jmhain

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by jmhain 14y ago
You should give GNOME 3 a shot. It's really matured into something great. As of 3.8, it feels just as polished as OS X to me, and more usable.
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by jmhain 14y ago
Sorry, but it sounds like you just haven't used Linux on a desktop since 2007. Honestly, I can't remember having any hardware support issues since around 2009, and I've been through a lot of machines.
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by jmhain 14y ago
"On my CM10.1 Galaxy Nexus, it's really quite slow (3-4 seconds to do anything when I try to click on the search bar or swipe it up from the bottom of the screen)." Try disabling "Hotword Detection" in the voice section of Google Now settin
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by jmhain 14y ago
> Is the hardware just too difficult to work with? Too much variety? I'm sure this makes it more difficult. Most mobile devices are locked and require some significant hacks to makes them boot an alternative OS. On top of that, each one
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by jmhain 14y ago
Android isn't community-driven, it's developed behind closed doors at Google. And the only thing it really has in common with linux distros is the linux kernel.
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by jmhain 14y ago
I'm not sure why, but I wish it would happen. I think Android could even be made to run as a desktop environment / application (kind of like WindowsAndroid) so you could switch seamlessly between traditional DEs and mobile interfaces. I als
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by jmhain 14y ago
This isn't a 'theory', it's just fanboyism. All it takes to prove a theory wrong is to find a single counterexample. My mother and girlfriend, both bordering on being technically illiterate, each heavily use their android phones. I also kno
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by jmhain 14y ago
Awesome! Just bought it.
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by jmhain 14y ago
That is exactly how I feel. I was literally about to purchase the book but that changed my mind.
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by jmhain 14y ago
Why does the pdf version cost more than the paperback?
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by jmhain 14y ago
> And it is sad it does not support Ethernet... I like Ethernet! It is faster and more stable! Most ultrabooks don't come with ethernet either. But it has USB ports, and USB ethernet adapters are not too expensive.
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by jmhain 14y ago
Check again. It is.
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by jmhain 14y ago
Actually, I think he's referring to the Google+ Messenger. It is a bit confusing that the default apps include Messaging, Messenger, and Talk. I don't know how I would explain that to my grandmother.