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  1. Re:NetHack on New Linux-based PDA due September · · Score: 1

    yes, there is a version of nethack working for qtopia, has worked for quite some time now, actually.

  2. Re:Opie seems like a dead end on New Linux-based PDA due September · · Score: 1
    what makes the LGPL different from the GPL, is the fact that non free software can link with it.

    SO, the LGPL really advances commercial, proprietary software in a free software environment. It does NOT advance 'free' software at all.

    You are still saying that the GPL still isn't good enough because Trolltech uses it.

  3. Re:this is why i dont yet want a linux pda... on New Linux-based PDA due September · · Score: 1

    hmm, free.. I seem to be able to put a free gui on my zaurus'. It's called Qtopia. There is also something called Opie.

    In fact, Qt is also free. I guess the gpl isn't free enough for you if it comes from Trolltech, eh?

  4. Re:Opie seems like a dead end on New Linux-based PDA due September · · Score: 1

    hmm, how come the GPL is never good enough whenever someone speaks about Qt or Trolltech?

    The GPL allows for making money. The LGPL only seems reasonable, if you like proprietary software....

    I make money off of GPL software that I own the copyright for. Nothing is stopping me from linking to Opie, or Qtopia.

  5. says it all... on Linux Router Project Dead · · Score: 1
    Either I move to California (never!) or move on.

    That says it all. If you aren't willing to move to where your jobs are, you going to have to start cleaning out sh*t holes.

  6. my case on Job Chances for Older Coders? · · Score: 1

    I am older (37), never finished university, taught myself c++, involved with several open source projects, written several open source programs, and just got hired... overseas....

  7. Re:nice on Professional-Grade Audio Recording With A PDA · · Score: 1

    well, actually it was core-sound. my bad. and they did not tell me this.

    Anyone who develops software for pdas could tell you, the current set of pda processors cannot handle that much information.

  8. Re:nice on Professional-Grade Audio Recording With A PDA · · Score: 1

    well, nice of you to know just what the heck I have done.

    Perhaps you also looked into your crystal ball and saw that I also spoke to someone from core-source a few weeks ago about this very project.

    And maybe that crystal ball also told you that I am not only a recording engineer, but also a software developer...

    and if you do the math, a 200 mHz no FPU ARM processor is not sufficient for recording DVD quality audio. No matter if it is a cf add-on.

  9. nice on Professional-Grade Audio Recording With A PDA · · Score: 1

    This will be nice for future batches of pdas. The current batch of pda processors, almost certainly cannot handle this high of quality of audio.

  10. my kit on What Would You Put Into A Software Survival Kit? · · Score: 1

    - tomsrtbt, or similiar, perhaps knoppix cd
    - win98 boot disk, with zip drivers
    - xtree, dos commander, and ztree
    - windows cd's
    - screwdriver, flathead and philips head
    - needlenose pliers
    - extra stuff like hard drive shunts, hardware screws

  11. GNU/Hey!! on RMS Turns 50 · · Score: 1

    GNU/Happy GNU/B-day, GNU/Richard! GNU/Keep GNU/working GNU/on GNU/emacs GNU/and GNU/I'll GNU/be GNU/happy GNU/too!

  12. I've tried windows.. on Linux in the Workplace · · Score: 0, Redundant

    in the workplace, but I had problems installing it. It kept needing to be rebooted (3 times for one install!). and once installed, not all of my devices were working, so I had to borrow a friends linux box to download the needed drivers.
    Then I had to figure out how to configure my network, and it needed to be rebooted again. and then I forgot the proper workgroup name, so I had to reboot yet again.
    And then for some unexplained reason, everything froze when I clicked on a link on a web page. and I needed to reboot again. Then it told me I need to fix something, cause I didn't shutdown windows properly. and I needed to reboot again, cause it booted up into 'safe mode'.

    So, I gave up and installed Mandrake.
    I havent rebooted since.

  13. Re:Hiring dumb people costs 22% less! on Win2k Cheaper than Linux · · Score: 1

    oh man. this is frickin' funny. I thought I had moderator status.. oh well ++

  14. popup ads on Only Thieves Block Pop-Ups · · Score: 1

    Your popup ads are 'Theft of my screen real estate'!!

  15. No big deal, really on Magnetic Poles May Be About To Flip · · Score: 2, Informative

    The sun's magnetic poles switch every 11 years, which just happens to be current flipped. Flipped in last year in Feb.

    http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast15feb _1 .htm

  16. Re:Why do people make this subject sound complicat on Music and the Internet Reprise · · Score: 1

    Obviously you are neither a musician, nor in the recording business. Not everybody is Charles Mingus.

    People DO record albums in 60 minutes.. they call them 'Live" recordings. But most likely there will be mistakes made. and sound bad.

    Not only does the recording take hundreds of hours sometimes, but there's also prep, there's also all the grapgics work on the cd to make it look nice.

    And as for the price of an album.. what about the graphics people? or how about all the extra people you never hear about? Do they deserve to get paid for their work?

    Granted, record companies take a steep cut, but there's sometimes hundreds of people working on one album. They will never get their names on the album.

  17. its not executable size that matters on Smallest Possible ELF Executable? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Its not so much the executable size that really matters (when talking about bloat), its the memory consumption of the program that really matters.I could write a very small program size wise that would drain your memory and crash your system, or make it slow down to a crawl.

  18. Re:Microsoft's code of behavior? on Microsoft may Sanction the 'Switcher' PR-Rep · · Score: 1

    damn it. I just lost my moderator status.. good points!
    Get Behind the Mule++

  19. 3 signs of Armaggedon.... on AOL's new Linux PC · · Score: 1

    1) Ozzy Osborne at the Buckingham Palace.
    2) Ozzy Ozborne at the White House
    3) AOL client on linux

  20. Re:Third desktop on Red Hat Explains Stance on KDE/Gnome Desktop Changes · · Score: 1

    I agree. Red Hat can call it GnoDE, or Knome

  21. Re:Redhat is doing the right thing on Red Hat Explains Stance on KDE/Gnome Desktop Changes · · Score: 1

    Huh?
    How can removing people's credit in the About dialogs be a good thing?

  22. Choice on Red Hat Explains Stance on KDE/Gnome Desktop Changes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Choice is why I moved to using linux. Choice is why I never install gnome desktop. Choice is why I can use KDE, or Window Maker, or Fluxbox whenever I feel the need.

    You can merge Gnome and KDE into one desktop over my dead liquid cooled boxes pump!

  23. Re:Opie Player and mplayer on Zaurus Software Reviews · · Score: 1

    Corerction:
    Opieplayer2 uses xine as a backend.

  24. Re:Links on Zaurus Software Reviews · · Score: 4, Informative

    You forgot the two most important links:
    http://opie.handhelds.org
    http://openzaurus.sourceforge.net

  25. Finally? on Zaurus Sync Software (Finally) Available for Linux · · Score: 1

    I've been syncing my zaurus on linux for months now.. about 9 to be exact.

    This is new?