Uh constantly? Even using Ubuntu in VirtualBox I usually tell VirtualBox to send an ACPI shutdown to the virtual machine, which because of acpi-support will shutdown normally and safely instead of just turning off instantly. I also often put my computer in S3 sleep. So if you want to know the answer to when, the answer is less than an hour ago.
If you want to catch one I'm not using, you're probably better off searching for something I don't use rather than going in order.
Here's 3 freebies:
ppp install pppconfig install pppoeconf install
I don't have DSL, and I don't use my dial-up modem, so I never use ppp. However, my laptop does have a modem in it. Having ppp installed is good just incase there is some sort of emergency and I need to connect my laptop with old school dial-up. Also, ppp is necessary if I were ever to get one of those 3G modems.
Haha, maybe they weren't freebies after all. Keep looking!
If you want to catch one I'm not using, you're probably better off searching for something I don't use rather than going in order.
Oh, I've got time.
2) When have you last used acpid
How's that list of 573 other apps coming along? (Btw, I'm already highly anticipating number 4) aisleriot, since you don't really seem like a solitaire kind of guy.)
Yeah, I've never played aisleriot. Until just now! Does that count?
I just realized that this is either going to end by you admitting to not using "thousands" of apps, or me effectively making you use every single utility that comes with ubuntu....
Aaaah, nothing beats lazy Sunday evenings with nothing to do but argue on the interwebs.
Timo, and especially Apreche, You're forgetting one thing. The iPod, iPhone, and iPad only have the most limited multitasking, Mostly Between Apple Apps and the occasional 3rd party that interacts with them, and there are no background settings or running gear that the user really interacts with. For Scott to meet Timo's challenge and it not be useless apples to oranges comparison, each application must be a distinct application (Ie, Firefox is valid, but firefox plugins are not), and Must be something the user interacts with directly and uses directly, rather than being part of the running gear of the OS or applications (Ie, Steam and Bioshock are valid examples, but, say, Direct-X isn't.)
Otherwise, your comparison is useless. It's like saying Scott is winning Because he has More Dollars, but 3/4 of them are in fact Canadian Tyre dollars, rather than being useful currency in anything but the most limited sense.
The fact that the app store has thousands of apps, and you are only using three I think says it all. If people could make any app they wanted, there would be a lot more than three you would be using.
Here's what I want to, and do, use my iPhone to accomplish: 1. Listen to music, podcasts, and other audio. Functionality built in. 2. Read ebooks. I downloaded Stanza. 3. Have my calendar and contacts ready to read and modify on the move. Built in. 4. An alarm clock, timer, stopwatch and world time. This is all built in. 5. Emails on the move. Built in. 6. Facebook and Twitter updating and reading on the move. These are downloaded apps two and three. 7. Take notes. This is built in. 8. Check things on the internet. Built in. 9. Take photos of things. The camera is built in. 10. Sometimes I need to make a phone call. This is also built in.
Now I know, due to the 150,000 apps (or whatever) in the app store, I could be doing many, many, many more things on my iPhone. But every time I hear about new iPhone software, I ask myself "Are you really going to use that?" and the answer is invariably "Probably not." This way I save myself lots of time and money. Just about all the functionality added is stuff I can already do on my laptop, and in a lot more comfort. There are things I WANT to do on the move, and things I really don't want to do.
And if I could make any app I wanted, for any platform, I wouldn't be a juggler. I'd be a computer programmer like you. But I'm not. So for now I'll stick with the built in functionality, plus three apps.
I used it last night, actually. My old Ubuntu box has trouble with ACPI, and I disabled it to test something. Basically, it causes a system hang if certain events take place, and I was trying to copy data off of the machine. =P
I used it last night, actually. My old Ubuntu box has trouble with ACPI, and I disabled it to test something. Basically, it causes a system hang if certain events take place, and I was trying to copy data off of the machine. =P
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1) When did you last use acpi-support?
If you want to catch one I'm not using, you're probably better off searching for something I don't use rather than going in order.
Here's 3 freebies:
ppp install
pppconfig install
pppoeconf install
I don't have DSL, and I don't use my dial-up modem, so I never use ppp. However, my laptop does have a modem in it. Having ppp installed is good just incase there is some sort of emergency and I need to connect my laptop with old school dial-up. Also, ppp is necessary if I were ever to get one of those 3G modems.
Haha, maybe they weren't freebies after all. Keep looking!
2) When have you last used acpid
How's that list of 573 other apps coming along? (Btw, I'm already highly anticipating number 4) aisleriot, since you don't really seem like a solitaire kind of guy.)
Yeah, I've never played aisleriot. Until just now! Does that count?
Aaaah, nothing beats lazy Sunday evenings with nothing to do but argue on the interwebs.
EDIT: Wait! Actually, anything beats that.
Otherwise, your comparison is useless. It's like saying Scott is winning Because he has More Dollars, but 3/4 of them are in fact Canadian Tyre dollars, rather than being useful currency in anything but the most limited sense.
1. Listen to music, podcasts, and other audio. Functionality built in.
2. Read ebooks. I downloaded Stanza.
3. Have my calendar and contacts ready to read and modify on the move. Built in.
4. An alarm clock, timer, stopwatch and world time. This is all built in.
5. Emails on the move. Built in.
6. Facebook and Twitter updating and reading on the move. These are downloaded apps two and three.
7. Take notes. This is built in.
8. Check things on the internet. Built in.
9. Take photos of things. The camera is built in.
10. Sometimes I need to make a phone call. This is also built in.
Now I know, due to the 150,000 apps (or whatever) in the app store, I could be doing many, many, many more things on my iPhone. But every time I hear about new iPhone software, I ask myself "Are you really going to use that?" and the answer is invariably "Probably not." This way I save myself lots of time and money. Just about all the functionality added is stuff I can already do on my laptop, and in a lot more comfort. There are things I WANT to do on the move, and things I really don't want to do.
And if I could make any app I wanted, for any platform, I wouldn't be a juggler. I'd be a computer programmer like you. But I'm not. So for now I'll stick with the built in functionality, plus three apps.
What is the first rule of Fight Club? It's the first one!