the only problem is that you have to sacrifice some nice feutures form testing/unstable release... my mail server needed to run on exim4 so it was better to run unstable than stable that came with exim3
I still remember when I got my first HD, it was 20 Megs... tweeennnttyyy megs for a tandy1000 I never got even close to fill it... now my collection is a 20 GB, 60GB 80GB and a 160GB external... and all together are not enough...
just post an ads on local newspaper to "Fix Your Computer Problems At Home"
not even post at a newspaper, just with friends/relatvies/relatives' friends/friends' relatives/friends' friends you can get a lot of people in need of somebody to fix their computers... I do that a lot
they can start installing with the live cd... you should include also a copy of at least on of the stages, and a printed version of the handbook could be handy... although your cards might get a bit bulky;-)
considering most of the crowd from/. are people who have switch to different OS from Windows, most of the people would answear no!, you will still have a crapy OS on a different processor, so what's the point on a switch?? I might think on having MacOSX on an x86.. but never the opposite..
my point on bringin up dual CPU boxes is that if you want to compare a x86 box to a Mac you have to consider machines of similar characteristics, and you will see that the myth of the price difference is not completely true now.
Macs=Too Expensive. I dont quite agree with that... ofcourse you can get a good x86 PC for around 1000 USD, and a great Mac for 2000 USD... but the difference between the two is huge, try to figure out how much would u have to spend to get a dual x86-64 box... It will be around the 2000USD, that might be comparable to to a dual G5 that costs about the same.
Now I need to send myself 250 MB so that I can keep my hotmail inbox full and not get any junk mail into that. The only reason I have for keeping that address is that a lot of my friends only use msn:S
even downloading a $46 codec still sounds crazy to me... I might not have try to play any "new" windows media file, but as far as I've had the needs, avifiles does the work nicely using the win32 codecs packed with it.
on what you want to do. In all my production servers, I only use packages from the specific distro in use (most are debian) I haven't come to the point of the need to tweak something really weird, so no need of sources. Im my workstaion I run FreeBSD, I could just fetch all the packages for everything I need, but just for fun I periodicaly update my ports tree and upgrade everything from the source, there is not really a reason for using sources besides I like watching all the stuff getting compiled, again, is something I don't really need, but I like
When I was in grade 4th I wanted to get into a computer related carreer, that was 14 years ago, now I think that there migth be two other things I could be, an astronaut, or an Formula 1 pilot. Some of my friends from College (different majors) have got pretty good jobs, as for paid, I can't complain about mine, I get enough for my needs (single) and I get to save some, plus I'm already planning on a masters, But I would not even think on moving to a job that for example, demands me to wear a suit everyday. I just like if I get a job where I can use my abilities, feel confortable, and if possible, get well paid. I might move from my job to a personal office sometime... but not at the moment
the article from yesterday about assembley language and CS if you get into a CS degree, you would end up *UNDERSTANDING* how do computers and networks work, then you would be able to get hands on anything easier than if you missed the concepts. From my experience, after I finished my BS on Computer Science, I was able to get involved in managing a lot of things on the network at work. I'm not a fan of "trained monkeys" who know how to use this or that particular piece of hardware/software, I'm more into understanding what it should do, people who created routers or switches probably went through a CS or CE program.
Most Open Source/FSF/GPL software is built for Linux
not quite, have u read where does the TCP/IP stack of linux comes from??? a lot of OSS/FS is built for any Unix, so they run smoothly on any, even Richard Stallman considers that all GNU software/GNUOS can run on a different kernel than linux, and it does.. when you have the basic OS copilant with others (BSD, Linux, HURD) porting becomes quite easy.
I switched to FreeBSD just a couple of months ago, I got pretty much everything running smoothly on BSD as it was on Linux b4, I even still have my home directory (linux partition) working, and the nice thing was that I could read/write on to it on BSD, while I can't do on Linux. I'm a big Linux fan, I've used it already for some years, and become a Linux zealot in these years, but when I try FreeBSD I found it to be a great OS, where I can do everything (and some more) I used to on Linux, and some things were incredible easier on FreeBSD, like burncd as opposed to cdrecord.
There are something I don't quite know yet because I haven't get a chance to work on, like personalizing correctly the kernel, and I think it would be nice if BSD could have something like make menuconfig on Linux. But as far as it goes, I think that linux users don't know about BSD just because they haven't use it, but a big part of the BSD comunity try linux sometime before or after using BSD
in fact, it is easier because you can always use your MS Virus Creation Tool (R) and from there click on the check boxes and select the vulnerability you want to exploit.
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the hard part is how do u sleep-deprive the mice? provide them with a high quantities of caffeine?
just that is a lot easier to use the package that updates frequently with the distribution, rather than having to compile everytime
the only problem is that you have to sacrifice some nice feutures form testing/unstable release... my mail server needed to run on exim4 so it was better to run unstable than stable that came with exim3
I still remember when I got my first HD, it was 20 Megs... tweeennnttyyy megs for a tandy1000 I never got even close to fill it... now my collection is a 20 GB, 60GB 80GB and a 160GB external... and all together are not enough...
the error is the human who installed windows... you could give'em a point on that...
just post an ads on local newspaper to "Fix Your Computer Problems At Home"
not even post at a newspaper, just with friends/relatvies/relatives' friends/friends' relatives/friends' friends you can get a lot of people in need of somebody to fix their computers... I do that a lot
they can start installing with the live cd... you should include also a copy of at least on of the stages, and a printed version of the handbook could be handy... although your cards might get a bit bulky ;-)
you should try iTunes, is great
or DVD-R for larger music collections.
considering most of the crowd from /. are people who have switch to different OS from Windows, most of the people would answear no!, you will still have a crapy OS on a different processor, so what's the point on a switch?? I might think on having MacOSX on an x86.. but never the opposite..
my point on bringin up dual CPU boxes is that if you want to compare a x86 box to a Mac you have to consider machines of similar characteristics, and you will see that the myth of the price difference is not completely true now.
Macs=Too Expensive.
I dont quite agree with that... ofcourse you can get a good x86 PC for around 1000 USD, and a great Mac for 2000 USD... but the difference between the two is huge, try to figure out how much would u have to spend to get a dual x86-64 box... It will be around the 2000USD, that might be comparable to to a dual G5 that costs about the same.
I'm writing this on a Linux box that hasn't been rebooted since March.
so you are not running the latest kernel version of linux, shame on you!
Now I need to send myself 250 MB so that I can keep my hotmail inbox full and not get any junk mail into that. The only reason I have for keeping that address is that a lot of my friends only use msn :S
know far too many people, mean and women,
mean and women?? aren't they the same???
even downloading a $46 codec still sounds crazy to me... I might not have try to play any "new" windows media file, but as far as I've had the needs, avifiles does the work nicely using the win32 codecs packed with it.
gcc, without it how can I build up all the rest of app from my ports tree
on what you want to do. In all my production servers, I only use packages from the specific distro in use (most are debian) I haven't come to the point of the need to tweak something really weird, so no need of sources. Im my workstaion I run FreeBSD, I could just fetch all the packages for everything I need, but just for fun I periodicaly update my ports tree and upgrade everything from the source, there is not really a reason for using sources besides I like watching all the stuff getting compiled, again, is something I don't really need, but I like
# make deinstall on the port directory will clean the installation and its files
When I was in grade 4th I wanted to get into a computer related carreer, that was 14 years ago, now I think that there migth be two other things I could be, an astronaut, or an Formula 1 pilot. Some of my friends from College (different majors) have got pretty good jobs, as for paid, I can't complain about mine, I get enough for my needs (single) and I get to save some, plus I'm already planning on a masters, But I would not even think on moving to a job that for example, demands me to wear a suit everyday. I just like if I get a job where I can use my abilities, feel confortable, and if possible, get well paid. I might move from my job to a personal office sometime... but not at the moment
it is easy to get up in the morning and work
Not quite, I love my job, but everyday in the morning 8:00 am I don't want to wake up, but I do stay up late at work...
the article from yesterday about assembley language and CS if you get into a CS degree, you would end up *UNDERSTANDING* how do computers and networks work, then you would be able to get hands on anything easier than if you missed the concepts. From my experience, after I finished my BS on Computer Science, I was able to get involved in managing a lot of things on the network at work. I'm not a fan of "trained monkeys" who know how to use this or that particular piece of hardware/software, I'm more into understanding what it should do, people who created routers or switches probably went through a CS or CE program.
Most Open Source/FSF/GPL software is built for Linux
not quite, have u read where does the TCP/IP stack of linux comes from??? a lot of OSS/FS is built for any Unix, so they run smoothly on any, even Richard Stallman considers that all GNU software/GNUOS can run on a different kernel than linux, and it does.. when you have the basic OS copilant with others (BSD, Linux, HURD) porting becomes quite easy.
I switched to FreeBSD just a couple of months ago, I got pretty much everything running smoothly on BSD as it was on Linux b4, I even still have my home directory (linux partition) working, and the nice thing was that I could read/write on to it on BSD, while I can't do on Linux. I'm a big Linux fan, I've used it already for some years, and become a Linux zealot in these years, but when I try FreeBSD I found it to be a great OS, where I can do everything (and some more) I used to on Linux, and some things were incredible easier on FreeBSD, like burncd as opposed to cdrecord.
There are something I don't quite know yet because I haven't get a chance to work on, like personalizing correctly the kernel, and I think it would be nice if BSD could have something like make menuconfig on Linux. But as far as it goes, I think that linux users don't know about BSD just because they haven't use it, but a big part of the BSD comunity try linux sometime before or after using BSD
in fact, it is easier because you can always use your MS Virus Creation Tool (R) and from there click on the check boxes and select the vulnerability you want to exploit.
developers, that's for sure