Comments for Public Secrets http://www.terkeurst.org Another WordPress weblog by Enno ter Keurst Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:55:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 Comment on Wordpress upgrade problems by Bob Beela http://www.terkeurst.org/archives/657#comment-19173 Bob Beela Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:25:05 +0000 http://www.terkeurst.org/?p=657#comment-19173 It seemed a lot of people had a simular problem. It seemed a lot of people had a simular problem.

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 8.0.4 LTS versus Micrsoft Vista SP1 Business edition by Eric http://www.terkeurst.org/archives/599#comment-19172 Eric Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:00:56 +0000 http://www.terkeurst.org/?p=599#comment-19172 If you were able to install updates AND software on vista in only one and a half hours you are delusional! Give ubuntu a fair shot. I work in Govt' using both ubuntu and vista. Personaly I chose ubuntu. But I will not try to claim it is something that it is not. Unlike this obviously biased comparison. Be fair and let people make a real choice. If you were able to install updates AND software on vista in only one and a half hours you are delusional! Give ubuntu a fair shot. I work in Govt’ using both ubuntu and vista. Personaly I chose ubuntu. But I will not try to claim it is something that it is not. Unlike this obviously biased comparison. Be fair and let people make a real choice.

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 8.0.4 LTS versus Micrsoft Vista SP1 Business edition by shamol http://www.terkeurst.org/archives/599#comment-19171 shamol Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:09:34 +0000 http://www.terkeurst.org/?p=599#comment-19171 i read about linux that, in linux dial up internet is not supported. though i tried to run dial up internet in fedora 4 red hat.. is it possible to run dial up internet in ubuntu ? i read about linux that, in linux dial up internet is not supported. though i tried to run dial up internet in fedora 4 red hat.. is it possible to run dial up internet in ubuntu ?

]]> Comment on Californication by Bob Beela http://www.terkeurst.org/archives/612#comment-19170 Bob Beela Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:59:10 +0000 http://www.terkeurst.org/?p=612#comment-19170 Oh, I made a big mistake! Oh, I made a big mistake!

]]> Comment on Californication by Marlene http://www.terkeurst.org/archives/612#comment-19169 Marlene Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:02:39 +0000 http://www.terkeurst.org/?p=612#comment-19169 I agree with you about Californication. It's a teriffic show. But i think that Showtime would be upset with you giving HBO the credit for the show:) I agree with you about Californication. It’s a teriffic show. But i think that Showtime would be upset with you giving HBO the credit for the show:)

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 8.0.4 LTS versus Micrsoft Vista SP1 Business edition by MB http://www.terkeurst.org/archives/599#comment-19168 MB Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:20:38 +0000 http://www.terkeurst.org/?p=599#comment-19168 Well, this is a pretty good review overall. There is a little bit of over simplification going on with the comments. First - What is a "professional" machine? There is no standardization for that term other than what any one using the term decides it should. All the laptops at my company come with 1GB of ram and 60GB hard drives. There are few companies I am aware of that consider 2GB of ram and 160GB hard drive in a laptop "standard". Even desktop machines do not receive large hard drives or memory. You can say the price difference is small, however, leverage that small see why they choose to standardize on reasonable, while not necessarily optimal, values.amount against 5,000 machines a year and you can see why they choose to standardize on reasonable, while not necessarily optimal, values. Second, patches are patches and the time it takes to download them...who cares. Customization is a personal choice and frankly Linux offers a ton more options than Windows of any flavor, so who cares how long it took. Linux is much more usable than it was many years ago, it still does not have the polish of Windows in terms of consistency and that is ok. Windows has a huge base of largely mindless folks. Don't get me wrong, I like Windows for somethings, and I have many friends who are extremely talented with computers that run Windows. However, at the end of the day the Linux/BSD/Unix/Apple crowd are typically smarter, more diverse, and honestly more interesting people to spend time with....why? Because, they have proven they can think and are willing to work. Well, this is a pretty good review overall. There is a little bit of over simplification going on with the comments. First - What is a “professional” machine? There is no standardization for that term other than what any one using the term decides it should. All the laptops at my company come with 1GB of ram and 60GB hard drives. There are few companies I am aware of that consider 2GB of ram and 160GB hard drive in a laptop “standard”. Even desktop machines do not receive large hard drives or memory. You can say the price difference is small, however, leverage that small see why they choose to standardize on reasonable, while not necessarily optimal, values.amount against 5,000 machines a year and you can see why they choose to standardize on reasonable, while not necessarily optimal, values.
Second, patches are patches and the time it takes to download them…who cares. Customization is a personal choice and frankly Linux offers a ton more options than Windows of any flavor, so who cares how long it took. Linux is much more usable than it was many years ago, it still does not have the polish of Windows in terms of consistency and that is ok. Windows has a huge base of largely mindless folks. Don’t get me wrong, I like Windows for somethings, and I have many friends who are extremely talented with computers that run Windows. However, at the end of the day the Linux/BSD/Unix/Apple crowd are typically smarter, more diverse, and honestly more interesting people to spend time with….why? Because, they have proven they can think and are willing to work.

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 8.0.4 LTS versus Micrsoft Vista SP1 Business edition by Bob Beela http://www.terkeurst.org/archives/599#comment-19167 Bob Beela Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:29:47 +0000 http://www.terkeurst.org/?p=599#comment-19167 One plus with Windows Vista is that the number of patches available is limited compared with Windows XP or even Linux. At least now. Installing all 960 patches of Ubuntu took me more than one hour. Windows Vista SP1 plus some new patches a lot less. Saying that you cannot run Vista on 512MB is an idiotic remark. It is a bit like saying “why do we need a 64-bit OS if we can do it with 16 or even 8 bit”. The cost or the amount of memory is not the issue! These days you cannot buy an off the shelf machine (laptop or desktop) with less than 1GB internal memory. And if you look at the professional market, every machine is equipped with 2GB and if you want less you pay more! One plus with Windows Vista is that the number of patches available is limited compared with Windows XP or even Linux. At least now.
Installing all 960 patches of Ubuntu took me more than one hour. Windows Vista SP1 plus some new patches a lot less.
Saying that you cannot run Vista on 512MB is an idiotic remark. It is a bit like saying “why do we need a 64-bit OS if we can do it with 16 or even 8 bit”. The cost or the amount of memory is not the issue!
These days you cannot buy an off the shelf machine (laptop or desktop) with less than 1GB internal memory. And if you look at the professional market, every machine is equipped with 2GB and if you want less you pay more!

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 8.0.4 LTS versus Micrsoft Vista SP1 Business edition by Mike http://www.terkeurst.org/archives/599#comment-19166 Mike Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:58:28 +0000 http://www.terkeurst.org/?p=599#comment-19166 I think you left out a couple of key points on your Vista install: 1) The download and install of the patches and service pack for Windows Vista will take more then an hour and a half. You must have already had the patches. 2) Consumers buy off the shelf and are not savvy enough to get upgrades or even know that they need one. Windows Vista on 1 gig let alone 512 is a joke. Windows Vista needs to be just like Windows ME and get sweeped under the rug. I think you left out a couple of key points on your Vista install:

1) The download and install of the patches and service pack for Windows Vista will take more then an hour and a half. You must have already had the patches.

2) Consumers buy off the shelf and are not savvy enough to get upgrades or even know that they need one. Windows Vista on 1 gig let alone 512 is a joke.

Windows Vista needs to be just like Windows ME and get sweeped under the rug.

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