URPMI works wonders on Mandrake. Just type urpmi packagename and it download and installs it and all the dependencies. If you type part of a package, it will give you a list of all packages that match. You can choose your source if you want the cutting edge or the standard release. There have been some issues with previous releases but I have it working well on my systems.
Sure you can do the same thing in Debian but is that really the point (I like both)? Whichever way you go, it sure is nice to be able to just install a package and dependencies with one quick command and a good connection. I liked Progeny Linux because it was a great balance of polish and easy of maintaining. I hope Debian proper continues to refine the install.
I'm triple booting win98/XPpro/MDK8.1 and haven't run into any MBR issues. I always take the expert install but usually take a lot of the setup defaults on the bootloader (might play with labels and default OS). What kind of hardware was he installing on?
The Promise and Highpoint controllers are actually soft-RAID meaning they use the host CPU. 3ware has a good hardware IDE RAID up to 8 drives but they seemed to stop selling them execpt in their sub-systems. Everything I've heard about the Linux drivers is that they are good and I know the FreeBSD drivers are rock-solid. I think the Adaptec controller is hardware too but am not 100% on that.
You mean can't configure much. The original airports are the same as the Orinoco RG-1000 and each one is its own wireless network. The Orinoco has a better range for some reason. Better antenna? They released an updated firmware on the RG-1000 that would allow you to change the network name. I used it to change the network name of my boss's home one to the same network name as the AP at work. This makes the RG-1000 a lot more versatile. Is there an update for the airports that anyone is aware of? Anyone daring enough to try the Orinoco update on the airport?
Anyone out there tried downloading the Solaris version and install it on FreeBSD?
I've used some Xerox printer utilities that were written for SunOS on FreeBSD. They were pretty basic and worked fine. I'm wondering about something as complex as IE working
I have a quad boot setup on my computer (win98/2k/fbsd4.3/md8.1). I made a/boot partition followed by a fat32, fbsd slice and finally my linux partitions. I originally used lilo to boot them all but have moved to grub. Lilo worked great but I wanted to test the features of grub.
I had a little trouble figuring out how to get the/boot partition ahead of the Windows one. I found a couple ways to do it. I originally did the Linux first and deleted everything except the/boot. I installed Windows then FreeBSD and finally Linux. The other way I tried was to install Windows first and move the partition with Partition Magic and then FreeBSD and Linux.
I was given a cheapo player(Jamp3) and you can use it as a drive in win2k, linux, etc. but you have to use the software to use it in win9x. It has 16mb built-in and a MMC slot for a whopping 80Mb total so it doesn't even compare.
I've had pretty good sucess with some programs. I had some trouble with Commandos asking for the CD even with it mounted and in the drive. I switched back to Windows and found a no-cd crack and it has worked pretty good ever since. Commandos has some problems with the keyboard shortcuts but works perfectly otherwise. Maybe I should try a more recent Wine
I just installed Counter Strike on my computer(better late than never). I tried classic deathmatch and it looks and plays like an updated Quake1. My brother-in-law and I were both new to CS and evenly matched. I just blew him into the ground in classic mode because it felt just like Q1 to me and I jumped right in.
Give it a try if you are looking for Q1-like gameplay.
Why would you want to run anything newer on a 386? What would you be doing with a 386 that you need the latest and greatest release? I don't know of too many jobs I would trust an old 386 to and I would probably run a stripped down embedded type setup anyway.
You can get Mandrake 7.0 for 486 or get the source for 8.1 and compile on a Pentium class machine targeted for 386. Try checking out to see if you can get access to a compile farm to speed up the process.
It's still stealing his work though. Nothing should stop the RH guys from reverse engineering it themselves. They can retain the coyrights for their implementation.
That was a later version of OT. Used to have to just time it with the space bar when they ran in front of you. That walking around and aiming seemed a lot easier when the new version came out.
I work for a retail telecommunications company on the network side. Everything around here has a 9 pin serial or serial RJ45. I have been using an older Compaq laptop but it is a little heavy for hauling around all the time and 2~ hour battery life. I would love to see a nice laptop with long life, reasonably light and a 9 pin serial port. Built-in ethernet card would be a plus.
I was going to suggest Riven but your post covered it well enough. I really wish there were more games like this to play when I don't feel like fragging.
They worked on NT 5.0 for years before it became Win2k so I bet he had some influence on it. The final code is done long before it actually ships anyway.
5. Linux on SGI means x86. There has been some progress on Linux for Mips but it wasn't and still isn't ready for this yet.
They also have the NT/Win2k workstations for a while with the cobalt video. They also have the Intergraph Zx10 NT/Win2k workstations for a while now. These are pretty nice boxes with a Wildcat 4210 and Maya 3 on it. I still wouldn't use it for rendering so I think you are right about rendering with NT/Win2k.
They moved pretty quick on the IP hard-phones but didn't check with what the standards were going to do. The standard are almost complete and Cisco's way isn't going to be the standard. This means that if you install Cisco you will be locked in with them. The rest will interoperate with each other. Some people think that Cisco rules the world and will be fine with this(I used to be one). The only problem is Cisco isn't real strong on voice and doesn't handle real-time voice as well as others do. Their buffering is not dynamic so when it gets backed up you have to hangup and call again or put the call on hold and pick it back up. The phones are fairly basic on features too. It all depends on how much you want to take advantage of your PBX and all it could do for you.
The biggest problem with IP Telephony isn't the hardware but a management issue. Most larger companies have seperate network and phone people (and they should) and you will get totally different responses depending on who is making the call on IP Telephony. Phone people will be concerned with latency and network people are concerned with bandwidth first.
To do it well on the corporate network you must support priority packet tagging all the way to the IP phones. This means using a supported layer 3 switch/router all the way through to insure QOS(quality of service) aka latency. There are non-Cisco layer 2 switches that have this capability. Cisco's solution is to over-provision your network. Paying for a bunch of aggregate Gigabit fiber lines is not my idea of cost effectiveness.
We tested MCK's PBX Gateway and Extender over an internet connection. One side was hooked to our wireless T1 to the internet and the other was hooked to the boss's cable modem. The first tests at 5:00pm were terrible but some tweaking of the jitter settings, compression, etc. made it tolerable for some circumstances. We ran some more tests the next morning around 8:00am and it worked great. The quality was better than a good cell call. Most people wouldn't notice the difference.
The moral of the story is the bandwidth was the same but latency made all the difference in the world. You can do it if you have a dedicated connection or call in the middle of the night over the internet.
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Sure you can do the same thing in Debian but is that really the point (I like both)? Whichever way you go, it sure is nice to be able to just install a package and dependencies with one quick command and a good connection. I liked Progeny Linux because it was a great balance of polish and easy of maintaining. I hope Debian proper continues to refine the install.
I'm triple booting win98/XPpro/MDK8.1 and haven't run into any MBR issues. I always take the expert install but usually take a lot of the setup defaults on the bootloader (might play with labels and default OS). What kind of hardware was he installing on?
That was my first thought. It would look a lot better if he did.
The Promise and Highpoint controllers are actually soft-RAID meaning they use the host CPU. 3ware has a good hardware IDE RAID up to 8 drives but they seemed to stop selling them execpt in their sub-systems. Everything I've heard about the Linux drivers is that they are good and I know the FreeBSD drivers are rock-solid. I think the Adaptec controller is hardware too but am not 100% on that.
You mean can't configure much. The original airports are the same as the Orinoco RG-1000 and each one is its own wireless network. The Orinoco has a better range for some reason. Better antenna? They released an updated firmware on the RG-1000 that would allow you to change the network name. I used it to change the network name of my boss's home one to the same network name as the AP at work. This makes the RG-1000 a lot more versatile. Is there an update for the airports that anyone is aware of? Anyone daring enough to try the Orinoco update on the airport?
I've used some Xerox printer utilities that were written for SunOS on FreeBSD. They were pretty basic and worked fine. I'm wondering about something as complex as IE working
This is generally true but how many of those cheap PC's had the amount of development and testing the Xbox has had?
They were built as cheaply and quickly as possible. The Xbox hardware has a good chance at being stable. We will have to see about the OS though.
I had a little trouble figuring out how to get the /boot partition ahead of the Windows one. I found a couple ways to do it. I originally did the Linux first and deleted everything except the /boot. I installed Windows then FreeBSD and finally Linux. The other way I tried was to install Windows first and move the partition with Partition Magic and then FreeBSD and Linux.
Using lilo to boot Linux and FreeBSD
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I was given a cheapo player(Jamp3) and you can use it as a drive in win2k, linux, etc. but you have to use the software to use it in win9x. It has 16mb built-in and a MMC slot for a whopping 80Mb total so it doesn't even compare.
I've had pretty good sucess with some programs. I had some trouble with Commandos asking for the CD even with it mounted and in the drive. I switched back to Windows and found a no-cd crack and it has worked pretty good ever since. Commandos has some problems with the keyboard shortcuts but works perfectly otherwise. Maybe I should try a more recent Wine
Give it a try if you are looking for Q1-like gameplay.
The timestamps on the ISO's are less than 24 hours old on the FINAL release.
You can get Mandrake 7.0 for 486 or get the source for 8.1 and compile on a Pentium class machine targeted for 386. Try checking out to see if you can get access to a compile farm to speed up the process.
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It's still stealing his work though. Nothing should stop the RH guys from reverse engineering it themselves. They can retain the coyrights for their implementation.
Try using Blackbox. It uses very little memory and can be prettied up pretty good if you want. I use it on all low mem computers when KDE just crawls.
That was a later version of OT. Used to have to just time it with the space bar when they ran in front of you. That walking around and aiming seemed a lot easier when the new version came out.
I work for a retail telecommunications company on the network side. Everything around here has a 9 pin serial or serial RJ45. I have been using an older Compaq laptop but it is a little heavy for hauling around all the time and 2~ hour battery life. I would love to see a nice laptop with long life, reasonably light and a 9 pin serial port. Built-in ethernet card would be a plus.
I was going to suggest Riven but your post covered it well enough. I really wish there were more games like this to play when I don't feel like fragging.
If so then maybe I will take another look at IBM for my linux laptop.
They worked on NT 5.0 for years before it became Win2k so I bet he had some influence on it. The final code is done long before it actually ships anyway.
They also have the NT/Win2k workstations for a while with the cobalt video. They also have the Intergraph Zx10 NT/Win2k workstations for a while now. These are pretty nice boxes with a Wildcat 4210 and Maya 3 on it. I still wouldn't use it for rendering so I think you are right about rendering with NT/Win2k.
The biggest problem with IP Telephony isn't the hardware but a management issue. Most larger companies have seperate network and phone people (and they should) and you will get totally different responses depending on who is making the call on IP Telephony. Phone people will be concerned with latency and network people are concerned with bandwidth first.
To do it well on the corporate network you must support priority packet tagging all the way to the IP phones. This means using a supported layer 3 switch/router all the way through to insure QOS(quality of service) aka latency. There are non-Cisco layer 2 switches that have this capability. Cisco's solution is to over-provision your network. Paying for a bunch of aggregate Gigabit fiber lines is not my idea of cost effectiveness.
The moral of the story is the bandwidth was the same but latency made all the difference in the world. You can do it if you have a dedicated connection or call in the middle of the night over the internet.