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On the Closing of Apple's Mac OS 5416
asj The actual numbers from Netstat are larger, as they report 7% for Mac, and 8% for Linux, 2.7% for...
Windows Vista Will Lose to Linux
Windows Vista vs. Linux: Why Vista Might Lose the Battle Very good read ,---- Quote The opening of Beta 2 testing at WinHEC...
Amarok 1.4 Fast Forward
Wow! Just......WOW! New layout, default themes very pretty. Loads hella faster than previous versions and even the...
Linux = Mystery, Alaska gets viral windope installers
Ana Thema Hopes and dreams. Playing on your home pond. When you finally go heads to head with...
Linux = Mystery, Alaska
Ana Thema Enjoy your delusion and the belief that your ten your old knowledge with Windows will be worth anything in...
Ubuntuready preinstalled Laptops 5421
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 30 May 2006 15:04:46 -0000, you think so? Minimac 1.5GHz solo Minipc 1.5GHz celeron Minimac Minipc Base $ 599 499 CPU 1.5Ghz Solo 1.5Ghz Celeron RAM 2x256MB 1x512MB...
Ubuntuready preinstalled Laptops 5422
Actually, I was thinking of the $800 Mac Mini, with the Core Duo. The Core Duo is a very high performing chip--way faster than that Celeron...
Ubuntuready preinstalled Laptops 5423
Jim Richardson hm... lemme do the math (and some creative modification; I actually have this system as described, and it works bloody well under SuSE 9.3) VIA Epia M (1GHz embedded...
Ubuntuready preinstalled Laptops 5424
begin oeprotect.scr I'd agree - from a personal perspective, a small form-factor noiseless machine (not worried about processor architecture, but must run linux) where I can have video & audio playback, tv & radio...
Commercial Wikipedia from Microsoft 5425
begin oeprotect.scr Libraries here have performed a range of important roles to date, from the "everman's university", through keeping local records (many hold copies of local newspapers back for scores of decades), providing...
Commercial Wikipedia from Microsoft 5426
begin oeprotect.scr I wouldn't say they're worthless, rather the opposite, in fact. Consider that paper records (okay, parchment, stone, and so on) have survived in...
The 'ODF Threat
Why Redmond feels so threatened by ODF ,---- Big quote As ODF has progressed, Microsoft's mouthpieces...
Linux Gets Boost in Indian Supply Chain
Roy Schestowitz Oh yes. Red Hat is going strong in India, especially at the server level. Several business are now moving...
Windows XP Home Ed acting strange 5429
On Tue, 30 May 2006 12:42:57 +0000 (UTC), High Plains Thumper I've never really liked Lexmark printers. They seem to cost more over...
Windows XP Home Ed acting strange 5430
Stuart Krivis Lexmark seemed to do something right with the X7170. Scanner is sheet feed, plus the store had...
Windows XP Home Ed acting strange 5431
Chirag Shukla" No, I checked, it was working fine. Secure login was working, checked a few other websites, worked fine. Firefox is blocked from the net, but IE is not. Something changed my firewall...
Windows XP Home Ed acting strange 5432
Thats not good. I have disliked it when Microsoft products worked and other equivalent products did not. Let me install Home on...
Now THAT'S a trend that will warm any Linux guy's heart 5433
In comp.lang.java.advocacy, 7 wrote on Tue, 30 May 2006 19:45:47 GMT There are a number of issues here. True, the Linux platform contains fewer problems, but it also contains fewer capabilities, at least in...
Now THAT'S a trend that will warm any Linux guy's heart 5434
On Tue, 30 May 2006 20:38:35 +0000, 7 Winning the Lotto is only one ticket away. Now go and do it. Really? Largo Fl.? Backwards...
Now THAT'S a trend that will warm any Linux guy's heart 5435
I couldnt agree more. Right now is the right time. Vista might force people to upgrade and if the point is conveyed strongly that they...
Now THAT'S a trend that will warm any Linux guy's heart 5436
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, arachnid wrote on Wed, 31 May 2006 01:18:30 -0000 Good question. Depends on what's on the TV...
Now THAT'S a trend that will warm any Linux guy's heart 5437
On Wed, 31 May 2006 06:27:17 -0500, Linonut "...Behind Winston's back the voice from the telescreen was still babbling away about pig-iron and the overfulfilment of...
You can run X.EXE yourself on Win_XP
Hi AnalFissure, You don't actually need VisualStudio2005 to run X.EXE, my newsreader, But I use VS to compile-debug Cotse.NET-users-jeffrelf-X.CPP and I use these VSVBA macros to help me read...
Are 73% of all Britons Using GNULinux
2006 12:47: Well, of course. The thing about it is that if they stop at the surface, they can invent any sort of supporting "evidence" to make things sound right. It...
Linux Shielded Against Patents
The problem isn't the lack of information about prior art. The problem is that until such information is referenced in a patent application, it does not exist...
CNN on Open Document Format 5441
Roy Schestowitz ODF has a lot of problems. For example, it doesn't even specify how spreadsheet forumlas should be stored; it doesn't handle...
CNN on Open Document Format
Roy Schestowitz ODF is a very good format, not only for current documents but also has been future proofed with the...
CNN on Open Document Format 5443
Gustavo Vasquez wrote in 19:12: You know, I have to wonder what it is with people like yourself. What is it that makes you tick? You certainly don't weigh things out and attempt to determine...
CNN on Open Document Format 5444
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Gustavo Vasquez wrote on 24 May 2006 16:12:54 -0700 It would probably be more...
Windows Vista Beta 2: The key word is 'Beta
The Ghost In The Machine on Wednesday 24 May 2006 20:00 Pull my finger ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ What?!?! I cannot believe that something like this comes from the...
OT Whoop! Whoop! Whoop! Micoshaft is sinking
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, DFS wrote on Tue, 23 May 2006 21:53:53 -0400 And these are ... ? Be specific. I can think of a few that cannot be replaced by...
Microsoft forgot Nietzsche
Blah, blah, blah, blah.... Yeah MS has some "interesting" search out and destroy tactics that I don't agree with. They should have just stuck with distributing the OS and making...
Microsoft forgot Nietzsche &A#JD1Tg!d8
MISQUOTE! Naughty naughty! Here is what the article, dated 03-20-05, REALLY says: IOW: 2.88% applies to the end of 2004. And, note how the paragraph points out that Mac market share has been consistently...
Linux as a Labour Union
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2006-05-24, Roy Schestowitz spake thusly: "For several years a number...
A World Without Microsoft
Roy Culley PDF is becoming a de-facto standard but I'm not sure it has much to do with MS Word and it's ubiquity or lack thereof. The .doc file format is essentially...
A World Without Microsoft
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz wrote on Wed, 24 May 2006 10:17:50 +0100 I'm not sure of the proper context -- one issue here is that without Microsoft some other Evil Enbreasty...
Windows XP Requires CommandLine Familiarity
Roy Schestowitz attrib-del-chkdsk can be done with a GUI also. Linux GUI has equivalent programs to hide-unhide-delete and troubleshoot disks...
Linux Standards to Lead the Way
The Free Standards Group: Squaring the Open Source-Open Standards Circle As Andy himself summarised it in Slashdot: ,---- Quote Before there was Linux, before there was open source, there was of course (and...
Cost of Complete Windows Vista: Just $679
Roy Schestowitz This is a very sensible strategy for Microsoft. Raise the retail MSRP to such a rediculous price that no one will want to purchase a machine that does not come with an OEM...
Cost of Complete Windows Vista: Just $679
begin oeprotect.scr At £350 for an operating system, I think a lot of people would be willing to consider an alternative pre-install. Here's a thought - if a major retailer like Dixons...
The Ultimate MickeyMouse Fanboy 5456
NoStop That's billions. Just for him. You Linux-OSS small-timers sure do think small. Speaking of toy operating systems, it must burn you weirdos up that a...
The Ultimate MickeyMouse Fanboy 5457
DFS 5 of those 200,000,000 copies were mine, for a long while windows was my OS of choice...
The Ultimate MickeyMouse Fanboy 5458
DFS Another yawner. Linux is also offered by several of these same PC vendors, including: Dell HP IBM Now...
The Ultimate MickeyMouse Fanboy 5459
Jericho Swarm Some 99.9% of PC vendors sell Windows. What would make these huge, well-run technology businesses offer a "toy" OS...
The Ultimate MickeyMouse Fanboy 5460
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, DFS wrote on Tue, 30 May 2006 23:46:17 -0400 There's a few possibilities, of arbitrary nastiness. 1 A "token...
The Ultimate MickeyMouse Fanboy 5461
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Edwards wrote on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 18:22:59 GMT *pulls tongue out of cheek* I'm sorry, what? :-) Yes, I was joking, to some extent. Admittedly, I'd have to...
The Ultimate MickeyMouse Fanboy 5462
DFS The last time I spoke with Dell they had to send a replacement HDD. Point? Look at who is shouting...
The Ultimate MickeyMouse Fanboy 5463
Jericho Swarm I thought it was the Huh Department: DFS: Can I get Linux on that model...
The Ultimate MickeyMouse Fanboy 5464
Linonut You think small, but you hate big. Which begs the question: if Windows is as bad as the oddjobs here say...
The Ultimate MickeyMouse Fanboy 5465
After takin' a swig o' grog, DFS belched out this bit o' wisdom: Don't be such a silly man. On the desktop, you...
Windows makes things easy
Situation: We have a Windows server which is *badly* overloaded; pegging CPU at 95%+. The correct fix...
Windows makes things easy 5467
This is a very typical "feature" of MS designs. Your company choose MS. Now, it's the time to pay for that choice. :) Again, MS mindset. I have paid attention to GUI...
Windows makes things easy 5468
Kelsey Bjarnason True, its best to move over to a better machine. What is causing the CPU to shoot up to 95%? Is that IIS...
Windows makes things easy 5468 plus 1
Mark Kent Sorry, file permissions, the ability to have multiple processes owned by different users, the ability to isolate processes, etc. are all there. The core of NT *is* totally multi-user. It...
Windows makes things easy 5470
begin oeprotect.scr file permissions are an aspect of the filesystem. Huge numbers of early NT systems used FAT... The fact that NT was designed from the...
Windows makes things easy 5471
Mark Kent I think you meant to say "could use" FAT. The native file system for...
Windows makes things easy 5472
begin oeprotect.scr I meant what I said. NTFS had virtually no recovery tools, so many admins preferred to run from FAT because...
Windows makes things easy 5473
Mark Kent That's complete nonsense based on no historical fact. NTFS is quite mature. It was available in NT 3.1 WAY before 4.0 and XP...
Windows makes things easy 5474
begin oeprotect.scr Proof? I know admins very well indeed who were doing just that, for the reasons I describe. This is well known. Obviously...
Windows makes things easy 5475
Mark Kent It was then, it was based on OS-2 HPFS, in fact, AFAIR, still has the same boot block code...
Windows makes things easy 5476
On Fri, 2 Jun 2006 11:11:24 +0100, Mark Kent Actually, yes. You can run NT wihtout the GUI. Microsoft just doesn't do that by default. Using tools that come with the XP...
Windows makes things easy 5477
Mark Kent FAT-FAT32 was used primarily for users who wanted to dual-boot. The "native" NT filesystem has been...
Windows makes things easy 5478
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Chirag Shukla wrote on 31 May 2006 06:55:52 -0700 Mostly because Windows has a few vulnerabilities still. The one that comes to mind is an RPC socket left open, for example. (Hopefully...
Windows makes things easy 5479
snips On Tue, 30 May 2006 15:38:38 -0700, Chirag Shukla IIS. No, I don't. We have two Windows servers and...
Windows makes things easy 5480
Windows OS sounds obvious. You know, Linux can be a great beginning for such workplaces...
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