Perhaps the drives don't truly conform to ATAPI standards. This is probably the first drive ever that has been "damaged" by Linux. Sorry, LG, you probably should test these things.
I don't have time to play long "epics" anymore. A 50 hour game is just *way* too long, unless it's a really incredible RPG. Frankly, I've not seen such a game since Xenogears or Skies of Arcadaia. No 50 hour game has been that worthwhile in recent years.
So, I thrive on stuff like Ikaruga and Pikmin. Metroid Prime is fun as well. All of these games take less than 20 hours to finish. Ikaruga can be finished within 30 minutes or so, but good luck getting good enough to do that (unless you play long enough to get bonus continues). I played some Star Fox Adventures recently, and while it wasn't the best game I had ever played, it was worth $20 for 15 hours of play. Viewtiful Joe is another game that you can pick up and play on occasion, without some cliche storyline that tries to be too deep.
These days, I just want innovative gameplay on top of classic styles. I want games that I can pick up and enjoy when I have free time, but not games that I have to devote more than 50 hours to. I think that developers are making a switch back to these short, but fun games. Keep em coming.
John Edward: But I'm a psychic. Stan: No dude, you're a douche. John Edward: I'm not a douche! What if I really believe that dead people talk to me? Stan: Then you're a stupid douche John Edward: I think I've had of your bullying me! Get out of my house or I'll runs upstairs, lock myself in my panic room and call the police! Stan: I'm nine years old. John Edward: I'm not talking to your friend and I'm not a douche! [runs up the stairs and towards his room] You'd better get out of my house, 'cause I'm gonna call the police! [Stan looks at him like he's nuts; he locks himself in his panic room]
How is Sun being "destroyed by Linux?" If Sun is unable to adapt and improve their product line, aren't they killing themselves?
Sun has relied on a commercial Unix variant for way too long. Less expensive (free) software is doing the same things today that Sun did a few years ago, on less expensive hardware.
Sun should be finding new avenues for income. They are being destroyed by the changing times and the changing needs of companies, if anything. They've got a big name in the server world. How about they use that to their advantage, and offer more competitively priced hardware based on Linux? This is what the other companies (IBM, Dell, HP/Compaq) are doing; They're showing it's successful as well.
These days we still have pong. It's called "Virtua Tennis" by SEGA. Pong shouldn't be forgotten, but I prefer the modern version with extra modes, better graphics, and 4-player support.
Arguably, the XBox hardware isn't "better". It does have a bit more RAM, and it does have networking out of the box. On the other hand, the PPC chip is arguably a better and faster chip than the mobile Celeron in the XBox. The ATi grpahics chip is just as capable as the nVidia chip. Frankly, it doesn't really matter though. Each machine has its own benefits and exclusive games.
I really just think that it's a bad idea to say "I like Nintendo's games but I don't like their hardware." Any good reason for that? It just doesn't make sense to me.
Does anyone have a working Linux machine with all of their standard software (Gnome, KDE, etc.) compiled around the Athlon64 CPU?
My next upgrade will probably be one of these machines. On the other hand, I don't see that happening until drivers and all of the software works as well as it does on i686-class Athlons.
Is it worthwhile to build one of these machines just yet? I can't see any reason to do it at the moment unless everything was in good working order. Is it still too early? I'd love to have real 64-bit Linux on my desktop.
Sure. Glad you got one. It looks like they were doing free ground shipping as well, making the deal even sweeter.
I played more Ikaruga last night, and got to a spot on the third level where the walls started closing in. I immediately thought of the old classic game Life Force (aka Salamander). The first thing that came to my mind was "Man. I forgot that they used to make games like that." All I could do was smile. Ikaruga is such a great gaming experience. Be prepared to get slaughtered by it. In the vein of old shooters, Ikaruga is one tough game.
I've still got a P!!! 450 that I'm getting ready to turn into a BSD or Slackware server. I've also got a few old PI class CPUs, as well as an old Cyrix PR200+ (great CPU for its time), but I've got no working S7 mobo for it so it's down for now. In the server, I'll be installing a Voodoo 3 or an ancient ATI card. I've had an excellent DiamondMM Supra Express ISA modem from 1997 that was recently retired since I got a cable modem connection. After that, it went into my girlfriend's PC until we moved in together. Oh... Yeah... An Ensoniq (real one) AudioPCI will be going into the server as well. I don't think I'll need it, but I'll have it in there anyway.
Most of these parts are in use, or will be in use again soon.
OO.o loads in 4 seconds on my Athlon 1400 on Slackware 9. If you haven't tried version OpenOffice.org 1.l yet, it's highly suggested. There are so many improvements to it, it's hard to believe it's the same program. Not only is it *much* faster, but there are lots of enhancements to features and such. I love the new "Export to PDF" feature (no worries about someone viewing a file intact). The UI is faster. Everything has improved greatly.
If OO.o keeps on getting this much better with each release, it's soon going to become that greatest Office program around (sadly, it's still lacking database software, unless you count StarOffice's ADABAS package). I've already shown a few people the greatness of OO.o. Many people that I know have switched to OO.o from expensive commercial products.
Check BestBuy stores and their online service. I picked up Ikaruga for a mere $20. They've got a back-order online for a short time, but you may still be able to get one. It's a FANTASTIC game.
Ethernet adapters are getting quite common. Gamestop (which is where I got mine) claims to get at least a few in every week.
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GIMP goes SVG
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Please read http://mmmaybe.gimp.org/ to see that CMYK *is* now supported. Most of the features that people have been clamoring for will be supported by the next "stable" release.
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GIMP goes SVG
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CMYK is now supported in this version. By the time this branch becomes "stable", it should have almost all of the features that people have been complaining about.
Battery power isn't too bad if you power the unit on today's NiMH AA cells. I use these with mine (1600 mAH), and I get several hours of play between charges. It's an inexpensive solution to the short play times of alkaline cells.
BTW: 6 is the correct number of cells. In temrs of its size, it is smaller than the Lynx, but only a bit larger than the original Game Boy. It's mostly just thick. It has extra weight because the LCD screen is protected by a thick glass instead of plastic. The batteries really add several ounces to the weight.
It's probably one of my greatest treasures in my gaming collection.
1990 is correct for the Japanese release of the PC Engine GT (Turbo Express). It's a fabulous machine, and was very well designed. The PC Engine had some of the greatest games of that era, matching many of Nintendo's offerings but with better graphics and sound. It's a shame that it never really picked up outside of Japan. This unit was released before the Atari Lynx, but was came out at roughly the same time as the Sega Game Gear.
I've got a Turbo Express that I play quite frequently, actually. I had always wanted one when I was gorwing up, but they were just too expensive. Finally, about 2 years ago, I managed to score one *BRAND NEW* from TZD at only $150. I just love this little machine.
It's a shame that many haven't had the chance to play it. I've got a Street Fighter 2 import that runs on a portable that is 13 years old! Sadly, the unit only has two buttons (like the NES did), so you have to switch between punches and kicks with the select button (There was a 6-button "NEC Avenue" pad that was used on the consoles). All of the games were interchangable with the console units. Games like Devil's Crush and Dungeon Explorer will forever go down as all-time greats of their genre. There is just so much to play on this little portable. If you can score the Japanese imports, you can really find some goodies like the best version of Salamander (Life-Force for the NES), and all of the great Bomberman games (most were domestic as well).
So, I wonder why they didn't include it in this article. It took more than 10 years for Nintendo to release a portable that topped it, and arguably, the PC Engine was one of the greatest gaming success stories in Japan. It's so easy for Americans to overlook this great hardware and software.
It still has survived the test of time quite well. It's got a growing fanbase and new games for the PC Engine SuperCD system are being developed even to this day.
Did Linksys add their own code and exclude it, or did they modify existing code and exclude it?
If they merely excluded stuff that they wrote, without wanting it to be GPLed, then is there a problem? Are we to really know that they didn't just yank these peices of code in favor of their own non-GPL stuff?
Can someone familiar with these peices of missing code do a better job of explaining their purpose?
There is no "drivers/net/hnd/Config.in" in my 2.4.18 kernel source.
MPlayer isn't too tough to install, and it plays QT6 files very nicely (including the trailer). The documentation is unfortunately very intimidating, so it makes it look like more of a hassle than it really is. Here are some tips for some of you that have difficulties with running MPlayer. These may help you get better output as well.
A) Download these codec packs from the MPlayer codec site at http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codec s/
C) Build and install the player (after downloading the source, of course)../configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gui make make install (as root)
D) Run with one of the following: mplayer -vo xv -ao sdl filename mplayer -vo xv -ao oss filename mplayer -vo xv -ao alsa9 filename
Or as a last ditch effort... mplayer -vo x11 -ao esd mplayer -vo x11 -ao artsd
XV output is the best way to play back video. It's fast and it's pretty, but your card has to support it. Most chips that work under XF86 (outside of generic framebuffer mode) will work with this. X11 mode is a much slower fallback. There's an OpenGL option as well, which may work for some users.
Optionally, put the mplayer options in your.mplayer/config file and you won't have to enter the ao or vo stuff. For example...
vo=xv ao=sdl
You can enable the GUI with: gui=yes
I prefer not using it though, as CPU load is increased quite a bit in many cases when using the GUI.
There are lots of extra options for stuff like 5.1 sound and other things, but these are the basics to get it working well.
D) Take the moon for ransom by means of Linux/MPlayer powered androids.
All of my OS's software can make use of that chip. I'm sorry that yours cannot.
Still, even when running 32-bit code, the fact that the Athlon 64 can normally do it as fast (if not faster) than the "XTREME!!!" P4 really says something. The chip runs at less than 70% of the Intel chip's clockspeed... Take 64-bit into consideration, and how much greater is this margin? It's no contest.
I'm not quite certain as to why they are calling this a "technology", and I'm even more confused as to why people have to license this concept. It's just a keypad with buttons in a different layout. Do you have to license QWERTY as well? I think not.
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I'm not really sure why I didn't like it. I think that I was turned off by the poorly translated dialogue. For that time, the game had a lot more text than most games of the genre. I guess that it just got confusing at times. The mutations were cool though.
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Perhaps the drives don't truly conform to ATAPI standards. This is probably the first drive ever that has been "damaged" by Linux. Sorry, LG, you probably should test these things.
I don't have time to play long "epics" anymore. A 50 hour game is just *way* too long, unless it's a really incredible RPG. Frankly, I've not seen such a game since Xenogears or Skies of Arcadaia. No 50 hour game has been that worthwhile in recent years.
So, I thrive on stuff like Ikaruga and Pikmin. Metroid Prime is fun as well. All of these games take less than 20 hours to finish. Ikaruga can be finished within 30 minutes or so, but good luck getting good enough to do that (unless you play long enough to get bonus continues). I played some Star Fox Adventures recently, and while it wasn't the best game I had ever played, it was worth $20 for 15 hours of play. Viewtiful Joe is another game that you can pick up and play on occasion, without some cliche storyline that tries to be too deep.
These days, I just want innovative gameplay on top of classic styles. I want games that I can pick up and enjoy when I have free time, but not games that I have to devote more than 50 hours to. I think that developers are making a switch back to these short, but fun games. Keep em coming.
John Edward: But I'm a psychic.
Stan: No dude, you're a douche.
John Edward: I'm not a douche! What if I really believe that dead people talk to me?
Stan: Then you're a stupid douche
John Edward: I think I've had of your bullying me! Get out of my house or I'll runs upstairs, lock myself in my panic room and call the police!
Stan: I'm nine years old.
John Edward: I'm not talking to your friend and I'm not a douche! [runs up the stairs and towards his room] You'd better get out of my house, 'cause I'm gonna call the police! [Stan looks at him like he's nuts; he locks himself in his panic room]
How is Sun being "destroyed by Linux?" If Sun is unable to adapt and improve their product line, aren't they killing themselves?
Sun has relied on a commercial Unix variant for way too long. Less expensive (free) software is doing the same things today that Sun did a few years ago, on less expensive hardware.
Sun should be finding new avenues for income. They are being destroyed by the changing times and the changing needs of companies, if anything. They've got a big name in the server world. How about they use that to their advantage, and offer more competitively priced hardware based on Linux? This is what the other companies (IBM, Dell, HP/Compaq) are doing; They're showing it's successful as well.
These days we still have pong. It's called "Virtua Tennis" by SEGA. Pong shouldn't be forgotten, but I prefer the modern version with extra modes, better graphics, and 4-player support.
Arguably, the XBox hardware isn't "better". It does have a bit more RAM, and it does have networking out of the box. On the other hand, the PPC chip is arguably a better and faster chip than the mobile Celeron in the XBox. The ATi grpahics chip is just as capable as the nVidia chip. Frankly, it doesn't really matter though. Each machine has its own benefits and exclusive games.
I really just think that it's a bad idea to say "I like Nintendo's games but I don't like their hardware." Any good reason for that? It just doesn't make sense to me.
Nokia built the N-Gage with Bluetooth capabilities, and it's going strong!
Wait a minute. What am I saying?
Does anyone have a working Linux machine with all of their standard software (Gnome, KDE, etc.) compiled around the Athlon64 CPU?
My next upgrade will probably be one of these machines. On the other hand, I don't see that happening until drivers and all of the software works as well as it does on i686-class Athlons.
Is it worthwhile to build one of these machines just yet? I can't see any reason to do it at the moment unless everything was in good working order. Is it still too early? I'd love to have real 64-bit Linux on my desktop.
Sure. Glad you got one. It looks like they were doing free ground shipping as well, making the deal even sweeter.
I played more Ikaruga last night, and got to a spot on the third level where the walls started closing in. I immediately thought of the old classic game Life Force (aka Salamander). The first thing that came to my mind was "Man. I forgot that they used to make games like that." All I could do was smile. Ikaruga is such a great gaming experience. Be prepared to get slaughtered by it. In the vein of old shooters, Ikaruga is one tough game.
I've still got a P!!! 450 that I'm getting ready to turn into a BSD or Slackware server. I've also got a few old PI class CPUs, as well as an old Cyrix PR200+ (great CPU for its time), but I've got no working S7 mobo for it so it's down for now. In the server, I'll be installing a Voodoo 3 or an ancient ATI card. I've had an excellent DiamondMM Supra Express ISA modem from 1997 that was recently retired since I got a cable modem connection. After that, it went into my girlfriend's PC until we moved in together. Oh... Yeah... An Ensoniq (real one) AudioPCI will be going into the server as well. I don't think I'll need it, but I'll have it in there anyway.
Most of these parts are in use, or will be in use again soon.
OO.o loads in 4 seconds on my Athlon 1400 on Slackware 9. If you haven't tried version OpenOffice.org 1.l yet, it's highly suggested. There are so many improvements to it, it's hard to believe it's the same program. Not only is it *much* faster, but there are lots of enhancements to features and such. I love the new "Export to PDF" feature (no worries about someone viewing a file intact). The UI is faster. Everything has improved greatly.
If OO.o keeps on getting this much better with each release, it's soon going to become that greatest Office program around (sadly, it's still lacking database software, unless you count StarOffice's ADABAS package). I've already shown a few people the greatness of OO.o. Many people that I know have switched to OO.o from expensive commercial products.
Check BestBuy stores and their online service. I picked up Ikaruga for a mere $20. They've got a back-order online for a short time, but you may still be able to get one. It's a FANTASTIC game.
Ethernet adapters are getting quite common. Gamestop (which is where I got mine) claims to get at least a few in every week.
Please read http://mmmaybe.gimp.org/ to see that CMYK *is* now supported. Most of the features that people have been clamoring for will be supported by the next "stable" release.
CMYK is now supported in this version. By the time this branch becomes "stable", it should have almost all of the features that people have been complaining about.
http://mmmaybe.gimp.org/ has more info.
Battery power isn't too bad if you power the unit on today's NiMH AA cells. I use these with mine (1600 mAH), and I get several hours of play between charges. It's an inexpensive solution to the short play times of alkaline cells.
BTW: 6 is the correct number of cells. In temrs of its size, it is smaller than the Lynx, but only a bit larger than the original Game Boy. It's mostly just thick. It has extra weight because the LCD screen is protected by a thick glass instead of plastic. The batteries really add several ounces to the weight.
It's probably one of my greatest treasures in my gaming collection.
1990 is correct for the Japanese release of the PC Engine GT (Turbo Express). It's a fabulous machine, and was very well designed. The PC Engine had some of the greatest games of that era, matching many of Nintendo's offerings but with better graphics and sound. It's a shame that it never really picked up outside of Japan. This unit was released before the Atari Lynx, but was came out at roughly the same time as the Sega Game Gear.
I've got a Turbo Express that I play quite frequently, actually. I had always wanted one when I was gorwing up, but they were just too expensive. Finally, about 2 years ago, I managed to score one *BRAND NEW* from TZD at only $150. I just love this little machine.
It's a shame that many haven't had the chance to play it. I've got a Street Fighter 2 import that runs on a portable that is 13 years old! Sadly, the unit only has two buttons (like the NES did), so you have to switch between punches and kicks with the select button (There was a 6-button "NEC Avenue" pad that was used on the consoles). All of the games were interchangable with the console units. Games like Devil's Crush and Dungeon Explorer will forever go down as all-time greats of their genre. There is just so much to play on this little portable. If you can score the Japanese imports, you can really find some goodies like the best version of Salamander (Life-Force for the NES), and all of the great Bomberman games (most were domestic as well).
So, I wonder why they didn't include it in this article. It took more than 10 years for Nintendo to release a portable that topped it, and arguably, the PC Engine was one of the greatest gaming success stories in Japan. It's so easy for Americans to overlook this great hardware and software.
It still has survived the test of time quite well. It's got a growing fanbase and new games for the PC Engine SuperCD system are being developed even to this day.
Did Linksys add their own code and exclude it, or did they modify existing code and exclude it?
If they merely excluded stuff that they wrote, without wanting it to be GPLed, then is there a problem? Are we to really know that they didn't just yank these peices of code in favor of their own non-GPL stuff?
Can someone familiar with these peices of missing code do a better job of explaining their purpose?
There is no "drivers/net/hnd/Config.in" in my 2.4.18 kernel source.
Last night, I managed to score 300k down over cable through the BT seeds. Seemed to work out quite well, actually.
If you use BT, please leave your connection open after download, so that others may benefit as well.
That's /usr/lib/win32 for the codecs.
MPlayer isn't too tough to install, and it plays QT6 files very nicely (including the trailer). The documentation is unfortunately very intimidating, so it makes it look like more of a hassle than it really is. Here are some tips for some of you that have difficulties with running MPlayer. These may help you get better output as well.
c s/
/usr/win32
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gui
.mplayer/config file and you won't have to enter the ao or vo stuff. For example...
A) Download these codec packs from the MPlayer codec site at
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/code
"Latest Win32 codecpack"
"QuickTime6 DLLs"
"RealPlayer9 codecs (including RV40)"
B) Put Windows codecs in
C) Build and install the player (after downloading the source, of course).
make
make install (as root)
D) Run with one of the following:
mplayer -vo xv -ao sdl filename
mplayer -vo xv -ao oss filename
mplayer -vo xv -ao alsa9 filename
Or as a last ditch effort...
mplayer -vo x11 -ao esd
mplayer -vo x11 -ao artsd
XV output is the best way to play back video. It's fast and it's pretty, but your card has to support it. Most chips that work under XF86 (outside of generic framebuffer mode) will work with this. X11 mode is a much slower fallback. There's an OpenGL option as well, which may work for some users.
Optionally, put the mplayer options in your
vo=xv
ao=sdl
You can enable the GUI with:
gui=yes
I prefer not using it though, as CPU load is increased quite a bit in many cases when using the GUI.
There are lots of extra options for stuff like 5.1 sound and other things, but these are the basics to get it working well.
D) Take the moon for ransom by means of Linux/MPlayer powered androids.
All of my OS's software can make use of that chip. I'm sorry that yours cannot.
Still, even when running 32-bit code, the fact that the Athlon 64 can normally do it as fast (if not faster) than the "XTREME!!!" P4 really says something. The chip runs at less than 70% of the Intel chip's clockspeed... Take 64-bit into consideration, and how much greater is this margin? It's no contest.
I'm not quite certain as to why they are calling this a "technology", and I'm even more confused as to why people have to license this concept. It's just a keypad with buttons in a different layout. Do you have to license QWERTY as well? I think not.
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I'm not really sure why I didn't like it. I think that I was turned off by the poorly translated dialogue. For that time, the game had a lot more text than most games of the genre. I guess that it just got confusing at times. The mutations were cool though.