Since I drive a mitsubishi, but the engine (the most important part?) is made by chrystler, does that mean my car should be a MITSUBISHI/Chrystler?
It's rather common for products to have one common name rather than mixing the names of all the components (granted that's because they're usually getting paid).
The main reason napster became as huge as it did, was because of all the controversy caused by the RIAA, Lars, etc. It makes you wonder, would it have ever gotten that big had they not made such a big deal out of it? Thanks to them, napster became a household word, and then music sharing exploded on the net. Had they kept quiet, who knows...
My point being, since MS is making such a big deal out of this, it could actually work against them. More and more people are going to get the word, and be curious, maybe want to try it (the whole "any press is good press" deal).
I know I've been approached by my non-computer friends asking about this "Lindows thing", which surprised me, as they would never had had the slightest interest in linux.
I think they've got a crap architecture (since it requires compile-time selection of platform).
I personally don't have a problem with compile-time options, especially when it can optimize the hell outta the code it produces. Not to flame either, but what's the big problem with compiling the program anyways? Isn't that something you're used to by now?
I love mplayer, and I have yet to see any other project than can even come close to rivaling the performance and codec support that mplayer has.
I also think they have quite a sense of humor, which is something a LOT of people lack these days. If you don't like mplayer, don't use it. Don't bitch about it either, write your own player.
Amen. I've been using galeon for only a few short months, and have fallen completely in love with it.
Galeon is -fast- as hell, it renders pages just fine, and to be able to dissalow popups (with moz.9.5 I think) is just a godsend. Browsing with any other browser now is just, well, slow and not as enjoyable.
However, for the average Linux user, WINE shouldn't matter much. After all, what's the reason he uses Linux? Certainly not running Win32 apps, but trying to find free, open alternatives.
Sometimes you don't have a choice. When you use linux at work in a primarily windows environment, there are occasionally win32 applications that you are forced to use by your company (eg. Lotus Notes). WINE is fantastic for this, and has allowed me to completely banish windows from my work system, and that is awesome in my book!
They have done a fantastic job, and I hope they keep up the great work.
I'm totally excited about this. I mean, 3D is cool and all, but for a while I've been wating to see cartoon-style games like this.
Imagine the possibilities of this type of animation in a game.. you could have games that completely look and play like a cartoon or anime, which to me is cool as hell.
As 3D just approaces more and more towards photorealism, it's very nice to see something like this, especially in one of my favorite series.
Let AOL worry about their own resource issues. They've got a lot of people paid to worry about it on a daily basis, and they do a pretty good job of managing it.
Yep, that's why you see that little disclaimer at the bottom of their commercials that says "Availability may be limited, especially during peak hours":)
PS GAIM developers: GAIM rocks! Keep up the great work!!
Project monterey was just a project to get AIX running on an intel architecture.
This project was a success, so now they will be integrating AIX and Linux. The AIX libraries and so forth will be compatible with the linux libraries, etc. This will allow programs that were written for linux to compile on AIX with little or no modification. This is a great thing for linux, and shows that big blue is standing behind linux.
Now, if we can just get them to support a few more distros....
I have an ABIT BX6 Rev. 2 mobo with a celeron 366 clocked at 550 without a hitch. It runs very nice, doen't overheat (I only have one extra fan) and the performance is fantastic. The celerons provide an excellent price/performance value, especially when overclocked. Definitely highly recommended!
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Since I drive a mitsubishi, but the engine (the most important part?) is made by chrystler, does that mean my car should be a MITSUBISHI/Chrystler?
It's rather common for products to have one common name rather than mixing the names of all the components (granted that's because they're usually getting paid).
Maybe I'm wrong, but consider this:
The main reason napster became as huge as it did, was because of all the controversy caused by the RIAA, Lars, etc. It makes you wonder, would it have ever gotten that big had they not made such a big deal out of it? Thanks to them, napster became a household word, and then music sharing exploded on the net. Had they kept quiet, who knows...
My point being, since MS is making such a big deal out of this, it could actually work against them. More and more people are going to get the word, and be curious, maybe want to try it (the whole "any press is good press" deal).
I know I've been approached by my non-computer friends asking about this "Lindows thing", which surprised me, as they would never had had the slightest interest in linux.
So who knows, maybe it will work in their favor.
I think they've got a crap architecture (since it requires compile-time selection of platform).
I personally don't have a problem with compile-time options, especially when it can optimize the hell outta the code it produces. Not to flame either, but what's the big problem with compiling the program anyways? Isn't that something you're used to by now?
I love mplayer, and I have yet to see any other project than can even come close to rivaling the performance and codec support that mplayer has.
I also think they have quite a sense of humor, which is something a LOT of people lack these days. If you don't like mplayer, don't use it. Don't bitch about it either, write your own player.
Long live mplayer! great program.
Amen. I've been using galeon for only a few short months, and have fallen completely in love with it. .9.5 I think) is just a godsend. Browsing with any other browser now is just, well, slow and not as enjoyable.
Galeon is -fast- as hell, it renders pages just fine, and to be able to dissalow popups (with moz
Keep up the killer work galeon team!
However, for the average Linux user, WINE shouldn't matter much. After all, what's the reason he uses Linux? Certainly not running Win32 apps, but trying to find free, open alternatives.
Sometimes you don't have a choice. When you use linux at work in a primarily windows environment, there are occasionally win32 applications that you are forced to use by your company (eg. Lotus Notes). WINE is fantastic for this, and has allowed me to completely banish windows from my work system, and that is awesome in my book! They have done a fantastic job, and I hope they keep up the great work.
I'm totally excited about this. I mean, 3D is cool and all, but for a while I've been wating to see cartoon-style games like this.
Imagine the possibilities of this type of animation in a game.. you could have games that completely look and play like a cartoon or anime, which to me is cool as hell.
As 3D just approaces more and more towards photorealism, it's very nice to see something like this, especially in one of my favorite series.
Let AOL worry about their own resource issues. They've got a lot of people paid to worry about it on a daily basis, and they do a pretty good job of managing it.
:)
Yep, that's why you see that little disclaimer at the bottom of their commercials that says "Availability may be limited, especially during peak hours"
PS GAIM developers: GAIM rocks! Keep up the great work!!
and what file would this be?
Those who can't, manage.
Of course, there are plenty of those that bitch as well.
Project monterey was just a project to get AIX running on an intel architecture.
This project was a success, so now they will be integrating AIX and Linux. The AIX libraries and so forth will be compatible with the linux libraries, etc. This will allow programs that were written for linux to compile on AIX with little or no modification. This is a great thing for linux, and shows that big blue is standing behind linux.
Now, if we can just get them to support a few more distros....
I have an ABIT BX6 Rev. 2 mobo with a celeron 366 clocked at 550 without a hitch. It runs very nice, doen't overheat (I only have one extra fan) and the performance is fantastic. The celerons provide an excellent price/performance value, especially when overclocked. Definitely highly recommended!