For those with more machines who wish to run gentoo, you can use distcc (distributed c compiler) to speed things up. You can use it from the early stages;) Gentoo has great documentation on distcc!:)
Don't worry about it, it's just a message indicating that some module in your kernel is not GPL. I'm using Linuxant's DriverLoader, it taints the kernel too of course. Still works beautifully though;)
Be warned that if you use Mozilla Thunderbird on windows that there is a very serious bug! More on in here...
Some spam/virus mails has mangled invalid headers that Mozilla Mail/Thunderbird chokes on. When receiving mails, it simply stops when it encounters the bad mail, but it doesn't mark the previous mails as received or anything. So next time you check mail, you get every mail again until the bad mail, and so on...
One game I am buying as soon as it's released, is Far Cry, they're using CryTek's CryEngine, which also has a realtime in-game-editor. If you haven't already tried far cry (single player demo), I suggest you read Boomtown's review, and download it - no time to waste! Hurry!:)
7zip is pretty cool - much better compression than ordinary zip. So I wonder if 7zip will support PKZip/WinZip encryption... From the looks of their fileformat page, they support AES encryption... Oh yeah and 7zip is under the LGPL license:)
I got an iPod, and I don't really need 20GB in my pocket either, but it's nice - we got a big pipe to the internet at work, so when I have to download a lot, I just put it on my iPod - You automatically have a 20GB harddrive with you - an usb-key-substitute if you will, and I love it;)
Some people don't like them, but I got a Dell, I've never had any problems getting things fixed. At work some of my colleagues use Dell laptops, when something breaks, a Dell tech shows up fixes/replaces things, makes you sign and leaves. Get extended warranties for laptops.
There is a knoppix remastering called DamnSmallLinux - Designed to run on small CDs, but can be modified to boot from a USB key! The distro runs FluxBox as the WM, it has a browser, email client, word processor, file mananger, instant messenger, picture viewer, image editing, spreadsheet and a lot more:) Oh, yeah, and it's 50 MB!:) How's that for light and portable?
Gotta love those iPods! I have a new 20GB version, but I think I would have bought a 4GB version if it was out at the time - so small and so cool:) Anyway the 1.8" versions of 40GB sounds cooler! 8mm high - or the 20GB 5mm!
Anyway the harddisks will be unnecessary soon it seems;) Just think of your computer with a couple of terabytes of RAM - gotta make some of that solid state though;)
These extreme violence games are not for kids. Besides, I can't say it better than Running With Scissors (makers of Postal): "Violence belongs in videogames - Not on the street!"
Wait. Did you just say that with a straight face, or am I misreading?
If the inner edge revolves more often than the outer edge, just how are they being held together? How many times a minute is the centre of the disc spinning?:)
This isn't bull;) On an audio CD it spins app. 539 times per minute on the inner edge to get it's 150KB/s, whereas it only needs to revolve app. 210 times a minute on the outer edge. It's linear - so in the middle it would be app. 374 RPM...
FYI a 1X CD will revolve 210 times per minute at the outer edge, whereas it will revolve app. 539 times per minute on the inner edge. Hence a 52X speed CD-ROM will revolve 10920 and 28028 times per minute on the outer and inner edge respectively - What makes CD-ROMs slow is the spin-up and spin-down. Hence random access reads are extremely slow. Also a 52X is only 52 times faster than a 1X CD-ROM in theory and never on the entire disc. Most new CD-ROMs use CAV (constant angular velocity) and will revolve with the same speed on the entire disc, but will have different transfer rates depending on where on the disc you read.
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Damn the trailing slash ruined it - the url is http://google.com/linux...
http://google.com/linux/ - Linux searches ;)
Oh my GOD! I got it! I know who they're gonna sue!! Are you ready for it? You're not gonna believe this! ... IBM.
For those with more machines who wish to run gentoo, you can use distcc (distributed c compiler) to speed things up. You can use it from the early stages ;) :)
Gentoo has great documentation on distcc!
Have fun!
Don't worry about it, it's just a message indicating that some module in your kernel is not GPL. I'm using Linuxant's DriverLoader, it taints the kernel too of course. Still works beautifully though ;)
Be warned that if you use Mozilla Thunderbird on windows that there is a very serious bug! More on in here...
Some spam/virus mails has mangled invalid headers that Mozilla Mail/Thunderbird chokes on. When receiving mails, it simply stops when it encounters the bad mail, but it doesn't mark the previous mails as received or anything. So next time you check mail, you get every mail again until the bad mail, and so on...
Wow the implications! Think of it! Instant Messaging... Errh wait...
"Sorry, I sent the email but it ran out of gas... You'll get it tomorrow."
CryTek has a video you can download - towards the end, they demo the level design mode! It's sooooo cool!
One game I am buying as soon as it's released, is Far Cry, they're using CryTek's CryEngine, which also has a realtime in-game-editor. :)
If you haven't already tried far cry (single player demo), I suggest you read Boomtown's review, and download it - no time to waste! Hurry!
7zip is pretty cool - much better compression than ordinary zip. So I wonder if 7zip will support PKZip/WinZip encryption... From the looks of their fileformat page, they support AES encryption... :)
Oh yeah and 7zip is under the LGPL license
Oh and for the uninitiated, we're talking about the Oracle of Bacon, which is pretty cool! :)
Actually a better suggestion would be Rod Steiger, but then again, people would have no clue what you were talking about, would they :)
It's nice. Now we need the big desktop systems to agree on common ground, make a "base" system that they can develop each their own systems on ;)
I got an iPod, and I don't really need 20GB in my pocket either, but it's nice - we got a big pipe to the internet at work, so when I have to download a lot, I just put it on my iPod - You automatically have a 20GB harddrive with you - an usb-key-substitute if you will, and I love it ;)
Via's Eden-N platform - 12x12 cm mainboard - 15x15mm CPU - How's that for small! :)
Some people don't like them, but I got a Dell, I've never had any problems getting things fixed.
At work some of my colleagues use Dell laptops, when something breaks, a Dell tech shows up fixes/replaces things, makes you sign and leaves.
Get extended warranties for laptops.
You could just do an custom ISO and add more packages I guess :)
There is a knoppix remastering called DamnSmallLinux - Designed to run on small CDs, but can be modified to boot from a USB key! :) Oh, yeah, and it's 50 MB! :) How's that for light and portable?
The distro runs FluxBox as the WM, it has a browser, email client, word processor, file mananger, instant messenger, picture viewer, image editing, spreadsheet and a lot more
The check is in the mail!
Gotta love those iPods! I have a new 20GB version, but I think I would have bought a 4GB version if it was out at the time - so small and so cool :)
;) Just think of your computer with a couple of terabytes of RAM - gotta make some of that solid state though ;)
Anyway the 1.8" versions of 40GB sounds cooler! 8mm high - or the 20GB 5mm!
Anyway the harddisks will be unnecessary soon it seems
These extreme violence games are not for kids.
Besides, I can't say it better than Running With Scissors (makers of Postal): "Violence belongs in videogames - Not on the street!"
And when I read your comment again, I got the joke - It's 4.18am here, and I should sleep, not write things like these on /. ;)
Wait. Did you just say that with a straight face, or am I misreading?
:)
;) On an audio CD it spins app. 539 times per minute on the inner edge to get it's 150KB/s, whereas it only needs to revolve app. 210 times a minute on the outer edge. It's linear - so in the middle it would be app. 374 RPM...
If the inner edge revolves more often than the outer edge, just how are they being held together? How many times a minute is the centre of the disc spinning?
This isn't bull
FYI a 1X CD will revolve 210 times per minute at the outer edge, whereas it will revolve app. 539 times per minute on the inner edge.
Hence a 52X speed CD-ROM will revolve 10920 and 28028 times per minute on the outer and inner edge respectively - What makes CD-ROMs slow is the spin-up and spin-down. Hence random access reads are extremely slow.
Also a 52X is only 52 times faster than a 1X CD-ROM in theory and never on the entire disc. Most new CD-ROMs use CAV (constant angular velocity) and will revolve with the same speed on the entire disc, but will have different transfer rates depending on where on the disc you read.