On Debian, all I had to do to get processor throttling working was apt-get install powersaved.
Now, my 2ghz Core 2 Duo has both cores running at 1ghz, except when the full 2ghz is required. This + i8kutils to force my left fan to run on low all the time = 26C when idle. Not bad for a dual core system.:)
I don't want desktop Linux to go mainstream. If it did, the number of machines available as proxy servers and phishing sites would go down quite a bit. Spam might become non-existent. Botnets could disappear entirely. I like things the way they are now.
Servers do NOT use graphical interfaces because they are pointless overhead. Why do you need a full installation of X11 + a window manager to edit config files? How is a GUI going to help you when your server is a headless system located on the other side of the planet? X11 forwarding? VNC? More pointless network overhead? Servers do not use GUIs, period.
I use Debian on all my machines (including the core 2 duo laptop I'm posting this from). Debian lets you go through a basic console "GUI" and pick options for all your programs. All you do is run 1 command: dpkg-reconfigure postfix
If one has to download and configure not less that 4 pieces of software just to get a basic mail-server functional, using the command line and editing text files which can be prone to errors...
As opposed to what? Editing them with a graphical text editor?
Repeat after me: Servers do *not* use GUIs. (unless you run Windows or Ubuntu Server, in which case, you probably shouldn't be configuring a MTA anyways)
Chances are the OS you install will be *out of date* and you'll have to download updated packages for your various services anyways.
Your desktop argument is valid. Your server one is not.
According to his screenshot, Visio is a component of Office (I don't use Windows, so I had no clue). If a component isn't properly activated, I can understand refusing to allow add-ons to be download.
Prompting him to BUY Office is obviously incorrect. He should be prompted to activate the non-activated components.
In one of the past articles about this store, a user from the UK entered Apple's corporate headquarters as his address and was able to download tunes just fine.
IANAL, but wouldn't it have been better if a judge actually ruled against them (Monsoon), setting a precedent to be used in future GPL violation cases?
I denno, I ditched Windows for Debian Linux over a year ago and haven't looked back since. (I'm a programmer though, so my needs are a bit different than your typical Windows user)
Then again, if this article is any indication, maybe I had better wait another year before I speak.:-)
There was a lot of great dialogue in the first two games.
What was the line from Thief 2 where two guards are arguing in a guard tower and one says something like "are you going to prick me with your sewing needle?"?
Now I want to install Thief 2 under Wine. Thanks a lot, Slashdot.
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As far as I know, Apple hasn't had to leak the source code to one of their own projects to cover for it running waaaay over schedule.
They have a 1-up on Valve in that regard.
He's apparently never heard of the comma. The article is frustrating to read.
Same plan here. :-)
On Debian, all I had to do to get processor throttling working was apt-get install powersaved.
:)
Now, my 2ghz Core 2 Duo has both cores running at 1ghz, except when the full 2ghz is required. This + i8kutils to force my left fan to run on low all the time = 26C when idle. Not bad for a dual core system.
Or configure NTP.
1 command, really. Not sure why they're being so stubborn.
I don't want desktop Linux to go mainstream. If it did, the number of machines available as proxy servers and phishing sites would go down quite a bit. Spam might become non-existent. Botnets could disappear entirely. I like things the way they are now.
Servers do NOT use graphical interfaces because they are pointless overhead. Why do you need a full installation of X11 + a window manager to edit config files? How is a GUI going to help you when your server is a headless system located on the other side of the planet? X11 forwarding? VNC? More pointless network overhead? Servers do not use GUIs, period.
I use Debian on all my machines (including the core 2 duo laptop I'm posting this from). Debian lets you go through a basic console "GUI" and pick options for all your programs. All you do is run 1 command: dpkg-reconfigure postfix
Repeat after me: Servers do *not* use GUIs. (unless you run Windows or Ubuntu Server, in which case, you probably shouldn't be configuring a MTA anyways)
Chances are the OS you install will be *out of date* and you'll have to download updated packages for your various services anyways.
Your desktop argument is valid. Your server one is not.
I'm pretty sure protestors/dissidents *DO NOT GIVE A FUCK*.
Exactly!
According to his screenshot, Visio is a component of Office (I don't use Windows, so I had no clue). If a component isn't properly activated, I can understand refusing to allow add-ons to be download.
Prompting him to BUY Office is obviously incorrect. He should be prompted to activate the non-activated components.
What the hell is a proxy server going to do besides just add more latency to your AIM session? (and potentially spy on it)
According to the same site, he vowed to quit /. over two years ago.
http://3cx.org/item/39
I noticed a link today on http://thepiratebay.org/ pointing to http://www.freeburma.org/ !
In one of the past articles about this store, a user from the UK entered Apple's corporate headquarters as his address and was able to download tunes just fine.
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=308185&cid=20748547
they're having the same thought that I had yesterday? http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=307011&cid=20735703
IANAL, but wouldn't it have been better if a judge actually ruled against them (Monsoon), setting a precedent to be used in future GPL violation cases?
The culprit is poor programming.
If you can't code without hand-holding tools like automatic garbage collection, perhaps you belong in a different profession!
I denno, I ditched Windows for Debian Linux over a year ago and haven't looked back since. (I'm a programmer though, so my needs are a bit different than your typical Windows user)
:-)
Then again, if this article is any indication, maybe I had better wait another year before I speak.
Yes, it immediately made me think of what happened to ThePirateBay.
Haha, yes!
I forgot how funny the dialogue at this part was...
... damnit!
:/
I'm on a 2ghz Core 2 Duo, 2gb ram, 256mb 7900GS system.
Have you tested it under Cedega or just vanilla wine?
It'd look like ass anyways, since this laptop uses 1440x900, and widescreen was unheard of back then.
No!
You have to play through 1, then 2, and THEN Deadly Shadows. Each one builds upon the story of the previous game.
You will be confused by the plot of DS if you never played either of the first two games.
Don't be put off by the graphics. You'll really get into the first two games after about 20 minutes.
There was a lot of great dialogue in the first two games.
What was the line from Thief 2 where two guards are arguing in a guard tower and one says something like "are you going to prick me with your sewing needle?"?
Now I want to install Thief 2 under Wine. Thanks a lot, Slashdot.
Really?
I use netfilter on my laptop running Debian Linux for various things, and it seems to do the job acceptable.
Of course, I don't run any day-to-day programs as a user (read: root) who can actually use iptables to change my rules either.
Oh well.
.su domains were over $100 a year last I checked...
Which registrars are offering the mad discounts on them?