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04 Nov 2009, 9:48 am

Just a note. You don't need to post youtube videos. As of firefox 3.5.1 and later, it supports ogg vorbis and theora and you can upload your video to any site that will not convert it to closed standards. I post this so I can see the world change a few years sooner than a few years later. Anyway it will change, because openness is something that always existed and none can take it away from humanity, since it always belonged to us.

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04 Nov 2009, 10:55 am

Pats long gone folks.

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04 Nov 2009, 11:02 am

Fuzzy wrote:

Pats long gone folks.

What do you mean by that?

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04 Nov 2009, 11:11 am

khelben1979 wrote:

Fuzzy wrote:

Pats long gone folks.

What do you mean by that?

The account hasnt posted anything in over a year. Since he is an angry opinionated young man, it makes sense that hes probably abandoned the account, and likely WP.

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04 Nov 2009, 1:12 pm

RogueProcess wrote:

I have to disagree, OpenGL is just as good an API as Direct3D/X, is open-standard, cross-platform and non-proprietary. The only advantage DirectX has is that since MS maintains it, it can make use of the Windows architecture better, since M$ owns the Windows source-code, meaning it is better optimized to run on Windows. Also, the reason it is now such a widely-adopted API is that Microsoft stole large portions of OpenGL's design and specification to make it a more applealing platform for developers.

OpenGL has been lagging behind for sometime. Even OpenGL 3.2 aren't at the same level as DirectX 10, not to mention DirectX 11.

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An OS can't directly overheat a CPU on its own. However, each OS has to have its own power-management features, as these are tied to what programs you have running so cannot be effectively controlled from the hardware level. OSX has awesome power management, Windows is alright, although I haven't run Ubuntu on my MacBook yet, so I couldn't say.
As part of his PHD in artificial intelligence, my friend ran a pretty complex AI program in Windows on his MacBook Pro for 20 hours, running both cores of his CPU at full whack. At the end of the 20 hours, he discovered his machine has switched itself off due to overheating, took the motherboard out and discovered the thermal paste on top of the CPU had been turned to dust (!). Now the machne can only run at 70% CPU capacity before cutting out, probably because the heat-sensor got fried.

Not sure what message you tried to convey. Are you saying Windows isn't monitoring your hardware and let your CPU fired? Well, thermal throttling is supported by the CPU itself. If a CPU is fired after running for only 20hrs, Apple either messed up its firmware, or the notebook wasn't designed with enough cooling, or more likely both.

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04 Nov 2009, 4:50 pm

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You havent defined what makes it mediocre, or useless. You are just ranting. No substance.

How about pressing the off button on your feelings and tuning on your logic and posting again?

Show me a presentation software for Linux that has a presenter view like MS PowerPoint/ Apple Keynote does. Or, a simple way to get dual screens working. Who could forgot the support for so many mainstream media formats? I know alot of people who use Apple Lossless, don't tell me that it's a small percentage.

And plus, linux uses obscure formats itself because normal formats cost money. The Linux Fondation does make money by donations so they could afford using the correct formats.

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04 Nov 2009, 5:11 pm

I stopped using Ubuntu 9.04 because of the inferior software and I had a lot of Wi-Fi problems.

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04 Nov 2009, 6:03 pm

Currently running Ubuntu 9.04 netbook remix.

Cannot get adobe flash player to work. Tried numerous methods, including the terminal, synaptic, the automatic installer. So no youtube. Or many other websites.

Tried to get my external DVD drive to play. Refuses. Got the codecs but comes up with an error anyway, one without any obvious solutions to.

Sometimes open office simply will not open.

Sometimes it simply will not download anything, continually claiming there is not enough disk space, to a usb stick which had 5gb free.

I cannot use this any more. I am forced to only because my netbook has internally failed and so I run Ubuntu off a usb stick. I can no longer continue with this so have headed to asus support page to get a replacement. And guess what, that website needs flash player :roll: :wall: :roll:

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05 Nov 2009, 1:21 am

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Show me a presentation software for Linux that has a presenter view like MS PowerPoint/ Apple Keynote does.

Sorry I have no idea what those do or how they work. I am not qualified to pontificate on them.

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Or, a simple way to get dual screens working.

Does it need to be more simple than this?(I dont actually have two monitors hooked up any more. If you insist I can provide.

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Who could forgot the support for so many mainstream media formats?

wav, mp3, mpeg, avi, fli/flv, mov, flac, ogg, wmv, wma, aac, alac, cda.. am I missing any? I think I am, but rest assured, they play as well. Most of them work out of the box, and if not...

Installing these codecs is simple, and I dont need some weird ass proprietary player. Does this look hard? I counted four mouse clicks to install ALL the restricted stuff. Not four clicks each, either.

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I know alot of people who use Apple Lossless, don't tell me that it's a small percentage.

What is Apple lossless?

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And plus, linux uses obscure formats itself because normal formats cost money. The Linux Fondation does make money by donations so they could afford using the correct formats.

What do you consider an obscure format? Ogg, aac? Flac? Its true that linux uses the obscure formats. But then, its true that linux uses all of the formats.

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05 Nov 2009, 4:17 am

Sigh, should I use Apple instead of Linux if Flash can't be used?

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05 Nov 2009, 6:29 am

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lau wrote:

Windows is completely useless. It is an abysmal operating system, but this doesn't make it useful.

I used XP until the point that I finally told myself "why am I using this useless operating system?". It's completely and utterly useless. It pretty much defines the word useless. Windows is about as useful as a watch with no battery in it.

If I wanted to run a slow and unstable OS (which would run mediocre software), I'd go with Windows. But a slow and unstable OS + mediocre software = cash for MS. Linux may cost no money (none of it), be more resource-friendly and be comfortably user-friendly, and it runs software that is 100x better than the mediocre stuff that's available for Windows. Sure, there's Wine, with hardly any compatibility issues, but it's better to stick with the Linux native stuff.

Time will tell when these Windows-lovers will decide to get the most potential out of their systems and use Linux instead. Most of the software that is developed for Windows is laughable, that's how bad it is. I can't believe that anybody would choose to use such poor software just so they can use an OS that is huge amount slower than Linux.

Words of advice: Quit being conned and use Linux because better software will never be developed for Windows. You're only making yourselves ill by using your mediocre software and choosing to get the least out of your system.

Remember my formula: A slow and unstable OS + mediocre software = cash for MS

That formula might come in handy for some of you people.

Yes the operating system is more resource demanding. However is very compatible with any kind of hardware. 75% of the time your running off of generic hardware drivers in linux. Which by the way won't get full potential out of your computer. The only company that even makes drivers for Linux is Intel.

Secondly it has taken one of my friends hours to find a valuable flash player and pdf plug-in for linux.

Maybe Win9X was unstable but Windows XP is far from unstable. I've never seen the BSOD in any XP computers i have worked on in my life. Also if a program does make your computer slow as molasses you can close out of it.[You just mad that it takes 3-5 Minutes to close out of a unstable program.] You don't even have to reboot your computer to close out of a bad program.

Also for all you Beryl fans out there XP has a customizable GUI Too. What do you think the new XP UI was all about. To make it easy for you and developers to visual tweak your desktop the way you want it.

Oh and about the resource demands. XP will run fine on your old, rusty 300Mhz Celeron Box w/ 192MB PC100 Memory and 6.4GB HD. You just have to know how to take care of your computer. I don't want to here any complaints from morons clicking on any random e-mail attachment possible. Also if you use ccleaner and defrag once a week you won't have a problem even with a computer that old. Did i forget an actual antivirus program.

Check your facts please:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_disp ... 18.36.html
wide link
wide link

Plenty of companies make Linux drivers...

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Sigh, should I use Apple instead of Linux if Flash can't be used?

Flash works fine on Linux, and before you go XKCD on us, yes the option to use full screen flash has been there for some time in Linux.

All you have to do is install the flash plugin for your browser, which does require a little work, but when done, it's fine, even on x64.

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05 Nov 2009, 7:27 am

ruennsheng wrote:

Sigh, should I use Apple instead of Linux if Flash can't be used?

flash works fine in linux.

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05 Nov 2009, 10:28 am

finrod wrote:

Linux is a system for people who know about computers. Windows is a system for people who know jacksquat and so need to tell the computer how to tell them everything.

That's a nice stereotype you got there. I'm newbie and I use gNewSense. I simply follow instructions that helpful people post to help me(and others). Am I the only non-technical[0] person using an Operating System with linux the kernel?

[0] = I've not been programming at a regular pace at any time, yet. I mostly prefer graphical user interfaces whenever possible. I like computers, but I understand them rarely.

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05 Nov 2009, 10:37 am

I would be willing to use Linux/UNIX systems, if I never had to use terminal commands ever again.

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05 Nov 2009, 11:47 am

Symbian OS.
Has players for nearly everything
Has office programs, bittorrent, you name it.

Doesn't get viruses or malware like windows
Doesn't have a snooty following like apple, nor does it cost too much.
Simple operating system without an elitist following like linux, with support for telnetting and such.

I can play snes games and stuff if I'm bothered.

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05 Nov 2009, 2:49 pm

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I know alot of people who use Apple Lossless, don't tell me that it's a small percentage.

What is Apple lossless?

My impression is that flac is by far the most used lossless compression format. I think even Monkey's Audio has a higher market share than Apple lossless. Seriously, why bother unless you're locked in to Apple.

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