I've used IBM's VisualAge and have found it to be very useful for GUI design. The Linux version is free which is also very attractive. Having never done GUI design work before (and sick of trying to use Forte which won't even let you edit the code), VisualAge was a breath of fresh air.
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For those of you who use Mandrake or even those who don't, if you want to see them continue to create a great distribution (as well as contribute to many other free software projects), either buy the distribution or contribute directly to them at Mandrake donations
Maybe you're not aware of it but Mandrake contributes quiet a bit to the community as well. Have you looked at their projects page? And have you tried urpmi? It's the rpm equivalent of apt-get. I don't see that anywhere in Redhat (granted, I haven't used Redhat in a while). I'm not saying there is anything wrong with Redhat, but Mandrake differs greatly from them and IMHO, they are vastly superior.
apt-get is a great tool which IMHO all distributions should have some form of. Conectiva uses an rpm version of it which is great. The latest Mandrake distribution uses urpmi, which is actually an amazing tool in that it will do almost everything apt-get will. If you haven't had a chance to use it, you should. Give it a package and it will install all the dependencies neccesary and the same for uninstalling packages. The only problem is that it doesn't have a complete rpm depository to choose from like Debian does. Maybe some day....
Most of the portable mp3 players out there (I have a Creative NOMAD II) can be upgraded to newer sound formats through a simple flash update. If you let the companies know you'll only buy their product if it will support X format, and enough people say the same thing, they'll support X format. If they're already supporting mp3, they've got nothing to lose and everything to gain by supporting a format like ogg.
Heh heh heh. Well said. I think everyone in MB resents the fact they're not up on "the hill" but it's harder to show off all of your money when you're so isolated.....
Hey, I worked for the MBUSD. While I didn't develop the website, I was responsible for migrating a large number of NT servers to Linux. Once you get past all of the political crap there, the tech people know what's going on.
delder@manhattan.k12.ca.us
And yeah, the web site doesn't look like it's been updated for about 3 years. At least when it was originally done, much of it was done in vi.
I used to live in Manhattan Beach before I came up to UC Santa Barbara, and this is exactly the mentality of most of the people there. The vast majority of the people there are vain and more concerned with their own prestige than the real issues that affect the community.
I remember when the High School (Check out http://www.manhattan.k12.ca.us) conducted a "sting" operation and after arresting a total of three or so people, declared the school free from drugs. They could care less what's really going on so long as their image isn't tarnished.
The funny thing is I kind of know this guy. His friend's band was banned from playing in the school quad because one of the members was wearing a shirt that made reference to him being gay. His father was in the ACLU and immediately threatened the district with a lawsuit if his band wasn't allowed to play. The school took the easy way out that time....
In a community that values only superficiality, it's no suprise that this would happen.
Dan
(Yeah, when I was there, I was on the Winter Court- Wooh hoo!)
While I haven't tried using it for programming, IBM's speech recognition software has so far been far more acurate than Dragon's Naturally Speaking. The Linux version is solid (the java frontend is a little kludgey, but getting there) and it is designed so that you could add it in to existing systems fairly easily. Just putting some hooks into emacs would at least let you dictate into it. You could voice enable much of your system by putting hooks for it in KDE or Gnome. But as for programming, I'll leave that for the experts to decide.....
I'm waiting for a multi-processor board, too. Ideally they would release their Durons with a multi-processor mobo at the same time, but I'll probably have to wait for that. Too bad, I'm looking to upgrade my mobo in the next couple of months.... I'll just have to stick with a single athlon.
You're completely right about setting a record. I wanted to be part of this historical event, and since I suck at code, I can at least add a totally useless comment.
This is a completely valid point. But for those who need a more cost-effective solution, a K6-3 might better suite their needs. Besides, if you need power, why are you using an x86 chip anyway?
The Deep fear that Intel will be feeling is related to the cost/benefit analysis of the P3. For corporations who want the most bang for their buck (leaving the Celeron out of the debate for now), AMD makes a comparable chip at a far more affordable price. If the P3 costs 3 times as much and only runs 10% faster, which would you choose?
I get the same problem between a 2.2.1 box running 2.0.0 and a 2.0.36 running 1.9. something. The older version mounts 2.2.0 fine but not vice versa. No matter which version of samba I'm running under kernel 2.2.1, I can't mount samba shares (although I can mount windows shares).
When Redhat 6.0 (Along with all the other distros) come out with 2.2.x, Gnome 1.x, E15 or better( KDE included), and the whole bag of tricks, we'll be ready for the desktop
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I've used IBM's VisualAge and have found it to be very useful for GUI design. The Linux version is free which is also very attractive. Having never done GUI design work before (and sick of trying to use Forte which won't even let you edit the code), VisualAge was a breath of fresh air.
For those of you who use Mandrake or even those who don't, if you want to see them continue to create a great distribution (as well as contribute to many other free software projects), either buy the distribution or contribute directly to them at Mandrake donations
Since just about everything is slashdotted, could someone please insert it into freenet so we can hammer on that instead?
Maybe you're not aware of it but Mandrake contributes quiet a bit to the community as well. Have you looked at their projects page? And have you tried urpmi? It's the rpm equivalent of apt-get. I don't see that anywhere in Redhat (granted, I haven't used Redhat in a while). I'm not saying there is anything wrong with Redhat, but Mandrake differs greatly from them and IMHO, they are vastly superior.
apt-get is a great tool which IMHO all distributions should have some form of. Conectiva uses an rpm version of it which is great. The latest Mandrake distribution uses urpmi, which is actually an amazing tool in that it will do almost everything apt-get will. If you haven't had a chance to use it, you should. Give it a package and it will install all the dependencies neccesary and the same for uninstalling packages. The only problem is that it doesn't have a complete rpm depository to choose from like Debian does. Maybe some day....
Most of the portable mp3 players out there (I have a Creative NOMAD II) can be upgraded to newer sound formats through a simple flash update. If you let the companies know you'll only buy their product if it will support X format, and enough people say the same thing, they'll support X format. If they're already supporting mp3, they've got nothing to lose and everything to gain by supporting a format like ogg.
Heh heh heh. Well said. I think everyone in MB resents the fact they're not up on "the hill" but it's harder to show off all of your money when you're so isolated.....
So did I. The whole community is the same way. Image and prestige come far ahead of anything of real importance. Superficiality reigns supreme.
Hey, I worked for the MBUSD. While I didn't develop the website, I was responsible for migrating a large number of NT servers to Linux. Once you get past all of the political crap there, the tech people know what's going on.
delder@manhattan.k12.ca.us
And yeah, the web site doesn't look like it's been updated for about 3 years. At least when it was originally done, much of it was done in vi.
I went to Mira Costa and you are elected by the student body. He could have declined, but that's pretty bizzare and I don't think it's ever been done.
I used to live in Manhattan Beach before I came up to UC Santa Barbara, and this is exactly the mentality of most of the people there. The vast majority of the people there are vain and more concerned with their own prestige than the real issues that affect the community.
I remember when the High School (Check out http://www.manhattan.k12.ca.us) conducted a "sting" operation and after arresting a total of three or so people, declared the school free from drugs. They could care less what's really going on so long as their image isn't tarnished.
The funny thing is I kind of know this guy. His friend's band was banned from playing in the school quad because one of the members was wearing a shirt that made reference to him being gay. His father was in the ACLU and immediately threatened the district with a lawsuit if his band wasn't allowed to play. The school took the easy way out that time....
In a community that values only superficiality, it's no suprise that this would happen.
Dan
(Yeah, when I was there, I was on the Winter Court- Wooh hoo!)
While I haven't tried using it for programming, IBM's speech recognition software has so far been far more acurate than Dragon's Naturally Speaking. The Linux version is solid (the java frontend is a little kludgey, but getting there) and it is designed so that you could add it in to existing systems fairly easily. Just putting some hooks into emacs would at least let you dictate into it. You could voice enable much of your system by putting hooks for it in KDE or Gnome. But as for programming, I'll leave that for the experts to decide.....
I'm waiting for a multi-processor board, too. Ideally they would release their Durons with a multi-processor mobo at the same time, but I'll probably have to wait for that. Too bad, I'm looking to upgrade my mobo in the next couple of months.... I'll just have to stick with a single athlon.
Totally off coment, but did anyone here in Santa Barbara California just feel an earthquake?
You're completely right about setting a record. I wanted to be part of this historical event, and since I suck at code, I can at least add a totally useless comment.
This is a completely valid point. But for those who need a more cost-effective solution, a K6-3 might better suite their needs. Besides, if you need power, why are you using an x86 chip anyway?
The Deep fear that Intel will be feeling is related to the cost/benefit analysis of the P3. For corporations who want the most bang for their buck (leaving the Celeron out of the debate for now), AMD makes a comparable chip at a far more affordable price. If the P3 costs 3 times as much and only runs 10% faster, which would you choose?
I get the same problem between a 2.2.1 box running 2.0.0 and a 2.0.36 running 1.9. something. The older version mounts 2.2.0 fine but not vice versa. No matter which version of samba I'm running under kernel 2.2.1, I can't mount samba shares (although I can mount windows shares).
When Redhat 6.0 (Along with all the other distros) come out with 2.2.x, Gnome 1.x, E15 or better( KDE included), and the whole bag of tricks, we'll be ready for the desktop