When I considered purchase of a laptop, this offering from Sharp caught my eye immediately. It's light (3.2lbs), long battery life(5 hr), powered by a Transmeta Crusoe processor, with an excellent screen, and the specification looks perfect for Linux installation. I live in Taiwan and all the laptops I could find didn't seem Liunx-friendly except possibly this one. However, the agency didn't approve of my request to avoid the Microsoft tax, and I couldn't do anything with it because no one sold a laptop without Windows preloaded here.
I thought I made a good deal until finding that my rtl8139 network card didn't work under Linux. It is because Sharp uses ACPI to configure peripheral devices, and no matter how I tried, I could not get it work. The purchase turns out to be a BIG disppointment for me.
So did any one have experience in dealing with ACPI-based laptops, or should we who wants to run Linux exclusively stay away from them?
(PS: I have also tried FreeBSD and knoppix, but both failed, too)
I am a college student in Taiwan, and what I can only say is people in Taiwan are not ready for the adoption of free software. It still has a long way to go.
For example, most of my classmates have no ideas of what free software is, even my major is computer science. That is because we have been used to the software from Microsoft for a very long time, and the teaching of using those software is part of our eduction. I am sure that most people can not succeed in the process of transferring from Microsoft to free software. It still needs a lot of effects before we can finally achieve it.
However, I am still glad to see the government has such a farsighted plan that not only will save much money for our people, but also can bring about the rising of the develope of software industry. Although it will not come true in the near furture, I appreciate how perspective our government becomes! In fact, I am surprised. I think it is a blessing for we people in Taiwan. Thank god we are going toward the right direction.
Why.jp2??? Why not.jpeg2. This legacy DOS naming convention drives me nuts. Not even Windows is crappy enough to still require 8.3 filenames.
Don't forget it's the virtue of UNIX that choosing shorten words to represent long filenames. So you are asking why did the UNIX developers use/usr/bin instead of/user/binary?
I am glad the folks at Loki have got started to port Real Time Strategy Games though this one is not my favorite. RTSG is definitely my favorite type of games except RPG. From time to time I have played RTSGs such as War Battle II, Red Alert, Myth, Ace of Empires, and resently Empire(The Battle for Dune). Just hope one day I can play such great RTSGs on Linux, so keep working hard Loki!
1. Final Fantasy X
2. Final Fantasy IX
3. Final Fantasy VIII
4. Final Fantasy VII
5. Final Fantasy VI
6. Final Fantasy V
7. Final Fantasy IV
8. Final Fantasy III
9. Final Fantasy II
10.Final Fantasy I
The text "Final Fantasy" has an insteresting translation here in Taiwan. People call it "Tai-Kom-Gen-Shi" in Chinese, which means "Space Warrior", though I wonder if it has somthing to do with "Sky Walker." Maybe the translator happened to be a fan of sci-fi.
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Or at least this one: Mebius PC-SX1-H1.
When I considered purchase of a laptop, this offering from Sharp caught my eye immediately. It's light (3.2lbs), long battery life(5 hr), powered by a Transmeta Crusoe processor, with an excellent screen, and the specification looks perfect for Linux installation. I live in Taiwan and all the laptops I could find didn't seem Liunx-friendly except possibly this one. However, the agency didn't approve of my request to avoid the Microsoft tax, and I couldn't do anything with it because no one sold a laptop without Windows preloaded here.
I thought I made a good deal until finding that my rtl8139 network card didn't work under Linux. It is because Sharp uses ACPI to configure peripheral devices, and no matter how I tried, I could not get it work. The purchase turns out to be a BIG disppointment for me.
So did any one have experience in dealing with ACPI-based laptops, or should we who wants to run Linux exclusively stay away from them?
(PS: I have also tried FreeBSD and knoppix, but both failed, too)
For example, most of my classmates have no ideas of what free software is, even my major is computer science. That is because we have been used to the software from Microsoft for a very long time, and the teaching of using those software is part of our eduction. I am sure that most people can not succeed in the process of transferring from Microsoft to free software. It still needs a lot of effects before we can finally achieve it.
However, I am still glad to see the government has such a farsighted plan that not only will save much money for our people, but also can bring about the rising of the develope of software industry. Although it will not come true in the near furture, I appreciate how perspective our government becomes! In fact, I am surprised. I think it is a blessing for we people in Taiwan. Thank god we are going toward the right direction.
But why can't I get the source?
I am glad the folks at Loki have got started to port Real Time Strategy Games though this one is not my favorite. RTSG is definitely my favorite type of games except RPG. From time to time I have played RTSGs such as War Battle II, Red Alert, Myth, Ace of Empires, and resently Empire(The Battle for Dune). Just hope one day I can play such great RTSGs on Linux, so keep working hard Loki!
1. Final Fantasy X
2. Final Fantasy IX
3. Final Fantasy VIII
4. Final Fantasy VII
5. Final Fantasy VI
6. Final Fantasy V
7. Final Fantasy IV
8. Final Fantasy III
9. Final Fantasy II
10.Final Fantasy I
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The text "Final Fantasy" has an insteresting translation here in Taiwan. People call it "Tai-Kom-Gen-Shi" in Chinese, which means "Space Warrior", though I wonder if it has somthing to do with "Sky Walker." Maybe the translator happened to be a fan of sci-fi.