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September 24th 2011, 03:11 AM
shevek
Make sure it's compatible with this dang new windows.
I won't spend any time on that. The last time I really did anything with Windows was on Windows 98. By then I got so annoyed that I decided to not help people with their Windows-problems anymore. I still feel extremely good about this decision. Windows is a very broken system, and the main problem is that I can't fix it, because Microsoft doesn't allow me to. That annoys me. I hate workarounds, and when using Windows you need to use them all the time.
A great feature of free software (such as GNU/Linux) is that if I improve something on it (that's a part which isn't even possible with Windows), I can share it with everyone (that's not allowed with Windows). This results in a community feeling, where everyone is happy and nobody has to feel left out (for having little money, or living in another country, or whatever reason Microsoft feels like).
Anyway, I've used Python and pyGtk to write it. There are people who want these things to work on Windows, and they made packages so you can install them. I'm not going to test if everything works, but I'm pretty sure it will. And if you have reports of actual bugs in my code (as opposed to my code triggering a bug in Windows), I'm happy to fix it.
My solution for your Windows-problems: install GNU/Linux, for example from Debian. I suggest to try a live system first (you don't need to install anything for that), and if you like it install a dual-boot system. If you really like it, you can then proceed to remove Windows.
(More realistically, you will just not buy or install it the next time you buy a new computer.)
Oh Bill Gates, what have you done...
He has made a lot of money with his skills. As opposed to what many people think, he's a lousy programmer. But he is very skilled in marketing and running a business. I don't really like those skills and I particularly dislike that he used those skills mostly to get rich at the cost of others, but I won't deny that he is skilled it it. Unfortunately the result is that many people now have broken software that cannot be fixed.
I won't spend any time on that. The last time I really did anything with Windows was on Windows 98. By then I got so annoyed that I decided to not help people with their Windows-problems anymore. I still feel extremely good about this decision. Windows is a very broken system, and the main problem is that I can't fix it, because Microsoft doesn't allow me to. That annoys me. I hate workarounds, and when using Windows you need to use them all the time.
A great feature of free software (such as GNU/Linux) is that if I improve something on it (that's a part which isn't even possible with Windows), I can share it with everyone (that's not allowed with Windows). This results in a community feeling, where everyone is happy and nobody has to feel left out (for having little money, or living in another country, or whatever reason Microsoft feels like).
Anyway, I've used Python and pyGtk to write it. There are people who want these things to work on Windows, and they made packages so you can install them. I'm not going to test if everything works, but I'm pretty sure it will. And if you have reports of actual bugs in my code (as opposed to my code triggering a bug in Windows), I'm happy to fix it.
My solution for your Windows-problems: install GNU/Linux, for example from Debian. I suggest to try a live system first (you don't need to install anything for that), and if you like it install a dual-boot system. If you really like it, you can then proceed to remove Windows.
(More realistically, you will just not buy or install it the next time you buy a new computer.)Oh Bill Gates, what have you done...
He has made a lot of money with his skills. As opposed to what many people think, he's a lousy programmer. But he is very skilled in marketing and running a business. I don't really like those skills and I particularly dislike that he used those skills mostly to get rich at the cost of others, but I won't deny that he is skilled it it. Unfortunately the result is that many people now have broken software that cannot be fixed.
