I keep seeing posts about how slackware does not have a good packaging system. In my opinion, the addpkg, etc method works fine. BUT, as of version 7.0, it does come with rpm, which I have used on several occasions, although I still prefer the.tar.gz source packages.
The engineers are the guys who designed the things in the first place. They aren't required in order for a successful launch.
An interesting note, my dad is an engineer (non-union...former McDonnell Douglass) for Boeing in St. Louis. They're shipping him and other engineers off to Seattle for a 2 or 3 days at a time to temporarily replace the striking engineers.
Slackware 4.0 had only glibc runtime support, everything was compiled at libc5. However, Slackware 7 is *completely* glibc 2.1.2 based. It has libc5 there only for compatibility with older binaries. Version 7 also comes with GNOME and KDE so you can choose between either desktop. It even comes with rpm. In my opinion, this makes Slackware 7 just as good as Redhat.
They actually have a multiplayer only version of Doom for the HP48GX that uses the IR port. Only problem is, you have to be about a half an inch away from the calculator you are playing against for it to work. A friend and I used to play that in the middle of calculus class though...made things a bit more interesting:)
Interestingly enough, even though the whole article is mostly about PSX2, they do mention that Dreamcast is doing very well. In general I don't like Newsweek, but it was pretty interesting.
Something else to note, for whatever reasons (possibly because of bugs or optimization issues), the Linux desktops simply don't run as fast as Winblows 98. My pentium 200 with 48mb of ram box runs win98 *really* damn fast. I can have lots of netscape windows open, a couple of terminal programs open, icq, and a virus shield running with not too many problems. However, when using KDE or Gnome, this simply isn't possible without my computer practically grinding to a halt. Because of this, I highly favor the more simple window managers such as Afterstep, WindowMaker, or even plain old fvwm. Until somehow there is an X desktop that runs just as well and with less problems then win98 or whatever new windows OS M$ releases(yes, IMHO win98 is more stable then X..even though linux itself does not crash, X does), people are not going to want to use it as much.
"Reasonably static and well hosted sites like Yahoo wouldn't be taken out, but the average E-Commerce site, with dynamically generated pages off a single-point-of-failure SQL Server architecture would be completely knocked out by what appeared to be nothing more than extremely heavy traffic."
I've heard of this before, I believe it's called the Slashdot effect.:)
"Reasonably static and well hosted sites like Yahoo wouldn't be taken out, but the average E-Commerce site, with dynamically generated pages off a single-point-of-failure SQL Server architecture would be completely knocked out by what appeared to be nothing more than extremely heavy traffic."
I've heard of this before, I believe it's called the Slashdot effect.:)
I don't think broadcasting your mp3's would be such a great idea. I think that would be a red flag for the RIAA to track you down and nail you. They don't want anyone having mp3's on their computers, so what do you think would happen if they found out people were broadcasting "illegal" mp3's to mass amounts of people? On a side note, I wonder if the censorship rules would still apply to what you broadcast....
This isn't a new thing that they just came up with for everyone's information. I first heard about oil eating bacteria several years ago. The organisms naturally occur in any area where a great deal of hydrocarbon compounds concentrate (ASPHALT!!!). These things are found along asphalt roads everywhere, not to mention areas of heavy hydrocarbon contamination. They aren't some miracle of genetic science, but they are a miracle of evolution if you will.
If you want to look at it this way, then M$ should sue themselves. Does not their SMB filesystem protocol already allow sharing of files across the internet? I could give anyone my ip address and netbios name. Using this, they could access any such files I have shared either in windows under network neighborhood or by Samba in Linux. The idea of Napster is to do this exact thing with a client that makes it easy and simple.
I find it very satisfying to read all of these comments and see that many people mention other distributions besides Red Hat as being their favorite. My personal favorite is Slackware, although I have toyed with Caldera and Red Hat in the past. As far as those two go, I think they don't hold a candle to Slackware for stability and administration. Also from all accounts I've heard Debian is very nice. In the past I just get the feeling that distributions other then Red Hat get the shaft when people talk about how good they are (case in point this review on C|Net).
I'm not saying everyone should like Slackware or any another distribution, in fact I would not recommend Slackware to a newbie (PERSONAL EXPERIENCE!!). The point is people should choose their distribution based on what they want to get out of it, not based on the assumption that if you haven't heard a lot about it, then it can't be good.
but given that napster never seems to have a disclaimer saying "Hey, watch what you download"
Actually, that above statement is not correct. When you log on to Napster it displays just such a disclaimer saying that Napster can not be held responsible for any illegal mp3's downloaded.
Here is an idea. Instead of restricting napster to only mp3's, make it sort of an ftp client where any files can be downloaded, and start marketing the program as an ftp client or whatever. Say something like "it does the same thing as icq file transfer or irc only better!" I think the whole problem here is that napster targeted themselves by making an mp3 only client and saying hey! Here we are! Download mp3's! Of course RIAA is going to be mad if they see something like that. My 2 cents.
I think this is a cool idea and all, I signed the petition, but there is one major problem with sending men to Mars. All astronauts that we send to space even for just a few weeks develop atrophied muscles (I think I spelled that right...). And that's even with rigorous exercise. Imagine being in space for a year before finally reaching your destination and then not being able to stand under your own weight and that of your space suit. Until we figure out how to stop this from happening, it probably won't happen.
In the words of the immortal Beavis, HeheHEhehEhe, I'll be damned! Seriously though, is there or will there ever be any programs that will need that much space on an install disk?? I can see what great value it might have as an archiving device though.
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I keep seeing posts about how slackware does not have a good packaging system. In my opinion, the addpkg, etc method works fine. BUT, as of version 7.0, it does come with rpm, which I have used on several occasions, although I still prefer the .tar.gz source packages.
The engineers are the guys who designed the things in the first place. They aren't required in order for a successful launch.
An interesting note, my dad is an engineer (non-union...former McDonnell Douglass) for Boeing in St. Louis. They're shipping him and other engineers off to Seattle for a 2 or 3 days at a time to temporarily replace the striking engineers.
Slackware 4.0 had only glibc runtime support, everything was compiled at libc5. However, Slackware 7 is *completely* glibc 2.1.2 based. It has libc5 there only for compatibility with older binaries. Version 7 also comes with GNOME and KDE so you can choose between either desktop. It even comes with rpm. In my opinion, this makes Slackware 7 just as good as Redhat.
They actually have a multiplayer only version of Doom for the HP48GX that uses the IR port. Only problem is, you have to be about a half an inch away from the calculator you are playing against for it to work. A friend and I used to play that in the middle of calculus class though...made things a bit more interesting :)
Interestingly enough, even though the whole article is mostly about PSX2, they do mention that Dreamcast is doing very well. In general I don't like Newsweek, but it was pretty interesting.
Something else to note, for whatever reasons (possibly because of bugs or optimization issues), the Linux desktops simply don't run as fast as Winblows 98. My pentium 200 with 48mb of ram box runs win98 *really* damn fast. I can have lots of netscape windows open, a couple of terminal programs open, icq, and a virus shield running with not too many problems. However, when using KDE or Gnome, this simply isn't possible without my computer practically grinding to a halt. Because of this, I highly favor the more simple window managers such as Afterstep, WindowMaker, or even plain old fvwm.
Until somehow there is an X desktop that runs just as well and with less problems then win98 or whatever new windows OS M$ releases(yes, IMHO win98 is more stable then X..even though linux itself does not crash, X does), people are not going to want to use it as much.
Ever hear the old saying two wrongs don't make a right? Linux users are likely to be more respected if they are rational and not assholes about it.
"Reasonably static and well hosted sites like Yahoo wouldn't be taken out, but the average E-Commerce site, with dynamically generated pages off a single-point-of-failure SQL Server architecture would be completely knocked out by what appeared to be nothing more than extremely heavy traffic."
:)
I've heard of this before, I believe it's called the Slashdot effect.
"Reasonably static and well hosted sites like Yahoo wouldn't be taken out, but the average E-Commerce site, with dynamically generated pages off a single-point-of-failure SQL Server architecture would be completely knocked out by what appeared to be nothing more than extremely heavy traffic."
:)
I've heard of this before, I believe it's called the Slashdot effect.
Ummm, I thought SGI and NVIDIA were working closely together now. Therefore it is redundant to compare the two in a competitive sense.
I don't think broadcasting your mp3's would be such a great idea. I think that would be a red flag for the RIAA to track you down and nail you. They don't want anyone having mp3's on their computers, so what do you think would happen if they found out people were broadcasting "illegal" mp3's to mass amounts of people? On a side note, I wonder if the censorship rules would still apply to what you broadcast....
This isn't a new thing that they just came up with for everyone's information. I first heard about oil eating bacteria several years ago. The organisms naturally occur in any area where a great deal of hydrocarbon compounds concentrate (ASPHALT!!!). These things are found along asphalt roads everywhere, not to mention areas of heavy hydrocarbon contamination. They aren't some miracle of genetic science, but they are a miracle of evolution if you will.
Just in case you didn't know, icq is owned by AOL now. So, I think it would be in AOL's best interest to somehow combine the two.
If you want to look at it this way, then M$ should sue themselves. Does not their SMB filesystem protocol already allow sharing of files across the internet? I could give anyone my ip address and netbios name. Using this, they could access any such files I have shared either in windows under network neighborhood or by Samba in Linux. The idea of Napster is to do this exact thing with a client that makes it easy and simple.
I find it very satisfying to read all of these comments and see that many people mention other distributions besides Red Hat as being their favorite. My personal favorite is Slackware, although I have toyed with Caldera and Red Hat in the past. As far as those two go, I think they don't hold a candle to Slackware for stability and administration. Also from all accounts I've heard Debian is very nice. In the past I just get the feeling that distributions other then Red Hat get the shaft when people talk about how good they are (case in point this review on C|Net).
I'm not saying everyone should like Slackware or any another distribution, in fact I would not recommend Slackware to a newbie (PERSONAL EXPERIENCE!!). The point is people should choose their distribution based on what they want to get out of it, not based on the assumption that if you haven't heard a lot about it, then it can't be good.
but given that napster never seems to have a disclaimer saying "Hey, watch what you download"
Actually, that above statement is not correct. When you log on to Napster it displays just such a disclaimer saying that Napster can not be held responsible for any illegal mp3's downloaded.
Here is an idea. Instead of restricting napster to only mp3's, make it sort of an ftp client where any files can be downloaded, and start marketing the program as an ftp client or whatever. Say something like "it does the same thing as icq file transfer or irc only better!" I think the whole problem here is that napster targeted themselves by making an mp3 only client and saying hey! Here we are! Download mp3's! Of course RIAA is going to be mad if they see something like that. My 2 cents.
I think this is a cool idea and all, I signed the petition, but there is one major problem with sending men to Mars. All astronauts that we send to space even for just a few weeks develop atrophied muscles (I think I spelled that right...). And that's even with rigorous exercise. Imagine being in space for a year before finally reaching your destination and then not being able to stand under your own weight and that of your space suit. Until we figure out how to stop this from happening, it probably won't happen.
In the words of the immortal Beavis, HeheHEhehEhe, I'll be damned! Seriously though, is there or will there ever be any programs that will need that much space on an install disk?? I can see what great value it might have as an archiving device though.