Of course seeing as how this is probably referring to computer screens not screens for watching movies, I guess people would probably want higher refresh rates. I got thrown at 1080p and started thinking about the video standard.
I dunno. I didn't really try playing too much media. At least not non-Flash based. I couldn't imagine that taking up much, if any, noticeable overhead. Its a solid system, just good luck trying to connect to a share on it from Linux.
BTW, I ran the Vista RC on a P4 1.9GHz, 512 MB RAM, and integrated Intel video. No speed problems at all (just no Aero). It ran about the same as 2000 did before it.
Whoah, back up there, Silver. I wasn't trying to start a flame war here. The only thing I am at odds with here are with people talking about how easy it is to setup this CD without actually giving even hints as to how. Triviality should mean that a couple links could be produced pretty easily right? We have a couple Windows Servers down at work, and while I don't primarily admin them, I do have to handle them when the other admin isn't here. So I and obviously others would probably be interested in how to do this CD.
Instead of just stating triviality, you could actually back up your claim with a link or two explaining how. Not that I give a crap, since I just use Linux, but obviously there are plenty of people oblivious to this triviality.
Why would a hardware vendor sell a piece of hardware not for a profit? The costs of making a driver are just that, costs. Just like the engineers that designed the chip itself, the marketing people, and the myriad of other people who bring a piece of hardware to market. Am I missing something, I don't see your point? Every component of the process is a cost. This makes the driver development, not a cost. They don't need to sink money into it. Thats the whole point.
Well, I don't like being an ass... but I'm good at, so here I go. OK, lets say there is a 25% tax on gifts. You just won a 100,000 item where they promised to pay your taxes. The equation for the total amount they'd have to give you to cover taxes is as follows: x = 0.25(100,000 + x) ---- Thats 25% of the sum of 100,000 and itself 4x = 100,000 + x 3x = 100,000 x = 33,333.33 ----- Thats it, it pays for itself and the gift. Tada!
They could still pay for the taxes for them. Yes, even that payment would be taxed, but you just work in how much. It still ends up a finite amount in the end.
Thats a pretty large logic leap. Most customers just want to get things done and don't know/care how. Most people don't give a shit about Windows. And an ever increasing number of the most used software is cross-platform and open source.
Yeah, I've used Maya its a pretty nice 3D modeling system, and its relatively simple to learn as compared to Blender. But if you can learn Blender its possibilities are endless because of its programmatic scripting capabilities and RenderMan interface (check out Yafray with it). And supposedly its a lot more efficient environment. Good luck with the Linspire/Ubuntu. Just remember one thing with Linux: its not about finding programs that are equivalent to Windows programs. Its about finding an efficient way to get a job done. Don't be afraid of the command line and you will be rewarded.
No matter what platform you chose, you might also want to check out Inkscape for vector based design stuff. Render to a high-res transparent PNG for nice layouts and such. You should also download the newest version of Ubuntu burn it to a CD and try your HP again. I bet it will work now. Usually nobody says their hardware supports Linux but it almost always does. I usually order the cheapest computers from Dell and they work out of the box with Linux. Of course I don't know if Dell is exceptional in this respect though. But I've bought about 12 desktops and 2 laptops from Dell and I got Linux running on them with few to no problems. Also try GIMP/Inkscape/Krita/ImageMagick/UFRaw/Gtkam/F-Spot .
I work for a fairly large photo lab as a software engineer, and I can almost guarantee that unless you are doing graphic design or something there really isn't a need for Photoshop in particular. Other than for familiarity. All operations that professional photographers apply to images (levels/cloning/crop/rotation/resampling/layers/co lor management/etc) are easily done with Gimp/ufraw. Or if you need 16bit/channel support outside of the raw image Cinepaint/Krita. Automation is particularly great if you learn just a little Bash and use ImageMagick. But depending upon your disability needs I don't really know if I could really suggest Linux. But there really is very little hardware that does not have Linux support. Hell if you want me too, I could personally walk you through the install and help you with hardware compatibility problems if there are any. What is the exact model of computer you're looking at? Macs are fine, but you will be spending more on Photoshop licenses and such in addition to the extra Mac cost. Don't get me wrong its a great platform, but as I see happen many times with a lot of our customers they buy tons of completely unneeded and usually unused niceties and incur unnecessary costs. Just my opinion. Out of curiosity what is your disability?
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OpenMoko runs on other phones already. They designed it to run on anything the user wants it to run on.
He was advocating using wxWidgets as the toolkit. wxWidgets uses native toolkits (Windows on Windows, GTK on Linux, Aqua [or whatever it is] on Mac).
Few code straight to xlib. They usually use a toolkit like GTK or Qt.
Of course seeing as how this is probably referring to computer screens not screens for watching movies, I guess people would probably want higher refresh rates. I got thrown at 1080p and started thinking about the video standard.
3gbps is enough bandwidth to carry two simultaneous uncompressed 1080p feeds. And thats uncompressed. Where is your problem?
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I dunno. I didn't really try playing too much media. At least not non-Flash based. I couldn't imagine that taking up much, if any, noticeable overhead. Its a solid system, just good luck trying to connect to a share on it from Linux.
BTW, I ran the Vista RC on a P4 1.9GHz, 512 MB RAM, and integrated Intel video. No speed problems at all (just no Aero). It ran about the same as 2000 did before it.
Or you could just put the installer on your flash drive.
Eh, software raid it. But I have definitely had problems with one Intel board.
Whoah, back up there, Silver. I wasn't trying to start a flame war here. The only thing I am at odds with here are with people talking about how easy it is to setup this CD without actually giving even hints as to how. Triviality should mean that a couple links could be produced pretty easily right? We have a couple Windows Servers down at work, and while I don't primarily admin them, I do have to handle them when the other admin isn't here. So I and obviously others would probably be interested in how to do this CD.
Instead of just stating triviality, you could actually back up your claim with a link or two explaining how. Not that I give a crap, since I just use Linux, but obviously there are plenty of people oblivious to this triviality.
Maintaining Linux is far, far, far, far easier than maintaining Windows. In fact, it can be completely automatic.
Why would a hardware vendor sell a piece of hardware not for a profit? The costs of making a driver are just that, costs. Just like the engineers that designed the chip itself, the marketing people, and the myriad of other people who bring a piece of hardware to market. Am I missing something, I don't see your point? Every component of the process is a cost. This makes the driver development, not a cost. They don't need to sink money into it. Thats the whole point.
Its a common mistake. At first glance it does seem pretty illogical.
Apparently I'm not good at completing sentences though :-P.
Well, I don't like being an ass... but I'm good at, so here I go. OK, lets say there is a 25% tax on gifts. You just won a 100,000 item where they promised to pay your taxes. The equation for the total amount they'd have to give you to cover taxes is as follows:
x = 0.25(100,000 + x) ---- Thats 25% of the sum of 100,000 and itself
4x = 100,000 + x
3x = 100,000
x = 33,333.33 ----- Thats it, it pays for itself and the gift. Tada!
They could still pay for the taxes for them. Yes, even that payment would be taxed, but you just work in how much. It still ends up a finite amount in the end.
Those are bugs in an implementation of a PDF viewer. They aren't bugs in the PDF standard.
Yes and it is called 'Blink or No Blink'
I believe you underestimate the number of fascist bastions in America.
Thats a pretty large logic leap. Most customers just want to get things done and don't know/care how. Most people don't give a shit about Windows. And an ever increasing number of the most used software is cross-platform and open source.
Yeah, I've used Maya its a pretty nice 3D modeling system, and its relatively simple to learn as compared to Blender. But if you can learn Blender its possibilities are endless because of its programmatic scripting capabilities and RenderMan interface (check out Yafray with it). And supposedly its a lot more efficient environment. Good luck with the Linspire/Ubuntu. Just remember one thing with Linux: its not about finding programs that are equivalent to Windows programs. Its about finding an efficient way to get a job done. Don't be afraid of the command line and you will be rewarded.
No matter what platform you chose, you might also want to check out Inkscape for vector based design stuff. Render to a high-res transparent PNG for nice layouts and such. You should also download the newest version of Ubuntu burn it to a CD and try your HP again. I bet it will work now. Usually nobody says their hardware supports Linux but it almost always does. I usually order the cheapest computers from Dell and they work out of the box with Linux. Of course I don't know if Dell is exceptional in this respect though. But I've bought about 12 desktops and 2 laptops from Dell and I got Linux running on them with few to no problems. Also try GIMP/Inkscape/Krita/ImageMagick/UFRaw/Gtkam/F-Spot .
I work for a fairly large photo lab as a software engineer, and I can almost guarantee that unless you are doing graphic design or something there really isn't a need for Photoshop in particular. Other than for familiarity. All operations that professional photographers apply to images (levels/cloning/crop/rotation/resampling/layers/co lor management/etc) are easily done with Gimp/ufraw. Or if you need 16bit/channel support outside of the raw image Cinepaint/Krita. Automation is particularly great if you learn just a little Bash and use ImageMagick. But depending upon your disability needs I don't really know if I could really suggest Linux. But there really is very little hardware that does not have Linux support. Hell if you want me too, I could personally walk you through the install and help you with hardware compatibility problems if there are any. What is the exact model of computer you're looking at? Macs are fine, but you will be spending more on Photoshop licenses and such in addition to the extra Mac cost. Don't get me wrong its a great platform, but as I see happen many times with a lot of our customers they buy tons of completely unneeded and usually unused niceties and incur unnecessary costs. Just my opinion. Out of curiosity what is your disability?