I'm considering it, but your answer just says there is two different methodologies while claiming that one is better than the other. I am more wary of CDDL just as I am wary of Lucent's licence for Plan 9 (for sheer clever thinking, it would be my prefered OS -- discounting I haven't learnt how to use it effectively. Not as clever as the OS).
Oh how true that is! I still have my parents asking me for help because their Windows software doesn't work. The first time there was a problem with Mandrake they screamed about how 'useless' it was. And yes, it was a new device would work with their computer.
On Australia's Channel 7 Sunrise program, The "Tech Guy" claimed that Vista is the world's most installed operating system. He is a Windows fanboi through and through though. All of a sudden he has never heard of XP...
In fact it is more expensive than Windows because it carries a yearly subscription price tag of $50. Add it up over the 5 or 6 years that Windows Vista will last and I don't think that you will find that SLED is cheaper.
Except, that with SLED you will have a new version with security exploits patched. I believe SUSE's version turnaround is about 3 years? That is only $150.
You can't reason with people like OP. Why such stupidity has suddenly become the majority of/. posts I am bewildered by; what do they exactly get out of it? The other stupidity I can tolerate.
Agreed it is very easy to install. But personal experience and hearsay suggest it is not so compatible to run some apps. It has been a while so I may just give it another go.
No, they would have walked away to grab another coffee while the computer boots. And those that stick around are going to be sorting papers and mail, not watching what the computer does at boot up.
You do understand, that you would have to wait while the batteries charge, by solar power. Alternatively you can work the generator by foot, hand crank or pull cord. Where power is available, I would imagine it is easier and convenient to just plug it in.
It's like comparing the Wii to the PS3 (well, maybe not that drastic). The PS3 specs blow the Wii apart in all the easily quantifiable ways... but in the difficult-to-objectively-compare metric of 'fun game console', the Wii is competitive, perhaps even better.
One problem with innovation is the difficulty to evaluate overall capability... which is bigger, a hundred cm^2 or one cm^3? New features are like new dimensions, and can make comparisons of a single dimension nonsensical.
There is nothing stopping people moving from open source software to closed source other than aversion to cost, but there is at least one thing stopping people moving from closed source to open source and that is data lock in.
What one learns on an open source system is transferable to closed source; I'm not so sure it goes the other way. I haven't used Windows for more than an hour a month (probably actually a lot less than that) in the last 3 years yet I am still better at using Vista over the phone than people using it daily. Heck I've helped people out with OSX and I've looked at one system for 15 minutes.
Lets be real. The problem with automated transportation is we insist on owning our own car. If only we moved to this kind of thing. It would be a taxi service on steroids. Leave non fully automated vehicles to emergency services (would require some interconnect obviously) and hobbyists (regulated to their own
"skateboard parks"). Yes, there would be call for them outside of cities and some situations, such as transportation of merchandise etc.
Actually I think it was supposed to be a plural form of lead, as 'education' can be plural as well as singular. It is similar to "All roads lead to Rome." "Education lead to human excellence." Doesn't quite render correctly to my ears either, though.
For app compatibility, ease of operation, productivity in the workplace and maximum entertainment, there just isn't any other choice besides Windows.
??? I take it you don't get to use a computer much.
If you're an unkempt, cretinous, fat-chested, dirty-bearded, donut-eating, friendless, hostile, abrasive, abusive, horrifyingly ugly admin-type then you might have some justifiable use for Linux, but the rest of us don't.
Looks like I'm going to have to have a complete makeover. So is my wife. Know any plastic surgeons that specialise in ugly body modifications? I always come into the trend too late.
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I'm considering it, but your answer just says there is two different methodologies while claiming that one is better than the other. I am more wary of CDDL just as I am wary of Lucent's licence for Plan 9 (for sheer clever thinking, it would be my prefered OS -- discounting I haven't learnt how to use it effectively. Not as clever as the OS).
You would have a death wish for computers????
Oh how true that is! I still have my parents asking me for help because their Windows software doesn't work. The first time there was a problem with Mandrake they screamed about how 'useless' it was. And yes, it was a new device would work with their computer.
On Australia's Channel 7 Sunrise program, The "Tech Guy" claimed that Vista is the world's most installed operating system. He is a Windows fanboi through and through though. All of a sudden he has never heard of XP...
the name approximates more closely with the Eloi.
You can't reason with people like OP. Why such stupidity has suddenly become the majority of /. posts I am bewildered by; what do they exactly get out of it? The other stupidity I can tolerate.
Yeah, that is Lisp's job.
Agreed it is very easy to install. But personal experience and hearsay suggest it is not so compatible to run some apps. It has been a while so I may just give it another go.
No, they would have walked away to grab another coffee while the computer boots. And those that stick around are going to be sorting papers and mail, not watching what the computer does at boot up.
I don't have a usb hd or a dog... :(
I hate to say it, but virtualisation is not moving people off Windows very fast, and wine has to be set up for them.
I keep hearing people buy Microsoft products for great software , maybe you could try them?
that was pp's point. That pre-installation is a hindrance to adoption of linux.
You do understand, that you would have to wait while the batteries charge, by solar power. Alternatively you can work the generator by foot, hand crank or pull cord. Where power is available, I would imagine it is easier and convenient to just plug it in.
Hmmm.... Your link reminded me of the computer I broke my teeth on... Dos 6 and Windows 3.1...
Look at it this way.
There is nothing stopping people moving from open source software to closed source other than aversion to cost, but there is at least one thing stopping people moving from closed source to open source and that is data lock in.
What one learns on an open source system is transferable to closed source; I'm not so sure it goes the other way. I haven't used Windows for more than an hour a month (probably actually a lot less than that) in the last 3 years yet I am still better at using Vista over the phone than people using it daily. Heck I've helped people out with OSX and I've looked at one system for 15 minutes.
Lets be real. The problem with automated transportation is we insist on owning our own car. If only we moved to this kind of thing. It would be a taxi service on steroids. Leave non fully automated vehicles to emergency services (would require some interconnect obviously) and hobbyists (regulated to their own "skateboard parks"). Yes, there would be call for them outside of cities and some situations, such as transportation of merchandise etc.
It generally means two different types of institutions in Australia. Probably any of the Commonwealth countries.
Actually I think it was supposed to be a plural form of lead, as 'education' can be plural as well as singular. It is similar to "All roads lead to Rome." "Education lead to human excellence." Doesn't quite render correctly to my ears either, though.
Nah, Linux would be the biohazard symbol, being viral and all.
Isn't it 3 times the energy output from combustion to separate the hydrogen from water?