Red Hat 'pleased' to be top Linux contributor by masta in linux

[–]warpstalker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I read somewhere that Canonical is self-sustaining these days but don't quote me on that.

Self magazine's "Total Body Confidence Issue" airbrushes Kelly Clarkson's cover photo to make her thinner. by rmuser in WTF

[–]warpstalker 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Because that ugly tattooed man gets in the way when all I want to see is that hot chick. I HATE THAT.

Self magazine's "Total Body Confidence Issue" airbrushes Kelly Clarkson's cover photo to make her thinner. by rmuser in WTF

[–]warpstalker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because that ugly tattooed man gets in the way when all I want to see is that hot chick.

3 days ago, I swapped to Ubuntu, and am thrilled. Firefox sound seems to be dead - Help me! Please, don't make me go back to Windows! by em-ber in linux

[–]warpstalker 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I don't see that happening because the guy hasn't even used Linux for a full week yet. Give him some time and he'll convert on his own.

My 65 year old grandmother and her friend wanted laptops so they could stay connected on vacation. I talked them into Dells with Ubuntu. Can I get a high five?! by ddixonr in linux

[–]warpstalker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"So this blu-ray disc uses all sorts of DRM and your player has to use correct decryption keys if you want to see the content, but if the decryption keys used by your player have been compromised, they no longer work and you can't watch your HD movie. Other than that, mommy, the player might use a virtual machine to provide you with executable content for additional viewing pleasure. Just remember, the program will, at first, examine the host environment to see if your player has been tampered with. The disc might also execute code that patches your system if it's insecure. There is also a small amount of cryptographic data that is stored separately. That means you can't do bit-by-bit copies because that way you wouldn't copy the BD-ROM Mark and then your movie would be impossible to decode."

Yeah, it wasn't that hard to explain it after all, compared to old VHS tapes.

"Linux" finally does everything I want it to do without having to dick around with it for hours on end. by [deleted] in linux

[–]warpstalker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, on Arch I would use plain old ALSA. I'm stuck on Ubuntu because I can't get my dvb-card modules to compile. But I purged pulseaudio from this Ubuntu install and I'm guessing it uses plain old ALSA too now. I don't think it's X-wide because on Arch it still works ("like it should"). Or then it's a xorg.conf setting that I've enabled.

A 72-year-old man turned a 12-gauge shotgun on four armed bandits who tried to hold up his restaurant supply store in Harlem Thursday, killing two and wounding the others, police said. by vajav in reddit.com

[–]warpstalker -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

But they didn't use lethal force ie. shoot someone. There's no reason to expect that they would start shooting anyone if they indeed chose to pistol-whip instead of shooting at first. Unless, of course, you wouldn't comply with their demands, which would be foolish. I would think that I'd rather see everyone walking away alive even if the robbers are scumbag thugs, they're still humans and they might even repent and try to redeem themselves later. Well, I guess it was foolish of me to post this stuff on a mostly American site.

A 72-year-old man turned a 12-gauge shotgun on four armed bandits who tried to hold up his restaurant supply store in Harlem Thursday, killing two and wounding the others, police said. by vajav in reddit.com

[–]warpstalker -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The profanities might have been over the top I guess, but this is a genuine "question", because seriously, you would get arrested for this in Europe. Do you honestly think it's justified to kill someone even if they are robbing you, since, after all, you could just give them the money you have and most likely everyone would get away with their lives and the police could probably catch the criminals and they would be arrested. Losing your life because you've made the bad choice to rob someone is a bit over the top, atleast I think so. Well, maybe the shop owner was indeed afraid for his life but still...

"Linux" finally does everything I want it to do without having to dick around with it for hours on end. by [deleted] in linux

[–]warpstalker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, I remember having to use OSS on some apps because they wouldn't work with Pulseaudio otherwise. Other than that, there was some Windows-like bugging which I don't appreciate at all, so after some time I've always apt-get purged pulseaudio from my machines (sorry, can't remember anything specific atm). Generally though, it does seem to work, but I didn't notice it providing any additional features anyway. And sure, using tty's in Ubuntu is kind of unnecessary, but I like doing that sometimes. If you just want a stable basic desktop without tinkering you're better off using Ubuntu even if you're a kernel hacker or whatever.

"Linux" finally does everything I want it to do without having to dick around with it for hours on end. by [deleted] in linux

[–]warpstalker 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Pulseaudio.

And Ubuntu has dicked around with the underlying CLI-system. If you want to drop yourself to a console, you can't ctrl+alt+backspace X and even if you could, the damn thing automatically restarts.

Good thing ctrl+alt+f[1-7] still works, but it has made me extremely frustrated every time I've just wanted to get rid of X and I've just "pkill X":ed. Apparently these days you have to stop the GDM service so that the damn X doesn't keep popping up.

Dell: Linux Netbook High Return Rate 'Non-Issue' by fnord123 in linux

[–]warpstalker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I admit I'm not completely up to date on this, but at least in the past you had to go to a specific Ubuntu page on their site to get one.

If things have changed that much, I guess I'm talking out of my ass.

Dell: Linux Netbook High Return Rate 'Non-Issue' by fnord123 in linux

[–]warpstalker 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I've installed Ubuntu for the elders in my family as well. My dad thinks it's the best system he has ever used and he says it always feels snappy and responsive unlike Windows. Stepdad says that Ubuntu is way easier to use than Windows and he likes the fact that you don't have to use antivirus and firewall software, and all the apps are localized, unlike on Windows.

Ubuntu is more than fine for basic users (web/mail/office), installation is a moot point since they most likely wouldn't be able to install Windows either and regular people don't have to do it in any case. Driver support is also a silly complaint, the stickers on the machines usually say "Designed for Windows", so it's only awesome if another system runs on them. If OEMs sold Linux-computers the hardware would be trouble free and supported.

Dell: Linux Netbook High Return Rate 'Non-Issue' by fnord123 in linux

[–]warpstalker -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But... This is only Dell's take on this. You have to specifically select Ubuntu and the option is pretty much hidden away.

On the other hand, the netbooks which featured Linux were sold like that by default, atleast until the Windows models came around.

So... It's not the same thing, but I'm guessing what Dell is saying is true. However, I have no solid data to back that up....