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  1. Re:i think on PC-BSD: Set For Serious Growth? · · Score: 1

    pcbsd is looking to be to OSX what reactOS is to windows. and we all know how many users reactOS has. also pcbsd needs a new more hipster name otherwise no it will definitely never catch on

    Even OSX's name is just three random letters and it is doing just fine. PC-BSD has a cool name. The "PC" in the front signifies that it is something for the PCs.

  2. Re:Yes on PC-BSD: Set For Serious Growth? · · Score: 1

    Which instructions did you use to get the desktop going?

  3. Re:That clinches it. on PC-BSD: Set For Serious Growth? · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm using Linux, on a desktop, right now, and I can use it just fine. There is nothing that's really missing.

    The QA is missing. I don't use Linux because it is more buggy than Windows. Pretty simple really.

  4. Re:Indeed, BSD is already a popular desktop OS on PC-BSD: Set For Serious Growth? · · Score: 1

    Why bother making a Linux desktop, when you ALREADY have a top-notch Unix desktop environment, with origins in BSD Unix (via NextStep), a proper Unix-shell, and every other command-line tool, with the ability to run real commercial software from Adobe and Autodesk.

    So that we could download it for free. If you got most people to mumble out the truth, that would be it.

  5. Re:Is This a Pump And Dump Press Release? on Cellphone Start-Ups Handle Calls With Wi-Fi · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The problem was that Nokia was prone to crashing for other reasons, even with the Wi-Fi turned off, it had very buggy software and I eventually tired of it shutting down for no reason.

    That highlights perfectly one of the core reasons why Nokia ultimately failed in the cell phone business (and that started long before the Microsoft merger). The competitors could offer a phone that had a sleek, stable and responsive user interface, unlike Nokia which clinged forever to the crusty Symbian, the "Windows 95" of mobile phone operating systems.

  6. Re:of course. on Should We Really Try To Teach Everyone To Code? · · Score: 1

    There's already an assload of third-rate programmers that no hiring manager will touch with a ten foot pole. Nobody wants more of them, including the wealthy.

    If we had more coders, there surely would be more crappy programmers, but there would also be a bigger amount of good coders.

  7. Re:Back to basics on Wayland 1.7.0 Marks an Important Release · · Score: 1

    Compositor is the "image mixer" which draws the final framebuffer by composing together the application framebuffers.

    There is an RDP backend in Wayland already, but there seems to be some confusion about how to use it.

  8. Re:This bridge is for sale, actually. Low price! on Wayland 1.7.0 Marks an Important Release · · Score: 1

    The open development process would be impossible if the code was not released early on. This is not just some Red Hat's or Samsung's internal project which is shipped only after it is fully polished inside the house.

    Of course, if it in the coming months or years never attains the state where you can expect it to compile properly or to have complete documentation, then some whining would be understandable. So you have a point.

  9. Re:Remoting status using Wayland? on Wayland 1.7.0 Marks an Important Release · · Score: 1

    Correct, but just to make things clear, there is an RDP backend in Wayland. There is a Slashdot announcement from 2013.

    However it's been a bit of a mystery to people if that code actually is in usable state and how it is operated.

  10. Re:Ba dum tis on Apple Hiring Automotive Experts · · Score: 2

    The cigarette lighter socket will be replaced with Apple's own Firebolt socket.

  11. Re:What were you expecting? on Trans-Pacific Partnership Enables Harsh Penalties For Filesharing · · Score: 5, Funny

    You "take" only in the sense that you take a photograph, and you "should be paying" in the same way any group of thugs says "I'll hit you if you don't pay me for doing this".

    What if your girlfriend made a 3D printed dildo replica of your penis, and every time she used it, she would say "no one loses anything if I just make a copy".

  12. Re:Relevant Expertise on Ask Slashdot: What Portion of Developers Are Bad At What They Do? · · Score: 1

    The general mechanics are easy to explain: the server gives a public key, the client encrypts the message with this given key, and then the resulting message can be decrypted only by using the private key which is kept secret by the server.

    I think the guy hiring would already be much happier with that answer, rather than the candidate mumbling something about Excel and PDF documents.

  13. Re:Why not use commit date as version on Torvalds Polls Desire for Linux's Next Major Version Bump · · Score: 1

    Korea uses dates, addresses, names and other things written in order from big to small. They seem to have quite nice and consistent system.

  14. Re:Incremental development on Torvalds Polls Desire for Linux's Next Major Version Bump · · Score: 1

    A simple yy.ww (year and week) would suffice.

  15. Incremental development on Torvalds Polls Desire for Linux's Next Major Version Bump · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It is artificial to bump the major version every time when the minor version merely begins to "feel too large".

    The development of Linux is mostly incremental. A date code or just a single rolling number might suit the project better.

  16. It's a full memory dump on Netatmo Weather Station Sends WPA Passwords In the Clear · · Score: 4, Informative

    Netatmo states that this is some forgotten debug code that was left in the device.

    It is actually a full memory dump which just happens to contain the WPA password. It seems to have been a legit debug feature, although it of course is a bit stupid that they have left it there. The quality assurance is still a bit crusty with these IoT devices.

  17. Re:Fancy Vulnerability Name on Microsoft Fixes Critical Remotely Exploitable Windows Root-Level Design Bug · · Score: 2

    Actually the vulnerability has been nicknamed "JASBUG". JAS Global Advisors founder Jeff Schmidt cooperated with Microsoft to fix the bug behind the scenes during 2014, while he was working an engagement with ICANN.

  18. Selling binaries, free source code? on Elementary OS: Why We Make You Type "$0" · · Score: 1

    What if the binaries were sold, but source code was free?

  19. Re:Just one step closer to becoming Windows on Is Modern Linux Becoming Too Complex? · · Score: 1

    Ya think?

    How about typing this in PowerShell: get-eventlog -logname system -newest 10

  20. Re:Volume control on Building the Developer's Dream Keyboard · · Score: 1

    Describes Vim and Emacs users pretty well too.

  21. Volume control on Building the Developer's Dream Keyboard · · Score: 1

    I have a cool mini-idea. Snitch a scroll wheel from a mouse and put it in the keyboard. Then make the wheel up/down clicks send volume up/down keycodes. The wheel press can be a mute command.

  22. Exercise on Alcohol's Evaporating Health Benefits · · Score: 1

    Exercise is the area where a lot of people can attain significant, proven health benefits.

  23. Re:VLC implements this one new trick in their... on VLC Acquiring Lots of New Features · · Score: 1

    You're correct. I should submit a bug report or patch.

  24. Re:Just one step closer to becoming Windows on Is Modern Linux Becoming Too Complex? · · Score: 1

    Control Panel -> System and Security -> View event logs

    That thing is actually nice to use and gives very descriptive and precise log messages of what happens under hood.

  25. Re:or simpler on Is Modern Linux Becoming Too Complex? · · Score: 1

    Please don't confuse the discussion with facts.