good point
On Nov 6, 3:19 am, mahjongg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 1. Any good speech recog. software?
> Not much, but it is being worked on, and you CAN use windows
> software!
> More here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_speech_recognition_software
>
> > and 2. Why the hell isnt the rest of the World using it?
> Good question, mostly because of unfamiliarity, most users simply do
> not realize it is a real alternative. They don't know anybody that
> uses it. Unknown makes unloved
>
> other reasons IMHO;
>
> * Fear to switch, its something new, many people simply don't want to
> change, they don't want to invest in learning something new.
> * Fear they can't do with it what they want, (that is the main reason
> Wine exists), or they cant share files with windows users..
> * They want to play games, and games are all "for Windows" (and a very
> few for the Mac), at least the ones in the games shops are.
> * Because "linux is not ready", and true there can still be small
> issues with it (but there are "issues" with Windows too).
> * Computers don't come pre-installed with it, they don't trust
> themselves to do it themselves.
> * They think that because it's free it cant be any good.
> * They fear it is too "technical", and you need to be an "expert" to
> use it (especially using the command line bothers them).
> * Because Linux seems to be "too imposing", one look at the directory
> structure, and they give up.
> * They have heard hardware vendors do not support it, (partly true,
> but Linux supports -more- devices than any other system, including
> Windows)
> * Because they don't see any packaged software for it in the shops
> they think there is no software that runs on it.
> * Because they don't see any packaged security software for it (norton
> anti virus) they think it must be insecure.
> * There are too many variants of Linux, they don't know which one too
> choose, fearing they will get the "wrong" version.
>
> I could go on, but these are a few reasons -I- think Linux isn't as
> popular as it should be, on its merits. Most of it simply is a
> "chicken and egg" situation, without a massive user base the above
> factors play an important role, with a big user base most of these
> problems would melt away overnight. Its just a question of reaching a
> "critical mass".
>
> On 5 nov, 16:16, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I suppose I have only two more questions now;
>
> > 1. Any good speech recog. software?
>
> > and 2. Why the hell isnt the rest of the World using it?
>
> > On Nov 5, 2:31 am, mahjongg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Yes, if you cannot find a native Linux netgear driver, you can also
> > > install a "wrapper", a program that fakes a Windows driver "hook", so
> > > that a Windows driver can be used. In this case you need to install
> > > "ndiswrapper".
> > > You can find a lot of info with google about it.
>
> > > On 4 nov, 21:48, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
>
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Lovely! :)
>
> > > > I'd switch over immediatly on my desktop if I could find a suitable
> > > > driver for Netgear (wireless internet), as it is, I shall await my
> > > > laptop's return and enjoy the fact that not only will I have a better
> > > > OS, I won't be told to spend £300 on it's next 'upgrade'.
>
> > > > Thank you, everyone, you've converted me. :)
>
> > > > -Dante
>
> > > > On Nov 4, 4:32 pm, mahjongg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Second, I found a player which i've tested on Windows, and it seems
> > > > > to
> > > > > > handle everything I throw at it, which is far better then having
> > > > > four
> > > > > > media players for their own extensions; (called VLC Media Player,
> > > > > you
> > > > > > can grab it here;http://www.videolan.org/vlc/)
> > > > > Yes that is the VLC player I was talking about, you will see it is
> > > > > great.
>
> > > > > > Looking deeper into the rabbit hole that makes up Linux, i've
> > > > > > encountered many problems trying to understand the new file
> > > > > formats, I
> > > > > > would be most thankful if someone could tell me what to do with
> > > > > a .bin
> > > > > > file, for instance, or point me towards a tutorial.
> > > > > I find that Wikipedia is an excelent source for information of this
> > > > > kind, for
> > > > > example:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_formats_(alphabetical)
> > > > > Lists (almost) all file extensions and what they are.
> > > > > A .bin file is a just a container it does not have any attributes, its
> > > > > just a file with a binary (.bin) content. What it does is up to the
> > > > > application that uses it.
>
> > > > > > Another problem is that I've run accross accounts which say a new
> > > > > > version is released every year or so, which requires a complete
> > > > > > deinstall of the OS and installation of the new one.
> > > > > No, Ubuntu, and in principle thus gOS had a full upgrading mechanism
> > > > > in place that not only handles small incremental fixes but can also
> > > > > upgrade to (the next) completely new version. Unfortunately because
> > > > > previous gOS systems simply used the Ubuntu updater/upgrader for this,
> > > > > and gOS is not an "official version" of Ubuntu, Upgrading went totally
> > > > > wrong when Ubuntu Upgraded from version 7.10 to 8.04. It resulted in a
> > > > > broken gOS when you did. gOS now uses their own independent updater/
> > > > > Upgrader resources, so in principle this can't happen again. With it
> > > > > in place, in principle, it will be possible to upgrade to a newer
> > > > > version without a re-install.
>
> > > > > > As a programmer, I create applications that can get a little...out
> > > > > of
> > > > > > control, Windows falls over and dies with some of them, is Linux
> > > > > much
> > > > > > more sturdy? (Reading about the virtual desktops and sandboxing
> > > > > > applications, etc)
> > > > > Linux is based on Unix, which is considered one of the most stable
> > > > > operating systems around, it has an architecture that is fundamentally
> > > > > more stable than Windows.
>
> > > > > > Now, back to XP-Linux file transfer, I take it I cannot take a file
> > > > > > from XP (IE, the My Documents folder) and drop it in Linux? or can
> > > > > I?
> > > > > > (to take an example, I would download an app like WINE through XP
> > > > > and
> > > > > > send it to the laptop).
> > > > > If you have a system that has both a Windows and a gOS partition, you
> > > > > can access the "my documents" folder from gOS, the same is true if you
> > > > > somehow connect an external filing system (CD, External HD, USB memory
> > > > > stick, SD-Card etc etc), the information on these storage systems will
> > > > > be automatically "mounted", that is incorporated into the Linux filing
> > > > > system, as if they were a part of the native Linux hard-disk (filing
> > > > > system). Linux knows how to handle FAT and NTFS filing systems (an
> > > > > many others), so there is no problem accessing Windows data. With a
> > > > > special piece of software called "Samba",
> > > > > seehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_(software)
> > > > > Linux can use the windows networking protocol (SMB), so you can
> > > > > directly connect with a Windows network, and share files etc.
>
> > > > > Of course accessing a Windows file does not immediately mean you can
> > > > > do anything with it under Linux, but many filetypes are actually not
> > > > > Windows specific at all, like .ZIP and .JPG and .PDF files, and Linux
> > > > > has applications that can handle these just as well as Windows, often
> > > > > there are Linux programs that can handle Windows specific file types
> > > > > too, like .DOC (word for windows), and .xls (Excell spread sheet)
> > > > > files. These can be opened and saved by several programs, the
> > > > > canonical example being OpenOffice. In practice there is almost always
> > > > > a program available that is an alternative for a Windows program, and
> > > > > that can handle files from such a program.
>
> > > > > On 4 nov, 15:22, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
>
> > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > Ok, I've looked through WINE, and yes, it seems it can support my
> > > > > > requirements. :D
>
> > > > > > Second, I found a player which i've tested on Windows, and it seems
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > handle everything I throw at it, which is far better then having
> > > > > > four
> > > > > > media players for their own extensions; (called VLC Media Player,
> > > > > > you
> > > > > > can grab it here;http://www.videolan.org/vlc/)
>
> > > > > > Looking deeper into the rabbit hole that makes up Linux, i've
> > > > > > encountered many problems trying to understand the new file
> > > > > > formats, I
> > > > > > would be most thankful if someone could tell me what to do with a
> > > > > > .bin
> > > > > > file, for instance, or point me towards a tutorial.
>
> > > > > > Another problem is that I've run accross accounts which say a new
> > > > > > version is released every year or so, which requires a complete
> > > > > > deinstall of the OS and installation of the new one.
>
> > > > > > As a programmer, I create applications that can get a little...out
> > > > > > of
> > > > > > control, Windows falls over and dies with some of them, is Linux
> > > > > > much
> > > > > > more sturdy? (Reading about the virtual desktops and sandboxing
> > > > > > applications, etc)
>
> > > > > > Now, back to XP-Linux file transfer, I take it I cannot take a file
> > > > > > from XP (IE, the My Documents folder) and drop it in Linux? or can
> > > > > > I?
> > > > > > (to take an example, I would download an app like WINE through XP
> > > > > > and
> > > > > > send it to the laptop).
>
> > > > > > If that final tranfer question can be ironed out, I do beleive the
> > > > > > lInux community will have another member. :)
>
> > > > > > -Dante
>
> > > > > > On Nov 3, 11:59 am, "Graham Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > 2008/11/2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > > > > > > > Hey,
> > > > > > > > Be warned, multiple questions ahead;
>
> > > > > > > That's OK, we're ready to help...
>
> ...
>
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