https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation#Original_estimates

Probably between 1000 and 100,000,000 civilizations in the galaxy.

The dimensions of thumbnails are as pertinent as the file size itself. The clutter-free look is very attractive in a world where every other forum has animated gif avatars, large colored signatures and superfluous use of !!!!

It is akin to how people post to mailing lists with the entire thread quoted. It's just bad netiquette.

The cb-welcome script starts by updating your sources list, then prompts you, by category, if you would like to install that category, or [s]kip. It's an interactive method for running a bunch of predefined apt-get install commands, this includes printer support, Libre Office, development tools, the Liquorix kernel, and some more. Nothing fancy yet simplicity rules.

Essentially it is is Debian + Openbox, albeit with some preconfigured, sane, defaults that runs tint, conky and compositing. Under the hood you can reliably use all the Debian tools you love.

I believe #!'s target audience is the person who already knows what they want, who enjoys or wants to learn how to tinker with the system, and who wants to help others do the same. And the forum certainly reflects this, brightly I might add :)

You are correct. The existing system will stay intact.

Ditto. It will save your sanity too!

Wrong. They need *community support* like so many Linux distros have. I have never had better help from the community than I ever, ever got through paid support.

This will never happen though! These people bought, along with their licensed "rentals" of Windows, a sense of indignation that stops them from entering and contributing to a community support structure. It requires a certain level of humbleness.

$ apt-get moo

A pity they drew the "gamers" slip and not "tech support clients" when they drew from the "target audience" hat.

The ratio of pirate copies vs bought copies may be obscured by platform.

Looking at past Humble Bundle stats (games _without_ DRM management) it shows that even though piracy is still as abundant, the same amount of people are still willing to pay. Even more interesting, though Windows buyers ouranked 75% of others, Linux users payed the most on average. ... and that site link in TFA just went down.

I used The GIMP for commercial design work, many times over. No problem. The fact that people can't reuse their pricey or stolen PS plugins makes them deluded that GIMP is not on par.

Similarly MS Office macros are the biggest culprit in crossing over to Libre.

Openshot video editor comes to mind, there is AVIDemux, ffmpeg or mencoder.

Visual Studio 2012 sucks compared to my Gedit or Geany, seriously. TFS integration lags the interface, the treeview is buggy: it randomly does not show build context menus. Intelli sense breaks randomly while the project seems to think I am still working on checked-in files which only VS restarts can cure. There is negative space all over, it was designed by drunk 5-year-olds.

These are just tools, the process starts with you. If you rely on a specific tool to be good at your job, you are nothing more than a replaceable ant.

Don't be an ant.

I browse ./ more often on the Android based phone. My first impression on scrolling is: impossible. It is almost like the page is stuck with glue instead of rolling on bearings. Perhaps its just my underpowered Galaxy Ace.

Will test some more with various settings. Thanks for this /.!

Also that implementing and using encryption for personal use is more techy than the average being can handle. I'm hoping that https://silentcircle.com/ can approach this issue. Extra points for taking note of the founders...

Yup, those sugary and fatty foods provided sustenance for those periods when food was scarcer, when your body relies on fatty deposits.

Super markets eliminated the need to hunt for food interspersed with periods of shortages, but the latent craving for those sugary, fatty treats still remained.

Indeed, they might not care at all, but they act like they may give an iota of a crap.

The debacle with Google collecting Publicly Open Unencrypted WiFi Communications was controversial, and even intentional *gasp*, yet:

I concede this means little regarding moral privacy, I mean they did it anyway, right?!

It was a wake-up call to people who are too ignorant or lazy to secure their networks. People need to learn, good for Them!

It falls in line with a campaign to raise awareness about what information you put out there.