How often do you get a document that has even cosmetic issues when opened in OpenOffice?
That's my point. I haven't had any trouble using Linux for the past 9 months straight without having to boot into Windows for anything. Kubuntu is admittedly the first distro that I have used that has kept me from running back to MS. I have been using *nix systems for a lot of things since the mid-late 90s. I remember the early versions were a nightmare for desktop use. Linux has come a long way since those times. The only lacking area is gaming. Open source gaming doesn't have to mean "no profit". People will donate to keep good, free games going. I am sick of the video game developer's attitude about sales. Most of their games get pirated anyway. Gem and marble games will get Linux onto more desktops than a prettier taskbar will. And you can quote me on that. The Linux programmers are awesome. They do what they do out of a desire to make knowledge available to everyone. They have written some of the best code known, but there are some horribly crappy games and "amusements" out there. Look how far Microsoft made it with solitaire. That's the only thing most people use their MS Windows machines for.
Linux users don't use MS Office. Mac users shouldn't, and Windows users..well.
Linux won't make big until someone writes kick ass games for Linux. And those silly little games that PopCap/Gamehouse have.
We have the productivity tools, we have the eye candy. KDE and Gnome are nice UI's. What we need is the real candy. Gems really. Stupid little gem games will bring Linux to the forefront of home computing. And if we can have top-notch 3-d games as well, no one would look back.
What a load of crap.
"IE7 IS Windows, we can't give it away without a $200 license."
"Most ignorant computer users assume that Internet Explorer IS the internet, and that Microsoft IS the computer. Why change it if it pays my bills?"
"We added a whole bunch of innovative features, mostly just to catch up with Firefox."
I don't know who I am angrier at, Microsoft or the idiots that pay that much money for a closed source, insecure, useless piece of shit out of plain ignorance.
I am perfectly happy with Kubuntu and Firefox. I seem to not be the only one, yet there are so many websites geared only to Windows XP with IE6+.
The folks at MS have their heads so far up their own asses...They get away with insecure, outdated, overpriced, non-compliant software because they have a whole world full of people who don't know any better.
We (the open source community) need some kind of funding for advertising. There should be a non-profit organization to liberate people from the monopolistic control that these jerk-offs have. ARRGH!!!
So, fuck you and your lawyer speak, guy. Your web browser sucks, your operating system sucks, and anyone who uses Microsoft software can kiss my Linux using, freedom of speech loving, knowledge is power preaching, American ass.
I agree, Wine has been working fine for me too. I have an issue with Zoo Tycoon right now, not recognizing the CD. But other than that, I have quite a few Windows games and apps running under Wine on Kubuntu Dapper. It blends in nicely with the theme and it's Windows on Linux goodness.
I find this akin to a computer trying to reverse engineer itself.
For instance:
I am a software program (mind) that is running on organic hardware (body). Whatever designed me probably coded me in Jah++, I can compile Jah++ natively, but I don't really know what any of it means - because I only understand binary. Is it even possible to understand how we are coded? I mean we can see that there is input and it is n characters long, and it affects the eyeballs. But can we really fully understand why? Why were we coded this way in the first place, and how are we able to understand what little bit we can?
Finding comments and metadata etc. in our DNA should come as no surprise to anyone here. We have crudely reproduced the most basic inner workings of animal deduction in modern PCs. We didn't invent the PC, we observed and deduced things that occur naturally. PCs are built the same way we are, foreground processes (listening, watching, reading, consciousness) running on top of background processes (breathing, blood circulation, subconsciousness) inside of a case that cools and provides structure. There are input and output devices, microphone, camera, scanner, printer, speaker, etc. We are the creator's computers. We are a part of a grand design for a self contained network of evolving machinery. As far as our computers go, we are building the dinosaurs and hard shelled organisms, slowly we will evolve into making organic computers that are made out of the same stuff we are and can reason - way beyond AI, I am talking about proper intelligence being built into an organism. Arms being recreated, lungs being grown for implants, brains being repaired after car accidents. It is not a far fetched sci-fi scenario. We are able to interface brain to computer right now. Give us time and we will have a Data, we will not know the difference between man and machine.
Just my observations. I could be wrong.
Linux is only losing out to Microsoft because of a) the console that somehow still needs to be used regularly and b) there are not many good games for Linux.
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How often do you get a document that has even cosmetic issues when opened in OpenOffice?
That's my point.
I haven't had any trouble using Linux for the past 9 months straight without having to boot into Windows for anything. Kubuntu is admittedly the first distro that I have used that has kept me from running back to MS.
I have been using *nix systems for a lot of things since the mid-late 90s. I remember the early versions were a nightmare for desktop use. Linux has come a long way since those times.
The only lacking area is gaming. Open source gaming doesn't have to mean "no profit". People will donate to keep good, free games going. I am sick of the video game developer's attitude about sales. Most of their games get pirated anyway. Gem and marble games will get Linux onto more desktops than a prettier taskbar will. And you can quote me on that.
The Linux programmers are awesome. They do what they do out of a desire to make knowledge available to everyone. They have written some of the best code known, but there are some horribly crappy games and "amusements" out there.
Look how far Microsoft made it with solitaire. That's the only thing most people use their MS Windows machines for.
Linux users don't use MS Office. Mac users shouldn't, and Windows users..well. Linux won't make big until someone writes kick ass games for Linux. And those silly little games that PopCap/Gamehouse have. We have the productivity tools, we have the eye candy. KDE and Gnome are nice UI's. What we need is the real candy. Gems really. Stupid little gem games will bring Linux to the forefront of home computing. And if we can have top-notch 3-d games as well, no one would look back.
What a load of crap. "IE7 IS Windows, we can't give it away without a $200 license." "Most ignorant computer users assume that Internet Explorer IS the internet, and that Microsoft IS the computer. Why change it if it pays my bills?" "We added a whole bunch of innovative features, mostly just to catch up with Firefox." I don't know who I am angrier at, Microsoft or the idiots that pay that much money for a closed source, insecure, useless piece of shit out of plain ignorance. I am perfectly happy with Kubuntu and Firefox. I seem to not be the only one, yet there are so many websites geared only to Windows XP with IE6+. The folks at MS have their heads so far up their own asses...They get away with insecure, outdated, overpriced, non-compliant software because they have a whole world full of people who don't know any better. We (the open source community) need some kind of funding for advertising. There should be a non-profit organization to liberate people from the monopolistic control that these jerk-offs have. ARRGH!!! So, fuck you and your lawyer speak, guy. Your web browser sucks, your operating system sucks, and anyone who uses Microsoft software can kiss my Linux using, freedom of speech loving, knowledge is power preaching, American ass.
I agree, Wine has been working fine for me too. I have an issue with Zoo Tycoon right now, not recognizing the CD. But other than that, I have quite a few Windows games and apps running under Wine on Kubuntu Dapper. It blends in nicely with the theme and it's Windows on Linux goodness.
I find this akin to a computer trying to reverse engineer itself. For instance: I am a software program (mind) that is running on organic hardware (body). Whatever designed me probably coded me in Jah++, I can compile Jah++ natively, but I don't really know what any of it means - because I only understand binary. Is it even possible to understand how we are coded? I mean we can see that there is input and it is n characters long, and it affects the eyeballs. But can we really fully understand why? Why were we coded this way in the first place, and how are we able to understand what little bit we can? Finding comments and metadata etc. in our DNA should come as no surprise to anyone here. We have crudely reproduced the most basic inner workings of animal deduction in modern PCs. We didn't invent the PC, we observed and deduced things that occur naturally. PCs are built the same way we are, foreground processes (listening, watching, reading, consciousness) running on top of background processes (breathing, blood circulation, subconsciousness) inside of a case that cools and provides structure. There are input and output devices, microphone, camera, scanner, printer, speaker, etc. We are the creator's computers. We are a part of a grand design for a self contained network of evolving machinery. As far as our computers go, we are building the dinosaurs and hard shelled organisms, slowly we will evolve into making organic computers that are made out of the same stuff we are and can reason - way beyond AI, I am talking about proper intelligence being built into an organism. Arms being recreated, lungs being grown for implants, brains being repaired after car accidents. It is not a far fetched sci-fi scenario. We are able to interface brain to computer right now. Give us time and we will have a Data, we will not know the difference between man and machine. Just my observations. I could be wrong.
Linux is only losing out to Microsoft because of a) the console that somehow still needs to be used regularly and b) there are not many good games for Linux.