> What prevents me from considering Linux as a desktop or laptop OS includes: horrible battery life times (worse than half for a friend's thinkpad when compared to it running Windows), how difficult it is to get Bluetooth and Wifi working, really bad multi-touch for trackpads.
Not sure where you are coming from, to be honest.
Bluetooth and Wifi have unerringly worked out of the box for me since 2009 or so.
While multi-touch, and the trackpad in general, is _horrible_ on my Asus UX31E Zenbook in Windows, it is very pleasant to use in Linux.
How much work did you have to put into configuring TLP to get it to work? How many different settings before you got it where it was comparable to Windows, or did you just install it and it just worked? Because that's how it works on my Macboook, it just worked. I didn't have to read TLP docs. This is what I'm talking about, Linux is a hobby, it's not something you get that just works. This is just battery life. Bluetooth worked for you, it doesn't for others. Every little thing can be a painful can of worms. Go through the comments here and just see the variety of responses. Avoid nvidia, 802.11ac chipset problems, bluetooth problems, editing pulseaudio settings.
It doesn't "just work." A Macbook Pro, you turn it on, it "just works." Linux, is not like this.
People say I'm weird when I say I don't follow, nor care to follow the mainstream news. It seems hard for them to understand that I gain nothing from "keeping up to date with current events".
It's all just so much pain and misery, and I can't speak for anyone else, but my life is better without it. I prefer to seek out my own news, pertaining to things I like or am interested in. Hacker News (the irony of the name is not lost on me), for example, is very relevant to most of my interests.
> We decided to leave it when we realized any individual coder could wipe out our local repository with a wrong command.
What?
1) You can configure your repo so only select users may use destructive commands on certain branches.
2) It's a _distributed_ content versioning system. Even if someone wiped out the main, "central", repository, all users will have a full local copy, a backup in effect.
Git has a horrible UI in many ways, but your apparent dislike of it smells more of incompetence and a naive buy-in of the full Microsoft ecosystem than anything else.
BTW, I didn't know what TFS was before checking on Wikipedia, but -- somewhat ironcially given your gripe -- TFS seems to have decent support for Git[1].
1. Some of this does look like ignorance on the part of my coworker who set up both. But why isn't that a default setting? Why give that permission to all users?
2. This is true only if other users keep local copies of the main repository, keep it updated, and don't mix it in with their code. You're making a lot of assumptions.
1. When I set up Git on my Linux server only the user that initiated the repo had access to it. It was too locked down, seeing as external users didn't even have read/cloning permission. (A minimal amount of googling solved all my problems, though.) Your problem sounds to me as another PEBCAC on the part of your coworker.
2. I'm not making all the assumptions you claim. First of all, as soon as you clone a repo you have a local copy. You need this clone in order to be able to even work with the code, so it would be quite weird if employees deleted their clone after editing, committing, and pushing their changes. I'm not even sure what you mean with "mix it in with their code". It's a VCS -- if you don't like a change reverting it is trivial.
All in all, I understand why users might have problems with Git. It has a steep learning curve. I think it has a horrible command line UI. It might not have worked well for your company, even if you had a competent admin set up the repos. However, I would prefer if you could argue your point based on the actual merits and faults of Git, rather than based on ignorance.
No, I would say showing screenshots from all "supported" platforms is a good idea. The cost is very low, and preventing people from feeling marginalized is a win for you and your software.
Anecdotally, I can say that I am going to have a look at the software, and this just because the author was willing to consider us Linux users.
Yeah, sorry, but that's you. I can bring my own anecdotal evidence to the table and say that for me, compilation, linking and algorithms were very secondary to the thrill of typing in "commands" to the computer and have it do all the work for me automagically. Programming, which I learned in college, was a very pleasant method of getting around all that boring math by letting me figure out how to solve the problem and then having my computer do the mechanical calculations.
Thrill does not allow you to solve problems (beyond what a competent engineer has solved for you behind a pretty API). In order to succeed at solving problems you must enjoy it in the first place. If you do not care about the underlying algorithms behind those calculations programming is always going to be boring.
I never understood why people usually rush to board the plane, only to end up sitting in a cramped airplane chair and breathing stuffy air.
I usually opt to sit and wait outside the gate until I can assume that most people have gotten to their seats inside the plane and won't crowd the aisle. The seats are assigned anyway, it's not like I'd get a better spot by being early. So why not wait outside where there's plenty of space and (usually) fresher air?
No, the only reason I can think of is that people want to make sure they have place for their oversized carry on (as the article alludes to). If that's the case I have no sympathy for them, and hope they all get stuck next to a fat person with a cold.
I fly often enough that I have frequent flyer status and get access to early boarding.
I find this valuable because of the following reasons:
a) It allows me to enter an empty plane and find my seat and stow my carry-on (correct size) right with my seat. I can do this without squeezing past people.
b) It allows me to get settled into my seat and get set up (music, computer, book, whatever) and so I can be settled into the routine of the flight. This is much more pleasant than milling around in the terminal, where you can't settle into whatever it is you're going to do on the flight (read, sleep, work, etc)
Essentially I don't agree that waiting in the terminal is better than waiting in the plane. I'd much rather reduce my waiting times and move directly from lounge to plane, than have an intermediate step of waiting at the gate.
100% agree as a fellow frequent flyer. Additionally
1) I find that general boarding involves several minutes of just standing in the jetbridge waiting to get on the plane, which is completely lost time. This is often true on popular routes right up until they close the door.
2) If you board late and you're not in an aisle seat you're going to have to deal with the awkward "ask people to let you in and wait for them to shuffle into the aisle" situation.
3) Seating at gates is a pretty big problem at most airports, which simply weren't built to handle the number of passengers they now have. As often as not you're going to be standing at the gate doing email on your phone because there aren't any comfortable seats available.
I'm a tallish guy (6"2) and the seats here in the US in particular seem incredibly small, so even with a small backpack with me I'd far prefer to get it in the overhead bin than have it stashed underneath the seat in front of me.
And again, being in the US - you do have to rush to get that spot as people bring so much oversized carry-on, it's kind of crazy. Never had any issues or felt any rush in Australia.
That certainly contributes. But I can check my bag for free (as a frequent flyer) and I still never do for several reasons. It saves me a lot of time, being able to walk directly off the plane and to my ride rather than waiting half an hour at baggage claim. It is impossible for my bag to get lost or mis-routed, which is a major hassle when I'm on a short turnaround business trip. And finally, it makes it much easier for me to switch flights at the last minute, which I do with some frequency when there's a delay on my original flight. These things are small, but they add up when you fly a lot.
My bag is not oversized by any means, by the way, but it does need to go in the bin, not under the seat. That's what they have bins for.
It's not just oversized carry-ons. There isn't space for every single passenger to bring a full-size (but within stated limits) carry-on plus personal item. And with carriers charging for checked bags, it's worse than it would be otherwise.
That said, as an infrequent flyer, I do like you and just wait in the terminal until the end of boarding. No point waiting in the middle of the line - that's the worst of all options. I also make sure my personal carry-on (usually a large laptop bag) has my toothbrush and clean socks, just in case I get stuck checking a bag at the gate.
But, given the option to board early without charge, I'd take it.
I like sitting in the window seat, so I'd rather sit on the plane a little longer and not have to climb over people to get to my seat. But to each their own!
I am similar. I wait until the last minute to board, given that my seat is reserved anyways. As a bonus, I can use the internet until I'm on the plane, which is great when I'm out of country and can't be connected through my phone. Also, the lines are usually atrocious on flights to/from China, so waiting is the best option.
Wheeler might not be the problem. But the Obama White house isn't the root of the problem, either. The American two party duocracy is. Sadly, it seems that the only viable option is to vote for either of two equally corrupt parties.
And in turn, the duocracy isn't the root of the problem, but rather our first-past-the-post voting system. Sadly, it seems the only viable option is to cry into my beer.
Actually, the world is getting to the height of how humans were pre-agriculture, at around 6 feet. As Asia and ancient Rome has proven, high carb low protein diets do not make for great height.
There is also reason to believe that a height in great excess of 6 feet is not optimal, however. Our physiology - bones and joints - don't allow for it.
Finally! While I like GOG, other distributors like Steam, humble bundle and desura have Linux support, so I've bought games from them instead. I'm glad GOG decided they want my business again.
Not sure where you are coming from, to be honest.
Bluetooth and Wifi have unerringly worked out of the box for me since 2009 or so.
While multi-touch, and the trackpad in general, is _horrible_ on my Asus UX31E Zenbook in Windows, it is very pleasant to use in Linux.
As for power savings, have a look at TLP: http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/docs/tlp-linux-advanced-power-man...
Using TLP, battery life on my laptop is about the same as in Windows.