Actually, AbiWord has some ability to import Word97 format files, I'm not sure how good it is on very complex files (tables and inline images aren't working yet, so who knows) But it imported most of my documents without any problems.
Great! Thanks a lot. Is there some problem with libstdc++-2.8.1.1 or something? I've heard that 2.9.0 works, as does 2.8, but people seem to have trouble with 2.8.1.1. Hmmm...
As cool as this was to hear, it won't work on my system. I've got a glibc2.1, libstdc++-2.8.1.1 system, and I get
"undefined symbol: __eh_pc"
when I try to run realplay.
This is too bad. Anyone have an idea on how to fix this problem?
You might have started it, but you don't own it.
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Internet Freedom Act
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There seems to be this global misconception among American politician's, that the Internet can be regulated. Now, personally, anything that does away with spam is fine by me, but a law that is completely unenforceable does nothing to create confidence in me.
Point being. The Internet is not a 'thing' it's a bunch of things. To regulate an international network of machines would be like trying to regulate every person on the planet. And I've seen that the governments have a little trouble with one rogue individual, I doubt they'd have much luck with one user, anonymously, behind a computer.
For the first time, I've got a stable version of mozilla. I'm running the libc5 version on my glibc2.1 version, and magically, it loads faster, renders quicker, and has generally not crashed even once in the last 24 hours. The mem usage seems a little down. Yes, I wish a mozilla beta was out, but this is finally usable, and I don't have to use that ugly kfm browser, which fills my home directory with junk, and can't handle cookies properly.
The whole idea of a kill switch is ludicrous, especially on alternative platforms. Sure, they'll try to "own" Win32, but when it comes to Linux/BSD/etc, they're out of luck. It's unlikely that the community would scrap mp3 (with the multitude of free, GPL'ed players) and pick up on SDMI, which only WORKS if it's locked up tight. I know I wouldn't. I just want to listen to some music. Finally, the idea of 'preventing' the user from using a competing format, is by definition, anti-competitive, and a group of concerned users could easily bring upon a lawsuit. Moral: It won't happen. And if it does, we can drown the RIAA in so much legal red-tape, that they won't have time to see MP3 turn around and bite them in the...
I'm completely confused by the negative comments here. What is the problem? If you're not interested in a particular revision of the kernel, avoid downloading it.
Unless you're completely anal retentive, it shouldn't matter if you miss a kernel revision. Just wait until you see something worth upgrading to, and be happy that those who had problems (Oracle, hd buffer stuff) had it fixed before they even had time to complain.
You know, if things like this bother you, Rob added a filtering mechanism just for stuff like this. I wanted to know. It fixed some problems I was having. I read slashdot, because I can count on it getting news out quickly.
Don't like it? Filter it out.
He didn't write it for you to rip off.
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Specifically, if the original author placed it under the GPL, he did it because it is HIS right. He didn't want people writing commercial software with it, and that's his perogative.
Oh please. You'll have to forgive me for weeding through all the knee-jerk nonsense, and get to the point.
First and foremost, I didn't break into banks, phone companies, and certainly not private individuals. I went into universities, just so I could see a shell. I never deleted anything, caused any damage whatsoever. The 'rules' of ethical hacking do mean something.
As for the flaming insults you're throwing at me. I was a kid when I did this stuff... I've graduated from University, and I don't exactly spend a lot of time breaking the law. And that's the point. You learn when you're a kid, and sometimes people put limits on what you can learn, some of us didn't want to limit ourselves.
You're right, people shouldn't have to worry about being hacked. And you know what, that's what I've learned, is how to PREVENT the malicious hackers. I never hurt anyone's system, but there are people who do, who used the same techniques we were using 7-8 years ago. (The guy who hacked the Pentagon used ideas that are as old as they get) But if they had the sense to hire people who KNEW how these things worked, perhaps they'd be better off.
I don't condone malicious hacking, or vandalism, whether virtual or physical. However, I do understand that the pursuit of knowledge sometimes clashes with the law. It happens. You can yell at me, accuse me of things I'd never do, and generally throw a tantrum, but I don't break the law, I don't hack people's systems, and I definitely don't like so-called "script kiddies"
This government-sponsored scapegoating is ridiculous. Fine, all you self-righteous people think cracking systems is the worst thing any hacker can do. Well, for myself, and a great deal of my friends, it was crucial. Living in a small town, you're not exactly handed copies of UNIX to learn from, and you won't see a network, that's for sure. Cracking is a learning tool. Few of us ever did any damage. So get off it. As for the 'damages', considering that the stolen source code wasn't exactly STOLEN, seeing as the companies still had their copy, it was more like a photocopy, which is hardly 10,000,000 dollars worth of theft. You guys can discount cracking, and condemn in a holier-than-thou fashion, but we're not criminals, we're just curious parties. And lest we forget, Mitnick's greatest crime, and the one they'll never forgive him for, is the fact that he outsmarted people. Read the Manifesto (1986)
I completely agree with Daryll, people seem to think that changes happen in these huge world-moving ways, but they happen gradually. Fine, GLIDE isn't open, but the 2D is. I compiled an accelerated X server for my Voodoo3 and it works great. With nVidia's release, there's not enough register-level information for even BASIC acceleration. Of all the 'game-card' manufacturers, 3DFX has been the most supportive.
No one in the US seems to want to acknowledge the problem.
It's simple. Take a drug test. You have a control group, one with the drug and one with the placebo. In this case, let's replace 'drug' with guns.
In Canada, we get the same games, violent movies, and just about all the same influences as the Americans. But... when have you heard of a Canadian kid shooting up a school? It happens almost monthly in the US, but not in Canada.
What is the problem here? The only difference between these two focus groups is the guns. How could anyone conclude that the problem is video games? It's not scientifically sound reasoning.
I'll play Quake, I'll watch John Woo movies, and I don't have to worry about my freedom being taken away because of some gun nuts trying to shift the blame from the obvious (guns) to the easy target (media)
Sure, they release stuff under the GPL, but with all these strategic partnerships popping up, a lot of commercial software only runs on RedHat. They don't stick to standards for file layouts or much else, so you can run an alternate distribution -- but not if you want to use something without source.
Remember, the goal is to have Linux on every desktop, including where we work, we're going to get stuck using commercial software, so at least let us run a GOOD distribution... like Stampede:) plug!)
This is great news. I stopped using gcc some time ago (actually, about the same time kernel 2.2 and glibc2.1 were released) and everything compiled just beautifully, in fact the only problem I ever had was with kaffe.
Having the pentium-optimized compiler integrated into the default would help a lot as we wouldn't be stuck using slow-ass i386 binaries on our Pentiums/K6s.
I'm not going to run Windows just so I can buy music online. As long as I have an encoder (and so does every other non-Win32 user) It won't matter because anyone can encode. With Microsoft you lose that ability.
Finally, it's not like they can outlaw MP3 encoders, I doubt the commercial MP3 companies would stand for that.
They couldn't outlaw CD-R, and floppy disks, after all:)
Unfortunately, there isn't a source release, so those of us running glibc2.1 won't be able to run this. M3 compiled pretty cleanly, so I'm hoping M4 won't be disappointing.
I just wish M3 wasn't so damn slow. Is it possible to compile it without all the debugging code?
Have you actually tried Stampede? Do you know anything about it's stability? Before you start shooting your mouth off, consider running a distro that actually has glibc2.1 packages.
My machine is under a fair amount of stress, and has a high uptime. Nothing that worked before stopped working, and as for kernel 2.2.1, I have had no issues with that either. (I'm not on an Alpha, mind you) But nevertheless, don't talk about something you seem to know little about.
(glibc2.1 was pulled because of issues with gcc 2.8.1, not for instability.)
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Actually, AbiWord has some ability to import Word97 format files, I'm not sure how good it is on very complex files (tables and inline images aren't working yet, so who knows) But it imported most of my documents without any problems.
Great! Thanks a lot. Is there some problem with
libstdc++-2.8.1.1 or something? I've heard that
2.9.0 works, as does 2.8, but people seem to have
trouble with 2.8.1.1. Hmmm...
Aubin
As cool as this was to hear, it won't work on my
system. I've got a glibc2.1, libstdc++-2.8.1.1 system, and I get
"undefined symbol: __eh_pc"
when I try to run realplay.
This is too bad. Anyone have an idea on how to fix this problem?
There seems to be this global misconception
among American politician's, that the Internet can
be regulated. Now, personally, anything that does
away with spam is fine by me, but a law that is
completely unenforceable does nothing to create
confidence in me.
Point being. The Internet is not a 'thing' it's a
bunch of things. To regulate an international
network of machines would be like trying to
regulate every person on the planet. And I've seen
that the governments have a little trouble with
one rogue individual, I doubt they'd have much
luck with one user, anonymously, behind a computer.
You're spitting into the wind, America.
For the first time, I've got a stable version of mozilla. I'm running the libc5 version on my glibc2.1 version, and magically, it loads faster, renders quicker, and has generally not crashed even once in the last 24 hours. The mem usage seems a little down.
Yes, I wish a mozilla beta was out, but this is finally usable, and I don't have to use that ugly
kfm browser, which fills my home directory with junk, and can't handle cookies properly.
The whole idea of a kill switch is ludicrous, especially on alternative platforms. Sure, they'll try to "own" Win32, but when it comes to Linux/BSD/etc, they're out of luck. It's unlikely that the community would scrap mp3 (with the multitude of free, GPL'ed players) and pick up on SDMI, which only WORKS if it's locked up tight. I know I wouldn't. I just want to listen to some music.
Finally, the idea of 'preventing' the user from using a competing format, is by definition, anti-competitive, and a group of concerned users could easily bring upon a lawsuit.
Moral: It won't happen. And if it does, we can drown the RIAA in so much legal red-tape, that they won't have time to see MP3 turn around and bite them in the...
I'm completely confused by the negative comments here. What is the problem? If you're not interested in a particular revision of the kernel, avoid downloading it.
Unless you're completely anal retentive, it shouldn't matter if you miss a kernel revision. Just wait until you see something worth upgrading to, and be happy that those who had problems (Oracle, hd buffer stuff) had it fixed before they even had time to complain.
You know, if things like this bother you, Rob added a filtering mechanism just for stuff like this. I wanted to know. It fixed some problems I was having. I read slashdot, because I can count on it getting news out quickly.
Don't like it? Filter it out.
Specifically, if the original author placed it under the GPL, he did it because it is HIS right. He didn't want people writing commercial software with it, and that's his perogative.
Oh please. You'll have to forgive me for weeding through all the knee-jerk nonsense, and get to the point.
First and foremost, I didn't break into banks, phone companies, and certainly not private individuals. I went into universities, just so I could see a shell. I never deleted anything, caused any damage whatsoever. The 'rules' of ethical hacking do mean something.
As for the flaming insults you're throwing at me. I was a kid when I did this stuff... I've graduated from University, and I don't exactly spend a lot of time breaking the law. And that's the point. You learn when you're a kid, and sometimes people put limits on what you can learn, some of us didn't want to limit ourselves.
You're right, people shouldn't have to worry about being hacked. And you know what, that's what I've learned, is how to PREVENT the malicious hackers. I never hurt anyone's system, but there are people who do, who used the same techniques we were using 7-8 years ago. (The guy who hacked the Pentagon used ideas that are as old as they get) But if they had the sense to hire people who KNEW how these things worked, perhaps they'd be better off.
I don't condone malicious hacking, or vandalism, whether virtual or physical. However, I do understand that the pursuit of knowledge sometimes clashes with the law. It happens. You can yell at me, accuse me of things I'd never do, and generally throw a tantrum, but I don't break the law, I don't hack people's systems, and I definitely don't like so-called "script kiddies"
This government-sponsored scapegoating is ridiculous. Fine, all you self-righteous people think cracking systems is the worst thing any hacker can do. Well, for myself, and a great deal of my friends, it was crucial. Living in a small town, you're not exactly handed copies of UNIX to learn from, and you won't see a network, that's for sure. Cracking is a learning tool. Few of us ever did any damage. So get off it. As for the 'damages', considering that the stolen source code wasn't exactly STOLEN, seeing as the companies still had their copy, it was more like a photocopy, which is hardly 10,000,000 dollars worth of theft. You guys can discount cracking, and condemn in a holier-than-thou fashion, but we're not criminals, we're just curious parties. And lest we forget, Mitnick's greatest crime, and the one they'll never forgive him for, is the fact that he outsmarted people. Read the Manifesto (1986)
Ok, find me another way to get good, accelerated 3D on a consumer card, under Linux. Oh wait, you can't.
I completely agree with Daryll, people seem to think that changes happen in these huge world-moving ways, but they happen gradually. Fine, GLIDE isn't open, but the 2D is. I compiled an accelerated X server for my Voodoo3 and it works great. With nVidia's release, there's not enough register-level information for even BASIC acceleration. Of all the 'game-card' manufacturers, 3DFX has been the most supportive.
No one in the US seems to want to acknowledge the problem.
It's simple. Take a drug test. You have a control group, one with the drug and one with the placebo. In this case, let's replace 'drug' with guns.
In Canada, we get the same games, violent movies, and just about all the same influences as the Americans. But... when have you heard of a Canadian kid shooting up a school? It happens almost monthly in the US, but not in Canada.
What is the problem here? The only difference between these two focus groups is the guns. How could anyone conclude that the problem is video games? It's not scientifically sound reasoning.
I'll play Quake, I'll watch John Woo movies, and I don't have to worry about my freedom being taken away because of some gun nuts trying to shift the blame from the obvious (guns) to the easy target (media)
Sure, they release stuff under the GPL, but with all these strategic partnerships popping up, a lot of commercial software only runs on RedHat. They don't stick to standards for file layouts or much else, so you can run an alternate distribution -- but not if you want to use something without source.
:) plug!)
Remember, the goal is to have Linux on every desktop, including where we work, we're going to get stuck using commercial software, so at least let us run a GOOD distribution... like Stampede
This is great news. I stopped using gcc some time ago (actually, about the same time kernel 2.2 and glibc2.1 were released) and everything compiled just beautifully, in fact the only problem I ever had was with kaffe.
Having the pentium-optimized compiler integrated into the default would help a lot as we wouldn't be stuck using slow-ass i386 binaries on our Pentiums/K6s.
I'm not going to run Windows just so I can buy
:)
music online. As long as I have an encoder (and so does every other non-Win32 user) It won't matter because anyone can encode. With Microsoft you lose that ability.
Finally, it's not like they can outlaw MP3 encoders, I doubt the commercial MP3 companies would stand for that.
They couldn't outlaw CD-R, and floppy disks, after all
Unfortunately, there isn't a source release, so
those of us running glibc2.1 won't be able to run
this. M3 compiled pretty cleanly, so I'm hoping
M4 won't be disappointing.
I just wish M3 wasn't so damn slow. Is it possible
to compile it without all the debugging code?
Have you actually tried Stampede? Do you know
anything about it's stability? Before you start
shooting your mouth off, consider running a distro
that actually has glibc2.1 packages.
My machine is under a fair amount of stress, and
has a high uptime. Nothing that worked before
stopped working, and as for kernel 2.2.1, I have
had no issues with that either. (I'm not on an Alpha, mind you) But nevertheless, don't talk
about something you seem to know little about.
(glibc2.1 was pulled because of issues with gcc 2.8.1, not for instability.)
Stampede Linux has had glibc2.1 in it's 'stable'
tree since February 8th.