If you want to pass out copies of a Linux distro that's ready to roll with those things, I'd say you already know what to do. Of course, that would require you to be willing to stand on the legally shaky ground that the mainline distributors are avoiding.
Even that shakiness probably depends upon where in the world you live, so you might be free to go for it with no worries.
Code compiled on one distro... does not compile on other distro
What does that mean? It's true that code compiled on one distro may not run on another distro--but then again it might (though certainly not between architectures). I've often found it does. But it depends on things like the relevant libs being the same or similar (or there at all), things being in places where the compiled code expects to find them, etc. It certainly is a crapshoot.
But one of the things I like about a (typical) Linux-based OS is that if all else fails, one can just grab a tarball of the source and compile away. The tools are already there, if not easily available. That is true for pretty much any standard "distro". I rather doubt that will be true of most, if any, of the various flavors of Vista, assuming that's how it is released.
It is true that to compile for one distro or another, one might need to pass a couple flags to./configure or make a change or to to the makefile or something similar. These aren't things any newbie rolling off the turnip truck is going to know, but in most cases that doesn't matter, since most major distros have plenty of ready-made, packaged apps for their fan^Wuser base. It's very nice to have the additional capability (without jumping through major hoops), though. And IMO the ready availability of source is one of the really nice effects of the whole Open Source/Free Software thing.
It's a "problem" to the interests that currently make lots of money off the Beatles in particular. As the article points out, most works of the era (actually it mentions slightly older works, already free of copyright) are of little or no value. This isn't about preserving artists' rights at all, it's about "the industry" hanging on to a few sacred cash cows as long as possible--and the Beatles are among the cowiest.
Someone once told me, years ago, about a particular film regarding this. I believe it was "Ratopolis" (notFlushed Away, often coined "Ratropolis").
It seems there are other things which use the term "Ratopolis", too, and I never did zero in on it after several minutes of talking to Google, but here are a few pages which reference it, for anyone interested. It will require searching the pages:
Yes, the normal operation mode is not the bend around the wrist in all direction and ruining it, but rather use the whole lower arm for mouse operation.
I often mouse the same as gp, with no wrist problems so far, thankfully, despite many years of heavy mousing, keyboarding, and even fingerstyle guitar playing.
It does vary, however; at work I think I use my arm more, since the ergonomics are different. I also don't recommend using the wrist. Actually, though, now that I'm looking at it, the wrist isn't bending around "in all directions"; the fingers are doing most of the work.
As therefor is no problem, this mouse design doenst exacerbate (is this a word?)
I've always missed that too, especially since my DSL "modem" has often been in a location where I couldn't even see it "blink". But a few weeks ago I discovered a Westell "diagnostic icon" application (for MS-Windows). People at DSL Reports were using information from it to look at various aspects of their connections, so I grabbed it to try it out. As a bonus, it minimizes into the System Tray and shows both TX and RX with flashing pixels.
Actually I've gotten so used to not having the systray icon that I don't often run it (and I'm not keen on adding much to system startup), but it's nice to have when I'm feeling paranoid and running XP (redundant?;).
If you look around, you might find something similar for whatever hardware you run.
And in fact, my experience bears the truth of this out, in a reverse sort of way. Using a ten-dollar bill, I bought some stamps from a post office vending machine after the recent hike in US postal rates. I received several dollar coins in my change, all Sacagaweas except for one lone Susan B. Anthony.
Not that an anecdote proves anything compared to your link, of course.
Why is everyone that suffers some hardship described as "courageous?"
While I don't have have an answer to this rhetorical mini-rant, my impression of Mr. Reeve was that he was very courageous, indeed. I did hesitate a little about adding that bit, since it wasn't germain to the discussion, but I respected him a lot, and I didn't want to let it go just yukking on about doornails.
Did you know that rats have the same kind of rough tounge like cats have??
I got a bunch of them for pets and one of
them regularily licks my lips and I lick him back. Me and my little
pal both have good immune systems and exercise them regularily.
I once had a Japanese Hooded Rat I got from a pet store when she was just weaned. She was a great pet. She would snuffle my lips, work her snout between them, and lick my tongue. I wonder why she did it. It sort of weirded me out the first time, but I thought it was kind of cute.
She liked to chase my fingers, running in circles, almost in a cat-like way, although she didn't seem to have a cat's attention span.
When I'm using my Windows computer at work I always get frustrated when Alt-Tilda doesn't do anything;)
In these situations, Ctrl-Tab is (often) your friend:O)
Even though I do this at work myself, I still checked just now, only to remember I'm in KDE (at home) and I've apparently never done that in KDE before. So now I know yet another way to switch desktops, complete with list of what's on each desktop. Cool.
I'm not sure if there's a catch-all equivalent to MS-Windows Ctrl-Tab for KDE (and I'm not sure how consistent that is for Windows; I just know it works for the two or three applications I use it in at work). But I did get off my lazy ass (metaphorically) long enough to Google and find that I can use Ctrl-Page Up and -Down to switch tabs in Firefox. Geez, why did that take me this long?
This happened to me a while back, and darned if I can remember what the problem was, but rest assured it's not the proper behavior. I think it was a bug in the particular version of checkinstall--drat, I wish I could remember what the fix was.
At any rate, I've used checkinstall on Slackware (and Mandrake, when I was fiddling with it) for a long time, and--mostly--it works great.
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Even that shakiness probably depends upon where in the world you live, so you might be free to go for it with no worries.
That's not a bug, that's a feature.
Seriously, though, I'm just responding to the statement "Code compiled on one distro... does not compile on other distro".
How did we start down the path of *installing* a distro?
To answer your question, I wouldn't even try. If had that issue, I'd probably
- search around for what my hardware issues might be
- burn or procure another installation medium, or
- try a different distro,
depending on the specifics of the installation failure.What does that mean? It's true that code compiled on one distro may not run on another distro--but then again it might (though certainly not between architectures). I've often found it does. But it depends on things like the relevant libs being the same or similar (or there at all), things being in places where the compiled code expects to find them, etc. It certainly is a crapshoot.
But one of the things I like about a (typical) Linux-based OS is that if all else fails, one can just grab a tarball of the source and compile away. The tools are already there, if not easily available. That is true for pretty much any standard "distro". I rather doubt that will be true of most, if any, of the various flavors of Vista, assuming that's how it is released.
It is true that to compile for one distro or another, one might need to pass a couple flags to ./configure or make a change or to to the makefile or something similar. These aren't things any newbie rolling off the turnip truck is going to know, but in most cases that doesn't matter, since most major distros have plenty of ready-made, packaged apps for their fan^Wuser base. It's very nice to have the additional capability (without jumping through major hoops), though. And IMO the ready availability of source is one of the really nice effects of the whole Open Source/Free Software thing.
It's a "problem" to the interests that currently make lots of money off the Beatles in particular. As the article points out, most works of the era (actually it mentions slightly older works, already free of copyright) are of little or no value. This isn't about preserving artists' rights at all, it's about "the industry" hanging on to a few sacred cash cows as long as possible--and the Beatles are among the cowiest.
It seems there are other things which use the term "Ratopolis", too, and I never did zero in on it after several minutes of talking to Google, but here are a few pages which reference it, for anyone interested. It will require searching the pages:
fairgren.com
phoenyx.net
css.washington.edu
Apparently it's a 16mm film from 1978, so maybe it's not surprising that it's a little hard to find.
Heh. Not so...
Yes, the normal operation mode is not the bend around the wrist in all direction and ruining it, but rather use the whole lower arm for mouse operation.
I often mouse the same as gp, with no wrist problems so far, thankfully, despite many years of heavy mousing, keyboarding, and even fingerstyle guitar playing.
It does vary, however; at work I think I use my arm more, since the ergonomics are different. I also don't recommend using the wrist. Actually, though, now that I'm looking at it, the wrist isn't bending around "in all directions"; the fingers are doing most of the work.
As therefor is no problem, this mouse design doenst exacerbate (is this a word?)
Yep.
it.
Actually I've gotten so used to not having the systray icon that I don't often run it (and I'm not keen on adding much to system startup), but it's nice to have when I'm feeling paranoid and running XP (redundant? ;).
If you look around, you might find something similar for whatever hardware you run.
Not that an anecdote proves anything compared to your link, of course.
That's a relief. Goole sounds like another one of those malevolent entities that show up unnanounced in the refrigerator.
While I don't have have an answer to this rhetorical mini-rant, my impression of Mr. Reeve was that he was very courageous, indeed. I did hesitate a little about adding that bit, since it wasn't germain to the discussion, but I respected him a lot, and I didn't want to let it go just yukking on about doornails.
I'd say he is exactly as dead. What a doornail might be doing on a horse is another matter.
BTW, s/Reeves/Reeve/. He was a remarkably courageous man.
While this looks a little more specific.
And this might just be close to a bullseye. I think I'll curl up with this one myself.
I'm glad someone mentioned Little Fuzzy and Piper. :O)
I once had a Japanese Hooded Rat I got from a pet store when she was just weaned. She was a great pet. She would snuffle my lips, work her snout between them, and lick my tongue. I wonder why she did it. It sort of weirded me out the first time, but I thought it was kind of cute.
She liked to chase my fingers, running in circles, almost in a cat-like way, although she didn't seem to have a cat's attention span.
Well, no. Props to Douglas Adams, but flying != orbiting.
In these situations, Ctrl-Tab is (often) your friend :O)
Even though I do this at work myself, I still checked just now, only to remember I'm in KDE (at home) and I've apparently never done that in KDE before. So now I know yet another way to switch desktops, complete with list of what's on each desktop. Cool.
I'm not sure if there's a catch-all equivalent to MS-Windows Ctrl-Tab for KDE (and I'm not sure how consistent that is for Windows; I just know it works for the two or three applications I use it in at work). But I did get off my lazy ass (metaphorically) long enough to Google and find that I can use Ctrl-Page Up and -Down to switch tabs in Firefox. Geez, why did that take me this long?
What is it about these tiny wires that terrifies you so?
At any rate, I've used checkinstall on Slackware (and Mandrake, when I was fiddling with it) for a long time, and--mostly--it works great.
Not really, but thanks for dropping by.
Unless, of course, there is a cave under the bridge. Those trolls have it made.
...or in this case, maybe iLifePods.
I made it--barely.
Sorry.
Okay, the Carpenters had one called Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft that was probably even worse.
I'm ashamed that I even know that. . . .