What he means is that virtualization will become a mission-critical function within the enterprise allowing customers to leverage their investments in legacy systems while enabling information technology staff to expand development using innovative technologies. MS is striving to develop best of breed technologies to provide its cusomers better TCO and ROI when compared with competing products.
You did set the fan to automatically adjust it's speed based on the case/cpu temp? It's a setting in the BIOS. If not, I think it will run full speed which could be a little bit loud if it were sitting right on your desktop. I have eight XPC's at work (as a cluster) and a couple at home. They all run very quietly.
Build your software from source and then create a package. Distribute and install the packages. It is a trivial matter if you use Slackware. Other distributuions are not too difficult if you use the checkinstall utility. You get the best of both worlds.
"So, I don't know if I should compile/install KDE 3.2 myself, or wait until my distribution includes it in its next release (I'm using Slackware)."
Slackware packages are already available for 9.0 and 9.1. I've been running the last release candidate on Slackware 9.1 with no real problems since it was released. Yes, it is worth the upgrade.
"the Full Screen Superstitial is guaranteed to play perfectly for every consumer, every time."
A couple of things bother me about this concept:
1. yet another attempt to hijack my cpu whether I like it or not. What I like about the web is that it is an interactive medium where I choose what I want to view. Anyone remember push technology? People still haven't figured out that you can't turn the web into another TV without destroying its value.
2. Commercial content appears to have decreasing value on the web. I've found more and more over the years that I spend less time at some of the "big" sites and find more value in the content from smaller organizations.
3. Um, somehow I doubt they've found a universal, cross-platform, vendor-neutral, browser agnostic, method of delivery. Unless it is plain old w3c html 3.2 I doubt it. We'll see how some of the more obscure browsers deal with it (Elinks, lynx, dillo, etc).
4. I find it offensive to refer to the general public as "consumers". Maybe it's just me, but it reeks of a corporate world view where the only thing that is relevant is the exchange of goods and services and lets not forget where your place is in this relationship.
5. Generally speaking, the first time I run into a "commercial" of this nature at a web site will be the last time I visit that site. My 56k home connection is strained enough as it is.
How long before shareholders demand that their companies outsource their CEO and other executives? It would be only fitting afterall, the problem isn't bad CEOs in America but finding bad CEOs that will work for minimum wage in the US.
Reading through this article I noticed that a lot of his time was spent on problems specific to windows (pop-up, virus, etc). I've been using Linux on my home computer since '95 and I probably still spend a comparable amount of time on computer related maintenance. Thankfully, it's not system crashes but chasing down the occasional weirdness with hardware compatability or situations where an application's features are not 100% functional. At least with free software I don't pay for bug fixes (generally) but there are still problems and the 100% functionality can be very irritating.
I found it interesting that he noted the absurdity of having to "agree" with so many legal documents just to maintain the system.
I probably spend a comparable amount of time myself.
I worked with several Alpha servers with Windows NT a few years back. It was the most stable windows environment I'd ever seen. I never saw those machines crash - I can't say the same for any PC version of windows. At the time the Alpha processor had no equivalent in the x86 realm - it was sooo much faster but that was just candy relative to the stability issues NT has on x86.
Just to put in my $0.02 USD, I'd love to see slashdot keep an archive of rejected article submissions. I think the potential entertainment value is far underrated.
I d/l the iso images because I'm going to install on multiple machines and I'll want to experiment extensively with the installtion and configuration before putting the system into production use. I'd rather not waste their bandwidth as well as my own needlessly.
Slackware 9.0 and FreeBSD 4.8 released within a few weeks of each other?! Whee!
I don't mind a casual dress standard but a suit and tie are out of the question. It is one of _my_ job requirements. Well, maybe I'd consider it if they were paying me -gt 100k...
I bought one of the Shuttle SV24s this winter after reading several reviews of the machine. I've never had a machine that was so unstable running Linux. Played with win98 on it just for kicks and it ran fine. Tried several different flavors of Linux on it and each one had problems with X randomly crashing, sound was hit and miss and the overall performance was disappointing. It may make a good little file server but it was lousey as a desktop. Unless they've done something radically different with these newer boards I wouldn't touch it with Linux.
Calling the fans loud would be a gross understatement. Replace them all with some ADDA fans and at least that problem goes away.
Over the past few years, I either install Debian over the net or from a CD set purchased from cheap-bytes. I install onto 20+ machines at a time per upgrade and I'd be surprised if my aquisition methods were counted in this survey.
From personal experience, if RH is seeing a decline it is because their "support" is not a good value. I know I've made my last purchase from them
I live out in the middle of nowhere ( a town with approx. 36 sq. mi. and less than 1000 people). I bike in to work 10 mi each direction most of the year. It can be done. It's not a hardship - in fact, its probably the best part of my work day and only adds about 30 minutes to my total commute time. With a little bit of planning, even snow isn't that much of an inconvenience.
I'm sorry but all this talk about kids knowing more about technology than adults just doesn't fit the reality that I'm seeing. I feel like I'm inbetween generations on this issue being in my early 30's. I grew up in the 80's learning DOS on a TRS-80. Now, I admin a subnet at the local college in my area (90% *nix servers and clients) and deal with students on a regular basis. I'm not seeing any impressive levels of computer knowledge coming with the incoming freshmen each year. Sure, they know IM, Napster, ICQ, Quake and how to mouse around M$ user interfaces but there's a surprising lack of anything beyond surface knowledge. The ratio of cluelessness to competence seems to be just about the same between the 18-22 year olds as in the 25-50's. The differences I do see is that the younger generation has a better comefort level with the general use of technology. I think this is more noticeable at this time since we're in a transition time where computers are becoming ubiquitous in the lives of nearly everyone at some level. For those of you who are now in your teens and feel that you've got some powerful block of knowledge over your predecessors - wait. Wait five or ten years when you no longer have the free time to futz with your computer for hours on end. Jobs, relationships, children and other responsibilities have a way of taking away your edge. Unless you have the good fortune of working in the field on a regular basis you will find that your knowledge is fast becoming out-dated by the next generation. The minute you stop learning is the moment you start falling behind - regardless of your age. I've seen quite a few posts here, apparently from teens, about how they have the ability (power) to fix things their parents can't fingure out. Remember, Mom and/or Dad probably aren't ignorant, they may just be too busy feeding you and keeping the bill collectors away to even care about how this stuff works. Some of you may have the good fortune to understand this before you are the one who is clueless about what the next upcoming generation is playing with.
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What he means is that virtualization will become a mission-critical function within the enterprise allowing customers to leverage their investments in legacy systems while enabling information technology staff to expand development using innovative technologies. MS is striving to develop best of breed technologies to provide its cusomers better TCO and ROI when compared with competing products.
Wow! You managed to post with netspeak and produce valid Perl code all in the same posting.
"a four year old who made "psshhhh-kapoooo!" noises with your Hot Wheels..."
HotWheels? Bah! Everyone knows that MatchBox cars were better. I guess I wouldn't like this game.
You did set the fan to automatically adjust it's speed based on the case/cpu temp? It's a setting in the BIOS. If not, I think it will run full speed which could be a little bit loud if it were sitting right on your desktop. I have eight XPC's at work (as a cluster) and a couple at home. They all run very quietly.
Build your software from source and then create a package. Distribute and install the packages. It is a trivial matter if you use Slackware. Other distributuions are not too difficult if you use the checkinstall utility. You get the best of both worlds.
Slackware packages are already available for 9.0 and 9.1. I've been running the last release candidate on Slackware 9.1 with no real problems since it was released. Yes, it is worth the upgrade.
"the Full Screen Superstitial is guaranteed to play perfectly for every consumer, every time."
A couple of things bother me about this concept:
1. yet another attempt to hijack my cpu whether I like it or not. What I like about the web is that it is an interactive medium where I choose what I want to view. Anyone remember push technology? People still haven't figured out that you can't turn the web into another TV without destroying its value.
2. Commercial content appears to have decreasing value on the web. I've found more and more over the years that I spend less time at some of the "big" sites and find more value in the content from smaller organizations.
3. Um, somehow I doubt they've found a universal, cross-platform, vendor-neutral, browser agnostic, method of delivery. Unless it is plain old w3c html 3.2 I doubt it. We'll see how some of the more obscure browsers deal with it (Elinks, lynx, dillo, etc).
4. I find it offensive to refer to the general public as "consumers". Maybe it's just me, but it reeks of a corporate world view where the only thing that is relevant is the exchange of goods and services and lets not forget where your place is in this relationship.
5. Generally speaking, the first time I run into a "commercial" of this nature at a web site will be the last time I visit that site. My 56k home connection is strained enough as it is.
How long before shareholders demand that their companies outsource their CEO and other executives? It would be only fitting afterall, the problem isn't bad CEOs in America but finding bad CEOs that will work for minimum wage in the US.
Reading through this article I noticed that a lot of his time was spent on problems specific to windows (pop-up, virus, etc). I've been using Linux on my home computer since '95 and I probably still spend a comparable amount of time on computer related maintenance. Thankfully, it's not system crashes but chasing down the occasional weirdness with hardware compatability or situations where an application's features are not 100% functional. At least with free software I don't pay for bug fixes (generally) but there are still problems and the 100% functionality can be very irritating.
I found it interesting that he noted the absurdity of having to "agree" with so many legal documents just to maintain the system.
I probably spend a comparable amount of time myself.
Now I can have a text mode file dialog that loses my default file name too.
"After 7 years, it's kind of sad to see NT4 go."
7 years ago, it was kind of sad to see NT4 coming.
I worked with several Alpha servers with Windows NT a few years back. It was the most stable windows environment I'd ever seen. I never saw those machines crash - I can't say the same for any PC version of windows. At the time the Alpha processor had no equivalent in the x86 realm - it was sooo much faster but that was just candy relative to the stability issues NT has on x86.
I've been using infozip, www.info-zip.org, for so long now that I'd forgotten about these other two. Check it out.
Just to put in my $0.02 USD, I'd love to see slashdot keep an archive of rejected article submissions. I think the potential entertainment value is far underrated.
a CS major?
'just want to use your computer' ??
Sounds like he chose the wrong distribution AND the wrong major.
I'm sure none of those ships are as big as the one that they show during the opening scenes of SpaceBalls. That one was BIG!
"Ludicrous Speed!"
I d/l the iso images because I'm going to install on multiple machines and I'll want to experiment extensively with the installtion and configuration before putting the system into production use. I'd rather not waste their bandwidth as well as my own needlessly.
Slackware 9.0 and FreeBSD 4.8 released within a few weeks of each other?! Whee!
I was about 12% into my download of the iso files when this showed up on the front page. Everyone please wait until I'm finished. Thanks.
I don't mind a casual dress standard but a suit and tie are out of the question. It is one of _my_ job requirements. Well, maybe I'd consider it if they were paying me -gt 100k...
I bought one of the Shuttle SV24s this winter after reading several reviews of the machine. I've never had a machine that was so unstable running Linux. Played with win98 on it just for kicks and it ran fine. Tried several different flavors of Linux on it and each one had problems with X randomly crashing, sound was hit and miss and the overall performance was disappointing. It may make a good little file server but it was lousey as a desktop. Unless they've done something radically different with these newer boards I wouldn't touch it with Linux.
Calling the fans loud would be a gross understatement. Replace them all with some ADDA fans and at least that problem goes away.
Over the past few years, I either install Debian over the net or from a CD set purchased from cheap-bytes. I install onto 20+ machines at a time per upgrade and I'd be surprised if my aquisition methods were counted in this survey.
From personal experience, if RH is seeing a decline it is because their "support" is not a good value. I know I've made my last purchase from them
I live out in the middle of nowhere ( a town with approx. 36 sq. mi. and less than 1000 people). I bike in to work 10 mi each direction most of the year. It can be done. It's not a hardship - in fact, its probably the best part of my work day and only adds about 30 minutes to my total commute time. With a little bit of planning, even snow isn't that much of an inconvenience.
I though Australia was a continent. When did it get downgraded to an island?
I'm sorry but all this talk about kids knowing more about technology than adults just doesn't fit the reality that I'm seeing. I feel like I'm inbetween generations on this issue being in my early 30's. I grew up in the 80's learning DOS on a TRS-80. Now, I admin a subnet at the local college in my area (90% *nix servers and clients) and deal with students on a regular basis. I'm not seeing any impressive levels of computer knowledge coming with the incoming freshmen each year. Sure, they know IM, Napster, ICQ, Quake and how to mouse around M$ user interfaces but there's a surprising lack of anything beyond surface knowledge. The ratio of cluelessness to competence seems to be just about the same between the 18-22 year olds as in the 25-50's. The differences I do see is that the younger generation has a better comefort level with the general use of technology. I think this is more noticeable at this time since we're in a transition time where computers are becoming ubiquitous in the lives of nearly everyone at some level. For those of you who are now in your teens and feel that you've got some powerful block of knowledge over your predecessors - wait. Wait five or ten years when you no longer have the free time to futz with your computer for hours on end. Jobs, relationships, children and other responsibilities have a way of taking away your edge. Unless you have the good fortune of working in the field on a regular basis you will find that your knowledge is fast becoming out-dated by the next generation. The minute you stop learning is the moment you start falling behind - regardless of your age. I've seen quite a few posts here, apparently from teens, about how they have the ability (power) to fix things their parents can't fingure out. Remember, Mom and/or Dad probably aren't ignorant, they may just be too busy feeding you and keeping the bill collectors away to even care about how this stuff works. Some of you may have the good fortune to understand this before you are the one who is clueless about what the next upcoming generation is playing with.
If you don't like the GPL then don't use it or any software developed under it. Simple.