Linux is most definitely ready for the Desktop, I've been using it as such at work for over 10 years. I run KDE and have 8 virtual desktops for various work situations. I typically have approximately 20 shell windows open, with 4-5 in my main work desktop. I subscribe to about 35 mainstream mailing lists, about 20 of which are "active" - including linux-kernel. I keep 90 days worth of email for each, so that I can go back and see if others have encountered problems that I come across. I certainly don't read all this email, nor do I manually filter it. I'd guess that I get about a thousand emails a day, about 20-30 of which actually end up in my inbox. I do my own spam filtering on my desktop machine as well.
If I try to think of a windows machine handling my work load, I laugh. Occasionally, I've tried some things. Email. Outlook exchange or whatever it is called - it simply cannot open an email folder with 13000 emails in it, let alone search it. Virtual desktops? I've never noticed that windows could do something like that... 20-30 shell windows? Forget it. Windows is a toy system.
Games. When I want to play a game - I use a gaming system, I have several at home - my kids really like them. A couple of them are windows systems. That is about the only use I have for windows - to play games on. It is incapable of handling the way that I work.
Other people work differently, and there are many people in our office here that depend solely on windows systems. They are effective and get their work done. I could not work that way though. And they do complain a lot about 15 minute boot times...
I do not recommend NFS for windows clients. SFU 3.5 stops at 2 Gig files. Have you tried to backup one of your windows boxes? One with > 2 G of data on it? It won't work. It didn't the last time I tried anyways... samba does work.
I've been programming for more than 20 years.
I keep this quote stuck to all my desktops using knotes:
Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it.
Ok, got it. Thanks. For me, the links don't show as underlined... they're something just *slightly* different in color from the regular black font. And I read the article too, but didn't see a link for the chart in it. I'll look closer next time.
I believe this is HSTCP.
For more info, you can also take a look at: Web100 and Net100.
It basically amounts to improving the AIMD algorithm and changing the way slow start works as well. Also, whoever said it before that this will not help your DSL connection is correct. It is meant to help high speed long RTT paths. And it does so -- quite well.
Yes, IANAP either. However, one thing that occurred to me: Apparently a "picture" has been made of this light pulse inside of some Cesium, where the pulse came out the other side quite a bit quicker than usual. (I liked the ascii art that the one poster did, which got me to thinking about this idea). Anyways, as the pulse is approaching the chamber; is it possible for the air/vacuum/whatever it is travelling through before it hits the chamber to be causing the same thing to happen? Namely, the pulse travels through this medium by two new pulses being generated, one moving forward; the other backwards cancelling out the incoming pulse. Normally, the pulse moving forward travels at light speed. "Magic" happens (IANAP) when it hits the cesium chamber, and we get what appears to be faster than c travel by the pulse.
Slashdot Mirror
And polish them up.
I live in Minnesota, and would like to go camping sometimes.
Would you want one with an IP address?
Not me, thank you.
Linux is most definitely ready for the Desktop, I've been using it
as such at work for over 10 years. I run KDE and have 8 virtual desktops for various work situations. I typically have approximately 20 shell windows open, with 4-5 in my main work desktop. I subscribe to about 35 mainstream mailing lists, about 20 of which are "active" - including linux-kernel. I keep 90 days worth of email for each, so that I can go back and see if others have encountered problems that I come across. I certainly don't read all this email, nor do I manually filter it. I'd guess that I get about a thousand emails a day, about 20-30 of which actually end up in my inbox. I do my own spam filtering on my desktop machine as well.
If I try to think of a windows machine handling my work load, I laugh. Occasionally, I've tried some things. Email. Outlook exchange or whatever it is called - it simply cannot open an email
folder with 13000 emails in it, let alone search it. Virtual desktops? I've never noticed that windows could do something like that...
20-30 shell windows? Forget it. Windows is a toy system.
Games. When I want to play a game - I use a gaming system, I have several at home - my kids really like them. A couple of them are windows systems. That is about the only use I have for windows - to play games on. It is incapable of handling the way that I work.
Other people work differently, and there are many people in our office here that depend solely on windows systems. They are effective and get their work done. I could not work that way though. And they do complain a lot about 15 minute boot times...
It's the universe's belly button!
This is exactly what crossed my mind too! :)
Whoops - we ran smack into planet earth.
Or the moon - take your pick.
'I still haven't used the full potential,' he said.
Feh.
Definitely famous last words.
It seems to me they should add a dns cname of slashdotnewbies.org.
I do not recommend NFS for windows clients.
SFU 3.5 stops at 2 Gig files.
Have you tried to backup one of your windows boxes?
One with > 2 G of data on it? It won't work.
It didn't the last time I tried anyways... samba does work.
It's theirs:
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Ok, got it. Thanks.
For me, the links don't show as underlined... they're something just *slightly* different in color from the regular black font.
And I read the article too, but didn't see a link for the chart in it. I'll look closer next time.
So, where is the chart showing the top 20?
Go see http://www.skywebexpress.com/news/news-openhouse.s html
Coming this December 8th, you can go for a ride on it.
Of course though, being in the showroom; I imagine it's a pretty short hunk of track.
Sorry, but I really can't take this seriously until it reaches the triple termination point.
On second thought - is SCO counting blank lines?
Here's some duplicated code in agpgart.h:
:)
#ifndef TRUE
#define TRUE 1
#endif
#ifndef FALSE
#define FALSE 0
#endif
That's 7 lines found so far...
I believe this is HSTCP.
For more info, you can also take a look at:
Web100 and Net100.
It basically amounts to improving the AIMD algorithm and changing the way slow start works as well. Also, whoever said it before that this will not help your DSL connection is correct. It is meant to help high speed long RTT paths. And it does so -- quite well.
I think this would be an interesting idea for a screensaver. Better than those twirling lines.
Yes, IANAP either. However, one thing that occurred to me: Apparently a "picture" has been made of this light pulse inside of some Cesium, where the pulse came out the other side quite a bit quicker than usual. (I liked the ascii art that the one poster did, which got me to thinking about this idea). Anyways, as the pulse is approaching the chamber; is it possible for the air/vacuum/whatever it is travelling through before it hits the chamber to be causing the same thing to happen? Namely, the pulse travels through this medium by two new pulses being generated, one moving forward; the other backwards cancelling out the incoming pulse. Normally, the pulse moving forward travels at light speed. "Magic" happens (IANAP) when it hits the cesium chamber, and we get what appears to be faster than c travel by the pulse.