Did you see how they also added Canadian adds to the superbowl? They added (via computer effect) a sprint canada ad on the playing field and I saw a Canadian Tire ad up at the top of the stands. At least the Budweiser blimp wasn't replaced by a Molson blimp!
I meant for Microsoft, it would be a short recompile and therefore not cost alot of money or time for them.
For good performance, it would obviously need some CPU tweeking to use MMX, 3dNow or whatever (but most likely they wouldn't to show how "slow" linux is for multimedia). Unless there using some special OS feature that HPUX or Solaris have but Linux doesn't, or they used a library which doesn't exist on Linux, it should be somewhat straight forward. Its at least easier then porting from Windows or Mac. And, anyway, they're going to need to release a Mac Os X (yet another *nix OS) version now, so why not make a Linux port at the same time.
And as for Corel, they're
getting out of the Linux business.
Bah, you've probably never tried using Linux with newish hardware...I can tell you it'll often hard crash the computer, down to the point that you can't even do ctrl-alt-del or ctrl-alt-bspc (in X), or ctrl-alt-sysrq.
Probably depends on what happens, I modify my sound driver and on occasion I've had segmentation faults which generated "oops". no biggy, just find the problem, compile, install and reload the module (without needing to reboot).
Back In my win95 days, I used to think it was "normal" that I had to reboot to install a new driver.I was wrong. Do they still have this problem? or have they created some kind of driver loader/unloader.
Umm, WindowsMedia is supported on Windows, Mac, Solaris and HPUX.
Exactly! It's a short re-compile to Linux from Solaris or HPUX. Plus there's more Linux Desktop users than Solaris and HPUX combined, and Linux has almost the same number of users as Mac. They're not releasing a version Linux on purpose, it's part of their stategy (i.e they're scared that Linux may start to slowly eat away at their market share). Plus by having Solaris and HPUX support they can say "look at us, we support many platforms!" when infact they're missing #3 (or #2 depending on the market survey).
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, a joyous Kwanzaa and Eid Mubarak:
Seasons greetings to you all and Peace and Good Will to You and Yours. (michael: And
have a happy Atheist-Children-Get-Presents Day, too.)
Are the creative ones better than the kernel ones?
The kernel has a stripped down version of the driver from opensource.creative.com. Last I checked, the kernel(2.4.0-test1x) had version 0.6 of the emu10k1 driver, which is probably a snapshot from last July or August.
Since then the mixer has changed to use the ac97 module, and work has begun on a multipurpose mixer/effect-loader to take advantage of the more advanced features. There's also an assembler for writting dsp effects, and a few other miscellaneous utils.
If you do not need any of this stuff, then the kernel driver should be just fine.
BTW, creative's employees did write the original driver, but it is now maintained by the opensource community. Creative has completely forgotten that
Linux even exists
I would not praise creative too much. Yes, it was a big step for them to opensource their drivers, but alot has changed since Nov '99.
They never released any official document on the card (only the source-which was missing many features), all the employees responsible for getting it opensourced have left creative, and creative now refuses to release any new info on the card. Questions the developers have asked are usually is replied with "oh, you're going to need to sign a NDA" (that's when there actually is a reply)
To make matters worst, creative is milking the emu10k1 for all it's worth and are continuing to release new cards based on it. They add new features without telling the linux guys how to support it. (which in some cases renders the card semi-useless)
I somehow doubt that future generations (based on the emu10k2, or whatever) will be support under Linux. Creative is a Very Windows-centric company. To them, any other OS is simply not worth supporting.
which may be happening in
the upcoming one in december
uh, no. It's tommorow!!!! Don't forget to vote
But it does give more power to highly populated provinces, like for
instance Quebec and Ottawa.
Ottawa? do you mean Ontario?
The Conservative
party got destroyed in the last election, getting only 2 seats
That was 2 elections ago
We're actually
fairly close to being a 3 party country. (even though NDP doesnt stand a chance)
the Bloq usually gets quite alot of seats (remember they were the official opposition 2 elections ago). BTW, someone should start the counter-block party, whose sole purpose is to seperate Montreal from Quebec and kick the rest of it out of the country:-)
there is a party that wants solely
to get Maraijuanna legalized
Yep, Other notable fringe parties include the communist, socialist, green, and natural Law parties. Oh and then there's the rinocerous (doesn't seem spelled quite right) party.
Btw, in case you're wondering, I have my dialup machine scp (secure copy) its IP address to a file on my 24/7 connected Linux machine
at work, so I know what IP address my box has at home to attempt to SSH to:>
Have you tried dyndns.org, or another dynamic host name service? You install a client program on your computer and it will automatically update your IP in their database when it changes. Then you can use something like <hostname>.dyndns.org to reach your computer, where <hostname> is any word you want that's available.
The local service is also degregulated. Bell, telus and other ILECs(Incumbent local E?? carrier?) are forced to allow competitors to rent space in their facilities to install their equipment and connect to your phone lines. Problem is that residential margins are low, so the CLECs (Competive...) focus only on businesses.
I've lived in Quebec and BC so I can confirm them "aboot" free. I have relatives in the maritimes, although they do speak weird, they don't say "aboot" either.
I've had many debates with friends on the origins of aboot, we've perty much always concluded that it's holywood.
Besides, americans think Canada is full of "lichens and algae", considering how little they know of Canada, how would they know about "aboot" (assuming it did exist)
I've never understood the use of mAh for quatifying charge for batteries, why not use Coulombs? Same thing with kWh instead of Joules for electricity consumption. Where do these "bastard" units come from (historically, that is)? Do their use pre-date Coulombs and Joules, or is there another historical reason why these units are used today.
wow, what happened? I swear I copy and pasted it, and it was red not yellow. There must have been a mistake which they corrected, or perhaps I'm just going insane...
Yep, it out beats a pentium 800Mhz and is equal to an Athon 1GHz, quite amazing. It shows what many people have been preaching for years, ia32 sucks, big time. But check out the typical desktop price: C$5,300:-( . One has to wonder, is it the processor that's expensive, or the rest of the system?
As you may know, Linux doesn't have a registry like NT does for congiurations, all configs are spread out over files (make life alot easier for backing up configs, and you don't have to worry about it becoming corrupted). If a group of users need to be able to configure something, you just need to create a group, put em in it, and give read/write access to the file for that group. Same can be done for devices and directories. Linux is just as "fine grained" as NT. Don't be so quick to beleive everything you hear from Microsoft (or anything, for that matter).
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Agreed, that's the way most people say it so I say it that way too, but do most people say:
I have a sin-us cold?
or, 2 min-us 2 is 1?
No, no, and well no.
But I still say lin-ux.
Did you see how they also added Canadian adds to the superbowl? They added (via computer effect) a sprint canada ad on the playing field and I saw a Canadian Tire ad up at the top of the stands. At least the Budweiser blimp wasn't replaced by a Molson blimp!
For good performance, it would obviously need some CPU tweeking to use MMX, 3dNow or whatever (but most likely they wouldn't to show how "slow" linux is for multimedia). Unless there using some special OS feature that HPUX or Solaris have but Linux doesn't, or they used a library which doesn't exist on Linux, it should be somewhat straight forward. Its at least easier then porting from Windows or Mac. And, anyway, they're going to need to release a Mac Os X (yet another *nix OS) version now, so why not make a Linux port at the same time.
And as for Corel, they're getting out of the Linux business.
Probably depends on what happens, I modify my sound driver and on occasion I've had segmentation faults which generated "oops". no biggy, just find the problem, compile, install and reload the module (without needing to reboot).
Back In my win95 days, I used to think it was "normal" that I had to reboot to install a new driver.I was wrong. Do they still have this problem? or have they created some kind of driver loader/unloader.
1. That's why we use the free Beer argument (or was that Free Speech?).
2. What's the main ingredient in Beer? (are we sugesting Microsoft may secretly use free code?)
3. Also note that I think Beer should always have a capital B (that's just my opinion, gramer natzys's wood disagry :-).
Exactly! It's a short re-compile to Linux from Solaris or HPUX. Plus there's more Linux Desktop users than Solaris and HPUX combined, and Linux has almost the same number of users as Mac. They're not releasing a version Linux on purpose, it's part of their stategy (i.e they're scared that Linux may start to slowly eat away at their market share). Plus by having Solaris and HPUX support they can say "look at us, we support many platforms!" when infact they're missing #3 (or #2 depending on the market survey).
Welcome to the Newmanium! [insert-sinister-laugh-here]
And Festivus for the rest'v Us?
Don't you mean Festivus for the rest'v Us!
The kernel has a stripped down version of the driver from opensource.creative.com. Last I checked, the kernel(2.4.0-test1x) had version 0.6 of the emu10k1 driver, which is probably a snapshot from last July or August.
Since then the mixer has changed to use the ac97 module, and work has begun on a multipurpose mixer/effect-loader to take advantage of the more advanced features. There's also an assembler for writting dsp effects, and a few other miscellaneous utils.
If you do not need any of this stuff, then the kernel driver should be just fine.
BTW, creative's employees did write the original driver, but it is now maintained by the opensource community. Creative has completely forgotten that Linux even exists
I would not praise creative too much. Yes, it was a big step for them to opensource their drivers, but alot has changed since Nov '99.
They never released any official document on the card (only the source-which was missing many features), all the employees responsible for getting it opensourced have left creative, and creative now refuses to release any new info on the card. Questions the developers have asked are usually is replied with "oh, you're going to need to sign a NDA" (that's when there actually is a reply)
To make matters worst, creative is milking the emu10k1 for all it's worth and are continuing to release new cards based on it. They add new features without telling the linux guys how to support it. (which in some cases renders the card semi-useless)
I somehow doubt that future generations (based on the emu10k2, or whatever) will be support under Linux. Creative is a Very Windows-centric company. To them, any other OS is simply not worth supporting.
--
dB
Damn, you have good eyes ;-)
uh, no. It's tommorow!!!! Don't forget to vote
But it does give more power to highly populated provinces, like for instance Quebec and Ottawa.
Ottawa? do you mean Ontario?
The Conservative party got destroyed in the last election, getting only 2 seats
That was 2 elections ago
We're actually fairly close to being a 3 party country. (even though NDP doesnt stand a chance)
the Bloq usually gets quite alot of seats (remember they were the official opposition 2 elections ago). BTW, someone should start the counter-block party, whose sole purpose is to seperate Montreal from Quebec and kick the rest of it out of the country :-)
there is a party that wants solely to get Maraijuanna legalized
Yep, Other notable fringe parties include the communist, socialist, green, and natural Law parties. Oh and then there's the rinocerous (doesn't seem spelled quite right) party.
Just try this gopher client(a gopher protocol link, ofcourse :-)
I like this quote from the gopher.ptloma.edu gopher page: "Internet Explorer is miserable as a Gopher client" :-)
Have you tried dyndns.org, or another dynamic host name service? You install a client program on your computer and it will automatically update your IP in their database when it changes. Then you can use something like <hostname>.dyndns.org to reach your computer, where <hostname> is any word you want that's available.
Same here, and that's the same day Metallica was banned from my wallet too :-)
The local service is also degregulated. Bell, telus and other ILECs(Incumbent local E?? carrier?) are forced to allow competitors to rent space in their facilities to install their equipment and connect to your phone lines. Problem is that residential margins are low, so the CLECs (Competive ...) focus only on businesses.
I've had many debates with friends on the origins of aboot, we've perty much always concluded that it's holywood.
Besides, americans think Canada is full of "lichens and algae", considering how little they know of Canada, how would they know about "aboot" (assuming it did exist)
hey, That would be just like the U.S.'s climate :-)
funny, but I've only ever heard americans say "abOOt" instead of about (presumably when trying to talk "canadian", the holywood "canadian" that is).
I've never understood the use of mAh for quatifying charge for batteries, why not use Coulombs? Same thing with kWh instead of Joules for electricity consumption. Where do these "bastard" units come from (historically, that is)? Do their use pre-date Coulombs and Joules, or is there another historical reason why these units are used today.
wow, what happened? I swear I copy and pasted it, and it was red not yellow. There must have been a mistake which they corrected, or perhaps I'm just going insane...
oops, that of course should have been pentium III 800MHz :-)
And where's the alphas and the sparcs?
As you may know, Linux doesn't have a registry like NT does for congiurations, all configs are spread out over files (make life alot easier for backing up configs, and you don't have to worry about it becoming corrupted). If a group of users need to be able to configure something, you just need to create a group, put em in it, and give read/write access to the file for that group. Same can be done for devices and directories. Linux is just as "fine grained" as NT. Don't be so quick to beleive everything you hear from Microsoft (or anything, for that matter).
oh yeah, it's called HA-Linux (HA==High Availability).
I chalenge any one to show me 5 nine M$windows, From my personnal anecdotal experience, I would find it too hard to believe.