Posts by Hans 1

Re: Does anyone even use the Win 10 start mess?

>Except linux does not run what I need.

Yes, YMV or so it appears, I think Windows does not run what I need, actually, it runs a gazillion processes in the background I don't need that use up resources ... even after I have stopped all services I do not need.

One thing, regarding pinning apps to the dock on Windows is a nightmare in gnome 3.

Imagine:

I have LibreOffice installed from the repos and I would like to test a newer version from the libreoffice website ... I download, install it (to /opt) and start swriter, for example, I pin that to the Gnome 3 dock and close it ... re-launching it from the dock opens the version from the repos ... pretty sure it uses a .desktop file somewhere ... but, FFS. I need to check if there is a bug for that, sorry Gnome guyz, have not had the time to check, yet ...

Mind, this morning, my Windows 10 system was asleep and I wake it ... it asks for password ... I type password, it tells me my password is incorrect (I know for sure it was not), retry and same, I check usual suspects ... CAPS-LOCK, keyboard layout (US English Windows in France thinks I need French keyboard ... nobody does), nope, English layout ... I decide to restart the box (reboot fixes everything, right ?), the login manager vanishes and appears again, less than a second, I think "WTF", type my password, and get to the desktop ... I start working and about 3 minutes later (YES, 3 minutes!!!!- I was already programming, it might have taken longer, I don't keep my eyes on the clock, but I had already checked email, theregister headlines, opened vpn etc and was typing away in vim!!!!!) the MozartF*ck*r thinks it is perfect timing to honor the previous "restart windows" request .... sometimes, I think I need anger management training.

Re: Macros

There is no excuse for macros. Re-write them as PowerShell of VisualBasic scripts ... data files are designed to host DATA, NOT PROGRAMS, keep data and program logic apart and you will never have a problem.

>How come people LOVE computers to be as open as possible, but want their TVs to be closed?

I don't want it to be closed, that is the whole point, it is closed, therefore unreliable. If it were easy to flash custom rom onto a TV (I have not even looked) I would probably try ... something like DD-WRT for TV's would be nice ... if I can control what runs on the TV, I would be happy to enable smart functionality, since I cannot, I will not.

I know most of you are very happy with closed source-"security through obscurity"-software ... I am not.

Re: "SmartTV's are fine, as long as you do not give them access to a network"

> Plus, how long till we learn that Smart TV's scan nearby Wi-Fi connections?

Ok, will rip the antennas out of the TV over the weekend, thanks for the hint! Just imagine, some script kiddie neighbour hacks the TV's wifi ...

Note that I have hidden the remote to the TV, not needed, as we use the set top box and amp, all goes into HDMI1 on the TV.

>This alone should make a lot of people put them on the shit-list of openly consumer hostile companies (though I fear it won't).

LG are on my shitlist, now ... and I have an LG 3d TV, it has never been anywhere near my network, though, and I have never even tried the "smart" functionality ... I use it as a monitor for watching TV/movies, the pi or the game consoles. No way in hell will I allow anyone around here use the smart functionality ... besides, I am sure the smart "functionality" is borken (youtube etc) as I have not bothered updating the firmware.

1. Why allow people to install software that is not vetted onto a TV ?

2. Factory reset procedure MUST BE in the manual, WTF ???

SmartTV's are fine, as long as you do not give them access to a network. This certainly is silly, why buy functionality you will not be using and the answer is there were no cost-effective alternatives I could find when I bought it ... like the IoT scales I bought last year, ripped antenna out, safe now.

Sad thing is, the average punter will use the functionality and get 0wned, sooner or later, because the devs who wrote the "smart" functionality are the same devs who wrote the IoT crap. Pretty sure there are ways to enable telnet with admin/admin login on these things ... for testing, debugging, and diagnostics ... you understand ...

Re: I'd love to see a top 20...

> Nowadays, I just read the main article and maybe the first couple of posts before the flamewars start.

Nowadays, I read the article, skip the first few posts to get directly into the flamewars ... the joy of upsetting "whoever" or getting fsck'd by others is priceless ... and I do not care about badges, up or downvotes ... I see it as a comment@rd game, sometimes you win, other times you lose ... who cares ... that is el'reg for me .... and I never stop learning thanks to you lot, thanks a million to all for that, BTW, Happy New Year ... and don't take my rants personal, they're not, remember, I don't know you ;-).

PS: Please DON'T UPVOTE THIS - it is not meant to be a cheesy up-vote-generator.

Re: How the Mighty have Fallen

>Waaaay back in 1998, Microsoft released the greatly anticipated Windows98 at gala midnight retail extravaganzas, where people actually stood in queue waiting for the doors to open.

Yeah, and that was only because Windows 95 spent 50% of its time booting-up and throwing BSOD's than anything else .... so 98 was really needed ...

Re: The weirdness that is Microsoft

>Sadly Microsoft don't have a monopoly on that. It's these UX experts who get everywhere like a plague of mice.

Gnome 3 and Gimp 2.8+, to name but two non-Microsoft pieces of softwarecrap ...

I do not know where these guyz get their weird ideas from, somebody is a head too tall, if you ask me ... worst is, basic immutable software design "RULES" are considered "philosophical verbiage" when one mentions them, such as "principle of least surprise" ... which, imho, is the number 1 rule of software design, if you ignore that, you should not be allowed near digital devices, as simple as that, no, NOT A JOKE ... I try as hard as I can to keep software that does not adhere to that principle/rule off my hardware. Look at the downloads of Gimp ... more 2.6 downloads than ANY OTHER VERSION SINCE, if that is not a sign ... apparently, not to the Gimp team, I have tried telling them and was told about a deity, corporate policy of other BS as the reason (I cannot remember, some standard BS reply), and no, mentioning the number of downloads did not deter them from their foolish decision ... people actually have to go through "heaps" to get the 2.6 version iso the latest, still ... nope, that is how we want to do it ...

>>I'm still waiting for the virus that replaces Windows with a linux distribution...

>Virus? In my books that would be a cure to a virus. Sort of like antibiotics are for bacterial infections.

Hm, that would trigger the year of the Linux desktop instantly and most users would not even realize, at least since the Windows 10 nagware .... hmm, maybe even get a nobel prize for writing it .... hm .... which distribution, Mint ? with Redmond theme ? ... hm ... shall I ?

Re: M$ Long History

>That'd be Linux then ! Seriously how many users have compiled anything to get a fully-functioning system ?

Lets ask a Gentoo user!

Re: M$ Long History

@Version 1.0

>I think they did magic getting Windows to run at all on the friggin' huge variety of hardware and different manufacturers drivers out in the PC wild world

I beg your pardon ? Seriously, I beg your pardon ?

Linux runs more efficiently, on a larger variety of hardware, with most (something like 95%) drivers contributed by enthusiasts, with hardware manufacturers trying to torpedo these same drivers since day one ... this has changed somewhat in the last, what, 5 years, with manufacturers developing their own set of drivers for Linux, but still ... Get a clue or change profession ... I heard they were looking for window cleaners in Hull!