The Mad Hatter

You my buddy, take the cake. In fact I'd bet you are a closet Windows addict, scared witless because the various OSX, BSD, and Linux operating systems make Windows look sick. [QUOTE]It's hard for me to admit it but there are things, ten things to be exact, that I really …

This question covers Windows only. I know Microsoft makes a wide variety of other software products (Office, Exchange, etc.), I'm not interested in them, only in the Desktop Operating Systems. [B]First[/B] - unlike the most of you, I've read Microsoft's financial reports, and understand accounting. I know how much money …

The 'must have' application for Windows 8 is Linux. Reformat the drive, and get rid of it. Tried it at the store. Hated it. Totally. Of course I'm not the average user, I'm old enough that I remember when Microsoft was the new kid on the block in the Operating …

Microsoft has lost a huge amount of market share, depending upon how exactly you define computers. If you include tablets and smartphones, Microsoft has dropped to about 24% from 95% about ten years ago. LARGEST COMPUTER MAKERS WHEN SMARTPHONES & TABLETS INCLUDED Rank (was) . . Brand . . . …

Reach For The Stars V3.0 - the best 4X game ever made. Of course I have to run it in DOSBOX now. There's been nothing like it. Second place for me is Trade Wars 2002, the best online game ever (the telnet version).

[QUOTE=gerard4143;1368573]Have you read this? [url]http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/10/shuttleworth-unity-shell-will-be-default-desktop-in-ubuntu-1104.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss[/url][/QUOTE] Don't like Gnome myself, usually use XFCE or Enlightenment.

[QUOTE=Narue;1413157]It's not uncommon to have a mental image of people online that is a complete mismatch with their real world appearance. I thought it would be interesting to see how different members of Daniweb are perceived by their peers. Pick any members you find interesting and describe how you imagine …

Um, there's been so many. Note that these were 'self proclaimed experts'. 1) Woman who thought her modem was dead - it wasn't plugged into the telephone jack. 2) Woman who thought her mouse was dead - wireless, batteries needed replacement. 3) Guy who swore his motherboard was dead - …

Nothing. I'm looking forward to the new ARM Dual Core chips.

[QUOTE=alaa sam;1403869]hi everyone i'm new to unix/linux . almost know nothing about it , but i wants to learn about it . so how can i get it on my pc . now i use windows xp[/QUOTE] I strongly recommend checking out [URL="http://distrowatch.com/"]Distro Watch[/URL]. It has links to all of …

OK. So you don't like Linux. Go back to Windows then, and enjoy the Trojans and Virii. This is another [URL="http://crankyoldnutcase.blogspot.com/2009/06/trolls-and-linux.html"]Troll post[/URL]. Ignore it.

[QUOTE=aminuddin;1060990]I am facing Torjan virus when i used net it come with in one minute anybody can help me in this regard i will be very thankful.[/QUOTE] Yeah, go [URL="http://www.ubuntu.com"]here[/URL], download and burn the ISO to CD, and install it in place of Windows. You'll never have Trojan problems again. …

OK, so I get up, shower, eat, and open up my email client. Number 4 from the top is a Daniweb email telling me about the wonderful topics currently being discussed - here's the list: * Prevent programs from saving to certain folder? in Windows Vista and Windows 7 * …

Your title says it all: [I][B]Is the FSF shooting the open-source community in the foot?[/B][/I] The Free Software Foundation is part of the Free Software Community. It isn't part of the Open Source Community. And while the communities are related, and have some similar interests, they are wildly different in …