I've had mine for a couple of months now (bought it for about 140$), and I've used it to control XMMS and other stuff, my other stereo system and my TV.
There's no Xfree for audio, but there is GNOME for audio (Esound), and then there is KDE for audio (Arts or aRts or something like that). There are probably smaller players on that field as well.
The driver system is another thing. Linux has one set of drivers, ALSA has one, and maybe all the BSD systems all have too.
I think you have made an excellent point; there really is no common base for audio like what Xfree is for graphics.
It's a bit curious that you mention sound. The content in themes.org is very graphics-centric. Lately I've been thinking why it is so.
Maybe the problem is software. Sure there are lots of GNU/Linux audio software, but none of it has really reached the same level of sophistication and integration as Gimp.
It doesn't make much sense to demand that open source products would have to include a backdoor. After all, it would be trivial for anyone, including terrorists, to remove it should they want to do so.
So maybe this would only affect binary-only software.
Yeah, but you think of the languages themselves, not the names. Think of the words: Java is a place famous for its coffee and tea, and lisp is a speech impediment.
If you were to decide whether you called a new programming language Java or Lisp, which one would you choose?:-)
The MHz value isn't everything, unless you happen to manufacture a chip with the biggest MHz value.
This really is a standard procedure. It has probably been used by all CPU and machine makers. But as I've migrated from a 60 MHz system to a 333 MHz one, and again to a 1 GHz one, I've noticed that the numbers pretty much correspond to the actual user experience.
The proper word is "claim". Having liberty means having a prima facie right to happiness, e.g. nobody has the right to restrict your happiness without legitimately justifying it somehow.
On the other hand, having a claim against someone means that this other person has a responsibility to you. In this case the responsibility is to refrain from certain things to you that you don't want done.
Check out Norman Barry's Introduction to Modern Political Theory for additional information.
I'd say it doesn't make much sense to have the server run on a machine that doesn't also run the client. Now if this was some huge cpu intensive server, things would be different.
Just to try it out, I've run the FreeCiv server on my headless Pentium, and it worked fine. But then X, GTK+ and the client all require so much power that if you need (well, not need, but want) a P2 to run the client, running the server on the same machine doesn't slow it down noticeably.
As I said earlier, the card does indeed have s-video output (and obviously a standard VGA connector too). grepping/var/log/messages didn't return anything, but/var/log/xdm.log did:
(--) NVIDIA(0): TV Encoder detected as Brooktree 869
If you want one, it's the Elsa Gladiac 511 TV-OUT with 64 megs of memory, with the Geforce 2 MX 400 and with S-Video output (check out the Elsa site for the European version that I've got if you're European; I don't know if the US etc. versions of the card are any different, though).
Nope, it's on a slower machine.:-) It's a 333 MHz P2, and it's my media machine. The only reason why I have the Geforce in it is that it's the only card I could get with TV support in Xfree.
What if you need to check your mail on a sailboat, with nobody else around? Will you need to become a pirate to get other people to hand over their gadgets?
Okay, I'm not that sure about this. But I think my Elsa Gladiac with the Geforce MX400 does 3D and TV at the same time. I am not sure because I don't really play 3D games, but at least a few 3D xmms plugins got significantly faster after I installed the card and recompiled them (without changing the cpu, which is a 333 MHz P2). And the card drivers at least claim to be "NVIDIA_GLX".
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The M1 rocks!
I've had mine for a couple of months now (bought it for about 140$), and I've used it to control XMMS and other stuff, my other stereo system and my TV.
Is privacy really the freedom we need the most?
I'd think I value more the freedom to live my life not having to be afraid of being executed the next day for a random reason or for no reason at all.
Gimp and POV-Ray.
But wait for the new themes.org - it's going to rule.
There's no Xfree for audio, but there is GNOME for audio (Esound), and then there is KDE for audio (Arts or aRts or something like that). There are probably smaller players on that field as well.
The driver system is another thing. Linux has one set of drivers, ALSA has one, and maybe all the BSD systems all have too.
I think you have made an excellent point; there really is no common base for audio like what Xfree is for graphics.
It's a bit curious that you mention sound. The content in themes.org is very graphics-centric. Lately I've been thinking why it is so.
Maybe the problem is software. Sure there are lots of GNU/Linux audio software, but none of it has really reached the same level of sophistication and integration as Gimp.
It doesn't make much sense to demand that open source products would have to include a backdoor. After all, it would be trivial for anyone, including terrorists, to remove it should they want to do so.
So maybe this would only affect binary-only software.
I think rebuilding them wouldn't be such a good idea. I for one will never want to work in any place as central as this.
Workers and offices need to be spread more evenly. It is impossible for terrorists to attack then, if everyone's working at home using the net.
Explode? That's not violence, that's just cute! "Oh no!" *dopdopdopdopdopdopdop* :-)
Yeah, but you think of the languages themselves, not the names. Think of the words: Java is a place famous for its coffee and tea, and lisp is a speech impediment.
If you were to decide whether you called a new programming language Java or Lisp, which one would you choose? :-)
Lisp. Java. Which one sounds sexier? :-)
Also, the macro virus support of rtf isn't as complete as in doc.
The MHz value isn't everything, unless you happen to manufacture a chip with the biggest MHz value.
This really is a standard procedure. It has probably been used by all CPU and machine makers. But as I've migrated from a 60 MHz system to a 333 MHz one, and again to a 1 GHz one, I've noticed that the numbers pretty much correspond to the actual user experience.
The proper word is "claim". Having liberty means having a prima facie right to happiness, e.g. nobody has the right to restrict your happiness without legitimately justifying it somehow.
On the other hand, having a claim against someone means that this other person has a responsibility to you. In this case the responsibility is to refrain from certain things to you that you don't want done.
Check out Norman Barry's Introduction to Modern Political Theory for additional information.
And this is how it should be.
Free operating system, free games. If we had settled for less before, we would all be using Windows.
I'd say it doesn't make much sense to have the server run on a machine that doesn't also run the client. Now if this was some huge cpu intensive server, things would be different.
Just to try it out, I've run the FreeCiv server on my headless Pentium, and it worked fine. But then X, GTK+ and the client all require so much power that if you need (well, not need, but want) a P2 to run the client, running the server on the same machine doesn't slow it down noticeably.
As I said earlier, the card does indeed have s-video output (and obviously a standard VGA connector too). grepping /var/log/messages didn't return anything, but /var/log/xdm.log did:
(--) NVIDIA(0): TV Encoder detected as Brooktree 869
So it is not a BT871, but a BT869.
If you want one, it's the Elsa Gladiac 511 TV-OUT with 64 megs of memory, with the Geforce 2 MX 400 and with S-Video output (check out the Elsa site for the European version that I've got if you're European; I don't know if the US etc. versions of the card are any different, though).
Nope, it's on a slower machine. :-) It's a 333 MHz P2, and it's my media machine. The only reason why I have the Geforce in it is that it's the only card I could get with TV support in Xfree.
email != work. And maybe someone has a pleasant job. Maybe one is a poet and emails the publisher his works written in the boat.
gears -fps -root gives me about 45 frames per second at both 640x480 and 800x600. I don't know about the screen scaling features of the card.
kangaroo.
What if you need to check your mail on a sailboat, with nobody else around? Will you need to become a pirate to get other people to hand over their gadgets?
Okay, I'm not that sure about this. But I think my Elsa Gladiac with the Geforce MX400 does 3D and TV at the same time. I am not sure because I don't really play 3D games, but at least a few 3D xmms plugins got significantly faster after I installed the card and recompiled them (without changing the cpu, which is a 333 MHz P2). And the card drivers at least claim to be "NVIDIA_GLX".
"Yes your honor, the primary purpose of this software is to be a Tetris game, and cracking copy protection is only a secondary feature." :-)
Whoa. Who'd guess, looking at their professional looking home page? :-)