fsckin.com — The Hardy Heron Roadmap has over 130 new ideas that have been proposed thus far. I’ve examined each one of these ideas in detail, threw out the ones that are not very interesting, wrote an explanation for each item, and sorted the list into three categories: User Experience, Networking / Security, and Support .
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bangmalleyNov 1, 2007
Bullet Proof X was shipped with Gutsy, i already tried it out.
Closed AccountNov 1, 2007
1. No. I happen to have an unbiased opinion about technology. I'm not a Microsoft or Linux advocate. I call it as I see it. Unlike you.2. Yes it was. This problem is not found in Windows XP or Windows Vista. Not even a Macbook.3. Not for most people. Go check out the blogs. Lots of very unhappy people migrating back to a Windows Vista on their machines. I can't say I blame them unfortunately.It's unfortunate. I'd love for Ubuntu to be a viable alternative to Windows on a desktop/laptop but it simply pales in comparison to a commercially built operating system - with top notch software developers paid a good salary to develop quality products.Maybe someday a Linux distribution will get it right. But I just don't see it. The community is too fractured with competing software and distributions - so it will always remain a hobbyist operating system for geeks to salivate over.
psychobratNov 3, 2007
Aye... :/1. Right... you call yourself unbiased, then spend the last two paragraphs ranting about how the commercial model is superior to distributed open source approaches. And "unlike you"? How does andycr512's comment suggest any significant bias? I can only guess that he checked the facts, and found that the source of the problem doesn't lie with linux, or most distributions (of course he could just be assuming this, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, since he hit the right answer). Surely you realise that there's no point in claiming bias or a lack thereof without explaining how you came to that conclusion, and why anyone else should believe you?2. "Yes it was"? Got a source on that? No? Then shut it until you've actually done some research. (Don't bounce that back at me; you're the one making the original claim. But if you DO pull something out, I'll be happy to counter it with something better.) You're right, the problem isn't found in XP, Vista or OS X (I assume you meant that, not Macbook, since we're comparing software? If a Macbook doesn't have the problem, then the problem won't occur on a Macbook running Ubuntu! Funny, that.). But it's not found in linux, either. "Huh?", you say? Maybe -some- linux-based OS vendors could have put in strange settings here (I don't know any - do you have any examples?), but MOST distributions simply obey existing BIOS settings (etc). Yes, the habit of Windows to totally ignore existing settings has saved them from most of the criticism THIS time, and gives a bad name to any OS that doesn't do the same. (It's worth noting that it has bitten them in the past, as well. They just got lucky this time.) And because of this, the pressure doesn't get put on hardware vendors for more sane defaults. Sure, it's a problem that OS vendors definitely need to pay attention to now that it's known, but it's not a problem they created! A better solution than ignoring existing settings by default would be to warn users about such settings if they may cause harm in the long term, and giving them the option to change them. This is what OS vendors should be building into the next versions of their products.3. I can't comment on whether it's fixed or not, as I never had the problem. Luckily for me, my HARDWARE vendors didn't choose stupid default settings. And yeah, I dare say there are lots of people migrating to Vista from various other operating systems, including Ubuntu. Lots of people going the other way, too. I can't blame them either, whichever way they're going (because what are we blaming them for????). Are you trying to make some kind of point here? It's not making itself, so you might want to make it explicit.I have my problems with Ubuntu, too. Problems more legitimate than this one. Yet Windows, OS X, and others I've tried still can't meet my needs as well as Ubuntu does, at this point. Ubuntu -is- a viable competitor to other operating systems for many people, just as Windows works for many others.There is another equally valid perspective to the last bit, too. It goes a bit like this: >>maybe someday a Windows version will "get it right". The Windows "community" (i.e. Microsoft) is too narrowly focused, without any competition (within the Windows ecosystem) - so it will always remain a "beginner's only" operating system for the lowest common denominator to use, unaware that "computer" and "Windows" mean different things.
freexeNov 13, 2007
Have you got enough ram?I've had that problem on low ram systems, when I've stuck in a extra 500mb it's worked fine.
Closed AccountNov 16, 2007
Your Good.