10 definitions by a thing
MicroSoft Markup Language
Some very, very sloppy HTML or XHMTL that will only display right in MSIE and was probably made in MS Office.
Some very, very sloppy HTML or XHMTL that will only display right in MSIE and was probably made in MS Office.
n00b: Check out my awsome website!! I made it with Microsoft Publisher!!
someone that actually knows how to use a computer: Microsoft sucks...
someone that actually knows how to use a computer: Microsoft sucks...
by a thing May 26, 2005
Software that is not free software or semi-free software (the same thing as free software except that it can only be used for non-profit things).
by a thing June 12, 2005
Free software does NOT mean that you do not have to pay to get it. Free software is a matter of freedom, not price. In order for software to be free, users must be able to run, copy, distribute (with a fee or without a fee), study, change and improve the software.
Do not confuse free software with open source software. Although they are very similar, the philosophy behind them is different. Free software is about ethics and open source software is about being practical.
Do not confuse free software with open source software. Although they are very similar, the philosophy behind them is different. Free software is about ethics and open source software is about being practical.
It's pretty amazing that so many people illegally use proprietary software as if it was free software. Why don't they just use free software and avoid legal issues?
by a thing June 12, 2005
Homepage: http://fedora.redhat.com/
One of the two continuations of RedHat 9 after it split into RHEL and Fedora Core in 2003.
Fedora Core is a completely FOSS GNU/Linux distro that uses RPM, Yum and a modified Linux and is financially supported by RedHat, Inc. Fedora has a very fast release cycle, producing two or three stable releases a year. As of version 3, all of Fedora Core is rather big, taking up four CDs and a little less than seven GB of hard drive space, although not nearly that much is needed to get a Fedora system up and running. Also as of version 3, the default desktop environment is GNOME but included in the nearly seven GB is also KDE and Xfce.
As of the Fedora Core 4 tests, Fedora is for the x86, x64 and PPC CPU architectures.
One of the two continuations of RedHat 9 after it split into RHEL and Fedora Core in 2003.
Fedora Core is a completely FOSS GNU/Linux distro that uses RPM, Yum and a modified Linux and is financially supported by RedHat, Inc. Fedora has a very fast release cycle, producing two or three stable releases a year. As of version 3, all of Fedora Core is rather big, taking up four CDs and a little less than seven GB of hard drive space, although not nearly that much is needed to get a Fedora system up and running. Also as of version 3, the default desktop environment is GNOME but included in the nearly seven GB is also KDE and Xfce.
As of the Fedora Core 4 tests, Fedora is for the x86, x64 and PPC CPU architectures.
by a thing June 12, 2005
A jock is someone who's athletic and is "popular". Jocks usually despise nerds and nerds usually despise jocks.
by a thing October 11, 2004
Personal Computer
That does NOT just mean a computer with windowz on it. People use GNU/Linux for personal use, don't they?
That does NOT just mean a computer with windowz on it. People use GNU/Linux for personal use, don't they?
by a thing July 20, 2005
Yellow Dog Updater, Modified
Yum is a great CLI application, with GUI front ends, similar to Apt for RPMs that makes updating, getting information about, installing and removing RPMs easy. It's used by Yellow Dog, Fedora Core, and RHEL (and possibly more distros I do not know about). When you install something via Yum, Yum automatically downloads and installs all dependencies of the package you want if you don't have the dependencies, putting an end to dependency hell if the package you want is in your Yum repositories.
A great Yum configuration file for the most recent stable Fedora Core that adds great repositories can be found at http://www.fedorafaq.org/samples/yum.conf
Yum is a great CLI application, with GUI front ends, similar to Apt for RPMs that makes updating, getting information about, installing and removing RPMs easy. It's used by Yellow Dog, Fedora Core, and RHEL (and possibly more distros I do not know about). When you install something via Yum, Yum automatically downloads and installs all dependencies of the package you want if you don't have the dependencies, putting an end to dependency hell if the package you want is in your Yum repositories.
A great Yum configuration file for the most recent stable Fedora Core that adds great repositories can be found at http://www.fedorafaq.org/samples/yum.conf
by a thing June 12, 2005