Well, if the driver does something bad, it can use DMA to write everywhere in the memory, no memory-protection in the world can save you then. Not to mention bus hangs etc.
But I agree, it's a nice feature and I'm def. going to try QNX in the near future.
You miss the point, we FreeBSD'ers are supposed to run the Linux version. All Loki says is that they are going to make sure the game also runs in the Linuxator in FreeBSD as well.
The problem of running Linux programs most often lies not in the implementation of Linux' syscalls, but in how the program(often the installation scripts) use things like:
/proc, Imagine how silly it is to access your command line string using/proc/self/cmdline.
scripts executed by/bin/sh but uses special BASH oddities. (bash != sh on FreeBSD and most other systems)
It's not much extra work(sometimes it's less work) to make a program portable once you know how to.
I have to agree with that. Objective CAML is one of the few functional programming languages that you can do "real" programs in. It's not a toy, it's powerful and very very fast. It's also easy to implement new libraries in C/C++ if you want.
Some useful links:
o OCaml's main web page: http://caml.inria.fr/ocaml/
o an Emacs-like texteditor written in OCaml: http://pauillac.inria.fr/para/cdrom/prog/unix/efun s/eng.htm
o a DOOM-like game written in OCaml: http://pauillac.inria.fr/~pessaux/ocamldoom.tgz
o a window manager for X written in OCaml: http://pauillac.inria.fr/para/cdrom/prog/unix/gwml /eng.htm
Also, check out these links: http://pauillac.inria.fr/caml/hump.html
Regards, Tommy - user of OCaml
VMWare2 for Linux does run in the FBSD Linuxator
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VMWare2 _does_ work. I simply installed the port and got an evaluation key from VMWare Inc and I ran Win2k for a while. I did not configure sound or network, but floppy and cdrom worked just fine(I booted the win2k cd when I installed it).
First; No, FreeBSD does not use glibc. Second, I agree that the test should be read with a grain of salt handy. For example, the IO numbers for Linux looks wrong; and NFS speeds of 500kb/sec on a 100mbit/sec network, is that a joke or what?
Go grab a new 2.4.0-test1-ac* kernel, apply the 2.3.42 kerneli patches (which aren't available on ftp.kerneli.org, ironically. Check the linux-kernel archives.), handle the conflicts, and update the kernel utilities. If you don't want to mess with all this, you can get a 2.2 patch from ftp.kerneli.org and use it.
I'd like to do that to a mission-critical prodction server!;-)
when will people stop being so close-minded? I'm point-picking the headline in the announcement, it says "for Linux". But KDE is a desktop for Unix-like environments, and there are plenty Unices out there...
I must say this is the most silly thing I've read today. Being a FreeBSD enthusiast myself I still don't agree with that you say, simply because it is not true.
Every enlightened person knows that Linux is optimized for doing one thing at a time. Therefore, Linux will easily saturate a 100mbs connection. Unless, of course, it does something else at the same time.
I think this is a good idea. It wouldn't hurt to have DirectX _and_ OpenGL available on free Unix platforms.
However, the "flamebait" moderation on your post show how immature and ignorant many Linux users are, please don't let such dogmatic opinions stop you from implementing FreeDirectX.
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Regards, Tommy - drinking his first cup of coffee
Goddag yxskaft.
That's exacly what I wrote. Read before you comment. :-)
Regards, Tommy - FreeBSD enthusiast.
If Microsoft would like to use something else but the NT kernel, they can *today* take any of the BSD's for example and do exacly what you describe.
And don't tell me that Linux is overall superior to the BSD's, because Linux is not.
Regards, Tommy - FreeBSD enthusiast
But I agree, it's a nice feature and I'm def. going to try QNX in the near future.
Regards, Tommy
It's very important to keep the mind open as well, not just the source.
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- /proc, Imagine how silly it is to access your command line string using
/proc/self/cmdline.
- scripts executed by
/bin/sh but uses special BASH oddities. (bash != sh on FreeBSD and most other systems)
It's not much extra work(sometimes it's less work) to make a program portable once you know how to.Regards, Tommy - FreeBSD enthusiast
Give it a few tries, or do as I do, install a minimum system, and then add things whenever you feel a need for them.
Distributions that by default install zillions of stuff are worthless since you only get more confused, especially if you're new to the system.
I think you should give FreeBSD a try, it's well worth the time, even if you decide to stick with Red Hat.
Regards, Tommy - FreeBSD enthusiast
Regards, Tommy
Imagine a BeoWulf cluster of these. :-)
Regards, Tommy - it's really scary
Some useful links:
o OCaml's main web page: http://caml.inria.fr/ocaml/
o an Emacs-like texteditor written in OCaml: http://pauillac.inria.fr/para/cdrom/prog/unix/efun s/eng.htm
o a DOOM-like game written in OCaml: http://pauillac.inria.fr/~pessaux/ocamldoom.tgz
o a window manager for X written in OCaml: http://pauillac.inria.fr/para/cdrom/prog/unix/gwml /eng.htm
Also, check out these links: http://pauillac.inria.fr/caml/hump.html
Regards, Tommy - user of OCaml
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I'd like to do that to a mission-critical prodction server! ;-)
Regards, Tommy
Regards, Tommy
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Every enlightened person knows that Linux is optimized for doing one thing at a time. Therefore, Linux will easily saturate a 100mbs connection. Unless, of course, it does something else at the same time.
-T
http://tlug.linux.or.jp/rms.html
Regards, Tommy
However, the "flamebait" moderation on your post show how immature and ignorant many Linux users are, please don't let such dogmatic opinions stop you from implementing FreeDirectX.
-T
Could it be because a certain ESR wrote parts of it?
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