The point of Free software is that, in the end, after the choice for closed source software is made, the user may still decide he wants the software to change or exercise freedoms that would be possible to exercise if the software was under a free license. The only way to guarantee user satisfaction in the long run therefore is the ensure user freedom, and thus only using free software.
Uncle Tom has an ordinary Athlon64 2000 sucking less watts than any Atom, so I'd like to see this myth die. Intel's propaganda machine is working overtime, but anyone who cares to actually run the numbers can see that AMD has had an Atom alternative, even before Atom. For some reason no manufacturer has bothered to implement it, possibly because they're all in on the Atom-hype.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Atom-Athlon-Efficient,review-31253.html
I sometimes get lucky simply by renaming suspicious temp files in firefox' tempdir to mp3. Usually you can discriminate on size which are probably the files you're looking for (mp3s tend to be bigger than the millions of 10kb ish files in the tempdir).
My dad Vista install even requires you to answer this security dialog for running Firefox. He doesnt know jack shit about running as administrator and stuff like that, so I really wonder how an ordinary user could fuck up a system like that. Why do I have the feeling that this just isnt possibel in Ubuntu, but somehow is in Vista, and is due to bad design (in Vista)?
Does it? That would be major for the mkv project (I can also remember Divx7 will actually be based on x264 or something. And they even have (had) their own container format,.divx (which is basically avi IIRC).
Here's a link that compares last years Theora with xvid and divx: http://web.mit.edu/xiphmont/Public/theora/demo.html
Note that this is before the major changes made this summer and the major changes still coming (in the encoder). The VP3 technology actually puts it between MPEG-4 ASP (xvid/divx) and H264 in theoretically achievable quality, it's just that the encoder has been extremely badly tuned up until this summer, because of lack of interest. If Theora can catch up to MPEG-4 ASP codecs and perhaps even close in on H264, it would make for an excellent patentfree codec.
Actually, it's very simple, has almost zero overhead, supports any and each codec and combinations thereof and it's patentfree (containerformats arent nearly as complex and difficult to develop as codecs).
Many posters here are confusing two things here: codecs and containers. Theora is the videocodec, OGG the container (which has the extension.ogv). OGG (as per.ogv) is also the standard container for Theora, which Firefox supports. But, MKV being really a superior container on pretty much all fronts, could contain Theora equally well as any containerformat (actually, better IMHO).
Just making sure everyone is talking about the same thing.
It by the way does work with every filesystem, but what wrong with reinventing the wheel? I automobiles we have done it multiple times, from wooden wheels with spokes to metal ones of of s single sheet of steel. Improvement is possible, really;)
It's true that ZFS is in flux, and it's cutting edge functionality isn't always stable, but if you use a subset of it's funtions (which already make life easier than any LVM/ext combo) it's an inprovement. Speed is very much a function of the functions you use, but with disks these day's I gladly sacrifice 10% for the increased ease of use and data integrity. And it's design decisions are what I consider it's strongpoints, once you see it's practical simplicity, you'll love it.
Just because historically it has been the Unix way, doesn't mean we can't do it right from now on. I know what you're mean, 1 program, 1 task, is stabler in the end, but ZFS actually is a very reliable piece of software. It works, it's stable (actually, with its automatic integrity checking, it safer than anything I know) and its extremely usable.
Again, just because it replicates functionality doesn't mean it can be (much) better. Linux itself replicated functionality in the beginning, but I'm damn glad that didn't stop Linus or GNU.
The things you think belong outside of a filesystem only 'nelong' there because that's what years of narrowminded developing have tought you. Look at it this way:/everything/ related to filestorage is managed by ZFS. What could be more convenient than that? Because of this, ZFS can do things much faster and much more reliable than any combo of LVM with a filesystem. Why chain together tools yourself, and manually think about things you really shouldn't be thinking about, when you can have a good filesystem take care of it for you.
ZFS is easier to maintain, from a users perpective (and that's the job of development, to make usage easier, not ever the other way round).
But it certainly is the best word in filesystem design, and isn't about to be bested by anything yet. Also, ZFS is right here right now, and btrfs is a long ways off.
But why should I need to have any faith in a company? Which is why I have been looking for an easy way to set up my own iGoogle/Netvibes on my own webserver, but I havn't found software that does this. Any ideas out there? It needs to run on PHP and preferably need no database (adding a feed by modifying a txt file, yes please).
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The point of Free software is that, in the end, after the choice for closed source software is made, the user may still decide he wants the software to change or exercise freedoms that would be possible to exercise if the software was under a free license. The only way to guarantee user satisfaction in the long run therefore is the ensure user freedom, and thus only using free software.
Stallman doesnt care whether you sell your software, he only would like you to supply the source code with it under a libre license.
As for your other questions, read up on the Free Software Foundation. They're all adressed in a neat FAQ somewhere.
"Launch early, launch often". Erm.... ;)
Uncle Tom has an ordinary Athlon64 2000 sucking less watts than any Atom, so I'd like to see this myth die. Intel's propaganda machine is working overtime, but anyone who cares to actually run the numbers can see that AMD has had an Atom alternative, even before Atom. For some reason no manufacturer has bothered to implement it, possibly because they're all in on the Atom-hype. http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Atom-Athlon-Efficient,review-31253.html
At least they have multiple Legos, so no matter if one goes down, there are always others.
I sometimes get lucky simply by renaming suspicious temp files in firefox' tempdir to mp3. Usually you can discriminate on size which are probably the files you're looking for (mp3s tend to be bigger than the millions of 10kb ish files in the tempdir).
My dad Vista install even requires you to answer this security dialog for running Firefox. He doesnt know jack shit about running as administrator and stuff like that, so I really wonder how an ordinary user could fuck up a system like that. Why do I have the feeling that this just isnt possibel in Ubuntu, but somehow is in Vista, and is due to bad design (in Vista)?
It's a meme... Memes can't be taken too far.
Does it? That would be major for the mkv project (I can also remember Divx7 will actually be based on x264 or something. And they even have (had) their own container format, .divx (which is basically avi IIRC).
Here's a link that compares last years Theora with xvid and divx:
http://web.mit.edu/xiphmont/Public/theora/demo.html
Note that this is before the major changes made this summer and the major changes still coming (in the encoder). The VP3 technology actually puts it between MPEG-4 ASP (xvid/divx) and H264 in theoretically achievable quality, it's just that the encoder has been extremely badly tuned up until this summer, because of lack of interest. If Theora can catch up to MPEG-4 ASP codecs and perhaps even close in on H264, it would make for an excellent patentfree codec.
Actually, it's very simple, has almost zero overhead, supports any and each codec and combinations thereof and it's patentfree (containerformats arent nearly as complex and difficult to develop as codecs).
Many posters here are confusing two things here: codecs and containers. Theora is the videocodec, OGG the container (which has the extension .ogv). OGG (as per .ogv) is also the standard container for Theora, which Firefox supports. But, MKV being really a superior container on pretty much all fronts, could contain Theora equally well as any containerformat (actually, better IMHO).
Just making sure everyone is talking about the same thing.
Belgians are Dutch, they just think they're not.
Which is why NASA sends chips into space, more cosmic rays and no need to actually program!
Consumer PC chips produced today are 45~55nm, 90nm tops.
It was also the only MS program that came with the source. ;)
Illogical? Just as arbitrary as the other way round.
It gives me 2895 ms here.
Yeah, and real men write their own OS... Why write scripts when a computer can do the same automagically for you?
It by the way does work with every filesystem, but what wrong with reinventing the wheel? I automobiles we have done it multiple times, from wooden wheels with spokes to metal ones of of s single sheet of steel. Improvement is possible, really ;)
It's true that ZFS is in flux, and it's cutting edge functionality isn't always stable, but if you use a subset of it's funtions (which already make life easier than any LVM/ext combo) it's an inprovement. Speed is very much a function of the functions you use, but with disks these day's I gladly sacrifice 10% for the increased ease of use and data integrity. And it's design decisions are what I consider it's strongpoints, once you see it's practical simplicity, you'll love it.
Just because historically it has been the Unix way, doesn't mean we can't do it right from now on. I know what you're mean, 1 program, 1 task, is stabler in the end, but ZFS actually is a very reliable piece of software. It works, it's stable (actually, with its automatic integrity checking, it safer than anything I know) and its extremely usable. Again, just because it replicates functionality doesn't mean it can be (much) better. Linux itself replicated functionality in the beginning, but I'm damn glad that didn't stop Linus or GNU.
The things you think belong outside of a filesystem only 'nelong' there because that's what years of narrowminded developing have tought you. Look at it this way: /everything/ related to filestorage is managed by ZFS. What could be more convenient than that? Because of this, ZFS can do things much faster and much more reliable than any combo of LVM with a filesystem. Why chain together tools yourself, and manually think about things you really shouldn't be thinking about, when you can have a good filesystem take care of it for you.
ZFS is easier to maintain, from a users perpective (and that's the job of development, to make usage easier, not ever the other way round).
But it certainly is the best word in filesystem design, and isn't about to be bested by anything yet. Also, ZFS is right here right now, and btrfs is a long ways off.
But why should I need to have any faith in a company? Which is why I have been looking for an easy way to set up my own iGoogle/Netvibes on my own webserver, but I havn't found software that does this. Any ideas out there? It needs to run on PHP and preferably need no database (adding a feed by modifying a txt file, yes please).