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XGL Linux gets a 3D desktop 3388
Using slrn. It opens the page just fine by pulling up Galeon. I have Apache turned off right now, so no screenshots...
XGL Linux gets a 3D desktop 3389
More importantly, why did his *first* set of posts almost universally cast aspersions against linux? He came to a linux advocacy group, presumably as a linux user...
Firefox Whips Internet Explorer In Vulnerability Tally 3390
On Wednesday 08 March 2006 18:31 Erik Funkenbusch OK - consider this (from the same article):- "Windows XP Professional, said Symantec, stays safe just one hour and 12 seconds, while the Windows 2000 Server (with SP4...
Firefox Whips Internet Explorer In Vulnerability Tally 3391
On Thursday 09 March 2006 08:55, Jim Richardson stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.advocacy...: Despite what Erik wrote earlier regarding his considerations of GNU-Linux...
Firefox Whips Internet Explorer In Vulnerability Tally 3392
For the mentally challenged (important points highlighted): "Windows XP Professional, said Symantec, stays safe just one hour and 12 seconds...
Firefox Whips Internet Explorer In Vulnerability Tally 3393
The *details* of bugs are not publicized until a fix is available, but not always the existence thereof. For example: Go ahead. Try to get the details. Putting a tarp over the hole is...
7595 security bugs in 32 leading OSS projects, including LAMP
On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 08:38:03 +0100, OK In total, there were some 17.5 million lines of code examined. At an average rate of 0.434 bugs per 1,000 lines, we...
Linux desktop market penetration: about 1 and halfpercent 3395
Nobody really knows. The 0.1 percent was once given based on a very faulty survey done using a very unreliable method, and was only published as an "example...
Linux desktop market penetration: about 1 and halfpercent 3396
Great article about Michael Dell and his thoughts on Linux. In response to Michael, I'd just...
Linux desktop market penetration: about 1 and halfpercent 3397
And of course we are comparing a preinstalled implementation of Windows XP configured with all of the correct drivers by the OEM, with an open...
Linux What's that My own survey. 3398
All I can say is that I lived and worked in New York for a while, and even in 1999, there were more people who knew about Linux. Granted, I...
Linux What's that My own survey. 3399
Thorsten Thigpen I've been in the industry as a professional for 25 years, and I even remember the TRS-80, CP-M...
Linux What's that My own survey. 3400
On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 19:58:21 -0500, Thorsten Thigpen Okay, so you wear women's clothes. We should care why...
Linux What's that My own survey. 3401
Timberwoof wrote something like: One would think it would have been easier to claim that they talked to...
Linux What's that My own survey. 3402
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bobbie Well, in all fairness, it's a pretty stupid statement to post to COLA...
Linux What's that My own survey. 3403
On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 19:58:21 -0500, Thorsten Thigpen Not so very new - it's been around for...
Linux What's that My own survey. 3404
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2006-03-04, zara spake thusly: (snipping previous obscenity non-sense by another poster) Superior? In relation to what? A common point of referance...
Linux What's that My own survey. 3405
Roy Culley My newsreader is usually Google. My NNTP service is with Teranews and simply put, they are the worst. I use several different computers so Google works out well for me. I wish I...
Linux What's that My own survey. 3406
Here's how I used to deal with that. This should be adaptable. 1. On my desktop Linux machine, I used...
Linux What's that My own survey. 3408
begin oeprotect.scr There's still quite a bit of good advocacy here, but the issue is, I think, a much...
Linux What's that My own survey. 3409
On Monday 06 March 2006 01:25, Mathew P. stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.advocacy...: I'm always serious about what I do, and...
Linux What's that My own survey. 3410
Roy Culley Here's your evidence. Thread: Why Photoshop tops most-wanted Linux app list Time: 7:41 pm Author: Kohllman Quote - "Is Larry good in bed, Lefty? You two seem to get...
Linux What's that My own survey. 3411
Larry Qualig No. I run several windows machines myself, as I also program for windows. Until recently I also ran OS-2. That machine...
Linux What's that My own survey. 3412
Kelsey Bjarnason Hmmmmm.... that's an interesting way of looking at it. Not that it's wrong at all, but certainly...
Linux What's that My own survey. 3413
Actually Peter's Debt Collection of names shows pretty clearly that the same person is behind many of these posts, as do the posts themselves, which are often of a...
GNU Cash, was $34 Quicken
An Fri, 24 Feb 2006 01:53:22 +0000, Emmanual Kann hat geschreibt: Have done. GNU Cash contains...
When Security Patches Go Wrong
Roy Schestowitz Isn't it amazing, two days after the release of the update that caused a vulnerability, an attacker exploit was out. So, the code is released to the servers where the millions of...
Working with all three platforms
Hi All, This is just a general Debt Collection of thoughts I thought I'd share. I've been a computer enthusiast all my life, and I've worked with about every popular platform...
Working with all three platforms ... 3417
I think the MAC is a great solution for people that don't do programming, don't need to manipulate their hardware-systems, don't...
Working with all three platforms ... 3418
Hi Leythos, I agree with your statements to a point ... Mac's don't have the application...
Working with all three platforms ... 3419
I can't speak to Linux, because i only dabble around a bit with Ubuntu for PPC, but I support Macs and PCs here at work. I don't think Windows is bad at all, as...
Working with all three platforms ... 3420
To defend Leythos, his experience is the same as mine with all the computer users I support...
Working with all three platforms ... 3421
Hi Josh, I do setup computers for some folks and they run quite well -- but others don't. If I sat down...
Working with all three platforms ... 3422
Alex I was going to go the Mac rout when I last bought a client for home, the main reason for Mac rather than another Linux was that I...
Working with all three platforms ... 3423
Responses are inline: Alex Hi All, This is just a general Debt Collection of thoughts I thought I'd share. Why? Oh .. let me guess .. you are going to say...
Working with all three platforms ... 3424
Alex on Thursday 09 March 2006 16:09 Alex added on Thursday 09 March 2006 19:47 Sorry to have shown doubts. Us guys have to be careful with strangers in such troll...
Working with all three platforms
What you say makes a great deal of sense and is very close to my own views. I use OS X and XP...
Here we go
tab Obviously you have not been on a design team for any software. There is always an idiot's compebreastion between an buttumed "easy to use" and "more powerful" interface, when in fact...
How long before Linux runs on it 3432
Jim Richardson on Friday 10 March 2006 00:23 Screen resolution may be superior, but on...
How long before Linux runs on it 3433
On Thu, 9 Mar 2006 20:22:58 +0100, Richard G. Riley That's just it, though. Lots of people, including myself, don't want...
How long before Linux runs on it 3434
There are different levels of portability. (1) small pocket devices. These would be small enough that they will often fit in a pocket, even if a larger device...
Swap a Video Card. Linux drools and Windows XP Rulez
Suse 10.0 with all patches to date, and that's a lot of patches. The object: Remove an Nvidia MX4000 PCI card and install an Nvidia FX5500 AGP...
Swap a Video Card. Linux drools and Windows XP Rulez. 3436
snips On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 19:55:34 -0500, Richie Spano Completely contrary to my experience, which is essentially the exact opposite. I tend to...
Swap a Video Card. Linux drools and Windows XP Rulez. 3437
On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 19:55:34 -0500, Richie Spano Try installing XP on a box with a *legacy* Vanta 3d 16meg video card. Bios recognizes it right at boot. XP only gives me...
Swap a Video Card. Linux drools and Windows XP Rulez. 3438
Richie Spano The racist, liar and software thief Richie Spano (flatfish) nymshifted: You naturally could not refrain to post this garbage in a non...
Swap a Video Card. Linux drools and Windows XP Rulez. 3439
On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 19:55:34 -0500, Richie Spano You're a goddamned idiot. There is no such display array size, dumbbutt. You are...
Swap a Video Card. Linux drools and Windows XP Rulez. 3440
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2006-03-10, Richie Spano spake thusly: First of all, I can't imagine anyone buying a ford. I'm a GM man myself #:-) Actually, it's a poor analogy. Mike is...
Swap a Video Card. Linux drools and Windows XP Rulez. 3441
The racist, liar and software thief flatfish blubbered: As usual the "crazy german" knows exactly what the stores in germany offer You lately nymshifted to...
Swap a Video Card. Linux drools and Windows XP Rulez. 3442
The racist, liar and software thief flatfish blubbered: CircuitCity does not even exist in germany Yes, you are right. You are an idiot You lately nymshifted to Abbie...
Swap a Video Card. Linux drools and Windows XP Rulez. 3443
The racist, liar and software thief flatfish blubbered: As usual, flatfish has reading comprehension problems I have not said you...
Swap a Video Card. Linux drools and Windows XP Rulez. 3444
Richie Spano Funny, while I won't call you a liar (no need to point out the obvious), my experience was the exact opposite when upgrading from a GF3 to a 5900...
OpenOffice: extremely slow but comes with free games! 3445
DFS In what way is OO being slow on your machine. I admit that I have had versions that were very slow to load, but OO 2 has proved itself extreemly capable. For example, I...
OpenOffice: extremely slow but comes with free games! 3446
snips On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 08:37:50 +0000, BearItAll OO2 is a lot faster to load initially, and even more so in secondary runs, than any of the...
Linux Desktop Market
The article does hit the obvious: "I don't think better software or increased compatibility will have any effect: playing follow the leader, anoints the other guy as leader." Which is all that OSS can do...
Ctrl+Alt+Delete Important in Bad Platforms
Bobbie on Friday 10 March 2006 16:42 The argument remains valid to date. Ctrl+Alt...
The same... or not the same... that is the question. 3449
On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 21:13:40 -0700, tab To draw upon a much overused and despised analogy...
The same... or not the same... that is the question. 3450
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2006-04-03, tab spake thusly: yes, go on By issue I buttume you mean a problem...
Why does Microsoft care
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have a question for the group as a whole, both the Linux advocates and the...
Ghost, Do you really want to go to war with me
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Kelsey Bjarnason wrote on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 05:05:47 -0700 It would appear so. Of course in this case he's trying...
The Raging_Hall_Nazi, the landlord and his lawyers are my Gods
Hi EricGisse, Day in and day out you flood Sci.Physics with a torrent of direct replies to me. But, no matter how bad you're hallucinating today, I must...
Who Uses LinuxOSS YOU DO
You may not run Linux on your desktop system, you may not even know what Linux or Open Source Software is. However, chances are that everyday you are using Linux to provide crucial...
Why There's a "Dim" in Dimdows
I just put a bigger hard drive in my Linux box this evening. And this exercise highlights a few of the things...
Somebody just needs to stir the pot
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, B Gruff wrote on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 18:17:02 +0100 I'm not so sure that Linux vs. Microsoft is an isolated...
Whatever happened to Munich 3457
On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:55:05 -0600, Erik Funkenbusch My guess is they hired Kohlmann and the entire project went down the sewer...
Whatever happened to Munich 3458
If you look beyond just Windows to Linux migrations, and consider also migrations from closed source Unix to Linux, there are more success stories...
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