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Post by the light works on Nov 3, 2014 15:08:26 GMT
Do we need to change gear that fast?... I think not, its just some people want to talk in milliseconds to prove its the one thing they have thats better than the car you run?.... If its down to gear change, I challenge anyone to change faster than I can when I am in full race track mode on a manual box, but then again, we are not on a race track are we?.. I just wish fellow drivers would take note on the morning commute to work.......  Linux is a different tool for a different job. If you want to play spy-on-your-neighbours, use the window. If you want to do some serious development on a Graphic design, use Linux or MAC. "If you know what you are doing", then the question makes no sense, because Linux is not that hard to learn, even for simpletons, its just most people who have never tried dont realise how easy it is to learn.... To be honest its more rewarding than trying to work through the instruction manual of an old VCR recorder machine?.... You are right, best and easy are completely different ball games. But as for moving the goal posts, yes, that is actually a common argument from Window users as to why they think Windows is best and why the cant understand why Linux users dont agree with that. I have the perfect response stolen from a friend on another board.... That was in response that Windows is far from able to do only one thing at a time and cant be relied to do that one thing all that well either..... The one thing I cant understand is that Windows is shipped with a perfectly adequate Video editor (adequate for beginners) and photo editor, but those programs are hidden deep within files n00bs would never investigate, and by the time you have found them, you have already found alternatives elsewhere..... do you need to have your computer that small and spread throughout the house with no wires? |
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Post by GTCGreg on Nov 3, 2014 15:26:03 GMT
Why?... because I have a Raspberry Pi, and I wanted to get XP on that just for a laugh. And no, I havnt made that work just yet... its one of those projects..... And about all it would be good for is a laugh. If you really need a small embedded system that runs Windows, there are small boards that will do that a lot better than a Raspberry. |
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Post by the light works on Nov 25, 2014 16:37:25 GMT
just occurred to me - one of my constant annoyances with android is that my apps stall multiple times per day. - in fact, I have grown accustomed to force closing apps and retrying them.
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Post by GTCGreg on Nov 25, 2014 16:51:02 GMT
just occurred to me - one of my constant annoyances with android is that my apps stall multiple times per day. - in fact, I have grown accustomed to force closing apps and retrying them. I recently purchased a small stand-alone touch display with a processor board attached. Basically it's a tablet with some extra I/Os and no case. It came with Android OS. We had a tough time getting it to run anything without locking up or rebooting itself. Finally got Linux loaded on it and it works great. |
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Post by the light works on Nov 25, 2014 17:04:58 GMT
just occurred to me - one of my constant annoyances with android is that my apps stall multiple times per day. - in fact, I have grown accustomed to force closing apps and retrying them. I recently purchased a small stand-alone touch display with a processor board attached. Basically it's a tablet with some extra I/Os and no case. It came with Android OS. We had a tough time getting it to run anything without locking up or rebooting itself. Finally got Linux loaded on it and it works great. my brother maintains that windows' biggest problem is lazy programmers who don't pick up after themselves. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Nov 25, 2014 17:47:21 GMT
my brother maintains that windows' biggest problem is lazy programmers who don't pick up after themselves. Or maybe Linux is just a little less forgiving than Windows and thus forces programmers to do a better job. |
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Post by the light works on Nov 25, 2014 18:12:29 GMT
my brother maintains that windows' biggest problem is lazy programmers who don't pick up after themselves. Or maybe Linux is just a little less forgiving than Windows and thus forces programmers to do a better job. or maybe the lazy programmers don't bother to learn to write for linux. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Nov 25, 2014 18:28:28 GMT
Or maybe Linux is just a little less forgiving than Windows and thus forces programmers to do a better job. or maybe the lazy programmers don't bother to learn to write for linux. I've written most of my own programs in C+ and have had no problem getting them to run under Linux or Windows. But for my own stuff, I prefer Linux. Most of my bought applications are for Windows as there's just a much better selection available. |
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Post by the light works on Nov 25, 2014 18:48:37 GMT
or maybe the lazy programmers don't bother to learn to write for linux. I've written most of my own programs in C+ and have had no problem getting them to run under Linux or Windows. But for my own stuff, I prefer Linux. Most of my bought applications are for Windows as there's just a much better selection available. I think he's doing mostly proprietary stuff at the moment. he usually isn't allowed to go into much detail. he's currently working for FLIR. we also have a friend who works for Garmin. |
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Post by silverdragon on Dec 15, 2014 8:44:39 GMT
The accusation that some windows code writers dont tidy up after themselves is unequivocally definitely provably true.
Just one instance...There is a whole folder of un-necessary stuff on your system.
Its the roll-back folder to uninstall service packs....
Its a damn SERVICE PACK.....
You are on SP3, why the need to uninstall SP2 and SP1?... who the hell is going to do that?...
As SP3 is a roll up of all previous updates and service packs anyway, it makes SP1 and SP2 redundant.
So why not tidy up and remove all traces of previous updates and service pack uninstall files.
If you get to the stage where you are trying to undo problems by uninstalling service packs, you may as well just go do a whole re-install of everything.
Now run CCleaner... see how many outdated references to Registry entries it finds?...
Run that again.
Now try doing an Uninstall of something...
Run CCleaner again and see how many files it finds, and how many Registry entries it finds that are leftovers of that uninstall.
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Post by the light works on Dec 15, 2014 15:44:35 GMT
now, it has occurred to me that on my android phone, I find myself force-quitting apps multiple times a day. so maybe it is not windows vs linux - maybe it is mainstream vs quirky alternate brand.
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Post by GTCGreg on Dec 15, 2014 16:07:41 GMT
now, it has occurred to me that on my android phone, I find myself force-quitting apps multiple times a day. so maybe it is not windows vs linux - maybe it is mainstream vs quirky alternate brand. On smart phones you only really seem to have two options, Apple and Google. Two companies that I really don't care much for. I've been using an iPhone for a number of years now and the only reason I still have it is I was use to it's quarks and figure that for me, it's the lesser of two evils. |
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Post by kharnynb on Dec 15, 2014 16:50:39 GMT
I've a windows phone(lumia 1020) which works well for me, since it has a very good camera, a high quality phone function and does all the smartphone stuff i really need.
My wife has a jolla phone, which is quite a nice phone, but rather niche.
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Post by the light works on Dec 16, 2014 6:25:50 GMT
I went back to motorola. mainly because it has twice the battery of other smartphones while having the newest family of processor (keeping in mind it is now 3 years old)
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Post by silverdragon on Dec 17, 2014 6:13:50 GMT
Multiple App problems on smart phones is a known.
If you have a resource hungry problem, they just dont have the ability to run multiple items, get into task manager and quit a few before you run canky crush etc.
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Post by c64 on Aug 26, 2015 11:48:42 GMT
If you want a tablet that isn't iOS, Android and the likes, make your own!
All you need is a display unit with capacitive touch (USB connector) for less than $50 (7" or 10"), a Raspberry Pi 2, a large "power bank" for smart phones as a PSU, a strong 5V→12V DC/DC converter for the display and some skill to build a casing (e.g. wood or 3D printed).
So for way less than $200, you can have a decent "custom tablet" running Linux.
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Post by GTCGreg on Aug 26, 2015 14:19:36 GMT
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Post by silverdragon on Aug 30, 2015 8:43:25 GMT
Linux is like an adjustable Crescent wrench. A little harder to use but one size fits all. Windows is like a set of open-end wrenches. Only with a few missing. Easy to use and works great as long as you don't need the missing one. Apple's OS comes with a complete set of special wrenches, but they only fit Apple's bolts. Best of all, but only if have Apple bolts. And apple bolts are 5 sided just to make sure you cant hack it with Linux..... I enter that if you know what you are doing, Linux is the tool. It doesnt have an instruction manual, like windows or other O/S, but, neither does my Workshop, and if you dont know what you are doing, get out?... I dont want you in there. There is a box full of instruction manuals to find if you look for them. And. If it doesnt work the way it is, my Workshop can easily be reconfigured.... Got an extra long piece of wood?.. I can open the doors to one end to a covered walkway and there is an option to move the workbench to where it fits. This is a correct analogy for Linux... If the tool you want is not already there, its easy to add it on. |
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Post by silverdragon on Aug 30, 2015 8:58:47 GMT
Or, buy a screen that you can plug into a Raspberry and glue the two together, infinite storage abilities via external storage devices. The raspberry is the "Lego" approach, just add a little more, its not uber-slim, its not to be considered "cool", its beyond cool, its steam-punk approach, but then again, if you are using Raspberry, you have already decided to do things your own way. I own Droid, Linux, Windbodge, and some other junk, my greatest achievements have been the Raspberry, because I have a small ultra light computer that fits inside the camera case that can be used "Anywhere" (where there is a power supply...) to do a miriad of things you need a full sized computer and, oh dear, have you got the right adapter lead, how do you get app-fail(apple) to talk to driod storage with a windows configured memory storage device?... Simple. Raspbery Linux doesnt care. It reads all, can manipulate all, and has the ability to use a straight forward standard USB port. Plug all devices into the raspberry and let it do its magic between storage devices... Although. I have to admit there, I have never tried app-fail on my Raspberry tree.... I just dont own anything of that o/s, because of its closed-wall approach. Even though Mac's are excellent graphic tools, I just cant get by the "No other operating system exists" approach to its memory handling and storage precedents. All I can do is poke apple stuff on a memory stick that can be read by other devices and plug that in. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Aug 30, 2015 14:26:58 GMT
Raspberries are great for doing one up type hombuilt projects. But if you need to build and sell a couple of thousand products a year, there are much cheaper alternatives. We do a lot of prototyping with raspberries, but then build our own hardware for production.
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