Comment Re:Google is becoming irrelevant (Score 3, Insightful) 165
Personalized search results might be scary, but are extremely useful.
I'm not encouraged when I see "x86 GCC 2".
x86?! Jesus Christ, that platform was obsolete back in 2005! We've had x86-64 for well over a decade now, and it has been the standard even for shitty consumer-grade hardware for just about as long.
GCC 2?! That's even worse than x86! My God, the latest release of GCC 2 was on March 16, 2001! GCC 2.0 was first released on February 22, 1992! Even GCC 3, which has long been considered obsolete, saw its latest release almost a decade ago, on March 06, 2006. GCC 5 was released earlier this year.
I know you'll give "compatibility" as the justification for why it's still targeting a long-obsolete platform, and using a long-obsolete compiler system. But that's just a failed excuse at this point.
If Haiku is to be a relevant operating system in 2015, then it needs to get its shit together. It needs to target the CPU architecture that has been in use for the past decade. It needs to use a compiler system released this century. This "x86 GCC 2" bullshit needs to end. We need to see "x86-64 GCC 5" or even "x86-64 LLVM/Clang".
Well, fine, take the 4.4 version: http://download.haiku-os.org/n... or the 64-bit 4.4 version: http://download.haiku-os.org/n... They just won't be able to run BeOS binaries, as the ABI changed from gcc 2 to gcc 4. I'm sure 5.0 binaries will come eventually, but gcc 5 is relatively new, so it will take some time, as new gcc releases have and cause tons of bugs.
Taking notes on a document requires being able to split the screen, read from one window, and write in another.
Don't generalize your personal opinion.
Today we have far more stuff then our parents ever did.
Er, today there are far more people still living with their parents than ever. If you want to measure "standard of living" in terms of gadgets go ahead. In the 1950's one man could support his wife and several kids with a house fully paid for, health costs were not a problem, etc. Today? You are a slave to the bank. Don't you or your wife dream of getting sick. Can you afford that baby, and more importantly will mom and dad mind you adding yet another family member into the already crowded house?
What gnome does right: GNOME 2 What gnome does wrong: GNOME 3
Fix:
What gnome did right: GNOME 2 What gnome does wrong: GNOME 3
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