Quote: "Dar was talking about windows doing that. Like he said, if the X server (which is the underlying GUI handler on linux) crashes, you can open a TTY by pressing ctrl+F1-6 and get acess to a terminal where you can fix it. Or you can reboot from there. On windows you BSOD and have no way of trying to fix it."
No, I got that. What I meant was that Dar13 seemed to be under the impression that if the OS crashes (be it Linux or Windows), you have a good chance of corrupting stuff. He was saying that Linux was therefore better because you could fix the problem without hard resetting the OS, whereas with Windows would just BSOD. I was saying that it doesn't matter if Windows BSODs because it rarely (as in extremely rarely) corrupts anything.
I also said that Windows doesn't crash because of its GUI, because for the most part, the Windows GUI
is actually separate to its OS. That is, the standard Windows GUI is explorer.exe. Sure, the visual components themselves are part of Windows, but I've never once seen a crash because of that. If Explorer crashes, you just Ctrl-Alt-Delete, open task manager and restart Explorer.
Quote: "on windows, the location of DLL files isn't centralised"
I disagree that's it's a big problem, but I do get your point.
Quote: "Programs and features are nothing like the linux package manager."
Haha of course not. I never tried to imply it was. I was simply pointing out that the Windows equivalent
does have a lot of the features that Package Manager has.
Quote: "I lost someone very special today."
Oh no!
I feel so sad for you...I know what it's like to lose your dear bundle of fur...
@TheComet:
Quote: "[qoute]"
Good one.
Quote: "They're not silly"
Oops, I didn't mean they were
actually silly, I just meant that they're silly on Windows.
Quote: "they're a little more advanced than VS project files because they support install targets and other goodies to help detect the optimal settings of the underlying system."
I don't understand why you would need to do that, though. Surely the compile is the same on every system?
Quote: "the OS comes with a built in GCC compiler which can compile the code for you."
Quote: "No, a C++ compiler compiles the code."
Oh, I see
Quote: "Then I suggest you inform yourself a little more on that topic, because it's happening. I keep linking these talks but no one seems to ever watch them, or they do watch them but dismiss them because they don't want to accept it."
Linking a youtube video is never going to work for me as I rarely have the download to watch them. Also, as I said, I actually don't care until it becomes a genuine problem.
Quote: "I don't understand your question - you don't have to install everything, that wouldn't fit on your computer. The package manager helps install, uninstall and upgrade programs and its dependencies."
lol
No, Dar13 answered this for me. I meant, "Does every program that you want on you computer
have to be installed or can it be portable?".
Quote: "it's a horrible idea to have programs installing junk in the background"
Yes. What junk are you talking about? None of the programs I use install junk, except where necessary (things like virtual ISO mounting tools), and then it's not junk.
Quote: "I have huge trust issues."
Apparently.
Quote: "We're talking about a single password"
Yes. EVERY TIME you want to install something or (probably) change a setting. I couldn't take it.
Quote: "Windows always pops up with "Java update!" and "Adobe Flash Player update!" and "Google wants to update!" and "System updates available!!" whenever I log in with flashing windows and the UAC screaming at your face, and more often than not, while I'm gaming, "Itunes Update!!!!" decides to minimize my game and annoy me about updates."
Depends what settings you have. Clearly you don't control your settings or you wouldn't have that problem. Well, maybe with iTunes, but iTunes is crappy software anyway.
The UAC is optional and I have it disabled.
Quote: "Yes, but it is considerably more difficult to do that on Linux."
Perhaps.
Quote: "Plus, the worst possible thing a virus can do on Linux is screw up your home folder. It does and cannot run on root level, so it won't have a chance of changing anything system-wide (unless the user is a complete retard and is logged in as root, but the default settings don't allow that)."
So...the Linux filesystem is the same as Android? (I know, Android is based on Linux, but I never quite knew how much had been changed) What a bummer. The Android filesystem is a nightmare to navigate. No global top-level root folder, multiple copies of the same folders that appear and disappear, confusing naming scheme...
And for the record, Windows doesn't allow administrator ("root") access by default either.
Quote: "Then stay with Windows, no one is forcing you to move
"
Of course, and I will
I was only stating one reason I won't move to Linux.
Quote: "Because closed-source programs aren't free (in the sense of freedom)."
But...
most things in life are "free" in that sense. Why would you expect every program to be open-source? Is a developer not allowed to keep his work as his work? And besides that, who
cares? (Ok, so apparently you care, so let me rephrase that) And besides that, who (apart from you)
cares?
Quote: "Yes I bash it a lot, but that's because I want it to improve."
So do I. That's one of the reasons I love Android: It's constantly being improved
according to what users want, and not according to what big corporations
tell us we want (*cough cough* M$ and Apple *cough*).
Quote: "What gives them the right to do that?"
Point taken. I agree that it's illegal (or should be) and at the very least is a massive breach of privacy. But right now, I don't mind.
Quote: "What do you guys think? Does it look professional?"
Would be better if I could read it. I can't work out what the first word says, and the second one took some head-tilting. I think the middle part looks good, but the "film" part needs some work. Right now it's the first bit your eyes are attracted to and it seems generic. It also doesn't quite fit the art style of the middle, and possibly needs a few small scratch marks on it. Just my 2 cents.
Quote: "So, I've been pretty interested in animation for a rather long time, but never really gave it much serious thought, because I've never been very great at drawing"
That's me exactly. I'm ok at drawing, and I know with practice (learning to use the right side of the brain and all that) I could become a good artist, but right now I haven't the time.
Quote: "I finally decided to seriously pursue it, and I bought Toon Boom Studio, which is a FANTASTIC program. I've only had it for about an hour and a half, and already I'm very impressed with it. You can do traditional frame-by-frame animation with it, stop-motion, or even cut-out/puppet animation (bone-based), all pretty easily."
I *cough cough*
obtained Toon Boom Studio some time ago to see if it was worth the money, but I find the interface confusing and difficult. Maybe with practice it would be better, but it's highly cluttered. That seems to be the problem I have with every animation program I've tried, which is unfortunate because I'm really good at actually animating.
Quote: "My brother and I have had several ideas for cartoons for years"
As have my brother and I.
Quote: "To join the Linux vs Windows debate - OSX is a perfect middle ground!"
No. Just... no. If I love Windows and don't mind Linux, I strongly dislike OSX. It's even more controlling than Windows and has a horrid interface. There's a good chance I'll one day have a dedicated Linux box, if only to compile Linux programs, but I'll
never have a Mac. OSX is like iOS.... but on a whole new scale.
Quote: "It's not odd at all. We have several other cats and they are all dear to us. They each have their individual personalities, and they are such innocent little things. Why."
So true.
Quote: "She was just over a year old (in that picture she was just a couple of months). She was such a darling though, very timid (since her and the other 2 kittens we acquired last year were born in the wild, and had to be tamed), but she was always very friendly and loved to cuddle with the older cats and her siblings. She wasn't at all aggressive and despite detesting being held she'd never growl or scratch if you tried to do so."
Several months ago we lost a gorgeous little fluffy grey cat called Smokey. She was the most beautiful cat we'd ever had. She would often come racing up to you, rub past your leg then flop over on the grass and roll about, purring. She loved to be held and would sit for hours on your lap; she was so soft you could pat her the entire time.
Then one day we found her curled up in one corner of the lawn in the shade of a big tree, stiff and cold. It was a very upsetting day... until we found a dead brown snake, also in the yard. Eastern brown snakes are common in Australia; they're aggressive, fast and can be fatal to humans, particularly children when there's no hospital within 40 minutes. That particular snake had bite marks all over its neck.
Our amazing Smokey had probably saved one of our lives by giving her own.
Hero kitty.
