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Comment on Using the WP-Print and Sociable Plugins Together by Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:09:05 +0000

Thanks Alex! Your idea inspired me: If your want to integrate WP-Print into Sociable just put following code into the location section in "sociable.php":

	'WP-Print' => Array(
		'favicon' => 'printer.png',
		'url' => 'print',
		'description' => 'Print',
	),

Like that you can even arrange the WP-Print icon within the Sociable admin panel.

Comment on Linux vs. Windows Hardware Support: The Truth by dragonbite

dragonbite — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:48:08 +0000

Good read. I like your analogy.

Another thing to note is that while Apple limits the hardware it will work with, and Microsoft is able to demand the market to cater to them at this point, Linux has had to not only develop drivers and such without the help of the hardware manufacturer, but also handle more hardware than either Microsoft OR Apple!

How many things are out there that Apple won’t work with, yet Windows does and Linux may?

And how many things are out there that Microsoft won’t work with yet Linux and possible Apple can (such as the PPC chip? or ARM?)

And how many Windows users have actually had the pleasure of installing Windows?

Comment on Linux vs. Windows Hardware Support: The Truth by Who do newcomers give up on Linux? - Page 23 - openSUSE Forums

Who do newcomers give up on Linux? - Page 23 - openSUSE Forums — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:03:54 +0000

[...] just how awesome Linux can be. To put my actual point into perspective please read this article: Linux vs. Windows Hardware Support: The Truth Regards, [...]

Comment on The Only Feature Ubuntu 10.04 Needs by Tanner

Tanner — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:35:42 +0000

Thanks for the comments, Mackenzie. It sounds like the UDS compromise (focus on features for 9.10 and stability for 10.04) is a great hybrid of what’s discussed here.

And while I agree that many hardware fixes are specific to hardware combinations that may or may not be predictably gauged, I think the main issue most of us have is with generic fixes that are easily identified and handled. For example, I have an Epson printer whose model number is CX8400. Selecting that model number from the printer driver dialog results in a non-functional printer. A simple online search reveals that selecting CX7800 for CX8400 printers solves the problem – and that fix has got to be trivial at best.

Certainly there will always be some hardware issues that are impossible to predict or handle (every Windows user has experienced that!), but I think that great strides can still be made in addressing simple hardware fixes that simply haven’t been integrated yet.

Thanks again for the comments.

Comment on VB Graphics Programming: Part 4 (Optimizations Checklist) by Tanner

Tanner — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:15:22 +0000

Ah, nice catch Mike. I’ve corrected both mistakes and will double-check for any other escape character problems.

Many thanks for pointing those out, and I’m glad the articles have been helpful to you.

Comment on VB Graphics Programming: Part 4 (Optimizations Checklist) by Mike

Mike — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:48:12 +0000

I am absolutely loving these articles! I did discover a few more problems though when you converted your website:

“Therefore, avoid decimals if possible. For example, Red = Red * 1.5 tends to be slower than Red = (Red * 15) 10. ”

Should be:

Therefore, avoid decimals if possible. For example, Red = Red * 1.5 tends to be slower than Red = (Red * 15) \ 10.

“Watch for dividing code. Two points here: 1) always use instead of /. ”

Should Be:
Watch for dividing code. Two points here: 1) always use \ instead of /.

Comment on Could Firefly return to TV? We can only hope… by Brandon S.

Brandon S. — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:59:15 +0000

That would be the greatest thing since sliced bread. Firefly is one of the best shows I have ever seen. 2 thumbs way up.

Comment on The Only Feature Ubuntu 10.04 Needs by Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:08:33 +0000

Also:
The trouble with the hardware stuff is often that it is impossible to find a suitable fix. For example, with sound bugs, we’ll find that a certain quirk fixes a certain model of laptop using a certain sound card using a certain revision of a certain codec…and then that there are actually 2 distinctly different pieces of hardware that have the same laptop model, sound card, codec, and codec revision number…but that are actually different.

Comment on The Only Feature Ubuntu 10.04 Needs by Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:06:48 +0000

So uh, what we sort of all agreed on at UDS is that for 9.10 we’re going to throw all the new awesome bleeding-edge stuff we can into the mix, that way we get a full year to stabilize it for 10.04. This means things like GRUB2, ext4-by-default, hibernating to swapfiles instead of a swap partition, fast boot stuff, kernel mode-setting…all of it’s going into 9.10 so that it’ll be well-tested by the time it reaches 10.04.

By the way, check out http://women.ubuntu.com or join us in #ubuntu-women on IRC :)

Comment on On Sharing (Licenses, Copyrights, and Fair Use) by Kroc Camen

Kroc Camen — Fri, 29 May 2009 06:20:06 +0000

Wow, that’s fantastic, a really bold move that I want to congratulate you on. :) I’ve much the same feeling when it comes to licences. I’ll be looking to see anywhere I can make use of your work in the future.