No, it's not.
To purchase RHEL WS basic, you must agree to the RHEL WS Basic (x86) Subscription agreement, which states, among other things, that "Customer expressly grants to Red Hat the right to audit Customer's facilities and records from time to time."
the best Buy HW actually is missing some 'components/functionality'.
Mushkin makes a line of memory exclusively for Best Buy, but I'm pretty sure it has different model numbers.
Your geek friend tells you that Mushkin rocks, based on his experience with the level two black series.
You go to Best Buy and get something that's probably equivalent to the lower-quality green line.
It's a little shady, I suppose, but I long ago gave up on the idea that a brand name is any assurance of quality.
I really wish that there was some site equally trustworthy in the computing world.
I'm not vouching for them, but Legit Reviews bought retail memory for a recent review.
I also liked Anand's recent test of OCZ memory, comparing pre-production and retail parts.
i see a lot of times they will end up mis-matching the cars and trucks they compare. Usually it is simply a matter of trim levels on similar classed models.
Computer magazines are terrible about this, too.
I wouldn't mind seeing benchmarks that compare a vendor's system to a similarly configured reference system, as a sanity check.
The benchmarks of randomly configured systems I can do without (e.g., Radeon vs. NVIDIA, with different types and amounts of RAM).
I just lost the two capacitors by the AGP port on an MSI K7T Turbo.
The system continues to work with a PCI video card.
I'll try to get it replaced under warranty, but I'm planning on upgrading to an Athlon 64 in the mean time.
if Redhat is simply charging $149 for the service of being able to download their distro... then I'll be more than happy to pay the money to get those ISO images.
Technically, I believe the cheapest option is to buy IA32 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS basic for $179.
This includes a one-year subscription to the RHEL WS channel.
If you don't renew after a year, it may be difficult to get updates.
Legally, I don't know.
The EULA contains scary words like "audit," "termination," and "confidentiality."
I suspect that Red Hat is on shaky legal ground, but I haven't really examined it in depth.
Redhat is the sleaze of the Linux community....
we can't jump ship from redhat because that's what everyone wants.
You're going too far.
I always liked Red Hat because of its openness--downloadable ISOs, rawhide, bugzilla--so the suddenness with which they've abandoned Red Hat Linux is disappointing.
They've made a business decision.
I think it will hurt them, because they will lose the support of the people who gave them the leading Linux distribution, but there is nothing sleazy about it.
Why can't you jump ship from Red Hat?
When customers ask about the $120 dedicated server, tell them that it runs SuSE, and that it will cost $200 if they want Red Hat Enterprise.
It's up to them to decide whether it's worth it.
RHEL 3.0 is trickier than RHEL 2.1, because it's apparently not designed to be self hosting.
Typically, you build a new distribution with the tools in the previous version, then rebuild it with its own tools.
It seems that Red Hat no longer does that.
Except for their limiting x86-64 support to their enterprise version
Yeah, that turned me off, too. I would have considered AMD64 RHEL 3.0 WS basic, at $179. The cheapest option, however, is RHEL 3.0 WS standard, at $792.
It would probably have been foolish to get a ".0" AMD64 distribution from Red Hat, anyway.
If you're familiar with DVD restrictions, this is like CSS, which uses encryption, rather than region encoding, which uses the honor system.
If some idiot sends me one of these messages, it will look like gibberish, probably preceded by an advertisement encouraging me to register for a.NET passport account.
I don't think "enforceable" is the right word, here.
In my mind, this is less about forcing DRM on us, than it is about embracing and extending for the platform lock in you mentioned.
Just as IE bastardizes the Internet, Outlook bastardizes email.
It's bad enough when I get a five-line memo as a Word attachment.
Now that memo will be encrypted and restricted as company confidential.
A VP of something will like that idea, effectively forcing me to use Outlook and Windows.
It's been tried before (This Email Will Self Destruct...), but with the backing of a monopoly, it might actually take.
Who else could convince users to slip into their own handcuffs?
I doubt you'll be able to find a dual Opteron 246 system for $500 next year.
This article was a lot better than the Linux Journal's annual ultimate Linux box article.
if it was my shop I'd run a customized and tested Gentoo implementation.
Not if you wanted support from Oracle, Sybase, IBM, or BEA.
Red Hat Linux and, to a lesser extent, SuSE Linux, are the supported distributions, although Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server are quickly replacing them.
Last I checked, they're compiled with the flags -march=i386 and -mcpu=i686. I've yet to see compelling evidence that switching to -march=i686 would yield a substantial improvement.
I don't like it and won't purchase any of their products that use product activation.
I endured weeks of pain when a product activation scheme broke.
In fact, it helped me to convince my boss to get rid of the software.
I reluctantly put up with a hardware dongle for LightWave, but I will not use product activation; not for Windows XP, Office XP, TurboTax, nor Photoshop.
I use Windows 98 at home, Windows 2000 at work, and Linux at both.
When my hardware no longer has drivers for an activation-free version of Windows, I will switch to Linux full time.
Try playing a game without reloading when you get hurt or die.
I played Half-Life at the hardest difficulty, at the recommendation of a friend who's a much better gamer than I am.
Finishing became a chore, and I was quick-saving after every kill, destroying my sense of immersion.
I did that to some extent in Max Payne, but I had so much fun that it didn't matter.
It's the only game I've finished twice.
I'm looking forward to playing Max Payne 2, because the new slow motion should encourage more fluid, continous action.
Having finished Spider-Man and Grand Theft Auto 3, I can see the benefit of a coarser-grained, console-style save system.
There's a sense of accomplishment when you complete what initially seems like an impossible mission.
I like having a flexible save system, but it should be accompanied by an incentive not to use it--points, medals, unlocking a weapon, etc.
include their photo-realistic textures that gave everything such grit and depth, and you end up with a visual masterpiece.
I don't have them installed, but I remember Kingpin and Return to Castle Wolfenstein as having terrific textures.
Doom 3 looks like it will raise the bar, technically.
I think they're using a technique similar to that of MicroWave, which takes detail from a high-poly model and turns it into a texture for a low-poly model.
In general, at Pixar we look for broad artistic and technical skills, rather than ability to run one package or another.
We concentrate on finding people with breadth, depth, communication skills and the ability to collaborate.
If you have those attributes, we can teach you the tools.
What I've seen of Blender suggests that it's plenty capable for learning modeling, lighting, and animation.
As for communication and collaboration, that's what Slashdot's for, right?
I'm fairly experienced with Maya for Linux...
it's an absolute bitch to configure and get running properly
I'm a LightWave user who has considered using Maya for Linux.
I've heard horror stories about Maya's software-based node locking scheme, such as users having to pay $200 to get a new key after a disk crash.
Has Maya's copy protection caused you any problems?
One thing LightWave lacks is platform parity.
The Mac users are second class (especially when it comes to plugins), and support for the new Linux renderer is non existent.
How does Maya for Linux compare to Maya for Windows?
Is Maya Unlimited even available for Linux?
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No, it's not. To purchase RHEL WS basic, you must agree to the RHEL WS Basic (x86) Subscription agreement, which states, among other things, that "Customer expressly grants to Red Hat the right to audit Customer's facilities and records from time to time."
Mushkin makes a line of memory exclusively for Best Buy, but I'm pretty sure it has different model numbers. Your geek friend tells you that Mushkin rocks, based on his experience with the level two black series. You go to Best Buy and get something that's probably equivalent to the lower-quality green line. It's a little shady, I suppose, but I long ago gave up on the idea that a brand name is any assurance of quality.
I'm not vouching for them, but Legit Reviews bought retail memory for a recent review. I also liked Anand's recent test of OCZ memory, comparing pre-production and retail parts.
Computer magazines are terrible about this, too. I wouldn't mind seeing benchmarks that compare a vendor's system to a similarly configured reference system, as a sanity check. The benchmarks of randomly configured systems I can do without (e.g., Radeon vs. NVIDIA, with different types and amounts of RAM).
Novell likely wanted to position Evolution, Connector, and Openexchange Server as an end-to-end replacement for Microsoft Exchange.
You can already get an Opteron cheaper than the Athlon 64 FX-51, but not at 2.2 GHz, and not with support for PC3200.
Actually, it will still be dual channel. It just won't require registered memory.
I just lost the two capacitors by the AGP port on an MSI K7T Turbo. The system continues to work with a PCI video card. I'll try to get it replaced under warranty, but I'm planning on upgrading to an Athlon 64 in the mean time.
Technically, I believe the cheapest option is to buy IA32 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS basic for $179. This includes a one-year subscription to the RHEL WS channel. If you don't renew after a year, it may be difficult to get updates.
Legally, I don't know. The EULA contains scary words like "audit," "termination," and "confidentiality." I suspect that Red Hat is on shaky legal ground, but I haven't really examined it in depth.
You're going too far. I always liked Red Hat because of its openness--downloadable ISOs, rawhide, bugzilla--so the suddenness with which they've abandoned Red Hat Linux is disappointing. They've made a business decision. I think it will hurt them, because they will lose the support of the people who gave them the leading Linux distribution, but there is nothing sleazy about it.
Why can't you jump ship from Red Hat? When customers ask about the $120 dedicated server, tell them that it runs SuSE, and that it will cost $200 if they want Red Hat Enterprise. It's up to them to decide whether it's worth it.
No, AS is an updated version of AS. ES is a stripped-down version of AS marketed for entry-level servers.
If they did, they'd likely start with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Rebuild mini-HOWTO. The HOWTO is a little out of date, but there is a mailing list.
RHEL 3.0 is trickier than RHEL 2.1, because it's apparently not designed to be self hosting. Typically, you build a new distribution with the tools in the previous version, then rebuild it with its own tools. It seems that Red Hat no longer does that.
Yeah, that turned me off, too. I would have considered AMD64 RHEL 3.0 WS basic, at $179. The cheapest option, however, is RHEL 3.0 WS standard, at $792.
It would probably have been foolish to get a ".0" AMD64 distribution from Red Hat, anyway.
If you're familiar with DVD restrictions, this is like CSS, which uses encryption, rather than region encoding, which uses the honor system. If some idiot sends me one of these messages, it will look like gibberish, probably preceded by an advertisement encouraging me to register for a .NET passport account.
I don't think "enforceable" is the right word, here. In my mind, this is less about forcing DRM on us, than it is about embracing and extending for the platform lock in you mentioned. Just as IE bastardizes the Internet, Outlook bastardizes email. It's bad enough when I get a five-line memo as a Word attachment. Now that memo will be encrypted and restricted as company confidential. A VP of something will like that idea, effectively forcing me to use Outlook and Windows.
It's been tried before (This Email Will Self Destruct...), but with the backing of a monopoly, it might actually take. Who else could convince users to slip into their own handcuffs?
Many moons ago IDE didn't support DMA.
I doubt you'll be able to find a dual Opteron 246 system for $500 next year. This article was a lot better than the Linux Journal's annual ultimate Linux box article.
Not if you wanted support from Oracle, Sybase, IBM, or BEA. Red Hat Linux and, to a lesser extent, SuSE Linux, are the supported distributions, although Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server are quickly replacing them.
Last I checked, they're compiled with the flags -march=i386 and -mcpu=i686. I've yet to see compelling evidence that switching to -march=i686 would yield a substantial improvement.
I endured weeks of pain when a product activation scheme broke. In fact, it helped me to convince my boss to get rid of the software.
I reluctantly put up with a hardware dongle for LightWave, but I will not use product activation; not for Windows XP, Office XP, TurboTax, nor Photoshop. I use Windows 98 at home, Windows 2000 at work, and Linux at both. When my hardware no longer has drivers for an activation-free version of Windows, I will switch to Linux full time.
I played Half-Life at the hardest difficulty, at the recommendation of a friend who's a much better gamer than I am. Finishing became a chore, and I was quick-saving after every kill, destroying my sense of immersion. I did that to some extent in Max Payne, but I had so much fun that it didn't matter. It's the only game I've finished twice. I'm looking forward to playing Max Payne 2, because the new slow motion should encourage more fluid, continous action.
Having finished Spider-Man and Grand Theft Auto 3, I can see the benefit of a coarser-grained, console-style save system. There's a sense of accomplishment when you complete what initially seems like an impossible mission.
I like having a flexible save system, but it should be accompanied by an incentive not to use it--points, medals, unlocking a weapon, etc.
I don't have them installed, but I remember Kingpin and Return to Castle Wolfenstein as having terrific textures. Doom 3 looks like it will raise the bar, technically. I think they're using a technique similar to that of MicroWave, which takes detail from a high-poly model and turns it into a texture for a low-poly model.
Pixar disagrees:
What I've seen of Blender suggests that it's plenty capable for learning modeling, lighting, and animation. As for communication and collaboration, that's what Slashdot's for, right?I'm a LightWave user who has considered using Maya for Linux. I've heard horror stories about Maya's software-based node locking scheme, such as users having to pay $200 to get a new key after a disk crash. Has Maya's copy protection caused you any problems?
One thing LightWave lacks is platform parity. The Mac users are second class (especially when it comes to plugins), and support for the new Linux renderer is non existent. How does Maya for Linux compare to Maya for Windows? Is Maya Unlimited even available for Linux?
LightWave users have been waiting for proper undo in layout for years.