I have 14 hard drives attached to mine and it only draws 180W. I could probably improve that by running a more modern i3 motherboard and better power saving features.
I would love if Ubuntu actually made good on it's empty promises. However, thus far I have been better off with Google if I want to find some way to "spend money on Ubuntu software". This includes thing that are supposed to be in their stupid store.
They do a very poor job of being an Apple wannabe.
If you are expecting them to "be like Apple", then you will be disppointed with Ubuntu on it's own terms. You won't need any rant from RMS.
So they are a big screw-up no matter what your perspective is.
It's funny that you should mention that because I do have paid for copies of Redhat (or at least I used to).
Never did I see Ubuntu even attempt this approach.
So they are at the end of their rope and they have tried nothing. They sound like the Flander's parents whining about Ned.
On the other hand, Ubuntu has happily leeched from the rest of the community. Leeching would be the right way to describe it based on the way you want to frame things.
> I'm sorry to be overly blunt, but that is asnine. Ubuntu is integrating an app store to its DE,
Except there is no technical or usability justification for such a thing.
Tools don't need to be "integrated". This is Unix where you can have a toolbox full of tools that all work together. You don't need to take the "microsoft office" approach to things.
In truth, the app stores on the other platforms don't need to be any more "integrated" than the Linux tools that they are knockoffs of.
The overpriced WASP country club mentality helps build a certain mystique around Apple products.Understandably, people are curious about what all the hubbub is and equally understandably aren't really interested in paying the minimum $700 fee for a proper test drive.
Without some other compelling reason to buy a Mac product, of course people will be interested in running it in emulation to see what all of the mindless hype is about.
As someone that's "been there and done that", I can certainly see where the "hypocrites" are coming from.
Although I am inclined to tell everyone to not bother wasting their time. The emperor really has no clothes. Been there, done that. There's nothing like actually owning an Apple product to get over the mindless hype and entirely unwarranted accolades.
Since wine targets the "market leader", it makes a lot more sense. DOS really is king of the payware.
I got mine from the Apple Store. Apple Corp used to sell such files rather freely actually. Although admittedly that approach likely won't last much longer.
Even as a workstation product, you're probably better off virtualizing MacOS. That way you can take advantage of cheap and ugly PCs that run circles around a Mac for the same price as what Apple offers.
As a server product, Apple likely suffers from the same mental block that many companies and individuals do: the idea that a server is somehow something special and something that you need to pay $1000 for the OS just to get started.
The current nvidia driver will pretty much support everything that is out there. It's pretty much just like the Windows driver. The notable exception is Optimus and this is because that is a hack that X was not originally built to accomodate.
It doesn't really matter what Debian thinks. Once the software is in your hands, you get to use it any way you like. That even includes running Oracle on it. None of this stuff is new at all.
If you want to run Steam with Debian, nothing is stopping you.
Your choices will dictate the nature of your experience. That's just life.
Bullshit. Anything not-Microsoft is going to be just as hard to deal with because that's simply how Microsoft has engineered the situation. If you live in their little garden, it's going to be hard to leave. That's just the way it is.
It doesn't matter what the platform is.
On the other hands, most of the other platforms are not nearly as "exclusive" as Windows. They just don't have the gall of Microsoft or the longstanding desktop monopoly based on legacy DOS applications.
Then simply tell the user to run ldd against the game binary and then fend for themselves.
If you run something that doesn't hold your hand, then that's a conscious choice that you've made. It's completely reasonable for Valve to treat you accordingly and assume that you can fend for yourself and understand the related instructions.
Or you could just go the "windows style installer" route and stop acting like a stupid hysterical ninny pretending that these kinds of tools for Linux haven't existed for years and years already.
This is simply a side effect of the anti-labor mentality that has been encouraged in the US since the 80s. Corporations are people and they are expected to be as crass as possible. The needs of the individual are irrelevant. It's only corporations that matter. You should feel lucky that some "job creator" allows you to be employed. You should be happy to be exploited with impugnity and without recourse.
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When you can put a card in it and utilize a wide array of external storage options including "real RAID".
My first production server was a pizza box and it was attached to it's own RAID array. Size matters not. Judge not a box by it's size.
I'm tempted to replace my own rediculously oversized MythTV master backend with a shoebox system.
I have 14 hard drives attached to mine and it only draws 180W. I could probably improve that by running a more modern i3 motherboard and better power saving features.
The 2x RAM rule of thumb for swap is just plain outdated. It's like bell bottom jeans and elevator shoes.
Does this instructor have a lava lamp in his office?
Nope. He's just an automaton and the post is hard coded as a constant.
No. He's merely a civilized person and you are a fascist.
> Damn right! Who needs stupid things like laws, anyway? Keep raging against the machine, brah!
Yes. Joining "subversives" like John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams.
You wish.
I would love if Ubuntu actually made good on it's empty promises. However, thus far I have been better off with Google if I want to find some way to "spend money on Ubuntu software". This includes thing that are supposed to be in their stupid store.
They do a very poor job of being an Apple wannabe.
If you are expecting them to "be like Apple", then you will be disppointed with Ubuntu on it's own terms. You won't need any rant from RMS.
So they are a big screw-up no matter what your perspective is.
It's funny that you should mention that because I do have paid for copies of Redhat (or at least I used to).
Never did I see Ubuntu even attempt this approach.
So they are at the end of their rope and they have tried nothing. They sound like the Flander's parents whining about Ned.
On the other hand, Ubuntu has happily leeched from the rest of the community. Leeching would be the right way to describe it based on the way you want to frame things.
> I'm sorry to be overly blunt, but that is asnine. Ubuntu is integrating an app store to its DE,
Except there is no technical or usability justification for such a thing.
Tools don't need to be "integrated". This is Unix where you can have a toolbox full of tools that all work together. You don't need to take the "microsoft office" approach to things.
In truth, the app stores on the other platforms don't need to be any more "integrated" than the Linux tools that they are knockoffs of.
The overpriced WASP country club mentality helps build a certain mystique around Apple products.Understandably, people are curious about what all the hubbub is and equally understandably aren't really interested in paying the minimum $700 fee for a proper test drive.
Without some other compelling reason to buy a Mac product, of course people will be interested in running it in emulation to see what all of the mindless hype is about.
As someone that's "been there and done that", I can certainly see where the "hypocrites" are coming from.
Although I am inclined to tell everyone to not bother wasting their time. The emperor really has no clothes. Been there, done that. There's nothing like actually owning an Apple product to get over the mindless hype and entirely unwarranted accolades.
Since wine targets the "market leader", it makes a lot more sense. DOS really is king of the payware.
I got mine from the Apple Store. Apple Corp used to sell such files rather freely actually. Although admittedly that approach likely won't last much longer.
Even as a workstation product, you're probably better off virtualizing MacOS. That way you can take advantage of cheap and ugly PCs that run circles around a Mac for the same price as what Apple offers.
As a server product, Apple likely suffers from the same mental block that many companies and individuals do: the idea that a server is somehow something special and something that you need to pay $1000 for the OS just to get started.
What nvidia card?
Your entire post means fuck all without actual part numbers.
I've used several generations of nvidia GPUs to drive HTPCs over a number of years and never had any problems like that.
The biggest nvidia problem is that they run hot and cook low profile systems like the Mac Mini.
Yes. Quite.
Modern graphics cards have their own power connections now.
Let that just sink in for a minute.
It's an expansion card that draws so much power that it needs and it needs it's own power connection.
That makes it very much a possibility that you will end up with too much GPU for the rest of your system. Like trying to strap a jet engine to a Yugo.
Nonsense.
The current nvidia driver will pretty much support everything that is out there. It's pretty much just like the Windows driver. The notable exception is Optimus and this is because that is a hack that X was not originally built to accomodate.
Linux drivers are GREAT for nvidia and quite adquate for Intel. Even ATI drivers are good enough if you aren't pushing the hardware.
If you want a Linux laptop with good graphics perfomance then one with a discrete Nvidia GPU is the obivious choice. Avoid this Optimus nonsense.
I'm suprised no one else has offered the other obvoius answer:
BUY FROM A LINUX VENDOR
Sophie Aldred was a much better excuse to watch Dr Who.
I think you two are both idiots.
It doesn't really matter what Debian thinks. Once the software is in your hands, you get to use it any way you like. That even includes running Oracle on it. None of this stuff is new at all.
If you want to run Steam with Debian, nothing is stopping you.
Your choices will dictate the nature of your experience. That's just life.
Except the market isn't split between shitty Chinese tablets and iPads.
Furthermore, this is 2012. You don't need to go into any purchase blind. You can check around and see if a device is all of that.
That includes doorstop computers like Macs.
Only a blithering Apple fanboy would equate consumer product selection with automotive repairs.
Bullshit. Anything not-Microsoft is going to be just as hard to deal with because that's simply how Microsoft has engineered the situation. If you live in their little garden, it's going to be hard to leave. That's just the way it is.
It doesn't matter what the platform is.
On the other hands, most of the other platforms are not nearly as "exclusive" as Windows. They just don't have the gall of Microsoft or the longstanding desktop monopoly based on legacy DOS applications.
Then you would have to put up with Windows.
Not all proprietary software is as bad as the crap that comes from Microsoft. Not all proprietary software is as prone to trap you either.
So Apple goes out of it's way to make machines that will quickly become doorstops. Thanks for clearing that up.
That's a great reason to avoid Apple right there.
A 5 year old Mac is stuck on light duty.
A 5 year old PC can have a (cheap) new GPU shoved in it and it will happily run current games on Steam.
Then simply tell the user to run ldd against the game binary and then fend for themselves.
If you run something that doesn't hold your hand, then that's a conscious choice that you've made. It's completely reasonable for Valve to treat you accordingly and assume that you can fend for yourself and understand the related instructions.
Or you could just go the "windows style installer" route and stop acting like a stupid hysterical ninny pretending that these kinds of tools for Linux haven't existed for years and years already.
If it turns out that my video card isn't good enough for Valve, then I can upgrade it. I can't do that with a Mac.
You can kid yourself all you like.
Snickering at Apple products is all about having at least half a clue and knowing that their products just don't cut it.
This is simply a side effect of the anti-labor mentality that has been encouraged in the US since the 80s. Corporations are people and they are expected to be as crass as possible. The needs of the individual are irrelevant. It's only corporations that matter. You should feel lucky that some "job creator" allows you to be employed. You should be happy to be exploited with impugnity and without recourse.
Sick days? That's a commie anarchist idea.
This is the new Guilded Age. Get back to work.