Just to let you know, not all Free operating systems have such poor backward compatibility. Applications compiled under FreeBSD as long as ten years ago can run under modern releases simply by installing the compatibility libraries (compat4x, etc.) which are part of the base system.
From the FreeBSD install notes:
The compat1x, compat20, compat21, compat22, compat3x, and compat4x directories contain distributions for compatibility with older releases and are distributed as single gzip'd tar files - they can be installed during release time or later by running their install.sh scripts.
I'm not sure why this feature isn't noticed more often. How hard would it be for Linux to have the same system in place?
Zev
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The ipod has a 630 mAh battery. This is why there are reports that replacing the built-in battery with a third party battery, like at http://ipodbattery.com will result in greatly increased battery life - third party batteries are 20% better, or more, in the same space.
I wish Linux used the same scheme as FreeBSD in this regard. It's trivial to run binaries compiled for any version of FreeBSD dating back to at least 2.x (and possibly 1.x, not sure) using compatibility libraries which are easily installed and provide programs with the old ABI.
The AMD Athlon has a superior FPU at the same clock speed, which is useful for scientific applications. Check this page here for further details. (Notice on the same page that the Athlon is not better at everything though).
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What you want is firefox plus the StumbleUpon extension.
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https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/more
This is semi-random browsing at its finest.
Just to let you know, not all Free operating systems have such poor backward compatibility. Applications compiled under FreeBSD as long as ten years ago can run under modern releases simply by installing the compatibility libraries (compat4x, etc.) which are part of the base system.
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From the FreeBSD install notes:
The compat1x, compat20, compat21, compat22, compat3x, and compat4x directories contain distributions for compatibility with older releases and are distributed as single gzip'd tar files - they can be installed during release time or later by running their install.sh scripts.
http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.2.1R/installati
I'm not sure why this feature isn't noticed more often. How hard would it be for Linux to have the same system in place?
Zev
The ipod has a 630 mAh battery. This is why there are reports that replacing the built-in battery with a third party battery, like at http://ipodbattery.com will result in greatly increased battery life - third party batteries are 20% better, or more, in the same space.
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http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/consumer_el
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http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/ipod/
> Software Packaging.
I wish Linux used the same scheme as FreeBSD in this regard. It's trivial to run binaries compiled for any version of FreeBSD dating back to at least 2.x (and possibly 1.x, not sure) using compatibility libraries which are easily installed and provide programs with the old ABI.
The AMD Athlon has a superior FPU at the same clock speed, which is useful for scientific applications. Check this page here for further details. (Notice on the same page that the Athlon is not better at everything though).