It's that time of the year again. "If 'a year of GNU/Linux on the desktop' is defined as a year when GNU/Linux has finally started its steady encroachment to the desktop then 2006 is the year. A lot of users have started using GNU/Linux on their desktops long before, but it is 2006 which marked the two probably biggest GNU/Linux desktop releases to date, Ubuntu Dapper and Novell SuSE 10. It is 2006 which marks the biggest opportunity for GNU/Linux to steal the desktop market share from Windows due to the bad reputation behind the pending Windows Vista release. And the eyes and focus of both the GNU/Linux community and major GNU/Linux corporations such as Novell are fixed on that opportunity. Novell marketing is true: 'Your Linux is ready'."
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Member since:2005-07-06
You do realise that its a news website ( OsNews ) , its not a support or help website for any OS.
You seem very familliar with insulting , name calling and I will dare suggest lying about the platform and its users and developpers.
Its strange that with such a good attitude and with suck knowledge of the platform your having problem with it , and dont get anyone to help you in a good manner , I was being cynical here.
" Kubuntu grief at finding Ark "
Its two different distribution , its like asking Honda to find GM or Fords ...
"is still mangled in KDE "
How would you know ? Your machine is not properly setup , probably on troublesome hardware , by YOU ...
"do an offline install of nvidia drivers using a .deb package"
Go on-line ... your even sure you know how to install software offline ?
"Good grief, Charlie Brown!! "
Hey ! leave comic book hero out of your own self inflicted stupidity.
Your not interested in fixing the problem , or learning how to make it work properly. There is no miracle here.
Your certainly discussing it in the wrong place and not looking at the right people for an answer.
You know how to do it in Windows and Mac OS X , thats good there its not going to help you one iota in GNU/Linux.
Try this :
http://www.linuxforum.com/
And this :
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
but in your case I think you would be better sreved by This :
http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/23168/
You need a book ? :
http://www.oreilly.com/pub/topic/linux
etc ...
to search on the web :
Google.com
Yahoo.com
Member since:2006-06-02
Actually, I was making reference to the compression utility, not the Linux distro, i.e:
http://packages.debian.org/stable/utils/ark
second, I was following the exact instructions at:
http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/Latest_Nvidia_Dapper#METHOD_1_-_OFFLI...
on a clean install of Kubuntu 6.06
I know this is not a user forum - I was merely using a concrete illustration, albeit in some frustration, to show that using Linux, including the distributon which is frequently touted as the most user-friendly, isn't always up to expectations as a desktop experience.
I hope that unpacks the scenario for you a little
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"The Verge has learned that HTC's Chief Product Officer, Kouji Kodera, left the company last week. Kodera was responsible for HTC's overall product strategy, which makes the departure especially notable on the heels of the global launch of the make-or-break One. It's not just Kodera. In the past three-odd months, HTC has lost a number of employees in rapid succession." I really hope HTC pulls it together.
"It is with huge pleasure that the Debian GNU/Hurd team announces the release of Debian GNU/Hurd 2013. This is a snapshot of Debian 'sid' at the time of the Debian 'wheezy' release (May 2013), so it is mostly based on the same sources. It is not an official Debian release, but it is an official Debian GNU/Hurd port release." Important note: 75% of Debian packages are supported bu Debian GNU/Hurd. Impressive.
"The first killer app was VisiCalc. This early spreadsheet turned the Apple II from a hobbyist toy to a business computer. VisiCalc came with room for improvement, though. In addition, a new architecture and operating system, the Intel-based IBM PC and MS-DOS, also needed a spreadsheet to be taken seriously. That spreadsheet, released in early 1983, would be Lotus 1-2-3, and it would change the world. It became the PC's killer app, and the world would never be the same. On May 14, IBM quietly announced the end of the road for 1-2-3, along with Lotus Organizer and the Lotus SmartSuite office suite. Lotus 1-2-3's day is done." Impressive 30 year run.
"There's a disconnect between how Apple CEO Tim Cook sees his company's tax strategies and how some members of the US Senate view it. That became clearer than ever today after Cook and two other Apple executives testified before Congress, explaining why they're holding most of their international income in Irish subsidiaries like Apple Operations International, which declare no tax residency anywhere in the world. AOI hasn't filed a tax return anywhere in the world for the last five years, yet it earned $30 billion in income from 2009 to 2012, according to a Senate report released yesterday." Just because something is legal, doesn't mean it's just. Apple, Google, Microsoft, and many more - these companies might not be breaking any laws, but it's obvious to anyone that what they are doing is scummy.
The new WebKit Opera for Android has been released. "Opera 14 for Android is built on top of Chromium 26, with a total overhaul of the UI in native code, making it fit well with the latest Android design guidelines. Go get the build from Google Play or point your browser to m.opera.com, and give it a spin!"
The Verge pointed me to a blog post by Leap Motion - which reveals how their Kinect-like motion control works with Windows 8. "From the second you plug in your Leap Motion Controller, you'll be able to browse the web and interact with your computer just by moving your hands and fingers in the air. With Leap Motion technology and Windows, you can do everything that's possible with multi-touch inputs - without actually touching anything. This also means that existing applications in Windows 7 and 8 will respond to your natural hand and finger movements. Soon, we'll show you how Leap Motion will work with Mac OS X." Quite cool.PocketNow interviews Marc Dillon, and there's an interesting note about why Jolla is keeping the display properties under wraps: "We're leaving some of those details out because we do understand that there are a lot of really big players in the market and they tend to take certain components in the market and dominate them. We created the ability to actually be able to run Sailfish on multiple hardware displays and be able to swap components, so this is part of the demand and supply planning phase. We are committed to this industrial design which is a 4.5-inch display, an 8 megapixel camera on the back and a front-facing camera at the front, and the exact specs of the display we'll provide when we're close to delivery." Something you rarely hear anything about.
"This is my NeXTstation Turbo Color booting the Mac System 7.1 Operating System using a hardware add-on called 'Daydream'. The Daydream has a Mac ROM and a few custom ICs in it and hooked up to the NeXTs DSP port. Turns your NeXT into a full fledged 68k powered Mac." So cool.
"The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 6.1, the first feature update of the NetBSD 6 release branch. It represents a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons, as well as new features and enhancements. Please note that all fixes in the prior security/bugfix updates (NetBSD 6.0.1 and 6.0.2) are also in 6.1."
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2006-06-02
Given recent replies about noobs, beginners, and so forth in other threads, and what at best a damn bother they are, I would ask you to reflect on the idea that Linux on the desktop will only happen when said zealots have the same attitude to new computer users that folk who know, use, push and write about, *for example* Microsoft have - non-tech ways of communicating that are clear, supportive, instructive, and help folk get things done. Check out my posts, I have also recognized that Windows, for example, can be a pain, but at least I can now put stuff together for folk, and troubleshoot for them and myself, because the information is available, clearly communicated and posited on known and relatively predictable platform parameters.
Meanwhile, latest Kubuntu grief at finding Ark is still mangled in KDE while trying to do an offline install of nvidia drivers using a .deb package...Good grief, Charlie Brown!!