Most phones, if you change the sound options while it's plugged into the charger, will remember that mode when you plug it in at a later time. Every Motorola I've ever used has done this for me, as well as the samsung I'm using currently.
Seriously, how many Linux distributions do we need? Linux has a long way to go before becoming a decent desktop alternative.The open-source community needs to pool their efforts instead of forking.
Funny, for linux apparently being a non-viable desktop alternative OS, I've never had any issues. I've used Mandrake, Redhat (and fedora), a couple debian-based distros, and most recently settled onto Gentoo because it fits my needs. That's kind of my point, though, is that for anyone who has researched what they want in an OS, they can choose the distribution that meets their needs instead of their OS telling them what they want and need. That, honestly, is my sole reason for running linux instead of Windows.
I hate seeing posts like this because it just shows the ignorance of the average computer user. Linux is indeed a very strong desktop alternative to Windows, but unless the user knows exactly what he/she wants out of it, they probably won't be happy with it.
Oh, and in response to the post that said "Which is simpler, typing apt-get or emerge, or double clicking an icon that says 'Setup'?" I would like to say that for me, and for more than a few people I know of, a command like 'emerge' or 'apt-get' makes a lot more sense to us than double-clicking an icon that for all we know could be installing a trojan horse along with the software we want.
I agree with this, and if the samples turn out to be similar, I'm going to resume construction of my underground bunker so I can have somewhere safe to hide when whoever brought the moon here (inevitably) returns to kill us all for being too curious.
On the other hand, we could end up with a cool Starship Troopers-esque war out of this....
Nevermind, the though of fighting a gigantic bug is actually kind of disturbing.
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Most phones, if you change the sound options while it's plugged into the charger, will remember that mode when you plug it in at a later time. Every Motorola I've ever used has done this for me, as well as the samsung I'm using currently.
Funny, for linux apparently being a non-viable desktop alternative OS, I've never had any issues. I've used Mandrake, Redhat (and fedora), a couple debian-based distros, and most recently settled onto Gentoo because it fits my needs. That's kind of my point, though, is that for anyone who has researched what they want in an OS, they can choose the distribution that meets their needs instead of their OS telling them what they want and need. That, honestly, is my sole reason for running linux instead of Windows.
I hate seeing posts like this because it just shows the ignorance of the average computer user. Linux is indeed a very strong desktop alternative to Windows, but unless the user knows exactly what he/she wants out of it, they probably won't be happy with it.
Oh, and in response to the post that said "Which is simpler, typing apt-get or emerge, or double clicking an icon that says 'Setup'?" I would like to say that for me, and for more than a few people I know of, a command like 'emerge' or 'apt-get' makes a lot more sense to us than double-clicking an icon that for all we know could be installing a trojan horse along with the software we want.
I agree with this, and if the samples turn out to be similar, I'm going to resume construction of my underground bunker so I can have somewhere safe to hide when whoever brought the moon here (inevitably) returns to kill us all for being too curious. On the other hand, we could end up with a cool Starship Troopers-esque war out of this ....
Nevermind, the though of fighting a gigantic bug is actually kind of disturbing.