Oh yes I guess I got caught up in my chain of thought there. But the idea is still what I thought it was, least I think solol
Oh yes I guess I got caught up in my chain of thought there. But the idea is still what I thought it was, least I think solol
I'm not scared off the command line. I use apt-get(Synaptic slows things down when you only have 128mb of RAM) all the time. I just don't see why I should use something like emacs/vi/vim when Bluefish is so much easier.Originally Posted by Twey
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- Mike
I'll just assume this is about programming since I have no idea what you're talking about lolI'm not scared off the command line. I use apt-get(Synaptic slows things down when you only have 128mb of RAM) all the time. I just don't see why I should use something like emacs/vi/vim when Bluefish is so much easier.
I second thatI want Linux... Badly....![]()
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Why don't you both try out a live cd or two?
Hmm... Well. Let's think of the reason's (for me) not to:
1. This isn't my computer.
2. I'm too cheap and lazy to do so.
and well, that's pretty much it. But other than that, hey. Why not.
- Mike
1.Not a problemOriginally Posted by mburt
2.This one either
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- Mike
Let's be honest Twey, "probably" and "somewhat" are understatements.Originally Posted by Twey
The comparison isn't really meaningful. Linux has a core set of third-party libraries and utilities that everyone else uses to perform certain tasks. That this isn't the case on Windows has nothing to do with Windows itself.Linux is a lot more modular than Windows.
There is nothing that is stopping a third-party from creating a set of libraries that will install to a single shared location that will service any requesting software (and of course, that does happen). There's also nothing stopping an application from omitting that library from its distribution and downloading it only if necessary.
I would find the answer "Yes" to be rather suspicious: binary incompatibility is still an issue. The main difference is that due to the open source nature of most Linux software, a Linux user is usually in the position to rebuild the software, linking against the current versions of libraries installed on the system. However, even that isn't a solution for all cases: the library interface must also have been unchanged between versions.Originally Posted by tacmig99
I hope you don't think that Linux will solve that.That could really come in handy for me, I have a few things I can't use even when I try using the Windows Program Compatibility Wizard because of missing .dll's
Mike
(nods ruefully)Originally Posted by mwinter
Of course not. The point I was making was that it isn't part of the core operating system.There is nothing that is stopping a third-party from creating a set of libraries that will install to a single shared location that will service any requesting software (and of course, that does happen). There's also nothing stopping an application from omitting that library from its distribution and downloading it only if necessary.Due to continuous updates and, as you say, the abundance of open source software, while it may still be an issue, it's rather rare, even with binary distributions. I can't say I've ever encountered it, except with the closed-source nVIDIA drivers.binary incompatibility is still an issue.Again, the nature of open source software saves the day: generally, developers of one application, having access to the source of the next version of a library upon which it depends, can build applications to be compatible with that software before it's formally released.However, even that isn't a solution for all cases: the library interface must also have been unchanged between versions.Depends on the definition of "solve." Wine has good support for software built for old versions of Windows. That aside, it depends whether "solve" means "prevent this problem from happening with new software" or "run those specific applications that wouldn't run on Windows." tacmig99 was quite vague on that point, so I didn't comment one way or the other.I hope you don't think that Linux will solve that.That could really come in handy for me, I have a few things I can't use even when I try using the Windows Program Compatibility Wizard because of missing .dll's
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