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The Linux kernel, how it is developed, and how we stay sane doing it

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Re: The Linux kernel, how it is developed, and how we stay sane doing it

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Post by temuze »

I'm using Chrome on Linux and I got "You are using an outdated browser - You are using an old version of Chrome whis is 28."

That's a little snarky. Chrome on Linux doesn't have automatic updating and I tend to forget to update. Here's a mirror:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LWDDNOb...

Re: The Linux kernel, how it is developed, and how we stay sane doing it

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Post by preek »

temuze wrote: post #4

I'm using Chrome on Linux and I got "You are using an outdated browser - You are using an old version of Chrome whis is 28." That's a little snarky. Chrome on Linux doesn't have automatic updating and I tend to forget to update. Here's a mirror: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LWDDNOb...

CTO of voicerepublic.com here.

Sorry for coming off snarky. We develop and run VR using Debian Stable which ships Chromium 33 right now.

We are a very small team building voicerepublic.com and did launch just last week. To offer a perfect experience, we only allow browsers that we actually could test. Whence the team grows, we certainly will test and support more browser versions.

Re: The Linux kernel, how it is developed, and how we stay sane doing it

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Post by evmar »

temuze wrote: post #4

I'm using Chrome on Linux and I got "You are using an outdated browser - You are using an old version of Chrome whis is 28." That's a little snarky. Chrome on Linux doesn't have automatic updating and I tend to forget to update. Here's a mirror: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LWDDNOb...

Chrome on Linux uses the system package manager to autoupdate. The current version of Chrome is 34. Chrome is on a six week release cycle, so your version number indicates you haven't had a system update in something like (34-28)*6 = 36 weeks. Much of the software you're running has known security vulnerabilities.

Re: The Linux kernel, how it is developed, and how we stay sane doing it

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Post by temuze »

preek wrote: post #5
temuze wrote: post #4

I'm using Chrome on Linux and I got "You are using an outdated browser - You are using an old version of Chrome whis is 28." That's a little snarky. Chrome on Linux doesn't have automatic updating and I tend to forget to update. Here's a mirror: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LWDDNOb...

CTO of voicerepublic.com here. Sorry for coming off snarky. We develop and run VR using Debian Stable which ships Chromium 33 right now. We are a very small team building voicerepublic.com and did launch just last week. To offer a perfect experience, we only allow browsers that we actually could test. Whence the team grows, we certainly will test and support more browser versions.

Good answer. And hey, on the bright side, you reminded me to update Chrome!

Re: The Linux kernel, how it is developed, and how we stay sane doing it

#8

Post by dktbs »

preek wrote: post #3
kyberias wrote: post #2

Why on earth doesn't that player have a volume control?

Because most machines these days have volume control built in. You can pause the talk, though, if you want it to shut up for a moment.

I think most people would expect for an audio player to have volume control. I can't think of another web audio player that doesn't offer it.

Re: The Linux kernel, how it is developed, and how we stay sane doing it

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Post by preek »

dktbs wrote: post #8
preek wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because most machines these days have volume control built in. You can pause the talk, though, if you want it to shut up for a moment.

I think most people would expect for an audio player to have volume control. I can't think of another web audio player that doesn't offer it.

CTO of voicerepublic.com here.

Thank you for the feedback. We just launched VR last week and are actively improving it. I will put a volume control in the Backlog(;

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