Classical telephone networks are designed with lost call probability 1/10000. That's over 99,99% reliability.
But with VoIP there's a catch: we are unable to design reliable AND efficient network! With classical telephony we have some mathematical models (Erlang, Engstet and so on), usign which we can figure how many resources are needed. For VoIP - there are no usable models (yet). IP is almost impossible to mathematically predict - changing routes, variable packet length, jitter. It's just too hard. We can't say,,we need that many megabits and interconnects to achevie 99,99% reliability''. The best what we have now is made by merely guessing and assuming what will be good.
I know. I'm a student of 4th year of Telecommunications.
Why not tie format to the middle mouse button while you're at it.
Beacuse pasting by middle button is what people used for last 20-something years. Yes, twenty. The second rule of UI design is not to change things that people got used to.
Alien is not any way of "RPM Comaptibility". It's merely away to convert RPM into something looking like.deb package.
The real dual-packagements is when you can install RPM package and have it cooperate - provide "provides", require "reuqirement" - for any.deb package. It's when both dpkg and RPM somehow share package database. It's when rpm package can fulfill deb package "require" dependency. When both dpkg and rpm knows all "provides" of all installed.deb and.rpm packages. It's when RPM obeys dpkg-divert configurations. And vice-versa.
It is hellish hard to achieve, but they are joining forces to have people working on those issues, I believe.
don't compile or run cleanly on AMD64 without patching.
One of the strength of Slackware (and for me, reason I stayed with it) is policy not to patch sources. Except some extreme cases, like broken glibc. By applying patches, Slamd64 ruined Slack:/
I never run into this problem, because I use checkinstall (hey, even Slackware is shipping it). I've compiled myself GNOME 2.8, 2.92 and 2.10 on Slackware and never had any troubles.
Anyway, if DESTDIR isn't working, fill a report at bugzilla.gnome.org!
Sorry, but Dropline is against Slackware ideas. Dropline forces you to install PAM, which is not well seen in slackland. Dropline tend to replace half of the system, including X11. That's wrong! Last time I've checked there was some abstract requirement on external libiconv, despite iconv beeing part of standard glibc.
They have enormous amount of code to rewrite. And guess what - they are _not_ converting everything. It's funny how much do you get to know about MS.NET when you read about Mono. In MS.NET, most cryptographic algorithms are not written in managed code. User interface (System.Windows.Forms) is not managed. Well, even parts of ASP.NET are not managed - and it is getting exploited lately.
Ironically, Novell's.NET implementation (Mono) is written entirelly in managed code. Better than Microsofts':)
What about with all those discaimers: "foobar is part of OSTG like slashdot" or "foobar have alliance with OSTG which slashdot is part of" ? I've seen similiar on newsforge and freshmeat. What's the point?
eliminating user-visible preferences to an extreme)
Not quite right. It is about eliminating *useless* preferences, for things which should be autodetected or depending on current state. See this insightful piece why and how eliminate obsolete preferences.
Before inventing something you should check if no one did this earlier. Because there you have GNOME Storage. Don't be fooled by screenshots there. Storage isn't only cool search facility with native language parser ("computer, find me all porn I've downloaded yesterday" anyone?). Storage is, suprisingly, method to store files decomposed to contents. The great searching ability is a side effect.
Imagine collaborating in of group of people over one document. Every one got some paragraphs to edit. With Storage, everyone can edit this document in the same time, seeing other's changes as letters are typed. Store version history and you have revision control. Throw in network transparency (you go to other department, connect laptop and automagically you can work on those department files) with OpenTalk (Zeroconf/Rendezvous) and you got best idea since hierarhical directories.
Be sure to read whitepaper about Storage available on mentioned site. Also check for Storage related entries in Seth's blog (Seth is one architect of GNOME Storage). Now if only KDE people work on compatibility with Storage, freenix desktop would rule the world.
BTW, KDE, don't miss chance of integration! KDE is planning to introduce google-like search in desktop. Don't reinvent wheel! Beagle is here, working. Just integrate Beagle with KDE desktop and we are set.
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For how long batteries last for this thing? Most people are not interested in notebook without 4h+ battery work.
Classical telephone networks are designed with lost call probability 1/10000. That's over 99,99% reliability.
,,we need that many megabits and interconnects to achevie 99,99% reliability''. The best what we have now is made by merely guessing and assuming what will be good.
But with VoIP there's a catch: we are unable to design reliable AND efficient network! With classical telephony we have some mathematical models (Erlang, Engstet and so on), usign which we can figure how many resources are needed.
For VoIP - there are no usable models (yet). IP is almost impossible to mathematically predict - changing routes, variable packet length, jitter. It's just too hard. We can't say
I know. I'm a student of 4th year of Telecommunications.
Wikipedia's list of Internet phenomenons.
Why not tie format to the middle mouse button while you're at it.
Beacuse pasting by middle button is what people used for last 20-something years. Yes, twenty. The second rule of UI design is not to change things that people got used to.
Alien is not any way of "RPM Comaptibility". It's merely away to convert RPM into something looking like .deb package.
.deb package. It's when both dpkg and RPM somehow share package database. It's when rpm package can fulfill deb package "require" dependency. When both dpkg and rpm knows all "provides" of all installed .deb and .rpm packages. It's when RPM obeys dpkg-divert configurations. And vice-versa.
The real dual-packagements is when you can install RPM package and have it cooperate - provide "provides", require "reuqirement" - for any
It is hellish hard to achieve, but they are joining forces to have people working on those issues, I believe.
What if 500th milion song would be purchased not by using iTunes, but something other, like pymusique?
don't compile or run cleanly on AMD64 without patching.
:/
One of the strength of Slackware (and for me, reason I stayed with it) is policy not to patch sources. Except some extreme cases, like broken glibc.
By applying patches, Slamd64 ruined Slack
Already done! Linux supports Cell processor since May 13.
probably
Why speculate when you can see it for yourself?
And what about Area 51
Area 51
Google Maps Europe at last?
Romania. Some country in Europe (.eu).
I never run into this problem, because I use checkinstall (hey, even Slackware is shipping it). I've compiled myself GNOME 2.8, 2.92 and 2.10 on Slackware and never had any troubles.
Anyway, if DESTDIR isn't working, fill a report at bugzilla.gnome.org!
Therefore I feel sorry for you guys. Your law seems insane.
Can they get sued when people drop their phones, or lose an arm while holding it out the window?
You must be out of your mind.
Hi Miguel, thanks for the dedication in book I've received from Nat :)
/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register
* `mono program.exe' runs your program, no need to
pass a class name, or a path or setup the cp to
run.
You didn't mention even easier way for Linux users. It only takes two commands:
echo ':CLR:M::MZ::/usr/bin/mono:' > proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register
echo ':dotNet:M::MZ::/usr/bin/mono:' >
(ideally, it should be handled by distribution's mono package)
And now running mono apps:
`./program.exe`
Tadam! Like regular binaries or shell scripts.
Sorry, but Dropline is against Slackware ideas. Dropline forces you to install PAM, which is not well seen in slackland. Dropline tend to replace half of the system, including X11. That's wrong! Last time I've checked there was some abstract requirement on external libiconv, despite iconv beeing part of standard glibc.
They have enormous amount of code to rewrite. And guess what - they are _not_ converting everything. .NET when you read about Mono. .NET, most cryptographic algorithms are not written in managed code. User interface (System.Windows.Forms) is not managed. Well, even parts of ASP.NET are not managed - and it is getting exploited lately.
.NET implementation (Mono) is written entirelly in managed code. Better than Microsofts' :)
It's funny how much do you get to know about MS
In MS
Ironically, Novell's
GNOME is now official Solaris GUI, so you don't have to tire your eyes with CDE.
What about with all those discaimers: "foobar is part of OSTG like slashdot" or "foobar have alliance with OSTG which slashdot is part of" ?
I've seen similiar on newsforge and freshmeat. What's the point?
eliminating user-visible preferences to an extreme)
Not quite right. It is about eliminating *useless* preferences, for things which should be autodetected or depending on current state. See this insightful piece why and how eliminate obsolete preferences.
The capsule became regular, earth dust.
Well, Beagle began as part of Dashboard nearly two years ago. Only recently indexing engine has been separated and released as stand-alone project.
Before inventing something you should check if no one did this earlier. Because there you have GNOME Storage. Don't be fooled by screenshots there. Storage isn't only cool search facility with native language parser ("computer, find me all porn I've downloaded yesterday" anyone?).
Storage is, suprisingly, method to store files decomposed to contents. The great searching ability is a side effect.
Imagine collaborating in of group of people over one document. Every one got some paragraphs to edit. With Storage, everyone can edit this document in the same time, seeing other's changes as letters are typed. Store version history and you have revision control. Throw in network transparency (you go to other department, connect laptop and automagically you can work on those department files) with OpenTalk (Zeroconf/Rendezvous) and you got best idea since hierarhical directories.
Be sure to read whitepaper about Storage available on mentioned site. Also check for Storage related entries in Seth's blog (Seth is one architect of GNOME Storage). Now if only KDE people work on compatibility with Storage, freenix desktop would rule the world.
BTW, KDE, don't miss chance of integration! KDE is planning to introduce google-like search in desktop. Don't reinvent wheel! Beagle is here, working. Just integrate Beagle with KDE desktop and we are set.
Yes, Opterons are sweeter when it comes to routing. Here's excerpt from commentary on Linux netdev:
We can certainly do better than that on Opterons. Robert
reports a 1.3 Mpps rate on a dual opteron 1.6Ghz. Our numbers on Xeons
are less than 1Mpps.