napster007
Padawan
i'm tired to fighting.....will let this pass
ha ha ha yippeeeehhhhhhh I wini'm tired to fighting.....will let this pass
Like I said, geeks might want to look elsewhere. Believe it or not, most people don't care about all kinds of formats and such. Music comes in Mp3, just drag it into iTunes and sync up. If they want lossless, AAC lossless does a pretty good job. For those with an iTunes store, the process is even simpler. Now the movies thing, yes, they should have allowed avi format, but they didn't. Sucks I know. They have geared it up for legal iTunes store downloads I guess.reg. iPod, mp3 is standard. Its not lossless. besides, I decide what format I need to put. They dont advertise it as mp3 player... If that is the case as say a creative mp3 player or something like that I accept... for 280 Euros, I get a junk which can play only mp3/mp4 and everytime i have to see a movie or tvshow, i have to convert to mp4!
Need I say more? I do realise that Linux has that software management thing which is pretty awesome, but stuff like this is always around the corner...Download Transmission 1.05
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Mac OS X
Download (2.5 MB)
Requires version 10.4 or later. 10.5 or later is strongly recommended.
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Check your distribution's package manager (ensure any repositories are up to date)
Download the Source Code and compile it with the instructions on the development page
Linux is I guess really good for scientific stuff and such. It is a really advanced system I'm sure. But I don't think any n00b will be running a space program. That requires a lot of knowledge on the intricacies of the system. I for one don't know what goes on inside OS X. I know it's something of BSD, but besides that I have no idea how a kernel works or why it works as it does. All I care about is that I can email my clients some nice looking documents which would have taken me twice as long and probably really boring to do on Windows. Not sure how that's possible on Linux.infact serious work(debian for eg used in space programs )
+1Yup, i started as a novice and now am above average in linux
A word about Idiot Friendliness. I see a lot of thread in OSS section "Newbie to Linux", "MetalHeadGautam Ubuntu queries" , "Trying & Learning Ubuntu. My Query Thread" , "Calling all Linux Experts: I've got a million questions... ", etc... the learning curve is pretty steep in *nix. Do you see such things in the Apple Mac thread? Goobimama was there to help me when I first used my Mac but I just had a few questions here and there.
Off Topic :Oh by the way to the person who can't play Chessmaster and Fritz I recall that Linux supports both versions. I might be wrong about Fritz. Im a Chessmaster X series player. I believe that you might have different results for different versions of the Chess program. And out of curiosity what rank do you maintain on Chessmaster? We should play some time .
My MacBook Pro (legolas: It is an Apple Laptop) costs $2k. But Apple had an offer last year. $200 off and a free iPod Nano. $1800 converts to Rs. 72k.Ah well, Dr bought his from the States where it costs $2000. Not sure how that translates to 72k, but it is a hell of a lot cheaper there.
I've used and see all the Trackpads of Vaio, HP, Dell, HCL, Acer, Toshiba etc. The trackpad should not smooth. But with 6-7 months (2-3 months in case of Dell) of usage, they're smooth and don't offer friction. Does other brands give the feature and convience of a MacBook's Trackpad? The number of people use mouse on MacBook/Pro is a lot less than the number using mouse on other brands for the same number.iMav said:and trackpad being bad u will find not more than 5 people on this forum who will say that because they have already bought a lac+ machines so it has to be better u know costlier means better logic
please go and download repositories for ur linux let us discuss the OS that is meant for work and not meant to be worked upon before u can work
I don't have an actual ranking since I havent played in Tournaments. Online Rankings are basically stupid since a person with a 2k ranking in Chessmaster wouldnt be able to defeat a Human with a ranking of 1400.Hey person, I am the person who queried about fritz and chessmaster
My official rating is 1440. I play here in a club in Germany. So far, I have played around 14 I guess, not sure... 12 Won, 1 lost, 1 dint appear.
In chessmaster, I played very long ago... before loving fritz.. It was around 1900+ but its a crazy software. I dont believe it.
Fritz -> the best!! Please tell me how to install fritz and java based programs for windows in linux!! I will credit you by supporting for linux jk...
Will try to log on thenanytime on the week ends!
Please tell me how to install [...] java based programs for windows in linux!!
Summary: There are trade offs in any Platform the person uses. Theres not a single OS with all of them.
In the normal case with the exception of Installation problems, happens on both platforms . However I will say it does happen much more on Linux. Alot of Distros have lesser for a user to install than the platform you are speaking about. An example is I can open my Office documents on a newly installed Ubuntu desktop.