qha | 7 years ago | on: EU to fund bug bounty programs for open-source projects
If that's your indicative of the quality of a project then I understand your position.
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qha | 7 years ago | on: EU to fund bug bounty programs for open-source projects
MATE is a fork of GNOME 2, which is a full featured desktop environment as well. MATE runs orders of magnitude faster and is much more stable than KDE. Especially on the old workstations where they installed LiMux.
I'm not going to say that the project failed entirely because of technical reasons, but at first glance it really looks like they took bad decisions. It's hard to defend a move where you end up with worse software and a worse experience for users, no matter how much money you save.
qha | 7 years ago | on: EU to fund bug bounty programs for open-source projects
That's true, there was cronyism. For example, they used the worse, slower KDE instead of better options like MATE because KDE has a considerable European (and even German) legacy. I imagine they took many decisions like that.
Take a computer that used to run Windows 2000 and install KDE on it, it's no wonder people got pissed and they had to revert their decision.
qha | 7 years ago | on: EU to fund bug bounty programs for open-source projects
Of that list, Notepad++ is the only product I use, so I'm happy with their decision :D
qha | 7 years ago | on: The math’s not pretty on digital advertising’s future revenues? (2017)
I vividly remember lots of things... what I wouldn't give for seeing IRC rise up again
qha | 7 years ago | on: The math’s not pretty on digital advertising’s future revenues? (2017)
Going back to what it was 20 years ago? I'm sold!
qha | 7 years ago | on: Windows file access performance compared to Linux
Oh my God, they pretended everybody has a 100 Mbps NIC and capped at that speed. That's completely retarded.
At least I'm going to give them credit for disclosing what the problem was. I would've be too ashamed to admit it.
qha | 7 years ago | on: PayPal has permanently banned The Hacker News and hold funds for 180 days
The original name and domain of Facebook is TheFacebook.com :P
qha | 7 years ago | on: PayPal has permanently banned The Hacker News and hold funds for 180 days
"Washington" and "Post" are also generic terms.
qha | 7 years ago | on: Electronics-Recycling Innovator Going to Prison for Extending Computers’ Lives
It's their software and they can do whatever they want with it. The real travesty here is thinking that just because Windows is widely used it should be given away.
qha | 7 years ago | on: Electronics-Recycling Innovator Going to Prison for Extending Computers’ Lives
>Because Windows is what the typical American PC user expects and is familiar with.
Without the "American".
qha | 7 years ago | on: How to dump 3000 pounds of confetti on Times Square
To keep the cleaners busy, so they have a job and can feed their families. Isn't that a good enough point?
qha | 7 years ago | on: How DOOM fire was done
This is only for the PSX port of DOOM, not for the original DOOM.
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