I have to want to deal with the retardage of command line applications
A valid point, though i think irssi works nicely. About two years ago, i switched from using mutt to Gmail. I still miss several features.
Also, a single Window running irssi is much less obstrusive to my work than having an entire desktop in reasonable size floating around as a window, that's just a personal preference.
I can't take advantage of, oh, opening a link somebody posts with a double-click.
That also works. The only real annoyance i have with sending DCC files - upload with pscp, send from irssi, etc.
If you look closely at Vista and Windows 7, you'll notice that there are very few "new features" in Windows 7, just a polish and brush up of many features that were already in Vista.
Most of the backend, like the WIM images, the Windows PE based installer, the component based servicing, the SxS Store, security enhancements, GPO settings, etc. pp. were all already part of Vista.
This is not a bad thing, mind you. Windows Vista fixed most issues that Windows XP had (and still has) and finally modernized a lot of legacy crap that Microsoft has been carrying around.
Now, the Windows Vista launch had it's fair share of issues, and some of those were purely Microsoft's fault - but hardware- and software vendors were just as guilty - now, with Windows 7 there is much more activity from those vendors.
Vista will probably go down in history as Windows ME Mark II, but that doesn't change the fact that Vista was the first Windows released that fixed most of the issues that plagued XP.
Applications running in XP also run in Win7 unmodified.
Except if they were designed by retards, assuming local administrative privileges for everything, using APIs and functions deprecated since the dawn of time, etc. pp.
I remember back in 2006, running Vista betas and beating our developers till all the stuff worked - old crappy code based on VB6. Thus, Windows 7 is relatively painless for us now (everything works, we just need to add support for the new taskbar features and kill of the tray icon).
But still - XP to Windows 7 is only painless if you actually developed your programs for XP, instead of aiming at NT4 or Windows 98.
S/MIME? Noone but a few cooperations use that. PGP? Noone but a few geeks use that.
It is entirely possible to LEARN how do it, and workaround the problems we have in the system, but this requires a lot of investment with very little gain.
Most people don't want to learn how to encrypt their mail, they prefer doing things that are more fun to them.
If you don't like what Microsoft is selling, then i suggest to use a different OS vendor.
There will always be changes that you personally do not like, or the removal of functionality almost noone but you used. It's not nice, it's not great, but it happens.
When the taskbar system was remade for Windows 7, this feature was deemed unnecessary, most probably because usability studies and CEIP data showed that almost noone used it. Thus, it was dropped, and the resources used on things that more people used.
No, this is about BranchCache stuff that is going to be introduced in Windows 7 / WS08R2. Similar to what Citrix Netscaler and similar products are doing.
It has nothing to do with WinFS or a filesystem at all.
Changing the system is largely impossible if you're a normal person.
If you have the appropriate connections to change the system, you won't have a need to do so, because the rules won't apply to you either way.
And if you weren't born in the right environment, getting there may require an immense effort or will be downright impossible.
I have a job - i don't have time for political activism. Slashdot, i can do in short breaks while working. Real political activism would eat up the little spare time i have, and probably would start to eat into my work time, leaving me without a job.
Slashdot Mirror
Not from Windows 2000 ;)
PuTTY doesn't need to be installed.
A valid point, though i think irssi works nicely. About two years ago, i switched from using mutt to Gmail. I still miss several features.
Also, a single Window running irssi is much less obstrusive to my work than having an entire desktop in reasonable size floating around as a window, that's just a personal preference.
That also works. The only real annoyance i have with sending DCC files - upload with pscp, send from irssi, etc.
For example?
Support for Office 2003 is expiring.
Just like OpenOffice 1.x.
Windows Server 2008 R2 (as the Windows 7 server equivalent is called) has RCd at the same time Windows 7 has.
MSDN has SHA1 checksums up. Use fciv to verify the checksum.
http://www.mininova.org/tor/2521354
But there are more, obviously.
Yes you can, but they strongly recommended against it. It tried it, and it worked on one out of three machines.
And the machine where it worked on, strange issues have cropped up.
So the recommendation to do a clean reinstall should be taken seriously.
If you look closely at Vista and Windows 7, you'll notice that there are very few "new features" in Windows 7, just a polish and brush up of many features that were already in Vista.
Most of the backend, like the WIM images, the Windows PE based installer, the component based servicing, the SxS Store, security enhancements, GPO settings, etc. pp. were all already part of Vista.
This is not a bad thing, mind you. Windows Vista fixed most issues that Windows XP had (and still has) and finally modernized a lot of legacy crap that Microsoft has been carrying around.
Now, the Windows Vista launch had it's fair share of issues, and some of those were purely Microsoft's fault - but hardware- and software vendors were just as guilty - now, with Windows 7 there is much more activity from those vendors.
Vista will probably go down in history as Windows ME Mark II, but that doesn't change the fact that Vista was the first Windows released that fixed most of the issues that plagued XP.
Except if they were designed by retards, assuming local administrative privileges for everything, using APIs and functions deprecated since the dawn of time, etc. pp.
I remember back in 2006, running Vista betas and beating our developers till all the stuff worked - old crappy code based on VB6. Thus, Windows 7 is relatively painless for us now (everything works, we just need to add support for the new taskbar features and kill of the tray icon).
But still - XP to Windows 7 is only painless if you actually developed your programs for XP, instead of aiming at NT4 or Windows 98.
What kind of encryption?
S/MIME? Noone but a few cooperations use that.
PGP? Noone but a few geeks use that.
It is entirely possible to LEARN how do it, and workaround the problems we have in the system, but this requires a lot of investment with very little gain.
Most people don't want to learn how to encrypt their mail, they prefer doing things that are more fun to them.
How is that in any way more secure than using Gmail/Hotmail?
They can still analyze, save and archive every email you receive, and every email you send.
If the software they're using for this task is open source or proprietary doesn't change those facts one bit.
It seems like you didn't read the "normal" part.
Tell me how a normal person can use email and NOT use "software as a service".
According to screenshots, XPM will support USB passthrough.
If you don't like what Microsoft is selling, then i suggest to use a different OS vendor.
There will always be changes that you personally do not like, or the removal of functionality almost noone but you used. It's not nice, it's not great, but it happens.
When the taskbar system was remade for Windows 7, this feature was deemed unnecessary, most probably because usability studies and CEIP data showed that almost noone used it. Thus, it was dropped, and the resources used on things that more people used.
Microsoft is also adding Virtual XP to Windows 7. Similar to how another company retained compatibility with it's non-Unixish predecessor.
No, this is about BranchCache stuff that is going to be introduced in Windows 7 / WS08R2. Similar to what Citrix Netscaler and similar products are doing.
It has nothing to do with WinFS or a filesystem at all.
There are several alternative shells for Windows available.
e.G.
http://www.bb4win.org/news.php
But there are many others.
Still, it's not something that makes a lot of sense in a company environment, and normal users will never do something like that.
I have a very simple solution for the pirate problem:
Nuke the site from the orbit, it's the only way to be sure.
Yes, as you can see i already decided what to do.
Doesn't mean i have to like it.
Changing the system is largely impossible if you're a normal person.
If you have the appropriate connections to change the system, you won't have a need to do so, because the rules won't apply to you either way.
And if you weren't born in the right environment, getting there may require an immense effort or will be downright impossible.
I have a job - i don't have time for political activism. Slashdot, i can do in short breaks while working. Real political activism would eat up the little spare time i have, and probably would start to eat into my work time, leaving me without a job.
Then again it's depending on the mainboard, which is IMO even worse..
Which you can do with root/admin privileges anyway.
"Slightly harder to detect rootkit now available. Extremely hardware specific."
It's an issue. It needs to be mitigated, but it's nowhere near as bad as the headline makes it sound.
An important point to mention is that powershell wasn't exactly geared towards interactive, daily use.
It's more like a scripting language that can also be used interactively.
Now you see the advantages of working with commercial software - you get paid.