Suppose I run a dual-boot and create a song on the Windows side. Then I boot into Linux and access the mp3 that I just created. I'm legally required to pay someone (for the codec) to listen to my own creation in Linux?
That's what the rest of the world thinks when they hear "free". Just because the OS community has a different meaning for it, doesn't mean the word's definition has been permanently changed. "Buy one get one free" doesn't mean the second one is promised to be hand-crafted by the community.
I think you seriously need to investigate the idea of discourse communities. To piggyback on the "heroin metaphor" mentioned below. What is a rig?.
1. An 18 wheeler?
2. A syringe used by an addict?
3. A bass guitar amplifier and cabinet?
4. A piece of oil drilling equipment?
It all depends on the context and the shared understanding of language within a specific community of people.
I'd much rather choose a lighter weight browser than a bloated piece of software that supposidly works with "Everything" no matter how much of a screwup the web designer was.
Attention all old heads from CMU: If anyone has successfully built the Andrew environment on x86 hardware, please share your experience. Looking over the install instructions from obsolete Andrew site, development on the project stopped at about the time Slackware 2....Aside from the fact that it was my exposure to computing, I found the Andrew wm to be a fantastic computing environment.
I began my undergraduate days in 1986 and the entire university was a mix of Macs and UNIX workstations. I do recall a few stray IBM (and yes they were IBM) machines in the computer center, but those were more of an oddity than anything else.
My first response to sitting down in front of an MS environment was, "What the hell is this and why would someone use something so clumsy?"
Hopefully we're heading back to those days, albeit slowly.
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Just to clarify...I did a base install and was unable to get kdebase to compile. I returned to it about 6 weeks later, resynced with the portage tree and was still ubale to unable to build kdebase. The package masking problems were still there. Again, this is an honest question: how can a distro's implementation of something so commonly used be broken for six weeks???
One thing that confused me about Gentoo....
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Like most, I certainly understand the many reasons folks graviate towards Gentoo. But, from my experience, it is so damned unstable. I tried to give it a go one more time earlier this year. Because of package masking, even installing kdebase seemed/was impossible. (Both in x86 and ~x86).I assume this sort of thing is more common than a temporary problem.
So my question is: Why use Gentoo over FreeBSD?? Yes, I know there is more comprehensive driver support in Linux, but the FreeBSD ports system never fails me. Aside from the USE flags, I also feel like I have enough control with/etc/make.conf in FreeBSD as in Gentoo.
Again, this isn't a troll, but...why use Gentoo over FreeBSD???
I don't doubt that some "repressive" governments might want to utilize this feature for unsavory reasons. But these are explicitly designed for children. How many 11 year old dissidents do you know of?
Like many others - including yourself - the whole Gates/"OSS is Communist" came to mind. But seriously, do you really think this is going to prevent you Aunt in Davenport, Iowa from switch to the Fedora Core? She was just about to, right?
At first, I thought this had been piped into my reader from The Onion's rss feed.
I guess we can look forward to "Area Man Reaches for Pretzel Bag While Updating Lilo"
Stallman is not tied to Linux, even though it completed his goal of having a complete, Free system.
Indeed, which is why this all seems so intriguing. I think someone else has mentioned the potential for a Debian backed GNU/Open Solaris port. While I cannot foresee them ever abandoning Linux, there is certainly no reason why the open solaris kernel could not become the primary emphasis. Though I choose to use FreeBSD, i certainly have tremendous respect for the ideals/goals of the Debian project. A v3 solaris kernel would seem to be much more in line with their ideology than a stuck-at-v2 Linux kernel.
This is all fantasy/supposition, but think of the spinoff effects of Debian diving into solaris. How would that affect Ubuntu? Well, Shuttleworth would have to actually hire some devs instead of relying on the significant efforts of the Debian/Linux team...Again, I'm getting ahead of myself, but this seems to point to some real potentaial effects of Torvalds' stance on v3. Maybe someday he'll wake up and find snarky comments on Slashdot about "Netcraft confirms the death of Linux".
Well, if Linux insists on staying at GPv2, then perhaps RMS will get behind the Nexenta/gnu-solaris project. Maybe someone in the know can explain (to me and others) whether this would meet the needs of a GNU operating system. While I am a *BSD user, I'd love to see a Linux-free GNU system take off. If for no other reason, Torvalds increasingly seems like an obstinate teenager. And to be snotty about, his kernel certainly does. I'll slip into my asbestos suit, so let it fly....
From the previous article summary:
"There are no pre-patch workarounds or anti-virus signatures available. Microsoft suggests that users 'not open or save Word files,' even from trusted sources."
I can't contain language on this one: When the fuck wil MS take their prodcuts off the market and just go away?
I can't wait for OLPC, because the necessity for supporting it will mean the resurgence of a slimware distro.
While I don't use Linux at this point, my choice would be something resembling slimware. (Let's nickname it "slackware". Is that catchy enough?)....Seriously, it makes one appreciate the presence of a 2.4 kernel in Slackware. The last time I looked at it (one of the Slack 11 pre-releases), the distro was still mighty snappy with KDE. Hail to the minimal!
Revamping the the GPLv3 for gcc would seem to be enough. In the manner that the FSF is hinting at, if you dsitribute "our" code (gcc), all end users must receive equal protection in terms of patent liability. The fact that the patents have NOTHING to do with gcc is irrelevant. So MS/Novell would have the choice to either:
1. Make everuone immune from the patent issues
2. Write their own compiler collection
Not to be too crass, but how long do you think that would take? My guess is that there would be about 5 Suse users left by the time it is completed.
I find the gmail spam filters to be quite sufficient. It seems like I only have to manually deal with spam every few months at this point. For one partcularly annoying spammer, I:
1. Tracked down the "owner" of the spam through a dnsstuff search
2. Wrote a quick script that looped from 0 to 5000
3. Sent him/her an email at each pass....Never got another one from that organization. YMMV on that technique, obviously.
I wrote in "Cthulhu" for Governor and the optical scan machine was jammed so
the poll worker--some asian dude--told me to put the ballot in the lockbox
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Suppose I run a dual-boot and create a song on the Windows side. Then I boot into Linux and access the mp3 that I just created. I'm legally required to pay someone (for the codec) to listen to my own creation in Linux?
That's what the rest of the world thinks when they hear "free". Just because the OS community has a different meaning for it, doesn't mean the word's definition has been permanently changed. "Buy one get one free" doesn't mean the second one is promised to be hand-crafted by the community.
I think you seriously need to investigate the idea of discourse communities. To piggyback on the "heroin metaphor" mentioned below. What is a rig?.
1. An 18 wheeler?
2. A syringe used by an addict?
3. A bass guitar amplifier and cabinet?
4. A piece of oil drilling equipment?
It all depends on the context and the shared understanding of language within a specific community of people.
Only if they buy them to remove them from competing. Otherwise it's a sound business move.
Buying them to remove a competitor is a sound business move.
Yeah, Richard Hell & the Voidoids stole and renamed their classic, "Love Comes in Squirts".
I'd much rather choose a lighter weight browser than a bloated piece of software that supposidly works with "Everything" no matter how much of a screwup the web designer was.
Dillo certainly would meet that standard.
Attention all old heads from CMU: If anyone has successfully built the Andrew environment on x86 hardware, please share your experience. Looking over the install instructions from obsolete Andrew site, development on the project stopped at about the time Slackware 2....Aside from the fact that it was my exposure to computing, I found the Andrew wm to be a fantastic computing environment.
I began my undergraduate days in 1986 and the entire university was a mix of Macs and UNIX workstations. I do recall a few stray IBM (and yes they were IBM) machines in the computer center, but those were more of an oddity than anything else.
My first response to sitting down in front of an MS environment was, "What the hell is this and why would someone use something so clumsy?"
Hopefully we're heading back to those days, albeit slowly.
Just to clarify...I did a base install and was unable to get kdebase to compile. I returned to it about 6 weeks later, resynced with the portage tree and was still ubale to unable to build kdebase. The package masking problems were still there. Again, this is an honest question: how can a distro's implementation of something so commonly used be broken for six weeks???
Like most, I certainly understand the many reasons folks graviate towards Gentoo. But, from my experience, it is so damned unstable. I tried to give it a go one more time earlier this year. Because of package masking, even installing kdebase seemed/was impossible. (Both in x86 and ~x86).I assume this sort of thing is more common than a temporary problem. So my question is: Why use Gentoo over FreeBSD?? Yes, I know there is more comprehensive driver support in Linux, but the FreeBSD ports system never fails me. Aside from the USE flags, I also feel like I have enough control with /etc/make.conf in FreeBSD as in Gentoo.
Again, this isn't a troll, but...why use Gentoo over FreeBSD???
I don't doubt that some "repressive" governments might want to utilize this feature for unsavory reasons. But these are explicitly designed for children. How many 11 year old dissidents do you know of?
Like many others - including yourself - the whole Gates/"OSS is Communist" came to mind. But seriously, do you really think this is going to prevent you Aunt in Davenport, Iowa from switch to the Fedora Core? She was just about to, right?
The damn communists ruin everything.
"Some European Moves Towards Linux"
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At first, I thought this had been piped into my reader from The Onion's rss feed.
I guess we can look forward to "Area Man Reaches for Pretzel Bag While Updating Lilo"
With that kind of performance increase, my Gentoo laptop is going to be screaming along after the release of 2.6.20.
Ok...was that sarcastic enough? With this crowd, one can never quite know.
Stallman is not tied to Linux, even though it completed his goal of having a complete, Free system.
Indeed, which is why this all seems so intriguing. I think someone else has mentioned the potential for a Debian backed GNU/Open Solaris port. While I cannot foresee them ever abandoning Linux, there is certainly no reason why the open solaris kernel could not become the primary emphasis. Though I choose to use FreeBSD, i certainly have tremendous respect for the ideals/goals of the Debian project. A v3 solaris kernel would seem to be much more in line with their ideology than a stuck-at-v2 Linux kernel.
This is all fantasy/supposition, but think of the spinoff effects of Debian diving into solaris. How would that affect Ubuntu? Well, Shuttleworth would have to actually hire some devs instead of relying on the significant efforts of the Debian/Linux team...Again, I'm getting ahead of myself, but this seems to point to some real potentaial effects of Torvalds' stance on v3. Maybe someday he'll wake up and find snarky comments on Slashdot about "Netcraft confirms the death of Linux".
Ok, back to reality...
Well, if Linux insists on staying at GPv2, then perhaps RMS will get behind the Nexenta/gnu-solaris project. Maybe someone in the know can explain (to me and others) whether this would meet the needs of a GNU operating system. While I am a *BSD user, I'd love to see a Linux-free GNU system take off. If for no other reason, Torvalds increasingly seems like an obstinate teenager. And to be snotty about, his kernel certainly does. I'll slip into my asbestos suit, so let it fly....
Unless I am missing something in the release notes, still no support for this wireless chip. Hopefully in 6.3/7!
RFTA
Indeed. And perhaps the real question: Why the hell should we care about the compatability virtues of a workstation SQL server?
From the previous article summary:
"There are no pre-patch workarounds or anti-virus signatures available. Microsoft suggests that users 'not open or save Word files,' even from trusted sources."
I can't contain language on this one: When the fuck wil MS take their prodcuts off the market and just go away?
Online application services or one of these?
I can't wait for OLPC, because the necessity for supporting it will mean the resurgence of a slimware distro.
While I don't use Linux at this point, my choice would be something resembling slimware. (Let's nickname it "slackware". Is that catchy enough?)....Seriously, it makes one appreciate the presence of a 2.4 kernel in Slackware. The last time I looked at it (one of the Slack 11 pre-releases), the distro was still mighty snappy with KDE. Hail to the minimal!
Revamping the the GPLv3 for gcc would seem to be enough. In the manner that the FSF is hinting at, if you dsitribute "our" code (gcc), all end users must receive equal protection in terms of patent liability. The fact that the patents have NOTHING to do with gcc is irrelevant. So MS/Novell would have the choice to either:
1. Make everuone immune from the patent issues
2. Write their own compiler collection
Not to be too crass, but how long do you think that would take? My guess is that there would be about 5 Suse users left by the time it is completed.
This is exactly why I read /.!
Glad my pickiness led to a real explanation eventually.
I find the gmail spam filters to be quite sufficient. It seems like I only have to manually deal with spam every few months at this point. For one partcularly annoying spammer, I:
1. Tracked down the "owner" of the spam through a dnsstuff search
2. Wrote a quick script that looped from 0 to 5000
3. Sent him/her an email at each pass....Never got another one from that organization. YMMV on that technique, obviously.
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On Ebay
I wrote in "Cthulhu" for Governor and the optical scan machine was jammed so the poll worker--some asian dude--told me to put the ballot in the lockbox
What the hell does that have to do with anything?