R.I.P. Steve Jobs

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Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

Dr Mike wrote:

I am not a fan of Apple

No offense taken, I'm a Linux nerd now.

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:41 pm

^^ have you already sacrified a newborn to cthulhu to make flash work?

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:52 pm

Flahs not working on linux? That's new to me.

ETA: But then again, Frank does weird shit

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

Mortal wrote:

But then again, Frank does weird shit

I think you just made the sig line.

Jim Morrison wrote:

^^ have you already sacrified a newborn to cthulhu to make flash work?

It should work out of the box for many distros, Ubuntu comes to mind. I'm running LMDE and it works fine after some simple tweaking. Flash has a closed-source architecture, so people smarter than me reverse engineer it to make it work with Linux, bless those souls.

*Words from a smart fucker...

Quote:

Java is a Sun product that is closed source. Recently, they were interested in releasing Java under an open source license. However, they couldn't release it that way because small portions of java had already been licensed to other companies.

Instead, they took the part that belonged to them, made it open source, and have been trying to fill the gaps since by working backwards. However, this has not made a perfect final product. Therefore, they had to release this as a separate testing project called Iced Tea. There is a similar situation with the open source drivers made by the community for hardware from companies such as ATI and Nvidia. The community works backwards and tries to do the best they can, but the product is not always stable or completely functional.

So what are the disadvantages of using Iced Tea? For the casual Java user, not much. Some of the parts that were missing, like the font renderer, may slightly decrease the user experience, but there shouldn't be major issues. However, some advanced Java functions may not work. If you haven't experienced any issues so far, I would say you would be fine sticking with Iced Tea. The only thing I could think of is a possible performance hit, but I haven't heard of this happening before.

Just a question: Why use IcedTea? If you especially wanted to use open source alternatives, you probably don't want to use Linux Mint (other than the light edition). However, there is one advantage of IcedTea: in countries with strict software patents (like the US, Japan, etc...) open source alternatives like IcedTea are legal in open source distros, unlike their proprietary counterparts. Also, if you were interested in investigating more in open source alternatives, you can install the Gnash flash player (search it in synaptic). This replaces Flash, but may not fulfill your Flash needs. Currently, there aren't really open source handlers for commercial DVDs, mp3s, wma, etc... although you could support open source by using their alternative completely open source formats like .ogg and Theora video. Or, you could use more mainstream formats that are closed source, but not as locked down, such as mp4, avi, etc...

*Source: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=10688

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

Double post, sorry.

Related.

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:06 pm

Ubuntu for me!

I don't wish cancer on anybody and this guy had vision but why do hippies join the system and become complete sell-outs for money?

Because the system works for them!

Conspiracy theory here... The government use friendly faces in order to introduce more things that control our lives such as TV, the internet and cctv.
All secret communists... The bastards!

Big brother is watching you!
We are all doomed!!!!!!!!!

Firearms are hard to come by here but I'm stocking up on baked beans and tinned tomatoes.
At least it'll give me something to throw at whoever is coming.

Who is coming?

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

^

Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:08 am

@Fowan have you been talking to Dora? That little paranoid rant sounded familiar.

Ok I'm not an appleholic and I use a PC and will probably never have a mac because I think they are overpriced but I do love my iPhone. I heard today someone comparing Jobs to Eddison as someone who revolutionized the world. At first I thought really that seems a bit much. Then I thought about what he did. Helping bring computers to our home. Then he revitalized apple with the iPod one of the best inventions in the last 100 years if you ask me. Everyone else has been playing catch up over the last decade. I hope his legacy is continued.

Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:15 pm

Came across this, I hope it is not taken the wrong way.

RIP Steve

Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:49 pm

bravo95 wrote:

@Fowan have you been talking to Dora? That little paranoid rant sounded familiar.

There is nothing wrong with being paranoid.

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 2:55 am

The man was brilliant. I have never used a PC except for at work, and cannot imagine using something so mediocre on a daily basis. I love my Mac.

Written on a three year old MacBook.