Installing the fonts you wanted in Ubuntu is easy. Open up a terminal, type in the command below and press enter:
sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts
As for networking with Vista, it can be a pain atm, even for shops that are Windows only.
You might find that visiting the support forums (http://ubuntuforums.org/) or visiting #ubuntu at irc.freenode.net would be helpful. Many of the basic problems that users will encounter can be solved quickly, or have already been solved and you can read about them.
I apologize, have you tried using Ubuntu lately? (or Fedora for that matter, they're both pretty darn easy to use).
If not, I'd suggest giving it a second look. You might find that for all the claims of being easy to use, that Windows is in fact the more cumbersome OS.
Don't purchase or download any music from a label on the RIAA. Don't listen to music on the radio. Only purchase music directly from the artist, or from an interdependent label that is not evil.
Take away their money and they cannot pay for lawyers. The time you save can then be spent creating your own subculture.
Whenever there is either a: a chance for people to make money, or b: a chance to honor whatever god they worship, humans will generally take the opportunity to kill (or send other people to do it for them).
There can only be peace when we are ruled by logical, thoughtful and considerate leaders who do not have to face the wrath of the people. I for one welcome our new robotic overlords.
People will pwn themselves, either in a car or on a computer.
It's easy to drive a car, just as it is easy to use a web browser to visit a website. The problems people run into happen when they either don't understand what they're doing, or ignore that voice in the back of their mind saying that this could be a bad idea.
~40,000 people die in traffic related accidents every year in the USA. Many others have less fatal accidents. The problem has nothing to do with getting the car from point A to point B, as most people can turn on a engine, press down the accelerator and steer. The problem is that people try to drive outside the limits of either their body (alcohol), their car (some cars have better breaks than others), or the laws of physics (driving at 70mph on an icy road).
I hate to say this, but there isn't a 240 page book you can read that will prevent you from getting ripped off. When you sign a contract, you need to read the fine print. If you cannot read the fine print, you need to hire a lawyer to do so.
When you use a computer, you need to understand what you are doing. If you cannot do this, you need to consult with a professional who can tell you if you're doing something that will get you pwned.
Unfortunately, you have a couple choices with computers (this is true for any platform, *nix or otherwise). You can get the latest software and hardware and deal with software and hardware incompatibilities and bugs. Or you can get stable software and use relatively older hardware and face less stability and compatibility issues, but you may run into problems with newer applications or hardware. You can't have both, and you never will.
If you pay a person to increase short term profits, they will do so. If you pay a person to ensure the growth of the company for years (or decades) to come, they will do that instead.
Doesn't run Windows or OS X Apps? Inconceivable! Doesn't have flash preinstalled and had to click through the automated prompts in Firefox to install it? Inconceivable! Doesn't have tons of hardware power? Inconceivable!
Purchasing this computer would be one of the most classic blunders ever, you should get a computer with Vista instead.
Who decides what games are appropriate for minors? The minors' parents I'd hope.
That is exactly the point. It's none of the government's business if Gamestop wants to sell "Manhunt 5: the search for more body parts" to a 12 year old. If the child's parent doesn't want them playing the game, they should just take it away from them.
The whole of human civilization and culture is marked by violence, war and tyranny. You do not get rid of the first two by implementing the third one.
You know, if this keeps up Microsoft will try to get a patent on sudo. wait...
Come on guys, can we just convince some non-nerds that software patents are a bad idea already? Seriously, how about I get a patent on turning left in a truck? If that won't fly, why not try adding "on the Internet" to any possible verb and patenting it. With the system we have in place it's likely to go through.
Some people like reading books made from dead trees, other people like using Ed to edit text. Don't try to argue with them, just find and use the tools that make you the most productive.
For the record, my Nokia n800 is the best ebook reader I've ever used.
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Repetitive Stress Injuries due to chronic use of emacs leads developer to use vim? Inconceivable!
Of course your community gets alone, everyone is caucasian ;)
idk, some customers have a tendency to throw chairs when things don't go their way... ;)
Installing the fonts you wanted in Ubuntu is easy. Open up a terminal, type in the command below and press enter:
sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts
As for networking with Vista, it can be a pain atm, even for shops that are Windows only.
You might find that visiting the support forums (http://ubuntuforums.org/) or visiting #ubuntu at irc.freenode.net would be helpful. Many of the basic problems that users will encounter can be solved quickly, or have already been solved and you can read about them.
I apologize, have you tried using Ubuntu lately? (or Fedora for that matter, they're both pretty darn easy to use).
If not, I'd suggest giving it a second look. You might find that for all the claims of being easy to use, that Windows is in fact the more cumbersome OS.
Was that done by the same scientists who discovered that ~40% of parents had not yet been beaten with a clue bat?
You must be new here... ;) No, we'd post links to them and make fun of how stupid the ads were.
Don't purchase or download any music from a label on the RIAA. Don't listen to music on the radio. Only purchase music directly from the artist, or from an interdependent label that is not evil.
Take away their money and they cannot pay for lawyers. The time you save can then be spent creating your own subculture.
Whenever there is either a: a chance for people to make money, or b: a chance to honor whatever god they worship, humans will generally take the opportunity to kill (or send other people to do it for them).
There can only be peace when we are ruled by logical, thoughtful and considerate leaders who do not have to face the wrath of the people. I for one welcome our new robotic overlords.
I should patent modding down bad posts on the Internet.
People will pwn themselves, either in a car or on a computer.
It's easy to drive a car, just as it is easy to use a web browser to visit a website. The problems people run into happen when they either don't understand what they're doing, or ignore that voice in the back of their mind saying that this could be a bad idea.
~40,000 people die in traffic related accidents every year in the USA. Many others have less fatal accidents. The problem has nothing to do with getting the car from point A to point B, as most people can turn on a engine, press down the accelerator and steer. The problem is that people try to drive outside the limits of either their body (alcohol), their car (some cars have better breaks than others), or the laws of physics (driving at 70mph on an icy road).
I hate to say this, but there isn't a 240 page book you can read that will prevent you from getting ripped off. When you sign a contract, you need to read the fine print. If you cannot read the fine print, you need to hire a lawyer to do so.
When you use a computer, you need to understand what you are doing. If you cannot do this, you need to consult with a professional who can tell you if you're doing something that will get you pwned.
Unfortunately, you have a couple choices with computers (this is true for any platform, *nix or otherwise). You can get the latest software and hardware and deal with software and hardware incompatibilities and bugs. Or you can get stable software and use relatively older hardware and face less stability and compatibility issues, but you may run into problems with newer applications or hardware. You can't have both, and you never will.
;)
Bugs happen
This cake is not a lie.
If you pay a person to increase short term profits, they will do so. If you pay a person to ensure the growth of the company for years (or decades) to come, they will do that instead.
How is this news?
I agree, Neal Stephenson is a great author. I just read Snow Crash and I really enjoyed it.
Doesn't run Windows or OS X Apps? Inconceivable!
Doesn't have flash preinstalled and had to click through the automated prompts in Firefox to install it? Inconceivable!
Doesn't have tons of hardware power? Inconceivable!
Purchasing this computer would be one of the most classic blunders ever, you should get a computer with Vista instead.
You buy used CDs? You awful pirate, I'm telling the RIAA on you!
Right, because pirates support international terrorism.
Yes, but what about 38 DVD writers? Did you ever think of that possibility? ;)
The minors' parents I'd hope.
That is exactly the point. It's none of the government's business if Gamestop wants to sell "Manhunt 5: the search for more body parts" to a 12 year old. If the child's parent doesn't want them playing the game, they should just take it away from them.
The whole of human civilization and culture is marked by violence, war and tyranny. You do not get rid of the first two by implementing the third one.
Chuck Norris would never run Linux, but if he did the license would change from the GPL to the CNL.
Why wouldn't Chuck Norris run Linux? Because he can just put an Ethernet cable in his mouth and talk directly to the Internet.
You know, if this keeps up Microsoft will try to get a patent on sudo. wait...
Come on guys, can we just convince some non-nerds that software patents are a bad idea already? Seriously, how about I get a patent on turning left in a truck? If that won't fly, why not try adding "on the Internet" to any possible verb and patenting it. With the system we have in place it's likely to go through.
Some people like reading books made from dead trees, other people like using Ed to edit text. Don't try to argue with them, just find and use the tools that make you the most productive.
For the record, my Nokia n800 is the best ebook reader I've ever used.
When are we going to have a presidential candidate that supports the right to keep and bear cloned-cyborg-fembots? When will we get our candidate?