Windows users covet my Linux desktop - Page 2

Undertoad · 05-30-2007, 08:47 PM

as this turns into gabbly chat... that's remarkable triangulation by you.

until the end of the week i have a shortcut that winds over valley forge mountain. after that, the new place is okay with time-shifting and my counter-part is covering early hours, so i may go to a 9:30 start time "late shift" to try to get around it.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-30-2007, 08:57 PM

Now I know who to bitch about all those damn commercials to. Cool.

Beestie · 05-30-2007, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by richlevy

So I guess the FUD-bomb dropped by Microsoft about hundreds of intellectual property violations in Linux didn't scare your company's legal department?

I think Microsoft kind of forgot about that in light of this.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-30-2007, 10:09 PM

Google is building programs that can be used through your browser when not connected to the net? I don't get the application, stuff to compete with msWord and office stuff?

Beestie · 05-30-2007, 10:14 PM

That's what I gathered.

My guess is that Google is going to build a compilation of "The Greatest Hits of Open Source" into one bundled app. Think Open Office on steroids. At least that's my guess.

SteveDallas · 05-30-2007, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

. . . various unrelated family dramas

In my experience, there's no such thing as a family drama that's "unrelated."

This all looks very snazzy, but, well, so what? I've always regarded this kind of stuff as window dressing (pardon the pun)--I've rarely come away with any impression that "user interface improvements" like this were anything more than cosmetic. Convince me I'm wrong.

Flint · 05-30-2007, 10:30 PM

In X number of years, the "interface" with computers will be invisible. We won't have a "computer" sitting on our desk, we won't have to think about utilizing peripheral devices in order to laboriously perform tasks. That is why "user interface improvements" are important as slow, incremental steps.

Perry Winkle · 05-31-2007, 12:45 AM

If Google can do for Office-type software what they did for webmail, then hold onto your shorts. It'll be awesome.

BigV · 05-31-2007, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

In my experience, there's no such thing as a family drama that's "unrelated."

This all looks very snazzy, but, well, so what? I've always regarded this kind of stuff as window dressing (pardon the pun)--I've rarely come away with any impression that "user interface improvements" like this were anything more than cosmetic. Convince me I'm wrong.

Make that TWO puns, buddy.

BigV · 05-31-2007, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Congratulations. Let me know when you get one of these (Popular Mechanics sneak preview of Microsoft Surface) ...

Wow. My boss left the WSJ article about this on my chair for me to find this morning. I'll be happy to volley back a link. Thanks.

Undertoad · 06-13-2007, 10:27 PM

Windows users covet my Linux desktop; and now I covet my own, as my home XP system is no longer Good Enough.

My workplace desktop is currently Fedora 7 + KDE + Beryl; there are a few annoyances, but the advantages outweigh them.

And now, when I run the old XP at home, it's really sad. I constantly wish for my workplace desktop. Not because it's Linux, but because there are features in it that just aren't available to me on XP. Stuff that makes me more productive.

So, at home, I'm switching to a dual boot system - where when my system boots I can choose between XP and Linux. I'm buying another hard drive and putting Fedora 7 on it so I can use it at home.

I'm going dual-boot because I still want to run a few Windows games. Most of the rest of the time, I'm running in stuff that runs on Linux anyway.

Flint · 06-13-2007, 10:30 PM

Sweet. Once you go dual-boot, you'll have to wear different clothes and live a different lifestyle.

*Seinfeld on if he went to an orgy he would than have to be an "orgy guy" ...

DucksNuts · 06-14-2007, 04:49 AM

Why in the world would you name something *Beryl*??????

Undertoad · 06-14-2007, 07:34 AM

All the good names are taken by now?

BigV · 06-14-2007, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by DucksNuts

Why in the world would you name something *Beryl*??????

Because they're verrry pretty.

05-30-2007, 08:57 PM	#17
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Now I know who to bitch about all those damn commercials to. Cool. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-30-2007, 10:09 PM	#19
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Google is building programs that can be used through your browser when not connected to the net? I don't get the application, stuff to compete with msWord and office stuff? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-30-2007, 10:14 PM	#20
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	That's what I gathered. My guess is that Google is going to build a compilation of "The Greatest Hits of Open Source" into one bundled app. Think Open Office on steroids. At least that's my guess. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

05-30-2007, 10:30 PM	#22
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	In X number of years, the "interface" with computers will be invisible. We won't have a "computer" sitting on our desk, we won't have to think about utilizing peripheral devices in order to laboriously perform tasks. That is why "user interface improvements" are important as slow, incremental steps. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

06-13-2007, 10:30 PM	#27
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Sweet. Once you go dual-boot, you'll have to wear different clothes and live a different lifestyle. Seinfeld on if he went to an orgy he would than have to be an "orgy guy" ... __________________ *************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

05-30-2007, 08:47 PM	#16
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	as this turns into gabbly chat... that's remarkable triangulation by you. until the end of the week i have a shortcut that winds over valley forge mountain. after that, the new place is okay with time-shifting and my counter-part is covering early hours, so i may go to a 9:30 start time "late shift" to try to get around it.

05-31-2007, 12:45 AM	#23
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	If Google can do for Office-type software what they did for webmail, then hold onto your shorts. It'll be awesome.

06-13-2007, 10:27 PM	#26
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Windows users covet my Linux desktop; and now I covet my own, as my home XP system is no longer Good Enough. My workplace desktop is currently Fedora 7 + KDE + Beryl; there are a few annoyances, but the advantages outweigh them. And now, when I run the old XP at home, it's really sad. I constantly wish for my workplace desktop. Not because it's Linux, but because there are features in it that just aren't available to me on XP. Stuff that makes me more productive. So, at home, I'm switching to a dual boot system - where when my system boots I can choose between XP and Linux. I'm buying another hard drive and putting Fedora 7 on it so I can use it at home. I'm going dual-boot because I still want to run a few Windows games. Most of the rest of the time, I'm running in stuff that runs on Linux anyway.

06-14-2007, 04:49 AM	#28
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Why in the world would you name something Beryl??????

06-14-2007, 07:34 AM	#29
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	All the good names are taken by now?

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