ok I blocked that one out because it's a non-trivial complaint and makes me kill people. I mean, want to kill people.
I can only assume someone's going to build an app that uses all the APIs from iCal only works better and I'll never have to use it now.
tbf I use Sparrow almost exclusively for email now
― mh, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 22:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
the biggest threat to windows is, well windows, but also people using phones for what they used to use computers for
― The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Friday, 3 February 2012 16:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
is there a hanleypedia entry on this?
― mh, Friday, 3 February 2012 16:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
I tihnk I was fired from being the admin - I cant even lead my own wiki :(
― The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Friday, 3 February 2012 16:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
:(
― mh, Friday, 3 February 2012 16:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
:(:(:(:(:(
sad crowd
― The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Friday, 3 February 2012 18:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ubuntu 12 = Quantal Quetzal" - I would have preferred Queer Queen
― The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
i bought a new laptop with windows 7 on it and i haven't uninstalled it yet :-/
linux user lost
― J0rdan, Diddy (tpp), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
You're probably better off with Windows 7
― The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Thursday, 26 April 2012 18:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
's not bad
― ILX uh-huh-uh uh-huh uh-huh BEEP BOOP BOOP BEEP (snoball), Thursday, 26 April 2012 18:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
if you build a computer and install some form of linux on it is it possible to run osx apps on it? what about windows apps? is it a hassle or is it relatively straightforward.
― the late great, Thursday, 26 April 2012 18:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
wine on linux is very good at running some windows apps, particularly some old ones you can't run on windows anymore.almost everything on linux is a hassle, but it's "good" for you in that it makes you smarter, while every hassle on windows makes you dumber? some rationalization like that.
will windows8 be the next cataclysm that makes linux users out of a generation?
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 26 April 2012 18:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
on a personal level i feel like rebelling against apple, their product lines and software have been moving in a direction i don't like for awhile now - dumbing down, lots of surface-level improvements w/o a lot of substance, endless integration w/ web stuff i don't use like fb and twitter, etc etc etc
based on googling looks like the answer is no re: osx apps but all of the sources i found are a few years old
― the late great, Thursday, 26 April 2012 18:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
the only thing I really wish for Apple stuff is that the frameworks they have that let you get at calendar, contact, and music databases recognize the possibility that your primary apps may not be the built in ones. I can understand them being squeamish about allowing alternative primary calendar and email apps on the iphone, but it'd be nice! Even more so on the desktop since iCal has switched from being minimal and a little feature-needy to being kind of dumb and only slightly feature-enhanced. The backend is nice, though!
― mh, Thursday, 26 April 2012 18:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
not really linux-specific, but you could run osx under a virtual machine instance in order to use the apps. a lot of 3rd party osx apps have linux ports though.
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 26 April 2012 18:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
just use OS X and use a virtual instance of linux imo
― mh, Thursday, 26 April 2012 18:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
endless integration w/ web stuff i don't use like fb and twitter, etc etc etc
? this is not a thing
― caek, Thursday, 26 April 2012 23:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
maybe that is just my perception based on the direction of third-party osx apps and especially ios apps than the actual os itself
speaking of third-party apps i tried to use sparrow as my primary email on iphone and i must admit it kinda sucks compared to apple mail
― the late great, Friday, 27 April 2012 00:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
ubuntu also pushes the social media integration angle
― badg, Friday, 27 April 2012 00:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
ubuntuna
― mh, Friday, 27 April 2012 00:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
ā badg, Friday, April 27, 2012 12:54 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah i thought i would love this but as it turns out i hated it
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 27 April 2012 01:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
otm
― o sā man (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 27 April 2012 01:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
― diamonddave85, Friday, 27 April 2012 03:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
ok but lol you use safari
― caek, Friday, 27 April 2012 08:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
didn't the ubuntu guy say he thought the future of linux was tablets/touch hence the push for these stupid new user interfaces that slow everything down? i fundamentally disagree with him really. h8 touchscreen so much - they slow down everything.
windows 7 is good yeah but i want to go back to linux soon.
― J0rdan, Diddy (tpp), Friday, 27 April 2012 09:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
desktop pc's themselves are for grahpic designers and radiologists and such - u can ILE on your tabby while you shatty on your enemy. ease of portability is pc on da potty. S Jobbs induringlegacy
― The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Friday, 27 April 2012 10:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
very deep bow
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 27 April 2012 10:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
ladies and gentlemen, Latham Green
― mh, Friday, 27 April 2012 14:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
lmao
― J0rdan, Diddy (tpp), Friday, 27 April 2012 14:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
i use chrome!!!
― diamonddave85, Friday, 27 April 2012 15:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
― caek, Friday, 27 April 2012 23:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
what is a nice lightweight distro for an old laptop?
― So Efficient! (doo dah), Sunday, 29 April 2012 01:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
I put lubuntu on a old laptop I gave to my nephew and it worked pretty well.
― svend, Sunday, 29 April 2012 01:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
i always suggest puppy if you can deal with Win98-inspired GUI
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 29 April 2012 02:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
CrunchBang Linux is another goodie for reviving old gear.
― millmeister, Sunday, 29 April 2012 09:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Just program your own OS.
― Jeff, Sunday, 29 April 2012 11:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
I like the disclaimer (x-post):
CrunchBang Linux is not recommended for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. CrunchBang Linux could possibly make your computer go CRUNCH! BANG!
― Bob Six, Sunday, 29 April 2012 11:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
or anyone who dislikes black.
seriously, i tried it recently and the theme is white and black for everything. changing the openbox theme / background was easy enough but even things like the firefox url box were white on black.
(dark backgrounds on glossy screens = lots of reflections. maybe ok if you program in the a basement...)
― koogs, Sunday, 29 April 2012 11:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yup can't say I'm a huge fan of the CrunchBang colour scheme (or lack of it).
I ran Linux Mint Xfce on an old net book last year and that worked a treat. Not sure what the current release is like however - the relentless release schedule is a bit overwhelming.
― millmeister, Sunday, 29 April 2012 16:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
what about one of the red hat enterprise derived distros like centos or scientific linux? they seem relatively stable / well supported
― los blue jeans, Sunday, 29 April 2012 16:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.junauza.com/2008/11/7-deadly-linux-commands.html
mv /home/yourhomedirectory/* /dev/null
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 29 April 2012 16:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
have heard good things about centos from our server guys at work
― (ā_ā?) (Alan N), Sunday, 29 April 2012 16:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
i just want something that i can incrementally upgrade forever, no reinstalling every couple of years, too much of a wrench. am on ubuntu 10.04 so have another year to find something. not keen on unity. tried kubuntu but didn't like it... don't like the idiot menu in mint (how reconfigurable is that?) but cinnamon / mate sounds useful.
― koogs, Sunday, 29 April 2012 17:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
Arch Linux!
― raw feel vegan (silby), Sunday, 29 April 2012 18:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Now I remember why I didn't dual boot on that laptop, it has that wireless problem with the Broadcom card. :-/
Anyways, I couldn't install puppy, but Lubuntu seems to be okay (booting from CD). Tried Tiny Core too, but I hate those Apple-y pop up icons.
― So Efficient! (doo dah), Monday, 30 April 2012 14:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
I am using virtual Ubuntu on oracle virtual box at work. I feel special. now I can use clementine
― The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Monday, 7 May 2012 17:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
there is some CHinese Mach kernal linux distro - now THAT would be solitude to use that
― The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Thursday, 10 May 2012 19:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
i am trying out Mint 12. new modemmanager breaks E220 support (same is true of lots of debian-based distros), and, of course, with no modem you can't investigate a fix without constant rebooting.
mate (their gnome2 hack) looks ok, but is missing a couple of my most-used gnome bits. and i still don't like the menu.
― koogs, Thursday, 10 May 2012 19:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
is there a "one distro to find them all and in the darkness bind them"?
― The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Friday, 11 May 2012 16:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
lots of modern linuxen depend on debian so i'd say it would be The One Distro
― diamonddave85, Friday, 11 May 2012 16:33 (1 year ago) Permalink