This is a quote from their FAQ:"What is running under the hood?
We are running a linux server with apache, mysql, and a combination of perl and php. Almost all of our web based stuff has been written from scratch in php by me. Our entire system resides in a database and is generated dynamically by interfacing php with mysql. Our ircd server is dal.net ircd and our bot ixthys is an eggdrop bot.
Can I have the source code that runs bornagain.net?
We will be releasing all the code that runs bornagain.net for a modest fee shortly. If you are interested, email us for details."
Does Rob get a cut of the "modest fee" or is his reward in Heaven?
It would be trivial to get the FREESCO dial-up router installed on it. The problem wold be getting the modules to work with the FREESCO version of the kernel.
It uses the SiS 5597 chipset and can share up to 4MB of memory for video. It should be capable of 1024x768.
Actually, yoiu are correct since there is only the choice of the smaller screen size available in the XF86Config file. Could it have been so hard to have included it?
Mine arrived Friday. Very cool: Netscape with Flash, Realplayer. It uses a PCTEL software modem, a PCnet ethernet chip, SoundPro sound chip, SiS 5597 chipset and an SiS 7001 USB chip. The boared is a mini-ATX with a 100 Watt power supply; the case is about the size of a phone book.
The coolest part is the 4MB EEPROM - it is configured as/dev/hdb1 and the CDROM is mounted as/dev/hda. You can access the BIOS on boot-up with "delete". Setting up a dial-up connection or a LAN connection is easy. It should be trivial to replace the CD-ROM with a hard drive, but there is no room in the case.
You boot up into Netscape and remain there. The NIC uses the Blackbox window manager, but it just displays a pretty graphic in the root window - no right or left click choices to make except re-start browser.
With only 190 MB of stuff on the CDROM itself, it would be easy to add programs you want, change default values, etc., and burn a new CD-ROM. There may be some copyright issues with the NIC software, however. You should even be able to make a DOS bootable CD and load DOS-based games (Quake anyone?).
I was able to boot DemoLinux on it, but without the drivers, The sound, modem asnd ethernet wouldn't work. It would be pretty easy to hack DemoLinux to include the drivers and produce a full Linux with StarOffice.
I was able to open an xterm from my main box on teh NIC and display X apps on it remotely. It does suffer from font server problems, however. IF the video is capable of 1024x768 @ 72 Hz, it could make a great X Terminal.
I have written some freelance software reviews for MaximumLinux magazine (July/August and Sept/Oct issues). I had a problem with one product, PowerQuest's DriveImage Pro, and asked the editor, Bryan DelRizzo, how I should proceed since the review would be generally unfavorable. His response was that I should be truthful, point out flaws that would be problems for users and, if the product was misrepresented, don't let them off the hook. I felt he would support me in whatever opinion I had as long as I did a thorough examination of the product (i.e., I had to be correct in what I said and gather first-hand experience with the software). To be honest, I don't believe that the manufacturers would care too much about a bad review. If you look at some of the Mandrake 7.0 and 7.1 reviews, they weren't altogether puff pieces, but Mandrake put their own spin on each one when linking to it from the Mandrake site. I don't think the temptation of "free" software is enough to lie in order to continue getting more free stuff - after all, I get paid more for the review than what the software costs, so I could buy it if I wanted. Where's the incentive? Hoyt
Here's a good question: Will LinuxLinks.com post links to other commercial and non-commercial Linux links sites? Let Paul answer that after he considers this question along with his original complaint.
It fits the dictionary definition of censorship. It would be different if their stated policy and practice was that they would exercise such editorial discretion, but they allowed the post and then removed it. At best they are guilty of sloppy management. Does Slashdot allow the posting of stories about kuro5hin and then delete them? No - they manage a little better. (BTW, I have no interest in kuro5hin and rarely visit the site, so I'm not pimping for them.)
You should check out Win4Lin at www.trelos.com. It's really Merge (from SCO) for Linux. A bitch to install, but it works great and runs win32 apps as fast or faster than Windows. No sound support yet, though. I use it to access MS OE since I haven't found a Linux mail client I like as well (I'm at this moment running OE in MS Windows in a window on my Mandrake 7.0/GNOME desktop.)
What he's really talking about is business motivted censorship. If a media controlled site posts a similar announcement about their own site, but deliberately yanks his, then there is a serious problem. It would be the same if Slashdot deleted all references to http://www.kuro5hin.org/ from postings here. Kinda the same tactics that the boys in Redmond use. So don't blow the guy off - let's see if his claim has validity and if it does, encourage internet.com to behave better.
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This is a quote from their FAQ:"What is running under the hood? We are running a linux server with apache, mysql, and a combination of perl and php. Almost all of our web based stuff has been written from scratch in php by me. Our entire system resides in a database and is generated dynamically by interfacing php with mysql. Our ircd server is dal.net ircd and our bot ixthys is an eggdrop bot. Can I have the source code that runs bornagain.net? We will be releasing all the code that runs bornagain.net for a modest fee shortly. If you are interested, email us for details." Does Rob get a cut of the "modest fee" or is his reward in Heaven?
It seems to be down now; swift, certain justice at the hands of Slashdot. Now, how many Aggies does it take to . . .
Does modifying scripts count? It shouldn't since they are plain text and contain the original lines commented out.
But it should be possible.
There is a menu option that kills Netscape and retsarts it. They thought this out pretty well.
It uses the SiS 5597 chipset and can share up to 4MB of memory for video. It should be capable of 1024x768.
Actually, yoiu are correct since there is only the choice of the smaller screen size available in the XF86Config file. Could it have been so hard to have included it?
Mine arrived Friday. Very cool: Netscape with Flash, Realplayer. It uses a PCTEL software modem, a PCnet ethernet chip, SoundPro sound chip, SiS 5597 chipset and an SiS 7001 USB chip. The boared is a mini-ATX with a 100 Watt power supply; the case is about the size of a phone book.
The coolest part is the 4MB EEPROM - it is configured as /dev/hdb1 and the CDROM is mounted as /dev/hda. You can access the BIOS on boot-up with "delete". Setting up a dial-up connection or a LAN connection is easy. It should be trivial to replace the CD-ROM with a hard drive, but there is no room in the case.
You boot up into Netscape and remain there. The NIC uses the Blackbox window manager, but it just displays a pretty graphic in the root window - no right or left click choices to make except re-start browser.
With only 190 MB of stuff on the CDROM itself, it would be easy to add programs you want, change default values, etc., and burn a new CD-ROM. There may be some copyright issues with the NIC software, however. You should even be able to make a DOS bootable CD and load DOS-based games (Quake anyone?).
I was able to boot DemoLinux on it, but without the drivers, The sound, modem asnd ethernet wouldn't work. It would be pretty easy to hack DemoLinux to include the drivers and produce a full Linux with StarOffice.
I was able to open an xterm from my main box on teh NIC and display X apps on it remotely. It does suffer from font server problems, however. IF the video is capable of 1024x768 @ 72 Hz, it could make a great X Terminal.
I hope to have some pics up at the Peninsula Linux Users Group website before long.
They could always adopt the highly successful Compuserve naming convention . . .
I have written some freelance software reviews for MaximumLinux magazine (July/August and Sept/Oct issues). I had a problem with one product, PowerQuest's DriveImage Pro, and asked the editor, Bryan DelRizzo, how I should proceed since the review would be generally unfavorable. His response was that I should be truthful, point out flaws that would be problems for users and, if the product was misrepresented, don't let them off the hook. I felt he would support me in whatever opinion I had as long as I did a thorough examination of the product (i.e., I had to be correct in what I said and gather first-hand experience with the software). To be honest, I don't believe that the manufacturers would care too much about a bad review. If you look at some of the Mandrake 7.0 and 7.1 reviews, they weren't altogether puff pieces, but Mandrake put their own spin on each one when linking to it from the Mandrake site. I don't think the temptation of "free" software is enough to lie in order to continue getting more free stuff - after all, I get paid more for the review than what the software costs, so I could buy it if I wanted. Where's the incentive? Hoyt
Here's a good question: Will LinuxLinks.com post links to other commercial and non-commercial Linux links sites? Let Paul answer that after he considers this question along with his original complaint.
It fits the dictionary definition of censorship. It would be different if their stated policy and practice was that they would exercise such editorial discretion, but they allowed the post and then removed it. At best they are guilty of sloppy management. Does Slashdot allow the posting of stories about kuro5hin and then delete them? No - they manage a little better. (BTW, I have no interest in kuro5hin and rarely visit the site, so I'm not pimping for them.)
You should check out Win4Lin at www.trelos.com. It's really Merge (from SCO) for Linux. A bitch to install, but it works great and runs win32 apps as fast or faster than Windows. No sound support yet, though. I use it to access MS OE since I haven't found a Linux mail client I like as well (I'm at this moment running OE in MS Windows in a window on my Mandrake 7.0/GNOME desktop.)
What he's really talking about is business motivted censorship. If a media controlled site posts a similar announcement about their own site, but deliberately yanks his, then there is a serious problem. It would be the same if Slashdot deleted all references to http://www.kuro5hin.org/ from postings here. Kinda the same tactics that the boys in Redmond use. So don't blow the guy off - let's see if his claim has validity and if it does, encourage internet.com to behave better.