I could be wrong, but I think the odd=devel, even=release thing is not universal. I know Gimp and the Linux kernel do it, but many things don't do it. Again, I could be wrong, but the stuf redhat releases as devel is that, the stuff with version numbers is stable.
As the world relies more on the 'net, the communications infistructure will have more and more seperate connections... redundency... So those four cables are a noticable problem now, but as there is more data, there will be more, seperate connections (yes each connection will also get faster, but still...)
Next time something like this happens, there will be more other ways for the data to go, so the % slow down will be less... (I hope:-)
I hate to say it, but I agree. I find IE much faster, cleaner, and more stable feeling than NS. For an alpha release, it looks like Mozilla is doing well, it's not there yet.
I've tried KFM, and that's prety nice for linux, but it's not yet a full fledged web browser.
Suffice it to say, If IE would run smoothly under Wine, I'd use it. I wish this were not the case, but it appears to be.:-(
I took C++ in high school last year. We each had PII 300mhz computers. Seeing as we only used 99% of those mhz when we compiled every now and then, I'd thik a thin client solution would work well and be cost effective.
I'm sure one of those PII's could have handled all the compiling for everyone, seeing as compiles take 5 seconds and the compile jobs would be evenly distributed over time.
You have basicly three options for text input. First is handwriting recognition, sorta. It's called "graffiti". To save processor power and increse acuracy you write differently (an a is an upside down v like/\. it sounds odd and some don't like it but I can write with it almost as fast as I can write with a pen on that flat white stuff.
The second is an onscreen keybord. That sucks.
The third is an external addon (70USD?) keybord that is about twice the size of the palm. I havn't used one but there was a favorable review of it on ugeek.com
IMHO all of these beat the rest of the PDAs (winces have tiny keybords or none at all and/or they have onscrene keybords/handwriting...
I'm running RedHat and the sound works, but only after going through sndconfig every single time I boot the computer.... I know someone who hacked a fix for it but it involves removing the sound modules as the computer boots and having them put back in again...
>Also, anyone else notice the lack of a GNOME2.0 >pre Alpha version? I have. Also, the GNOME cvs >version didn't work right for me; it skipped all >of the IDL related >items, and I bet that could be one of the >reasons... something CVS complained about was >file permissions incorrectly set.
There is no GNOME2.0 pre alpha because gnome was started a year after KDE and no one should use CVS expecting a stable product so there is no reason to complain.
I am using todays CVS gnome and finding its advances quite nice, though as Enlightenemnt does more it's begone to take over the desktop portion of GNOME (or KDE).
It will be interesting to see what KDE's themes do for looks, esp. how well will gtk themes match real gtk. From the screenshots I've seen of KDE, even with the latest themes, I find it a bit gawkey (personal oppinion:-)
The thing both do is bring new applications to linux which is in everyones best interest.
you have the *ability* to make it look like a nintendo console. you also have the ability to make your desktop look like Mac, windows, amiga, SGI, startrek, WindowMaker, or whatever else you want...
If E looks like nintendo, that's because you set it up that way.
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I could be wrong, but I think the odd=devel, even=release thing is not universal. I know Gimp and the Linux kernel do it, but many things don't do it. Again, I could be wrong, but the stuf redhat releases as devel is that, the stuff with version numbers is stable.
Next time something like this happens, there will be more other ways for the data to go, so the % slow down will be less... (I hope
--Ben
I hate to say it, but I agree. I find IE much faster, cleaner, and more stable feeling than NS. For an alpha release, it looks like Mozilla is doing well, it's not there yet.
:-(
I've tried KFM, and that's prety nice for linux, but it's not yet a full fledged web browser.
Suffice it to say, If IE would run smoothly under Wine, I'd use it. I wish this were not the case, but it appears to be.
Keep in mind that Mozilla is still in *alpha*
--Ben
Wouldn't it be "...Musings on GNU/Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary"?
:-)
Just asking
--Ben
I took C++ in high school last year. We each had PII 300mhz computers. Seeing as we only used 99% of those mhz when we compiled every now and then, I'd thik a thin client solution would work well and be cost effective.
I'm sure one of those PII's could have handled all the compiling for everyone, seeing as compiles take 5 seconds and the compile jobs would be evenly distributed over time.
The rest is just text editing.
Would it be cheeper for them to replace things or to give those people affected some RAM to stick in the third slot?
For anyone who hasn't, view source on Transmeta's page... I think there may be secret messages in the source code to the web page :-)
--Ben
OK.... to someone with the equiptment:
copy any and all copyrighted software int genes as follows:
A=00
T=01
G=10
C=11
I havn't seen one Coke machine, etc. here at RPI. I'm very dissapointed. I have a nice meal card, but I can't get any coke with it :-(
--Ben
You have basicly three options for text input. First is handwriting recognition, sorta. It's called "graffiti". To save processor power and increse acuracy you write differently (an a is an upside down v like /\. it sounds odd and some don't like it but I can write with it almost as fast as I can write with a pen on that flat white stuff.
The second is an onscreen keybord. That sucks.
The third is an external addon (70USD?) keybord that is about twice the size of the palm. I havn't used one but there was a favorable review of it on ugeek.com
IMHO all of these beat the rest of the PDAs (winces have tiny keybords or none at all and/or they have onscrene keybords/handwriting...
--Ben
I'm also an RPI freshmen with this laptop...
I'm running RedHat and the sound works, but only after going through sndconfig every single time I boot the computer.... I know someone who hacked a fix for it but it involves removing the sound modules as the computer boots and having them put back in again...
--Ben
>Also, anyone else notice the lack of a GNOME2.0
:-)
>pre Alpha version? I have. Also, the GNOME cvs
>version didn't work right for me; it skipped all
>of the IDL related
>items, and I bet that could be one of the
>reasons... something CVS complained about was
>file permissions incorrectly set.
There is no GNOME2.0 pre alpha because gnome was started a year after KDE
and no one should use CVS expecting a stable product so there is no reason to complain.
I am using todays CVS gnome and finding its advances quite nice, though as Enlightenemnt does more it's begone to take over the desktop portion of GNOME (or KDE).
It will be interesting to see what KDE's themes do for looks, esp. how well will gtk themes match real gtk. From the screenshots I've seen of KDE, even with the latest themes, I find it a bit gawkey (personal oppinion
The thing both do is bring new applications to linux which is in everyones best interest.
--Ben
you have the *ability* to make it look like a nintendo console.
you also have the ability to make your desktop look like Mac, windows, amiga, SGI, startrek, WindowMaker, or whatever else you want...
If E looks like nintendo, that's because you set it up that way.
The use of the word "hack" at MIT to describe this sort of thing has been around for over fifty years. hardly recent.
In MIT terms, stealing something is not a hack. That would just piss of the school. A hack has to be non-destructive and in good taste