unfortunately, all this means is that your client will be incompatible with the GPL, and the FSF will clean-room the whole thing in order to make a free version =/
until l7.04 you needed to open a console and manually edit xorg.conf in order to set up nvidia/ati graphics cards. (the new restricted driver manager should fix that). However, it often doesn't detect resolutions properly and a manual edit is needed anyway.
still you need to open a console and manually edit/etc/fstab in order to re-configure mount points (and allow for read/write access to ntfs drives.
Also, for some reason, nvidia-xconfig isn't installed in the menus and terminal is the only way to access them.
I don't understand why there isn't a gui to do either of these (well, xorg 7.3 should FINALLY fix the damn xorg issues, but where's our gui mount point editor? it surely can't be too hard to add this.
Having said that, install openSUSE and you'll never have to drop to a console, YaST is fantastic (although slow)
10 million shipped was in December. It's now March and I believe around 10 million have been sold.
Also, judging by the fact that the 360 is still outselling the PS3 in USA, I don't see the PS3 overtaking the 360 in USA any time this year (which is when FFXIII should be released)
porting the game should take very little effort, and expand the user base by quite a lot.
actually, check out progress with install.exe, no need to burn an iso or anything.
Linux is getting easier and easier to install (so long as you're lucky with hardware). Ubuntu 7.04 really looks like it could be a distro that many users could install, set up, and run
From your response it seems obvious that you didn't even know about that
of course he didn't know that because the post was written five years ago. I've seen the same damn post over and over again slightly rewritten about our Grandma who watches DVDs on her PC, installs Photoshop and plays World of Warcraft who would really struggle with Linux.
I don't know why everyone gives this piece of advice. The problem is you're only installing the restricted modules package for your current kernel. if the kernel gets updated (as often happens in a prerelease product) then that means your restricted modules will disappear.
the easiest solution is to install 'linux-restricted-modules-386' or whatever kernel version you are using and that will keep it updated for you
multiverse has (for a long time) been available from within the "repositories" configuration within synaptic, as is being able to read that README file that pops up (if the package is set up correctly, it should pop it up in a proper window, otherwise clicking "details" will show it.
Of course, I haven't tried adept but I thought KDE was supposed to be the "easy to configure" one?;)
How long before these bots link up and become nodes in a larger network? At that point they store information, react to direct stimulus and transmit to the rest of the network. Each cell might be relatively simplistic, with no goals other than self-preservation, replication and transmission of data to the other nodes. Surely, there will be fitness rewards for a node that behaves in a certain way? With a billion of them, I wonder what potential would be for emergence?
my computer is much snappier when using beryl, offloading the rendering to the video card is a real performance boost. It actually uses less battery too (!)
some of the plugins are useful, zoom helps when I'm teaching in a room without a projector, I can show them what's on the screen by zooming, scale is incredibly useful for finding lost windows, switcher, put, etc are all useful. Now for some reason windows feel less 'real' if they don't wobble =).
My girlfriend didn't use workspaces at all until they were on a cube, and then she's like "oh, I get it now!"
so it does have use as more than just eyecandy. I generally keep the eyecandy set to an absolute minimum and it's improved my working quite dramatically
no offense, but most of these "required tasks" are crap.
The AU doesn't know hd0,0 from eth1 from lpt. Why even have these as default names if you want the AU to know what it is? It is intimidating for an AU to decipher tech names for hardware. They just want to see "Wireless" and know that is what they configure to hook up at the local coffee shop.
this stuff is hidden from the user. Notice that the reviewer was talking about "advanced bootloader settings". What the hell would your AU be doing looking in there? eth0? Network Manager hides the fact that you even have multiple network cards, it just connects to the network magically. lpt? heh, that exists on windows as well...
What is a resistance to a consistent interface and making things look at least somewhat like Windows by default in the Linux community? It always seemed to me that consistency and a default Windows look and feel would encourage AU adoption. Looking at the desktop of a Linux distro for the first time is like getting into a car with the break/accelerator pedals reversed and the radio and other interior controls located on the door. Let's get some consistency and start it up looking like Windows so the AU can find everything. Then let them move everything around!
No matter what you do, if your mythical AU is so resistant to change, then they'll use Windows anyway. People who are going to switch to Linux will do so not to get another windows clone.
If they really can't learn but don't want windows, get them to use Xandros or Linspire. Ubuntu isn't aimed at those users.
Yeesh! Never happen with an AU... and an AU would never adopt an OS they couldn't just watch a DVD (or rip an MP3 or whatever) from first boot.
this is the one thing I hear consistently from Windows users, but I have news for you: if AU wants to watch a DVD, they'll put it into their DVD player! The typical user doesn't even know that their PC can watch DVDs, and if they did, then they wouldn't care, because their TV has a bigger screen.
Again, see "manual installation" issue above.
this is an unfortunate situation, and won't be fixed without help from hardware vendors. However, most Average Users won't be installing linux themselves, this is what stops the somewhat technical users from installing. AU will stick with what they're given or else a tech who knows something will install it for them.
This should be a "never" for AU adoption. Geeks want to run everything from the terminal, moms, wives and bosses do not.
This is the biggest point you have, and I agree completely on this one. With xorg 7.3, this should be gone (in feisty+1). For now, install openSUSE and you will never have to drop to a terminal.
The truth is, your mythical average user won't switch because linux isn't good enough for them, They won't switch because Linux doesn't provide a significant advantage to get over the effort of switching. And as long as that's true, Windows will always have majority market share, due to inertia. And applications.
actually if you have an nvidia card the latest drivers make setting up dual monitors a breeze, just within the configurator (nvidia-xconfig) you can set your monitors however you wish.
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unfortunately, all this means is that your client will be incompatible with the GPL, and the FSF will clean-room the whole thing in order to make a free version =/
until l7.04 you needed to open a console and manually edit xorg.conf in order to set up nvidia/ati graphics cards. (the new restricted driver manager should fix that). However, it often doesn't detect resolutions properly and a manual edit is needed anyway.
/etc/fstab in order to re-configure mount points (and allow for read/write access to ntfs drives.
still you need to open a console and manually edit
Also, for some reason, nvidia-xconfig isn't installed in the menus and terminal is the only way to access them.
I don't understand why there isn't a gui to do either of these (well, xorg 7.3 should FINALLY fix the damn xorg issues, but where's our gui mount point editor? it surely can't be too hard to add this.
Having said that, install openSUSE and you'll never have to drop to a console, YaST is fantastic (although slow)
10 million shipped was in December. It's now March and I believe around 10 million have been sold.
Also, judging by the fact that the 360 is still outselling the PS3 in USA, I don't see the PS3 overtaking the 360 in USA any time this year (which is when FFXIII should be released)
porting the game should take very little effort, and expand the user base by quite a lot.
I never bought Ubuntu but I still have all the headaches of Linux =/
third parties care
and if third parties care, then I care
because I want good third party games on my Wii
so to answer your question: me.
actually, check out progress with install.exe, no need to burn an iso or anything.
Linux is getting easier and easier to install (so long as you're lucky with hardware). Ubuntu 7.04 really looks like it could be a distro that many users could install, set up, and run
of course he didn't know that because the post was written five years ago. I've seen the same damn post over and over again slightly rewritten about our Grandma who watches DVDs on her PC, installs Photoshop and plays World of Warcraft who would really struggle with Linux.
Don't feed the trolls.
yup, enable desktop effects and it will download/install/setup the latest drivers for you automatically.
I don't know why everyone gives this piece of advice. The problem is you're only installing the restricted modules package for your current kernel. if the kernel gets updated (as often happens in a prerelease product) then that means your restricted modules will disappear.
the easiest solution is to install 'linux-restricted-modules-386' or whatever kernel version you are using and that will keep it updated for you
multiverse has (for a long time) been available from within the "repositories" configuration within synaptic, as is being able to read that README file that pops up (if the package is set up correctly, it should pop it up in a proper window, otherwise clicking "details" will show it.
;)
Of course, I haven't tried adept but I thought KDE was supposed to be the "easy to configure" one?
2000/XP/Vista are the official Windows release names, not code names
NT5.0/NT5.1/NT6.0 are the names of the respective kernels. It's like calling ubuntu 7.04 "Linux 2.6.20"
Windows 2000 didn't have a code name
Windows XP was codenamed "Whistler"
Windows Vista was codenamed "Longhorn"
it's been a while since I've done this, but doesnt upgrading from XP to SP2 require the installation of SP1? Not to mention rebooting about 15 times.
you can upgrade from 6.06 to 7.04 with only one reboot =)
translation: Imagine a beowolf cluster of those!
an installed base of ~10 million?
remember that Final Fantasy is still hugely popular in USA, Australia, Europe where the 360 is doing well.
are you sure about this? according to vgcharts the number one series in Japan is Pokemon, and number 2 is Mario.
interesting that the anti-linux campaign was signed for using a mail account hosted on linux servers =)
my computer is much snappier when using beryl, offloading the rendering to the video card is a real performance boost. It actually uses less battery too (!)
some of the plugins are useful, zoom helps when I'm teaching in a room without a projector, I can show them what's on the screen by zooming, scale is incredibly useful for finding lost windows, switcher, put, etc are all useful. Now for some reason windows feel less 'real' if they don't wobble =).
My girlfriend didn't use workspaces at all until they were on a cube, and then she's like "oh, I get it now!"
so it does have use as more than just eyecandy. I generally keep the eyecandy set to an absolute minimum and it's improved my working quite dramatically
this stuff is hidden from the user. Notice that the reviewer was talking about "advanced bootloader settings". What the hell would your AU be doing looking in there? eth0? Network Manager hides the fact that you even have multiple network cards, it just connects to the network magically. lpt? heh, that exists on windows as well...
No matter what you do, if your mythical AU is so resistant to change, then they'll use Windows anyway. People who are going to switch to Linux will do so not to get another windows clone.
If they really can't learn but don't want windows, get them to use Xandros or Linspire. Ubuntu isn't aimed at those users.
this is the one thing I hear consistently from Windows users, but I have news for you: if AU wants to watch a DVD, they'll put it into their DVD player! The typical user doesn't even know that their PC can watch DVDs, and if they did, then they wouldn't care, because their TV has a bigger screen.
this is an unfortunate situation, and won't be fixed without help from hardware vendors. However, most Average Users won't be installing linux themselves, this is what stops the somewhat technical users from installing. AU will stick with what they're given or else a tech who knows something will install it for them.
This is the biggest point you have, and I agree completely on this one. With xorg 7.3, this should be gone (in feisty+1). For now, install openSUSE and you will never have to drop to a terminal.
The truth is, your mythical average user won't switch because linux isn't good enough for them, They won't switch because Linux doesn't provide a significant advantage to get over the effort of switching. And as long as that's true, Windows will always have majority market share, due to inertia. And applications.
try the ubuntu install.exe
no need to burn a CD at all.
actually if you have an nvidia card the latest drivers make setting up dual monitors a breeze, just within the configurator (nvidia-xconfig) you can set your monitors however you wish.
For ATi users, no idea.
the only thing that this anecdotal evidence shows is that people like the codenames and tend to stick with them =)
I use both and this way I can access any file read/write no matter where it is on my system from both windows and linux.
No need to even think about sharing files any more thanks to those two tools
Ubuntu isn't even at a beta stage yet, let alone being released.
If this bug is still around when it's released, then that's an issue.
if you have the distance from three points then you can position an object in 3d space.
However, if you can get the position you only need two points, to position an object in 3d space. That's the way your eyes work =)
it's AIGLX...
get the facts right...