Ok, I'm going to give you my complete and honest suggestion. I haven't really posted even a comment on slashdot in years, but I felt that I should provide my in-depth knowledge on this topic. I am an Android enthusiast and have been well versed in other smart phone backends including the Maemo (which is an amazing device. Great choice!)
To begin, on iOS, Android and Maemo you can access a PPTP VPN with no additional effort.
Additionally, on Android and Maemo you can also connect to an OpenVPN based VPN gateway in the event you need stronger encryption. It is often recommended by security experts to avoid encryption such as those implemented within the PPTP protocol like MPPE (mschapv32). On the other hand, however, OpenVPN uses SSL based security which is very much praised throughout the technical company as being secure.
However, on both Android and Maemo there will be some setup time which will have to take place to get OpenVPN working. On the Maemo, it is as simple as installing the OpenVPN application. On Android, however, you will need to ensure that your phone is rooted and that your kernel either has built in TUN support or you may compile your own custom kernel from sources.
If your security is of utmost importance, then go ahead and take the steps to setup OpenVPN on your device. However, if you are just worried about your privacy and nobody is trying to break your encryptions, then PPTP may be enough for your purpose. Personally, I use PPTP when OpenVPN is unavailable.
Now, I would strongly recommend using a provider such as Private Internet Access ( URL: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ ) for a VPN service provider since they do in fact offer both PPTP and OpenVPN and also have gateways in both the US and Sweden. Another option would be to setup your own VPN gateway on one of your servers. Personally, I opted for a managed VPN account to avoid the headache.;)
This article seems, to me, almost like a Shameless Plug for the Snapper lawn supplies. It makes the company look good, look smart, look loyal to its customers, and so forth.
I don't know about you, but that's how I interpreted it, at least.
I really have a discrepency with the fact that an author is attempting to profit off sales of an Ubuntu book. That is why there is an Ubuntu Forum, Ubuntu Wikipedia, and Ubuntu tutorials. In fact, Ubuntu isn't just great because it features a 6 month release cycle, a large community of contributing users, but more importantly, because its community has users who are willing to share and help you get your Ubuntu system running.
You don't need to waste money on an Ubuntu book. Just head on over to IRC.FreeNode.Net and come to the Ubuntu IRC Channel, or visit the Ubuntu Forums at www.ubuntuforums.org and you can find lots of tutorials, HOW-TO's, and so forth.
There are even in-depth tutorials on the installation of XGL and the compiz composite manager.
I hope this helps save you guys some money. Now, if you really are "hell-bent" on purchasing an Ubuntu book, then, of course, some people do like to have paper in hand. However, if you are ready to join the new millenium, save paper, save trees, and get FREE community supported information, that is more than plenty to get an Ubuntu system up and running, then just look on the web.
Does that mean that the lazy eyes will also both point straight? They are also talking about the eyes getting "stronger" I see. Does that mean that if we focus hard, our eyes will get stronger? What's this mean for lasik surgery! OMG!
I think it would be pretty gangster, gangster if PS3 also would run on LIVECD releases of Linux, such as Ubuntu LiveCD or Knoppix. It would even make it MORE gangster, gangster, if these LiveCD releases came equipped with EMULATORS or whatnot and then we could plan SNES, N64, NES, GB, GBAdvanced, GCube, XBOX, PS1, PS2, PS3, etc on a PS3. That would be very gangster gangster, and I ain't no prankster prankster. What.
Basically, for those of you who do not realize what this posting means - please try to click on some of the links and read about the situations.
Also, I do not know the article offhand - but there were other articles regarding SCO and copyrights and so forth.
Good luck in reading more about this.
If you guys had taken the time to read the article prior to posting a response, you would have realized the article talks about evolution throughout its entire contents. It then goes on to explain that "sunlight and warmth" (page 3, website) were given to the eggs, and they hatched.
This, is NOTHING like Jurassic Park. This is basically just preservation of eggs from long ago which were able to be warmed and hatched many years later. It then talks about how they could see evolution take place within these new life forms.
Hopefully, in the future, you guys can appreciate the fact that a submission was made and accepted because it was a genuinely interesting article/topic, rather than another attempt for someone to be the 'first post'. You guys are not trolls, nor do you have to be. That isn't how you get on in life. Being a troll will get you nowhere. If you can troll, then you probably have enough skill to get a job making $10/hour at minimum. Go out there and get that job. If you are a troll making more than that, however, then I look at you in disgust.
The first thought that comes to mind after viewing such an object is, "yet another gadget for the tech savvy." It's like those people who buy the Nokia 9500 (correct me if that model no. is incorrect) $1000 "super phones" or other such gadgets that are more "I have this, look how cool I am and also rich!"
Will these gadgets really bring about a social change? I really don't believe so. Either way I look at it, I see these gadgets as doing little more or the same or even less than a Pocket PC, but including Linux instead of Windows. In other words, they are trying to be "cool" and "unique" and attack the "geek" demographic directly with "ooh loonix".
Either way, I'd rather buy a cellular phone that can include all these features, like the Pocket PC Phone or whatnot. Actually, I think this is just another headache I'll have to worry about getting stolen. My $300 bucks can go to some anime DVDs featuring cute girls in schoolgirl outfits running around with magical powers because they can see a red star in the sky - especially that biker babe or the teacher - I mean WOW.
We CANNOT let this bill pass AS IT IS NOW. While we WANT freedom (i.e., eff) and we WANT to see cute girls, WE CANNOT RISK the FACT that WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS, i.e., rules, IT WILL BE CHAOS and ANARCHY.
WHO is to say that TERRORISTS won't use the internet to communicate now!? Who is to say that you won't find pictures of your son or daughter on the internet now!?
YOU MUST CONTACT YOUR CONGRESS REPRESENTATIVE IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT LET THIS BILL PASS AS IT IS NOW!!!!!!!!!!! We DO NOT want more 4chan or wtfux etc. WEBSITES running around. That will be chaos for society as a whole.
Microsoft has stock in the orchard ya know? That's why, they wanted to see apple go up. u know what the best way is to make phat cash money hoes? its quite simple. be the competition and be yourself. look at Mcdonalods/Chipolte. Look at Jack in the Box/Qdoba. They hit up the fatty fast food lovers - but they also hit up the healthy grilled wrap/mexican food lovers. In other words they hit up both niche's of the food market.
It goes the same for Billy the Gated man. He needs to find a way to use loonix to make some phat cash money too. Whatever that way may be, i dont know cuz if i did i'd be rollin it deep with 20 young hoes by my side... i'd be a billionaire.
However, i think its very much possible that microsoft is going to have to put their foot in the linux door - because billy's os isn't gonna go so far.... longhorn can adopt qualities that linux has - but like i said - mad kiddies are usin loonix now bcuz ubuntu is phat. for that reason, billy's gonna have to find a way to make sure that just because people are using loonix he doesn't lose money.
remember, microsoft loves their software and wants the see their epmire grow.
but guess what. its STILL a business.
stock holders want to see the cash money. they need to money so they can get some cute girls to play with. they will get money whatever way possible. even if that means releasing a Microsoft Loonix huhu
The article stated that VIA is releasing grand statements, rather than actually doing something. The truth is, though, it isn't just VIA. It's everyone. Even you.
Everybody's problem is, even if you have an idea and a plan, going through with it is difficult. 100% of my clients are fully capable people, however, sometimes they just need a little bit of a push.
That's why we need to SHOW these companies that they WILL get something out of coming into the open source community.
We need to show them we love them.
We need to show them they will make money.
We need to show them we don't like their non-open-source competitors.
I mean seriously, can't you guys checkout the battle between Nvidia (awesome commitment to open source) and ATI (recent but poor commitment)? ATI's reputation has plundered quite a bit due to their lack of open source gangsterism.
my bad my bad huhu i think i was a little bit unclear...
unix/linux/etc. are tiny when it comes to the actual demographical data.
when it comes down to it, all the *nix companies and so forth are tiny too.
not all people heard of 'sun'. but they have definitely all heard of ibm.
not all people have heard of linux. but they have definitely all heard of ibm.
etc.
One must realize that the fact that IBM is showing the desire to produce technology using Firefox is incredible. When BIG corporations decide to make Firefox specific technologies, we can finally say "Goodbye IE and Hello Firefox." I'm not saying IE is bad, do not get me wrong. However, this will make competition in the browser wars improve SUBSTANTIALLY, as now IE really does have competition.
No matter what you said before, 9 times out of 10 a computer you go to will, no doubt, have Microsoft Internet Explorer installed and used as the default web browser. However, with IBM throwing itself to Firefox, this may improve Firefox's race in the browser wars - leading to more competition - leading to both IE _AND_ Firefox improvement.
Who knows - we may even see IE for loonix soon, after all, everyone knows Microsoft is the king of business. Maybe not software/whatnot. But, they are the kings of business. They will make sure they have a share in every part of the market. Why do you think they g0t a huge part in APPLE/Mac? =P =P =P
ROFLMAO.
You need to realize this.
You gotta pay people money to program for you.
Why TARGET (This is a MARKETING lesson for you) a SMALL audience (Loonix) who tends to not pay for software, when you can TARGET an INCREDIBLY large audience that tends to pay for software a lot (Wind0ws)?
That's the deciding factor. The world works on money. Even look at this website - there are advertisements there. Can you complain? No. Without those ads, this site would not exist - seriously.
Money is so important - even if we don't want it to be, because money is just an object used to obtain the resources we need to LIVE. I.e, FOOD, WATER, SHELTER, GIRLS, ANIME, and SCHOOL GIRLS.
Is it just me, or are there a lot of companies out there trying to sell a "product" which actually consists of a lot of other people's hard work... which also, might I add, isn't innovative technology, that is... it's not even the most up to date...
Go with Ubuntu. Gnome 2.10.1, KDE 3.4, and more. XBox support? give me and e-mail and I'll teach you how to get that working:P
People just want more cash money, which is understandable, after all - we have to have some kind of incentive for research, development and innovation.
Anyway, with BitTorrent and IRC, I don't think anyone can keep digital media private anyway.
While what you hath stated in your honorable reply to my respectable reply may be true, you must consider the fact that time still goes on. Right now, myself and thousands of others hath been enduring the rath of the delay in driver completion for the Linux operating system from the beloved company, ATI.
However, do not lose faith in humanity. Maybe not now, maybe not even in a year - however, one day, drivers for your beloved ATI video card which shall be comparable to the Nvidia competition shall exist in the Linux world. Fear not, as we must believe in humanity, and the love of innovation which we as a human race exist for.
While some may innovate for financial gains, some may innovate for prosperity, some may even innovate to find a suitable girl to fulfill their deepest desires... but for whatever reason they undergo the process of innovation, the outcome shall remain equal - prosperity.
ATI does in fact run quite nicely under Linux using the fglrx drivers. With a little bit of effort (i.e., compiling the driver, loading it into the kernel as a module, re-configuring your x-org configuration to use fglrx rather than ati/radeon, and so forth), X-org will run very smoothly and rapidly with an ATI video card.
Try comparing the amount of frames per second you get with glxgears using the Mesa 3D Open Source ATI drivers versus the proprietary fglrx drivers supplied by ATI. I think you will get 100 times more frames in a second with the ATI fglrx drivers.
Using the fglrx drivers, I am able to play all games, including Legends, Cube, Doom, Quake, Wolfenstein, Americas Army, Frozen Bubble, Super Tux, Tux Racer, Counterstrike, and others, just to name a few.
The only setbacks seen with the fglrx drivers would be that of the mentioned lack of XRandR support as well as a lack of XCompMgr support (for drop shadows/transparency). However, such minor setbacks on 'beauty' shouldn't be a big decision when choosing which drivers to use.
ATI does not "fail it." While, they do not support the open source community as much as we would like (as, persay, NVidia Corp), they do in fact give us enough support as of right now to be comfortable. ATI's main clientele, as are most video card manufacturers/distributors, are Microsoft Windows users. You'll need to keep in mind, their programmers/staff should be put forth to work on what is important to the financial situation of the company rather than pleasing us Linux users - for now.
After all, a company does not exist without money.
what ever happened to good ol' goin to clubs, getting drunk, findin a girl, who is as drunk as u, having a good night, and never seein that girl again, mutually?
That's true.
Other bits of additions I think would help Firefox SUBSTANTIALLY would be if Google and Mozilla worked together to create some type of (open source) technology which would IMPROVE the Google interface while at the same time increasing the desire to use the Firefox browser.
As we all know, Microsoft is slow to put out new major technological updates, unlike the open source community where we can expect new releases of software in serious development as often as weekly!
I don't know if I'm mis-reading your reply or you mis-read mine, but what I meant by that - was that EVERYONE, and I mean EVERYONE has seen the contents of Paris Hilton's T-Mobile Sidekick 2 - which, in other words, would be INCREDIBLE advertising.
Also, believe it or not, after her Sidekick 2 was hacked, sales of the Sidekick 2 soared upwards;)
I'm not saying people will want to do anything. However, what I am saying is a serious boost in Firefox users would be people switching to Ubuntu. And, you are right, Ubuntu isn't the only distro that packages Firefox along with other software - however, Ubuntu has a theme/reputation amongst non-linux users as a friendly, easy to use Windows alternative.
No other distribution, has the reputation of being FAST, simple, and including an incredible amount of support.
That's why thousands of non-tech-savvy college and highschool students everywhere are actually switching to Ubuntu on their desktops -- and using a MacOS-X-like theme;)
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Ok, I'm going to give you my complete and honest suggestion. I haven't really posted even a comment on slashdot in years, but I felt that I should provide my in-depth knowledge on this topic. I am an Android enthusiast and have been well versed in other smart phone backends including the Maemo (which is an amazing device. Great choice!)
;)
To begin, on iOS, Android and Maemo you can access a PPTP VPN with no additional effort.
Additionally, on Android and Maemo you can also connect to an OpenVPN based VPN gateway in the event you need stronger encryption. It is often recommended by security experts to avoid encryption such as those implemented within the PPTP protocol like MPPE (mschapv32). On the other hand, however, OpenVPN uses SSL based security which is very much praised throughout the technical company as being secure.
However, on both Android and Maemo there will be some setup time which will have to take place to get OpenVPN working. On the Maemo, it is as simple as installing the OpenVPN application. On Android, however, you will need to ensure that your phone is rooted and that your kernel either has built in TUN support or you may compile your own custom kernel from sources.
If your security is of utmost importance, then go ahead and take the steps to setup OpenVPN on your device. However, if you are just worried about your privacy and nobody is trying to break your encryptions, then PPTP may be enough for your purpose. Personally, I use PPTP when OpenVPN is unavailable.
Now, I would strongly recommend using a provider such as Private Internet Access ( URL: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ ) for a VPN service provider since they do in fact offer both PPTP and OpenVPN and also have gateways in both the US and Sweden. Another option would be to setup your own VPN gateway on one of your servers. Personally, I opted for a managed VPN account to avoid the headache.
Hope this helps you timothy!
This article seems, to me, almost like a Shameless Plug for the Snapper lawn supplies. It makes the company look good, look smart, look loyal to its customers, and so forth. I don't know about you, but that's how I interpreted it, at least.
I really have a discrepency with the fact that an author is attempting to profit off sales of an Ubuntu book. That is why there is an Ubuntu Forum, Ubuntu Wikipedia, and Ubuntu tutorials. In fact, Ubuntu isn't just great because it features a 6 month release cycle, a large community of contributing users, but more importantly, because its community has users who are willing to share and help you get your Ubuntu system running. You don't need to waste money on an Ubuntu book. Just head on over to IRC.FreeNode.Net and come to the Ubuntu IRC Channel, or visit the Ubuntu Forums at www.ubuntuforums.org and you can find lots of tutorials, HOW-TO's, and so forth. There are even in-depth tutorials on the installation of XGL and the compiz composite manager. I hope this helps save you guys some money. Now, if you really are "hell-bent" on purchasing an Ubuntu book, then, of course, some people do like to have paper in hand. However, if you are ready to join the new millenium, save paper, save trees, and get FREE community supported information, that is more than plenty to get an Ubuntu system up and running, then just look on the web.
Does that mean that the lazy eyes will also both point straight? They are also talking about the eyes getting "stronger" I see. Does that mean that if we focus hard, our eyes will get stronger? What's this mean for lasik surgery! OMG!
I think it would be pretty gangster, gangster if PS3 also would run on LIVECD releases of Linux, such as Ubuntu LiveCD or Knoppix. It would even make it MORE gangster, gangster, if these LiveCD releases came equipped with EMULATORS or whatnot and then we could plan SNES, N64, NES, GB, GBAdvanced, GCube, XBOX, PS1, PS2, PS3, etc on a PS3. That would be very gangster gangster, and I ain't no prankster prankster. What.
Basically, for those of you who do not realize what this posting means - please try to click on some of the links and read about the situations. Also, I do not know the article offhand - but there were other articles regarding SCO and copyrights and so forth. Good luck in reading more about this.
If you guys had taken the time to read the article prior to posting a response, you would have realized the article talks about evolution throughout its entire contents. It then goes on to explain that "sunlight and warmth" (page 3, website) were given to the eggs, and they hatched. This, is NOTHING like Jurassic Park. This is basically just preservation of eggs from long ago which were able to be warmed and hatched many years later. It then talks about how they could see evolution take place within these new life forms. Hopefully, in the future, you guys can appreciate the fact that a submission was made and accepted because it was a genuinely interesting article/topic, rather than another attempt for someone to be the 'first post'. You guys are not trolls, nor do you have to be. That isn't how you get on in life. Being a troll will get you nowhere. If you can troll, then you probably have enough skill to get a job making $10/hour at minimum. Go out there and get that job. If you are a troll making more than that, however, then I look at you in disgust.
The first thought that comes to mind after viewing such an object is, "yet another gadget for the tech savvy." It's like those people who buy the Nokia 9500 (correct me if that model no. is incorrect) $1000 "super phones" or other such gadgets that are more "I have this, look how cool I am and also rich!"
Will these gadgets really bring about a social change? I really don't believe so. Either way I look at it, I see these gadgets as doing little more or the same or even less than a Pocket PC, but including Linux instead of Windows. In other words, they are trying to be "cool" and "unique" and attack the "geek" demographic directly with "ooh loonix".
Either way, I'd rather buy a cellular phone that can include all these features, like the Pocket PC Phone or whatnot. Actually, I think this is just another headache I'll have to worry about getting stolen. My $300 bucks can go to some anime DVDs featuring cute girls in schoolgirl outfits running around with magical powers because they can see a red star in the sky - especially that biker babe or the teacher - I mean WOW.
We CANNOT let this bill pass AS IT IS NOW. While we WANT freedom (i.e., eff) and we WANT to see cute girls, WE CANNOT RISK the FACT that WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS, i.e., rules, IT WILL BE CHAOS and ANARCHY.
WHO is to say that TERRORISTS won't use the internet to communicate now!? Who is to say that you won't find pictures of your son or daughter on the internet now!?
YOU MUST CONTACT YOUR CONGRESS REPRESENTATIVE IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT LET THIS BILL PASS AS IT IS NOW!!!!!!!!!!! We DO NOT want more 4chan or wtfux etc. WEBSITES running around. That will be chaos for society as a whole.
Microsoft has stock in the orchard ya know? That's why, they wanted to see apple go up. u know what the best way is to make phat cash money hoes? its quite simple. be the competition and be yourself. look at Mcdonalods/Chipolte. Look at Jack in the Box/Qdoba. They hit up the fatty fast food lovers - but they also hit up the healthy grilled wrap/mexican food lovers. In other words they hit up both niche's of the food market. It goes the same for Billy the Gated man. He needs to find a way to use loonix to make some phat cash money too. Whatever that way may be, i dont know cuz if i did i'd be rollin it deep with 20 young hoes by my side... i'd be a billionaire. However, i think its very much possible that microsoft is going to have to put their foot in the linux door - because billy's os isn't gonna go so far.... longhorn can adopt qualities that linux has - but like i said - mad kiddies are usin loonix now bcuz ubuntu is phat. for that reason, billy's gonna have to find a way to make sure that just because people are using loonix he doesn't lose money. remember, microsoft loves their software and wants the see their epmire grow. but guess what. its STILL a business. stock holders want to see the cash money. they need to money so they can get some cute girls to play with. they will get money whatever way possible. even if that means releasing a Microsoft Loonix huhu
The article stated that VIA is releasing grand statements, rather than actually doing something. The truth is, though, it isn't just VIA. It's everyone. Even you. Everybody's problem is, even if you have an idea and a plan, going through with it is difficult. 100% of my clients are fully capable people, however, sometimes they just need a little bit of a push. That's why we need to SHOW these companies that they WILL get something out of coming into the open source community. We need to show them we love them. We need to show them they will make money. We need to show them we don't like their non-open-source competitors. I mean seriously, can't you guys checkout the battle between Nvidia (awesome commitment to open source) and ATI (recent but poor commitment)? ATI's reputation has plundered quite a bit due to their lack of open source gangsterism.
my bad my bad huhu i think i was a little bit unclear... unix/linux/etc. are tiny when it comes to the actual demographical data. when it comes down to it, all the *nix companies and so forth are tiny too. not all people heard of 'sun'. but they have definitely all heard of ibm. not all people have heard of linux. but they have definitely all heard of ibm. etc.
what's gbrowser... is that like galeon, epiphany, ... ?
those browsers are based off gecko... -_-;;
One must realize that the fact that IBM is showing the desire to produce technology using Firefox is incredible. When BIG corporations decide to make Firefox specific technologies, we can finally say "Goodbye IE and Hello Firefox." I'm not saying IE is bad, do not get me wrong. However, this will make competition in the browser wars improve SUBSTANTIALLY, as now IE really does have competition. No matter what you said before, 9 times out of 10 a computer you go to will, no doubt, have Microsoft Internet Explorer installed and used as the default web browser. However, with IBM throwing itself to Firefox, this may improve Firefox's race in the browser wars - leading to more competition - leading to both IE _AND_ Firefox improvement. Who knows - we may even see IE for loonix soon, after all, everyone knows Microsoft is the king of business. Maybe not software/whatnot. But, they are the kings of business. They will make sure they have a share in every part of the market. Why do you think they g0t a huge part in APPLE/Mac? =P =P =P
ROFLMAO. You need to realize this. You gotta pay people money to program for you. Why TARGET (This is a MARKETING lesson for you) a SMALL audience (Loonix) who tends to not pay for software, when you can TARGET an INCREDIBLY large audience that tends to pay for software a lot (Wind0ws)? That's the deciding factor. The world works on money. Even look at this website - there are advertisements there. Can you complain? No. Without those ads, this site would not exist - seriously. Money is so important - even if we don't want it to be, because money is just an object used to obtain the resources we need to LIVE. I.e, FOOD, WATER, SHELTER, GIRLS, ANIME, and SCHOOL GIRLS.
but the truth is, KDE and gnome already have that kind of stuff built in... that is more then good enough - even for a ms user. :/
Is it just me, or are there a lot of companies out there trying to sell a "product" which actually consists of a lot of other people's hard work... which also, might I add, isn't innovative technology, that is... it's not even the most up to date... Go with Ubuntu. Gnome 2.10.1, KDE 3.4, and more. XBox support? give me and e-mail and I'll teach you how to get that working :P
People just want more cash money, which is understandable, after all - we have to have some kind of incentive for research, development and innovation. Anyway, with BitTorrent and IRC, I don't think anyone can keep digital media private anyway.
While what you hath stated in your honorable reply to my respectable reply may be true, you must consider the fact that time still goes on. Right now, myself and thousands of others hath been enduring the rath of the delay in driver completion for the Linux operating system from the beloved company, ATI. However, do not lose faith in humanity. Maybe not now, maybe not even in a year - however, one day, drivers for your beloved ATI video card which shall be comparable to the Nvidia competition shall exist in the Linux world. Fear not, as we must believe in humanity, and the love of innovation which we as a human race exist for. While some may innovate for financial gains, some may innovate for prosperity, some may even innovate to find a suitable girl to fulfill their deepest desires... but for whatever reason they undergo the process of innovation, the outcome shall remain equal - prosperity.
ATI does in fact run quite nicely under Linux using the fglrx drivers. With a little bit of effort (i.e., compiling the driver, loading it into the kernel as a module, re-configuring your x-org configuration to use fglrx rather than ati/radeon, and so forth), X-org will run very smoothly and rapidly with an ATI video card.
Try comparing the amount of frames per second you get with glxgears using the Mesa 3D Open Source ATI drivers versus the proprietary fglrx drivers supplied by ATI. I think you will get 100 times more frames in a second with the ATI fglrx drivers.
Using the fglrx drivers, I am able to play all games, including Legends, Cube, Doom, Quake, Wolfenstein, Americas Army, Frozen Bubble, Super Tux, Tux Racer, Counterstrike, and others, just to name a few.
The only setbacks seen with the fglrx drivers would be that of the mentioned lack of XRandR support as well as a lack of XCompMgr support (for drop shadows/transparency). However, such minor setbacks on 'beauty' shouldn't be a big decision when choosing which drivers to use.
ATI does not "fail it." While, they do not support the open source community as much as we would like (as, persay, NVidia Corp), they do in fact give us enough support as of right now to be comfortable. ATI's main clientele, as are most video card manufacturers/distributors, are Microsoft Windows users. You'll need to keep in mind, their programmers/staff should be put forth to work on what is important to the financial situation of the company rather than pleasing us Linux users - for now.
After all, a company does not exist without money.
what ever happened to good ol' goin to clubs, getting drunk, findin a girl, who is as drunk as u, having a good night, and never seein that girl again, mutually?
That's true. Other bits of additions I think would help Firefox SUBSTANTIALLY would be if Google and Mozilla worked together to create some type of (open source) technology which would IMPROVE the Google interface while at the same time increasing the desire to use the Firefox browser. As we all know, Microsoft is slow to put out new major technological updates, unlike the open source community where we can expect new releases of software in serious development as often as weekly!
I don't know if I'm mis-reading your reply or you mis-read mine, but what I meant by that - was that EVERYONE, and I mean EVERYONE has seen the contents of Paris Hilton's T-Mobile Sidekick 2 - which, in other words, would be INCREDIBLE advertising. Also, believe it or not, after her Sidekick 2 was hacked, sales of the Sidekick 2 soared upwards ;)
I'm not saying people will want to do anything. However, what I am saying is a serious boost in Firefox users would be people switching to Ubuntu. And, you are right, Ubuntu isn't the only distro that packages Firefox along with other software - however, Ubuntu has a theme/reputation amongst non-linux users as a friendly, easy to use Windows alternative. No other distribution, has the reputation of being FAST, simple, and including an incredible amount of support. That's why thousands of non-tech-savvy college and highschool students everywhere are actually switching to Ubuntu on their desktops -- and using a MacOS-X-like theme ;)