not used to the syntax of Ruby, it can be hard to get to grips with.
Personally, I'd recommend Python. It's a modern, powerful, well-supported language, and it's incredibly fast language for development: building complex features that would take a day in C++ takes about an hour in python, yet it still encourages most of the best practices for good programming, unlike languages like PHP. It's much more readable and maintainable than Perl, and modern APIs and refactoring tools like Eric3 make it a pleasure to work on, too.
Agreed; photoshop had probably my least-favorite graphics interface (most adobe stuff is horrible in that respect) until I saw GIMP.
Krita, on the other hand, will solve all of that for me. Can't wait 'till it's in my distro:)
Vista, n:
a distant view through or along an avenue or opening
Microsoft chose the name because they saw the idiotic customers coming from a long way off.
Well, in GNOME's case, it doesn't seem to be well-used. In KDE, it's almost ubiquitously supported, and very useful for everyday tasks. KDE is also implementing a universal KScript system, so many more applications will directly support internal scripting in future.
I agree that the technology should be advertised a lot more.
Actually, KDE has very complete scripting support, which gives similar power to the Amigas' AREXX. It's called DCOP. Just open a konsole, and type dcop, which is the command line interface to it, or kdcop, which will let you browse it.
All in all, KDE is the platform which feels closest to Amigas for me (and I've searchedhard!) It's quite fast (relative to other non-amiga OSes, at least) and there are a lot of nice features in it, when you really get to know it. Highly recommended.
Well, yes, you're right in a way. And I'll admit it's even the more common case. But it's quite obvious to many of us that corporations are deliberately and gradually wearing down established laws by working along the letter of those laws rather than in the spirit of them. Although I'm not able to give an exact definition of a law that could prevent this, I'm quite sure it could be managed, since much more complex and vague things are defined in law already. I'd like to see people working on the problem, at least.
Just to clarify: are you saying that I'll be able to move all dockable panels into one area, with tabs? That's exactly what I think would help:) At the moment, I'm forced to have two side panels, where one only contains a single 1/3 height item, which seems like a massive waste of space on my small screen.
If you're having trouble fitting it all in, could I suggest looking at how 3D apps like 3D Studio Max do it? They're VERY full apps: highly extensible through plugins that add to the panels directly, yet they don't get overcrowded, due to a few great principles.
Basically, they use dockable tabls with headed subpanels. When you click a heading, the subpanel collapses, but the whole tab contents are scrollable anyway, so you can have as many open as you want, and just scroll the area up and down. If you're looking for an extensible interface, that's the best approach I've ever seen.
Anyway, congratulations on finally getting Krita out there; I know it's been a long road, and I'm very glad to have it available at last:) Hopefully we'll see start to see an explosion of plugins developed by third parties now too:)
I think you're taking the analogy too far. Hacking a security mechanism is not limited by scale of attacking forces in the same way that storming a fortress is. Certainly, if the system is secure and relies on good encryption, then huge resources are needed to defeat it. But that is often not the case with software "security features".
Agreed. I don't care if proprietary software produces the best browser on Earth. If using it takes away my freedom to use my preferred operating system, or to link code up a patch that links it to my preferred desktop search engine, then the price is too high. Freedom is more important than some latest feature. I, for one, am thankful that others get that instead of just selling out to whatever company provides the latest gimmick first.
I really like Krita so far. I agree that the interface elements are too big for my 1024x768 laptop screen.
However, it's not a problem with the toolkit or the theme: it's simply a matter of poor screen real-estate usage. If they would just make everything dock into one side panel, it'd be fine.
Yeah, the names aren't great. "Gimp" is actually offensive. I'm getting used to Krita, though:)
But that's not very important. What matters to me is that I've been waiting on Krita for over a year now, so I can finally ditch Gimp and use a modern app with media support and lots of potential, that fits the rest of my desktop:)
I'd love to know what the plan is with solar sails and micrometeors. They seem terribly fragile.
Do we just let them rip holes in certain sections of the sail? Wouldn't that unbalance the sails?
Presumably they're supposed to be furled whenever the craft is at risk of micrometeor strikes? But can we detect micrometeors that easily and reliably?
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Just wait 'till you have to re-tag everything. And then, when you're done, you remember that App 27 needs that other tag, or it can't find the files.
Of course, if we argue TCO with Windows, we've already lost. Free Software is about FREEDOM, not price. And that's the one thing Microsoft have NO argument against. I half-suspect that the whole Open Source movement is an attempt to get Linux people to forget about Free Software, too. The Halloween memo did mention that they had insiders in the Linux community, and the undermining of the Free Software label is the one thing I know of that's been so damaging to the cause of Software Freedom.
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/. don't have the integrity to do the same, if they truly believe that Microsoft is a malevolent force.
I'm boycotting the thing, and I'm surprised most other people on
1) Find Al-Qaeda website. 2) Fuck up the whole internet and bring everything under threat with overzealous measures and counter-measures. 3) Ignore pleas for wisdom. 4) Talk about FREEDOM! 5) Repeat from 2.
Did you notice how he's making this about "open source" only? Not one mention of Free Software, the FSF, or GNU. Not even a mention of the GPL, in his part of the conversation.
The big thing that Free Software has going for it is FREEDOM, that ordinary people on the street might actually get some day. If they do, they'll give up proprietary tech.
If, however, people continue to call GPL'd products "open source", as if it's just about whether the code is on sourceforge for programmers to access, we'll eventually be wiped out by MS's intense focus on shipping a shiny product that dazzles customers' judgement, and by MS's footholds in education and game consoles.
I'm not one for conspiracy theories: I usually like to belief that people are always doing what seems good to them, at least in their understanding of the world. But Microsoft are taking a lot of steps that cannot be good for the future of the software industry. And, as such, not good for our future technology-driven society as a whole.
Please start using the term Free Software or Software Libre again.
Every real-world use I've ever seen of the term requires the reponse to be fast.
You're also incomprehensible.
It's OK. Basically, what's nice about it is the automatic database layering, but any dynamic language like python can do that, and in fact, does do that. Even PHP5 has similar options, afaik. However, RoR doesn't scale as well as it looks in examples: things get complicated quickly. Also, if you're not used to the syntax of Ruby, it can be hard to get to grips with. Personally, I'd recommend Python. It's a modern, powerful, well-supported language, and it's incredibly fast language for development: building complex features that would take a day in C++ takes about an hour in python, yet it still encourages most of the best practices for good programming, unlike languages like PHP. It's much more readable and maintainable than Perl, and modern APIs and refactoring tools like Eric3 make it a pleasure to work on, too.
Agreed; photoshop had probably my least-favorite graphics interface (most adobe stuff is horrible in that respect) until I saw GIMP. Krita, on the other hand, will solve all of that for me. Can't wait 'till it's in my distro :)
Vista, n: a distant view through or along an avenue or opening Microsoft chose the name because they saw the idiotic customers coming from a long way off.
Well, in GNOME's case, it doesn't seem to be well-used. In KDE, it's almost ubiquitously supported, and very useful for everyday tasks. KDE is also implementing a universal KScript system, so many more applications will directly support internal scripting in future. I agree that the technology should be advertised a lot more.
Actually, KDE has very complete scripting support, which gives similar power to the Amigas' AREXX. It's called DCOP. Just open a konsole, and type dcop, which is the command line interface to it, or kdcop, which will let you browse it. All in all, KDE is the platform which feels closest to Amigas for me (and I've searchedhard!) It's quite fast (relative to other non-amiga OSes, at least) and there are a lot of nice features in it, when you really get to know it. Highly recommended.
Rage chips, too.
Well, yes, you're right in a way. And I'll admit it's even the more common case. But it's quite obvious to many of us that corporations are deliberately and gradually wearing down established laws by working along the letter of those laws rather than in the spirit of them. Although I'm not able to give an exact definition of a law that could prevent this, I'm quite sure it could be managed, since much more complex and vague things are defined in law already. I'd like to see people working on the problem, at least.
Just to clarify: are you saying that I'll be able to move all dockable panels into one area, with tabs? That's exactly what I think would help :) At the moment, I'm forced to have two side panels, where one only contains a single 1/3 height item, which seems like a massive waste of space on my small screen.
If you're having trouble fitting it all in, could I suggest looking at how 3D apps like 3D Studio Max do it? They're VERY full apps: highly extensible through plugins that add to the panels directly, yet they don't get overcrowded, due to a few great principles.
Basically, they use dockable tabls with headed subpanels. When you click a heading, the subpanel collapses, but the whole tab contents are scrollable anyway, so you can have as many open as you want, and just scroll the area up and down. If you're looking for an extensible interface, that's the best approach I've ever seen.
Anyway, congratulations on finally getting Krita out there; I know it's been a long road, and I'm very glad to have it available at last :) Hopefully we'll see start to see an explosion of plugins developed by third parties now too :)
And yes, as the other poster points out, fortresses are also vulnerable to other kinds of attack than brute force.
Agreed. I don't care if proprietary software produces the best browser on Earth. If using it takes away my freedom to use my preferred operating system, or to link code up a patch that links it to my preferred desktop search engine, then the price is too high. Freedom is more important than some latest feature. I, for one, am thankful that others get that instead of just selling out to whatever company provides the latest gimmick first.
I really like Krita so far. I agree that the interface elements are too big for my 1024x768 laptop screen.
However, it's not a problem with the toolkit or the theme: it's simply a matter of poor screen real-estate usage. If they would just make everything dock into one side panel, it'd be fine.
Try knoda; it does stuff right now that kexi is only planning :)
Yeah, the names aren't great. "Gimp" is actually offensive. I'm getting used to Krita, though :)
But that's not very important. What matters to me is that I've been waiting on Krita for over a year now, so I can finally ditch Gimp and use a modern app with media support and lots of potential, that fits the rest of my desktop :)
I'd love to know what the plan is with solar sails and micrometeors. They seem terribly fragile.
Do we just let them rip holes in certain sections of the sail? Wouldn't that unbalance the sails?
Presumably they're supposed to be furled whenever the craft is at risk of micrometeor strikes? But can we detect micrometeors that easily and reliably?