unless of cpurse you're using a default slackware install, where ctrl-alt-f2 IS X...
windowmaker rocks. gtk without gnome rocks. mozilla... oh hell it rocks now too. of course I've got a bit more than 32Megs...
before we all bitch about our "god given rights", let's actually think. How much harder will it be for the guilty to go free if they and their lawyers can't hide anything?
pro skater 3 will be on PS2. I never could get into resident evil, the new metroid might be a decent shooter, but it is not metroid. Zelda? have you seen what the folks over at Nintendo DayCare Labs have done to zelda? The next mario won't even be out for another year, and I absolutely hated the N64 version. SOME THINGS SHOULD NOT BE MADE 3D!!! Nintendo's going down, and in a couple of years, the xbox will fade(obsoleted out by M$). And I'll have my PS2, playing the games I actually like.
Actually, msn now comes up just fine under mozilla.9.5 on my win box at work. It seems that my browser has magically learned the art of displying that page "correctly"...
with emmbedded linux, I think the PS2's pure 128bit hardware will more than get the job done for joe user. And if megahertz matters so much, than why does my 5 year old smp system running at 200Mhz still run faster and smoother than newer pc's running at 600Mhz and up? No, I don't program. The only thing I compile is the kernel, I don't run games, thats why I have a playstation. I just don't see hardware going in the same direction it has been for the last 20 years. I mean, a 200$ appliance that does office, games, and all internet related work very well? That's the future. And if sony's smart, they'll have the jump on that homestation thing through software for the PS2.
well of course it's slow now. I wansn't part of the "community" back in '92 when Linux first worked on PC's, but I imagine it wasn't all that much of a showstopper. No, this isn't going to replace development workstations, or enterprise level servers, but for what most users expect out of their PC's, this will be perfect. E-mail, internet, a huge library of games (THAT WORK OUT OF BOX, NO TWEAKING THIS OR THAT OR THE OTHER REQUIRED!!!) and gee, that seems to be just about it. With it's usb and whatever their calling firewire this week ports, It will make a good home movie/digital imaging processing center. All this will require optimization for the platform and It's not going to happen next week. But it will happen. Now if you want "serious PC power" from a console, go buy an X-Box. The X-Box is a cheap PC in a black case, and the PS2 is a game machine in a cooler black case. As for expensive as hell, where can I get a QUALITY pc for $200?
konqerer(sp?) is great, but using KDE bloats things just a wee bit too much. I run the standard gnome/sawfish on my redhat install, and didn't even bother to install any kde/qt stuff, and it's been just fine. Nautilus did do a great job of showing what adding useless "features" does to stuff. I never in my day to day activities find myself thinking "hey, my filemanager opened in less than 3 seconds. there must be something wrong..."
I love linux. Yes, I'm probably a geek, but the more I learn, the more I love it. But even I understand the point that acting like this really is a "war" or "revolution", does no good for anyone. That's probably not proper grammer, but I just want to make the point clear. STOP ACTING LIKE FUCKING RETARDS!!! I tell lots of people about linux's many virtues, and try to explain the best that I can why I choose not to use M$ products. But I don't point and laugh when some "windoze luzer" has a problem. I don't froth at the mouth when speaking of the almighty GPL. People listen to me, and they don't listen to fanatics (unless they're already fanatics themselves). As for those of you who say "Linux will never replace M$ on the desktop", go back and read the EULA's, pricing policy, and hardware requirements for XP again. But I do think that by the time linux will "replace" M$ products, there won't be a desktop anymore. It's all consoles and appliances from now on. Get used to it. And please feel free to comment on my obsessive use of the Italics tag...I love linux. Yes, I'm probably a geek, but the more I learn, the more I love it. But even I understand the point that acting like this really is a "war" or "revolution", does no good for anyone. That's probably not proper grammer, but I just want to make the point clear. STOP ACTING LIKE FUCKING RETARDS!!! I tell lots of people about linux's many virtues, and try to explain the best that I can why I choose not to use M$ products. But I don't point and laugh when some "windoze luzer" has a problem. I don't froth at the mouth when speaking of the almighty GPL. People listen to me, and they don't listen to fanatics (unless they're already fanatics themselves). As for those of you who say "Linux will never replace M$ on the desktop", go back and read the EULA's, pricing policy, and hardware requirements for XP again. But I do think that by the time linux will "replace" M$ products, there won't be a desktop anymore. It's all consoles and appliances from now on. Get used to it. And please feel free to comment on my obsessive use of the Italics tag...
Every six months you'll get a worthless update in the mail. Your credit card will consequently be billed (six to eight months prior to shipping) for $199.98. If you do not want this month's selection, just return this card to our closed PO Box in Uruguay, by this time last month. You may return any product at any time for a full refund. (according to the EULA, software made of matter is non-returnable)
I'm not sure, but isn't that against one or more of MS's EULA's? I mean if I can't use Front Page to poke fun at MS, then I'm sure there is probably some such clause in IIS's or win2K's EULA.
but maybe I'm just not a true geek. I can't seem to get excited about this. But then again, I actually look at my screen, and different color fonts with underline seem to work quite well as to alert me to links.
Sound like one of those half-decent ideas from the idiots in charge, but we'll have to wait a couple more decades until the population is more balanced between good old god fearin' americans, and rational people...
I work retail selling games and systems. Joe blow has been suckered by M$ again. I have the exact same discussion two or three times a day whay the xbox is not god. These mindless minions see 733Mhz vs. 300Mhz. Thats it. They hear nVidia, and drool. Why? Because M$ is paying GameStop (formerly Babbages, formerly Software ETC. formerly...)Big ass bucks to hype the box. Yeas it's going to look great. Until it blue screens. Now what does all this have to do with running linux on the PS2? A lot of you have the toaster mentality, Sure I can give my toaster an ip, but why? Same reason to all that. Why the hell not? I have no illusions, I don't think this will replace those pretty sgi machines they show off on the local weather report, but put these in schools for a whole lot less than apple has been extorting out of the educaton system, and boom. Computer literate kids. Wow what a concept. I'm not talking about future MCSE's who can click in all the right places, but people who actually know how to use the tools. Computers are tools. And just like my wrench set, my linux box dosen't need constant supervision and intervention just to do the job. The windows box at work while supposedly faster and with twice the memory can't pull up IE in less than the time it takes for my box to load the newest mozilla build. and we all know how fsckn long that takes... My point is, well hell, I didn't really have one...
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unless of cpurse you're using a default slackware install, where ctrl-alt-f2 IS X...
windowmaker rocks. gtk without gnome rocks. mozilla... oh hell it rocks now too. of course I've got a bit more than 32Megs...
That dust collecting psone can always be traded in for a couple used ps2 games. And the ps2 can improve(slightly) the look of the old games.
before we all bitch about our "god given rights", let's actually think. How much harder will it be for the guilty to go free if they and their lawyers can't hide anything?
and I got modded as troll?
pro skater 3 will be on PS2. I never could get into resident evil, the new metroid might be a decent shooter, but it is not metroid. Zelda? have you seen what the folks over at Nintendo DayCare Labs have done to zelda? The next mario won't even be out for another year, and I absolutely hated the N64 version. SOME THINGS SHOULD NOT BE MADE 3D!!! Nintendo's going down, and in a couple of years, the xbox will fade(obsoleted out by M$). And I'll have my PS2, playing the games I actually like.
and it still dosen't have any games/features I want...
Actually, msn now comes up just fine under mozilla .9.5 on my win box at work. It seems that my browser has magically learned the art of displying that page "correctly"...
No, it's the losers who grew up on IRC.
with emmbedded linux, I think the PS2's pure 128bit hardware will more than get the job done for joe user. And if megahertz matters so much, than why does my 5 year old smp system running at 200Mhz still run faster and smoother than newer pc's running at 600Mhz and up? No, I don't program. The only thing I compile is the kernel, I don't run games, thats why I have a playstation. I just don't see hardware going in the same direction it has been for the last 20 years. I mean, a 200$ appliance that does office, games, and all internet related work very well? That's the future. And if sony's smart, they'll have the jump on that homestation thing through software for the PS2.
well of course it's slow now. I wansn't part of the "community" back in '92 when Linux first worked on PC's, but I imagine it wasn't all that much of a showstopper. No, this isn't going to replace development workstations, or enterprise level servers, but for what most users expect out of their PC's, this will be perfect. E-mail, internet, a huge library of games (THAT WORK OUT OF BOX, NO TWEAKING THIS OR THAT OR THE OTHER REQUIRED!!!) and gee, that seems to be just about it. With it's usb and whatever their calling firewire this week ports, It will make a good home movie/digital imaging processing center. All this will require optimization for the platform and It's not going to happen next week. But it will happen. Now if you want "serious PC power" from a console, go buy an X-Box. The X-Box is a cheap PC in a black case, and the PS2 is a game machine in a cooler black case. As for expensive as hell, where can I get a QUALITY pc for $200?
is their server running on a cell-dialup? It can't be the slashdot effect, I actually got throught to the site...
Who in god's sweet name modded me up as informative?
konqerer(sp?) is great, but using KDE bloats things just a wee bit too much. I run the standard gnome/sawfish on my redhat install, and didn't even bother to install any kde/qt stuff, and it's been just fine. Nautilus did do a great job of showing what adding useless "features" does to stuff. I never in my day to day activities find myself thinking "hey, my filemanager opened in less than 3 seconds. there must be something wrong..."
just let me run out and get an extra terabyte of ram or so, so I can use it! GMC still works just damn fine.
I love linux. Yes, I'm probably a geek, but the more I learn, the more I love it. But even I understand the point that acting like this really is a "war" or "revolution", does no good for anyone. That's probably not proper grammer, but I just want to make the point clear. STOP ACTING LIKE FUCKING RETARDS!!! I tell lots of people about linux's many virtues, and try to explain the best that I can why I choose not to use M$ products. But I don't point and laugh when some "windoze luzer" has a problem. I don't froth at the mouth when speaking of the almighty GPL. People listen to me, and they don't listen to fanatics (unless they're already fanatics themselves). As for those of you who say "Linux will never replace M$ on the desktop", go back and read the EULA's, pricing policy, and hardware requirements for XP again. But I do think that by the time linux will "replace" M$ products, there won't be a desktop anymore. It's all consoles and appliances from now on. Get used to it. And please feel free to comment on my obsessive use of the Italics tag...I love linux. Yes, I'm probably a geek, but the more I learn, the more I love it. But even I understand the point that acting like this really is a "war" or "revolution", does no good for anyone. That's probably not proper grammer, but I just want to make the point clear. STOP ACTING LIKE FUCKING RETARDS!!! I tell lots of people about linux's many virtues, and try to explain the best that I can why I choose not to use M$ products. But I don't point and laugh when some "windoze luzer" has a problem. I don't froth at the mouth when speaking of the almighty GPL. People listen to me, and they don't listen to fanatics (unless they're already fanatics themselves). As for those of you who say "Linux will never replace M$ on the desktop", go back and read the EULA's, pricing policy, and hardware requirements for XP again. But I do think that by the time linux will "replace" M$ products, there won't be a desktop anymore. It's all consoles and appliances from now on. Get used to it. And please feel free to comment on my obsessive use of the Italics tag...
where the point was made that you might not want your pc to know where you hands are at all time... Dave, about last night...
Every six months you'll get a worthless update in the mail. Your credit card will consequently be billed (six to eight months prior to shipping) for $199.98. If you do not want this month's selection, just return this card to our closed PO Box in Uruguay, by this time last month. You may return any product at any time for a full refund. (according to the EULA, software made of matter is non-returnable)
I'm not sure, but isn't that against one or more of MS's EULA's? I mean if I can't use Front Page to poke fun at MS, then I'm sure there is probably some such clause in IIS's or win2K's EULA.
but maybe I'm just not a true geek. I can't seem to get excited about this. But then again, I actually look at my screen, and different color fonts with underline seem to work quite well as to alert me to links.
slow day?
Sound like one of those half-decent ideas from the idiots in charge, but we'll have to wait a couple more decades until the population is more balanced between good old god fearin' americans, and rational people...
Is it just me, or does linuxhardware.org run on a friggin dialup?
but will the cluster run linux?
I work retail selling games and systems. Joe blow has been suckered by M$ again. I have the exact same discussion two or three times a day whay the xbox is not god. These mindless minions see 733Mhz vs. 300Mhz. Thats it. They hear nVidia, and drool. Why? Because M$ is paying GameStop (formerly Babbages, formerly Software ETC. formerly...)Big ass bucks to hype the box. Yeas it's going to look great. Until it blue screens. Now what does all this have to do with running linux on the PS2? A lot of you have the toaster mentality, Sure I can give my toaster an ip, but why? Same reason to all that. Why the hell not? I have no illusions, I don't think this will replace those pretty sgi machines they show off on the local weather report, but put these in schools for a whole lot less than apple has been extorting out of the educaton system, and boom. Computer literate kids. Wow what a concept. I'm not talking about future MCSE's who can click in all the right places, but people who actually know how to use the tools. Computers are tools. And just like my wrench set, my linux box dosen't need constant supervision and intervention just to do the job. The windows box at work while supposedly faster and with twice the memory can't pull up IE in less than the time it takes for my box to load the newest mozilla build. and we all know how fsckn long that takes... My point is, well hell, I didn't really have one...
how much bandwidth has Windows wasted in the past few years...