On Tuesday 04 January 2005 02:54 pm, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> I know nothing about digital cameras. My daughter suddenly shows up
> with one and I google for the brand (I forget it now) and the site
> shows only XP info, I tell her: no support for your camera.
Might try adding "linux" to any
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
...
I know nothing about digital cameras. My daughter suddenly shows up with
one and I google for the brand (I forget it now) and the site shows only
XP info, I tell her: no support for your camera.
Was I wrong? You mean I plug it in anyway and it might work?
it's fairly
On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 16:54 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 13:50 -0800, Chuk Goodin wrote:
> >
> >>On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 19:39:02 -0500, Roberto Sanchez
> >>
> >>
> >>>Downloading pictures from a digital camera is much easier than in
> >>>Windows. To s
Ron Johnson wrote:
On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 13:50 -0800, Chuk Goodin wrote:
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 19:39:02 -0500, Roberto Sanchez
Downloading pictures from a digital camera is much easier than in
Windows. To start with, there is no need to install extra software.
You simply plug in your camera and i
On Tuesday 04 Jan 2005 22:27, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 13:50 -0800, Chuk Goodin wrote:
> > On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 19:39:02 -0500, Roberto Sanchez
> >
> > > Downloading pictures from a digital camera is much easier than in
> > > Windows. To start with, there is no need to install ext
On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 13:50 -0800, Chuk Goodin wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 19:39:02 -0500, Roberto Sanchez
>
> > Downloading pictures from a digital camera is much easier than in
> > Windows. To start with, there is no need to install extra software.
> > You simply plug in your camera and if it
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 19:39:02 -0500, Roberto Sanchez
> Downloading pictures from a digital camera is much easier than in
> Windows. To start with, there is no need to install extra software.
> You simply plug in your camera and if it is recognized (by a program
> like gPhoto), it will Just Work(T
Alex Malinovich wrote:
On Sun, 2004-12-26 at 11:32 -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
Jean-Michel Hiver wrote:
Well, Linux is certainly less user friendly (especially if you have
difficulty with english as localization is quite poor)
Although I cannot comment on the localization issue let's please not
On Monday 27 December 2004 06:32, Steve Lamb wrote:
> Jean-Michel Hiver wrote:
> > Well, Linux is certainly less user friendly (especially if you have
> > difficulty with english as localization is quite poor)
>
> Although I cannot comment on the localization issue let's please not
> repeat th
Jean-Michel Hiver wrote:
Well, Linux is certainly less user friendly (especially if you have
difficulty with english as localization is quite poor) but if you take
Not true. Linux is *quite* user friendly. It just happens to be
very picky about who its friends are :-)
-Roberto
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Op zo, 26-12-2004 te 20:33 +, schreef Jean-Michel Hiver:
> With debian, installing programs is a breeze though (using command
> line tools):
>
> To find a program:
>
> apt-cache search
>
> To install it:
>
> apt-get install
>
> To upgrade your system:
>
> apt-get update
>
On Sun, 2004-12-26 at 20:33 +, Jean-Michel Hiver wrote:
--snip--
> Well, Linux is certainly less user friendly (especially if you have
> difficulty with english as localization is quite poor) but if you take
--snip--
I'm actually really surprised that you find the localization poor. In my
ex
On Sun, 2004-12-26 at 11:32 -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
> Jean-Michel Hiver wrote:
> > Well, Linux is certainly less user friendly (especially if you have
> > difficulty with english as localization is quite poor)
>
> Although I cannot comment on the localization issue let's please not
> repea
Jean-Michel Hiver wrote:
Well, Linux is certainly less user friendly (especially if you have
difficulty with english as localization is quite poor)
Although I cannot comment on the localization issue let's please not
repeat this particular piece of FUD. Studies of children who have never use
I like the 'back-end' stability that Linux has, but question whether
that stability will be negated by a more difficult user interface, or
lack thereof.
I don't think it's more difficult, but it is *different*. I would say
that the main difference is that you need to take your time to read the
On Sat, 2004-12-25 at 20:12 -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> English isn't read in random order, so please don't quote that way.
> http://ursine.dyndns.org/Top_Posting
>
> On Saturday 25 December 2004 7:20 pm, Ed Sutherland wrote:
>
> > Actually, I rarely "drive to the store" for software, but order
On Sat, 2004-12-25 at 22:26 -0500, Brian Pack wrote:
> So far I have found one, *one* multimedia function that I give more
> points to windows. Searching out and updating ID3 tags for my mp3
> files.
>
> With Musicmatch I can right click on a song, select super tagging/lookup
> tags, and it will
On Sat, 2004-12-25 at 19:11 -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Saturday 25 December 2004 6:23 pm, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
> > There *are* ways to do GUI install, but not all s/w can be installed
> > point-and-click, and some s/w needs the command line to start, and
> > then does point-and-click for the
On Dec 25 2004, Brian Pack wrote:
> With Musicmatch I can right click on a song, select super tagging/lookup
> tags, and it will go onto the net and find the correct information for
> the song.
While not as advanced as what you described, when I download some MP3 file
from the Internet and it is n
English isn't read in random order, so please don't quote that way.
http://ursine.dyndns.org/Top_Posting
On Saturday 25 December 2004 7:20 pm, Ed Sutherland wrote:
> Actually, I rarely "drive to the store" for software, but order online
> and the FedEx guy (or gal) brings it to my door. So far (
On Sat, 2004-12-25 at 19:04 -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Saturday 25 December 2004 3:40 pm, Ed Sutherland wrote:
> > Another example: multimedia,
> > such as playing MP3 audio files or downloading pictures from my
> > digital camera.
>
> Not sure about the camera, but media of almost every
On Saturday 25 December 2004 6:23 pm, Ron Johnson wrote:
> There *are* ways to do GUI install, but not all s/w can be installed
> point-and-click, and some s/w needs the command line to start, and
> then does point-and-click for the rest of the installation.
This is a nonissue. kpackage spawns a
On Saturday 25 December 2004 4:39 pm, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> As far as installing applications, with programs like synaptic (GUI
> point-and-click) and aptitude (console-based, but still very easy to
> use) it is simply a matter of choosing your new application, and
> telling it to go.
I would l
On Saturday 25 December 2004 3:40 pm, Ed Sutherland wrote:
> I'd like to know beforehand, what functionality I'll lose when moving
> from Windows to debian. For instance, point-and-click ease-of-use in
> installing applications.
You don't have that with Windows, though you'll gain it in Debia
On Sat, 2004-12-25 at 18:40 -0500, Ed Sutherland wrote:
> Let me hasten to say this is not, as the subject line might seem to
> imply, a Linux-bashing question.
>
> I'm considering moving from Windows XP to some form of Linux, most
> likely debian. I'd like to know beforehand, what functionality
On Saturday 25 December 2004 06:40 pm, Ed Sutherland wrote:
> Let me hasten to say this is not, as the subject line might seem to
> imply, a Linux-bashing question.
Nah, not taken as bashing in any way. It's an honest question if you don't
know anything about it.
> I'm considering moving from Wi
Ed Sutherland wrote:
Let me hasten to say this is not, as the subject line might seem to
imply, a Linux-bashing question.
I'm considering moving from Windows XP to some form of Linux, most
likely debian. I'd like to know beforehand, what functionality I'll lose
when moving from Windows to debian. F
Apparently, _Ed Sutherland_, on 25/12/04 18:40,typed:
Let me hasten to say this is not, as the subject line might seem to
imply, a Linux-bashing question.
I'm considering moving from Windows XP to some form of Linux, most
likely debian. I'd like to know beforehand, what functionality I'll lose
Let me hasten to say this is not, as the subject line might seem to
imply, a Linux-bashing question.
I'm considering moving from Windows XP to some form of Linux, most
likely debian. I'd like to know beforehand, what functionality I'll lose
when moving from Windows to debian. For instance, poin
Magnus Therning wrote:
On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 08:24:28AM -0400, Gregory Seidman wrote:
On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 08:14:58PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote:
} "Microsoft has long asked third party analysts for accurate assessments
} of the total cost of ownership of Microsoft Windows deployments,
I had loads of fun reading it, as did a few of my colleagues. I have to
admit I first dissmissed it due to its title, until I realised they
spell ownership with 0 (zero).
/M
I read the /. thread on this as well; I don't know which I found funnier -
the article itself, or the number of people who
On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 08:24:28AM -0400, Gregory Seidman wrote:
>On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 08:14:58PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote:
>} "Microsoft has long asked third party analysts for accurate assessments
>} of the total cost of ownership of Microsoft Windows deployments,
>} especially against
On Sat, 2004-08-14 at 20:14 +0800, John Summerfield wrote:
> "Microsoft has long asked third party analysts for accurate assessments
> of the total cost of ownership of Microsoft Windows deployments,
> especially against the Linux deployments commonly going into all
> segments of the market. How
John Summerfield wrote:
> "Microsoft has long asked third party analysts for accurate assessments
> of the total cost of ownership of Microsoft Windows deployments,
> especially against the Linux deployments commonly going into all
> segments of the market. However, Immunity, Inc. as a third party
On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 08:24:28AM -0400, Gregory Seidman wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 08:14:58PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote:
> } "Microsoft has long asked third party analysts for accurate assessments
> } of the total cost of ownership of Microsoft Windows deployments,
> } especially agai
On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 08:14:58PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote:
} "Microsoft has long asked third party analysts for accurate assessments
} of the total cost of ownership of Microsoft Windows deployments,
} especially against the Linux deployments commonly going into all
} segments of the mark
"Microsoft has long asked third party analysts for accurate assessments
of the total cost of ownership of Microsoft Windows deployments,
especially against the Linux deployments commonly going into all
segments of the market. However, Immunity, Inc. as a third party
assessment provider has, unt
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Bruce Burhans wrote:
>
> And what was Unix designed to do? Play Pong on?
Nah. Spacewar!
--
Jaldhar H. Vyas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
It's a girl! See the pictures - http://www.braincells.com/shailaja/
On Fri, 1 Feb 2002 23:14:29 -0500 Alec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 01 February 2002 02:20 pm, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> > >
> > > Just goes to show that "worse is better".
> >
> > In some ways, maybe, but Tanenbaum's points were perfectly valid.
>
> What do you mean "but"? That's the p
On Fri, 1 Feb 2002 23:14:29 -0500, Alec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 01 February 2002 02:20 pm, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> > >
> > > Just goes to show that "worse is better".
> >
> > In some ways, maybe, but Tanenbaum's points were perfectly valid.
>
> What do you mean "but"? That's the
On Friday 01 February 2002 02:20 pm, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> >
> > Just goes to show that "worse is better".
>
> In some ways, maybe, but Tanenbaum's points were perfectly valid.
What do you mean "but"? That's the point of "worse is better" (I think Dr.
Dobbs Journal had a piece on this): Time
On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 05:37:58AM +0800, csj wrote:
> > Just goes to show that "worse is better".
>
> Probably the reason Linux was able to hijack the loyalties of the free
> software community. Having focused developing the tools, the FSF was
> taking its sweet time building the core of the Hurd
On Fri, 1 Feb 2002 14:08:17 -0500
Alec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 01 February 2002 01:21 pm, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> > During the famous
> > Linus/Tanenbaum debates of 10 years or so ago, Tanenbaum said that if
> > Linux had been written for one of his OS classes, it would have receive
On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 02:08:17PM -0500, Alec wrote:
> > During the famous
> > Linus/Tanenbaum debates of 10 years or so ago, Tanenbaum said that if
> > Linux had been written for one of his OS classes, it would have received
> > a failing grade (due to its monolithic kernel architecture).
>
> Ju
On Friday 01 February 2002 01:21 pm, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> During the famous
> Linus/Tanenbaum debates of 10 years or so ago, Tanenbaum said that if
> Linux had been written for one of his OS classes, it would have received
> a failing grade (due to its monolithic kernel architecture).
Just goes
On Fri, 1 Feb 2002 13:21:24 -0500 Noah Meyerhans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 12:01:50PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > AFAICT, Linux grew out of need for an _affordable_ and free POSIX kernel
> > > so that you don't have to spend billions just to run UNIX like
> > > OS.
>
On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 12:01:50PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > AFAICT, Linux grew out of need for an _affordable_ and free POSIX kernel
> > so that you don't have to spend billions just to run UNIX like
> > OS.
>
> It grew out of one man's University homework, and dissatisfaction
> with Minix (a
On Fri, 1 Feb 2002 01:38:07 -0600 Adam Majer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 09:49:32PM -0800, Bruce Burhans wrote:
> > Someone asked me what the difference between Windows and Linux was,
> > and I presumed to answer:
> >
> > Windows grew out of the work of self-invol
On 31/01/02 Bruce Burhans did speaketh:
> Someone asked me what the difference between Windows and Linux was,
> and I presumed to answer:
>
> Windows grew out of the work of self-involved gameplayers, and
> Linux grew out of the work of people
> concerned with using the computer to mak
Erik wrote, on 2/1/02:
Bruce Burhans wrote:
>
> Someone asked me what the difference between Windows and Linux
was,
> and I presumed to answer:
>
> Windows grew out of the work of self-involved gameplayers, and
> Linux grew out of the work of people
> concerned with using the computer
Bruce Burhans wrote:
>
> Someone asked me what the difference between Windows and Linux was,
> and I presumed to answer:
>
> Windows grew out of the work of self-involved gameplayers, and
> Linux grew out of the work of people
> concerned with using the computer to make the world a bett
Adam Majer responed, on the below date:
On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 09:49:32PM -0800, Bruce Burhans wrote:
> Someone asked me what the difference between Windows and Linux
was,
> and I presumed to answer:
>
> Windows grew out of the work of self-involved gameplayers, and
> Linux grew out of
On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 09:49:32PM -0800, Bruce Burhans wrote:
> Someone asked me what the difference between Windows and Linux was,
> and I presumed to answer:
>
> Windows grew out of the work of self-involved gameplayers, and
> Linux grew out of the work of people
> concerned with usi
On Thursday 31 January 2002 09:49 pm, Bruce Burhans wrote:
> Someone asked me what the difference between Windows and Linux was,
> and I presumed to answer:
>
> Windows grew out of the work of self-involved gameplayers, and
> Linux grew out of the work of people
> concerned with using th
Someone asked me what the difference between Windows and Linux was,
and I presumed to answer:
Windows grew out of the work of self-involved gameplayers, and
Linux grew out of the work of people
concerned with using the computer to make the world a better place.
That's my impression,
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