I admined several ACAD R12, 13 and 14 boxen for a couple years, and had to deal with cross-app compatibility (amazingly,.dwg was compatible across all 3). DWX does a decent job, and nothing I ever managed to do with AutoCAD couldn't be brought down to this "open" format. I forget how to make R12 output dwx but it's probably in the save dialog somewhere. R13+ are probably the same way.
Compaq owns Digital now, so the proper heading is Compaq.
Personally I always liked Digital Alpha over Compaq Alpha. All the Compaqs I've dealt with have been crap (for example, my school got a load of 8 Compaqs, I forget what model (desktop cases), and I was responsible for installing CD drives in them. Oh joy, the 5.25" bays were actually 5.125" bays), and while I'm sure their... skillful manufacturing process hasn't affected the Alpha line yet, it sure does make me worry about it's future.
Braile displays are rather common (ever watch Sneakers? Whistler uses the same thing many blind people use computers with), the most common one from what I remember being the Telebrailer. There are also many, many speech synthesis programs out there, I've played with a couple of the free (beer) ones and they were pretty good for text displays.
Yep, us Slackers use.tgz files (.tar.gz bastardized to fit in 8.3 format). installpkg runs a small script that's included in the.tgz file to do any post-install configuration.
I know some people report success running Half-Life in Wine, but I'm not one of them. I have the files from a fresh Win95 install available if I need any of them, and could get 98's. Anyone have a fairly detailed howto?
Particularly, the latest release (Hallowine) manages to sort of run until the "Gordon Loading Screen", then gives me the debugging prompt.
Well, what's most amusing about your suggestion, and what took me by suprise, is the fact you want Netscape to include with their browser for Windows (they don't sell Netscape for Linux), a copy of a Linux CD.
That makes no sense for anyone involved, and here's why:
1) If the person is buying Netscape for Windows, they're relatively clueless. Hell, does Netscape even sell boxed copies of Communicator any more?
2) Why would a person want a copy of an OS they can't run their newly purchased version of Netscape on? Yes, any self-respecting Linux distribution already comes with Communicator, but if that's the major selling point, which is likely since you can't keep a straight face while saying Linux is more stable than Windows when the app to be used is Communicator, they've just bought Communicator anyway, why are they interested in a free version of it? Did that make any sense?
3) Do you really want to explain to this person who probably also bought their WinModem equipped computer from the same store they bought Communicator why they can't go online? Or in that same vein, explain why AOL doesn't work on Linux?
4) "Yes, hi? Netscape support? Yeah, Netscape just disappeared.. No, I bought the boxed version with support. Yeah, I installed the Linux distribution included, and am using Netscape there now... What do you mean you don't do tech support for Netscape for Linux? I paid $(20-40) for this thing and you don't support it? Well then why did you put the CD in there if you're not going to support it?"
Don't forget the fact that many, many Slashdot articles were before threading, no less moderation. (I don't think Hemos has forgotten, but this seems to be the approperate post to reply to).
To go through and thread many of the old stories would take ages for the minimal return, and I think that's why the archived articles are flat mode anyway (or was it because it's Rob's personal preference? I remember him saying something back when he was implementing threading saying he was keeping flat mode around if only because he liked it...).
As a result of all this, flat mode, chronologicly sorted is the lowest common demoninator...
I disagree with the Cray thing, if my understanding of the problems with their Cray line being correct (it's not making them any money).
Also, LANL has a large Beowulf cluster (See Avalon, an Alpha based cluster, #160 in the top500), and a small Beowulf cluster (See Loki, a PPro based cluster which has won some awards for advancements in parallel computing or something). They also have #2, which I think is an Intel (Maybe it's SGI... I forget) designed cluster of boxen. They seem to lean towards commodity hardware and clustering over the "One massive box" method that a Cray machine would bring.
1) Make SMP good enough for the platform they're making the cluster out of, or
2) They're going to use 2 or maybe 4 CPU boxen (unlikely).
Remember, SGI owns Cray. SGI by itself is a powerhouse when it comes to multiprocessing, and they have the Cray guys, who have got to be better (UniCos has to be able to support upwards of 1024 processors (see the T3Es on top500.org, 3rd fastest computer in the world has over 1k CPUs))
I hope they decide to release the source to their patches (I don't think they have to, though, since they're modifying for internal use... But maybe they do, since they're then selling it. It can't really hurt them to release the source, so I don't doubt they will).
The second fastest current supercomputer (ASCI Blue) resides at LANL as well. Will they be running these concurrently, or are they scrapping their current cluster to put this one in?
The current fastest, ASCI Red, is located in Sandia National Labs. Both these systems were built by Intel I believe, and are gigantic clusters running some custom software.
The biggest Linux box/cluster/whatever is Avalon I believe, currently ranked #160, and also resides in LANL. Wasn't there one in the 50-60 range as well?
Personally I can't see this being anything but a good thing for Linux, both in terms of another selling point (Hey, it's good enough to be on the world's fastest computer!) as well as (hopefully) advancements in scalability (I can't imagine SGI implementing a massive cluster of single CPU boxen, meaning they may take a long hard look at SMP code and optomize it for whatever platform they're considering rolling out for this).
I don't think Patrick would allow a Pre-anything to be included in Slackware (That's why we're just now going to glibc2 actually. glibc2.0 was beta, 2.1 is final).
Yes, there are several key features this time around:
- glibc2.1, you can run xmms (I believe it's actually included this time around, but I'm not sure), Mozilla, and other fun things...
- Gnome -AND- KDE included, as well as WindowMaker (an older version though, 0.60.0 as opposed to 0.61.1, but the later may be a devel version. Dunno) and a few others.
Um.. There's other stuff.. I'm very happy with the 6.5 beta I'm currently running. But if you've installed glibc2.1 on your own, you may want to examine the changelogs to see what's in it for you.
Actually, it was 4.0 to 7.0, and Patrick has said it's because everyone else is doing it and he's tired of fielding questions about when he's "going to upgrade Slackware to -insert latest RH version here-"
Look at Slackware's versioning though...
3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 -- I started here. 3.6 3.9 4.0 7.0
Then look at RedHat's...
4.0 4.1 4.2 5.0 5.1 5.2 6.0 6.1
If Patrick were to version like RH, we'd already be 7.0+ anyway. He's just catching up.
ftp.cdrom.com had a 3600 user limit before they upgraded to a Xeon 500 with 4 gigs of RAM, then they went to 5000 users. Then, they went to 6000 for awhile, and they're back at 5000. Don't know why they went back down (speed?)
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I must be really weird then.. 1152x864 on a 15" display and I -LIKE- it. But then again, it's 75Hz refresh still, on a Matrox Millenium.
Damn I need a new monitor. I'd probably manage to do 1880xwhatever at 21"...
Sorry about that.. Was thinking DraWing eXchange or something. Blah.
I admined several ACAD R12, 13 and 14 boxen for a couple years, and had to deal with cross-app compatibility (amazingly, .dwg was compatible across all 3). DWX does a decent job, and nothing I ever managed to do with AutoCAD couldn't be brought down to this "open" format. I forget how to make R12 output dwx but it's probably in the save dialog somewhere. R13+ are probably the same way.
I guess. No idea though... You can find more info buried somewhere in techsightings.com (Roblimo's very own /.alike)
Rob(in Miller) drives a limo, hence Roblimo.
Compaq owns Digital now, so the proper heading is Compaq.
Personally I always liked Digital Alpha over Compaq Alpha. All the Compaqs I've dealt with have been crap (for example, my school got a load of 8 Compaqs, I forget what model (desktop cases), and I was responsible for installing CD drives in them. Oh joy, the 5.25" bays were actually 5.125" bays), and while I'm sure their... skillful manufacturing process hasn't affected the Alpha line yet, it sure does make me worry about it's future.
Please tell me you're being sarcastic...
Braile displays are rather common (ever watch Sneakers? Whistler uses the same thing many blind people use computers with), the most common one from what I remember being the Telebrailer. There are also many, many speech synthesis programs out there, I've played with a couple of the free (beer) ones and they were pretty good for text displays.
What the hell?
Go into BIOS and disable the thing. It wasn't taking up an ISA slot, it was actually wired to the motherboard. You could have just left it there.
(I've delt with about 30 of these things).
Yep, us Slackers use .tgz files (.tar.gz bastardized to fit in 8.3 format). installpkg runs a small script that's included in the .tgz file to do any post-install configuration.
I know some people report success running Half-Life in Wine, but I'm not one of them. I have the files from a fresh Win95 install available if I need any of them, and could get 98's. Anyone have a fairly detailed howto?
Particularly, the latest release (Hallowine) manages to sort of run until the "Gordon Loading Screen", then gives me the debugging prompt.
Well, what's most amusing about your suggestion, and what took me by suprise, is the fact you want Netscape to include with their browser for Windows (they don't sell Netscape for Linux), a copy of a Linux CD.
That makes no sense for anyone involved, and here's why:
1) If the person is buying Netscape for Windows, they're relatively clueless. Hell, does Netscape even sell boxed copies of Communicator any more?
2) Why would a person want a copy of an OS they can't run their newly purchased version of Netscape on? Yes, any self-respecting Linux distribution already comes with Communicator, but if that's the major selling point, which is likely since you can't keep a straight face while saying Linux is more stable than Windows when the app to be used is Communicator, they've just bought Communicator anyway, why are they interested in a free version of it? Did that make any sense?
3) Do you really want to explain to this person who probably also bought their WinModem equipped computer from the same store they bought Communicator why they can't go online? Or in that same vein, explain why AOL doesn't work on Linux?
4) "Yes, hi? Netscape support? Yeah, Netscape just disappeared.. No, I bought the boxed version with support. Yeah, I installed the Linux distribution included, and am using Netscape there now... What do you mean you don't do tech support for Netscape for Linux? I paid $(20-40) for this thing and you don't support it? Well then why did you put the CD in there if you're not going to support it?"
Blah! I went looking around lokigames.com for this very demo 2 days ago, and there's no mention of the demo on the RT2 page. Thanks for the link...
/me prepares to add RRT2 to the list of Loki games he's buying. Civ:CTP, Myth2, RRT2 so far.
Don't forget the fact that many, many Slashdot articles were before threading, no less moderation. (I don't think Hemos has forgotten, but this seems to be the approperate post to reply to).
To go through and thread many of the old stories would take ages for the minimal return, and I think that's why the archived articles are flat mode anyway (or was it because it's Rob's personal preference? I remember him saying something back when he was implementing threading saying he was keeping flat mode around if only because he liked it...).
As a result of all this, flat mode, chronologicly sorted is the lowest common demoninator...
I disagree with the Cray thing, if my understanding of the problems with their Cray line being correct (it's not making them any money).
Also, LANL has a large Beowulf cluster (See Avalon, an Alpha based cluster, #160 in the top500), and a small Beowulf cluster (See Loki, a PPro based cluster which has won some awards for advancements in parallel computing or something). They also have #2, which I think is an Intel (Maybe it's SGI... I forget) designed cluster of boxen. They seem to lean towards commodity hardware and clustering over the "One massive box" method that a Cray machine would bring.
No, they have complete faith they can manage to:
1) Make SMP good enough for the platform they're making the cluster out of, or
2) They're going to use 2 or maybe 4 CPU boxen (unlikely).
Remember, SGI owns Cray. SGI by itself is a powerhouse when it comes to multiprocessing, and they have the Cray guys, who have got to be better (UniCos has to be able to support upwards of 1024 processors (see the T3Es on top500.org, 3rd fastest computer in the world has over 1k CPUs))
I hope they decide to release the source to their patches (I don't think they have to, though, since they're modifying for internal use... But maybe they do, since they're then selling it. It can't really hurt them to release the source, so I don't doubt they will).
The second fastest current supercomputer (ASCI Blue) resides at LANL as well. Will they be running these concurrently, or are they scrapping their current cluster to put this one in?
The current fastest, ASCI Red, is located in Sandia National Labs. Both these systems were built by Intel I believe, and are gigantic clusters running some custom software.
The biggest Linux box/cluster/whatever is Avalon I believe, currently ranked #160, and also resides in LANL. Wasn't there one in the 50-60 range as well?
Personally I can't see this being anything but a good thing for Linux, both in terms of another selling point (Hey, it's good enough to be on the world's fastest computer!) as well as (hopefully) advancements in scalability (I can't imagine SGI implementing a massive cluster of single CPU boxen, meaning they may take a long hard look at SMP code and optomize it for whatever platform they're considering rolling out for this).
And, it has to be said:
Imagine a Beowulf of these things! Heh...
Slackware.com is back up with a new design and the official announcement of 7.0 stable...
The topic for #slackware on irc.slackware.net implies that Slack7.0 final is a rumor... But the rumor is just a rumor, so... :/
I don't think Patrick would allow a Pre-anything to be included in Slackware (That's why we're just now going to glibc2 actually. glibc2.0 was beta, 2.1 is final).
Yes, there are several key features this time around:
- glibc2.1, you can run xmms (I believe it's actually included this time around, but I'm not sure), Mozilla, and other fun things...
- Gnome -AND- KDE included, as well as WindowMaker (an older version though, 0.60.0 as opposed to 0.61.1, but the later may be a devel version. Dunno) and a few others.
Um.. There's other stuff.. I'm very happy with the 6.5 beta I'm currently running. But if you've installed glibc2.1 on your own, you may want to examine the changelogs to see what's in it for you.
No, it's at the very least 5.0 if you don't want to go by the way Patrick numbers.
4.0 has been out for quite a while now...
Actually, it was 4.0 to 7.0, and Patrick has said it's because everyone else is doing it and he's tired of fielding questions about when he's "going to upgrade Slackware to -insert latest RH version here-"
Look at Slackware's versioning though...
3.0
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5 -- I started here.
3.6
3.9
4.0
7.0
Then look at RedHat's...
4.0
4.1
4.2
5.0
5.1
5.2
6.0
6.1
If Patrick were to version like RH, we'd already be 7.0+ anyway. He's just catching up.
Uhg.. That would explain why they put the current page on while they go eat dinner.
I wonder what Slackware version they were using and what allowed the breakin...
You can drop the 400 cable guys, since Slackware doesn't do FTP installs as far as I know.
Also, 53Kbytes/sec is nearly impossible on cdrom.com, no matter the time...
ftp.cdrom.com had a 3600 user limit before they upgraded to a Xeon 500 with 4 gigs of RAM, then they went to 5000 users. Then, they went to 6000 for awhile, and they're back at 5000. Don't know why they went back down (speed?)