I hated MS Office. Why do you say OpenOffice is so bad? I've had no problems, even with M$ Office compatibility, and my girlfriend hasn't either. Or are you referring to pointy-headed bosses who think only Microsoft makes good software?
The point of the GP's post is that Windows integrates all that stuff into the operating system, while on Linux/Unix systems it is a distinctly separate part. You can't run Windows without the GUI, but you CAN run Unix systems without the GUI.
Get a user account! You can't moderate without a user account! Once you get one, and you post good comments here enough, you might get moderation privileges.
Will they have to use/write a PowerPC emulator for this like the one they wrote for 68040-based apps with the PowerPC migration? I know it can be done, but it isn't very fast.
I don't trust secret hardware, just like I don't trust secret software. Why do you think Windoes has all those bugs and security problems and non-secret systems like Linux and the BSD flavors don't?
Now you might understand why deaf people hate being called "hearing impaired",
why blind people hate being called "visually impaired",
why some black people hate being called "African-American" (Not all dark-skinned people in this world came from Africa, nor are they always American.)
"Political correctness" needs to stop. It offends people of all varieties by using big euphemisms where a simple word (deaf, blind, black, white) would be simpler (and more often preferred). It avoids directly mentioning an integral part of a person's being.
Well, do you realize that you can just install a standard Ubuntu system and then install the edubuntu-desktop package? The Ubuntu systems can be converted by installing the ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, and/or xubuntu-desktop packages. It does not matter which one's CD you used to install the OS. Edubuntu makes it easier to pick kid-friendly packages.
FYI, I was (and still am) pretty young when I started using GNU/Linux. I wsa 17 when I started. Most people I know who won't use it are much older than me. This is a valid point.
(posting anonymously because left will definitely mod this down).
Because some people moderate in this subjective way, I always browse Slashdot with a threshold of -1. I want to read everybody's posts, not just the "good" ones. Sometimes a negative statement about Linux gets a negative mod just because the moderator was biased (yes, I am a Linux fan), but I read it anyway because at least 50% of the time, those negatively modded comments are valid. I even sometimes mod anti-Linux comments up if I agree with them. Yes, it's true, a Linux fan on Slashdot who actually acknowledges that Linux, like any other piece of software, is not perfect. But I digress slightly.
Biased negative mods always get an unfair from me no matter if it's left or right.
Unfortunately, no. I do actually agree with you that it should also be the other way around partially because I use XFCE a lot as well, which is GTK-based. If you do use GNOME or XFCE, though, you can still use qtconfig to configure QT programs, but you still must use KDE's control center to configure KDE's look and feel.
Microsoft's target audience is corporate executives and average consumers, not enthusiasts
Actually, they do try to get people who use other operating systems to use M$ Window$. The only thing is, they have to make free programming tools and power user tools available (and supported), as well as getting the system not to have a full crash whenever something like a game fails, before that happens. And it would be a good idea not to charge so much as well. Come on, software is not like making cars. Once you have one copy of the software, making so many more is very, very cheap. It does NOT cost $300 just to produce one copy of the software!
Just my $.02
This is NOT flaimbait, in my opinion. I think this is a valid point. Linux really is about 'choice' and '0.1 alpha' software. Linus Torvalds made Linux from scratch and for fun, not for the average person to try to figure out. This really was made originally for technical people. We can't just ignore that fact. Many technical people are drawn to this platform for this reason--the choice and the 0.1 alpha software.
Sometimes Anonymous Cowards do have valid points, believe it or not.
Did you ever hear about GTK-QT? This is a theme engine for GTK 2.x that makes GTK 2.x apps use the current KDE or QT style. It is geared (pun intended) towards KDE users; it provides a control panel in the KDE control center to configure this. The control module lets you choose GTK 2 themes and fonts, but it also lets you choose to use your KDE themes and fonts instead. It still has its bugs, but it works quite well. I like the fact that GTK 2 programs don't look out of place on my KDE desktop.
In my opinion, this is a great first step to unifying the look and feel of our software while still letting programmers use the libraries they want to use.
but I certainly wouldn't pay for two licenses unless I was running it on both processors.
I don't blame you.
That is one very important reason I disagree with per-processor licenses. Those boxes are very expensive. Why should we need to pay extra for the same software just because our workstations, servers, etc. happen to have multiple processors? No matter how you cut it, it's really still one box. I don't think this scam should be allowed to continue; especially since there are open-source OSes out there that take advantage of multiprocessor machines without charging for it...
Keeping OpenSSH environments secure requires constantly updating the environment with latest security patches. However, updating OpenSSH servers involves an extremely laborious and time-consuming process of source-code compilation, testing, installation, and configuration. In large-scale environments this leads to a heavy administrative burden and increased costs. As a result, during the times of constrained IT budgets many organizations have been forced to neglect frequent security patches and software updates making them vulnerable.
Don't most Linux/Unix distributions that include OpenSSH provide binary packages that can be easily updated?
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I hated MS Office. Why do you say OpenOffice is so bad? I've had no problems, even with M$ Office compatibility, and my girlfriend hasn't either. Or are you referring to pointy-headed bosses who think only Microsoft makes good software?
The point of the GP's post is that Windows integrates all that stuff into the operating system, while on Linux/Unix systems it is a distinctly separate part. You can't run Windows without the GUI, but you CAN run Unix systems without the GUI.
Get a user account! You can't moderate without a user account! Once you get one, and you post good comments here enough, you might get moderation privileges.
Will they have to use/write a PowerPC emulator for this like the one they wrote for 68040-based apps with the PowerPC migration? I know it can be done, but it isn't very fast.
GTA == Grand Theft Auto
Personally, I wish that game never came out...
I don't trust secret hardware, just like I don't trust secret software. Why do you think Windoes has all those bugs and security problems and non-secret systems like Linux and the BSD flavors don't?
Now you might understand why deaf people hate being called "hearing impaired",
why blind people hate being called "visually impaired",
why some black people hate being called "African-American" (Not all dark-skinned people in this world came from Africa, nor are they always American.)
"Political correctness" needs to stop. It offends people of all varieties by using big euphemisms where a simple word (deaf, blind, black, white) would be simpler (and more often preferred). It avoids directly mentioning an integral part of a person's being.
- KTouch
- TuxTyping
- Tipptrainer
- Typespeed
There are more, too.
Yeah, I agree. We need Edkubuntu!!! I am a KDE user myself and prefer installing Kubuntu.
Well, do you realize that you can just install a standard Ubuntu system and then install the edubuntu-desktop package? The Ubuntu systems can be converted by installing the ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, and/or xubuntu-desktop packages. It does not matter which one's CD you used to install the OS. Edubuntu makes it easier to pick kid-friendly packages.
FYI, I was (and still am) pretty young when I started using GNU/Linux. I wsa 17 when I started. Most people I know who won't use it are much older than me. This is a valid point.
I think the "start -> shut down..." GUI design is pretty innovative.
Isn't that illogical? Clicking Start to shut down the computer? I always thought that was the dumbest part of M$ Windows when used it in the past.
Hey!
(posting anonymously because left will definitely mod this down).
Because some people moderate in this subjective way, I always browse Slashdot with a threshold of -1. I want to read everybody's posts, not just the "good" ones. Sometimes a negative statement about Linux gets a negative mod just because the moderator was biased (yes, I am a Linux fan), but I read it anyway because at least 50% of the time, those negatively modded comments are valid. I even sometimes mod anti-Linux comments up if I agree with them. Yes, it's true, a Linux fan on Slashdot who actually acknowledges that Linux, like any other piece of software, is not perfect. But I digress slightly.
Biased negative mods always get an unfair from me no matter if it's left or right.
Amen to that.
Calm down! It was a joke. There's no need for such language here...
I'm not sure whether this was intended as a joke or not, but assuming you're serious then you're misunderstanding the nature of the word beautiful.
Yes, it is a joke.
Unfortunately, no. I do actually agree with you that it should also be the other way around partially because I use XFCE a lot as well, which is GTK-based. If you do use GNOME or XFCE, though, you can still use qtconfig to configure QT programs, but you still must use KDE's control center to configure KDE's look and feel.
Microsoft's target audience is corporate executives and average consumers, not enthusiasts Actually, they do try to get people who use other operating systems to use M$ Window$. The only thing is, they have to make free programming tools and power user tools available (and supported), as well as getting the system not to have a full crash whenever something like a game fails, before that happens. And it would be a good idea not to charge so much as well. Come on, software is not like making cars. Once you have one copy of the software, making so many more is very, very cheap. It does NOT cost $300 just to produce one copy of the software! Just my $.02
This is NOT flaimbait, in my opinion. I think this is a valid point. Linux really is about 'choice' and '0.1 alpha' software. Linus Torvalds made Linux from scratch and for fun, not for the average person to try to figure out. This really was made originally for technical people. We can't just ignore that fact. Many technical people are drawn to this platform for this reason--the choice and the 0.1 alpha software.
Sometimes Anonymous Cowards do have valid points, believe it or not.
Did you ever hear about GTK-QT? This is a theme engine for GTK 2.x that makes GTK 2.x apps use the current KDE or QT style. It is geared (pun intended) towards KDE users; it provides a control panel in the KDE control center to configure this. The control module lets you choose GTK 2 themes and fonts, but it also lets you choose to use your KDE themes and fonts instead. It still has its bugs, but it works quite well. I like the fact that GTK 2 programs don't look out of place on my KDE desktop.
In my opinion, this is a great first step to unifying the look and feel of our software while still letting programmers use the libraries they want to use.
3. Download themes for crappy programs to make them look like Windows or Mac programs
Since when is Windows beautiful?
but I certainly wouldn't pay for two licenses unless I was running it on both processors.
I don't blame you.
That is one very important reason I disagree with per-processor licenses. Those boxes are very expensive. Why should we need to pay extra for the same software just because our workstations, servers, etc. happen to have multiple processors? No matter how you cut it, it's really still one box. I don't think this scam should be allowed to continue; especially since there are open-source OSes out there that take advantage of multiprocessor machines without charging for it...
We could go on like this endlessly ...
WHILE 1
PRINT "C++, VBSCRIPT, and COBOL are stupid!"
WEND
--FreeBASIC
Source available != open-source. Remember, having the source available is not very useful if you can't do anything with it!
Keeping OpenSSH environments secure requires constantly updating the environment with latest security patches. However, updating OpenSSH servers involves an extremely laborious and time-consuming process of source-code compilation, testing, installation, and configuration. In large-scale environments this leads to a heavy administrative burden and increased costs. As a result, during the times of constrained IT budgets many organizations have been forced to neglect frequent security patches and software updates making them vulnerable.
Don't most Linux/Unix distributions that include OpenSSH provide binary packages that can be easily updated?