Mono is about as much of a clone of.NET C# as G++ is a clone of Borland Turbo C++. C# is a ECMA standard, open to implement by anyone. It's the Win.Forms and ASP.NET bits (and a few other bits I can't think of) that are proprietary.
a) Most people are used to having a "hard" desktop application for their office work. StarOffice is a "hard" application, as opposed to Google Docs' being a "soft" (web-based) app that requires a constant Internet connection to work b) This is pure speculation, but some sort of GoogDocs and StarOffice fusion that keeps your GD documents synced locally for use with StarOffice, and giving StarOffice some of Google's collaboration features to compete with MS's SharePoint and Groove
If you meant Classpath, the GNU-built JavaVM, it's probably going to see a sharp rise in compatibility with Sun Java. If you meant GCJ (GNU Compiler for Java), doesn't really mean too much. GCJ compiles Java into native code, which is entirely different from Classpath, Harmony, and SunJava
According to TFS, these machines are targeted at the enteprise. And from the word on the street, YAST is a godsend for networked system management (since YAST handles way more than packages if you haven't noticed). However, I would appreciate it if someome were to work on a similar product (or a port) to Ubuntu.
I wonder if eMusic would be in any position to collect/distribute royalties for the non-RIAA bands, sidestepping the RIAA and making it easier to get all the indie labels on at once.
It still is nice to use to install some programs like virtualbox
And even a bit of reading the docs/using google will save you from having to "recover" from Automatix later on: http://virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads Just grab your respective.deb from there
I appreciate your zeal on the subject, but if Ubuntu distributed MP3 without paying for the license in certain countries (like USA), they would be in serious legal trouble. However, in Ubuntu 7.04, it will automatically install the proper decoder for you the first time you try to play an MP3. It works, it's painless, and it's the best we can do until we get someone in Congress (or your respective national legislature) brave enough to destroy software patents.
Don't know if you've used 7.04 (Feisty) yet, but they've made codec installation as simple as: 1) Attempt to play file 2) codec-buddy pops up and tells you what you need to install 3) Press OK, read applicable legal crap 4) Type in your password to install the software 5) Go!
You do realize that GMail and Apple aren't related at all, right? The FA didn't even mention Apple....but I'm guessing you didn't read it. This is Slashdot, after all.
If I order the Windows machine, it comes with Windows (which I don't want or need), and I have to install Ubuntu myself and spend 40mins setting it up so it works sorta-right, and they'll only support me if I'm running Windows. If I order a machine with Ubuntu, it comes with Ubuntu (which I want in the first place), all set up and ready to go out of the box. If I call support, they'll be more than happy to help me with any Ubuntu issues.
Not everyone wants Windows, and not everyone wants to spend 2 hours setting their machine up when they get it.
Then why, may I ask, are there so many Bluetooth mice? It's not like mice, trackballs, touchpads, and trackpoints speak a fundementally different language.
Rhapsody, Napster, Urge and a lot of other music stores use a DRM setup called PlaysForSure (*manical laughter*) from Microsoft, and they download encrypted WMA files instead of straight MP3, FairPlay'd (iTMS) AAC, or straight AAC (iTMS+)
I was talking about using the GNUStep implementation as a starting point for a WINE-like Cocoa layer. I know you can't run native Mac apps on linux yet.
Wine took ten years to get where it is now, without any real documentation whatsoever.
I can guarantee you it would take at least that long to reverse-engineer Carbon from scratch. However, Cocoa is really nothing more than OPENSTEP v2. Linux already has an OPENSTEP implementation (GNUStep), so a portion of the work is done.
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I would think of a witty comeback, but I'm too busy playing GAMES on my DS.
Mono is about as much of a clone of .NET C# as G++ is a clone of Borland Turbo C++. C# is a ECMA standard, open to implement by anyone. It's the Win.Forms and ASP.NET bits (and a few other bits I can't think of) that are proprietary.
a) Most people are used to having a "hard" desktop application for their office work. StarOffice is a "hard" application, as opposed to Google Docs' being a "soft" (web-based) app that requires a constant Internet connection to work
b) This is pure speculation, but some sort of GoogDocs and StarOffice fusion that keeps your GD documents synced locally for use with StarOffice, and giving StarOffice some of Google's collaboration features to compete with MS's SharePoint and Groove
As an FYI, StarOffice is sold for Linux and Solaris in addition to Windows
Hmmm... Those tactics don't sound familiar at all. Definitley nothing Microsoft's ever done *coughNetscapecough*
If you read TFS (not even TFA), it said it was tested with Feather Linux, and could run Ubuntu if you added a hard drive.
From TFA:
"[T]he court concludes that Novell is the owner of the UNIX and UnixWare Copyrights."
If you meant Classpath, the GNU-built JavaVM, it's probably going to see a sharp rise in compatibility with Sun Java.
If you meant GCJ (GNU Compiler for Java), doesn't really mean too much. GCJ compiles Java into native code, which is entirely different from Classpath, Harmony, and SunJava
And for everyone using MySQL as a half-way serious DB, there's Firebird and PostgreSQL
a Beowulf cluster of these... ...what? It already is a Beowulf cluster?
My work is done here.
Actually, iMovie is 100% new. And iLife comes with every new Mac (which you will buy every year, or course :)
According to TFS, these machines are targeted at the enteprise. And from the word on the street, YAST is a godsend for networked system management (since YAST handles way more than packages if you haven't noticed).
However, I would appreciate it if someome were to work on a similar product (or a port) to Ubuntu.
I wonder if eMusic would be in any position to collect/distribute royalties for the non-RIAA bands, sidestepping the RIAA and making it easier to get all the indie labels on at once.
And even a bit of reading the docs/using google will save you from having to "recover" from Automatix later on:
http://virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads Just grab your respective
I appreciate your zeal on the subject, but if Ubuntu distributed MP3 without paying for the license in certain countries (like USA), they would be in serious legal trouble. However, in Ubuntu 7.04, it will automatically install the proper decoder for you the first time you try to play an MP3. It works, it's painless, and it's the best we can do until we get someone in Congress (or your respective national legislature) brave enough to destroy software patents.
Don't know if you've used 7.04 (Feisty) yet, but they've made codec installation as simple as:
1) Attempt to play file
2) codec-buddy pops up and tells you what you need to install
3) Press OK, read applicable legal crap
4) Type in your password to install the software
5) Go!
You do realize that GMail and Apple aren't related at all, right? The FA didn't even mention Apple. ...but I'm guessing you didn't read it. This is Slashdot, after all.
Apple has nothing at all to do with it.
There are Quicksilver clones on Linux (and Windows too)
KDE has Katapult
Gnome has the deskbar (which acts very much like Katapult and Quicksilver, but hides in the panel
Windows has Launchy
If I order the Windows machine, it comes with Windows (which I don't want or need), and I have to install Ubuntu myself and spend 40mins setting it up so it works sorta-right, and they'll only support me if I'm running Windows.
If I order a machine with Ubuntu, it comes with Ubuntu (which I want in the first place), all set up and ready to go out of the box. If I call support, they'll be more than happy to help me with any Ubuntu issues.
Not everyone wants Windows, and not everyone wants to spend 2 hours setting their machine up when they get it.
Then why, may I ask, are there so many Bluetooth mice? It's not like mice, trackballs, touchpads, and trackpoints speak a fundementally different language.
Rhapsody, Napster, Urge and a lot of other music stores use a DRM setup called PlaysForSure (*manical laughter*) from Microsoft, and they download encrypted WMA files instead of straight MP3, FairPlay'd (iTMS) AAC, or straight AAC (iTMS+)
I was talking about using the GNUStep implementation as a starting point for a WINE-like Cocoa layer. I know you can't run native Mac apps on linux yet.
Wine took ten years to get where it is now, without any real documentation whatsoever.
I can guarantee you it would take at least that long to reverse-engineer Carbon from scratch. However, Cocoa is really nothing more than OPENSTEP v2. Linux already has an OPENSTEP implementation (GNUStep), so a portion of the work is done.
You'll have to port X11 first