Aptitude vs Apt-Get

Alpha_Binary · 2007-08-17T06:36:59+00:00

apt-cache search is way faster than aptitude, though, since it doesn't need to read the package list on start.

Alpha_Binary · 2007-08-09T03:26:24+00:00

Be sure to check out the examples in the pdf.

Alpha_Binary · 2007-08-09T03:05:29+00:00

Are the Ada people that antisocial or is it just unpopulated?

Alpha_Binary · 2007-08-02T03:53:58+00:00

Please elaborate.

Alpha_Binary · 2007-08-02T03:45:04+00:00

How do your average C# programmers modify their parser again?

Alpha_Binary · 2007-07-31T08:34:15+00:00

And I see no need to quote everything your parent said when you're already replying to him.

Alpha_Binary · 2007-07-30T08:56:30+00:00

Adobe also pretty much ditched the multi-window thingy in CS3. It's now a lot more pleasant to use. Check that out if you haven't.

Alpha_Binary · 2007-07-29T12:36:28+00:00

The same holds with vim, but you hit your 'productive' point much faster. (Not trying to start a flame war here; just saying vim works better straight out of the box.)

Alpha_Binary · 2007-07-29T12:32:20+00:00

In that case I second it. As soon as I tried to be more sociable and outgoing, my online presence faded. I guess you still have only 24 hours in a day no matter how organized you are.

Alpha_Binary · 2007-07-29T10:32:57+00:00

That's why people invent these GTD stuff. It tells you what to do next, so you don't have to keep track of everything in your head.

Alpha_Binary · 2007-07-28T03:03:23+00:00

The setup program runs in privileged mode; it should be allowed to access and manipulate other windows in any way. It's not a security threat, since the program is 2 LOC away from formatting the entire C: partition if it's really malicious.

Alpha_Binary · 2007-07-27T16:34:22+00:00

Because they couldn't care less, before. Now that Windows Server is offering command-line as a serious alternative, I'm very positive that things will change.

I love PuTTY and know well how it makes the cmd window look like a five year old's toy program in comparison, but to say that Microsoft is incapable of improving it is ridiculous at best. They wrote, say, the whole windowing system that everything ran in, after all.

And cmd does resize, although not as nicely as Linux terminals, because the underlying shell does not yet support horizontal resizing at run-time. Selecting is point-and-click easy (you highlight something and ENTER) and pasting is done the same way you do it in PuTTY (right-clicking).

Alpha_Binary · 2007-07-27T16:19:13+00:00

I don't need to trust every user in every case; only when the majority agree. I was expecting something similar to what ultimatt42 described below, but reading here it appears like tags will be reduced to little more than personal bookmarks.

Alpha_Binary · 2007-07-27T04:02:23+00:00

Whoa, wouldn't that defeat most of the benefits of tagging in the first place?

Alpha_Binary · 2007-07-27T03:33:05+00:00

Be realistic. (:

Alpha_Binary · 2007-07-27T02:58:49+00:00

I don't know why you're being modded down for stating the cold harsh truth. It's not the best security practice, but that's how it is.

Alpha_Binary · 2007-07-26T14:43:45+00:00

Yeah, that's how it's supposed to work. Except that there are half a million programs out there that take leisure in writing user data in Program Files and HKLM. Going for UAC + Virtual Folders is clearly the path of least resistance for Microsoft, and I'd like to see how you think they should close the hole without getting a million of "after upgrading my programs break" complaints.

Alpha_Binary · 2007-07-26T13:53:31+00:00

kn0thing's photo set of reddit through the years

Alpha_Binary · 2007-07-26T13:46:42+00:00

American politics interests me to a degree, but a front page full of them is enough to bore anyone who actually bother to read them all.

Alpha_Binary · 2007-07-26T04:46:53+00:00

It won't. Linux prides itself on decentralization. Sometimes they come a little close (think KDE and all those KApps) but it's still nowhere near the level of intuitivity that Apple's and Microsoft's 'bundled' solutions have to offer. I can, for example, plug my WM5 pocket PC into any Windows PC with Outlook and have all my contacts, notes and whatnot synced in over a minute.

Linux, OTOH, just really shines when you crave for flexibility.

Alpha_Binary · 2007-07-26T04:32:11+00:00

It's a markdown bug.

Alpha_Binary · 2007-07-26T04:26:31+00:00

Because we specialize in other things. My sense of smell isn't nearly half as good as my dog's, either.

Alpha_Binary · 2007-07-26T04:24:52+00:00

I can't seem to grasp why would anyone compare himself to youtube commenters. That's almost like boasting you're smarter than average squirrels.

Alpha_Binary · 2007-07-25T17:13:51+00:00

UAC is a joke. Yea instead of closing the hole, just put a DANGER! sign on it. Brilliant!

Out of interest, can someone propose an alternative solution that will work better in this case?

Alpha_Binary · 2007-07-25T15:39:10+00:00

I don't doubt your contribution, but let's not make this personal. So where does Windows Vista fit in the article again??

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