Why is it when I skim comments you've always written a lengthy, baseless tirade? Good to see you're posting at 1 again though. It's more than you deserve.
if you don't have GNU/Linux as your primary home desktop right now, you have something against Linux. That sentence is the biggest load of crap I have ever read from you and that's saying a lot. I don't have Linux as my primary home desktop because Windows works better for me. Do you understand that? I. Prefer. Windows. To. Linux. No enmity. No 'I hate this that and the other' which is all we ever hear from you.
It's an OS, not a religious experience.
That's nothing next to Microsoft spam posts and astroturf. Oh, delicious irony. You've done nothing but spam/. and tell lies since I started posting here.
the overall effort is no more or less than that required to set up and keep running a Windoze box When I search for 'Ubuntu installing new nVidia drivers' I get this doozy as a result:
Although the process has been hit and miss in the past, one of the best solutions that I have come across is Envy for the Ubuntu distribution.
then press Alt+Cntrl+F1 to kill X-Windows and type envy
That's easier than this, which is straight from the Ubuntu website.
I can see that being so much easier to figure out than "Download file, run installer, click upgrade, wait". I mean, come on - last time I installed new ATI drivers on Vista the screen flickered and my desktop was exactly how I left it. No reboots, no restarts, no 'killing sessions'.
Funny how M$'s revenue uptick did nothing for Dell, now isn't it? Selling more OS options will just get them more money, regardless of how much they earnt before. The fact that Dell now pack in Vista, Linux, XP and an option for no OS will in the end just get them more customers irrespective of their prior situation. It's good business sense and it proves nothing about how Vista is selling, especially when the support for the new OS is basically outsourced and you don't even need to retrain your staff.
How many coppies of Vista have you bought? The point is not about how many copies of the OS are sold. In fact, selling one copy of Vista will make Dell more money than people downloading Ubuntu a million times. It's how many people will shell out for an entire PC with Ubuntu on it compared to an entire PC with XP or Vista. I can't see Joe Public taking that kind of risk, but the numbers will speak for themselves.
Dell offering those people computers that work with anything but M$ has given M$ nightmares since 2002. It's not 'anything but M$'. Those computers will work with Windows too.
Nobody is going to deny that as an option - however the original comment was:
If you can't be bothered to get up and walk a few hundred metres to vote, you're better off staying at home Some of us don't have that option.
Residents living at Coleton Fishacre (TQ6 0EQ) in South Devon have to walk over 2 miles to their nearest polling station at Hillhead Camp (TQ5 0HH). Try typing in "TQ6 0EQ to TQ5 0HH" into Google Maps for a map of that. It actually takes longer than 5 minutes to drive that distance, let alone walk it.
You have a comment direct from the manufacturers of the OLPC telling you that they have no deal with Microsoft and you're still rambling on about 'M$' like some escapee from a lunatic asylum.
As a gamer, though, I have experienced close to zero issues with Vista - running dual screen monitors causes some ill will with old games but I haven't found any major issues that couldn't be solved by either turning that off or running in compatibility mode.
Port blocking may be unconstitutional.
The first step in regaining control of your culture and rights is to reject non free software Do you think if you downloaded an open source firewall that your head would explode?
Access 4.0 never existed. It went straight from 2.0 to 7. I'm not an Access user however, but regardless of this if you're even right about this it's the only example you've provided of a 'toy language' that breaks 'every two to three years', and it's debatable.
VB 3.x was released in 1993, 6.x in 1998, and VB.Net is barely in it's infancy. This is not 'every two to three years'. It's pretty much double that. Also, VB is not a toy language to those of us who make our living using it.
I found trivial differences between 97 VBA and XP VBA but YMMV.
OLE 2.0 was released in 1993. I'll repeat that one: 1993. Please note that nobody can just sit on something for 14 years. Are you seriously suggesting that Microsoft should have retained all backwards compatibility for that long? Sometimes things have to break to move forward. Take every kernel upgrade to Linux that breaks one thing or another in a distribution. Shit happens, but you fix it. I don't know about you, but that's my job.
Have you got any others? Those examples wouldn't cut the mustard even if you looked at them generously.
Apple have lost several high-profile patent cases in the last year or two. They'll probably hit Apple first and see if it works, then use the decision against anyone else they feel is infringing. It'll be harder for MS to throw money at it if one judge has already decided that tabbing infringes.
1. Did you check your drivers? Try booting another OS and see if you get the same problem. In other words, instead of just crying into your pillow at night, try and fix it. You're on Slashdot, you're supposed to be a geek for crying out loud.
2. Yes, we're all aware that Vista requires higher system requirements than XP or Linux to run smoothly. Whoop-de-do. However, they're not as high as people pretend and Vista works well on my ex-boyfriend's 3 year old Sempron.
2 (again). If you're not interested in the messages you can turn them off. Why not try it?
I think my TV must be malware. When I switch it on, it keeps showing messages I don't want between things I do want, it came bundled with the house that I live in and when it's on everyone else seems to stop dead to watch it. Those all match up with things I read ON THE INTERNENETS about malware so it must be malware!!11!
Seriously.
I don't know how your comment managed 'Insightful' when it's just plain 'Redundant'. We all know - the majority of Slashdot doesn't like Vista. Just reciting it over and over again in the hope of being modded up is not an intelligent debate. It's just a real pity that it works.
That 'fact', as dubious as it is, doesn't back up or reinforce a single point you made. Also, your anecdotal evidence is worth precisely half as much as the paper it's been printed on.
The only web plugin I ever see from Apple is Quicktime and I wouldn't call that sexy or must-have. From my experience even the WMP plugin is lighter and more stable, though YMMV.
Oh, you have a new one:
Debian has 18,733 packages now. Good for Debian! If Windows has less applications than that, then I would be exceedingly surprised. Seeing as you don't actually have a figure for that, you can't say that Windows has less applications with any degree of credence, so let's melt that point before you let it snowball, shall we?
The rest of your post is the usual invented bullshit that people, including free software coders and other Linux advocates, have picked to pieces time after time. Face it, you're still a liar, and you're yet to mount a convincing defense to the contrary.
"It is directly against Phoenix's policy to create BIOS that would lock customers into any single OS. It has never been or will it ever be Phoenix's intention to lock a customer into a particular OS." Gaurav Banga, CTO & SVP of Engineering at Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
In addition, Phoenix is working with the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF) and is the leader of the Boot Technology Working Group within CELF. Gaurav Banga also tells me that the BTWG is Phoenix's first effort in with the open source community and that they plan more involvement with mainstream desktop and server Linux efforts. Honestly, you're a complete idiot. There's no other explanation any more.
1) Sorry, but marking things that you think are insightful or interesting is exactly what using modpoints is for. Just because you don't think it's either, doesn't actually invalidate his opinion at all.
2) I don't see how modding up is a smack-down device - modding down is, but seeing as he basically agreed with Kreplock I assume that's not what he was intending to do.
3) You need to chill out:) It's a website, not the end of the world.
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It's an OS, not a religious experience. That's nothing next to Microsoft spam posts and astroturf. Oh, delicious irony. You've done nothing but spam
Although the process has been hit and miss in the past, one of the best solutions that I have come across is Envy for the Ubuntu distribution.
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Type:
wget http://albertomilone.com/ubuntu/nvidia/scripts/en
sudo dpkg -i envy_0.8.1-0ubuntu6_all.deb
then press Alt+Cntrl+F1 to kill X-Windows and type envy
That's easier than this, which is straight from the Ubuntu website.
I can see that being so much easier to figure out than "Download file, run installer, click upgrade, wait". I mean, come on - last time I installed new ATI drivers on Vista the screen flickered and my desktop was exactly how I left it. No reboots, no restarts, no 'killing sessions'. Funny how M$'s revenue uptick did nothing for Dell, now isn't it? Selling more OS options will just get them more money, regardless of how much they earnt before. The fact that Dell now pack in Vista, Linux, XP and an option for no OS will in the end just get them more customers irrespective of their prior situation. It's good business sense and it proves nothing about how Vista is selling, especially when the support for the new OS is basically outsourced and you don't even need to retrain your staff. How many coppies of Vista have you bought? The point is not about how many copies of the OS are sold. In fact, selling one copy of Vista will make Dell more money than people downloading Ubuntu a million times. It's how many people will shell out for an entire PC with Ubuntu on it compared to an entire PC with XP or Vista. I can't see Joe Public taking that kind of risk, but the numbers will speak for themselves. Dell offering those people computers that work with anything but M$ has given M$ nightmares since 2002. It's not 'anything but M$'. Those computers will work with Windows too.
Okay, here's a concrete example for you.
Residents living at Coleton Fishacre (TQ6 0EQ) in South Devon have to walk over 2 miles to their nearest polling station at Hillhead Camp (TQ5 0HH). Try typing in "TQ6 0EQ to TQ5 0HH" into Google Maps for a map of that. It actually takes longer than 5 minutes to drive that distance, let alone walk it.
How about now you admit that you were wrong?
Unashamedly using the troll FP to get this up there, but comment readers should be aware that the summary is, in fact, wrong. (Shock horror, eh kids?)
The quote of a tie in the battle is not the last page in the article - In fact, Vista wins the contest 3-2.
You're still the same person. Whether it's MPD or just idiocy, I don't really care.
What are you talking about?
You have a comment direct from the manufacturers of the OLPC telling you that they have no deal with Microsoft and you're still rambling on about 'M$' like some escapee from a lunatic asylum.
I'm glad the joke didn't fly over your head.
You really are a first-class idiot.
My apologies for misreading :)
As a gamer, though, I have experienced close to zero issues with Vista - running dual screen monitors causes some ill will with old games but I haven't found any major issues that couldn't be solved by either turning that off or running in compatibility mode.
I've heard Linux called "a pile of festering shit".
:P
In other news, wishing doesn't make it so
I thought that said pagan pan-sexual horse.
I should sleep more.
Access 4.0 never existed. It went straight from 2.0 to 7. I'm not an Access user however, but regardless of this if you're even right about this it's the only example you've provided of a 'toy language' that breaks 'every two to three years', and it's debatable.
VB 3.x was released in 1993, 6.x in 1998, and VB.Net is barely in it's infancy. This is not 'every two to three years'. It's pretty much double that. Also, VB is not a toy language to those of us who make our living using it.
I found trivial differences between 97 VBA and XP VBA but YMMV.
OLE 2.0 was released in 1993. I'll repeat that one: 1993. Please note that nobody can just sit on something for 14 years. Are you seriously suggesting that Microsoft should have retained all backwards compatibility for that long? Sometimes things have to break to move forward. Take every kernel upgrade to Linux that breaks one thing or another in a distribution. Shit happens, but you fix it. I don't know about you, but that's my job.
Have you got any others? Those examples wouldn't cut the mustard even if you looked at them generously.
I think this response has merit.
Apple have lost several high-profile patent cases in the last year or two. They'll probably hit Apple first and see if it works, then use the decision against anyone else they feel is infringing. It'll be harder for MS to throw money at it if one judge has already decided that tabbing infringes.
Taking your comment at face value:
1. Did you check your drivers? Try booting another OS and see if you get the same problem. In other words, instead of just crying into your pillow at night, try and fix it. You're on Slashdot, you're supposed to be a geek for crying out loud.
2. Yes, we're all aware that Vista requires higher system requirements than XP or Linux to run smoothly. Whoop-de-do. However, they're not as high as people pretend and Vista works well on my ex-boyfriend's 3 year old Sempron.
2 (again). If you're not interested in the messages you can turn them off. Why not try it?
I think my TV must be malware. When I switch it on, it keeps showing messages I don't want between things I do want, it came bundled with the house that I live in and when it's on everyone else seems to stop dead to watch it. Those all match up with things I read ON THE INTERNENETS about malware so it must be malware!!11!
Seriously.
I don't know how your comment managed 'Insightful' when it's just plain 'Redundant'. We all know - the majority of Slashdot doesn't like Vista. Just reciting it over and over again in the hope of being modded up is not an intelligent debate. It's just a real pity that it works.
You still don't have a fact to back up your 'greater choice of better software' comparison between GNU/Linux and Windows. Is this forthcoming?
Sorry, but if you think Vista is less stable than Win95 then you haven't used either.
That 'fact', as dubious as it is, doesn't back up or reinforce a single point you made. Also, your anecdotal evidence is worth precisely half as much as the paper it's been printed on.
I'm going to take a 'Scrubs' tack on this one.
it's still short enough that only a fraction of those new PCs will have Vista in two weeks time
Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong!
As for "pirates" and legitimate buyers, the supposed upgrade won't install and play the ten dollar DVDs the would be user purchased
Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong!
Vista's going the ME route.
You're wrong! You're wrong! You're wrong!
Seriously, got a single fact to back any of that shit up? 'Course not.
The only web plugin I ever see from Apple is Quicktime and I wouldn't call that sexy or must-have. From my experience even the WMP plugin is lighter and more stable, though YMMV.
Wow, now people can only criticise Debian out of 'ignorance or malice'?
It's strange, then, that some people can sing about it. Check out the list of complaints underneath - is that out of ignorance, or malice, or both?
My favourite is "Debian is being ruined by morons".
The rest of your post is the usual invented bullshit that people, including free software coders and other Linux advocates, have picked to pieces time after time. Face it, you're still a liar, and you're yet to mount a convincing defense to the contrary.
In addition, Phoenix is working with the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF) and is the leader of the Boot Technology Working Group within CELF. Gaurav Banga also tells me that the BTWG is Phoenix's first effort in with the open source community and that they plan more involvement with mainstream desktop and server Linux efforts. Honestly, you're a complete idiot. There's no other explanation any more.
1) Sorry, but marking things that you think are insightful or interesting is exactly what using modpoints is for. Just because you don't think it's either, doesn't actually invalidate his opinion at all.
:) It's a website, not the end of the world.
2) I don't see how modding up is a smack-down device - modding down is, but seeing as he basically agreed with Kreplock I assume that's not what he was intending to do.
3) You need to chill out
Wow, that's a hell of a lot of bullshit to pull out of a throwaway comment.