Looking at the various news articles; I think the Linux revolution is building up steam.
I, for one, welcome our new Linux masters. -Dante On Nov 5, 11:54 pm, Allen Shao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > ... > > read more » --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
