Except that there are classes of users (non-expert) who are overwhelmed by current pagers (click somewhere and all your windows seem to be gone), but would nevertheless benefit from multiple workspaces. The Metisse approach, or something similar, has the potential to communicate to those users what actually happens. This is very valuable from a usability POV.
About 6 billion distributions would be nice, one for each person on Earth. Change the kernel, change the desktop environment, customize (not just the GUI or settings) your applications as you see fit, and add or remove whatever you wish from the stock distribution.
I'm going to found a company that is dedicated to supporting a desktop environment that is different for every user. I will be rich!
if an author's vision seems like it has a shot at being appreciated, funding comes from people expecting a return on their investment
This ignores that there is a lot of art that will not deliver a monetary return on investment, but nevertheless is interesting or even great art. You can argue that there might be people who will invest for return that is not monetary, but this will still leave out certain artists that cannot procure such investments for whatever reason.
the one that Just Works, OOTB, Zero Conf', includes the nVidia driver, mp3 player (MAD, please, lest I burn mine ears), support for all video formats in all the players, configured right - that is, no "-vo not valid" in mplayer or "can't load wmdmod.dll" in xine.
Video formats: yup. Note: not in all the players, just in gstreamer (works great). xine-backend users need to follow a few simple steps
All layers configured right: first of all, I never had the problems with mplayer and xine you described. However, it is pretty unreasonable to demand form Ubuntu to have all players configured correctly. Ubuntu has a list of supported software, you can demand that this works. For unsupported stuff, file bug reports and contribute fixes
If I'm understanding your correctly, I need to delete all the "auto" and "iface" lines for interfaces I want Network-Manager to control? If so, I haven't seen that documented anywhere, at least not in a form that I understood.
The instructions might not be totally foolproof, but IMHO it is all there. Quoting from the site I linked to (3rd section) for your convenience:
Configuring Devices Any already configured devices that you want to be available in Network Manager will need to de-configured, as otherwise they will be ignored.
The easiest way to do this is by going to System -> Administration -> Networking and then going to "Properties" of each connection. In Properties, just untick the "Enable this connection" checkbox. Logout then log back in again. These connections should now be available in Network Manager.
OR, the harder way, is to backup and then edit the/etc/network/interfaces file to remove the configuration of these devices (except for lo which is needed for the loopback interface). You will have to save the file and reboot for the changes to take effect (or don't reboot and run/etc/init.d/networking restart instead). For example, if you wanted Network Manager to be able to control all of your devices, your/etc/network/interfaces file would look somewhat like the following:
auto lo iface lo inet loopback
And further down the page:
Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper) If it is not managing your network connections after upgrading to Dapper, you'll need to comment out the references to all interfaces (except lo) in/etc/network/interfaces to let Network Manager handle them.
The relevant instructions on the page regarding lo are this,
backup and then edit the/etc/network/interfaces file to remove the configuration of these devices (except for lo which is needed for the loopback interface). (...) For example, if you wanted Network Manager to be able to control all of your devices, your/etc/network/interfaces file would look somewhat like the following:
Honestly, my biggest complaint now is that WPA and connecting to weird RADIUS servers run by universities and the like is still a royal pain. I tried Network-Manager (a Gnome applet) and it did all kinds of bad stuff to my system (loopback never came up), and didn't help me connect to encrypted networks at all. But, they're working on it.
network-manager will be fully integrated in 7.04 (Feisty), see the spec here. Until then (while on 6.10 (Edgy) or earlier), see instructions here
There is a wide space between "big, established dev house" and "bedroom coder". Nintendo definitely invites indie developers to the Wii (after all, the requirements could be much stricter, and in fact were stricter for previous Nintendo consoles), but chooses that their minimum requirement is that said indie at least has demonstrated once that he can actually develop a game, and that the business setup is a bit more stable than a parent's basement. Seems reasonable to me, and as a Wii owner I certainly have no interest in wading through a million bedroom-produced games that suck. The PC is open for those who want to get their feet wet for the first time.
They can't be bought. I can not go over to Warioworld.com and order on, instead that page basically just say "Go away, we don't want small developers".
I don't know where you get this from. At the application page for Wii, they just require entirely reasonable things, like
An authorized developer must have demonstrated the ability to develop and program excellent software for Nintendo video game systems or for other video game or computer systems. In addition, an authorized developer must have a stable business organization with secure office facilities, equipment, personnel and financial resources in order to insure the security of Nintendo proprietary information and in order to ensure an effective environment for working with Nintendo and/or its licensees. Home offices do not meet this requirement.
What's exclusive about that? It only requires demonstrable prior experience on any platform, and a reasonable business setup.
other then WiiSports, Zelda, and some VC games that any PC less then a decade old can emulate, there are no good games and other then PaperMario, which looks ok, none on the horizon either.
SSX Blur had a very good review in Edge this month (granted only 7 points out of 10, but they never cared to explain why in the text; there, they only rave). Many people like Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 and The Godfather: Blackhand Edition. There is also Cooking Mama and Trauma Center if you are into this kind of thing.
And just FYI, Guitar Hero 3 will be out in fall (ok, that is not exactly "on the horizon").
Anybody else getting this huge Microsoft ad box floating over the stories and comments? Annoys the hell out of me. Way to go MS, this really makes you much more likable, I can't wait to purchase your... oh, never mind, I can't remember what it was.
I don't want to start a discussion about whether HURD is a good idea or not, but it is certainly not a Unix kernel. Unix is just a possible personality.
Nobody, and that's why in all likelihood it will stay v2 unless v3 is very clearly more desirable to kernel folks. Note: not each and every contributor has to approve. If a vast majority is for v3, but a few people have died, don't answer, or have contributed insignificant amounts of code, it is likely that after public announcements are made and some time has passed, the majority can still change to v3 (and possibly rewrite a bit).
Slashdot Mirror
Except that there are classes of users (non-expert) who are overwhelmed by current pagers (click somewhere and all your windows seem to be gone), but would nevertheless benefit from multiple workspaces. The Metisse approach, or something similar, has the potential to communicate to those users what actually happens. This is very valuable from a usability POV.
that's not the impression I got from their demonstration videos
I found very useful-looking stuff here, like this.
About 6 billion distributions would be nice, one for each person on Earth. Change the kernel, change the desktop environment, customize (not just the GUI or settings) your applications as you see fit, and add or remove whatever you wish from the stock distribution.
I'm going to found a company that is dedicated to supporting a desktop environment that is different for every user. I will be rich!
Well what is this with "Metisse"?
;) Look here
Heard of Google?
(humans seem able to send the neural command to catch the ball before our senses could have delivered the signal that it should be caught)
If you are interested in stuff like this, you will like Zen and the Brain and Zen-Brain Reflections by James H. Austin
if an author's vision seems like it has a shot at being appreciated, funding comes from people expecting a return on their investment
This ignores that there is a lot of art that will not deliver a monetary return on investment, but nevertheless is interesting or even great art. You can argue that there might be people who will invest for return that is not monetary, but this will still leave out certain artists that cannot procure such investments for whatever reason.
Now let's say that maybe 5 of them will be skilled enough to secure funding. The world would still lose 5 authors' great works.
Which is different to now how? Are you trying to argue that Hollywood and the music majors give every good artist a chance?
Oh I see. I hope this situation improves for you.
Why they're not pulling in a newer version is beyond me.
Maybe they don't know about the issue? You should file a bug in Launchpad
The instructions might not be totally foolproof, but IMHO it is all there. Quoting from the site I linked to (3rd section) for your convenience:And further down the page:
That said, yeah, it is not yet completely done.
Honestly, my biggest complaint now is that WPA and connecting to weird RADIUS servers run by universities and the like is still a royal pain. I tried Network-Manager (a Gnome applet) and it did all kinds of bad stuff to my system (loopback never came up), and didn't help me connect to encrypted networks at all. But, they're working on it.
network-manager will be fully integrated in 7.04 (Feisty), see the spec here.
Until then (while on 6.10 (Edgy) or earlier), see instructions here
There is a wide space between "big, established dev house" and "bedroom coder". Nintendo definitely invites indie developers to the Wii (after all, the requirements could be much stricter, and in fact were stricter for previous Nintendo consoles), but chooses that their minimum requirement is that said indie at least has demonstrated once that he can actually develop a game, and that the business setup is a bit more stable than a parent's basement. Seems reasonable to me, and as a Wii owner I certainly have no interest in wading through a million bedroom-produced games that suck. The PC is open for those who want to get their feet wet for the first time.
I don't know where you get this from. At the application page for Wii, they just require entirely reasonable things, likeWhat's exclusive about that? It only requires demonstrable prior experience on any platform, and a reasonable business setup.
other then WiiSports, Zelda, and some VC games that any PC less then a decade old can emulate, there are no good games and other then PaperMario, which looks ok, none on the horizon either.
SSX Blur had a very good review in Edge this month (granted only 7 points out of 10, but they never cared to explain why in the text; there, they only rave). Many people like Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 and The Godfather: Blackhand Edition. There is also Cooking Mama and Trauma Center if you are into this kind of thing.
And just FYI, Guitar Hero 3 will be out in fall (ok, that is not exactly "on the horizon").
Although I think the Debian/Ubuntu PLF mirrors are down at the moment
This may help: http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/
I suppose we should have seen it coming when Lindows lost to Windows.
Except they didn't
Yeah, I don't because I figure I should at least give /. some ad clicks, but this MS one will drive me to it soon.
Anybody else getting this huge Microsoft ad box floating over the stories and comments? Annoys the hell out of me. Way to go MS, this really makes you much more likable, I can't wait to purchase your ... oh, never mind, I can't remember what it was.
I won't rush out to buy a preloaded system -- why bother?
To have a laptop that works.
We've got our free *nix kernel
I don't want to start a discussion about whether HURD is a good idea or not, but it is certainly not a Unix kernel. Unix is just a possible personality.
Nobody, and that's why in all likelihood it will stay v2 unless v3 is very clearly more desirable to kernel folks. Note: not each and every contributor has to approve. If a vast majority is for v3, but a few people have died, don't answer, or have contributed insignificant amounts of code, it is likely that after public announcements are made and some time has passed, the majority can still change to v3 (and possibly rewrite a bit).
Ooops, mismoderated, posting to undo.
I never wanted to claim that anyone should go to Vista. NO ONE should go to Vista.
:)
Me neither, and I agree