Comment Re:about time (Score 1) 276
It didn't really work in Die Hard 3 either. It was pancake syrup.
Comment Re:My first response is "Must check out those site (Score 1) 99
This needs a higher score than it has. Alas, I have no mod points.
Comment Re:bad idea ? (Score 1) 371
A +1 Funny mod if I had the points, for one thing.
Comment Re:Debian (Score 1) 6
This is the type of answer I was looking for. Thank you. That's a SERIOUS thing to consider and I actually forgot all about that little 'issue.'
Comment Re:Debian (Score 1) 6
Submitter here. Remember that this is a question about an environment for a non-technically inclined person. Maybe as a qualifier, I should've said I have limited time to set this up for her, but I did say that I was comparing them based on the out-of-the-box experience.
So, to answer your question, Mint (and any out-of-the-box-ready desktop distribution) buys you the convenience of your computer 'just working' after OS installation. No drivers to install, no kernel rebuilding, no extra software to worry about (both Mint and its parent, Ubuntu, come with an office suite and almost every common utility a casual web user would ever need) - nothing. Install and go.
"Debian is a real PIA about binary kernel ethernet drivers." is an immediate deal killer there for just straight Debian. That's more work than I should have to put in for a machine that's more or less just going to be used as an appliance rather than a workstation.
Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Is there honestly a reason to use Ubuntu anymore? 6
Trilkin writes: I recently installed Linux Mint on my (non-technically savvy) grandmother's netbook and she's responded very well to it. I'm considering doing the same for her desktop, but my question is this: being that Mint is a fork of Ubuntu, is there any real compelling reason to actually use Ubuntu anymore? It seems so much more bloated. I'm aware that, under the surface, it's basically just a fork of Debian and Linux overall is a OS that can be tinkered with to be the exact environment you need. As an out-of-the-box desktop distribution, though, from my own testing, Ubuntu seems to be the weaker of the two thanks to its continuously growing amount of bloat in order to push its paid-for services. Is there really any real reason to use it over Mint? Outside of the paid-for services, is there anything it offers out of the box that Mint simply doesn't?
Comment Re:No no no... (Score 1) 436
Anarchism is so 1960s.
Comment Re:"One time"? (Score 1) 232
Century doesn't have any extant meanings other than 'one hundred consecutive years' and 'the name of a font type.' Anything else long fell out of use.
Comment Re:Ubuntu, really? (Score 4, Funny) 380
If you weren't anon, I'd mod this comment up so hard you'd get an orgasm that could be felt from across the world.
Comment Re:So, correct me if I'm wrong... (Score 1) 211
It doesn't. Decryption is done client-side.
Comment Re:So, correct me if I'm wrong... (Score 3, Informative) 211
Your encrypted data, you mean? I don't mind them selling my encrypted data, honestly. Would take more time to unencrypt it than it's really worth and they'd just lose money. Renting out those botnets DOES cost something and it'll take them a while to break AES128.
Comment Re:Time to burn some points. HEY MBA STUPID PEOPLE (Score 1) 347
Case in point:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Glock_26.JPG
^ Plastic. Feels plastic. Not a cheap piece of shit.
Comment Re:No Laws, No Service (Score 1) 142
And the ones that aren't lesbians are fucking crazy. That's animu for you.
Comment Re:All he needs now.. (Score 1) 65
...which would only be better if it had tits and were on fire.
Comment Re:Huh?? (Score 1) 227
Are you a wizard from the past?!
