I would agree that Wi-Fi on Linux has some issues, but as I mentioned in a previous post, the latest Network Manager should help out.
My Wireless experience with Ubuntu was a bit challenging, but only because of WPA. The hardware support is there for Intel PRO Wireless, and some others, but it is spotty. The new Network Manager should help with this as well (I'll let you know, I am installing tonight). As for any other Wireless hot-spot that is open, my Linux machine connects right away.
I would equate the state of Linux right now to the days of Windows 95; that is, most stuff worked OK from the GUI, but for many others you had to drop to DOS and edit config.sys or autoexec.bat, or configure BIOS with addresses and interrupts or manually set up drivers, etc. I am betting that in the next 5 years Linux Desktop Environments rival that of Windows. Just check out Enlightenment... This looks a lot like Vista and or MAC OS 10..
I can't blame just Mandriva, Wireless networking moved too fast for the Linux Distros and all of them seem to be "klunky" when it comes to Wi-Fi, but things are catching up.
Try downloading the latest Network Manager, which seems to be a lot better (I am gonna try this tonight)
On Ubuntu, the Gnome package manager allows me to search for "That cool shooting game" which is very helpful, except when I scrog my GDM and have to do everything from shell!
My biggest problem is knowing what to put in sources.list when I need to find something cool or when I find something cool in a RPM and I need it in DEB format...(Which I found a converter for btw)
If someone had the same laptop with a dead HDD, they didn't have recovery media and they didn't want to spend $150 on a new OS, mandriva would at least get their laptop functional.
So would a lot of other Distros... The only thing I have against this article is that some information is lacking and/or wrong (see my post on pro software), and it is obviously biased. If someone with reasonable intelligence wanted to see what Linux is or decide on a Distro I would hope they looked at reviews of other Distros, for example Linux Questions.org has a decent review section .
Ubuntu is obviously the choice for first-time switchers
Probably not, considering a noob would probably be like, "What is this Linux thing? I heard of it before, but what does it do again?"
I guess I gotta ask, have you tried Mandriva? It is actually a good choice Distro for noob's, although I use Ubuntu myself on most of my machines, I still kick the tires on other Distros on other "test" machines. I just don't want to get that Windows elitist attitude about my choice OS being the "best", when there may be something out there that trumps it later...
Some commercial software delivers functionalities that are not available under Linux. The other way around happens as well, but that does not give so many problems, as the majority must do without them, and you are not expected to have it available. That is only a real problem for quite advanced or professional functionalities, but if it is those you really need,...
We don't have to "do without them", since there is a wonderful FREE Windows API implementation, that being WINE (Wine Is NOT an Emulator, or as I like to call it, Windows Is Not for Everyone) and the commercial version, Crossover, which I personally use and it works great.
It has out of the box support for many popular M$ software and can be configured to run just about any windows application, even some DOS apps! Granted there are some issues with running some Windows software and can take some tweaking, but to say we must "do without" is simply not true.
I think every Mac user out there just dropped a load after having their precious Mac OS compared to Windows as "equals", even if only for a rudimentary example.
Here is a good way to talk "securely", especially when laws are put in place to limit the amount of encryption on the VOIP traffic.
Build a "phone" that does the following:
1.) Record your message digitally.
2.) Encrypt the digital recording.
3.) Pipe the digital stream through an analog amplifier (think of playing a data CD through your stereo), and send this through as "voice"
4.) The receiver "hears" this (kinda like analog modem) and does the reverse.
Yes, this is stupid, but that is what things will come to in order to get secure communications....
What urban myth? There is nothing mythical about the case you provided details on, someone did sue mickey D's over hot coffee, did they not?
How does my reference portray the legal system in a heinously incorrect light when I provided no details on the case and made no mention of the verocity of the case. Again, my point was to say hey, people have sued over getting burned, be it coffee in the lap, or a hot curling iron... I can honestly see someone sueing over a hot-ass laptop, err sorry, notebook PC being placed on bare skin while watching TV.
And I never left my cubicle, and I am pretty much bald!;) HA
I was simply making a reference to a well known case that revolved around burning one's self on someone's product. Try not being such an pretentious a-hole.
I like how Apple responded to complaints of heat with "well, that is why it is a notebook and not a laptop".
I am waiting for someone to up the clockspeeds to "normal" (since Apple apparently purposely slows things down), burns their thighs and other sensitive areas, then sues Apple, just like that chic sued MacDonalds...
Soon, instead of the sticker that reads "Intel Inside", there will be warning labels that read "CAUTION: Contents extremely hot. Not suitable for laptop computing".
I agree... They must have all their other problems figured out to be wasting tax payer dollars on this kind of crap. You know what, if someone uses a wide open net to do things that should be done in a secure manner and gets burned, it is their problem, not the great state of NY or any other government. Just another instance of the man trying to make it so people aren't responsible for their own actions.
Considerable mutations? Radiactive, but otherwise healthy? Uh huh... I am sure this is not what Darwin had in mind when he wrote about evolution. This is the sort of thing that you see in the movies.
To force cable providers to be more competitive. I hope if ABC makes a big splash with this other networks and pay channels will follow. If key channels have online subscriptions, this will compete with cable TV. I hate having to pay $40 to Comcast just to get food network. If food network offered a chance to download episodes for $5/month subscription or somehting, I would be all over that.... Until Comcast raises there broadband access fee... ah well, you can never win I guess...
Nothing is wrong with bundling per se. Here is what I see as BIG differences: Windows
1.) Make all the bundled software themselves.
2.) Closed source (proprietary) bundled software.
3.) Real hard to unbundle the software. Linux
1.) Chooses "the best" (or just darn good) pick of someone elses software
2.) Bundled software is open source
3.) Real easy to unbundle the software.
Microsoft will probably download a Linux distro. re-compile the kernel with intentional bugs, then show it off and say: "Look! Linux has worse security problems than Windows! Don't go free, go Microsoft..."
The concepts presented are widely documented elsewhere. The stated rules are almost the same as the XP mantra.
I also recommend Steve McConnels book "Rapid Development: Taming The Wild Software Schedule".
What do you bet the the next version of IE will default to the MS search page and the preference to set it will mysteriously disappear or be buried in some obscure registry setting....
I for one think this is a bogus claim as well....
I design FMS's for big iron planes and any interference (which I question would even happen) caused by cell phones would be picked up by the software and be tossed out of the navigation solution for being "unreasonable".
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I would agree that Wi-Fi on Linux has some issues, but as I mentioned in a previous post, the latest Network Manager should help out.
My Wireless experience with Ubuntu was a bit challenging, but only because of WPA. The hardware support is there for Intel PRO Wireless, and some others, but it is spotty. The new Network Manager should help with this as well (I'll let you know, I am installing tonight). As for any other Wireless hot-spot that is open, my Linux machine connects right away.
I would equate the state of Linux right now to the days of Windows 95; that is, most stuff worked OK from the GUI, but for many others you had to drop to DOS and edit config.sys or autoexec.bat, or configure BIOS with addresses and interrupts or manually set up drivers, etc. I am betting that in the next 5 years Linux Desktop Environments rival that of Windows. Just check out Enlightenment... This looks a lot like Vista and or MAC OS 10..
I can't blame just Mandriva, Wireless networking moved too fast for the Linux Distros and all of them seem to be "klunky" when it comes to Wi-Fi, but things are catching up.
Try downloading the latest Network Manager, which seems to be a lot better (I am gonna try this tonight)
Too funny... I run into this all the time!
On Ubuntu, the Gnome package manager allows me to search for "That cool shooting game" which is very helpful, except when I scrog my GDM and have to do everything from shell!
My biggest problem is knowing what to put in sources.list when I need to find something cool or when I find something cool in a RPM and I need it in DEB format...(Which I found a converter for btw)
If someone had the same laptop with a dead HDD, they didn't have recovery media and they didn't want to spend $150 on a new OS, mandriva would at least get their laptop functional.
So would a lot of other Distros... The only thing I have against this article is that some information is lacking and/or wrong (see my post on pro software), and it is obviously biased. If someone with reasonable intelligence wanted to see what Linux is or decide on a Distro I would hope they looked at reviews of other Distros, for example Linux Questions.org has a decent review section .
Ubuntu is obviously the choice for first-time switchers
Probably not, considering a noob would probably be like, "What is this Linux thing? I heard of it before, but what does it do again?"
I guess I gotta ask, have you tried Mandriva? It is actually a good choice Distro for noob's, although I use Ubuntu myself on most of my machines, I still kick the tires on other Distros on other "test" machines. I just don't want to get that Windows elitist attitude about my choice OS being the "best", when there may be something out there that trumps it later...
With respect to:
...
'Pro'-software:
Some commercial software delivers functionalities that are not available under Linux. The other way around happens as well, but that does not give so many problems, as the majority must do without them, and you are not expected to have it available. That is only a real problem for quite advanced or professional functionalities, but if it is those you really need,
We don't have to "do without them", since there is a wonderful FREE Windows API implementation, that being WINE (Wine Is NOT an Emulator, or as I like to call it, Windows Is Not for Everyone) and the commercial version, Crossover, which I personally use and it works great.
It has out of the box support for many popular M$ software and can be configured to run just about any windows application, even some DOS apps! Granted there are some issues with running some Windows software and can take some tweaking, but to say we must "do without" is simply not true.
with respect to:
'Is Mac OS X the Next Windows?'.
I think every Mac user out there just dropped a load after having their precious Mac OS compared to Windows as "equals", even if only for a rudimentary example.
Here is a good way to talk "securely", especially when laws are put in place to limit the amount of encryption on the VOIP traffic. Build a "phone" that does the following: 1.) Record your message digitally. 2.) Encrypt the digital recording. 3.) Pipe the digital stream through an analog amplifier (think of playing a data CD through your stereo), and send this through as "voice" 4.) The receiver "hears" this (kinda like analog modem) and does the reverse. Yes, this is stupid, but that is what things will come to in order to get secure communications....
What urban myth? There is nothing mythical about the case you provided details on, someone did sue mickey D's over hot coffee, did they not? How does my reference portray the legal system in a heinously incorrect light when I provided no details on the case and made no mention of the verocity of the case. Again, my point was to say hey, people have sued over getting burned, be it coffee in the lap, or a hot curling iron... I can honestly see someone sueing over a hot-ass laptop, err sorry, notebook PC being placed on bare skin while watching TV. And I never left my cubicle, and I am pretty much bald! ;) HA
I was simply making a reference to a well known case that revolved around burning one's self on someone's product. Try not being such an pretentious a-hole.
I like how Apple responded to complaints of heat with "well, that is why it is a notebook and not a laptop". I am waiting for someone to up the clockspeeds to "normal" (since Apple apparently purposely slows things down), burns their thighs and other sensitive areas, then sues Apple, just like that chic sued MacDonalds... Soon, instead of the sticker that reads "Intel Inside", there will be warning labels that read "CAUTION: Contents extremely hot. Not suitable for laptop computing".
I agree... They must have all their other problems figured out to be wasting tax payer dollars on this kind of crap. You know what, if someone uses a wide open net to do things that should be done in a secure manner and gets burned, it is their problem, not the great state of NY or any other government. Just another instance of the man trying to make it so people aren't responsible for their own actions.
Considerable mutations? Radiactive, but otherwise healthy? Uh huh... I am sure this is not what Darwin had in mind when he wrote about evolution. This is the sort of thing that you see in the movies.
is one of those nifty $100 computers to read the stolen media drives...
To force cable providers to be more competitive. I hope if ABC makes a big splash with this other networks and pay channels will follow. If key channels have online subscriptions, this will compete with cable TV. I hate having to pay $40 to Comcast just to get food network. If food network offered a chance to download episodes for $5/month subscription or somehting, I would be all over that.... Until Comcast raises there broadband access fee... ah well, you can never win I guess...
Not too mention:
* Best support of any OO language i've seen for multiple inheritance, especially when dealing with repeated inheritance problems
* Fantastic CASE tool for viewing class heirarchy and architecture.
At what point do the robots turn on each other and try to smash one another with saws, hammers and spikes? Wait, I think that is a different show...
Nothing is wrong with bundling per se. Here is what I see as BIG differences:
Windows
1.) Make all the bundled software themselves.
2.) Closed source (proprietary) bundled software.
3.) Real hard to unbundle the software.
Linux
1.) Chooses "the best" (or just darn good) pick of someone elses software
2.) Bundled software is open source
3.) Real easy to unbundle the software.
Microsoft will probably download a Linux distro. re-compile the kernel with intentional bugs, then show it off and say: "Look! Linux has worse security problems than Windows! Don't go free, go Microsoft..."
Scientists have developed artificial, super-strength muscles which are powered by alcohol and hydrogen.
Gives a whole new meaning to beer muscles!
Google should "accidentally" cause any kinderstart searches to bring up porn. Take that losers!
I think I will send him a $20 bill torn in half with a note that says half now, half when the product is available for public consumption.
The concepts presented are widely documented elsewhere. The stated rules are almost the same as the XP mantra. I also recommend Steve McConnels book "Rapid Development: Taming The Wild Software Schedule".
What do you bet the the next version of IE will default to the MS search page and the preference to set it will mysteriously disappear or be buried in some obscure registry setting....
I for one think this is a bogus claim as well.... I design FMS's for big iron planes and any interference (which I question would even happen) caused by cell phones would be picked up by the software and be tossed out of the navigation solution for being "unreasonable".