Since I work on Mac, play on Windows and have some devices like a dvd/divx player and a ps3 for play/video, I am restricted mostly to Fat32 for R/W on OSX and Windows.
I ended up carrying a 160G drive 80/80 gigs for Mac OS Journaled and Fat32......

In fact I had a dilemma with Firewire and USB, so I got aMacally enclosure that has both.
Oh yes, like that I sometimes end up copying stuff from partition to partition.

At least the PS3 can stream videos from my Mac share, so I am covered with that one, and unless it is something huge I just shove it over my gigabit hub (Time Capsule)

I think it's Falun Gong

Wow, that was bland, creepy and forgettable...

The distros are stopping us. I gave up Kubuntu precisely because they were dropping KDE3.5. Then I began distro-hopping, which turned out to be a good thing because I found Arch Linux and the KDEMod repositories. It turned out fine for me, after a few months of trying out different distros, but I found myself unable to recommend a good linux distro to my friends anymore.

Suddenly all distros were dropping the good and stable 3.5 version for the 4.0 and 4.1 KDE versions which would only convince my friends to stick (or go back) to Windows. Yes, of course, the new versions needed users that could report bugs and test drive the new functionality, and I understand that was the reason why all distros started including it. But what about those who just wanted to keep using our systems like we did just 6 months before? Most distros just dropped KDE 3.5 without leaving much of a choice. Yes, there is gnome, but there are some people who can't stand it.

I realize most distros has some form of independent repo which allows you to install KDE-3.5, but those shouldn't have to exist at all. We should have had the choice all along.

Was it the fault of the KDE devs? I don't think so, it was the choice of the distro devs who decided users should be their alpha/beta testers without offering them a choice, other than using more advanced distros, or keep using the older versions.

If copyright didn't exist, maybe we wouldn't need GPL.

It shrinks?!

You know, he may have been modded troll, but actually the reason I visited Slashdot today was to see if there was any actual information on what that worm is doing. I was kind of busy minding my own business and I remembered about it.

Now I see the only story that even mentions the conficker worm is an april fool's joke. It's kinda lame that we can't get any real news today, and I suppose we'll have to wait until tomorrow to find out what's happening.

Also, has anyone noticed that these April Fool's stories are becoming lamer and lamer? Every year they seem to be more obvious. I don't think we'll get something as good as OMGPONIES!!11! ever again :(

Now I'm going to post something funny and positive in the April Fool's thread. Then I'm going to tag this story aprilsfools so that someone else has the chance to !tag it. I will !tag something else, too. I will metamoderate and hope to God I get some modpoints so I can splurge them around with no regard to consequences.

Thank you, Slashdot! Now we have more reasons to participate, even if we have nothing to add to a discussion! :D

+1 Creepy

He lives in Alaska, you insensitive clod!

I often wonder why is it that everybody hates the brown color scheme. Actually that's one of the things that makes me feel right at home when I have just installed an Ubuntu system. That and the drums. It kinda makes you forget that you're looking at a Gnome desktop. Of course, then you get to use it and immediately start searching for a replacement desktop. But those first five minutes are really nice.

Actually I would have preferred it if Kubuntu had picked up a similar color scheme, or at least to have an option for a Human theme.

Now that they're going to replace it, I hope it remains an option for those of us who love it.

riffington
aylee
zoe
gwynn
lysinda
lorna

Guess my naming scheme.

Shyeah!, like that's ever been an impediment.