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- neko, on 10/12/2007, -8/+50EQUAL?!?!!!
- schestowitz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10I agree. The title is (not deliberately) deceiving, the description a bit fuzzy (lacks context) and the article took me a while to digest because of the initial confusion/disorientation. I wonder how many Diggs were received for the title alone...
- kodek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17Thanks for the validation code. Now I don't have to go look for mirrors anymore :)
- rhettnyedotorg, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7at LEAST equal. at very least.
of course it depends how you're measuring, but if you're measuring on computer nerd terms, equal is very least. for the Mom test, perhaps the term 'equal' will suffice. - TheFightForGood, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13it's only equal AFTER ie is installed. it's greater before that....
- Agret, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@kodek
Except for the fact that validation codes expire after something like 15 minutes making his code useless to you. - Takteek, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3((Linux >= Windows || (Windows > 95) && false==false && Linux != Windows
There is that better?
EDIT: Wow wtf.. digg randomly removed part of the code. Maybe it thought it was HTML.
- baalzebub, on 10/12/2007, -10/+35no thanks, i wont ever install any crapware made by microsoft in my machine...
- baxtermaddux, on 10/12/2007, -3/+25installing something as nasty as Internet Explorer on something as Clean and Purdy as Ubuntu is as tasteless as putting a Deer Guard of the front end of a Ferarri
- SniperGX1, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21Unfortunately it is needed for web devs
- rhettnyedotorg, on 10/12/2007, -14/+9yeah, corrupted SHEEP webdevs.
- CBTF, on 10/12/2007, -6/+9Okay. Good luck. I assume you won't try to open any microsoft file types either then? Saving/demanding everything in open office format?
- ScottMaximus1, on 10/12/2007, -31/+3Nobody gives a ***** about Linux.
- D3koy, on 10/12/2007, -13/+3The only thing of Microsoft on my Computer is Windows Xp.....
- Ademan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Uh, yeah... Microsoft Office *.doc is *****. But regardless of that, open office can read and write those files so why would one have to demand them?
- Stonekeeper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@CBTF
er... yes. pretty much. If people want to communicate with me they shouldn't expect that i spend money for the privilege. Am i wrong in thinking that?
- bulkka, on 10/12/2007, -15/+3*****. he's just downloaded the file
http://www.filemirrors.com/search.src?type=begins&file=ie7-windowsxp-x86-enu&action=Find
ie7 requires validation upon installation and i bet you won't be able to bypass it- kaczus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2cabextract does the trick
- Waterrat, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19 For me,it is.
Today I did a duel boot with XP and Freespire Linux.
I had to download drivers for Windows.
Windows would not close a window that had some stupid comment and it would not shut off, so i had to unplug the computer.
Installed Freespire...It found Windows and created a duel boot.Easy as falling off a log.
After Windows was finally put in it's place,I checked out the freespire side. ALL my drivers were loaded, no misbehaving...It works great.
Video works,audio works,etc,etc,etc.
I only have Windows on here for some work and a few games.
My main OS will always be Linux.
- biggbrother, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6It works in Linspire. But it also works in PCLinux and Ubuntu and probably lots of others. Installing a camera and most other peripherals is typically plug and play in the major Linux distributions these days. (Unlike Windows)
- D3koy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19I want to duel boot, that sounds bad ass....All my computer can do is dual boot...
Do you get swords or guns? - kronix2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5"I suppose you are _STILL_ dual booting with :shudder: Windows."
Some people run Windows because they don't want to use WINE to run their favourite apps. 90% of the world's PCs run Windows, hence the range of software and games for Windows which vastly outstrips that which is available for Linux.
So, there are actual reasons to use Windows instead of or alongside Linux. Who'd have thought? :O - Stonekeeper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Top Tip: If you use windows for _applications_, install windows under vmware player. It works extremely well and enables me to do any necessary development. At least, give it a try.
- JonForTheWin, on 10/12/2007, -20/+15GNU/Linux is _GREATER_ than "genuine" windows. Marked as inaccurate!
- rhettnyedotorg, on 10/12/2007, -6/+7i'm with you.
- Arramol, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18Depends entirely on what you're doing. For web surfing, e-mail, homework, etc., Linux definitely wins. Last night, Windows nearly made me put a fist through my monitor nagging me to reboot to finish an update to MEDIA PLAYER of all things while I was trying to work on some CGI. Never have that problem with Kubuntu, not to mention the lack of malware and such.
For many other tasks though, Windows is still the better choice. I put a game's install disk, install it, play. No need to muck around with Wine or any such thing. Ditto for my Adobe software. The simple fact is, an operating system is a tool, and each tool best fits a certain job. - thepxc, on 10/12/2007, -3/+34@Arramol
Why do you have to be so ***** reasonable? Pick a side, God damn it! An Operating System is a deep, spiritual experience! Why can't you see that!? - Sibertank, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6@thepxc: You just made my day. =D
- zeras, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2WooW!!! I should check this out.
- Benzoid, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9Why in the world would you want IE on Linux?? Just wondering..
- Ricapar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22For web development.
As much of a pain it can be, web pages should still render properly on IE. - kmk2006, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3Web development
- vandalin7, on 10/12/2007, -13/+1browsercam.com .. You get a free trial with an email address...Just cycle through gmail accnts for unlimited use.
- Etaoin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Web design, for one thing. As crappy a browser as it is, it still has a depressingly enormous market share - somewhere between eighty and ninety percent, if I'm not mistaken. Mostly from people who don't know or care - on a Windows machine, IE comes pre-installed and a lot of users won't bother to go get an alternative browser. Anyway, the point is that if you're designing a website, you need to test it in IE because that's what a whole lot of people are going to be using to look at it.
(Edit: Sorry, beaten to it.) - psylence, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5Ugh, use VMware or something, it's free and it'll keep windows contaminants off your system.
- Ricapar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22For web development.
- J3yrad, on 10/12/2007, -14/+8WRONG! Linux > Any kind of windows.
- CheapDigWannbe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Look this was up on the news and explained the first time Microsoft released Genuine Verification. Microsoft understanding that there are people who might use MS products on different non-MS Operating Systems made them pass the Genuine Windows Validation. It makes sense. It's a WINDOWS GENUINE VALIDATION, not Linux not OSX validation.
I don't know why everyone is jumping up and down for this. - 1911wolf, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3A "Genuine Windows" what?
- harrybozack, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Windows will often give you what appears to be a valid code, only to spite you on the next screen. As the other guy said, he probably wouldn't have been able to actually install it.
- shuffle2, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2old news
- D3koy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3So 2 comments here:
1. This story's title is equal to misleading
2. Why would you choose to install IE7? I took Internet explorer off my Windows PC....- nbx909, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2yeah because it's really WINE is equal to windows lol you can't run ie natively
- nbx909, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2yeah because it's really WINE is equal to windows lol you can't run ie natively
- linuxinit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0You might be able to download, but you can't install IE7. Wine, nor Cedega has the correct dlls to support it.
What you CAN do is use IE6 with the IE7 rendering libraries. I mean seriously... The only reason I can think anyone would need IE in Linux would be if they were a web developer. IE7 rendering is all I need. I really wish somebody would code a browser that supports dll and .so plugins for different rendering engines. ;) - atrain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I experienced this a while ago. I'm surprised this still exists.
I was curious for at the time if there was a way to tunnel key wga components through cygwin, X11, and wine. Would be a lot of work, but it would give you a validated windows installation (assuming your XP installation is not validated for legitimate reasons, of course. ) - ScuttleEnough, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Ummmm.... You can download IE7 from windows w/out WGA.. The installer does its own WGA validation. The fact that this made the frong page proves that some people will digg anything that says "Linux rules, Windows sucks"
- hyperfiled, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Can you point out the part that says "windows sucks" ?
Thanks.
ps: I'll settle for the portion of the blog entry that says "linux rules"
- hyperfiled, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Can you point out the part that says "windows sucks" ?
- badgerz, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5This story is equal to a Genuine Waste of My Time
- Kanna, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3I concur. Just shut up and use whatever OS you want.
- wafflesomd, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2I like this guys comment:
get.a.life.who.cares.about.linux.its.for.noobz.you.cant.play.css.on.lunix.only.windowz.cos.wincoz.is.da.bomb- Hindu_Wardrobe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2wtf?
lol, what a n00b - sanguinemoon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Are you sure he's even a n00b? I just thought he was dumbass.
- Hindu_Wardrobe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2wtf?
- 13thfloor, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I like Linux. I'm also hammered. Dugg, the more resources anyone has, the better. Cheers, and merry whatever you celebrate.
- geekitechture, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1OK, as a Windows user who hasn't tried Linux yet, someone please tell me why I would want to install Ubuntu and run IE7 or 6 or any version of IE on it. Doesn't Ubuntu bundle with Konqueror? What's wrong with Konqueror? How dopey do you have to be to not only download Ubuntu (the most mindless installation of Linux ever from what I gather) but to run Microsuck on it?
Someone help me understand...- drizek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+61. Ubuntu comes with firefox, Kubuntu comes with Konqueror
2. The only people who install IE on linux are web developers/masochists.
3. Ubuntu is not mindless
4. Download it and try it for yourself. - sanguinemoon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This has been answered about 10 times. Its for webdevelopement. People want/need to test their pages in IE
- jdong, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Please remind this Ubuntu developer what is so mindless about the distribution?
- drizek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+61. Ubuntu comes with firefox, Kubuntu comes with Konqueror
- shmuck, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0another bug on the microsoft site no doubt.. i say exploit it while you can.
- Stonekeeper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If Microsoft had any sense, they would support the wine project and port office + IE to linux (ala Google's picassa). Anyone telling me that there isn't a market for these 2 on linux is talking out of their hat. But the complication lies in the first few words of this post...
- macewan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I'm sorry, but why are you dicking with IE?
- motters, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I can't imagine why anyone would want to use a non standards compliant browser such as Internet Explorer, especially on Linux.
- yahoofrom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If Linux were equal to a Genuine Windows, all your Linux machine would are belong to a bunch of evil viruses & godless spyware & etc....
- Waterrat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"No offense... But "linspire" isn't much of a step up from Windows... seriously... Please don't tell me they got you with the cheap look and the flashy "ITS EASY" stuff did they.... Well.... I suppose you are _STILL_ dual booting with :shudder: Windows."
@jimmygoon
Sure it is, seriously. The 'spires are based on Debian Linux and they beat the snot out of Windows.
Linspire is just as good as any other Debian-based Linux and imho better than most,which is why I chose it last Jan. to be my OS and my only OS.
So yeah,I just had Linspire on here for almost a year. Am I happy with it? Damn straight. Do i resent people always telling me it's a crappy OS when I know better? You bet your sweet bumpkins.
I really get so sick of people trashing the 'spires I could puke through my nose.
Have you even bothered to use these or are you just recycling the fud? Cause,yeah,there is more fud spewed out about the 'spires than you can shake a greasy stick at.
Will putting my OS down stop me from using it? Not a chance.
Both ARE easy..Linspire looks better than Freespire. A new Linspire will be coming out soon.
I've used both and I like both and I will support them. If they were crap,the company would have gone bankrupt by now...But Linspire is doing fine,thank you very much.
Yeah I am duel-booting as of yesterday cause I need Windows for a few things I can't do with Linux..Had I rather not? You betcha..
Am I using Windows right now? Nope. it will only be used when I need it and once the work I'm doing adds Linux Windows is outta here.
Ok,so I'll get off my soap box and go have a spot of tea...And I'll continue to use Freespire and Linspire even if the fud gets as thick as molasses and I need a boat to get through it.
Look at it this way,I don't trash your OS,so respect mine enough not to trash mine.
***End of rant******
- avram2002, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I have indeed desecrated my hardrive with *spire, and am QUITE certain it is Linux with training wheels, and the latest Freespire is an attempt to get the "community" to handle some of their development for them. Looks like another Lycoris about to happen.
- kabronkline, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2if ( yourOS == Linux && yourBrowser == IE7 && you != webDeveloper) you = dumbass
- maradong, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3http://www.duggmirror.com/
- abhidut, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1MS is sold to linux
- openhash, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I think this guy has never heard of Firefox extensions especially the IE tab which enable you to render the site within firefox as its running in IE. But at the end of the day, he found something interesting.
- rickmans, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I heard from the IE tab extension although I was also able to read the following comment on the add-on page (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1419/):
"IE Tab is not available for Linux"
- rickmans, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I heard from the IE tab extension although I was also able to read the following comment on the add-on page (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1419/):
- dev22, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0an easy way how to get rid of Windows Genuine Advantage Validation:
WGA *****
http://wga.releaselog.net/
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