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  1. Re:Trello on Ask Slashdot: Issue Tracker For Non-Engineers? · · Score: 1

    I second this. Trello is professional and simple.

  2. Re:respectfully disagree on Why We Need Free Digital Hardware Designs · · Score: 1

    That is only if you randomly compare software. If you choose carefully, there are better choices in the commercial domain.

  3. Wasn't it 2013 already? on Steam On Linux Now Has Over a Thousand Games Available · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wasn't the Year of Games on Linux already in 2013? Why can't we settle with that? That year was the launch of Steam for Linux and the stream of games begun. We don't have to have every single game on the planet to be ported to Linux before we can celebrate.

  4. Re:Are there open source tools... on Open Source Hardware Approaching Critical Mass · · Score: 1

    You are talking like open sourcing some software would automatically improve its quality.

  5. Re:SubjectsInCommentsAreStupid on UK ISPs Quietly Block Sites That List Pirate Bay Proxies · · Score: 1

    Every site is linked to infringing material, somehow.
    Perhaps they did not get the memo about the internet being a series of tubes.
    Why don't they block google since it too returns a lot of torrents on its own?

    As an experiment, look it also from the perspective of someone who wants to block TPB.

    Try to make as clever as possible arguments against TPB. Now, what would your reasoning be to block TPB instead of Google?

  6. Re:At least they try to do their job on TSYNC Not a Hard Requirement For Google Chrome After All · · Score: 1

    Fair counterargument.

  7. Re:At least they try to do their job on TSYNC Not a Hard Requirement For Google Chrome After All · · Score: 1

    That is much more than a template answer. The answer he gave might upset some people, but at least it is a honest answer that clearly explains the situation. Much better than letting the bug just ferment there for months and years without any information about its faith.

  8. At least they try to do their job on TSYNC Not a Hard Requirement For Google Chrome After All · · Score: 1

    Chrome's is one of the best open source bug trackers in my opinion. There's a lot of activity from Google engineers trying to solve the problems reported. Contrast that to something like Launchpad, where my typical experience is crickets chirping and at most I get template answers like "have you tried the latest upstream kernel if it solves the problem".

    It's good to keep an eye which projects provide the best support, if we want high quality software.

  9. Re:Support AMD!! on Intel Announces Xeon D SoC Line Based On Broadwell Core Architecture · · Score: 1

    What minimum PassMark score would you demand for that chip?

  10. Re:so why 1408x792, technically? on Another Upscaled Console Game: Battlefield Hardline · · Score: 1

    I asked the same question before, check out that too. Although I'm not sure if an undisputable reason was found even back then. The best answers to me seem that they walked across various arbitrary resolutions and that was as far as they could push the Xbox One, or the one that both dimensions have a common denominator of 8 because of some optimization reason.

  11. Re: Now if they will sell them without MS Windows on Ultralight Convertibles Approaching Desktop Performance · · Score: 1

    My YogaPro 3 works just fine with Ubuntu 14.04.

    Well, does the screen brightness control work properly? At least my experience is that with most laptops the brightness goes multiple steps with one keypress in Ubuntu and other Debian-based distros.

  12. Re:BeOS: tell me your memories. on Mesa 10.5 Updates Open-Source Graphics Drivers · · Score: 1

    I'm using Firefox on an old computer right now -- mainly because the Nouveau guys are simply great and made it work.

    What specs?

  13. Re:Go back to utorrent 2.2.1 on uTorrent Quietly Installs Cryptocurrency Miner · · Score: 1

    Why would you suggest PIG DISGUSTING closed source software when there are so many quality open-source solutions

    Who cares? Most people run compiled binaries of those too, so there is no practical difference.

  14. Re:Another piece of software to uninstall on uTorrent Quietly Installs Cryptocurrency Miner · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Why use something of which you have to turn a crapload of things off to make it usable.

  15. Re:Let it be the first of many! on uTorrent Quietly Installs Cryptocurrency Miner · · Score: 1

    Hey, congratulations for the first accepted submission. :) Ignore the dicky replies you are getting. Keep 'em articles coming.

  16. Re:Easier to support than OpenGL 4.x on Valve Developed an Open-Source Intel Vulkan GPU Driver For Linux · · Score: 1

    It's a nice suprise, though the downside may be the need for recent hardware. Article leaves out the minimum hardware feature level

    The official Vulkan page says that it will work on any platform that supports at least OpenGL ES 3.1. Of course another question is whether a Vulkan stack will actually be created for older hardware too.

  17. Re:Not so surprising on Valve Developed an Open-Source Intel Vulkan GPU Driver For Linux · · Score: 1

    I guess that makes sense.

  18. Re:Names as Spock tribute ? on Valve Developed an Open-Source Intel Vulkan GPU Driver For Linux · · Score: 0

    I also noticed that in Reddit there is an user account called Leonard_Nimoys_Ghost which was created just couple of days before Nimoy died.

  19. Re:Is this really news? on A Versatile and Rugged MIDI Mini-Keyboard (Video) · · Score: 1

    The MIDI Manufacturers Association would like to support MIDI on Android.

  20. Re:Is this really news? on A Versatile and Rugged MIDI Mini-Keyboard (Video) · · Score: 1

    Just about all USB midi keyboards/controllers are cross platform. I fail to think of one that isn't, to be honest. So save yourself a few bucks and pick up an Akai MPK or something like that...

    Indeed. For reference, here's a link to Thomann's catalogue with over 50 of such mini MIDI-keyboards.

  21. Re:Google Double Plus Good on Google+ Divided Into Photos and Streams, With New Boss · · Score: 1

    Sometimes I don't understand how people avoid running away screaming in terror.

    Because the Big Brother aspect is hidden in daily use of these services, and at the same time they provide people the benefits of a powerful communication tool. Pretty simple really.

    It's the same reason why people buy unethically produced goods: because the manufacturing process is hidden from them, but the price is cheap.

  22. Re:Old vs New on Ultra-Low Power Radio Transceiver Enables Truly Wireless Earbuds · · Score: 1

    Proof? Can you show an example of such old Slashdot article?

  23. Re:I should think so! on Blu-Ray Players Hackable Via Malicious Discs · · Score: 1

    When would such blacklisting occur?

  24. How is a HDD firmware written? on Ask Slashdot: How Does One Verify Hard Drive Firmware? · · Score: 1

    What is the process of writing a new HDD firmware? Does the drive listen for some specific ATA command followed by the program data?

  25. Re:Agenda bias on Blu-Ray Players Hackable Via Malicious Discs · · Score: 1

    Are you joking? That's like saying that AutoRun is a good thing.