Ever installed Linux in a laptop? I think you'll find that the scavenger hunt for drivers is similar to what Gary experienced.
Is that sarcasm? I installed Linux to my laptop, and almost everything worked perfectly with almost all the distros I tried.
Three things that always give me trouble: - Ati video driver (because ATI is senselessly "dee dee dee")
- Winmodem (when did these work)
- Broadcom Wireless (Broadcom yes) And none of this is Linux' fault...
One distro didn't get the drivers - Slackware Because I forgot to install linux-modules-2.6.13 later on...
And now you're telling me that installing Linux to a laptop is hard? Your milage will vary, but you're being sarcastic, right?
I also installed Windows (XP) to this same laptop. Without the Driver Recovery CD that takes 2 hour to install everything, I would be totally lost...
I hate to be the MS supporter here (and I rarely do), but Microsofts permission model is just as powerful as UNIX's. It is just harder to learn. But not that much harder.
What if the BSDs were GPL? All the Mac OS X users would be using a much less mature system because Apple would have had to write their own one from scratch.
As long as Ubuntu knows its responsibility to contribute to its parent, Debian, this sounds good. In the meantime, Debian could learn a trick or two about being "fast"...
I don't really understand the point of TFA for these two. Is he confusing spam with phishing? If you get an e-newsletter that you either didn't subscribe or subscribed because it was hidden by the website where you registered (for something else), than those are spam. It doesn't matter if it's real or not, it's spam if it's selling something and you didn't want to get that email.
If I were a spam filter, I would forward all "sell-me-something-e-newsletter"s to the spam folder. No one's telling the user not to check the spam folder once in a while...
Following are the reasons TFA gives for bashing Linux:
But most of the operating systems had problems with either my computer's graphics or sound or both. And the problems became more pronounced with multimedia applications, like viewing movie trailers and operating my digital camera and iPod. What's more, I couldn't transfer, via email or a disk, some complicated word-processor and spreadsheet files between my Linux system at home and Microsoft Windows on my work PC.
These are not Linux problems per se. His graphics card and sound card manufacturers obviously didn't provide drivers or specifications for drivers to Linux developers. Codecs (Thank you USA) and probably his graphics card as well as missing proprietary Firefox plugins caused his multimedia application problems. It's obvious that his camera manufacturer didn't provide the community with either drivers or specifications. Word and Excel formats are proprietary and their specifications are not offered to the community by good old Microsoft.
None of the above problems are related to Linux per se. It didn't crash, didn't catch a virus, didn't hang, didn't lack any programs or utilities (including Solitaire), all programs worked, etc.
You would think a journalist would do his research before starting to write...
You would think a journalist would be able to distinguish between "Linux not being an easy to use operating system" and "Linux not being supported by manufacturers".
You would think a journalist would know what "you cannot distribute proprietary or copyrighted work without permission" meant...
Still, his last word "Claims by some Linux publishers that anybody can easily switch to Linux from Windows seem totally oversold." seems correct to me. I don't know anyone who is willing to install an Operating System without the accompanying "Driver and Software Recovery CD"...
Censorship in the general public is a far far cry from banning your kids from getting to MySpace on school time. (...) It's not as if they're trying to ban MySpace in the US.
You've gotta start from somewhere... If I were them, I'd think the MySpace Social Scare is the perfect sarting point.
Communists like to work for other people (or they'd better learn to) because other people live from the fruits of their labor. No one profits (except those in charge, but that'll just be kept hush hush. After all, we're all equal, comrade!) (Sorry for the cynicism. Prove it wrong.)
It's not hard to prove you wrong: read Karl Marks.
Didn't you read the original question? He just ended a long-term relationship. What this man needs isn't money, it's sex. He should demand a night with a nubile female relative in exchange for continued support. And he should do it as brazenly and obnoxiously as possible. Either he gets the sex or he offends the other partly so badly that he never hears from him again. Whichever way it goes, the submitter's real problem is solved: he's learned not to be such a doormat for once.
I'm now having to perform _all_ the domestic tasks that used to be shared.
Translation to English:
She used to do all the house work. Now that she is gone, I'm _screwed_. I am now looking for a new slave. Tolerable job conditions, occasional sex work, some benefits, no pay. Please apply with a picture.
Sorry to be cruel, but this is how life is in a patriarchal society.
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Three things that always give me trouble:
- Ati video driver (because ATI is senselessly "dee dee dee")
- Winmodem (when did these work)
- Broadcom Wireless (Broadcom yes)
And none of this is Linux' fault...
One distro didn't get the drivers
- Slackware
Because I forgot to install linux-modules-2.6.13 later on...
And now you're telling me that installing Linux to a laptop is hard? Your milage will vary, but you're being sarcastic, right?
I also installed Windows (XP) to this same laptop. Without the Driver Recovery CD that takes 2 hour to install everything, I would be totally lost...
Parent is funny not insightful.
As long as Ubuntu knows its responsibility to contribute to its parent, Debian, this sounds good. In the meantime, Debian could learn a trick or two about being "fast"...
IMHO, this puts an end to the GPL vs BDS license flamewars.
so this is how Microsoft flirts with open source :)
On the other hand, Microsoft certainly isn't offering any patches to Ubuntu bugs...
If I were a spam filter, I would forward all "sell-me-something-e-newsletter"s to the spam folder. No one's telling the user not to check the spam folder once in a while...
None of the above problems are related to Linux per se. It didn't crash, didn't catch a virus, didn't hang, didn't lack any programs or utilities (including Solitaire), all programs worked, etc.
You would think a journalist would do his research before starting to write...
You would think a journalist would be able to distinguish between "Linux not being an easy to use operating system" and "Linux not being supported by manufacturers".
You would think a journalist would know what "you cannot distribute proprietary or copyrighted work without permission" meant...
Still, his last word "Claims by some Linux publishers that anybody can easily switch to Linux from Windows seem totally oversold." seems correct to me. I don't know anyone who is willing to install an Operating System without the accompanying "Driver and Software Recovery CD"...
Chips steal you...
http://www.mslinux.org/
http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0501-09.htm
To make it easier on you, google keyword was "American Censorship". Enjoy :)
What were we saying about China now?..
mod OP up Funny:+5
you're just embarrased (as in: shy) because you are getting tv coverage. You'll get used to it ;)
...sure you did...
And fixed that for you... We're soon gonna need svn or something.