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There is an old saying...let's see if I can remember it...oh, here we go! Fuck you!

Yep, and if they did support it, they would have a standard build. You probably wouldn't have the ability to customize much at all and would have updates pushed to you from whatever patch management system they use. I don't understand why anyone would even attempt to use that argument, if you use a system in a corporate environment, it isn't just for security reasons that they have a standard build, it is for ease of updates and support.

Your opinion means nothing when you post it as an AC. Put on your big boy pants and voice your opinion or STFU. That being said, I was simply stating that if you are running a recent computer, it is normally not an issue to run KDE on it. I did not (even if you read it in) look down my nose at anyone for using a computer that is older than a few years. Hell, I use one myself that is from 1999, it runs Solaris very well...with Gnome! :o)

I think you have nailed it. If your machine can't handle what you "like", then you need to do something about it, or suffer a loss of productivity due to the system not matching how you work.

No, it isn't elitest. It is a fact. And yes, KDE would probably not "Just work" on your machine. I said 512 to 1 gig VIDEO CARD, not total memory.

Wow...replying to TWO ACs in one day...it's a new record for me! Anyway, I tend to agree with you. Now a days, with the average computer having 4 gigs of ram and at least a 512 meg video card, if not a full 1 gig, there is no reason to speak poorly of KDE. If I had to worry about how much video memory I was using, I might switch to xfce or something, but I don't. That excuse has been removed for all but the third world countries who can't get the latest new hardware or poor people who can't afford a computer made in the last three or four years. Just sayin'.

I normally don't reply to ACs, but since you say you have been using a computer for 13 years, I figured it was worth it. You are on Slashdot. If you think that saying you have been using a computer for 13 years will get you any "Cred" here, you need to look around. There are people here who have been using them for FAR longer.

" The digital divide will cease to exist. Mobile phones will make it easy for even the poorest of poor to get connected." The above should read... "They will try to make everyone believe they can't live without a mobile phone, taking as much money as possible from the poorest of the poor."

I keep hearing people say the same thing you have just said (probably just parroting stuff you have heard someone else say, I would bet). "Good IT and Security is invisible to the user". Pure bullshit. If I were to block your from inserting a USB thumb drive into your computer and not pop up a little window telling you why and who to contact if you REALLY need to insert it, then you would be screeching to desktop support about how your "puter" was busted. Tell me...how many people would pay attention to IT or Security policies that were "behind the scenes"? If you had no idea that you were violating the policies, you might be making ignorant statements...oh, crap, nevermind. Pull your big boy pants on and quit expecting the world to hand you every fucking thing you want on a silver platter, if you want to use a shiny new laptop, fee free, but do it at home and use the one you are given for work, STFU and get some work done.

Yet another douche bag trying to convince Slashdot users that they are uber leet by saying they "know how to run a computer" and "hacked the system in 5 minutes". Sure...we believe you...I bet you are a ANON volunteer as well.

Let's see...pushing a GPO and then not being able to reverse it (did they test it at all?) and running three virus scanners...sounds like you are full of shit. No one does either of those unless they are working on their home network (or one so small it doesn't matter). 4 gigs of RAM doesn't work with XP unless you are running the 64 bit version, which NO ONE does, not even Microsoft. Go back to your mom's basement and quit trying to fit in your two cents to a conversation that you know nothing about.

Touch up your Resume', go tell your boss to get bent, pound sand, etc. and look for a new place to work. Anyone who needs metrics on a three person team deserves anything they get, up to and including a swift kick in the ass. If the manager can't figure it out on his or her own, they should be the one being sent out the door with boxes.

I have a Motorola Triumph from Virgin Mobile - it has been around quite some time and has front and rear facing cameras. It is a cheap, but reasonably responsive phone. You are wrong, face it.

Knowing a bit of web design or how to create a website in Drupal does not make you a "Computer Geek". It makes you a self taught web designer.