I could see it being a good choice but I can't find any mention on what OS it'll run. I wonder if it'll work as a Linux desktop for things other than "content creation"? I did find this press release at IBM though:
Link is from Zelda, Neo is from the Matrix. Although people will say "Neil?" and I reply "No, Neo N E O" after that their names are seldom forgotten, which was what I was going for.
How about Mann, or Name (Nah-Mee)?...
I'm sure if you include numbers in the name that they'll be doomed to a life of people messing stuff up for them. Everytime they fill out an application for anyting, it'll likely get incorrectly edited, or prompt questions anyhow. and I'm sure somewhere lies a form validator that'll reject numbers in the name field. I like the idea, but don't think it'd be worth the hassle later in life.
Roaming support is coming. Thought it might have been in version 1.7, but it just missed. On my website, I post news on roaming when I find it and hope to offer a roaming server service when roaming is added to the Mozilla suite.
the work I refer to is in Bugzilla, I cannot link directlty to Bugzilla from Slashdot, but check out ZillaVilla.com and you'll see the link to the bug on the front page.
do a search for window managers on google, or try xwinman.org a site about window managers. I find that while gnome and KDE look much like what most people would expect, some other window managers put a new twist on how you interact with the computer. also look at 3dwm.org a 3d window manager that's used at the 3D-CUBE
another good one is the Mozilla based desktop over at OEONE.com
perhaps this means we'll soon see more glass stuff, I like the feel of glass over plastic and such. beyond that, it would be cool to see glass replacing other materials. How about a glass computer case, or glass engines.
but it's not a total solution. What I want to do is base it around Mozilla. The Plan is to keep the profile directory on a website, and use Mozilla Roaming profiles to log in from different machines.(doesn't work yet) If there's files I need I'll keep them in the profile directory. If all your machines are connected, and all your tools are browser based, then that's all you'd need. Here's to hoping that I can get ZillaVilla.com up and running sometime this century. if anyone has any feedback, contributions, Ideas, insight, whatever, don't hesitate to send them my way via ZillaVilla.com/forum
When people see they can use a PPC or a 64bit AMD, and still have the same Linux desktop, I think it'll be a real Linux advantage. As it stands, Windows users won't get a Mac because they have to learn a new system and Mac users won't go PC, because they'd have to learn a new system. Linux users don't have that problem, we're already getting first on new platforms, MS already can't/won't keep up. Here's to hoping IBM will offer some sweet deals on PPC970 desktops running Linux. (and don't you think they'd love to piss of M$ by doing so?)
BTW, how far apart are PPC970 and Sony's "cell" processor? Will I be able to get a laptop with 4 PPC970 cells onboard? How about a thin laptop with cell upgrades by slapping other cell panels on the bottom, like a 1" notebook might have 4 cells, and a 2" notebook might have 8, and if I was a fanatic, my "notebook" would be 6" thick with 24 cells. could I then get 400fps in Quake? imagine a beowulf cluster of these!!!!
I do Tech support for an ISP, I see all kinds of stuff happen to windows boxes. Where is spybot, Adaware, Mcafee, Norton, and all those other programs Linux versions?.... I get calls from people who can't browse because of NewDotNet spyware breaking thier DNS at least a few times a day. Folks who boot up and get thier homepage hijacked and see 10 popup windows before they even launch thier browser. It costs the ISP about 1$ a minute to offer telephone technical support, and none of these issues are ones that we've caused, none of these issues are Linux issues.
I also get to talk to customers whose connections we cut off from Spam reports, people who have no idea their machine has been hacked and has smtp running along with http-proxies, ftp servers and all kinds of stuff "I just play games at pogo and use email, I don't have anything bad on here...do I?" My ISP doesn't support Linux. I have a small army of peguins at my desk waiting for they day when we'll have to tell folks, "Sorry, you'll have to call your OEM we don't support Windows." For now, at least when customers ask me "what antivirus software do you reccomend?" I can say "I don't know because I don't use Windows so I don't really need to worry about it" and I can tell them to go read about Linux and let them know that even though we don't support it, you'll find lots of other places that will help you out.
For websurfing and email, Linux is already a much easier system to use, just because there is less that can compromise your machine.
Beonex is a consulting company working on this very issue. They have the start of roaming profile support working in mozilla, and create thier own browser Beonex communicator for this purpose. Check out this bug on bugzilla where the start of roaming profile code exists for your compiling and testing pleasure. roaming profile setup IMHO is the way to go if folks use at different machines at different times. Outside of what's in the works...for now, I'd manually configure one for each platform and copy the folder over. Several different XPI's can be rolled into one, but it does take some hacking skills. Later this year, Hopefully, roaming will be up and running in Mozilla and with that bwill likely come some nice deployment tools.
at some point in the NEAR future, everything invested in MS software will only server to hold your company back. Upgrade to Linux now, and you'll have a whole new set of problems, and those are problems you can invest in solving, and that investment will last.
Linux in 2003 makes #2 desktop (over Mac), in 2004-2005, I see number 1. How do I know this to be fact? I'm psychotic.
they already farm out thier tech-support lines to India. Perhaps MS knowledge will become scarce in India and they'll have to move the call center back to the US.
Right on India, smart move. Here's to hoping the US government won't be the last to migrate over to common sense.
so can most older proprietary modems. it has to do with encrypting traffic from the modem to the CMTS, which I suspect creates some overhead. perhaps they're just being cheap? I'm on Cox.net, and if I go to webmail.cox.net it's an http not an https on the page where you submit your username and password. On the public internet this would be an issue but inside the cox.net network, you can't sniff your neigbors traffic because of the way the modems are setup (no I haven't tried, but if I did, am fairly sure what I could see I couldn't read).
if you want all the dirt on how these modems work, go see the documentation at Cable Labs , they're the people who certify the equipment.
Thee's a reason I call myself broadbandbradley, I couldn't think of a good handle;-)
you just know that's what they're offering. and if you've ever drank beer in India, there are mainly 2 varieties, regular or strong.
watch out for the strong it will set you down pretty quick.
anyhow, the freedom isn't about free beer anyhow, and the Indians won't be fooled by this "shared source initiative"
There's an expression in Khatmandu, just north of India, "Namaste" (someone with a clue let me know if I spelled that wrong, and perhaps expand on the meaning of that phrase and the relevance in this situation.)
Anyhow Bill, the good guys always win when the people have a clue about who the good guys aren't... Open source controlled by someone else has almost no value, other than being able to contribute code to Microsoft, while not being on the payroll. 500 Million dollars didn't buy your way in, free server software wouldn't do it either, and this also isn't going to fly. I wish the US government was as clued in as some other nations are.
hightlight an area of a page, right click and there's an option to "View selection source". which opens the html source and cues it to the area you had selected.
it won't be that long until having coaxial cables laying all over the place becomes less of an asset and more of a liability.
Ultra Wide Band wireless technology ( or something suitable) would let you provide access without having to get right of way to run wires and put up poles everywhere. do you want to be an ISP or an MSO (Cable tv, ISP, and Telephony on coax cables). If you're going to be a MSO, buy and upgrade an existing cable plant somewhere. then you got telephony regulations and distribution deals to make with all the networks, sell adds, all kinds of stuff. If you're going to be JUST an ISP, things will be MUCH more simple. and if it's Just Internet service, use some kind of wireless eqipment.
anyhow, if you need someone to head up your tech support department, don't call me I'm sick of this shit. I want to be a lumberjack.
Q: What should I do if I get the following message: ''The Internet site you are trying to view uses a security certificate that was signed by an unknown authority''?
A: This message indicates that you must upgrade your browser. To protect the privacy of your personal information, we require your Internet browser supports 128-bit encryption to access our Online Account Services (OAS).
We suggest you download Netscape version 4.08 or higher or Internet Explorer version 4.0 or higher. For Macintosh users, we suggest Internet Explorer version 4.5 or higher.
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Too bad it didn't go something like this:...Hi I'm a media distribution company who relies on the good grace of the media creation companies. I'd like to go on record as saying I think the media creation people are lame and a pain in our ass, screw those guys.....
well it's good to know that they'll be working together from now on...they musty be good guys right?.. god this spin makes me dizzy.
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will it run Linux?
I could see it being a good choice but I can't find any mention on what OS it'll run. I wonder if it'll work as a Linux desktop for things other than "content creation"? I did find this press release at IBM though:
Cell-based workstations to be readied for entertainment applications
Link is from Zelda, Neo is from the Matrix. Although people will say "Neil?" and I reply "No, Neo N E O" after that their names are seldom forgotten, which was what I was going for.
How about Mann, or Name (Nah-Mee)?...
I'm sure if you include numbers in the name that they'll be doomed to a life of people messing stuff up for them. Everytime they fill out an application for anyting, it'll likely get incorrectly edited, or prompt questions anyhow. and I'm sure somewhere lies a form validator that'll reject numbers in the name field.
I like the idea, but don't think it'd be worth the hassle later in life.
Roaming support is coming. Thought it might have been in version 1.7, but it just missed. On my website, I post news on roaming when I find it and hope to offer a roaming server service when roaming is added to the Mozilla suite.
the work I refer to is in Bugzilla, I cannot link directlty to Bugzilla from Slashdot, but check out ZillaVilla.com and you'll see the link to the bug on the front page.
do a search for window managers on google, or try xwinman.org a site about window managers. I find that while gnome and KDE look much like what most people would expect, some other window managers put a new twist on how you interact with the computer.
also look at 3dwm.org a 3d window manager that's used at the 3D-CUBE
another good one is the Mozilla based desktop over at OEONE.com
and then I'll be impressed.
perhaps this means we'll soon see more glass stuff, I like the feel of glass over plastic and such. beyond that, it would be cool to see glass replacing other materials. How about a glass computer case, or glass engines.
or get an apartment with AC.
Where else?
but it's not a total solution.
What I want to do is base it around Mozilla.
The Plan is to keep the profile directory on a website, and use Mozilla Roaming profiles to log in from different machines.(doesn't work yet) If there's files I need I'll keep them in the profile directory. If all your machines are connected, and all your tools are browser based, then that's all you'd need.
Here's to hoping that I can get ZillaVilla.com up and running sometime this century. if anyone has any feedback, contributions, Ideas, insight, whatever, don't hesitate to send them my way via ZillaVilla.com/forum
I work at an ISP that doesn't support Linux.
Me and my army of penguins are waiting till we can tell customers "sorry, we don't support MS windows, you'll have to call your OEM for assistance"
that day will come.
When people see they can use a PPC or a 64bit AMD, and still have the same Linux desktop, I think it'll be a real Linux advantage.
As it stands, Windows users won't get a Mac because they have to learn a new system and Mac users won't go PC, because they'd have to learn a new system.
Linux users don't have that problem, we're already getting first on new platforms, MS already can't/won't keep up.
Here's to hoping IBM will offer some sweet deals on PPC970 desktops running Linux. (and don't you think they'd love to piss of M$ by doing so?)
BTW, how far apart are PPC970 and Sony's "cell" processor? Will I be able to get a laptop with 4 PPC970 cells onboard? How about a thin laptop with cell upgrades by slapping other cell panels on the bottom, like a 1" notebook might have 4 cells, and a 2" notebook might have 8, and if I was a fanatic, my "notebook" would be 6" thick with 24 cells. could I then get 400fps in Quake? imagine a beowulf cluster of these!!!!
I do Tech support for an ISP, I see all kinds of stuff happen to windows boxes.
Where is spybot, Adaware, Mcafee, Norton, and all those other programs Linux versions?....
I get calls from people who can't browse because of NewDotNet spyware breaking thier DNS at least a few times a day. Folks who boot up and get thier homepage hijacked and see 10 popup windows before they even launch thier browser. It costs the ISP about 1$ a minute to offer telephone technical support, and none of these issues are ones that we've caused, none of these issues are Linux issues.
I also get to talk to customers whose connections we cut off from Spam reports, people who have no idea their machine has been hacked and has smtp running along with http-proxies, ftp servers and all kinds of stuff "I just play games at pogo and use email, I don't have anything bad on here...do I?"
My ISP doesn't support Linux. I have a small army of peguins at my desk waiting for they day when we'll have to tell folks, "Sorry, you'll have to call your OEM we don't support Windows." For now, at least when customers ask me "what antivirus software do you reccomend?" I can say "I don't know because I don't use Windows so I don't really need to worry about it" and I can tell them to go read about Linux and let them know that even though we don't support it, you'll find lots of other places that will help you out.
For websurfing and email, Linux is already a much easier system to use, just because there is less that can compromise your machine.
Beonex is a consulting company working on this very issue. They have the start of roaming profile support working in mozilla, and create thier own browser Beonex communicator for this purpose.
Check out this bug on bugzilla where the start of roaming profile code exists for your compiling and testing pleasure. roaming profile setup IMHO is the way to go if folks use at different machines at different times. Outside of what's in the works...for now, I'd manually configure one for each platform and copy the folder over. Several different XPI's can be rolled into one, but it does take some hacking skills.
Later this year, Hopefully, roaming will be up and running in Mozilla and with that bwill likely come some nice deployment tools.
at some point in the NEAR future, everything invested in MS software will only server to hold your company back. Upgrade to Linux now, and you'll have a whole new set of problems, and those are problems you can invest in solving, and that investment will last.
Linux in 2003 makes #2 desktop (over Mac), in 2004-2005, I see number 1. How do I know this to be fact? I'm psychotic.
believe me now, hear me later.
they already farm out thier tech-support lines to India. Perhaps MS knowledge will become scarce in India and they'll have to move the call center back to the US.
Right on India, smart move. Here's to hoping the US government won't be the last to migrate over to common sense.
so can most older proprietary modems. it has to do with encrypting traffic from the modem to the CMTS, which I suspect creates some overhead. perhaps they're just being cheap? I'm on Cox.net, and if I go to webmail.cox.net it's an http not an https on the page where you submit your username and password. On the public internet this would be an issue but inside the cox.net network, you can't sniff your neigbors traffic because of the way the modems are setup (no I haven't tried, but if I did, am fairly sure what I could see I couldn't read).
;-)
if you want all the dirt on how these modems work, go see the documentation at Cable Labs , they're the people who certify the equipment.
Thee's a reason I call myself broadbandbradley, I couldn't think of a good handle
thanks.
you just know that's what they're offering. and if you've ever drank beer in India, there are mainly 2 varieties, regular or strong.
watch out for the strong it will set you down pretty quick.
anyhow, the freedom isn't about free beer anyhow, and the Indians won't be fooled by this "shared source initiative"
There's an expression in Khatmandu, just north of India, "Namaste" (someone with a clue let me know if I spelled that wrong, and perhaps expand on the meaning of that phrase and the relevance in this situation.)
Anyhow Bill, the good guys always win when the people have a clue about who the good guys aren't... Open source controlled by someone else has almost no value, other than being able to contribute code to Microsoft, while not being on the payroll. 500 Million dollars didn't buy your way in, free server software wouldn't do it either, and this also isn't going to fly. I wish the US government was as clued in as some other nations are.
You get those Bastards WV, take them to the cleaners and LEAVE THEM THERE. we're all done with MS now, we don't need or want them anymore.
Rock on WV.
hightlight an area of a page, right click and there's an option to "View selection source". which opens the html source and cues it to the area you had selected.
Mozilla is IMHO, the best available.
it won't be that long until having coaxial cables laying all over the place becomes less of an asset and more of a liability.
Ultra Wide Band wireless technology ( or something suitable) would let you provide access without having to get right of way to run wires and put up poles everywhere. do you want to be an ISP or an MSO (Cable tv, ISP, and Telephony on coax cables). If you're going to be a MSO, buy and upgrade an existing cable plant somewhere. then you got telephony regulations and distribution deals to make with all the networks, sell adds, all kinds of stuff.
If you're going to be JUST an ISP, things will be MUCH more simple. and if it's Just Internet service, use some kind of wireless eqipment.
anyhow, if you need someone to head up your tech support department, don't call me I'm sick of this shit. I want to be a lumberjack.
yeah, but, getting end users involved is what makes open source, open source. many shallow eye bugs or something.
Somebody needs to setup Mozilla End user support and figure out how to make money from it....Netscape's support isn't free.
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Q: What should I do if I get the following message: ''The Internet site you are trying to view uses a security certificate that was signed by an unknown authority''?
A: This message indicates that you must upgrade your browser. To protect the privacy of your personal information, we require your Internet browser supports 128-bit encryption to access our Online Account Services (OAS).
We suggest you download Netscape version 4.08 or higher or Internet Explorer version 4.0 or higher. For Macintosh users, we suggest Internet Explorer version 4.5 or higher.
Netscape: Click the link below to download Netscape Navigator or Netscape Communicator:
http://home.netscape.com/computing
Internet Explorer (PC): Click the link below to download the latest browser version:
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http://www.microsoft.com/mac/download/
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hell no, they should fight it out!!!!
...Hi I'm a media distribution company who relies on the good grace of the media creation companies. I'd like to go on record as saying I think the media creation people are lame and a pain in our ass, screw those guys.....
.. god this spin makes me dizzy.
Too bad it didn't go something like this:
well it's good to know that they'll be working together from now on...they musty be good guys right?
gosh just shatter my dreams of Super Mario on a Super computer.