There is still some obvious areas where human resources are clearly wasted. For example the OSS community puts huge effort only in repackaging the same software in various package formats and in slightly differing directory structures.
On a sidenote, it's interesting how people here set up boycotts on companies like Sony because their PS3 can't run Linux, while there are companies like OCZ that have a solid track record of producing clearly bad products and providing poor customer support, which in my opinion would much more deserve the bad reputation.
I've been on native IPv6 for a couple of years on my home DSL connection. It works very well - only thing I had to do was check the 'enable IPv6' option in my modem/router and everything 'just worked'. It is rather nice not having to deal with NAT and port forwarding etc.
I've been on native IPv4 for ages on my home DSL connection. Only thing I had to do was tick the "NAT" and "UPnP" checkboxes and it just worked. Provided me also with a simple firewall as a nice side effect.;)
Why does a printer have "accounts"? It's job is to print a file we throw at it. It should be nothing but a recipient of information, a dropbox. In fact it should be an email, to which you send an attached file, and the printer fetches it and prints it. Or at least that should be the interface.
By the way, HP has exactly that as a feature (ePrint) in their current printers. They give an e-mail address for your printer from their cloud service, and then you can start sending documents there.
I think OpalCalc is cool, but just needs some final polish. I personally would decrease the amount of different colors to make it easier to read and look more professional. The version number is also redundant in the title bar. The idea of a semantic, fuzzy logic calculator is interesting.
While I love desktop Linux as much as the next guy, it's the little bugs crawling here and there that often ruin the experience. What could be done to improve the general quality assurance of Ubuntu and other distributions?
I asked the same question regarding Angry Birds a while ago. If Minecraft was tuned to the max (native code binary, optimized engine), what would be lowest spec hardware you could make it run on? Pentium III?
Good question and it brings up a point which I have been wondering. Why was Mint released as a complete distribution and not just a collection of packages for Ubuntu? They could have released the tasty bits (Cinnamon, MATE) only as PPAs, no need to duplicate the whole Ubuntu base.
On this day in history thousands of new versions of software were released.
Many of them far cooler, way more interesting and useful than this one.
If you have found something even cooler, you must submit them as articles to Slashdot. Ever noticed that "xxxxx writes" in beginning of each article? That's how stuff gets published here.
Notice that Firefox 17 is also an Extended Support Release, so if you are a fan of a more conservative update cycle, now is a good time to hop on the wagon.
Maybe set up a simple virtual machine to run just a basic Windows installation with OneNote. For example with VirtualBox. You can easily close and restore it by saving the VM state.
Slashdot Mirror
I must add that "sic" should actually be put inside parentheses instead of square brackets.
I also feel that XFCE is possibly the best desktop for Linux right now. Also relatively bug-free.
There is still some obvious areas where human resources are clearly wasted. For example the OSS community puts huge effort only in repackaging the same software in various package formats and in slightly differing directory structures.
Wow, that's quite radical move from Microsoft actually. :)
On a sidenote, it's interesting how people here set up boycotts on companies like Sony because their PS3 can't run Linux, while there are companies like OCZ that have a solid track record of producing clearly bad products and providing poor customer support, which in my opinion would much more deserve the bad reputation.
Naah! I just like to flip things around. I have nothing against IPv6 adoption in general.
I was about to ask this same question.
I've been on native IPv6 for a couple of years on my home DSL connection. It works very well - only thing I had to do was check the 'enable IPv6' option in my modem/router and everything 'just worked'. It is rather nice not having to deal with NAT and port forwarding etc.
I've been on native IPv4 for ages on my home DSL connection. Only thing I had to do was tick the "NAT" and "UPnP" checkboxes and it just worked. Provided me also with a simple firewall as a nice side effect. ;)
Why does a printer have "accounts"? It's job is to print a file we throw at it. It should be nothing but a recipient of information, a dropbox. In fact it should be an email, to which you send an attached file, and the printer fetches it and prints it. Or at least that should be the interface.
By the way, HP has exactly that as a feature (ePrint) in their current printers. They give an e-mail address for your printer from their cloud service, and then you can start sending documents there.
We don't know who Ben Bernanke is.
Take an actual academic ethics course at a university instead of a worthless 'professional ethics' course.
Also read the book Ethics for Dummies. I have it, it's pretty nice introduction to the topic.
OpalCalc
I think OpalCalc is cool, but just needs some final polish. I personally would decrease the amount of different colors to make it easier to read and look more professional. The version number is also redundant in the title bar. The idea of a semantic, fuzzy logic calculator is interesting.
While I love desktop Linux as much as the next guy, it's the little bugs crawling here and there that often ruin the experience. What could be done to improve the general quality assurance of Ubuntu and other distributions?
Instead of "apt-get remove" you can also use "apt-get purge" to wipe the respective config files too.
It seems that many game companies already exploit a psychologist in their game design process. Valve has a position open, too. :)
I asked the same question regarding Angry Birds a while ago. If Minecraft was tuned to the max (native code binary, optimized engine), what would be lowest spec hardware you could make it run on? Pentium III?
XFCE + Compiz sounds like an interesting combination, what are the steps required to make it work?
But still.
Good question and it brings up a point which I have been wondering. Why was Mint released as a complete distribution and not just a collection of packages for Ubuntu? They could have released the tasty bits (Cinnamon, MATE) only as PPAs, no need to duplicate the whole Ubuntu base.
On this day in history thousands of new versions of software were released.
Many of them far cooler, way more interesting and useful than this one.
If you have found something even cooler, you must submit them as articles to Slashdot. Ever noticed that "xxxxx writes" in beginning of each article? That's how stuff gets published here.
Better yet, keep system and home on separate partitions. Then you just only reformat the system partition during reinstall.
You are not supposed to put both '0x' and 'h' to indicate a hex number.
Notice that Firefox 17 is also an Extended Support Release, so if you are a fan of a more conservative update cycle, now is a good time to hop on the wagon.
Mozilla Firefox ESR Overview
Running it in a VM still means that you're "stuck" on Windows. Don't kid yourself.
Ah, purist... ;)
Maybe set up a simple virtual machine to run just a basic Windows installation with OneNote. For example with VirtualBox. You can easily close and restore it by saving the VM state.