I believe the lack of obviousness on his part is the joke.
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As others have stated, there's something wrong with your setup. I've used KDE 3.4 with Debian on a 266 MHz Powerbook G3 with 320 MB RAM, and it was usable on that computer (more so than OS X Panther, which runs acceptably on it now). 1 GHz and 512 MB should be plenty for all ordinary use.
That is computers, some sciences, and pop culture. The reason is obviously that most of the hardcore Wikipedians are also hardcore geeks. It's possible that this will skew the so-called "neutral point of view" -- or perhaps NPOV is a geek invention anyway -- and it's certain that it gives preference to nerdy subjects. If it's unsuitable for geeks, it's unsuitable for Wikipedia.
Compare for instance the articles on Henrik Ibsen and on Star Wars. Oh, and don't even look at the stubs that are supposed to present Ibsen's plays. There's a lot more to say about Ibsen than about Lucas (he could even write dialogue), but I doubt the Wikipedia article about him ever will reflect that his work is, in fact, more important than Lucas'.
Newer Prism54 chipsets are not supported. Intersil, who made the Prism chipsets, were bought by Conexant, and they have always been among the worst to get information from. The Prism54 driver project are working on reverse engineering, and make much progress, but don't hold your breath. And don't buy a card with Prism54 chipset just now, because they all use one of the newer unsupported revisions.
Ralink, as you say, have good support. Thanks to them, I have working wireless in Linux on an old Mac. Drivers are at rt2x00.serialmonkey.com.
I'm not quite happy with configuration yet. My setup works fine, but it's static. I'd like a nice GUI for choosing APs, setting passwords,etc., when on the move. There is a utility for the old v.1 RT2500 driver, and it seems to work, but I didn't quite get internet access when trying to use it (I did get access to the LAN, though). For now, I use an ordinary network configuration (/etc/networking/interfaces in Debian). It works, and I'm happy. I don't think everyone else would be.
No, it doesn't. I couldn't even get Panther to boot with 64 MB. It does run moderately well on rather slow CPUs as long as they have enough RAM, but 128 MB isn't.
There are some problems, namely the default configuration does a poor job of selling KDE to new-comers. Memory use is a bit out of hand. I tried to start 3.4 on a laptop with 192 MB, but gave up after 30 minutes of watching it load.
Which distro's KDE was that? I've started KDE on a slow laptop (266 Mhz) with only 64 MB RAM (but with quite a bit of swap), and although it was too slow to be usable, it certainly didn't take 30 minutes to start. (Gnome on the same computer was nearly usable, though a bit painful, but a light WindowMaker desktop was best for my use.) This was Debian's KDE 3.2.x last year, BTW.
Although I agree KDE uses far too much RAM, it's still a bit better than OS X, and a bit worse than Windows XP.
Global warming isn't out. The weather forecast for my town for tomorrow says it possibly can be the second most rainy day since regular and proper measurements started. Of course, the most rainy day was in september. No, global warming isn't out, it's just blended with ordinary talk about the weather.
Yeah, well, it's Zonk. I think it was possible to opt-out from displaying articles from various "editors" back in the days. It worked well with Jon Katz for a while, until the other editors decided to post his articles for him. Where did that option go? I can't find it in the preferences. It really sucks if you have to be a subscriber to avoid Zonk's articles on this site.
Cross platform? In one sense, the Linux drivers are cross platform. I can use my Asus WL-107G WiFi card only because it has free and open drivers. If Linux used NDIS or something similar, Ralink would probably be satisfied with releasing a binary driver for x86, maybe AMD64, and the ones running Linux-PPC would be screwed.
One more thing: It's in the long term driver code has value to the Free Software community, and to everyone else. Hardware can have a long useful life, yet manufacturers go out of business. Then there are no further updates to their drivers. How is, for instance, 3dfx driver support in XP these days? How about 64 bit XP? Of course, this is a much worse problem for specialized hardware.
Although I don't disagree with you...
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With the smoking bans, nighclubs smell of farts and stale beer rather than of smoke.
The reason why I love Debian is exactly for its user-friendlyness. It does demand some knowledge, but as soon as you know how to use the package tools' full functionality, you can do everything. The old satirical troll was actually quite insightful in many of his comment.
Duh. Because you don't have to search all over for packages, then compile everything from source, fix dependencies manually, follow dozens of security mailing lists,... And of course, Debian's package management isn't only a gigantic repository with automatic dependency checking, it also lets you configure stuff, and in a much more pleasant way than Yast and other centralized tools. Basically, Debian is one of the best distributions of GNU.
Look at it the other way: You want Debian GNU, but may need Solaris' kernel. That's when Debian GNU/Solaris is a good idea.
OS X is about as close as you can come to an opposite of the BeOS. BeOS was small, light, had excellent threading; OS X (Panther) is 3 GB for a default install and demands almost 128 MB just to boot. It's not that OS X is a worse OS (it certainly isn't), but you can't really appreciate it for the same reasons.
I use a very slow computer, an Apple Powebook G3 266 MHz running Debian GNU/Linux. Opera is very noticably faster, and uses a bit less memory than Firefox. It's probably not so much of a deal on faster hardware. The user interface also feels a bit better, both for mouse gestures and for a more keyboard centric approach. Firefox is perhaps a bit more stable; I've had Opera crash on me a few times, but then I've had Firefox eat all my memory (including 1.5 GB swap) without crashing, and I'm not sure I prefer that behaviour. But when Opera crashes, you can start it again with the same session.
Browsers are evolving, so things will change. You really should have, and use, several browsers.
(Opera is also one of very few closed source apps that run on Linux PPC (and Linux sparc), which increases its coolness factor. I wish Sun would do the same for Java.)
If you haven't used ReiserFS in years, then you are perhaps not qualified to comment on it anymore, but I'm sure you'll find people who agree with you. Personally, I have recently (july?) had a different experience. I did a fresh install of Debian on a new drive, but after a short while, I got errors on two file systems, perhaps because of bugs in the tools used in the installer, or perhaps because of power outages: / (ext2) and/home (Reiser3). Reiser3 needed a fsck --rebuild-tree, and worked after that with no problems. I tried three different binaries of e2fsck, which all segfaulted; the one on the installer, the one in Debian Sid, and a statically compiled downloaded elsewhere. Eventually, I just copied / to/home, made a fresh / and copied it back, and I've had no problems unrelated to Apples shit implementation of OpenFirmware since then.
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I believe the lack of obviousness on his part is the joke.
As others have stated, there's something wrong with your setup. I've used KDE 3.4 with Debian on a 266 MHz Powerbook G3 with 320 MB RAM, and it was usable on that computer (more so than OS X Panther, which runs acceptably on it now). 1 GHz and 512 MB should be plenty for all ordinary use.
By hiring Guido, they are clearly stating that there's only one way to do it. And that way is, of course, with Python.
Yes, I see a Google search for 'perl' now has a transcript of Monty Python's Parrot sketch as the first hit.
Yes, like the famous 3 step program for profit, and of course our favourite: Will Anonymous Coward really welcome our ... overlords?
That is computers, some sciences, and pop culture. The reason is obviously that most of the hardcore Wikipedians are also hardcore geeks. It's possible that this will skew the so-called "neutral point of view" -- or perhaps NPOV is a geek invention anyway -- and it's certain that it gives preference to nerdy subjects. If it's unsuitable for geeks, it's unsuitable for Wikipedia.
Compare for instance the articles on Henrik Ibsen and on Star Wars. Oh, and don't even look at the stubs that are supposed to present Ibsen's plays. There's a lot more to say about Ibsen than about Lucas (he could even write dialogue), but I doubt the Wikipedia article about him ever will reflect that his work is, in fact, more important than Lucas'.
Newer Prism54 chipsets are not supported. Intersil, who made the Prism chipsets, were bought by Conexant, and they have always been among the worst to get information from. The Prism54 driver project are working on reverse engineering, and make much progress, but don't hold your breath. And don't buy a card with Prism54 chipset just now, because they all use one of the newer unsupported revisions.
Ralink, as you say, have good support. Thanks to them, I have working wireless in Linux on an old Mac. Drivers are at rt2x00.serialmonkey.com.
I'm not quite happy with configuration yet. My setup works fine, but it's static. I'd like a nice GUI for choosing APs, setting passwords,etc., when on the move. There is a utility for the old v.1 RT2500 driver, and it seems to work, but I didn't quite get internet access when trying to use it (I did get access to the LAN, though). For now, I use an ordinary network configuration (/etc/networking/interfaces in Debian). It works, and I'm happy. I don't think everyone else would be.
No, it doesn't. I couldn't even get Panther to boot with 64 MB. It does run moderately well on rather slow CPUs as long as they have enough RAM, but 128 MB isn't.
Although I agree KDE uses far too much RAM, it's still a bit better than OS X, and a bit worse than Windows XP.
Global warming isn't out. The weather forecast for my town for tomorrow says it possibly can be the second most rainy day since regular and proper measurements started. Of course, the most rainy day was in september. No, global warming isn't out, it's just blended with ordinary talk about the weather.
On the other hand, SARS is out.
Yeah, well, it's Zonk. I think it was possible to opt-out from displaying articles from various "editors" back in the days. It worked well with Jon Katz for a while, until the other editors decided to post his articles for him. Where did that option go? I can't find it in the preferences. It really sucks if you have to be a subscriber to avoid Zonk's articles on this site.
Cross platform? In one sense, the Linux drivers are cross platform. I can use my Asus WL-107G WiFi card only because it has free and open drivers. If Linux used NDIS or something similar, Ralink would probably be satisfied with releasing a binary driver for x86, maybe AMD64, and the ones running Linux-PPC would be screwed.
One more thing: It's in the long term driver code has value to the Free Software community, and to everyone else. Hardware can have a long useful life, yet manufacturers go out of business. Then there are no further updates to their drivers. How is, for instance, 3dfx driver support in XP these days? How about 64 bit XP? Of course, this is a much worse problem for specialized hardware.
With the smoking bans, nighclubs smell of farts and stale beer rather than of smoke.
But not under a BSD license, so that doesn't matter.
The reason why I love Debian is exactly for its user-friendlyness. It does demand some knowledge, but as soon as you know how to use the package tools' full functionality, you can do everything. The old satirical troll was actually quite insightful in many of his comment.
Duh. Because you don't have to search all over for packages, then compile everything from source, fix dependencies manually, follow dozens of security mailing lists, ... And of course, Debian's package management isn't only a gigantic repository with automatic dependency checking, it also lets you configure stuff, and in a much more pleasant way than Yast and other centralized tools. Basically, Debian is one of the best distributions of GNU.
Look at it the other way: You want Debian GNU, but may need Solaris' kernel. That's when Debian GNU/Solaris is a good idea.
It's not like it's an endangered species.
OS X is about as close as you can come to an opposite of the BeOS. BeOS was small, light, had excellent threading; OS X (Panther) is 3 GB for a default install and demands almost 128 MB just to boot. It's not that OS X is a worse OS (it certainly isn't), but you can't really appreciate it for the same reasons.
Out of curiosity: What are the MS Office killer features in OOo 1.1.4?
Excellent troll. Bravo, sir!
GMail is good web based email. That in itself sets it far ahead of its competitors. It's really the finest example of what a web interface can do.
Any plans of releasing a Linux PPC version of TextMaker?
I use a very slow computer, an Apple Powebook G3 266 MHz running Debian GNU/Linux. Opera is very noticably faster, and uses a bit less memory than Firefox. It's probably not so much of a deal on faster hardware. The user interface also feels a bit better, both for mouse gestures and for a more keyboard centric approach. Firefox is perhaps a bit more stable; I've had Opera crash on me a few times, but then I've had Firefox eat all my memory (including 1.5 GB swap) without crashing, and I'm not sure I prefer that behaviour. But when Opera crashes, you can start it again with the same session.
Browsers are evolving, so things will change. You really should have, and use, several browsers.
(Opera is also one of very few closed source apps that run on Linux PPC (and Linux sparc), which increases its coolness factor. I wish Sun would do the same for Java.)
Eh? ~$ fir[TAB] --> firefox.
~$ ope[TAB] -->
open openssl openvt
openapp openssl_fips_fingerprint opera
openoffice opentool
Of course, my tab completion muscles and fingertips can hack holes through a skull.
If you haven't used ReiserFS in years, then you are perhaps not qualified to comment on it anymore, but I'm sure you'll find people who agree with you. Personally, I have recently (july?) had a different experience. I did a fresh install of Debian on a new drive, but after a short while, I got errors on two file systems, perhaps because of bugs in the tools used in the installer, or perhaps because of power outages: / (ext2) and /home (Reiser3). Reiser3 needed a fsck --rebuild-tree, and worked after that with no problems. I tried three different binaries of e2fsck, which all segfaulted; the one on the installer, the one in Debian Sid, and a statically compiled downloaded elsewhere. Eventually, I just copied / to /home, made a fresh / and copied it back, and I've had no problems unrelated to Apples shit implementation of OpenFirmware since then.
Just a story to tell that YMMV.
And you obviously weren't aware of the high availability of crack for Slashdot moderators.