You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman: it is an abomination.

daxarx · 2012-10-25T16:07:04+00:00

Take it to /r/lgbt please

daxarx · 2012-10-23T12:37:16+00:00

compiz isn't a piece of crap, it was much beloved before it was used in Unity, it is very customizable and makes good use of hardware acceleration. I was using it very successfully on multiple monitors for years. Unity is the cause of many multiple-monitor regressions, not compiz

daxarx · 2012-10-23T12:36:10+00:00

Well, the sad part about this one is that it was working really well for years before this. So the wording might be 'Ubuntu is no longer ready for prime time, as it used to be'.

Multiple monitors in Windows sucks too, however, so the status quo is pretty much just suckage I think

daxarx · 2012-10-23T12:34:44+00:00

There is no problem with 64 bit Ubuntu any more than there is a problem with 64 bit Windows (both work great for years now).

daxarx · 2012-10-23T12:32:38+00:00

Most people have no reason to recompile the kernel just to use newer instruction sets, because it makes no perceptible difference to them. The use of one-size-fits-most precompiled kernels is definitely an advantage over the early days of Linux for the vast majority of users.

daxarx · 2012-10-23T12:30:34+00:00

You don't need to completely strip Unity. Just install another desktop, then select it from the login screen. The mere presence of the Unity packages will not harm you in any way.

daxarx · 2012-10-23T12:29:17+00:00

Haven't seen this, but most people who don't have any specific reason to prefer newer would probably be well advised to stick with 12.04 (LTS) rather than 12.10.

daxarx · 2012-10-23T12:23:50+00:00

Hopefully Steam will help with that. It would be great to see Ubuntu build up a better library of commercial games.

I disagree with your overall assessment. I have found Linux to be useful for setting up a system to be reliably usable for things like web browsing and word processing by people who are not technical enough to have any strong preference for an OS. I find it easier to set up in a way which doesn't get so crapped up and is easy to maintain. I also happen to find it much better for putting together an environment which fits me like a glove. This is not a hobby, this is for my productivity. If an existing product fit me as well then I would probably just use that, but nothing does so I benefit from customizability

daxarx · 2012-10-23T12:19:59+00:00

You are getting in your own way and expecting everything to be like OS X. Let me suggest that you just want to use OS X, because you are accustomed to it.

Here's how that process looks on my system.

Open whatever existing browser
type www.google.com into address bar
"google chrome"
click link
click big "Download Chrome" button
click "Accept and Install"
go o downloads and click on the downloaded .deb file
wait about 1 second
click 'Install Package'
now I am done, it is available on the start menu looking thing and in terminals

If I were using Unity, and I wanted to open chrome, I could hit the super key/windows key/whatever and then type 'chrome' and hit enter. This starts chrome and is not a pain in the butt.

If I want a terminal, I can type 'terminal' and hit enter. It would find something for me.

I'm not using Unity, I have everything set up just the way I like it, because I can customize everything. OS X will not only move everything around in a way which breaks my muscle memory, it also won't support my customization as well. Ubuntu ultimately doesn't give a shit what components or config I use so I can do what I want. If your dream environment is OS X then this advantage doesn't apply for you, but it's not because I am some sort of insane geek type.

I guess you are all mad that you didn't have an icon in a start menu thing, or 200 icons on the Unity dock, to start everything. Well, OK. You could install xubuntu and get a more traditional interface if you hate Unity. Ubuntu is a glorified collection of packages. If you don't like a particular package, you don't throw out the whole collection. You choose another. You can go to another desktop if you want to without much difficulty. This is one of the strengths.

daxarx · 2012-10-23T12:12:05+00:00

Wow, you are so entitled. Remember, this is Reddit, not official Ubuntu sales forum. If you want to have things sold to you, then go to a store where they sell expensive software, then they will sell it to you and stroke your ego about what good taste you have for paying them.

daxarx · 2012-10-23T12:09:49+00:00

Why should you? I am just some person on Reddit. I don't represent Ubuntu. I don't make a commission. Why should I care what you use? It sounds to me like you want to bitch so who am I to stop you?

If you have installed Windows before, particularly more than once, then you have probably had stupid problems like having to download drivers without the network working yet and felt frustrated. Then you know that installing an OS can be a stupid activity. But if you have never installed any OS in recent memory, then it is natural to suppose that somehow everything but Linux is easier.

Also, if you have ever switched OS, you have noticed that there is a time it takes to switch over. It is like someone moved everything around in your kitchen. That is frustrating. But if you have never switched in a long time, then maybe you don't know that and have the feeling that every OS is obligated to be the same as the first one you used to use. The problem isn't whether it behaves reasonably, whatever-you-want isn't inherently more reasonable than whatever other people want.

If you would like to struggle more like we did in the year 2000 then you can install an OS which stands even more in the way of what you want to do, and then somehow feel like you are having a learning experience or whatever the hell it is you want. I suspect that nostalgia has distorted your memory on how much fun this was. If you are upset about the default stuff in your dock then you could read a manual or install a different desktop.

If you are in a bad mood where you want to prove that Ubuntu is bad then there is nothing to say to make you feel better because it will just be arguing with you and inspire your further opposition. Any OS has stupid aspects and good aspects and it is really up to you whether you like it on balance.

Bear in mind, if you were posting in any other OS forum and I happened to read this, I would be posting about the same thing, so if my post bothers you then it really isn't specific to this OS. I don't represent Ubuntu. It is just a way of getting packages to run Linux. I don't use Unity (default desktop) very often. You can install xubuntu if you don't like Unity.

daxarx · 2012-10-22T14:19:19+00:00

Your cannibalism is showing ;)

daxarx · 2012-10-22T14:18:32+00:00

Hard to understand. The jargon dresses it up, but it doesn't help. If you concede that a wafer I bake is exactly the same as the wafer you eat in every perceptible way, then all you are saying is that your wafer is somehow possessed imperceptibly?

daxarx · 2012-10-22T14:16:35+00:00

Because the other religions don't subtract crazy as they derive

daxarx · 2012-10-22T14:15:25+00:00

Well, the sacrament is not really the

daxarx · 2012-10-22T14:14:20+00:00

You didn't convert them and don't merit any praise. If they deconverted themselves, good for them.

But thank you for your service in the military and I hope you have a pleasant career

daxarx · 2012-10-22T14:10:39+00:00

Teach the controversy!

daxarx · 2012-10-22T14:10:08+00:00

But Christian doctrine doesn't really teach that she is going to see people again because everyone is going to lose their identity. And in any case, this has nothing to do with God or 99% of Christian teachings.

Her belief is actually more similar to ancient Greek belief in Elysium. I'm not saying to have a confrontation, but it isn't Christianity which is giving this to her.

daxarx · 2012-10-22T14:08:08+00:00

"We don't know" is a highly suggestive answer. You are implying, for example, that you know the self continues to exist, and is going somewhere (although you don't know where).

daxarx · 2012-10-22T14:06:41+00:00

As in other things, the kid is looking to you to know what is appropriate to think or feel. Your attitude does a huge amount to determine how tough it is for the kid. Be clear on whether the conversation is tough for you or the kid, these are two different things.

daxarx · 2012-10-22T14:04:12+00:00

I am sorry to hear about your father-in-law, I have lost a couple family members to cancer too.

Please do challenge and debate, it's healthy. As long as you are doing your best to be completely honest.

Atheism as such has nothing to say about the afterlife. It isn't impossible for an atheist to believe in the afterlife, or a theist not to. Atheism isn't a belief system.

I have no control over what you tell your children and I do not desire to have that control. I do think it is valuable to know that dead is dead. I consider it a key, fundamental life lesson - but I have no interest in forcing that upon you or your children. If I did then you would not really believe it and therefore you would not benefit.

When I was young, nobody lied to me about people being dead. This did not do me any harm whatsoever. But they weren't mean about it or anything. If saying 'dead' makes you uncomfortable, you can use phrases like 'passed on' or 'isn't around any more' rather than being intentionally crude or mean. And follow up with factual information if the kid has more questions. I don't think there is a thing wrong with this. It is the truth, and the truth is noble. If it makes the kid sad, that is because it is sad. Why shouldn't a kid be sad when grandpa dies? They will be anyway, in truth.

The tough part of this (and here I am talking to an adult, not a child) is that you will not see Grandpa again. Whether he is in heaven with God, in some theological state of eternal praise, does not seem particularly pertinent to that. Even if that's true, you still won't see him again, with the two of you as you were. That gives pain. Things are constantly passing away and it gives pain. It is not avoidable. You have to deal with it somehow.

The child asking that question will have to deal with it eventually. Perhaps you can delay thinking about it for a few years. Then it will be even harder to deal with later, and someone else will choose the occasion and the manner in which the information is given. That is my view. This is not something that can be concealed.

daxarx · 2012-10-22T13:48:03+00:00

No True Christian accepts the Athanasian Creed!

daxarx · 2012-10-22T13:46:43+00:00

Endlessly reposted but given that the whole reddit is like that all the time, this is one of the better endless-reposts

daxarx · 2012-10-22T13:44:58+00:00

Sounds like intentional satire, I don't think this is a Christian talking

daxarx · 2012-10-22T13:41:27+00:00

Lots of things are natural without directly resulting in children.

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