I'm not saying there's anything wrong with what you've said there CSU1, I reckon you're pretty clued up on the whole thing, however this list annoys me for this reason:
Alerts. Far too many times in Windows specifically you are alerted when something goes right. I don't need to know that my LAN is connected. I don't need to know that Windows Defender is running. I don't need to know that I have no viruses. The only time I ever want to be alerted is when something goes wrong AND needs fixing. If it goes wrong but is fixed automatically I don't need to know. That really grinds my gears.
I switch my mac on (or open the lid from the other thread) and everything just works. No prompts, no alerts, no saying things have successfully updated, I'm just ready to go. And when I press the little button on my remote, Frontrow the admittedly bad, media center fades in (with no load times). Ahhhh how I love being a fanboy. Still can't play any decent games on the damn thing though.
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Umm yer well im pretty sure the only option I have with my Macbook Pro is to sleep when I shut the lid - I reckon you could get a good few days out of it on sleep. It's not like its doing anything, just powering the RAM enough to store it's contents. It's definitely not as if it runs down in a few hours.
Hibernate is just as slow as booting from cold really, apart from it saves your session. Sleep saves my session, is instant, and has very little impact on battery life on the whole. My battery is fairly shot now anyway so will only last for maybe 2.5 hours under normal use.
Hibernate is just as slow as booting from cold really, apart from it saves your session. Sleep saves my session, is instant, and has very little impact on battery life on the whole. My battery is fairly shot now anyway so will only last for maybe 2.5 hours under normal use.
If possible set it to sleep when the lid is shut. That is assuming you want that behavior. Personally I much prefer it to instantly restore where I was previously when I reopen it, if you need to shut it down you can manually.
Hibernate is one of the worst features to grace this earth. God knows why it's still an option in Windows... Oh yer that's right, because instead of actually writing a new OS with user experience in mind, they just build upon the last version. And they build using bricks of wank.
Hibernate is one of the worst features to grace this earth. God knows why it's still an option in Windows... Oh yer that's right, because instead of actually writing a new OS with user experience in mind, they just build upon the last version. And they build using bricks of wank.
Lmao classic. I think the biggest problem I had too was the Nvidia drivers. When it all goes tits up you get presented with a partially broken text prompt only.
Sure people will say 'just bang in the live CD to go online and find out what's wrong'. No, I'm not waiting for 10 minutes every damn time I make a mistake, to wait for a live CD to boot. You need a second machine lying about if you have to sort out problems that kill the GUI.
The other day my GRUB installation literally just decided it didn't like the location of my HDDs any more. What's the response on ALL the Ubuntu forums? (not that I use Ubuntu but it's the only damn links that come up in Google) - 'Put in the Live CD and restore GRUB'. No, just no.
e: Oh yes Firefox blows balls too, stupid memory usage when you have more than a small number of tabs open. Constant updates to all the bloody plugins. It's only redeeming features for me are Firebug and crash recovery, which is something that blows even bigger balls about Safari.
Less of a VAG nut, more of an unknowledgeable twat.
But wien you're talking from a techie's point of view. Sure a store bought PC with Windows on with come bundled with a load of bloatware, but the end user doesn't care about that because they don't know better. I do however agree with your post on the whole.
And unfortunately I don't think we can really teach the technophobes any better. It's really the emerging users that take advantage of better alternatives, Firefox etc, hopefully that knowledge will be passed on.
My other problem with Linux is, software such as Open Office etc is great, but if it isn't 100%, and I do mean one hundred percent, compatible with the software they will be using at work (MS Office), that instantly creates confusion.
And unfortunately I don't think we can really teach the technophobes any better. It's really the emerging users that take advantage of better alternatives, Firefox etc, hopefully that knowledge will be passed on.
My other problem with Linux is, software such as Open Office etc is great, but if it isn't 100%, and I do mean one hundred percent, compatible with the software they will be using at work (MS Office), that instantly creates confusion.
'Cause you ride on time, 'cause you ride on time, ride on time... I could go on.
Like dictionary compression (can't remember the exact term).
The problem with data structures and algorithms etc is most of the good ones have already been found. Don't quote me on that in 100 years time
The problem with data structures and algorithms etc is most of the good ones have already been found. Don't quote me on that in 100 years time
You save the sound set with the wind off?
I wasn't talking about Windows tbh. For me, the only thing Windows does better than other OSes is play games, so I don't use it more than a couple of times a week.
Might as well give Fedora a whirl, you really can't go too wrong. I used to use it for web development before moving over to all Mac machines. It's easy enough to get a grasp of and lot of Linux applications come in .rpm format for easy installation. It does have a very fast life cycle though which means they release new versions every 6 months or so.
But yer I'll keep checking back to XBMC if ever I need a media center
Might as well give Fedora a whirl, you really can't go too wrong. I used to use it for web development before moving over to all Mac machines. It's easy enough to get a grasp of and lot of Linux applications come in .rpm format for easy installation. It does have a very fast life cycle though which means they release new versions every 6 months or so.
But yer I'll keep checking back to XBMC if ever I need a media center
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Whilst that's great, dragging and dropping a single icon and then having an update button on the application is probably easier.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Linux on the whole is still not ready for the average user. And I don't mean average LFS Forum visitor, I mean the average computer user.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Linux on the whole is still not ready for the average user. And I don't mean average LFS Forum visitor, I mean the average computer user.
See the thing is I used to have an Iriver H320, which was seen at the time as one of the best DAPs around. There was a plethora of community development including Rockbox etc allowing it to do pretty much anything you could want from a DAP.
Now however I too have an iPhone and use iTunes, and have no problem with it at all. Synchronization used to annoy me but once you get it sorted it's better. Plus using the Air Sharing app you can drag and drop files to your iPhone/iPod touch wirelessly across your network anyway. So really the only restrictive thing is DRM on music bought from iTunes - I don't buy from there anyway.
Another nice app (for Mac only) is iPhone remote, which allows you to access all files on the machine running the application, and stream media wireless to your device.
Now however I too have an iPhone and use iTunes, and have no problem with it at all. Synchronization used to annoy me but once you get it sorted it's better. Plus using the Air Sharing app you can drag and drop files to your iPhone/iPod touch wirelessly across your network anyway. So really the only restrictive thing is DRM on music bought from iTunes - I don't buy from there anyway.
Another nice app (for Mac only) is iPhone remote, which allows you to access all files on the machine running the application, and stream media wireless to your device.
You wont be able to record it using you TV box etc if the signal isn't strong enough to watch it.
Here's a live stream though: http://www.justin.tv/atomic_napalm
Here's a live stream though: http://www.justin.tv/atomic_napalm
Damn that backfired. Oh well still if Inouva thinks that's bad, I would advise her(?) not to approach DiiIIrRt or GRiiiIIiD without wielding a 10-foot bargepole.
Whoahoho didn't know this had been released for PCs. Absolutely brilliant media center. I ran it for several years on my xbox, and I'm sure anyone else here who did will also agree it's pretty darn good. Hopefully the PC versions are just as good, well worth a look.
A better approach would be: Ascertain what you are trying to do, then choose an OS based upon that. If that means you need to use a *NIX based OS for example then you'll need to take the time to use it.
Linux is pretty straightforward to me too, I've used a non-noob distro lightly for several years. I'll tell you what though, I sure love being able to drag and drop a single icon to install my Applications, rather than busting out a terminal.
Edit: Just given the Mac version of this a whirl and yep, definitely look into this CSU1. If I was in the market for media center software this would be the one. Linux MCE does have many more features but I imagine most of them would never be used, such as light control. Also just confirmed my suspicions, the GUI is frankly a horrible blend of lurid colours and overlays. Shame really because I bet it works really well once it's been set up properly.
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Yer wouldn't really bother with Fedora for a media center. It's becoming more user-friendly but is still geared more towards networking/security/server..ing etc.
I know there's a mega media center for Linux, Linux MCE I guess, for Kubuntu. It covers a wide variety of things so might work for your needs. I believe its the prettiest one around too, although Linux developers tend not to have a great sense of style, so that might not mean much.
I know there's a mega media center for Linux, Linux MCE I guess, for Kubuntu. It covers a wide variety of things so might work for your needs. I believe its the prettiest one around too, although Linux developers tend not to have a great sense of style, so that might not mean much.
It seems these browser games are becoming pretty popular now... Which is good as I get very addicted to them
Personally if I just wanted an iPod I'd get a classic for sheer storage capacity and price.
However I needed to get a new phone so got an iPhone, haven't used the iPod bit of it yet though. No need for me to tell you they're good at what they do, there are thousands of reviews around. Wouldn't buy the iPod touch however, just seems like a toy. I guarantee most people that buy them use Safari and the other gadgets for a week or so to justify it, then get bored of it. But no doubt the pulling power of pissing around with it for a week will win over the practicality of the classic.
What I really find good about the iPhone (and I assume the iPod does this too) is the corrective typing. You can bash out a lot of text very quickly and it corrects nearly everything really quite well.
However I needed to get a new phone so got an iPhone, haven't used the iPod bit of it yet though. No need for me to tell you they're good at what they do, there are thousands of reviews around. Wouldn't buy the iPod touch however, just seems like a toy. I guarantee most people that buy them use Safari and the other gadgets for a week or so to justify it, then get bored of it. But no doubt the pulling power of pissing around with it for a week will win over the practicality of the classic.
What I really find good about the iPhone (and I assume the iPod does this too) is the corrective typing. You can bash out a lot of text very quickly and it corrects nearly everything really quite well.
Why are 100% of the tracks for racing? Because it's a racing sim, not a car sim.
Thank god we cleared that one up.
Erm just set up a playlist of tracks before you race perhaps?
Maybe you can map keys to control Winamp when it's not in focus or something.
Maybe you can map keys to control Winamp when it's not in focus or something.
Mike, apparently the demo was produced for their publisher some months ago, but only recently released by them.
Inouva: you write your opinion as if it is fact. Point is there is no bloom or HDR.
On a side note I'm writing this on an iphone and GOD it's slow
Inouva: you write your opinion as if it is fact. Point is there is no bloom or HDR.
On a side note I'm writing this on an iphone and GOD it's slow
I heard it was closer to 5 hours gameplay. Won't be buying this.
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