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Living Room / Re: [Humor]: An update is available for your computer!
« Last post by Josh on February 26, 2011, 01:15 PM »
To raise the issue once more, I updated 2 days ago (Thursday) and had the 7 updates I mentioned. Today, I go to update again and have 14 new updates. Today's series required me log out and log back in. Once again, my point is not to bad mouth the *nix platforms, but merely point out that number of updates, or the requirement to reboot/log out and log back in does not make a platform bad. I think using this criteria to judge a platform is ill-advised if not used in the proper context.
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General Software Discussion / Re: What the hell is OpenCandy?
« Last post by Josh on February 26, 2011, 12:53 PM »
wraith, how is this not the same as installing hidden software? Many users click-thru installers. They will not pay attention and as such, this will result in an, often-times, unwanted application being installed. This is, to me, the same as hiding the installation since most users won't pay it two regards.
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General Software Discussion / Re: What the hell is OpenCandy?
« Last post by Josh on February 26, 2011, 10:04 AM »
ok here is my bet, I am putting my 100$ if anyone wants to bet on it.
I am %100$ sure that in 2 years OC will become an application that will try to install hidden stuff and spy on your download-installation activity. If anyone wants to bet I am accepting bets. Since we do not want to gamble lets keep the amount not more than 100$.
-kartal (May 17, 2009, 01:05 AM)
* scancode puts $25 against Kartal
-scancode (September 30, 2009, 05:03 PM)

Looks like scannie owes kartal 25 bucks.
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Living Room / Re: [Humor]: An update is available for your computer!
« Last post by Josh on February 25, 2011, 11:49 AM »
I think I only rebooted about 8 times last year.
-Stoic Joker (February 25, 2011, 11:32 AM)

My windows 7 LAPTOP only gets rebooted MAYBE once per month unless I am installing something new that requires it. Plus, it takes me just over a minute to reboot, so it really is not an inconvenience.
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Living Room / Re: [Humor]: An update is available for your computer!
« Last post by Josh on February 25, 2011, 10:09 AM »
Zaine, I am telling you what I've experienced on my BASE INSTALL of opensuse from the Live CD image. After the initial 280 patch update, The number I gave you is what I was prompted to install over the past 7 days.

How about we stop accusing people of exaggerating and realize that everyone's experience may vary? I am very sick of people attacking me when I share my experience (typical in the *nix community). I am not trying to make Linux look bad, I have no reason to do so. I am not a fanboy of ANY platform or product. I run whatever works and am not afraid to point out shortcomings. I am merely stating what I am experiencing or have experienced.

To sum it up, from memory, I had 8 on Tuesday and 7 on Thursday with default repositories. Cannot recall the other days, but that is what I experienced with various 2-3 patch days in between.

On Windows, I had SP1 for Win7 and 5 security updates (for a month).

Does this mean it is bad for either platform? No, update your software. Please, keep me secure. But let's drop the age-old metaphor that Windows has more patches than a Linux system. Call it like it is.
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Living Room / Re: [Humor]: An update is available for your computer!
« Last post by Josh on February 25, 2011, 08:47 AM »
I don't let Linux update automatically. Windows, on the other hand, can auto-update all it wants. I only have to put up with it once a month (minus serious 0-days which MS releases). Linux, if it were to auto-update, would be doing it at least once per day.

On Windows, I do not see Auto-update as a bad thing. I have never seen a patch crash a system in my many years working with it. I've heard of others having issues, but I've never experienced it.
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Living Room / Re: [Humor]: An update is available for your computer!
« Last post by Josh on February 25, 2011, 07:58 AM »
Annoying? I came back to my machine seeing that it had updated automatically. I didn't have to do anything but reboot which took less than a minute. On Windows, the reboot is optional. On Linux, if I don't logoff after certain updates, the WM will look quite screwy.
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Living Room / Re: [Humor]: An update is available for your computer!
« Last post by Josh on February 25, 2011, 07:25 AM »
Actually, linux and windows should swap now. I have FAR MORE updates for my linux box than I do for Windows. Point being, Windows 7 in the last month has had 9 patches on my system. In the last week, I've had 19 patches for ubuntu 10.10 and 25 for opensuse 11.3
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General Software Discussion / Re: Serial Key Storage for Windows
« Last post by Josh on February 25, 2011, 03:40 AM »
I just use a roboform safenote for each serial I have. I see no reason to use a specific program for something like this unless very specific needs are demonstrated.
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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Psychonauts 24-Hour Sale at GOG.com (75% off)
« Last post by Josh on February 24, 2011, 08:47 AM »
Got it! Gotta install when I return home
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General Software Discussion / Re: Most Pirated Software?
« Last post by Josh on February 23, 2011, 05:09 PM »
Could we have an "other" and respond with a post stating the title?
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General Software Discussion / Re: Ubuntu: Where Did the Love Go?
« Last post by Josh on February 22, 2011, 06:17 PM »
I am running ubuntu on my spare laptop now and really see nothing special about it. Mandriva, like MA above points out, is much more complete feeling in my experiences. It is what I choose to dual boot this very laptop with.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Internet Explorer Address Bar Search Utility
« Last post by Josh on February 22, 2011, 03:22 AM »
I would really prefer to not have yet another app running on my system. Maxthon is OK, but it is more of a pain to deal with when it comes to certain areas of my browsing life. Vanilla IE9 is quite enjoyable.
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Living Room / Re: Cute jokes' thread
« Last post by Josh on February 21, 2011, 09:08 PM »
http://flamingzombie...ng+Zombie+Monkeys%29

Flaming Zombie Monkeys, if that isn't reason enough for you to click then...you have issues ;-)
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Internet Explorer Address Bar Search Utility
« Last post by Josh on February 21, 2011, 09:00 PM »
I would use that in a second, Windows 7 here, however :(
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Internet Explorer Address Bar Search Utility
« Last post by Josh on February 21, 2011, 08:52 PM »
Yes, but I refuse to install a mozilla beta out of sheer principle. They let firefox decline for so long (memory issues, slowdowns, sluggishness) that I have decided to halt usage until it is sped up. V4 beta is looking promising from the portable version I tried, but I will wait until it is final.
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Post New Requests Here / IDEA: Internet Explorer Address Bar Search Utility
« Last post by Josh on February 21, 2011, 08:33 PM »
I am wondering how difficult it would be for someone to develop a tool that will allow you to create a custom "keyword search" that can be used in the internet explorer address bar similar to what is mentioned in this thread. With the advent of the RC of IE9, I find myself using it full time and actually enjoying internet explorer once more. This is really the only functionality I am missing.

Would this be difficult?
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General Software Discussion / Re: Google set to steal Opera's thunder yet again, decides to eliminate url bar
« Last post by Josh on February 21, 2011, 07:19 PM »
RTF is still a file format? Didn't that die with windows 95?
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Site/Forum Features / Re: Revisiting the idea of simplifying the DC big app license key stuff
« Last post by Josh on February 21, 2011, 06:55 PM »
  • Do away with license key system entirely, go back to just asking for pure voluntary donations; this should lead to happier users but could reduce donation substantially.
  • Simplify license key system: Allow anyone to get a N-month license key immediately on site without signing up.  Donations required for permanent license key; do away with need to sign up and 6month renewal turning into permanent license key; This would be simpler to explain and use, and doing away with signup encouragement for non-donors would be welcome by many.
  • Remove the need for license key but allow donors to download newer versions of programs; Idea here would be that donors would get the latest versions of the programs ahead of non-donors; the versions available to non-donors would always be N months behind latest release; This has an advantage of being simple to explain and offering a real benefit to donors, while still offering fully free versions to everyone and no need for free users to deal with license keys; Another advantage is the incentive is on us to keep improving our software.
  • Have a page where anyone can download a full license key, and must simply state that they have considered and will consider in the future, the idea of donating to the site, but not require anything; at least this would let us have an opportunity to ask them to consider donating.
  • Leave everything the way it is.
Other ideas?

  • 1st idea: Like you said, this is definitely an option but will drop revenue of the site. I would hate to see advertisements on my beloved doco :)
  • 2nd idea: Good idea, probably the best of the bunch. I think you could combine 2 and 3 and find the perfect system. The idea here is that the person gets immediate access to the newest versions on DoCo with the temp license without requiring sign-up. After that period, however, any subsequent licenses would result in "delayed" access to future versions until a sign up is done.
  • 3rd idea: See above. Combined with 2, I think it could be a winning option.
  • 4th idea: This could be a "sign up" form in which they enter basic info: Name, Email and receive a key right then and there. They are not put on any mailing lists, etc. But do receive a key. You would have to make sure and annotate that they will not receive emails unless they opt in (good idea for a field on the form.
  • 5th idea: NO, see above.
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Living Room / Re: No more desktop Linux systems in the German Foreign Office
« Last post by Josh on February 21, 2011, 08:04 AM »
Software usability and interface, even with the X Windowing system, is perhaps the Linux platform's greatest down fall. I have always felt that perhaps it is time to scrap X and start fresh with a system which is designed for the modern age. To me, X feels like a patch job where various pieces of code have been hacked together to make it work. Perhaps it's time to cut losses and redesign it with stability, usability and user interface in mind.

Usability of most software on the *nix platform is often times second priority when compared to the "cool features" of an application. Every developer knows that working on the "sexy" parts of an application are more fun than coding and designed a well formed and designed GUI or even back-end support. Who wants to code the printing system when we can code a way to make the window wobble when you drag it around screen?

Often times, it seems as thou developers of this software do not put thought into a GUI and the overall experience of the user. While this is not true in every case, most of the software I use on a daily basis in ubuntu and fedora feels this way. Heck, making a wrong move in either KDE, Gnome or XFCE will result in an unstable windowing environment and you will have to restart and pray that you didn't corrupt the configuration.

Windows and MAC have gotten it right when it comes to software. Yes, there are clunky software titles on both, but they are the exception and not the norm. Almost every MAC application is designed with usability in the forefront. Most Windows applications have well-formed and standards complying guis (Windows standards, that is). You can expect ALT+F4 to function the same in every application. You can expect the minimize button to actually minimize the window and not recompile your kernel because one of the developers felt it was a cool idea!

Now please, do not take this is a rant about Linux and FOSS, it is quite the contrary. I would love to see a shift in the software quality on the platform. It is moving slowly but I do not think it can keep pace with the breakneck speed of the modern computing era. I use Ubuntu, Fedora and Opensuse on a daily basis (Ask Gothi[c], he usually ends up providing me support much to his dismay). That said, I can see a very discernable quality difference between using Linux applications and most Windows/MAC applications.
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Living Room / Re: Too many facebook friends linked to anxiety
« Last post by Josh on February 17, 2011, 01:06 PM »
* Josh likes wraith808's post.
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Living Room / Too many facebook friends linked to anxiety
« Last post by Josh on February 17, 2011, 06:34 AM »
The more Facebook friends people have , the more likely they are to feel stressed out by the site, according to a new study by Scottish researchers.

Psychologists from Edinburgh Napier University surveyed 200 students on their use of Facebook, and found that a for a significant number of users the negative effect of the social network outweighed the benefits of staying in touch with friends and family.

Dr-Kathy-Charles “The results threw up a number of paradoxes,” said Dr Kathy Charles, who led the study. “For instance, although there is great pressure to be on Facebook there is also considerable ambivalence amongst users about its benefits.”
 
“Our data also suggests that there is a significant minority of users who experience considerable Facebook-related anxiety, with only very modest or tenuous rewards.And we found it was actually those with the most contacts, those who had invested the most time in the site, who were the ones most likely to be stressed.”

 Highlights of the study include:

*12 percent of respondents said that Facebook made them feel anxious.  Of these, respondents had an average of 117 'friends' each.  The remaining 88% of respondents, who said that Facebook did not make them feel anxious, had an average of 75 'friends' each.

*63 percent delayed replying to friend requests

*32 percent said rejecting friend requests led to feelings of guilt and discomfort

*10 percent admitted disliking receiving friend requests

Source
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General Software Discussion / Re: IE9 Release Candidate...Released
« Last post by Josh on February 16, 2011, 06:39 PM »
Does anyone know how to do keyword searching in ie9? similar to when you type "g search term here" to search google?
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General Software Discussion / Re: IE9 Release Candidate...Released
« Last post by Josh on February 16, 2011, 05:48 PM »
How many of those HTML 5 "standard features" are finalized standards?
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Living Room / Re: Minecraft: As explained by XKCD
« Last post by Josh on February 16, 2011, 11:40 AM »
*woops* deleted f0dders account *woops*
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