You're already in several federal databases, plus who knows how many databases owned by multinational corportaions. The time to panic has long passed, and apparently you slept through it.
I have to disagree with your premise that non-corporate sponsored FOSS lacks "first rate product". While admittedly I am not a typical consumer/end user, I do find that Gnome is just as professional and useful ("first rate") as OS X's Aqua -- and I do switch between the two regularly. When I'm using one there are features I miss from the other, and both definitely have their annoying little bugs and quirks.
Actually, the problem is likely cultural and not technological.
This is already being done. Many of the most successful FOSS projects have corporate contributors, so this "design conundrum" doesn't really exist. As for the popularity of Apple devices among FOSS developers, well, a lot of Apple software is based upon FOSS. In fact Apple, like it or not, is a pretty good example of how to monetize FOSS. Can't say I'm thrilled with the methods they employ to achieve that, but it's still a fact that they do achieve it.
The last Linux distro I downloaded weighed in at 4,3 Gb and it was nowhere near complete.
No version of Windows I've ever seen is "anywhere near complete". You have to download 3rd-party drivers and software, unless you don't plan to do anything but play minesweeper.
I'm pretty sure the surface area required for the solar panels ensures the size will exceed ultralight specs. Perhaps if/when we get more efficient, smaller solar panels though...
I use multiple OS X, Linux, and FreeBSD machines daily. One cannot sync all home directory files, as all the config stuff differs between Gentoo, Debian, FreeBSD, Tiger, and Leopard. So it's mostly down to documents, graphics, and a few audio and video files. For the larger ones, I use a usb stick, the smaller ones I email to myself so they're always available via IMAP servers. But most of all I have a bootable, customized version of systemrescuecd installed on a 16GB usb stick, which at any given moment has all the currently important stuff I need. It works well enough for me.
Thank you, it looks like you understood me. I'm always amazed at how all-pervasive this "world cop" mentality has become among we USians. Like we don't have enough domestic challenges to deal with...
Let the Iranians (and everyone else) handle their own governments, our plates are already overflowing with our own damned problems.
Maybe if we'd spent as much time and money on developing energy independence as we have on grasping at oil we wouldn't be "fighting terrorists" all over the planet.
All FUD. The fact you are using Gentoo and having problems is probably half your problem. The tools you choose to use are NOT the fault of GNU/Linux- they are your own. Apple and Microsoft by your own evaluation would be just as bad or maybe even worse!
You know, when i read moronic bullshit like that I sometimes wonder for a moment why don't I just stick with OS X. Why should I spend endless hours every other month or so trying to get a satisfactory result out of various Linux distros, anyway? Then I remember, I love Linux in spite of assholes like you. And I hope one day to be able to say with pride, "I recorded, mixed, and mastered this project all in Linux, using nothing but FOSS!". And when that day arrives, it will be in spite of, not because of, idiots like you. Burying your head in the sand may make you feel better in the short term, but it doesn't get the work done.
I tried Ubuntu studio on several different machines, and had no luck at all. If you try Pro Tools on the Mac, I'm sure you'll see what I'm talking about. The quality of sound is 100%, and using multiple sound sources not only works, it *just* works.
That was not my experience with Ubuntu studio (nor Gentoo, Debian, dyne:bolic, arch, crux). I found them really wretched to work with, if you can even get them to work. Multiple sound sources via jackd? No way, it just doesn't work. Also, the sound quality matters a lot to me, and with alsa it's terrible. I've been trying to do what I do in Linux since 2003. It still isn't ready.
I truly hope it will be one day soon...
When I no longer have to reboot into OS X to do real multimedia production work, then I'll agree that alsa has arrived. But this self-congratulation party is way premature. Linux has nothing that can even begin to rival GarageBand, what to speak of Logic Pro or Pro Tools. I surely wish it were otherwise. In fact, I just got done spending hours fooling with the Pro Audio overlay for Gentoo, and couldn't even get Hydrogen to play nice with or without jackd. Yes, my soundcard is listed as "supported".
I'm glad there's at least one person left on slashdot who isn't too dim to understand what I meant. Most are busy bitching about the price. So I guess that means if it was free, or $.05 per transation, they'd just be happy to use the service. I remember when slashdotters were actually geeks, with geeky understanding of how things work...
I'm so glad to see this innovative feature finally being boldly embraced by an OEM. Until now, it's been sheer drudgery, waiting the twelve minutes or so it takes to get a new Windows install infected just felt like forEVar!
Actually, my experience is that Opera kind of sucks on Debian, too. I use FF for that.
Maybe the Mac version of Opera is the only really good one? BTW, I'm not sure I'd expect hotmail (a Microsoft site) to do well in Opera, anyway...
Actually, Apple has pretty much led the way in how to make becoming your own sysadmin dead easy. The problem has been that MS makes backwards compatability a priority -- and also, possibly they have decided that insecure systems are ultimately more profitable. I've never heard of a Mac user buying a new machine because the old one was a year old and too slow to be useable. But that's a common scenario for non-geek windows users, which means a lot more profit for MS and the OEMs.
Trojans can run on any OS, once the user is tricked into installing them. IOW,they're extremely easy to avoid. However, viruses are only found in the wild on Windows systems.
And only Windows can be infected by simply visiting a web site.
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You're already in several federal databases, plus who knows how many databases owned by multinational corportaions. The time to panic has long passed, and apparently you slept through it.
Bingo.
This is already being done. Many of the most successful FOSS projects have corporate contributors, so this "design conundrum" doesn't really exist. As for the popularity of Apple devices among FOSS developers, well, a lot of Apple software is based upon FOSS. In fact Apple, like it or not, is a pretty good example of how to monetize FOSS. Can't say I'm thrilled with the methods they employ to achieve that, but it's still a fact that they do achieve it.
No, the net installer is what fits on a CD. Most of the software is downloaded from online repositories.
No version of Windows I've ever seen is "anywhere near complete". You have to download 3rd-party drivers and software, unless you don't plan to do anything but play minesweeper.
I'm pretty sure the surface area required for the solar panels ensures the size will exceed ultralight specs. Perhaps if/when we get more efficient, smaller solar panels though...
We'll have to nuke them from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
I use multiple OS X, Linux, and FreeBSD machines daily. One cannot sync all home directory files, as all the config stuff differs between Gentoo, Debian, FreeBSD, Tiger, and Leopard. So it's mostly down to documents, graphics, and a few audio and video files. For the larger ones, I use a usb stick, the smaller ones I email to myself so they're always available via IMAP servers. But most of all I have a bootable, customized version of systemrescuecd installed on a 16GB usb stick, which at any given moment has all the currently important stuff I need. It works well enough for me.
Amen to that!
How about we "beam broadband" to our own have-nots first?
You know, when i read moronic bullshit like that I sometimes wonder for a moment why don't I just stick with OS X. Why should I spend endless hours every other month or so trying to get a satisfactory result out of various Linux distros, anyway? Then I remember, I love Linux in spite of assholes like you. And I hope one day to be able to say with pride, "I recorded, mixed, and mastered this project all in Linux, using nothing but FOSS!". And when that day arrives, it will be in spite of, not because of, idiots like you. Burying your head in the sand may make you feel better in the short term, but it doesn't get the work done.
I tried Ubuntu studio on several different machines, and had no luck at all. If you try Pro Tools on the Mac, I'm sure you'll see what I'm talking about. The quality of sound is 100%, and using multiple sound sources not only works, it *just* works. That was not my experience with Ubuntu studio (nor Gentoo, Debian, dyne:bolic, arch, crux). I found them really wretched to work with, if you can even get them to work. Multiple sound sources via jackd? No way, it just doesn't work. Also, the sound quality matters a lot to me, and with alsa it's terrible. I've been trying to do what I do in Linux since 2003. It still isn't ready. I truly hope it will be one day soon...
When I no longer have to reboot into OS X to do real multimedia production work, then I'll agree that alsa has arrived. But this self-congratulation party is way premature. Linux has nothing that can even begin to rival GarageBand, what to speak of Logic Pro or Pro Tools. I surely wish it were otherwise. In fact, I just got done spending hours fooling with the Pro Audio overlay for Gentoo, and couldn't even get Hydrogen to play nice with or without jackd. Yes, my soundcard is listed as "supported".
Surely that'll just get you extra special attention.
I'm glad there's at least one person left on slashdot who isn't too dim to understand what I meant. Most are busy bitching about the price. So I guess that means if it was free, or $.05 per transation, they'd just be happy to use the service. I remember when slashdotters were actually geeks, with geeky understanding of how things work...
...what could possibly go wrong?
No way -- even though I'm in my 40s now, guys tell me I have great tits all the time -- and I'm a country girl! My country tits are *quite* perky.
If they're calling the car "Twenty-4", will Jack Bauer be driving it?
The minute we can get proper monitors in our sunglasses and data plans free of ridiculous limits.
We real geeks already knew that. UAV has been in common usage on tech news sites (including slashdot) for quite some time now.
I'm so glad to see this innovative feature finally being boldly embraced by an OEM. Until now, it's been sheer drudgery, waiting the twelve minutes or so it takes to get a new Windows install infected just felt like forEVar!
Actually, my experience is that Opera kind of sucks on Debian, too. I use FF for that. Maybe the Mac version of Opera is the only really good one? BTW, I'm not sure I'd expect hotmail (a Microsoft site) to do well in Opera, anyway...
This is really easy to fix. Always the first thing I install when I get a new Mac...
Actually, Apple has pretty much led the way in how to make becoming your own sysadmin dead easy. The problem has been that MS makes backwards compatability a priority -- and also, possibly they have decided that insecure systems are ultimately more profitable. I've never heard of a Mac user buying a new machine because the old one was a year old and too slow to be useable. But that's a common scenario for non-geek windows users, which means a lot more profit for MS and the OEMs.
Trojans can run on any OS, once the user is tricked into installing them. IOW,they're extremely easy to avoid. However, viruses are only found in the wild on Windows systems. And only Windows can be infected by simply visiting a web site.