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  1. Good for Linux! on Microsoft's First Ad Targeting Linux · · Score: 2

    It looks to me as if this is meant as a mockery.

    But I think that's a shoot in the foot - it's a great free commercial for Linux:

    "...Bei Windows 2000 hingegen gibt es alle Sevices und Dienste aus einer Hand. Das spart Zeit und somit wirklich Geld...."

    "Whereas with Windows 2000, all Services and Servies are coming from one Source. This saves Time and really actually money."

    Yes, that's correct - Services and "Dienste" are the english and german word for the same thing, so the correct translation for their stupid text is "...Services and Services..." They just want to look cool using english phrases.

    And, look at the awkwardness, how they try to show that it "really" saves money to use Windows 2000.

    Who are they trying to fool? If you buy a new Harddisk under M$oft OS - you may need to buy another license to use it legally!

    I think they are under pressure in GE. There are Linux CD-Roms attached to PC Magazine covers in grocery stores (I saw 2 SuSE versions offered that way within 6 month or so) and the german mentality looks more "under the hood" than at the glossy packaging.

    Somehwere I read that SuSE is a very successful company in Europe and actually making a buck. Is Red-Hat out of the "red" yet?

    The line below the picture:

    "ein offenes betriebssystem hat nicht nur vorteile"

    means:
    >an open operating system does not only have advantages

    So they are saying the an open operating system has advantages - well, they may feel it... - Great!

  2. Re:SAX is somewhat idiotproof :) on Configuring Monitors in X · · Score: 2

    Sax took the pain out of modelines and getting the syncs for different modes right. If you know your basic monitor data - Hsync range, Vsync range, you can in expert mode enter it and configure your monitor if it's not in the database (did so with LCD). Then you can finetune the individual modes with a graphics interface.
    ##
    ## -----> sax -----
    ##
    Filename: sax.rpm
    Label: SuSE advanced X Configuration
    ...
    Description:
    SaX steht für ( SuSE advanced XF86-configurator ) und ist eine alternative zur herkömmlichen X Konfiguration.
    trans:
    Sax stands for ( SuSE advanced XF86-configurator) and is an alternative to the regular X Configuration

    As for the Troll post(s):
    I find the X interface far superior to whatever the M$ world offers
    - OS can run without it,
    - choice of different window mangers,
    - mode switches between resolutions,
    - no-nonsese one-click cut and paste,
    - different functionalty on every of my three mouse buttons,
    - interfacing to other X-servers over network allowing me to xhost other machines.

    It has the feel to be made for the purpose of providing functionality rather than marked share and dominance - and it's XF86Free

    Hey, I ran across a good one:
    The best remote admin tool for NT is a car
    (In Network Intrusion Detection by Stephen Northcutt)