Must-Have Programs for all you cheapskates out there (13 Viewers)

[mikhail]

++ [ originally posted by gray ] ++
Ahh right, I assumed he was talking Windows :undecide:

No. In Linux, you can have different windows open on different virtual desktops. Kind of neat.

 

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[gray]

++ [ originally posted by mikhail ] ++
No. In Linux, you can have different windows open on different virtual desktops. Kind of neat.

Ahh that I knew since I use Linux at uni and gave it a run on my PC a while ago (though that never really got off the ground, I don't know why :down:)

 

[Martin]

What flavor?

 

[mikhail]

++ [ originally posted by Martin ] ++
What flavor?

:boxing: Flavour.

 

[gray]

Fedora Core 3. I think part of the reason for me throwing in the towel was because I stuffed up a partition operation and I could no longer boot into Linux. I'm sure I'll give it another go though, when I've got some time on my hands

 

[Martin]

++ [ originally posted by mikhail ] ++

:boxing: Flavour.

thank you, Eric

++ [ originally posted by gray ] ++
Fedora Core 3. I think part of the reason for me throwing in the towel was because I stuffed up a partition operation and I could no longer boot into Linux. I'm sure I'll give it another go though, when I've got some time on my hands

I've become a bit dejected with the experience that it's actually quite difficult to configure one of the "easy" distros exactly the way you want, there's always some problem. There is so much focus on "being able to browse the web, write documents and check email" which noone actually does with a computer, people increasingly listen to music, watch videos etc which is still much more complicated than it has to be.

 

[mikhail]

++ [ originally posted by Martin ] ++
thank you, Eric

:eyepatch:

I've become a bit dejected with the experience that it's actually quite difficult to configure one of the "easy" distros exactly the way you want, there's always some problem. There is so much focus on "being able to browse the web, write documents and check email" which noone actually does with a computer, people increasingly listen to music, watch videos etc which is still much more complicated than it has to be.

So write your own.

 

[gray]

++ [ originally posted by mikhail ] ++
So write your own.

This could well be the turning point in Martin's life

 

[Martin]

++ [ originally posted by mikhail ] ++
So write your own.

patent infringement :eyepatch:

 

[mikhail]

++ [ originally posted by Martin ] ++
patent infringement :eyepatch:

Really? Whose patents? How isn't it affecting all the Linux distros out there?

 

[Martin]

++ [ originally posted by mikhail ] ++

Really? Whose patents? How isn't it affecting all the Linux distros out there?

Well maybe not patents but if you wanna distribute a distro with mp3 support and you write your own mp3 codec to avoid legal problems, theyre still coming after you cause of intellectual property or whatever. Royalty fee. Divx, same problem. Xvid is free. wmv, real player, much much worse still. What I want though is an easy way to install all of that once the user realizes it's missing. Gentoo has it, if you know how to use gentoo. The others are trailing on this point.

 

[mikhail]

++ [ originally posted by Martin ] ++
Well maybe not patents but if you wanna distribute a distro with mp3 support and you write your own mp3 codec to avoid legal problems, theyre still coming after you cause of intellectual property or whatever. Royalty fee. Divx, same problem. Xvid is free. wmv, real player, much much worse still. What I want though is an easy way to install all of that once the user realizes it's missing. Gentoo has it, if you know how to use gentoo. The others are trailing on this point.

Oh. If someone can download it for free, why can't someone else get it distributed for free?

 

[Chxta]

Yes I am using Gnome.

Another thing, I found this software for flash animation: F4L, but I am unable to install it. Keeps giving me an error when I use the make command. Any tips please?

 

[Chxta]

Problem I am having now is the installation. When I try to make, I keep getting this error: make: *** No rule to make target `/mkspecs/default/qmake.conf', needed by `Makefile'. Stop.
What do I do?

But anyways Martin and Mikhail, I am generally having it a little rough when it comes to software installation. What is the procedure? I like using that Midnight Commander package...

 

[Martin]

++ [ originally posted by mikhail ] ++

Oh. If someone can download it for free, why can't someone else get it distributed for free?

Because installing it on your own is different than bundling it with the operating system. Personal use is far more lenient than business use, if you bundle then everyone has it by default. It's also about location, a distro bound by US regulations is more restrictive. When it comes to Debian/Ubuntu it's an ideological decision, they just don't accept non-free software.

Have to admit I'm coming a bit short in this discussion, I've never really looked into the problem, just superficially wanted to know why it couldn't be included.

++ [ originally posted by Chxta ] ++
Problem I am having now is the installation. When I try to make, I keep getting this error: make: *** No rule to make target `/mkspecs/default/qmake.conf', needed by `Makefile'. Stop.
What do I do?

But anyways Martin and Mikhail, I am generally having it a little rough when it comes to software installation. What is the procedure? I like using that Midnight Commander package...

I've never tried it so I wouldn't know, but you should probably take that up on the projects forum/mailing list. Do you have qmake?

 

[Chxta]

No. What is qmake?

 

[Martin]

compiler for qt project files. I'm guessing F4L is written in qt..

 

[Bjerknes]

I don't know where I am.

 

[Chxta]

K. Thanks man.

 

[JCK]

++ [ originally posted by Andy ] ++
I don't know where I am.