...and why would you buy an x86 desktop or laptop to run Linux under Windows Subsystem for Linux? If you're talking about low power embedded hardware then that's got to be a VERY niche use case.
You obviously have forgotten Microsoft's funding of SCO's lawsuits.
Also 15 years ago but $6M for a Unix license is pocket change for Microsoft and more about getting a dig at IBM than wanting anything else -- their version of throwing a handful of pennies at the homeless to get a laugh.
It's not Dalvik -- that's old school & was replaced entirely by Android 5. The 50€ version of Sailfish X includes Android Run Time and it works great for everything that doesn't require Google Play services. I had to connect to their store via Psiphon (pretending to be in Germany) but payment was accepted and I have access to updates for a year. If you don't want to invest in the software, there are builds available that don't include the ART but don't expect a plethora of apps. Standby time is amazing, though, just as you'd notice on any of the Android open source builds that don't run Google Play services in the background.
I used Psiphon to connect to the Sailfish X store from Germany & buy the OS without a hitch. The flashing is somewhat obnoxious, however, so I would recommend skipping the OTA option and use Sony's flashing util instead to save yourself a lot of time. I haven't tried Bluetooth but the couple of Android apps I've installed for testing work flawlessly. The standby time is phenomenal, too. I can't think of any app I would need that requires Google Services to work and I only use Bluetooth in my car so I hadn't considered that yet. And the change log for the open source version says BT has been working since Sept 29.
If you or your org are vulnerable to WannaCry then I would argue for upgrading your OS or setting up mitigating controls if you have a valid business case for not doing so:
SMB 1.0 – The version used in Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 & 2003 R2 SMB 2.0 – The version used in Windows Vista (SP1 or later) and Windows Server 2008 SMB 2.1 – The version used in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SMB 3.0 – The version used in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 SMB 3.02 – The version used in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 SMB 3.1.1 – The version used in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016
The NUCs have 4 USB ports so you may want to consider using a USB 3.0 to HDMI/DVI external video card. I have used these with desktop PCs to drive a total of 4-6 screens without adding additional PCIe video cards.
I didn't realize there was a Linux port of this -- can't wait to try it as everything I've tried to date has been less than desirable in terms of complete, usable functionality that I'd expect of a mature application.
Is it just me or should anyone making more than a million a year from online sales not be exempt from taxation? Do CEOs like John Donahoe believe that people who make more than a mil/year are somehow poor or middle class? That guy's an asshole.
What started as Dynamically Loaded Zones has now morphed in to Response Policy Zones which are useful for sinkholing malware domains by feeding multiple sources. This is more effective than trying to manage all your clients by forcing Adblock & subscriptions to malware filters and has the added bonus of working with all browsers & apps regardless of OS or device. A good write up may be found here.
Has anyone bothered to ask Sir Mix-A-Lot and Def American whether Glee or Coulton have a license to publish a cover version of their song? Do some research, people.
I'll second this -- the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment is probably the only unified desktop that's both light on resources (hence its name) and easy to use for both beginners and power users. I think its only drawback re Ubuntu in general is that it tends to be a bit slow to keep up with major releases. But if you want cutting edge, there's always the Debian LXDE install CD -- and if you choose the stable installer and select advanced options it will let you choose testing or unstable as your distro.
Even though others had preceded it in the first person real time RPG genre, DM was best in its class for many years to come because it had some substance to its story despite its genre. Black Crypt and Eye of the Beholder were good efforts as well but BC was probably the better of the two.
It might be worth reading through NetApp's original ZFS patent lawsuit vs Sun before making wild speculations. It seems to me that they are now trying to sue other, smaller companies after their original attempt to sue Sun had failed.
"The acquisition of the sun transforms the IT industry, combining best-in-class enterprise software and mission-critical computing systems," said Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. "Oracle will be the only company that can engineer an integrated system and power it indefinitely by harnessing the seemingly infinite power of our nearest star. Our customers benefit as their power bills and systems integration costs go down while system performance, reliability and security go up. We can't imagine a better perimeter security appliance than one with a surface temperature of 5,778 degrees Kelvin. We are also on the verge of announcing a deal whereby our entire staff will be entitled to a free lifetime supply of sunscreen lotion."
Something like this was done with Chex Quest which was a total conversion of Doom -- but instead of killing the NPCs, the main character's weapon merely teleports them to another dimension.
As for knocking anyone doing total conversions or mods of any kind, it's not exactly child's play. However, you're certainly welcome to download the idTech 3 source and show us how it's done. Keep in mind, too, that many game developers over the years began their careers in the industry by deconstructing or modding their favorite games.
I used Hubble merely as an analogy that most people would understand. If you watch the doc, they talk about an optimum view as that which allows observers to make out objects that are only 3 inches in size. What's conspiratorial about a documented spec that they were attempting to reach in their design and implementation? Take a look at nro.gov and you'll find plenty more info on the Corona series of satellites that weren't declassified until the mid-90s.
I'm hoping that Cisco and Apple settle out of court; Steve Jobs and Cisco CEO John Chambers will duel in a pay-per-view broadcast hip-hop dance competition. Proceeds will go to the One Laptop Per Child association.
If SCO has the best kernel and OS on market, I wonder why Oracle is no longer available for SCO. Why did Sybase end of life all their SCO products two years ago? Where are all the J2EE application servers for SCO operating systems? If Darl's comments about SCO were the least bit true, why isn't there a plethora of commercial applications available for UnixWare and OpenServer? Probably the same reason there aren't for Solaris x86 (which is finally changing) or Tru64 or BSDi, etc.; lack of market share. Maybe Darl needs to bribe a few Fortune 500 companies to start making public statments. "We at Tommy Hilfiger will not entrust a multi-billion dollar website to an operating system as young and green as Windows or Linux. That's why we chose SCO UnixWare and its 25 year old state of the art kernel."
It's not like Orson Scott Card is some kind of genius whose work is going to be denigrated by a film adaption. It's a pretty straight forward pulp story that's heavy on action and dialogue. It's not like Dune where everything is told from 3rd person omniscient and 80% of the story happens in people's heads. Quit your whining, people. Card should consider himself lucky if the SciFi Channel adapted his crap.
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1. Pro was never meant for enterprise.
2. The security features included with 10 are significantly better than what comes with 7.
It looks like Linux, smells like Linux, tastes like Linux... better not step in it!
Microsoft isn't shipping any on their own hardware. Asus & HP are releasing some of these "Always Connected PCs."
...and why would you buy an x86 desktop or laptop to run Linux under Windows Subsystem for Linux? If you're talking about low power embedded hardware then that's got to be a VERY niche use case.
You obviously have forgotten Microsoft's funding of SCO's lawsuits.
Also 15 years ago but $6M for a Unix license is pocket change for Microsoft and more about getting a dig at IBM than wanting anything else -- their version of throwing a handful of pennies at the homeless to get a laugh.
why didn't you just replace the battery?
It's not Dalvik -- that's old school & was replaced entirely by Android 5. The 50€ version of Sailfish X includes Android Run Time and it works great for everything that doesn't require Google Play services. I had to connect to their store via Psiphon (pretending to be in Germany) but payment was accepted and I have access to updates for a year. If you don't want to invest in the software, there are builds available that don't include the ART but don't expect a plethora of apps. Standby time is amazing, though, just as you'd notice on any of the Android open source builds that don't run Google Play services in the background.
I used Psiphon to connect to the Sailfish X store from Germany & buy the OS without a hitch. The flashing is somewhat obnoxious, however, so I would recommend skipping the OTA option and use Sony's flashing util instead to save yourself a lot of time. I haven't tried Bluetooth but the couple of Android apps I've installed for testing work flawlessly. The standby time is phenomenal, too. I can't think of any app I would need that requires Google Services to work and I only use Bluetooth in my car so I hadn't considered that yet. And the change log for the open source version says BT has been working since Sept 29.
If you or your org are vulnerable to WannaCry then I would argue for upgrading your OS or setting up mitigating controls if you have a valid business case for not doing so:
SMB 1.0 – The version used in Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 & 2003 R2
SMB 2.0 – The version used in Windows Vista (SP1 or later) and Windows Server 2008
SMB 2.1 – The version used in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
SMB 3.0 – The version used in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
SMB 3.02 – The version used in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2
SMB 3.1.1 – The version used in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016
The NUCs have 4 USB ports so you may want to consider using a USB 3.0 to HDMI/DVI external video card. I have used these with desktop PCs to drive a total of 4-6 screens without adding additional PCIe video cards.
More than anyone else, Judith Merril probably did more to get NY publishers to take genre fiction seriously.
I didn't realize there was a Linux port of this -- can't wait to try it as everything I've tried to date has been less than desirable in terms of complete, usable functionality that I'd expect of a mature application.
Is it just me or should anyone making more than a million a year from online sales not be exempt from taxation? Do CEOs like John Donahoe believe that people who make more than a mil/year are somehow poor or middle class? That guy's an asshole.
What started as Dynamically Loaded Zones has now morphed in to Response Policy Zones which are useful for sinkholing malware domains by feeding multiple sources. This is more effective than trying to manage all your clients by forcing Adblock & subscriptions to malware filters and has the added bonus of working with all browsers & apps regardless of OS or device. A good write up may be found here.
We have several MVNOs and this list on Wikipedia appears to be comprehensive.
Has anyone bothered to ask Sir Mix-A-Lot and Def American whether Glee or Coulton have a license to publish a cover version of their song? Do some research, people.
I'll second this -- the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment is probably the only unified desktop that's both light on resources (hence its name) and easy to use for both beginners and power users. I think its only drawback re Ubuntu in general is that it tends to be a bit slow to keep up with major releases. But if you want cutting edge, there's always the Debian LXDE install CD -- and if you choose the stable installer and select advanced options it will let you choose testing or unstable as your distro.
Even though others had preceded it in the first person real time RPG genre, DM was best in its class for many years to come because it had some substance to its story despite its genre. Black Crypt and Eye of the Beholder were good efforts as well but BC was probably the better of the two.
It might be worth reading through NetApp's original ZFS patent lawsuit vs Sun before making wild speculations. It seems to me that they are now trying to sue other, smaller companies after their original attempt to sue Sun had failed.
"The acquisition of the sun transforms the IT industry, combining best-in-class enterprise software and mission-critical computing systems," said Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. "Oracle will be the only company that can engineer an integrated system and power it indefinitely by harnessing the seemingly infinite power of our nearest star. Our customers benefit as their power bills and systems integration costs go down while system performance, reliability and security go up. We can't imagine a better perimeter security appliance than one with a surface temperature of 5,778 degrees Kelvin. We are also on the verge of announcing a deal whereby our entire staff will be entitled to a free lifetime supply of sunscreen lotion."
Something like this was done with Chex Quest which was a total conversion of Doom -- but instead of killing the NPCs, the main character's weapon merely teleports them to another dimension.
As for knocking anyone doing total conversions or mods of any kind, it's not exactly child's play. However, you're certainly welcome to download the idTech 3 source and show us how it's done. Keep in mind, too, that many game developers over the years began their careers in the industry by deconstructing or modding their favorite games.
I used Hubble merely as an analogy that most people would understand. If you watch the doc, they talk about an optimum view as that which allows observers to make out objects that are only 3 inches in size. What's conspiratorial about a documented spec that they were attempting to reach in their design and implementation? Take a look at nro.gov and you'll find plenty more info on the Corona series of satellites that weren't declassified until the mid-90s.
I'm hoping that Cisco and Apple settle out of court; Steve Jobs and Cisco CEO John Chambers will duel in a pay-per-view broadcast hip-hop dance competition. Proceeds will go to the One Laptop Per Child association.
If SCO has the best kernel and OS on market, I wonder why Oracle is no longer available for SCO. Why did Sybase end of life all their SCO products two years ago? Where are all the J2EE application servers for SCO operating systems? If Darl's comments about SCO were the least bit true, why isn't there a plethora of commercial applications available for UnixWare and OpenServer? Probably the same reason there aren't for Solaris x86 (which is finally changing) or Tru64 or BSDi, etc.; lack of market share. Maybe Darl needs to bribe a few Fortune 500 companies to start making public statments. "We at Tommy Hilfiger will not entrust a multi-billion dollar website to an operating system as young and green as Windows or Linux. That's why we chose SCO UnixWare and its 25 year old state of the art kernel."
It's not like Orson Scott Card is some kind of genius whose work is going to be denigrated by a film adaption. It's a pretty straight forward pulp story that's heavy on action and dialogue. It's not like Dune where everything is told from 3rd person omniscient and 80% of the story happens in people's heads. Quit your whining, people. Card should consider himself lucky if the SciFi Channel adapted his crap.