I'm an avid Ubuntu user, and I've been using it since Warty Warthhog. It's been my primary OS on my notebook since a bit into the Preview releases of Dapper Drake.
I love Ubuntu, and while I used to recommend Fedora Core, Ubuntu is all I recommend these days. However, I'm simply acknowledging the hard work the Debian team does. They're both great distros, but Debian lacks the Desktop polish I like in Ubuntu. Little things, like a splash screen and the community support is second to none.
I also know that Ubuntu contributes back to the community, and it does to a great job on hardware support, hence the "Ubuntu Hardware Database." My laptop has never run Linux so well since Dapper Drake was installed.
Ubuntu gets two thumbs up from me, and my post was 100% NOT flamebait.
Sarge might be a year old, but it's hardly ancient.
At least it's got GTK2. I remember using the Stable (Woody, I believe) when Sarge was in testing. Now, this was when the 2.6 kernel had been out for some time.
I was AMAZED by how utterly difficult the installer was to use. And the default kernel was 2.2, just.. wow. It didn't have any GTK2, so I was discovering Gnome 1.x for the first time, also not a pleasant experience. My first dive into Linux some time before that was Mandrake, with KDE (which version is a mystery).
Of course, then I learned of the Testing distro, and I stuck with that.
You know, funny you should mention that. I've been using Ubuntu for at least a year, first tried it about 2 years ago. When Dapper came out I was amazed, all the configuration tools, menu editor, update manager and such.
I'd used Debian before, but not a lot, probably around GNOME 2.6 and lower. That all certainly wasn't there. Then, I decided to fire up VMWare and install Debian Etch just to see how things are moving. It was practically Ubuntu without the splash screen and Add/Remove Programs in the Applications menu.
Now, granted, I know that is certainly not the only thing the folks at Ubuntu have been up to, but it goes to show that Ubuntu isn't the only one making progress in the Linux world. Debian is still chugging along, faster than ever it looks to me, and Ubuntu is benefitting from that more than anyone.
Ok, YouOS is a web-based OS.... and? Aren't we missing something like, I don't know, content in the summary? It's not like I can even RTFA because there IS no FA.
It's perfectly possible the encryption is very good. But an encrypted cordless phone would need to be a lot less sophisticated:
Firstly, the base and headset will be made by the manufacturer. You buy them together. When you buy a wireless router, you expect it to work with the equipment you buy anywhere.
Secondly, a coreless phone only has to transmit one thing: voice data. Of course, some other things, Caller ID perhaps, but I doubt you'd need 54mbps for a voice conversation. Hell, I doubt it'd come close to 11mbps.
I don't see how hard this can be. Even Windows XP SP2 has an option that does almost exactly what you suggest. It's called the "Wireless Network Setup Wizard" in control panel. The problem is it, for obvious reasons, only does ad-hoc networks. It even tells you to insert a floppy or USB Flash drive to set up other computers with the same settings.
a. Anyone serious about security would use WPA b. Do you honestly think that because someone with the right know-how could break into a car that it's best not to lock the car at all? Same goes for WEP: It may be easily breakable, but if there is actually SOME reason you can't use WPA, at least it's better than nothing, and you've made an effort to protect your network.
Not post the key on the front door. Give a copy of the key to anyone you allow in. Hence, the "give out your key to whomever you want to be able to use it"
Set Program Access and Defaults was definitely NOT in Windows 98.
It was added to Windows XP in SP1, and in Windows 2000 SP3. And it certainly does not allow one to set a default search engine.
As for setting a search engine, TweakUI for Win9x allowed you to set a non-MSN search engine for Internet Explorer, going back to IE5, if I recall corectly. I have no idea if TweakUI for Windows XP lets you do this, but considering IE7 lets you select a search engine in the exact same way Firefox does, I'd say they've finally done something ok.
Also from TFA: in Firefox requires going through menus, or double clicking on the empty space to the right of the last tab (if you knew about that--usability is about making needed features obvious)
Having it in the search bar makes it practially hidden. Having a second bar, which by default has the Google icon, makes it a little more obvious that the browser has built in search capabilities, and where it can be accessed.
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Hey sorry if I came off as flamebait.
I'm an avid Ubuntu user, and I've been using it since Warty Warthhog. It's been my primary OS on my notebook since a bit into the Preview releases of Dapper Drake.
I love Ubuntu, and while I used to recommend Fedora Core, Ubuntu is all I recommend these days. However, I'm simply acknowledging the hard work the Debian team does. They're both great distros, but Debian lacks the Desktop polish I like in Ubuntu. Little things, like a splash screen and the community support is second to none.
I also know that Ubuntu contributes back to the community, and it does to a great job on hardware support, hence the "Ubuntu Hardware Database." My laptop has never run Linux so well since Dapper Drake was installed.
Ubuntu gets two thumbs up from me, and my post was 100% NOT flamebait.
Sarge might be a year old, but it's hardly ancient.
At least it's got GTK2. I remember using the Stable (Woody, I believe) when Sarge was in testing. Now, this was when the 2.6 kernel had been out for some time.
I was AMAZED by how utterly difficult the installer was to use. And the default kernel was 2.2, just.. wow. It didn't have any GTK2, so I was discovering Gnome 1.x for the first time, also not a pleasant experience. My first dive into Linux some time before that was Mandrake, with KDE (which version is a mystery).
Of course, then I learned of the Testing distro, and I stuck with that.
Could that be because the installer is the same? :)
You know, funny you should mention that. I've been using Ubuntu for at least a year, first tried it about 2 years ago. When Dapper came out I was amazed, all the configuration tools, menu editor, update manager and such.
I'd used Debian before, but not a lot, probably around GNOME 2.6 and lower. That all certainly wasn't there. Then, I decided to fire up VMWare and install Debian Etch just to see how things are moving. It was practically Ubuntu without the splash screen and Add/Remove Programs in the Applications menu.
Now, granted, I know that is certainly not the only thing the folks at Ubuntu have been up to, but it goes to show that Ubuntu isn't the only one making progress in the Linux world. Debian is still chugging along, faster than ever it looks to me, and Ubuntu is benefitting from that more than anyone.
Ok, YouOS is a web-based OS. ... and? Aren't we missing something like, I don't know, content in the summary? It's not like I can even RTFA because there IS no FA.
If you disable a service. It's disabled, not just turned off.
It's perfectly possible the encryption is very good. But an encrypted cordless phone would need to be a lot less sophisticated:
Firstly, the base and headset will be made by the manufacturer. You buy them together. When you buy a wireless router, you expect it to work with the equipment you buy anywhere.
Secondly, a coreless phone only has to transmit one thing: voice data. Of course, some other things, Caller ID perhaps, but I doubt you'd need 54mbps for a voice conversation. Hell, I doubt it'd come close to 11mbps.
I don't see how hard this can be. Even Windows XP SP2 has an option that does almost exactly what you suggest. It's called the "Wireless Network Setup Wizard" in control panel. The problem is it, for obvious reasons, only does ad-hoc networks. It even tells you to insert a floppy or USB Flash drive to set up other computers with the same settings.
a. Anyone serious about security would use WPA
b. Do you honestly think that because someone with the right know-how could break into a car that it's best not to lock the car at all? Same goes for WEP: It may be easily breakable, but if there is actually SOME reason you can't use WPA, at least it's better than nothing, and you've made an effort to protect your network.
How does it know who's the owner?
Not post the key on the front door. Give a copy of the key to anyone you allow in. Hence, the "give out your key to whomever you want to be able to use it"
They may have cancelled the eMac, but they introduced the Education iMac.
Ever hear of this thing called "mirrors?"
Set Program Access and Defaults was definitely NOT in Windows 98.
It was added to Windows XP in SP1, and in Windows 2000 SP3. And it certainly does not allow one to set a default search engine.
As for setting a search engine, TweakUI for Win9x allowed you to set a non-MSN search engine for Internet Explorer, going back to IE5, if I recall corectly. I have no idea if TweakUI for Windows XP lets you do this, but considering IE7 lets you select a search engine in the exact same way Firefox does, I'd say they've finally done something ok.
Do you honestly thing most people would notice?
I've come pretty close to falling for the Luna-style XP ones, even though I use the Windows Classic theme.
Also from TFA: in Firefox requires going through menus, or double clicking on the empty space to the right of the last tab (if you knew about that--usability is about making needed features obvious)
Having it in the search bar makes it practially hidden. Having a second bar, which by default has the Google icon, makes it a little more obvious that the browser has built in search capabilities, and where it can be accessed.
Are you also aware that Opera has been free for some time? That is, Opera on the Desktop, their mobile versions still cost money.
That works only for the Windows Genuine Advantage Notification one. Not the actual WGA itself.
Sorry, I misread your post and took uploading as in Bittorrent uploading, as seems to be the "buzz" these days.
At what point did anyone say that iTunes was going to use peer to peer transfers? Apple knows better than to do that.
Have you never rented a movie to decide if it is worth having/watching?
I'm not quite sure how this comment justifies a flamebait moderation, but its parent doesn't.
It's for the best :)
Hey! We don't all get off to the same stuff!
Runs, but is it usable?
Putting aside how outdated it is, it looks like the controls are missing icons, which would make it rather difficult to do... you know, anything.