I think we can all agree that market share and game sales is what all 3 major console manufacturers are aiming for. Considering that the Gamecube is the only console that has effectively stifled large-scale piracy as a result of their non-standard storage media format, I think this is long overdue. Nintendo is confident that the majority of the people that buy a system will definitely buy games. And that is the bottom line.
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Athlon 64 Debuts
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For those of you lucky enough to be already considering what mainboard your new Athlon 64 will be running on, OCWorkBench has been posting reviews in the past month on three motherboards/chipsets:
...if you are a hardcore gamer. Sorry people. That's just the way it is.
Valve can hardly be blamed for trying to defray enormous development costs by concentrating on the platform the vast majority of gamers will use.
Linux on the destkop has made tremendous strides, particularly in the last two years, but it's still a long way from being able to draw mainstream gaming developers from spending a significant portion of development time to have their games run on it.
Do I like this? Of course not. But all we can do as a community right now is continue to support those developers that do release official Linux clients with our wallets. We can also continue to help our friends and family make the leap to our OS of choice. Linux will get there. It's just going to take some time. But blaming developers for not releasing Linux clients will get us nowhere. They will jump on board on their own when a substantial user base is there who purchase games for Linux. If you have any doubts about that theory, just look at IT industry giants like IBM, Sun, and Dell and their about-faces in the course of the last decade concerning Linux support.
One last point, as far as I'm concerned, Mac users have had much more to caterwaul about than Linux users. The treatment they've received from game developers pales in comparison.
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Seriously, though, how many people here work for places that have let go support and admin staff in the last 2 years?
What I find most disturbing, especially since I've been looking for a full-time job for more than a year, is that oftentimes these places hire people a lot less qualified than the people who were there before for salary reasons.
Then they wonder how a mess like this inflitrates their place of business to begin with.
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BTW, if anyone needs a reliable, relatively-competent Windows and Linux admin/support tech monkey for contract or full-time work in the LA area, please check my resume.
Umm, because most of the people posting seem to be playing a support role for some entity or somebody. Being out of work, I was doing it for a family member over the phone.
This doesn't excuse home users anyhow. As far as I can tell, most OEM Windows XP installs (my cousin has an HP) come with "Windows Update" auto notifications set up out of the box. He kept seeing that little icon flash telling him that new updates were ready to install but ignored it.
**Warning: shameless self-promotion follows**
BTW, if anyone needs a reliable, relatively-competent Windows and Linux admin/support tech monkey for contract or full-time work in the LA area, please check my resume.
I'm still amazed that distros have not started doing this. As many have stated before, if you don't know how to turn on a service, you have no business running it.
This would go a long way in making Linux distros more secure out of the box.
Can someone who does packaging for a major distro explain what advantages are lost by taking this strategy?
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Is this still "News for Nerds" or "News for Neophytes?"
First we get a story on the "Scroll Lock" key and now this on hard drive capacity.
What next? The difference between dial-up and broadband explained?
I think we can all agree that market share and game sales is what all 3 major console manufacturers are aiming for. Considering that the Gamecube is the only console that has effectively stifled large-scale piracy as a result of their non-standard storage media format, I think this is long overdue. Nintendo is confident that the majority of the people that buy a system will definitely buy games. And that is the bottom line.
Looking for a Linux/Windows/Mac admin/support tech monkey in the Los Angeles area? Please see my resume.
Looking for a Linux/Windows/Mac admin/support tech monkey in the Los Angeles area? Please see my resume.
...if you are a hardcore gamer. Sorry people. That's just the way it is.
Valve can hardly be blamed for trying to defray enormous development costs by concentrating on the platform the vast majority of gamers will use.
Linux on the destkop has made tremendous strides, particularly in the last two years, but it's still a long way from being able to draw mainstream gaming developers from spending a significant portion of development time to have their games run on it.
Do I like this? Of course not. But all we can do as a community right now is continue to support those developers that do release official Linux clients with our wallets. We can also continue to help our friends and family make the leap to our OS of choice. Linux will get there. It's just going to take some time. But blaming developers for not releasing Linux clients will get us nowhere. They will jump on board on their own when a substantial user base is there who purchase games for Linux. If you have any doubts about that theory, just look at IT industry giants like IBM, Sun, and Dell and their about-faces in the course of the last decade concerning Linux support.
One last point, as far as I'm concerned, Mac users have had much more to caterwaul about than Linux users. The treatment they've received from game developers pales in comparison.
Looking for a Linux/Windows tech monkey in the Los Angeles area? Please see my resume.
Or laid-off.
Seriously, though, how many people here work for places that have let go support and admin staff in the last 2 years?
What I find most disturbing, especially since I've been looking for a full-time job for more than a year, is that oftentimes these places hire people a lot less qualified than the people who were there before for salary reasons.
Then they wonder how a mess like this inflitrates their place of business to begin with.
**Warning: shameless self-promotion follows**
BTW, if anyone needs a reliable, relatively-competent Windows and Linux admin/support tech monkey for contract or full-time work in the LA area, please check my resume.
Umm, because most of the people posting seem to be playing a support role for some entity or somebody. Being out of work, I was doing it for a family member over the phone.
This doesn't excuse home users anyhow. As far as I can tell, most OEM Windows XP installs (my cousin has an HP) come with "Windows Update" auto notifications set up out of the box. He kept seeing that little icon flash telling him that new updates were ready to install but ignored it.
**Warning: shameless self-promotion follows**
BTW, if anyone needs a reliable, relatively-competent Windows and Linux admin/support tech monkey for contract or full-time work in the LA area, please check my resume.
I'm still amazed that distros have not started doing this. As many have stated before, if you don't know how to turn on a service, you have no business running it. This would go a long way in making Linux distros more secure out of the box. Can someone who does packaging for a major distro explain what advantages are lost by taking this strategy?
Yes! Bring back Frank Black! Even though that X-Files episode he appeared in last season was very disappointing.