The Vortex works either like a standard Windows based PC with mouse and keyboard or a gaming council with a video game controller.
I don't know; having a gaming council whilst I game seems a bit embarrassing. Maybe they'll remove the crowd watching over you in a later version; it won't go over too well, I bet, and most people would sacrifice their 3D graphics for privacy.
C-style programming has very little concern over the 'words-per-minute' issue, since much of the structure is comprised of non-word strings. How about how many consecutive characters per minute?
And plus, if you want to use OGG and FLAC, you can still use the nice iPod hardware, but with other firmwares and different formats. Even without that, you can use the Apple Lossless codec if you can tell the difference between lossy and lossless audio, through iTunes, with having nothing to do with the music store; I did that at a time, before switching to RockBox.
How exactly is it "10 years behind what the market demands"? If the marked demands an operating system for those who can't even figure out how to use a word processor, or can barely write an e-mail without asking for help, maybe we don't want to fill that need. For those who are willing to put some effort into thought, and probably an extra five minutes every week or so, there's the Ubuntu series, and there's the series derived from Red Hat Linux.
If the market continues to fill demands for those who put in no effort, then fewer will put in effort, and soon the operating system will do the thinking for the average consumer.
If the market demands hardware support, community operating systems can't be blamed, since the vendors rarely provide any sort of support, while they write complete drivers for the ubiquitous operating systems. Have they ever thought that if they fixed the compatibility issue, that more people would flock to operating systems of less previous popularity? If the market demands fancy eye-candy, there are implementations of such "features" that have been around for years, as certain operating systems' features stagnated. Due to the aforementioned circumstances, people haven't really seen the superfluous features that have been added to the alternatives.
Most vendors don't support 'community' operating systems due to a lack of money for software provided. One could argue that since these operating systems are free, no money could ever come in to spur interest. This isn't the case; any consumer, regardless of computer background, is willing to pay for good, or ubiquitous, software. This just hasn't been realized by most. However, due to the money with the most ubiquitous operating systems, people will continue to feed this trend, and the market will continue to serve such people.
I sort of speak from a mid-90s perspective here, when I was using SGI computers because I just couldn't take how ugly X-Windows on Linux looked.
You weren't using X, you were most likely using CDE, which I also consider to be ugly.
Have you seen what's been done since then? Look up "Compiz" or "KDE", or just take a look at a screenshot of the KDE (minus Beryl due my having gotten it later) I run: http://www.kenji-miyamoto.com/hosting/Screenshot-C lean.png. The interface has never been X, only the basic graphic primitive: the interface used to be TWM, or CDE, but is now controlled by GNOME, KDE, XFce, and Enlightenment. Things have changed.
Mac OS X doesn't even have the lead when it comes to eyecandy anymore, thanks to Novell's Compiz or Quinn Storm's Beryl; they've added an innumerable amount of features to the experience, just look up some screenshots of it on Google Images.
This is quite monstrous, indeed. I have trouble carrying around a 15-inch laptop during my daily commute; I'd probably not make it with this.
It also seems quite uncomfortable having to balance it upon your thighs, rather than just letting it sit. The keyboard's positing is an ergonomics nightmare, in my opinion.
I don't have the time or money to get the features I want added to Linux and it is falling further behind on the desktop, not catching up. When Linux has functional system services I can use and a two step upgrade path to a new machine, via a firewire cable, let me know. Until then, Linus will be on servers and Linux and Windows will both be running in VMs under OS X on the desktop.
I haven't had any issues with a properly-configured Linux desktop setup; I have several USB and Firewire storage devices that won't mount due to an "I/O error" when trying on Mac OS X, and Windows has to reboot half of the time when I use different computers up at the college, while all I have to is wait for it to mount under KDE or GNOME, or even XFce.
Plus, the Kubuntu desktop is up there, as well, and I've found the KDE GUI to be easier to use than both Windows's and OS X's. In fact, when coupled with Compiz or Beryl, and a theme, it's nearly impossible to tell OS X and KDE apart, aside from the lack of any trademarks from Apple. Plus, it's fairly simple to add more effects to Compiz or Beryl, since it's all a modular plugin system, and there are more graphical goodies I've seen for them than Mac OS X.
how about memory usage ? be nice to run KDE on older hardware to replace those soon-to-be-defunct Win98 boxes
I did that, and even with Gentoo's compilation ways, KDE ended up being faster than GNOME on a PII 233 MHz with 512 MB of RAM. I could even enable the X Composite extension for the Voodoo3 video card and there was no significant performance hit.
Would saying Wine count for anything? What about CodeWeavers CrossOver Office or Cedega?
On drivers, or at least graphics drivers, both nVidia and ATi offer 3D acceleration, but nVidia's Linux driver could be considered as having more features than the Windows XP or 2000 driver, especially geared to the desktop. Apple and Linux both have the option to have an accelerated desktop, and have had it for years, whilst Windows until Vista has had nothing of the sort. It may just be eye candy, but I still like it.
Why don't they just use the (updated) Firesomething extension without vendor "Mozilla" and either prefix "Fire" or animal "fox"? It'd be better than "IceWeasel" and a whole lot less work. It can even replace the trademarked images.
I tend to agree, until a certain point. There's a reason CRT monitors rarely come in sizes over 21 inches, other than those low-resolution "monitor-style" TV screens. However, when the screen becomes sufficiently wide, like with the Apple Cinema LCD, then two screens end up being far more productive, due to the viewing distance being equal and how the screens move independently. Plus, two smaller screens are able to work off of a standard dual-head video card, whilst Apple's monster requires a specially-made video card
I currently work off of a 19 inch CRT, but am moving to two 17 inch LCDs soon.
Linux and the various GUI's haven't added nearly as many features as Vista?
One word: Compiz. The current versions of KWin, XFce4, and the next versions of E and Metacity all also have support for compositing. What's nice is that KDE's menus can have compositing done through software or hardware.
Until Windows adds full customizing to the interface toolbars, similar to what every modern Linux GUI has, it'll be behind in my eyes.
From the headline, I thought someone had found a way for a computer virus to "make more memory." In the physical sense, it doesn't work, but RAM doublers used to be quite common, and I'm sure there are other ways.
Slashdot Mirror
Of course; without telescreens, how could Big Brother watch us?
I don't know; having a gaming council whilst I game seems a bit embarrassing. Maybe they'll remove the crowd watching over you in a later version; it won't go over too well, I bet, and most people would sacrifice their 3D graphics for privacy.
C-style programming has very little concern over the 'words-per-minute' issue, since much of the structure is comprised of non-word strings. How about how many consecutive characters per minute?
And plus, if you want to use OGG and FLAC, you can still use the nice iPod hardware, but with other firmwares and different formats. Even without that, you can use the Apple Lossless codec if you can tell the difference between lossy and lossless audio, through iTunes, with having nothing to do with the music store; I did that at a time, before switching to RockBox.
Then why don't they use the Dvorak layout? It's theoretically more efficient and the punctuation will be grouped to one key.
I've been typing on Dvorak for years; why would they leave all non-QWERTY (default) users in the cold?
Maybe the real question is this: why hasn't Dvorak caught on? Is change really that hard?
WPA is only an authentication standard, and does nothing with encryption. TKIP is the standard that deals with the encryption.
Doesn't that mask say that already?
I'd personally like to see another article where someone goes around in a big Tux suit.
How exactly is it "10 years behind what the market demands"? If the marked demands an operating system for those who can't even figure out how to use a word processor, or can barely write an e-mail without asking for help, maybe we don't want to fill that need. For those who are willing to put some effort into thought, and probably an extra five minutes every week or so, there's the Ubuntu series, and there's the series derived from Red Hat Linux.
If the market continues to fill demands for those who put in no effort, then fewer will put in effort, and soon the operating system will do the thinking for the average consumer.
If the market demands hardware support, community operating systems can't be blamed, since the vendors rarely provide any sort of support, while they write complete drivers for the ubiquitous operating systems. Have they ever thought that if they fixed the compatibility issue, that more people would flock to operating systems of less previous popularity? If the market demands fancy eye-candy, there are implementations of such "features" that have been around for years, as certain operating systems' features stagnated. Due to the aforementioned circumstances, people haven't really seen the superfluous features that have been added to the alternatives.
Most vendors don't support 'community' operating systems due to a lack of money for software provided. One could argue that since these operating systems are free, no money could ever come in to spur interest. This isn't the case; any consumer, regardless of computer background, is willing to pay for good, or ubiquitous, software. This just hasn't been realized by most. However, due to the money with the most ubiquitous operating systems, people will continue to feed this trend, and the market will continue to serve such people.
The situation is pretty hopeless, isn't it?
And plus, you'll have the option of lossless encoding, such as FLAC, if your ears are sensitive to signal noise.
You weren't using X, you were most likely using CDE, which I also consider to be ugly.
Have you seen what's been done since then? Look up "Compiz" or "KDE", or just take a look at a screenshot of the KDE (minus Beryl due my having gotten it later) I run: http://www.kenji-miyamoto.com/hosting/Screenshot-C lean.png. The interface has never been X, only the basic graphic primitive: the interface used to be TWM, or CDE, but is now controlled by GNOME, KDE, XFce, and Enlightenment. Things have changed.
Mac OS X doesn't even have the lead when it comes to eyecandy anymore, thanks to Novell's Compiz or Quinn Storm's Beryl; they've added an innumerable amount of features to the experience, just look up some screenshots of it on Google Images.
Maybe he meant that Visual Studio takes so much processing power, or is slow on any 'normal' computer.
This is quite monstrous, indeed. I have trouble carrying around a 15-inch laptop during my daily commute; I'd probably not make it with this.
It also seems quite uncomfortable having to balance it upon your thighs, rather than just letting it sit. The keyboard's positing is an ergonomics nightmare, in my opinion.
Wasn't that what the old VL Bus was for? It connected the i486 to the video card, ne?
Half of the music videos I watch have been on YouTube, so now I'm unable to watch some of my favorite Japanese artists sing.
Oh well, I guess I'll have to download them instead of watching them online.
Maybe the shock of getting sent to a tubing site will coax them into learning to spell "you".
Yeah, it's hopeless.
I haven't had any issues with a properly-configured Linux desktop setup; I have several USB and Firewire storage devices that won't mount due to an "I/O error" when trying on Mac OS X, and Windows has to reboot half of the time when I use different computers up at the college, while all I have to is wait for it to mount under KDE or GNOME, or even XFce.
Plus, the Kubuntu desktop is up there, as well, and I've found the KDE GUI to be easier to use than both Windows's and OS X's. In fact, when coupled with Compiz or Beryl, and a theme, it's nearly impossible to tell OS X and KDE apart, aside from the lack of any trademarks from Apple. Plus, it's fairly simple to add more effects to Compiz or Beryl, since it's all a modular plugin system, and there are more graphical goodies I've seen for them than Mac OS X.
This oddly reminds me of AppleScript. One more thing non-Windows OSes have over it.
I did that, and even with Gentoo's compilation ways, KDE ended up being faster than GNOME on a PII 233 MHz with 512 MB of RAM. I could even enable the X Composite extension for the Voodoo3 video card and there was no significant performance hit.
Would saying Wine count for anything? What about CodeWeavers CrossOver Office or Cedega?
On drivers, or at least graphics drivers, both nVidia and ATi offer 3D acceleration, but nVidia's Linux driver could be considered as having more features than the Windows XP or 2000 driver, especially geared to the desktop. Apple and Linux both have the option to have an accelerated desktop, and have had it for years, whilst Windows until Vista has had nothing of the sort. It may just be eye candy, but I still like it.
Why don't they just use the (updated) Firesomething extension without vendor "Mozilla" and either prefix "Fire" or animal "fox"? It'd be better than "IceWeasel" and a whole lot less work. It can even replace the trademarked images.
I tend to agree, until a certain point. There's a reason CRT monitors rarely come in sizes over 21 inches, other than those low-resolution "monitor-style" TV screens. However, when the screen becomes sufficiently wide, like with the Apple Cinema LCD, then two screens end up being far more productive, due to the viewing distance being equal and how the screens move independently. Plus, two smaller screens are able to work off of a standard dual-head video card, whilst Apple's monster requires a specially-made video card
I currently work off of a 19 inch CRT, but am moving to two 17 inch LCDs soon.
I've been using Firefox 2.0 since beta one, and I agree with you; it is definitely heavier. Though, the Firefox 3 alpha is not much better.
One word: Compiz. The current versions of KWin, XFce4, and the next versions of E and Metacity all also have support for compositing. What's nice is that KDE's menus can have compositing done through software or hardware.
Until Windows adds full customizing to the interface toolbars, similar to what every modern Linux GUI has, it'll be behind in my eyes.
From the headline, I thought someone had found a way for a computer virus to "make more memory." In the physical sense, it doesn't work, but RAM doublers used to be quite common, and I'm sure there are other ways.
Just like Google; search for any one (or sometimes more) word and they'll have something.