Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 19th Nov 2007 21:22 UTC, submitted by irbis
"Linux has proven amazingly flexible: after nearly 10 years of use, I'm still impressed by how the Linux operating system does exactly what I want on any type of hardware. Desktop customization is no exception; from the ultra-modern KDE and GNOME window managers to with the likes of Fluxbox and AfterStep, there's a Linux desktop to suit everyone."
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Sure I can. The question is, can you accept that many people DO NOT LIKE Windows, especially Windows Vista, and they are looking for a way out?
Sure I can. Why do you think I use Linux and Mac OS X and BeOS?
"Year over year? My parents bought Windows XP 5 years ago, and Windows 2000 8 years ago, and they're still using them. What is this "year over year"?
They do not want to have to pay someone every six months or so, over and over again, to "clean" or "re-install" their broken Windows systems for them, but they feel they must if they want to keep operating. "
Can you read? As I explained in the post you were replying to, the machines at my parents' house have been running merrily for years now, and I do maintenance maybe once a year or so - if even. That maintenance is not even needed.
It is a dis-service to pretend to such people that they do not have a way out, and that this thing called "Linux" is no good, and cannot help them, when in reality it can.
It is a dis-service to pretend that Windows is nothing but bad, and Linux is nothing but good - because THAT is what you are doing, lemur.
What annoys me is your attitude towards Windows users: they are dumb, unaware, and must be force-fed "awareness" of alternatives - whether they want to or not. This attitude is hurting Linux much more than anything else, and it is one of the prime reasons why my enthusiasm for Linux has lessened greatly ever since I started using it eons ago. The arrogance is just dripping out of every one of your pores.
Edited 2007-11-20 13:31 UTC
Member since:2006-04-26
Hey, you BOSS! Now i'm having to mediate a little here. What you are saying about arrogance may be right, but only seen superficial. Sure other services and goods may not be that different from the central business model of a certain company. So what?
Is it natural that for certain uses the applications just don't exist for alternative platforms? Has it to be this way? This company has been caught again and again breaking the laws since its inception. Let us never forget that, and that this company is influencing a very central part of modern life either. Should it be this way? You are comparing it to cars. Should cars use only one sort of fuel from one vendor and are usable on the main streets only, while having all sorts of trouble when the wish to stray from the well trotten paths arises? Let us do another comparison which i see more fitting: Take a fridge. Any model, there IS choice, in size, deep freeze compartments, integrated ice-maker, energy efficiency, antibacterial coating, brand, price, whatnot. You can pack the food of your very own choice into it. Just plug it in without further hassle. What we have now is not hasslefree, on neither side. There is the golden middle which is lacking somehow, it is just not there, and no the other alternative wit the big X in it doesn't count either. To see windows as the universal tool for me equals owning a swiss officers knife as the solitary tool in ones life. And said company tries everything to establish its few models of these knife-equivalents as mandatory and the only alternative. And this is just not right.
By the way, nothing is certain, in comparison to the wallsockets the fridge is getting its power from, ICT is only in it's infancy.
Edited 2007-11-20 14:42
Member since:2007-02-17
What annoys me is your attitude towards Windows users: they are dumb, unaware, and must be force-fed "awareness" of alternatives - whether they want to or not. This attitude is hurting Linux much more than anything else, and it is one of the prime reasons why my enthusiasm for Linux has lessened greatly ever since I started using it eons ago. The arrogance is just dripping out of every one of your pores.
Au contraire, there are very smart Windows users. I have to use it every day myself
(joke). I do not initiate ad hominem attacks on anyone, despite often getting exactly that treatment from other of your posters.
I merely correct disinformation. It is intended to help people, and for many people it can be a great help.
Clearly we see this very differently. From my point of view, for example, it is you drip arrogance out of every sentence.
How does it help anybody to leave disinformation unanswered, and to leave a potential helpful solution to people lying in disuse through badmouthing, disinformation and lack of awareness?
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/19/13 23:02 UTC, submitted by M.Onty
"Microsoft has sensationally abandoned its controversial plans to restrict the sharing of XBox One games, and has also removed daily online authentication requirements for its forthcoming console", reports The Guardian. They had no choice. Still a good move.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/19/13 22:28 UTC
"A snippet of code in the Steam digital distribution platform has revealed that Valve may be planning to let users easily share their games with friends in the future. The Verge has verified the code's authenticity, which was originally spotted by a member of the NeoGAF gaming forum; the code references a 'shared game library' and a notification that would alert a user when their games are currently in use by a borrower." This would change the, uh, game.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 22:33 UTC
Official Apple statement on PRISM and privacy: "Regardless of the circumstances, our Legal team conducts an evaluation of each request and, only if appropriate, we retrieve and deliver the narrowest possible set of information to the authorities. In fact, from time to time when we see inconsistencies or inaccuracies in a request, we will refuse to fulfill it." This is basically Apple re-publishing their earlier statement in a more official manner. You either believe it, or you don't.
Linked by Anonymous on 06/18/13 22:26 UTC
The open source Contiki operating system and its commercial Thingsquare distribution are making strides towards the connected home. According to a Computerworld article, a new LED light bulb manufacturer is putting small computers into their light bulbs. Each computer runs the Contiki OS, which gives each bulb an IP address and allows them to be controlled with a smartphone application. To connect the bulbs to the application, the bulbs use both Wi-Fi and the much lower power IEEE 802.15.4 mesh technology.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 22:25 UTC
"Google asked the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday to ease long-standing gag orders over data requests it makes, arguing that the company has a constitutional right to speak about information it's forced to give the government. The legal filing, which cites the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech, is the latest move by the California-based tech giant to protect its reputation in the aftermath of news reports about sweeping National Security Agency surveillance of Internet traffic." Draining the ditch after the cow has drowned in it.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 17:45 UTC
"I can't find one person who has been using the Nexus 7 for an extended period of time, and hasn't seen a massive downgrade in performance. Just what kind of downgrade are we talking here? I cannot pick up my Nexus 7 without experiencing problems like a lag of ten seconds, or more, just to rotate the display; touches refusing to acknowledged; stuttering notification panel actions; and unresponsive apps." Fully and utterly agreed. My Nexus 7 was blazing-fast and awesome for a few months, and at some point, it just started sucking. Just like that. I've tried loads of ROMs, and nothing helps.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 17:32 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
A new release of the hobby operating system MenuetOS! The release notes are a bit non-descript, but you'll have to take what you can get: "updates and improvements (picview, httpc, ehci, ...)".
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/17/13 17:58 UTC
"The Internet is one of the most transformative technologies of our lifetimes. But for 2 out of every 3 people on earth, a fast, affordable Internet connection is still out of reach. And this is far from being a solved problem. There are many terrestrial challenges to Internet connectivity - jungles, archipelagos, mountains. There are also major cost challenges. Right now, for example, in most of the countries in the southern hemisphere, the cost of an Internet connection is more than a month's income. Solving these problems isn't simply a question of time: it requires looking at the problem of access from new angles. So today we're unveiling our latest moonshot from Google[x]: balloon-powered Internet access." Insane.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/17/13 17:52 UTC
"MineAssemble is a tiny bootable Minecraft clone written partly in x86 assembly. I made it first and foremost because a university assignment required me to implement a game in assembly for a computer systems course. Because I had never implemented anything more complex than a 'Hello World' bootloader before, I decided I wanted to learn about writing my own kernel code at the same time. Note that the goal of this project was not to write highly efficient hand-optimized assembly code, but rather to have fun and write code that balances readability and speed. This is primarily accomplished by proper commenting and consistent code structuring." Just cool.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/14/13 21:03 UTC
Jon Rubinstein, former CEO of Palm: "Well, I'm not sure I would have sold the company to HP. That's for sure. Talk about a waste. Not that I had any choice because when you sell a company you don't get to decide that. Obviously, the board and shareholders decide that. If we had known they were just going to shut it down and never really give it a chance to flourish, what would have been the point of selling the company? I think the deal we had with Verizon really hurt us, but who knew that at the time? These things are all hindsight."More News »
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2007-02-17
Sure I can. The question is, can you accept that many people DO NOT LIKE Windows, especially Windows Vista, and they are looking for a way out?
Many, many people feel more than a little "trapped" by Windows, and Windows file formats and other lock-in mechanisms built in to Windows, and they are looking for an alternative but fearful of the unknown.
They do not want to have to pay someone every six months or so, over and over again, to "clean" or "re-install" their broken Windows systems for them, but they feel they must if they want to keep operating.
I myself have "cleaned" many a Windows system (for free) just in order to help people I know out. Many people do not have access to a friend who can do this for them.
These people typically do not know there is a perfectly viable, usable, functional, free system available to them, that will work on their systems.
It is a dis-service to pretend to such people that they do not have a way out, and that this thing called "Linux" is no good, and cannot help them, when in reality it can.
So, despite the fact that it may annoy you, Thom, (and I am sorry if it does but one just has to respond to disinformation) it is my hope that by posting here I might be able to get this message through to people, despite the naysayers, and help some of them out.
Edited 2007-11-20 13:01