I'm fairly sure that.deb's of anything in the repositories can be downloaded from Ubuntu's site from any computer, then the files moved and installed. When I didn't have a router, that's how I installed files on my Ubuntu computer (family would've complained like no other if I disconnected their computer).
Perhaps it is *because* it's a decade old, not "even though". It seems like more recent things have better support while "legacy" items are being ignored (possibly on the basis of "who still has one of *those* lying around?")
You don't have to use the terminal. Just type "codec" into the search on Synaptic and download everything that comes up. Ubuntuguide.org just goes with "here, copy and paste this, and you're done".
You want better driver support for Linux?Complain to the hardware companies that you'd really like to use their product, but it unfortunately doesn't have a Linux driver available, so you'll just have to go with their competition's product which does have Linux support until they stop ignoring you.
I was under the impression it had to do with the cache. In order to render pages more quickly, it stores an image of every page you've visited. Storing all those pages after a round of heavy-browsing requires more memory.
You can't ignore IE6. Not everyone will take the update. Only XP and Vista can get it. Plenty of people are refusing it because poor coding (or coding just to IE) will cause breaks in a lot of pages.
I already have a boyfriend. He's here on/. too. His username is either nexgenshane or shanlot751. I can't figure out how to find a person on here though. Yes, his usernumber is lower than mine, but that doesn't mean he converted me to geekdom. I converted him to Linux, and he helps me out on hardware. We're pretty evenly matched on html, though he can handle php much better than I can. I make up for it by programming in Java and Python when he can't program at all.
Oooohhhh, I see. Sorry, I forgot about the problems of modems and Linux. Ethernet is usually very well-supported, so "I can't set up my internet" didn't occur to me as a possible problem. I forgot a lot of people still use dial-up. I was just thinking of like the parts where you install mp3 support and the extra repositories and all that.
Okay, yeah a lot of times you have to go download drivers, but for a *lot* of things (especially more recent, I've heard older ATI ones have trouble), they're available. There are really obscure pieces of hardware that has a driver for Linux and some really common (like WinModems) things that it doesn't support. Still, if you're not downloading or otherwise installing a driver (like from a disk), there are more built-in drivers for Linux than for Windows. It's all those disks that come with everything that make it look like Windows supports it. If you didn't have that disk, you'd be in the same situation as if you're using Linux, and probably worse because Linux has a lot of built-in ones.
And what does being a girl have to do with it?
I don't know if you've noticed, but to update a Windows computer, you still need to download.
I do agree about having to compile from source. In this case, I want to point you to http://www.getdeb.net/ where you can get.deb files for Ubuntu instead of having to compile.
Who says you need web access during install?You can order the install cd from shipit and not even pay shipping. Set up your internet after it's installed.
ah but your IE6 hacks will screw up IE7 which won't render your correct CSS correctly....that is what conditional comments and writing 3 different stylesheets are for
Well, not all sites teach about conditional comments. I never heard of them until this whole mess happened. I also never hacked my code, though. For all the web people out there who were taught the * html hack though, they'll be in for a rude awakening tomorrow when their website renders incorrectly for everyone.
I figure if I have kids, "puzzle time" will really be "helping mommy put in more ram" or something like that. Give them some old hardware that should really just be junked, and let them assemble it and disassemble it. I've always been into the "ooo how's that work...? *take apart, break, fix, put back together*" thing. I think kids like to do that kind of stuff too. Techies will be the only ones having 5-year-olds speaking sentences that are half-acronym and make no sense to other kids.
I couldn't catch my siblings young enough. When I got interested (read: became expected to act as FTS), I didn't know enough to teach them. Now that I do, they're too old to mold.
It's a good news in that they've taken leaps and bounds as far as standards support. Still not as good as it should be, but at this point I'll take anything.
Except now, the Holly Hack doesn't work, but not all of the positioning stuff was fixed. If they weren't going to fix it all, they could've at least left that container around <html></html> so the * html body p (the Holly Hack) would still work correctly.
Now, if you want your site to work correctly, you need 3 style sheets. One is for all web-standards-compliant browsers. One is for IE < 7, and one is for IE 7. Then, use conditional comments to tell it which to use:
The creepy thing is that no matter how adept he is at playing video games and taking them for granted he still (at 14) can't really tell the difference between a computer and a monitor. What's life going to look like when these guys are running the show? Is our generation the only one that will really understand computer internals en masse?
Yes, unless we start training the kiddies. My boyfriend taught his 10-year old sister to mod (I assume he means video games, but he might mean computers), DOS, and emulation. He was surprised when I said I don't know DOS. Apparently he was running -just- DOS for 2 years. I say he keeps at it. Help her make a web site (he does web design) with HTML and CSS instead of a WYSIWYG. I never taught my younger siblings anything about computers. They're close to my age and relied on me to fix it. Now, I'm forcing them to learn it because I'm not there to fix their computers for them. I would like to teach my youngest cousins to use computers really well (rather than mediocrely).
That'd be the Optimus. I like it for the simple fact of not having to poke around trying to learn where the keys are when typing in foreign languages. It makes doing much easier. That being an example. was the only of the 3 letters that I found without 5+ attempts.
The gamers I know like it because they said not all games follow the standard commands (e=enter...I think?), so having them change on the keys depending on the game would make it easier. I don't know many gamers who look down at their hands while playing though.
XP is going really cheap now. I think one of my friends got it for $80 or something. With Vista about to be released, they're trying to get the old XP backstock out the door. Just buy your XP disks now and hold them until the quads come out.
It would've been really funny if the laptop you can see in front was either a Mac (which'd be too obvious to get into the room) or running Linux (which'd still look like a non-Mac PC).
We're just all nerdy enough to know better. Average Joe goes "oooohhhh it's new! I want it!" (or Average Joe Jr.) without noting that "hey...this was a pile of poo a month ago...do I really think they got it all straightened out already?"
Linux supports more hardware OOB than any other OS. That's why when you buy a peripheral, you need a driver disk for Windows, but all you have to do on Linux is plug it in.
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I'm fairly sure that .deb's of anything in the repositories can be downloaded from Ubuntu's site from any computer, then the files moved and installed. When I didn't have a router, that's how I installed files on my Ubuntu computer (family would've complained like no other if I disconnected their computer).
Perhaps it is *because* it's a decade old, not "even though". It seems like more recent things have better support while "legacy" items are being ignored (possibly on the basis of "who still has one of *those* lying around?")
Unreal Tournament works on Win 95 and Linux. I have no idea if it works on Mac OS, though.
It's not a fact, because it's not free. They charge a few bucks for making the cd/shipping.
You don't have to use the terminal. Just type "codec" into the search on Synaptic and download everything that comes up. Ubuntuguide.org just goes with "here, copy and paste this, and you're done".
You want better driver support for Linux?Complain to the hardware companies that you'd really like to use their product, but it unfortunately doesn't have a Linux driver available, so you'll just have to go with their competition's product which does have Linux support until they stop ignoring you.
I was under the impression it had to do with the cache. In order to render pages more quickly, it stores an image of every page you've visited. Storing all those pages after a round of heavy-browsing requires more memory.
Correction, he has never posted here (lurker) and so he never signed up. I do have a lower number than him :-P
You can't ignore IE6. Not everyone will take the update. Only XP and Vista can get it. Plenty of people are refusing it because poor coding (or coding just to IE) will cause breaks in a lot of pages.
/. too. His username is either nexgenshane or shanlot751. I can't figure out how to find a person on here though. Yes, his usernumber is lower than mine, but that doesn't mean he converted me to geekdom. I converted him to Linux, and he helps me out on hardware. We're pretty evenly matched on html, though he can handle php much better than I can. I make up for it by programming in Java and Python when he can't program at all.
I already have a boyfriend. He's here on
Oooohhhh, I see. Sorry, I forgot about the problems of modems and Linux. Ethernet is usually very well-supported, so "I can't set up my internet" didn't occur to me as a possible problem. I forgot a lot of people still use dial-up. I was just thinking of like the parts where you install mp3 support and the extra repositories and all that.
Okay, yeah a lot of times you have to go download drivers, but for a *lot* of things (especially more recent, I've heard older ATI ones have trouble), they're available. There are really obscure pieces of hardware that has a driver for Linux and some really common (like WinModems) things that it doesn't support. Still, if you're not downloading or otherwise installing a driver (like from a disk), there are more built-in drivers for Linux than for Windows. It's all those disks that come with everything that make it look like Windows supports it. If you didn't have that disk, you'd be in the same situation as if you're using Linux, and probably worse because Linux has a lot of built-in ones. And what does being a girl have to do with it?
I don't know if you've noticed, but to update a Windows computer, you still need to download. I do agree about having to compile from source. In this case, I want to point you to http://www.getdeb.net/ where you can get .deb files for Ubuntu instead of having to compile.
Who says you need web access during install?You can order the install cd from shipit and not even pay shipping. Set up your internet after it's installed.
ah but your IE6 hacks will screw up IE7 which won't render your correct CSS correctly....that is what conditional comments and writing 3 different stylesheets are for
Well, not all sites teach about conditional comments. I never heard of them until this whole mess happened. I also never hacked my code, though. For all the web people out there who were taught the * html hack though, they'll be in for a rude awakening tomorrow when their website renders incorrectly for everyone.
I figure if I have kids, "puzzle time" will really be "helping mommy put in more ram" or something like that. Give them some old hardware that should really just be junked, and let them assemble it and disassemble it. I've always been into the "ooo how's that work...? *take apart, break, fix, put back together*" thing. I think kids like to do that kind of stuff too. Techies will be the only ones having 5-year-olds speaking sentences that are half-acronym and make no sense to other kids.
I couldn't catch my siblings young enough. When I got interested (read: became expected to act as FTS), I didn't know enough to teach them. Now that I do, they're too old to mold.
Except now, the Holly Hack doesn't work, but not all of the positioning stuff was fixed. If they weren't going to fix it all, they could've at least left that container around <html></html> so the * html body p (the Holly Hack) would still work correctly.
Now, if you want your site to work correctly, you need 3 style sheets. One is for all web-standards-compliant browsers. One is for IE < 7, and one is for IE 7. Then, use conditional comments to tell it which to use:
<link href="css.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"
<!--[if lt IE 7]>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="iehacks.css"
<![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 7]>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="ie7.css"
<!--[endif]-->
There are fingerprint-scanning computers. One of my roommates has one on her laptop.
http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/
That'd be the Optimus. I like it for the simple fact of not having to poke around trying to learn where the keys are when typing in foreign languages. It makes doing much easier. That being an example. was the only of the 3 letters that I found without 5+ attempts.
The gamers I know like it because they said not all games follow the standard commands (e=enter...I think?), so having them change on the keys depending on the game would make it easier. I don't know many gamers who look down at their hands while playing though.
XP is going really cheap now. I think one of my friends got it for $80 or something. With Vista about to be released, they're trying to get the old XP backstock out the door. Just buy your XP disks now and hold them until the quads come out.
It would've been really funny if the laptop you can see in front was either a Mac (which'd be too obvious to get into the room) or running Linux (which'd still look like a non-Mac PC).
5 years since XP....that's "release often"? Eh? I'll stick to my every-6-months Ubuntu.
We're just all nerdy enough to know better. Average Joe goes "oooohhhh it's new! I want it!" (or Average Joe Jr.) without noting that "hey...this was a pile of poo a month ago...do I really think they got it all straightened out already?"
The Nintendo Effect!
Remember having to yank out the game and blow on the bottom of it to cool it down so you could play after it overheated?
Uh...me?
.75"x2" vent was a good idea? Overheat much?!
Three months of Linux, no crashing, but my motherboard is about to commit suicide (yay! warranty!).
Who the hell at Gateway decided a dual core processor with a plastic fan to cool it and a
Linux supports more hardware OOB than any other OS. That's why when you buy a peripheral, you need a driver disk for Windows, but all you have to do on Linux is plug it in.