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Re:8088 Domination Post-Mortem, Part 1 by Audrey_II on Friday June 20, 2014 @04:13PM (#7922626)
Incredible work! If only we had this kind of ingenuity today to get a simple graphics card working with Linux! Imagine the possibilities. One day, I might even have an option in Ubuntu to change the refresh rate to 60hz without entering 'xrandr -r 60' into the console EVERY DAMN TIME I REBOOT. Now, I know I'm going on a limb with this next one, but imagine if someone had the intelligence to code a universal installer that works every time and installed every piece of needed software all at once with zero user interaction??! I'm getting a bit craaazy here, but imagine effortless uninstalls! Mind blown.

Edit: "One more thing" as I get voted down by those in denial. Imagine this brilliance getting Linux to talk to a relatively unheard of device called an iPhone 5s! It sure would be nice getting pictures and video off this damn phone so I can free up space!

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Re:8088 Domination Post-Mortem, Part 1 by ketralnis on Saturday June 21, 2014 @01:40AM (#7924296)
> imagine if someone had the intelligence to code a universal installer that works every time and installed every piece of needed software all at once with zero user interaction

What's stopping you?

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Re:8088 Domination Post-Mortem, Part 1 by voidlogic on Friday June 20, 2014 @09:51PM (#7923843)
IMHO you are being down voted for being off topic, not necessarily for the accuracy of your thoughts. (I did not downvote you BTW, I take pitty on gray comments)
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Re:8088 Domination Post-Mortem, Part 1 by rbanffy on Saturday June 21, 2014 @06:48AM (#7924673)
The tone and innacuracy certainly didn't help.
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Re:8088 Domination Post-Mortem, Part 1 by rbanffy on Saturday June 21, 2014 @06:50AM (#7924676)
> getting Linux to talk to a relatively unheard of device called an iPhone 5s! It sure would be nice getting pictures and video off this damn phone so I can free up space!

I do it all the time. All it takes is to plug the phone in.

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Re:8088 Domination Post-Mortem, Part 1 by rbanffy on Saturday June 21, 2014 @10:25AM (#7925056)
Answering the dead question, it's an iPhone 5s running the latest iOS. The only catch is that I have to plug it unlocked and tell it to trust my computer (running Ubuntu 14.04) when the prompt pops up. It imports pictures into Shotwell just fine. I also tested it with an iPhone 4 (not 4S) and it worked just the same.
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