Very well put. I just tried out Compiz-Fusion on my gentoo system the other day, with GeForce 6800U graphics cards, and it was pretty... and useful, even. For about 20 minutes, before it restarted X.
Two minutes later, it crashed my entire system, requiring a reboot.
Now, I don't know where the blame for this should lie, but GeForce 6's have been out for quite some time now, surely they should have less problems? But I hear that some people have it pretty much rock solid.
Furthermore, with all the pretty effects of the cube, including the transparency of the cube and all that, my CPU usage was at a constant ~40%.
There's actually a plugin that covers composting your windows.
You close your window, A little man comes on from the side of the screen, breaks up the window, shoves it in a wheelbarrow and piles it up in the corner of your screen.
After a number of days, it starts processing the smell. Lucky you can just switch it off;-D
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Well, I just read it right there.
Hey..... what if we simply put all the documentation into slashdot comments? It'd be brilliant!
I hear it's lovely over at tech support. You get to talk to n00bs all day and make them run around in circles because it's the "fixing ritual" and stuff.
In Year 8 of my school, we caught our female teacher looking at porn. My friend went over to her, and she put her hand on the screen and was all "could you please wait a little while, I need to fix this computer".
Of course, the principal just laughed at the idea (We hated the teacher, but she was apparently on good terms with the principal - That, or there wasn't an available replacement)
And even if consumers rush to upgrade exiting machines or purchase new ones that include Vista, Microsoft will continue to battle security holes in legacy versions of Microsoft Office, which are expected to remain in widespread use for the next 5-10 years."
So, let me get this straight, even if customers rush to upgrade exiting machines.... wait, brainfry.
I'm not part of the project, just an appreciative user, but here are my two cents.
Cut the distro....
I'm not convinced. You sure don't seem to be appreciating debian for what it is. Go use (k)ubuntu. Seriously. Debian isn't meant to be some lightweight thing that only caters for the main 50% of users, nor the grandma down the street. Ok, I could rant about this, but I think it'd be redundant.
While 1 or 2 cds is much more wieldy than debian's 20 or so, remember, there is the debian net-install, which is one cd, and you simply download the packages you need. Most people have a decent enough internet connection for this. However, if you happen to want the 20 cds of debian, that option is open aswell - and you know, you are guaranteed that every single package on those cds works.
When I first read about this topic on osnews, I was a bit worried for the future of binary drivers in linux, and I seriously wondered how a decision like this had been made with no prior publicity - It seems quite a major issue to me.
Thank God that Linus has a decent head on his shoulders.
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Very well put. I just tried out Compiz-Fusion on my gentoo system the other day, with GeForce 6800U graphics cards, and it was pretty... and useful, even. For about 20 minutes, before it restarted X.
Two minutes later, it crashed my entire system, requiring a reboot.
Now, I don't know where the blame for this should lie, but GeForce 6's have been out for quite some time now, surely they should have less problems? But I hear that some people have it pretty much rock solid.
Furthermore, with all the pretty effects of the cube, including the transparency of the cube and all that, my CPU usage was at a constant ~40%.
There's actually a plugin that covers composting your windows.
;-D
You close your window, A little man comes on from the side of the screen, breaks up the window, shoves it in a wheelbarrow and piles it up in the corner of your screen.
After a number of days, it starts processing the smell. Lucky you can just switch it off
Well, I just read it right there.
Hey..... what if we simply put all the documentation into slashdot comments? It'd be brilliant!
These two scientists. Knocked heads, their branes collided....And the universe was born?
(paraphrased)
Tivo: STFU.
What silly mods modded this 'funny'?
Sad are the days where the truth is just passed off as 'humour'.
*6 and *56
Yeah yeah yeah, I'm no aussy.
Australia is not USA's 51st state
That's correct. Australia is 5 states in itself; That's gotta bring the total states of America up to atleast 55.
In Soviet Australia, America owns YOU!
....Vista selling at twice XP's price?
No really, Am I alone?
I hear it's lovely over at tech support. You get to talk to n00bs all day and make them run around in circles because it's the "fixing ritual" and stuff.
No seriously. BOFH is the field you're after.
You have selected Cancel. Cancel or Allow?
... And what exactly is the HKLM meant to stand for?
Anyways. Capitals are a no-no.
It's a 13-month year, you insensitive clod!
Oh, the pain of the puns. *dies*
Do you believe that?
No.
Euch. Do you really expect them to get an upgrade right at all, let alone via the web?
Ever heard of Bittorrent?
;-)
In Year 8 of my school, we caught our female teacher looking at porn. My friend went over to her, and she put her hand on the screen and was all "could you please wait a little while, I need to fix this computer".
Of course, the principal just laughed at the idea (We hated the teacher, but she was apparently on good terms with the principal - That, or there wasn't an available replacement)
So, let me get this straight, even if customers rush to upgrade exiting machines.... wait, brainfry.
Let me try that again.... Exiting machines...
Nope, there goes my brain.
Remember, this is Debian GNU/Linux, not Debian GNU/Hurd
;-)
- Cut the distro....
I'm not convinced. You sure don't seem to be appreciating debian for what it is. Go use (k)ubuntu. Seriously. Debian isn't meant to be some lightweight thing that only caters for the main 50% of users, nor the grandma down the street. Ok, I could rant about this, but I think it'd be redundant.While 1 or 2 cds is much more wieldy than debian's 20 or so, remember, there is the debian net-install, which is one cd, and you simply download the packages you need. Most people have a decent enough internet connection for this. However, if you happen to want the 20 cds of debian, that option is open aswell - and you know, you are guaranteed that every single package on those cds works.
....yet another completely missed joke
When I first read about this topic on osnews, I was a bit worried for the future of binary drivers in linux, and I seriously wondered how a decision like this had been made with no prior publicity - It seems quite a major issue to me.
Thank God that Linus has a decent head on his shoulders.
Gosh, don't you know...
Sheep aren't measured in miles, they're measured in litres!