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Re:What Compsci textbooks don't tell you: Real world code sucks
on Saturday December 22, 2012 @05:47AM (#4956330)
The code is literally used as an example in Uncyclopedia.
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Haskell#Haskell_Code_Exam...
It's like using code from the IOCCC to make a point that C code is not maintainable.
Re:Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do?
on Friday December 07, 2012 @03:18PM (#4889041)
Fedora is good enough although it's a bit more bleeding edge.
Re:The amount of crap Windows users have to put up with is incredible
on Sunday November 11, 2012 @12:35AM (#4768821)
Maybe fedora would work better for you. Or debian. Or one of the numerous Ubuntu spins which do not have ads.
The point is that there will always be a Linux distribution which focusses on the user because a lot of them are made by community
Re:E-Ink Android phone promises a week long battery life
on Tuesday October 23, 2012 @11:13AM (#4688463)
It isn't android. It's the manufacturer skins. AOSP Jellybean runs really smooth on my low end phone. (512 MB ram, 600 MHz processor) But HTC Sense 4 runs like crap.
Re:Ubuntu Will Now Have Amazon Ads Pre-Installed
on Sunday September 23, 2012 @03:57AM (#4560358)
What are you talking about? Canonical doesn't sell Ubuntu. That's one of the reasons they've added ads.
Re:Ubuntu Will Now Have Amazon Ads Pre-Installed
on Sunday September 23, 2012 @03:38AM (#4560327)
You may wanna read up on what free software actually is. The free used by the FSF generally denotes that you have access to the source code and are free to modify and redistribute it.
Re:Ubuntu Will Now Have Amazon Ads Pre-Installed
on Sunday September 23, 2012 @03:27AM (#4560305)
You can sell free software. It's free as in freedom not as in free beer.
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html
> You can charge nothing, a penny, a dollar, or a billion dollars.
Re:Google Chrome's biggest annoyance: Download bar
on Sunday August 05, 2012 @09:33AM (#4341380)
It opens the file for me.
Re:Mom Hacks Into School Computer, Changes Her Kids' Grades
on Monday July 23, 2012 @02:38PM (#4282381)
This one is a bit relevant too. http://xkcd.com/341/