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Incredible work! If only we had this kind of ingenuity today to get a simple graphics card working with Linux! Imagine the possibilities. One day, I might ev

Incredible work! If only we had this kind of ingenuity today to get a simple graphics card working with Linux! Imagine the possibilities. One day, I might even have an option in Ubuntu to change the refresh rate to 60hz without entering 'xrandr -r 60' into the console EVERY DAMN TIME I REBOOT. Now, I know I'm going on a limb with this next one, but imagine if someone had the intelligence to code a universal installer that works every time and installed every piece of needed software all at once with zero user interaction??! I'm getting a bit craaazy here, but imagine effortless uninstalls! Mind blown. Edit: "One more thing" as I get voted down by those in denial. Imagine this brilliance getting Linux to talk to a relatively unheard of device called an iPhone 5s! It sure would be nice getting pictures and video off this damn phone so I can free up space!

voidlogic 12y ago
IMHO you are being down voted for being off topic, not necessarily for the accuracy of your thoughts. (I did not downvote you BTW, I take pitty on gray comments)
- rbanffy 12y ago
  The tone and innacuracy certainly didn't help.
ketralnis 12y ago
> imagine if someone had the intelligence to code a universal installer that works every time and installed every piece of needed software all at once with zero user interaction What's stopping you?
- Audrey_II 12y ago
  The time it's taking to pull off a half-way usable Linux install, to answer your question. Believe me, I'd love to hit the books, but I've got to reinstall Ubuntu for the third time after a failed GPU driver installation. And don't get me started on the EXT4 Superblock fiasco...
hereYouGo000 12y ago
https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/installation-guide/i386/automatic-install.html https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/installation-guide/i386/automa... http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9683357/ubuntu-run-command-on-startup http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9683357/ubuntu-run-comman...
rbanffy 12y ago
> getting Linux to talk to a relatively unheard of device called an iPhone 5s! It sure would be nice getting pictures and video off this damn phone so I can free up space! I do it all the time. All it takes is to plug the phone in.
- Audrey_II 12y ago
  Which iPhone? 5s does not *work with Linux. You get an endless 'trust this computer?' loop when the cable is plugged in.
- rbanffy 12y ago
  Answering the dead question, it's an iPhone 5s running the latest iOS. The only catch is that I have to plug it unlocked and tell it to trust my computer (running Ubuntu 14.04) when the prompt pops up. It imports pictures into Shotwell just fine. I also tested it with an iPhone 4 (not 4S) and it worked just the same.

voidlogic 12y ago

IMHO you are being down voted for being off topic, not necessarily for the accuracy of your thoughts. (I did not downvote you BTW, I take pitty on gray comments)

rbanffy 12y ago
The tone and innacuracy certainly didn't help.

ketralnis 12y ago

> imagine if someone had the intelligence to code a universal installer that works every time and installed every piece of needed software all at once with zero user interaction What's stopping you?

Audrey_II 12y ago
The time it's taking to pull off a half-way usable Linux install, to answer your question. Believe me, I'd love to hit the books, but I've got to reinstall Ubuntu for the third time after a failed GPU driver installation. And don't get me started on the EXT4 Superblock fiasco...

hereYouGo000 12y ago

https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/installation-guide/i386/automatic-install.html https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/installation-guide/i386/automa... http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9683357/ubuntu-run-command-on-startup http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9683357/ubuntu-run-comman...

rbanffy 12y ago

> getting Linux to talk to a relatively unheard of device called an iPhone 5s! It sure would be nice getting pictures and video off this damn phone so I can free up space! I do it all the time. All it takes is to plug the phone in.

Audrey_II 12y ago
Which iPhone? 5s does not *work with Linux. You get an endless 'trust this computer?' loop when the cable is plugged in.
rbanffy 12y ago
Answering the dead question, it's an iPhone 5s running the latest iOS. The only catch is that I have to plug it unlocked and tell it to trust my computer (running Ubuntu 14.04) when the prompt pops up. It imports pictures into Shotwell just fine. I also tested it with an iPhone 4 (not 4S) and it worked just the same.