Oh, "Linux" is headed in the same direction? Since when does Linux have anything to do with GUIs. Or did you mean XFree/X.org?
As for offloading graphics work from the CPU to the GPU, duh...good idea. But that's the way things have been since the early 90s.
I think the point the poster was trying to make was that this extra fluff isn't actually going to allow you to accomplish anything you couldn't do before. It'll just be "fluffier", and on a laptop, that's gonna shorten battery life.
I want your social security number, credit card numbers, and all bank account details. It's information and it wants to be free. I consider it immoral of you not to share this information with the world.
The original GameBoy add-on that you talk about adding color was the Super GameBoy. It was basically a cartridge for the Super NES that allowed you to play GameBoy games...with pseudo-color. You could pick a color palette that matched your game. Not great, but not terrible either.
The GameBoy Color does the same exact things for older games only. Newer games make native use of the GBC's larger color palette. Not a hack at all.
It's a decent system. Play some games on it before dismissing it so easily.
So you're saying you haven't actually used an Onyx, yet you're offering this wonderful "information." Having used several generations of SGI Onyx systems, I can honestly say that a Voodoo does NOT "smoke" them. Not even close. You might want to check into the specs of an Onyx 3000 before spouting random nonsense.
What if the 8-bit NES came played VHS tapes? What if my microwave oven played VHS tapes? How many fucking VCR's do I need? Same with DVD players. I've got a DVD player, I don't need everything I own to play DVDs. Nintendo's aiming this as a gaming console and nothing more. Excluding DVD playback cuts the cost significantly.
You left out price. How much is that PC? $2500? How much is Nintendo's Gamecube? No one knows, but it's expected to be under $200... Consoles don't look too bad.
But if you can do all these great things you speak of, why haven't you? Why hasn't anyone else? You've already got a decent computer, a free OS and a free compiler. Go forth and produce your high-quality game. The problem isn't that you don't have the tools, its that you, a "regular guy" doesn't know how to use them or don't (won't?) devote the time to learn, or that you actually don't have the time to create a game on your own. I don't see Indrema fixing this problem anytime soon. Indrema is, afterall, something you already have, in a smaller box.
And another thing...3DStudio Max? Did you buy that or did you steal it? Last I checked it was around $4000. Will you actually pay for Indrema software or just steal that as well?
Oh come on! I have 2 Linux workstations (not servers) and an SGI at my desk. I use the KVM switch (switching with hotkeys) so I don't need my desk overrun with monitors keyboards and stray mice. Sure...I could use a serial concentrator, but that'd cost about 4 times as much as the KVM switch and I'd get no X. I could also remote display X onto one box, but even with 100mb ether it isn't nearly as fast as using the local X server.
The person asking this question obviously has a need (possibly just a want, that's his decision) to use a KVM switch with USB support. Just because you can't see a valid use doesn't mean there isn't one.
By all means try FreeBSD, but don't think all Linux distributions are as bad as Red Hat. Red Hat's well known as releasing buggy x.0 software. If you simply must have Red Hat, wait for the point release. Otherwise, might I suggest taking a look at Debian, Slackware or SuSE?
It doesn't matter if it's "intellectual property" or physical property. You don't automatically get the rights to something just because you want it.
If you write a love note to Sally, the whole world doesn't automatically get the right to read it, even though you "distributed" it to selected members of the world (Sally). Even though it doesn't cost you anything, you have your reasons for not wanting everybody to have the note you wrote.
Sure there are better geek toys out there. But for about $70, nothing touches a Gameboy Color. If you're just speculating that it sucks without actually spending some time with one, I'd suggest you go check one out.
The Palms and other PDA's are great for what they do, but for games they just don't compare. Do you really think a kid's gonna save up ~$400 for a Palm V just to get a couple mediocre games?
I think dave_aiello was making a point in that MassLinux _may_ have been negligent. He's gone to the trouble of locating some resources that could be helpful for people seeking an investigation.
If I had been a customer, I'd want more than just a shrug and quick excuse from the sysadmin.
I'll assume your post was at least partially sarcastic, since my original post was.
As far as any of us can tell, the OS had nothing to do with the failures of MassLinux. I use a variety of free software, including Linux and *BSDs, and wouldn't trade them for anything. I trust 150+ sites that I'm currently hosting with free software.
I should have been more specific in my rant. I was pointing out that paying effectively nothing for webhosting should have raised some flags. Bandwidth costs money. No way around that, and you DO get what you pay for.
This kind of stuff does happen everyday. It's this very reason that MassLinux AND their customers should have known better. MassLinux hosting 800+ domains with no redundant internet feed?! That's not a mixup, that's lack of planning.
Sometimes you forget that not everything is free. ISPs and web hosting services are not commodity items. You really do get what you pay for. As important as the technical aspects of an ISP are, the administration is what makes an ISP stand out. MassLinux certainly stands out now, hopefully as a lesson of what not to do.
I can't believe some of the posts from the last Slashdot article. It seems people were running real revenue generating businesses on MassLinux. If true, this is stupid in the extreme.
Hosting a business at an ISP with no redundant network feed? At an ISP without the financial stability to make it through a check-cashing mixup? Having your domain name and DNS contact information hosted on this same site? And you didn't wonder why this service was so cheap?
If you lost your data and or livelihood because of this mess, that's what you deserve. Now get back out there and try again.
It's pretty clear who this article is aimed at. The first paragraph comes right out and says it's time to hop on the linux bandwagon because everyone else is. CNet's heavily skewed towards the new PC user who's "heard the Linux buzz." *shudder*
Too bad they had to give out number ratings. I'm sure this will steer people away from excellent distributions such as Slackware (my fav) and Debian.
Oh well...gripes aside. It's positive towards Linux overall...I guess that's a good thing.
Slashdotters getting excited to purchase a closed-source product. Wow. Never thought I'd see that.
What's the difference here folks? Is it because it's "just a game" and if it's unstable and buggy who cares? Or is it because open-source games just suck and we're forced to pay for good proprietary game software?
By the way...if anyone knows of an open-source game that doesn't suck, I'd like to know about it. Don't mention the obvious Carmack released code.
What do you mean by less and less open? They always provide the full source. Cut them some slack. They just don't want to release messy alpha software to the public.
Please forgive ISC for choosing a smaller, dedicated development group over a mass of chaotic hobbyist whiners. Don't take that as a flame. It's sarcasm.
Let them do the kickass job they always do and release a version when they're ready.
I agree. Proper load-balancing keeps you visible if a few web servers go down. But why train and pay a monkey to reboot NT boxes all day? Run Apache on a *nix and forget about them.
If you're responsible for a large web presence and haven't evaluated Apache, you're not doing your job very well. Likewise, if you haven't tried NT and IIS, you probably don't appreciate just how good Apache really is.
ISO's are handy if you're burning a CD and don't care about wasting bandwidth. If you really must have the entire directory tree, I'm sure you can figure out how to get it and build your own ISO.
Oh yeah...Way to go Patrick and the rest of the Slackware team!
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Oh, "Linux" is headed in the same direction? Since when does Linux have anything to do with GUIs. Or did you mean XFree/X.org?
As for offloading graphics work from the CPU to the GPU, duh...good idea. But that's the way things have been since the early 90s.
I think the point the poster was trying to make was that this extra fluff isn't actually going to allow you to accomplish anything you couldn't do before. It'll just be "fluffier", and on a laptop, that's gonna shorten battery life.
I want your social security number, credit card numbers, and all bank account details. It's information and it wants to be free. I consider it immoral of you not to share this information with the world.
The original GameBoy add-on that you talk about adding color was the Super GameBoy. It was basically a cartridge for the Super NES that allowed you to play GameBoy games...with pseudo-color. You could pick a color palette that matched your game. Not great, but not terrible either.
The GameBoy Color does the same exact things for older games only. Newer games make native use of the GBC's larger color palette. Not a hack at all.
It's a decent system. Play some games on it before dismissing it so easily.
So you're saying you haven't actually used an Onyx, yet you're offering this wonderful "information." Having used several generations of SGI Onyx systems, I can honestly say that a Voodoo does NOT "smoke" them. Not even close. You might want to check into the specs of an Onyx 3000 before spouting random nonsense.
What if the 8-bit NES came played VHS tapes? What if my microwave oven played VHS tapes? How many fucking VCR's do I need? Same with DVD players. I've got a DVD player, I don't need everything I own to play DVDs. Nintendo's aiming this as a gaming console and nothing more. Excluding DVD playback cuts the cost significantly.
You left out price. How much is that PC? $2500? How much is Nintendo's Gamecube? No one knows, but it's expected to be under $200... Consoles don't look too bad.
Yeah...I know the SDK is free. I was talking about paying for Indrema games.
But if you can do all these great things you speak of, why haven't you? Why hasn't anyone else? You've already got a decent computer, a free OS and a free compiler. Go forth and produce your high-quality game. The problem isn't that you don't have the tools, its that you, a "regular guy" doesn't know how to use them or don't (won't?) devote the time to learn, or that you actually don't have the time to create a game on your own. I don't see Indrema fixing this problem anytime soon. Indrema is, afterall, something you already have, in a smaller box.
And another thing...3DStudio Max? Did you buy that or did you steal it? Last I checked it was around $4000. Will you actually pay for Indrema software or just steal that as well?
Oh come on! I have 2 Linux workstations (not servers) and an SGI at my desk. I use the KVM switch (switching with hotkeys) so I don't need my desk overrun with monitors keyboards and stray mice. Sure...I could use a serial concentrator, but that'd cost about 4 times as much as the KVM switch and I'd get no X. I could also remote display X onto one box, but even with 100mb ether it isn't nearly as fast as using the local X server.
The person asking this question obviously has a need (possibly just a want, that's his decision) to use a KVM switch with USB support. Just because you can't see a valid use doesn't mean there isn't one.
By all means try FreeBSD, but don't think all Linux distributions are as bad as Red Hat. Red Hat's well known as releasing buggy x.0 software. If you simply must have Red Hat, wait for the point release. Otherwise, might I suggest taking a look at Debian, Slackware or SuSE?
Actually I thought of it the opposite (perhaps more pessimistic) way. The Update Manager is probably the only daemon that it can't auto-update.
I'm probably wrong, but that's what I thought at first.
It doesn't matter if it's "intellectual property" or physical property. You don't automatically get the rights to something just because you want it.
If you write a love note to Sally, the whole world doesn't automatically get the right to read it, even though you "distributed" it to selected members of the world (Sally). Even though it doesn't cost you anything, you have your reasons for not wanting everybody to have the note you wrote.
FYI: It appears that Capital West is underwriting LinuxOne's IPO.
Here's some info:
http://www.hoovers.com/co/ capsule/6/0,2163,61366,00.html
Sure there are better geek toys out there. But for about $70, nothing touches a Gameboy Color. If you're just speculating that it sucks without actually spending some time with one, I'd suggest you go check one out.
The Palms and other PDA's are great for what they do, but for games they just don't compare. Do you really think a kid's gonna save up ~$400 for a Palm V just to get a couple mediocre games?
I think dave_aiello was making a point in that MassLinux _may_ have been negligent. He's gone to the trouble of locating some resources that could be helpful for people seeking an investigation.
If I had been a customer, I'd want more than just a shrug and quick excuse from the sysadmin.
I'll assume your post was at least partially sarcastic, since my original post was.
As far as any of us can tell, the OS had nothing to do with the failures of MassLinux. I use a variety of free software, including Linux and *BSDs, and wouldn't trade them for anything. I trust 150+ sites that I'm currently hosting with free software.
I should have been more specific in my rant. I was pointing out that paying effectively nothing for webhosting should have raised some flags. Bandwidth costs money. No way around that, and you DO get what you pay for.
My apologies if you've lost money in this mess.
This kind of stuff does happen everyday. It's this very reason that MassLinux AND their customers should have known better. MassLinux hosting 800+ domains with no redundant internet feed?! That's not a mixup, that's lack of planning.
Sometimes you forget that not everything is free. ISPs and web hosting services are not commodity items. You really do get what you pay for. As important as the technical aspects of an ISP are, the administration is what makes an ISP stand out. MassLinux certainly stands out now, hopefully as a lesson of what not to do.
I can't believe some of the posts from the last Slashdot article. It seems people were running real revenue generating businesses on MassLinux. If true, this is stupid in the extreme.
Hosting a business at an ISP with no redundant network feed? At an ISP without the financial stability to make it through a check-cashing mixup? Having your domain name and DNS contact information hosted on this same site? And you didn't wonder why this service was so cheap?
If you lost your data and or livelihood because of this mess, that's what you deserve. Now get back out there and try again.
It's pretty clear who this article is aimed at. The first paragraph comes right out and says it's time to hop on the linux bandwagon because everyone else is. CNet's heavily skewed towards the new PC user who's "heard the Linux buzz." *shudder*
Too bad they had to give out number ratings. I'm sure this will steer people away from excellent distributions such as Slackware (my fav) and Debian.
Oh well...gripes aside. It's positive towards Linux overall...I guess that's a good thing.
Damn! How'd I forget that one? Thanks for reminding me. I gotta go find it now. :)
Slashdotters getting excited to purchase a closed-source product. Wow. Never thought I'd see that.
What's the difference here folks? Is it because it's "just a game" and if it's unstable and buggy who cares? Or is it because open-source games just suck and we're forced to pay for good proprietary game software?
By the way...if anyone knows of an open-source game that doesn't suck, I'd like to know about it. Don't mention the obvious Carmack released code.
Time to watch my Karma drop...
What do you mean by less and less open? They always provide the full source. Cut them some slack. They just don't want to release messy alpha software to the public.
Please forgive ISC for choosing a smaller, dedicated development group over a mass of chaotic hobbyist whiners. Don't take that as a flame. It's sarcasm.
Let them do the kickass job they always do and release a version when they're ready.
I agree. Proper load-balancing keeps you visible if a few web servers go down. But why train and pay a monkey to reboot NT boxes all day? Run Apache on a *nix and forget about them.
If you're responsible for a large web presence and haven't evaluated Apache, you're not doing your job very well. Likewise, if you haven't tried NT and IIS, you probably don't appreciate just how good Apache really is.
ISO's are handy if you're burning a CD and don't care about wasting bandwidth. If you really must have the entire directory tree, I'm sure you can figure out how to get it and build your own ISO.
Oh yeah...Way to go Patrick and the rest of the Slackware team!
Ugh. I'm sorry fellow geeks. I don't know how this got moderated up, but this wasn't my intention.
Maybe there should be a limit to how far something could be moderated up as "Funny".