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  2. Why Don't You Like Vista?

    in On The Web

    Posted

    From my comment:

    There are so many reasons why I don't like Vista

    These all do come from personal experience.

    1. Crazy system requirements. There is absolutely no reason to design an OS that is such a resource hog--especially for the average user. The eye-candy isn't even appealing to me.

    2. Support for older hardware. The way that vista was built not only demands a newer machine (due to the high system requirements), but many of my peripherals no longer worked. My HP scanner simply was not support, and the software that came with a Creative Zen just wouldn't install.

    3. Security. First of all, the UAC is annoying. I know that it can be disabled, but the whole thing is stupid. The average user who doesn't know what they are doing is just going to click 'ok' anyway and the UAC is pointless. Windows should set up 1 administrative account, and other smaller account that are required to type in a password to do administrative things... like some other OSes out there.

    4. Cost. Microsoft has already been terrible about this. You'd think that having seven different versions might allow for a cheaper version, but no. The cheapest one is the same price as previous Windows systems, and now you just have to pay more as you go up.

    5. The entire NTFS filesystem just doesn't make sense to me. I used to be fine with it because that's all that I knew. Now that I have switched to linux, it's difficult to comprehend what they were thinking. I'd love Windows 7 to maybe be a little Unixish.

    6. Stability. I haven't actually run Vista since right around the release of SP1, but still then apps would freeze and the system would lock up.

    Some good things about linux:

    1. I love that I can update all of my software seamlessly with one command in the terminal. While we're at it, I can install and uninstall programs just as easily. 99% of the time I never have to search the web for an application, I don't have to download and then run through the installer. I can just download and install it with a single command. The same goes for uninstalling

    2. It's free. I know some people like linux because they are free to modify it. I like it because its free for others to modify (not me, I don't have the time or the know-how) and its free as in cost.

    3. Scalability. If I wanted to, I could run a huge server, a desktop, or even a phone with relatively few modifications. I really hope there aren't any servers running on Vista.

    4. Really good support for older hardware. Linux is great at running on old machines. An easy way to resurrect a box you had sitting in a closet. Unfortunately, newer hardware support is often delayed.

    5. Choices. With linux I can run gnome, kde, xfce, enlightenment, fluxbox, or a number of other desktop environments on the same OS. With windows, I'm stuck with what they give me.

    And some good things about Windows:

    1. It's usually the standard. New software and hardware is developed to work with Windows, not the other way around. Because of this, support for other OSes is often pushed back.

    2. As a branch of #1, Microsoft and Windows is the primary choice in the business world. There are many ways to integrate with other OSes in this area, but it simply isn't as easy as Windows-to-Windows.

    There's so much more to be said here, but I just wanted to get my feet wet.

  10. Java Scanner Object

    in Programming

    Posted

    I'm looking for a way to use a scanner object to take a String from input, and not divide tokens with spaces. So when the user enters a string, it will take the whole thing, regardless of spaces. I'd like to accomplish this without the use of regex. 

    name1 = input.next();

    Edit: let me just add, that it will need to use whitespace as a delimiter also. For example, entering 55 66 new york i'd like to grab 55, 66, and new york

    Thanks,

    Matt

  12. We Need Your Input

    in Open Chat

    Posted

    In an effort to improve BestTechie.net, we are asking for your assistance and input. We are looking for any and all input from you. We want any member or staffer who has a suggestion, concern, or gripe about Besttechie.net. Please, we ask that you be completely honest. If you want to see something happen, let us know! If you want certain policies changed, tell us about it! Don't feel as if you need to be reserved at all, we want complete honesty.

    Also, if you have a concern or suggestion but don't want to post it here, you can PM Jeff, Matt, or TheTerrorist_75 and it will be noted.

    Thanks so much for your input,

    BestTechie Admin Team

  15. Linux Humor

    in The Comedy Club

    Posted

    Love the Ubuntu pic!!

    I've been wanting to put together some kind of Ubuntu parody post on my blog for ages.

    Is there any chance I could post it on my blog with links back to here? :)

    The blog is: www.straw-dogs.co.uk

    I'm a cool kid. ;)

    Sure go for it! :thumbsup: By the way, how did you find our site?

  17. Linux Does What Its Told

    in Linux & Unix

    Posted

    Until a couple of days ago, I did not realize their is not a BSD port of "Adobe Flash". I could not imagine running an OS without being able to view flash media. I am sure you guys saw that Slashdot article about flash being broken with linux. You think Adobe with its deep pockets could fix this.

    Heh, try setting up flash to run on an 64-bit version of Linux. Not only does flash support suck for linux, but Adobe doesn't even have a plugin compatible with 64-bit firefox. My choices were to run 32-bit firefox or emulate the plugin from 32-bit (I chose the latter).

    I did something stupid today.
    Isn't that why you got into Linux? To break things and then fix 'em :P

  19. I'm Back :-)

    in Linux & Unix

    Posted

    I just installed Ubuntu after being without linux for about a year(I have used a live cd on occasion). Man it feels nice. I am now running a triple boot: Vista, XP and Linux, on my inspiron 1501. I need XP and Vista on occasion for my job. I plan to use Ubuntu almost exclusively.

    I tried using the proprietary broadcom wif driver, but did not have any luck with it. I am using ndiswrapper for my wifi, it works nice.

    I feel like one of the gang again :-)

    Wow! I wasn't aware you left Linux--thought you still used Gentoo!

  21. Post Your Linux Screen Shot

    in Linux & Unix

    Posted

    t has been awhile since I've run FreeBSD so I thought I'd try the latest offering from the stable branch. This is FreeBSD 7.0 running KDE 3.5.8. I'm liking KDE a lot again:-)

    I set-up a dual boot with FreeBSD 7.0 on one of my Slackware 12.1 boxes.

    It is all good.

    Cool stuff hitest :thumbsup:

  23. Bash Highlighting?

    in Linux & Unix

    Posted

    Edit:

    Edit: Debian apparently displays other-writable directories as blue-on-green (ow=34;42) by default. Your blue might just be lighter than mine. (94;42 is light blue-on-green.)
    Ah ok, so its a permissions deal.

    *Matt tries to think of a good chmod for theese...

    Thanks jcl

  24. Bash Highlighting?

    in Linux & Unix

    Posted 

    matt@laptop:~$ ls Music

    When I execute this command, it lists all of the subdirectories within my /home/matt/Music directory. I'm used to directories showing up blue within my terminal. Why are some of the ones here blue while others are highlighted green?

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