It's funny to think that WIndows CE came out in 1998, years before the iPhone, yet Microsoft did ***nothing*** to advance this platform into a viable and profitable mobile platform.
Just like Nokia carried on with the unstable and clunky Symbian for too long. No wonder if you get steamrolled by the likes of iPhone and Android.
Isn't that how things generally work in software, especially in mobile gear? The device is designed for the major version of software, with just patches and security updates released afterwards.
Neither I have seen Bing to be that bad. The search results are high-quality. Also, it's good that they provide some competition to the almighty Google.
Here's a cool idea: modify a package manager to install software concurrently. Probably all the siblings in a dependency tree could be installed in parallel, resulting in a quite measurable performance improvement, if we are talking about a multicore CPU and fast enough storage.
Every time I run man and get a pointer to texinfo, I want to beat my head on the keyboard. I do not have the time, once again, to look up those obscure keyboard commands so that I may navigate laboriously through the documentation. It's time to interrupt my command-line workflow, go to the nearest GUI and run a web search for the nearest HTML manual.
Thank you, sir. That's something I would have said myself precisely like that.
We can start with the obvious clue: Unity currently does not use QML at all; Ubuntu Phone is pure QML.
I knew they wouldn't put Unity in the phone. It's just too slow. Even on the PC it takes almost a second to open the Dash or Alt-Tab between applications.
Yes, you are probably on the right tracks. I believe that error message comes up because the application is trying to request a higher OpenGL profile than what is supported by your graphics driver.
oh? I also work on my car, home electronics & wiring, carpentry and even plumbing at times. so by your logic I'm an auto manufacturer, fabrication facility, housing contractor.....??
Yes. In that case you are an amateur auto manufacturer, fabrication facility and housing contractor.
We're not yet ready for a video stream only games, but beyond that you could stream everything. Just keep the game engine running locally and enough stuff cached in memory. Even today's consoles pull data constantly from optical disc, which has quite big latency times.
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It's funny to think that WIndows CE came out in 1998, years before the iPhone, yet Microsoft did ***nothing*** to advance this platform into a viable and profitable mobile platform.
Just like Nokia carried on with the unstable and clunky Symbian for too long. No wonder if you get steamrolled by the likes of iPhone and Android.
Isn't that how things generally work in software, especially in mobile gear? The device is designed for the major version of software, with just patches and security updates released afterwards.
Neither I have seen Bing to be that bad. The search results are high-quality. Also, it's good that they provide some competition to the almighty Google.
Nobody wants their phone to be as reliable as Windows. They want it to work 24x7x365.
What's that? Windows is essentially fully stable.
If you don't want to wait the countdown, there's already a high-res photo of the device available.
They're giving linux a bad name.
And accelerating FOSS adoption in a huge rate.
Is anyone aware of similar issues with Mint?
Yes. It converts you into a mindless drone who must recommend Mint in every turn when Ubuntu is mentioned.
Side effects include chanting the line "I switched to Mint and have never looked back."
There might be some dragons also with the Windows Live account used to sign into Win8.
I went Mint, never missed Ubuntu for a second.
Why are Mint users so eager to preach their choice so much? I don't see it with other distributions.
Slackware? Wouldn't something like DragonFly BSD be more interesting today? That is, if you are after a hardcore no-bullshit UNIX experience.
Pretty much my thoughts. I also donated 30€ some months ago, but don't feel like doing that again after the Amazon trick.
Here's a cool idea: modify a package manager to install software concurrently. Probably all the siblings in a dependency tree could be installed in parallel, resulting in a quite measurable performance improvement, if we are talking about a multicore CPU and fast enough storage.
Very tough project, actually. I once looked at the Exchange protocol specs and it was extremely extensive.
This is a purely technical, fact based discussion forum. Confusing humor is recommended against in the guidelines.
Yep, even I have only "Insightful" and "Interesting" mod points left.
Allow me to initiate the inevitable hatefest:
Every time I run man and get a pointer to texinfo, I want to beat my head on the keyboard. I do not have the time, once again, to look up those obscure keyboard commands so that I may navigate laboriously through the documentation. It's time to interrupt my command-line workflow, go to the nearest GUI and run a web search for the nearest HTML manual.
Thank you, sir. That's something I would have said myself precisely like that.
We can start with the obvious clue: Unity currently does not use QML at all; Ubuntu Phone is pure QML.
I knew they wouldn't put Unity in the phone. It's just too slow. Even on the PC it takes almost a second to open the Dash or Alt-Tab between applications.
I'm guessing I shouldn't use Nouveau for this
Yes, you are probably on the right tracks. I believe that error message comes up because the application is trying to request a higher OpenGL profile than what is supported by your graphics driver.
oh? I also work on my car, home electronics & wiring, carpentry and even plumbing at times. so by your logic I'm an auto manufacturer, fabrication facility, housing contractor.....??
Yes. In that case you are an amateur auto manufacturer, fabrication facility and housing contractor.
*Facepalm*
How does the video playback work? By outputting to a frame buffer? Is it smooth?
That sounds quite cool, but how can you cope with only the terminal?
He did have capital letters there, they were all just concentrated to the middle of the text. ;)
We're not yet ready for a video stream only games, but beyond that you could stream everything. Just keep the game engine running locally and enough stuff cached in memory. Even today's consoles pull data constantly from optical disc, which has quite big latency times.
A service pack can introduce braking changes.
A reason to not run Windows in moving vehicles...