I did this. I read the Slackware book and installed it, my previous experience being a few boots with Knoppix. No better way to learn Linux, IMHO. Though setting up ndiswrapper made me go insane temporarily.
That would be more of a description of an agnostic. Atheists believe in a lack of supreme being, without any prove that that being doesn't exist.
It's impossible to prove that something doesn't exist. If I say there an Invisible Pink Unicorn (May HER Hooves Never be Shod) in my back yard, who's to disprove me? The "burden of proof" lies with those positing the existence of god. Just because my examination of the world has not led me to assume the existence of god> doesn't mean that I beleive in the nonexistence of god in the same way that a Christian believes in his existence. I hold my view of the world because it fits with observations. That's all. My beleifs are different from a theist's because mine are subject to reality.
I agree, but the problem is that science is constantly proving (or at least putting beyond reasonable doubt) things that were once thought to be the exclusive domain of gods. Wind was thought to be the breath of a god. , but science came up with a reasonable explanation. Lightning took much longer, but it eventually fell to the constant march of rational discovery. Science now has an explanation for the origin of the universe; why should it be any different?
The problem is that any new operating system will have to be massively better to oveercome the ultimate obstacle to F/OSS adoption:
"Will I have to learn new things?"
No matter how much someone says "oh, Ubuntu is easy, its just like Windows", if he doesn't see Word, a Big Blue "E", and a start menu, he will probably reject it as something undecipherable (even though he doesn't understand his Windows system much better). As long as his computer processes words and downloads pr0n, he doesn't care.
Yes, and everyone knows that Linux users are SUCH as huge part of the market (I among them).
Besides, Linux on the PS3 is crippled by lack of hardware support.
Let me remind you that no console add-on, ever, has been a commercial success. That is why Nintendo did not release the Wiimote as the add-on it was initially planned as. The use of the Wiimote as the center of the console is the genius of Nintendo's strategy
The Wii has unimpressive graphics. Its only selling point is its controller. The quality of a Wii game lies in its fun-factor, which is directly tied to its use of the controller. Sure, the classic/Gamecube controllers are compatible, but there would really be no point in making a game like that for the Wii; you could make graphically superior version for the PS3 or the 360. Nintendo's actions with the Wii are effectively forcing developers to use the Wiimote in new and inventive ways, something that a simple add-on to the 360 or PS3 could never do.
Ubuntu implicitly asks for developers, just as most other Linux distros do. When Mark explicitly asks for developers on the OpenSUSE mailing list, he is making a statement against the Microsoft-Novell alliance. There's nothing wrong with that, but it should be stated openly, not insinuated in a mailing list post.
The idea of inviting developers to jump ship is too... un-Linuxy. OSS in general is not about getting the most developers, nor is it about sucking projects dry when they make an alliance with the heart of all computing evil. OSS is about choice. If developers are really unhappy with the alliance, they will jump ship themselves.
No. Nintendo will probably never support homebrew (or open-source software) for the Wii. Besides, this would require documentation of the Wii API, which is probably very closely guarded; who knows if it will even support downloads of anything?
As other users have pointed out, Opera still not free for non-PCs devices, like cell phones (and the DS); that's where the company makes its money.
The news, as I see it, is neutral; it could have been better (Opera free forever), and it could have been worse (Opera pay from the beginning). I'm not sure it's a good thing for Nintendo, though (assuming that everyone will have to pay net year, even those that have been using it free).
Your analogy is flawed. Pride and Prejudice is not filled with gore and violence; it is more comparable to Zelda than GTA. Green Eggs and Ham is suitable for all ages, but will not hold anyone's interest for very long. Zelda; on the other hand, is fun for anyonne who is not incredibly closed-minded and is capable of holding a controller. Please exercise more care in your choice of ideas in an otherwise well-formed post.
Cut Mario 64 some slack; it may not fare well when held up to today's games, but you have to consider it's position. Nintendo didn't have a history of 3D gaming to draw upon; they had to figure out how a 3D platformer would control; they had to define how to control a free-moving camera. Most of our superior modern games are drawing on Mario 64, and they improve it. It may not be the best game ever, but it was one of the most revolutionary and influential.
Besides the obligatory "zOMG U haff 2 u53 the w11m0t3 4 a w11 game!!!!!11",
Do you really think the Wii control scheme will be worse than the GCN controller?
I doubt Nintendo would let any of their games, least of all Zelda, ship with controls that were in any way bad. I can honestly say that I have never played a Nintendo game with BAD controls. The Wiimote controls weren't simply tacked on in the last few weeks before release; Nintendo has been working for months on adding the Wiimote (I doubt there was much more development of the main game), and the quality of the controls really matters. Zelda, as a Wii launch title, will one of people's first experiences with the Wiimote, and I doubt Nintendo will let people down.
I'll be buying the Wii version just for the novelty, personally.
Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons were completely separate games, and excellent ones, at that. There was just some added content when you played both.
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I envy you NVIDIA users. We poor, ignorant ATI customers are stuck with XGL for Compiz (or that is my understanding.)
I did this. I read the Slackware book and installed it, my previous experience being a few boots with Knoppix. No better way to learn Linux, IMHO. Though setting up ndiswrapper made me go insane temporarily.
Still text based, AFAIK. No reason to go graphical.
It's impossible to prove that something doesn't exist. If I say there an Invisible Pink Unicorn (May HER Hooves Never be Shod) in my back yard, who's to disprove me? The "burden of proof" lies with those positing the existence of god. Just because my examination of the world has not led me to assume the existence of god> doesn't mean that I beleive in the nonexistence of god in the same way that a Christian believes in his existence. I hold my view of the world because it fits with observations. That's all. My beleifs are different from a theist's because mine are subject to reality.
Agnostics are just ashamed atheists.
I agree, but the problem is that science is constantly proving (or at least putting beyond reasonable doubt) things that were once thought to be the exclusive domain of gods. Wind was thought to be the breath of a god. , but science came up with a reasonable explanation. Lightning took much longer, but it eventually fell to the constant march of rational discovery. Science now has an explanation for the origin of the universe; why should it be any different?
The problem is that any new operating system will have to be massively better to oveercome the ultimate obstacle to F/OSS adoption:
"Will I have to learn new things?"
No matter how much someone says "oh, Ubuntu is easy, its just like Windows", if he doesn't see Word, a Big Blue "E", and a start menu, he will probably reject it as something undecipherable (even though he doesn't understand his Windows system much better). As long as his computer processes words and downloads pr0n, he doesn't care.
Soooo... you want them to release the big titles everybody's already played?
Yes, and everyone knows that Linux users are SUCH as huge part of the market (I among them). Besides, Linux on the PS3 is crippled by lack of hardware support.
Let me remind you that no console add-on, ever, has been a commercial success. That is why Nintendo did not release the Wiimote as the add-on it was initially planned as. The use of the Wiimote as the center of the console is the genius of Nintendo's strategy
The Wii has unimpressive graphics. Its only selling point is its controller. The quality of a Wii game lies in its fun-factor, which is directly tied to its use of the controller. Sure, the classic/Gamecube controllers are compatible, but there would really be no point in making a game like that for the Wii; you could make graphically superior version for the PS3 or the 360. Nintendo's actions with the Wii are effectively forcing developers to use the Wiimote in new and inventive ways, something that a simple add-on to the 360 or PS3 could never do.
Ubuntu implicitly asks for developers, just as most other Linux distros do. When Mark explicitly asks for developers on the OpenSUSE mailing list, he is making a statement against the Microsoft-Novell alliance. There's nothing wrong with that, but it should be stated openly, not insinuated in a mailing list post.
The idea of inviting developers to jump ship is too... un-Linuxy. OSS in general is not about getting the most developers, nor is it about sucking projects dry when they make an alliance with the heart of all computing evil. OSS is about choice. If developers are really unhappy with the alliance, they will jump ship themselves.
Aim? Aim with what? Some sort of REAL gun? I don't see how a mouse helps you any more than a joystick.
No. Nintendo will probably never support homebrew (or open-source software) for the Wii. Besides, this would require documentation of the Wii API, which is probably very closely guarded; who knows if it will even support downloads of anything?
As other users have pointed out, Opera still not free for non-PCs devices, like cell phones (and the DS); that's where the company makes its money.
The news, as I see it, is neutral; it could have been better (Opera free forever), and it could have been worse (Opera pay from the beginning). I'm not sure it's a good thing for Nintendo, though (assuming that everyone will have to pay net year, even those that have been using it free).
Your analogy is flawed. Pride and Prejudice is not filled with gore and violence; it is more comparable to Zelda than GTA. Green Eggs and Ham is suitable for all ages, but will not hold anyone's interest for very long. Zelda; on the other hand, is fun for anyonne who is not incredibly closed-minded and is capable of holding a controller. Please exercise more care in your choice of ideas in an otherwise well-formed post.
Or, as Stephen Colbert put it,
"My Very Educated Mother Just Said Uh-oh! No Pluto"
The Wiimote doesn't care what size TV you have. It only detects tilt and its position relative to the sensor bar.
Cut Mario 64 some slack; it may not fare well when held up to today's games, but you have to consider it's position. Nintendo didn't have a history of 3D gaming to draw upon; they had to figure out how a 3D platformer would control; they had to define how to control a free-moving camera. Most of our superior modern games are drawing on Mario 64, and they improve it. It may not be the best game ever, but it was one of the most revolutionary and influential.
Besides the obligatory "zOMG U haff 2 u53 the w11m0t3 4 a w11 game!!!!!11", Do you really think the Wii control scheme will be worse than the GCN controller? I doubt Nintendo would let any of their games, least of all Zelda, ship with controls that were in any way bad. I can honestly say that I have never played a Nintendo game with BAD controls. The Wiimote controls weren't simply tacked on in the last few weeks before release; Nintendo has been working for months on adding the Wiimote (I doubt there was much more development of the main game), and the quality of the controls really matters. Zelda, as a Wii launch title, will one of people's first experiences with the Wiimote, and I doubt Nintendo will let people down. I'll be buying the Wii version just for the novelty, personally.
Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons were completely separate games, and excellent ones, at that. There was just some added content when you played both.
They've finalliy realized that, if they announced "Windows 2005", it would be released in 2008.