11 Jun
2009
11 Jun
'09
10:09 a.m.
On Thu, 2009-06-11 at 12:07 -0400, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
Alexander Schreiber wrote:
It was an X.org decsion, and it hit Fedora as well. I've heard it had
something to do with a key combo used by some app (maybe emacs) which
some people would fat finger when using the accessibility sticky-keys
and would shut down X.
Accessibility reasons have also made the default no-tap-to-click on my
touchpad, which is irritating as well...but as you say, at least it can
be re-enabled.
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 03:04:03PM -0400, William
Donzelli wrote:
As a longtime member of said penguin crowd, I unfortunately have to
agree. The general trend there seems to be a focus on flashy stuff
(Look! It's shiny! And colorful!). People who actually understand (and
care about) what happens below the surface seem to be as rare as ever.
Regards,
Alex.
And I still don't understand why Canonical decided to disabled
[CTRL][ALT][BackSpace] in their latest release of Ubuntu Linux.
At least I can re-enable it... Basards.
The
other amusing thing about which people here (at least) should know
better is the visibility factor. VMS, OS/400, MVS, and VM are
*everywhere*...but people think they're somehow "dead" because the only
thing they see in for sale in WalMart is PCs running Windows. Do these
people really believe PCs running Windows process their bank transactions,
maintain hospital databases, or run railroads?
Let's also give credit where
credit is due - there are huge numbers of
*nix guys that are as bad as the Windows guys. The penguin crowd are
the worst offenders.