Re:Dump X for chrissakes.
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The real problem is not X.
X is well-designed, well-functioning, excellent technology. In fact, it is very well capable of handling games like this.
Quake 3 runs great for me, with the exception of firing the railgun while zoomed in using both mouse buttons (have to hit CTRL to fire it). It's the little things like that, that bug me. Where this problem comes from, I'm not sure...(and come to think of it, I haven't tried it again after getting a new PS/2 mouse (had serial previously)). I'll have to give this one another shot.
Why doesn't it, you ask? The main problem is that no one actually uses the technology that's there. How often do you see 3D games using GLX or PEX? You're not supposed to draw all the damn pixels manually! That's what GLX and PEX are for... if people did that, 3D over X would be fast and responsive. How often do you see programs using XIE? If programs like Netscape and GIMP used XIE, they would run much, much faster. The list goes on.
I've definately noticed that horrid 'trudging through the mud' feeling when using visually complex apps (Netscape, etc). Makes me run to Lynx very fast.:)
The other problem is that XFree86 has been notoriously faulty and unfriendly, and people attribute this to X. This is not X at all, but one implementation of X.
This is where I think I made my mistake...juding all of X based on this one system...:/
X is really, really good technology.
This is what I wanted to hear, deep down.:D
I think I'll take a peek and see what other X implementations are like...
Much tnx.
Re:Dump X for chrissakes.
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Im to tired to type so i'll just say that your an idiot
Oh, so I'm an idiot because I can't fucking stand how X is set up? (Or rather, XFree86, which a previous, and much more tactful and intelligent poster enlightened me to.)
So, please, when you're not so tired from a long hard day of sucking cock, please feel free to join the discussion under your shield of anonymous cowardace.
I have total respect for the people who have invested their time into writing window managers and desktop environments for XWindows, but holy shit we really need to dump it and start from scratch with a lean and more modern setup. No more hacks or tricks to get wheel mice working. It's a serious problem, and I don't think we'll ever be as good as non-Linux OS's until we get this kind of stability. My mouse shouldn't feel different because I changed window managers... I mean, I love the idea of having the ability to run whatever manager pleases you, but the X world is so fragmented...apps that only work for KDE, or only work with this manager, etc. Choice and variety is nice, but damn. This is why I say we should have one GUI, with a highly customizable themed interface, and installable device drivers like Windows. Promote Allegro or SDL and MESA as your *official* alternatives to DirectX. Win9x might be EViL(tm), but there's some good lessons to be learned.
We're the ones in control here, yet we stick with this ancient fractured mess trying to appeal to everyone.
Please feel free to suggest positive reasons to stick with X, but leave the word "choice" out of it. Choice is nice. Clutter is not. Sometimes you just have to put your foot down and let people adapt, kicking and screaming.
And be gentle: I'm a devoted command line guy with a natural bias against GUI's.:D
Actually, this is only partially true. Last I heard, the so called 'guys that did it' (aka, 'Doug & Dave') were con artists basically trying to cash in on the phenomenon. From what I'm told, the circles they created had none of the characteristics of genuine circles, and actually ended up destroying the crops, which is normally what you don't find in authentic ones.
This is something of an interest of mine...belive what you like about whatever else -- this stuff is actually rather interesting, regardless of whatever formed them. Extremely complex sets of symbols and designs ('circle' doesn't at all describe a great deal of them nowadays) that appear overnight in the middle of nowhere all across the globe is something worthy of at least keeping an eye on, just to see where it goes: be it foreign OR domestic in origin.:)
Long ago I just made this local 'home.html' page with all the sites I'm interested in all organized and neat, along with some forms to various search engines and other tools. All in a nice compact space that loads up automatically. Zips me along to all the stuff I care about.:)
It's useful, and hell, it even looks good in Lynx.:D
I love dreams. I have very vivid ones. Almost to the point where I feel a loss when I wake up. As if I'd been torn from some world.
But I love having dreams about stuff I'd been doing...like when I played F-Zero when it first game out...or even before Super Mario 3 came out, I had this dream composed of data from the previews I'd read about. Or if I'm working on some coding project, I'll have dreams where I keep working on it. Or when I tried to learn Japanese. Anything that gets the ol' gears working for a long period of time. It's quite pleasant.:)
The sheer number of peolpe who took the "let's put Linux on it" comment seriously absolutely frightens me. I'm sitting here reading some of them and the blood from me having clawed my eyes out is clogging up the keyboard...
Maybe there should be some sort of written and oral exam people have to pass to be able to read Slashdot. Not unlike how a driver should be able to pay attention to the road and the people around him or her, people who read Slashdot should have a good head on their shoulders and a healthy sense of humor -- and be able to detect it when it's there.
It's just really amazing.:)
Anyways, to keep this on topic: the ZX81 was the first home computer I ever had. Had it hooked up to a nice B&W TV around 1986 or so with it's L337 16k expansion... Don't forget, you can still mess (so to speak) around with it using the MESS emulator...
Slashdot Mirror
Busy signal. :D
AWESOME. Thanks for the tip. :D
I think I'll take a peek and see what other X implementations are like...
Much tnx.
Oh, so I'm an idiot because I can't fucking stand how X is set up? (Or rather, XFree86, which a previous, and much more tactful and intelligent poster enlightened me to.)
So, please, when you're not so tired from a long hard day of sucking cock, please feel free to join the discussion under your shield of anonymous cowardace.
I have total respect for the people who have invested their time into writing window managers and desktop environments for XWindows, but holy shit we really need to dump it and start from scratch with a lean and more modern setup. No more hacks or tricks to get wheel mice working. It's a serious problem, and I don't think we'll ever be as good as non-Linux OS's until we get this kind of stability. My mouse shouldn't feel different because I changed window managers... I mean, I love the idea of having the ability to run whatever manager pleases you, but the X world is so fragmented...apps that only work for KDE, or only work with this manager, etc. Choice and variety is nice, but damn. This is why I say we should have one GUI, with a highly customizable themed interface, and installable device drivers like Windows. Promote Allegro or SDL and MESA as your *official* alternatives to DirectX. Win9x might be EViL(tm), but there's some good lessons to be learned. We're the ones in control here, yet we stick with this ancient fractured mess trying to appeal to everyone. Please feel free to suggest positive reasons to stick with X, but leave the word "choice" out of it. Choice is nice. Clutter is not. Sometimes you just have to put your foot down and let people adapt, kicking and screaming. And be gentle: I'm a devoted command line guy with a natural bias against GUI's. :D
Actually, this is only partially true. Last I heard, the so called 'guys that did it' (aka, 'Doug & Dave') were con artists basically trying to cash in on the phenomenon. From what I'm told, the circles they created had none of the characteristics of genuine circles, and actually ended up destroying the crops, which is normally what you don't find in authentic ones.
:)
This is something of an interest of mine...belive what you like about whatever else -- this stuff is actually rather interesting, regardless of whatever formed them. Extremely complex sets of symbols and designs ('circle' doesn't at all describe a great deal of them nowadays) that appear overnight in the middle of nowhere all across the globe is something worthy of at least keeping an eye on, just to see where it goes: be it foreign OR domestic in origin.
Long ago I just made this local 'home.html' page with all the sites I'm interested in all organized and neat, along with some forms to various search engines and other tools. All in a nice compact space that loads up automatically. Zips me along to all the stuff I care about. :)
:D
It's useful, and hell, it even looks good in Lynx.
I'm still puttering along with my K6-2/266 with 48 megs of RAM...runs most everything good enough. :/
:P)
(Although as soon as the chance to upgrade shows, I'm jumping at it.
/me sneaks over and snatches the [select] from that sequence and runs away...
;)
Off topic? Lest you forget that Lieberman is a big pain in the ass about violence in video games.
Get a fucking clue.
I love dreams. I have very vivid ones. Almost to the point where I feel a loss when I wake up. As if I'd been torn from some world.
:)
But I love having dreams about stuff I'd been doing...like when I played F-Zero when it first game out...or even before Super Mario 3 came out, I had this dream composed of data from the previews I'd read about. Or if I'm working on some coding project, I'll have dreams where I keep working on it. Or when I tried to learn Japanese. Anything that gets the ol' gears working for a long period of time. It's quite pleasant.
What's with all this 'darkened heart' jibba-jabba? I'll give you a darkened EYE, sucka!
Watch 'The T' kick Liebermans ass!
The sheer number of peolpe who took the "let's put Linux on it" comment seriously absolutely frightens me. I'm sitting here reading some of them and the blood from me having clawed my eyes out is clogging up the keyboard...
:)
Maybe there should be some sort of written and oral exam people have to pass to be able to read Slashdot. Not unlike how a driver should be able to pay attention to the road and the people around him or her, people who read Slashdot should have a good head on their shoulders and a healthy sense of humor -- and be able to detect it when it's there.
It's just really amazing.
Anyways, to keep this on topic: the ZX81 was the first home computer I ever had. Had it hooked up to a nice B&W TV around 1986 or so with it's L337 16k expansion... Don't forget, you can still mess (so to speak) around with it using the MESS emulator...
http://mess.emuverse.com