Beagle/dashboard may have had a 0.0.1 release first, Apple and Google both quickly surpassed it. I have great hope for it, but it's still only barely usable and the pace of development is slow. GNOME Storage was another hope-inspiring project that didn't even get as far as Beagle.
While they may have been first to the starting line, it's beginning to look like they'll be last at the finish line (we've still yet to see what Microsoft has to offer for desktop search).
Certainly, as the operating system on the vast majority of computers around the world, Windows will get the best device support from the manufacturer.
That's a problem that's not going to go away unless that situation changes. Still, when devices are supported in linux (and many are, though webcams in general do seem to be problematic) they often work out of the box in recent releases of the various distributions.
With Ubuntu, I didn't have to insert a CD. I just plugged the camera in and was done. Indeed, I went to my parents' place (also an Ubuntu household), and didn't need to worry about carting around any CDs to give them a few choice pictures right off the camera.
MPEG at 25 frames per second is not the same as MPEG at 29.97 frame per second. It can cause problems. I've played a 25fps DVDs in a US DVD player and video/audio sync problems were very evident.
On the other hand, it's probably cheaper in genera for the manufacturer to make a DVD decoded that can handle both inputs, which would explain why you had luck with yours.
Also, enable "Browsing On" in your cupsd.conf, and you'll autofind all the cups printers on your network.
When I take my laptop to my apartment, my printer appears in print dialogs. When I take my laptop to my parents', theirs appears (and mine is gone). No muss, no fuss, no bother with any drivers.
What's more, all the windows machines in my apartment can use my cups share, too, since that just uses IPP, which most versions of windows already talk, or can be made to talk with a patch from MS.
Only 27 percent of respondents currently have Linux installed.
Almost half of respondents said they had "no interest" in Linux.
Of the companies where Linux is not already installed, 48 percent have no interest and an additional 15 percent are not sure.
So let me get this straight, 1/4 of midsize businesses are already using linux, and another ~ 1/4 have interest in it. And the conclusion we're supposed to draw is that mid size companies have "no use" for linux?
It seems to do some sort of stemming or dictionary lookup. So searching for "running" turns up pages with "running" in them first, but searching for "~running" turns up pages about runners.
You're running across the two different meanings of "stability" in software. The one you seem to be referring to is "breaks/crashes infrequently." The other sense, which debian/stable uses, is synonymous with "unchanging" or "dependable."
Indeed, many plugins are usually grouped together into a single "feature" (which is really more like a component than a plugin is). And features tend to be fairly, if not completely independent (apart from base/core components).
Put another way, I've got thousands of debian packages installed on my computer. Debian packages are more interdependent than most eclipse features and plugins (except for the eclipse core). Every day, some are updated, at my request. Occaisionally, things break or stop working in a way I expect, but in general, things keep steadily moving forward. So having thousands and thousands of interdependent software packages/components being updated actually does end up working.
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But not rhyming with magazine?
No wonder BellSouth has that many damnaged buildings ready to donate.
Interesting typo.
Adium doesn't support windows or linux.
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last I checked, all of my spam emails were delivered via smtp.
ATI has been releasing the fglrx drivers for some time. https://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?q uestionID=20174
Yeah, I've been using Ubuntu for close to a year (and debian/gnome before that for many years). I'm very happy with it.
These are not insignificant concerns!
Oh no! Recursive patents! I knew GNU's Not Unix was behind this!
Oh which platform? On mine, the icon for audio oggs is a generic music icon, whereas the icon for video oggs are a thumbnail of the contained video.
Of course it costs energy. No system can achieve 100% efficiency.
No. It's not at all like that.
For that analogy to apply, the wireless trespasser's activity would need to be leading to additional charges on the part of the trespassee.
Just grab the latest Ubuntu live CD and give it a try!
Beagle/dashboard may have had a 0.0.1 release first, Apple and Google both quickly surpassed it. I have great hope for it, but it's still only barely usable and the pace of development is slow. GNOME Storage was another hope-inspiring project that didn't even get as far as Beagle.
While they may have been first to the starting line, it's beginning to look like they'll be last at the finish line (we've still yet to see what Microsoft has to offer for desktop search).
Certainly, as the operating system on the vast majority of computers around the world, Windows will get the best device support from the manufacturer.
That's a problem that's not going to go away unless that situation changes. Still, when devices are supported in linux (and many are, though webcams in general do seem to be problematic) they often work out of the box in recent releases of the various distributions.
That's exactly what gnome-volume-manager does in the latest GNOME. It fires up gthumb (by default) and tells it to begin importing from the camera.
GNOME is an integrated desktop environment, so it can include all the applications and drivers necessary to make all this work.
I just got a new camera myself.
With Ubuntu, I didn't have to insert a CD. I just plugged the camera in and was done. Indeed, I went to my parents' place (also an Ubuntu household), and didn't need to worry about carting around any CDs to give them a few choice pictures right off the camera.
If you're writing "cheques" you're probably not living under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. :-P
MPEG at 25 frames per second is not the same as MPEG at 29.97 frame per second. It can cause problems. I've played a 25fps DVDs in a US DVD player and video/audio sync problems were very evident.
On the other hand, it's probably cheaper in genera for the manufacturer to make a DVD decoded that can handle both inputs, which would explain why you had luck with yours.
What's wrong with gnome-cups-admin?
Also, enable "Browsing On" in your cupsd.conf, and you'll autofind all the cups printers on your network.
When I take my laptop to my apartment, my printer appears in print dialogs. When I take my laptop to my parents', theirs appears (and mine is gone). No muss, no fuss, no bother with any drivers.
What's more, all the windows machines in my apartment can use my cups share, too, since that just uses IPP, which most versions of windows already talk, or can be made to talk with a patch from MS.
- Only 27 percent of respondents currently have Linux installed.
- Almost half of respondents said they had "no interest" in Linux.
- Of the companies where Linux is not already installed, 48 percent have no interest and an additional 15 percent are not sure.
So let me get this straight, 1/4 of midsize businesses are already using linux, and another ~ 1/4 have interest in it. And the conclusion we're supposed to draw is that mid size companies have "no use" for linux?It seems to do some sort of stemming or dictionary lookup. So searching for "running" turns up pages with "running" in them first, but searching for "~running" turns up pages about runners.
You're running across the two different meanings of "stability" in software. The one you seem to be referring to is "breaks/crashes infrequently." The other sense, which debian/stable uses, is synonymous with "unchanging" or "dependable."
Well, I guess it's the developer's own dumb fault for depending on all those thousands of components.
In practice, independent developers don't depend on many other independent developers, so neither do their components.
I leave the benefits of end-user programming to the HCI researchers.
component != plugin
Indeed, many plugins are usually grouped together into a single "feature" (which is really more like a component than a plugin is). And features tend to be fairly, if not completely independent (apart from base/core components).
Put another way, I've got thousands of debian packages installed on my computer. Debian packages are more interdependent than most eclipse features and plugins (except for the eclipse core). Every day, some are updated, at my request. Occaisionally, things break or stop working in a way I expect, but in general, things keep steadily moving forward. So having thousands and thousands of interdependent software packages/components being updated actually does end up working.
So you see, it's not as bad as you make it seem.
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