Haha, it's cool enough ;)

Yeah, I do not need much animations there, but it's true that as soon as you require actual practical effects or deeper video creativity, KDEnlive seems to be in a bad spot. Though it's getting better at it.

I'd say that is great feedback! Let us remove stains on our shirts KDEnlive folks! (easily, that is! ;))

Hey! I'm a little late to the party, but could you describe how it is that you've outgrown KDEnlive? I haven't, but my needs are really "low" in the video editing department, so I'm happy with it, but I'm sure the developers would be happy to know about what was missing there. And I'm just curious ;)

Yup, not sure why it's not listed, even though only like 10% of my contacts actually use it, I do like it as my default SMS app. Still needs improvement, especially when dealing with dual SIM and non-Signal users

While it's more a classroom software, as I can guarantee the link quality and browser support beforehand, I often use https://bigbluebutton.org/ and even though it's somehow a bit weird to use, it does a really nice job!

Windows Vista is not supported anymore since 2012, and the extended support will end this year, IIRC. The OS was released in 2007. It seems to me that Redhat life cycle is that long since RHEL 5, which was released before Vista. And Redhat's support is actually happening if you need it... So yeah, support ain't an advantage ?

Canonical only offers 5 years for the LTS releases of Ubuntu. So wouldn't have cut it for your Vista example, yet, 5 years seems quite reasonable to plan an upgrade of the OS. It's not because MS users run outdated OS for 10+ years that it makes it a good idea.

If you work full time for a company in France, you get 5 weeks of paid vacations. It's the law. And as far as productivity goes, 5 weeks of rest is probably not even enough... Though if employers were reasonnable about it in the first place, it wouldn't have to be in the law...

Hi,
I've been looking for myself, and one that stood out was the Xperia Z1 compact from sony. My primary issue was the battery endurance, but it seems to be able to get all the frequencies required by 4G.. http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_x...

Oh no. Don't forget training. Training is required (heck, it'd be required if considering upgrading to Windows 8). Unless you're working with IT people that could adapt themselves, never, ever forget about training. Going on Linux is a good way to escape the ~200$ upgrade fee to 8 (7 isn't exactly a good long term strategy) and to make the step in the open source way of things, but don't think that because it looks the same and they can do the same things, they will without having someone holding their hands at first.
And of course, make sure that there is no part of the workflow that requires proprietary software that could not run, or not have a viable alternative (by viable, I mean, that the users can handle without looking back) on Linux.
I made the switch for all our sales people at $WORK, and even the boss, but you need to show them at least how to get the minimal stuff done, or you'll get as much (if not more) support to handle than on Windows. Which shouldn't be the plan. 2 years after the switch, I can say mission accomplished, the only thing I was asked about were alternatives way of doing things they couldn't figure out just by googling it (and probably couldn't have on Windows either anyway). But we mostly use LibreOffice, Firefox & Thunderbird, so there was no real software compatibilities issues.

M. Bellard's Javascript PC Emulator ?

Hey.. Not sure about that one, but it's been a long time since I actually felt that a "cloud" mentionned on Slashdot might prove useful!
But then I read it was about a gas cloud.. Not some vapor- oh wait..

I bought a Kindle.. And I now read a lot more than I used to, though it's especially in the train.. The e-ink display is really far ahead of the other technologies, and is really comfortable. Battery is never an issue, and the experimental browser is not too bad for news reading either.. The included dictionnary is really nice, as well as the nice wikipedia integration (especially while reading foreign litterature with local names and such..)
Then, you have 2 cons mainly.. a) PDF.. already mentionned here, but even if there are workarounds, it's mainly terrible.. b) the format.. can't really be happy with the amazon ebook format, but well, it works ®..
I'm happy with my Kindle, and as it's not a smart-tab-computer-coffee-machine, it's actually a lot better to stay focused on what you're reading, which enabled me to actually... read faster ;)

Google already flagged MS France as malicious 2 years ago: http://gilouweb.com/bordel/google_truth.png (Ce site risque d'endommager votre ordinateur meaning: this website might harm your computer) So I guess it's only revenge ;)

Thought the same, and the obligatory xkcd reference: http://xkcd.com/619/ ;)

*Wooooosh*

I totally agree with your point of view. I think that there are many reasons our administrations should require opensource for their projects:

• there is a real public audit of the software, should it still be developped by a selected corporation
• money is not lost for private parties, as in, they are many things that could benefit other people, companies.. If it's the taxpayers' money, what can be more transparent to give it back this way to them?
• it lowers the risk of lock-ins for the administrations, that usually end by costing a lot more when you need to buy again a new solution 3 years later..

I think there is a lot to write & tell about how the many general reasons to endorse opensource could be adapted to the government / administration specifics, in terms of local economy growth, global service & quality improvement of software, ability to share more easily the load between cities/states/whatever and so on..