Re:no need for winex
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WineX 2.0
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· Score: 3, Insightful
I had all sorts of sound glitches/graphical weirdness with the CVS version. I installed this bad boy roughly 3 hours ago. I'm still up, playing JKII at 3am EST *grin*
It is indeed equal in performance to my Windows performance on my 1.1GHz Athlon w/256MB RAM and a GeForce2 GTS (32mb RAM).
I can't wait to try it out on my work macine tomorrow. Dual Athlon MP 1900+s, 1GB RAM and my GeForce4 should arrive tomorrow as well! Sweet!
Re:Given all the questions about Kazaa...
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e-Denounce
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· Score: 1
Heh. I mean, curse you! Here I am, browsing/., drinking my bedtime Alka Seltzer and I happen across your post.
Now I have Alka Seltzer on my monitor, and snarfed up my nose. Thanks a lot.
Don't put up a sight that is anywhere close to something considered "Cool", "Kewl", K3wl", "News for Nerds" or "Stuff that matters".
And how would you end up on/. by posting something like that? This story itself isn't even "News for Nerds", and it certainly doesn't matter. (or so the Troll reasoning goes). Everyone knows it's just Slashvertisements these days anyways.
I'm not quite sure I see your point. I was replying to the original's "point" about M$ having more experience with online communities.
I would say that EverQuest is a far more burgeoning community than any M$ has managed to create (bigger than The Zone, let alone Asheron's Call, Alliance, etc.). I made no point about subscribing to, owning, or playing EverQest, so I'm not entirely sure what point you were trying to make.
That detail is available throughout the game, true, but that's a symptom of the guards' interactions with the environment.
The tanker featured many areas, such as the bar, the galley, the engine room, the holds, the exterior (with the best simulation of rain effects in a game, yet, IMNSHO) etc, most of which featured a higher level of detail than any of the shell "levels". The breakable bottles and ice tub in the bar, the pots and pans in the galley, the magazines in the crew lounge, etc. screamed attention to detail.
How many times did you find yourself sprinting across a rust-colored walkway, making your way from strut to strut? How many supply rooms were there?
I simply didn't see the extra details (so apparent on the tanker) present in the shell levels.
Plus, you play as Raiden. Grrrr. I want an expansion/correction that lets me play Snake's part. Give me Mr. Gruff over Whiny Farmboy any day.
SSX was a great game at launch time. Tekken Tag was pretty, as well. And anyone who tells you that Sky Odessy wasn't worth $50 (let alone the scant $15 it can be found at in places now) is smoking some serious industrial solvents.
If, by "killer app", you mean "game that people will buy the console for, sight unseen", then yes, GT3 was probably the first of those (although Twisted Metal" Black could also qualify).
MGSX is still a rumo(u)r. There's been no confirmation from anyone re: an XBox Metal Gear. Indications are that if there is one, Kojima won't play an active role in developing said game.
As for Genesis vs. SNES, well, Genesis didn't have FF or Super Mario World, now did it?
I think it speaks volumes about a game's quality when a handheld remake of a 10-year-old 16-bit game can garner innumerable praises.
Now let's all hope that Super Mario Sunshine is a great game...
Try reading any of the reviews of VF4 out there. The superlatives are practically overwhelming. Most pubs are treating it as a second coming of the fighting game. Although, many say "well, this will be king till Soul Calibur 2 comes out". We'll see.
I know plenty of PS2 users who don't want to wait for Tekken 4 and who tired of the offensive-minded Tekken and DOA series.
I think your 250k copy is quite an undershot. We'll see when the next round of sales figures comes out.
I'm sorry the PS2 killed your precious Dreamcast, I really am. It's not Sony's fault, though. It's Sega's (as well as the hype-printing game rags^h^h^h^hmagazines.
Obviously you haven't played/seen Virtua Fighter 4. Can't find any sales figures yet (it's too new), but by all indications, it's selling spectacularly.
Hrrrm. I read that as "drop it like a bad hobbit" the first go round.
"No! Bad Samwise! No ale for you!"
Heh.
Re:What's the correct way to upgrade my KDE?
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KDE 3.0 is Out
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'Cept RedHat dumps all KDE files into/usr/local. No such/opt/kde (a SuSE-ism, apparently), unless you did a --relocate at install.
So, yes, I'd have a working GNOME install before I uninstalled KDE completely, but other than that, a clean uninstall-install seems to be the only way I've had any success.
Re:Since I will try uninstalling KDE...
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KDE 3.0 is Out
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If you try to remove all those kde packages, rpm'll generally complain (since many of those non-"kde*" packages depend on the base packages) and you can trace it back from there.
Or, you could go to a KDE respository for your particular version, take a look at the packages themselves and then just try to eliminate all of those from your install.
Re:What's the correct way to upgrade my KDE?
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KDE 3.0 is Out
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KDE crashes/freezes/etc. Not Linux itself.
I can usually just ssh back into my box and kill any offending processes.
'Cept on my dual Athlon MP box at work. Then again, that seems to be a chipset issue...
Re:What's the correct way to upgrade my KDE?
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KDE 3.0 is Out
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· Score: 5, Informative
It's generally a better practice to remove all your previous KDE packages. I've never gotten a -Uvh to work. Crashes, freezes, all sorts of wackiness usually result.
I have been using the KDE3-pre that's included in RH's Skipjack and I do have to say that it appears to be well worth the upgrade. It seems slower to start initially, but once it's running, it seems just fine.
And the xrender menu transparencies finally work (semi)correctly (i.e. less/no annoying menu flicker as it grabs the image behind itself).
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I had all sorts of sound glitches/graphical weirdness with the CVS version. I installed this bad boy roughly 3 hours ago. I'm still up, playing JKII at 3am EST *grin*
It is indeed equal in performance to my Windows performance on my 1.1GHz Athlon w/256MB RAM and a GeForce2 GTS (32mb RAM).
I can't wait to try it out on my work macine tomorrow. Dual Athlon MP 1900+s, 1GB RAM and my GeForce4 should arrive tomorrow as well! Sweet!
Heh. I mean, curse you! Here I am, browsing /., drinking my bedtime Alka Seltzer and I happen across your post.
Now I have Alka Seltzer on my monitor, and snarfed up my nose. Thanks a lot.
No really, I needed a laugh. Thanks. *chuckle*
I've heard of all of those except for BlueMango. Where might I find out more info on said game?
*sigh* I guess my attempts at sarcasm and heading people off at Troll Pass are woefully misguided.
'Twas sarcasm.
Don't put up a sight that is anywhere close to something considered "Cool", "Kewl", K3wl", "News for Nerds" or "Stuff that matters".
/. by posting something like that? This story itself isn't even "News for Nerds", and it certainly doesn't matter. (or so the Troll reasoning goes). Everyone knows it's just Slashvertisements these days anyways.
And how would you end up on
*grin*
I'm not quite sure I see your point. I was replying to the original's "point" about M$ having more experience with online communities.
I would say that EverQuest is a far more burgeoning community than any M$ has managed to create (bigger than The Zone, let alone Asheron's Call, Alliance, etc.). I made no point about subscribing to, owning, or playing EverQest, so I'm not entirely sure what point you were trying to make.
That detail is available throughout the game, true, but that's a symptom of the guards' interactions with the environment.
The tanker featured many areas, such as the bar, the galley, the engine room, the holds, the exterior (with the best simulation of rain effects in a game, yet, IMNSHO) etc, most of which featured a higher level of detail than any of the shell "levels". The breakable bottles and ice tub in the bar, the pots and pans in the galley, the magazines in the crew lounge, etc. screamed attention to detail.
How many times did you find yourself sprinting across a rust-colored walkway, making your way from strut to strut? How many supply rooms were there?
I simply didn't see the extra details (so apparent on the tanker) present in the shell levels.
Plus, you play as Raiden. Grrrr. I want an expansion/correction that lets me play Snake's part. Give me Mr. Gruff over Whiny Farmboy any day.
but MS has much more experience with online communities and gaming.
I couldn't let this one slip by. Ever heard of EverQuest? That's a Sony property, and it's headed to PS2.
Ummmm, 8 million PS2s? They've sold more than 28 million worldwide. Or were you speaking of US sales?
SSX was a great game at launch time. Tekken Tag was pretty, as well. And anyone who tells you that Sky Odessy wasn't worth $50 (let alone the scant $15 it can be found at in places now) is smoking some serious industrial solvents.
If, by "killer app", you mean "game that people will buy the console for, sight unseen", then yes, GT3 was probably the first of those (although Twisted Metal" Black could also qualify).
MGSX is still a rumo(u)r. There's been no confirmation from anyone re: an XBox Metal Gear. Indications are that if there is one, Kojima won't play an active role in developing said game.
As for Genesis vs. SNES, well, Genesis didn't have FF or Super Mario World, now did it?
I think it speaks volumes about a game's quality when a handheld remake of a 10-year-old 16-bit game can garner innumerable praises.
Now let's all hope that Super Mario Sunshine is a great game...
"they can't get by on near-flat-shaded cartoonish games forever."
Have you played Metal Gear Solid 2 or Virtua Fighter 4? Hardly "cartoonish" games.
I have yet to find a game that shows as much attention to detail as the tanker episode of MGS2. The "shell" levels are a different matter, though.
Oops, did I just feed a troll?
I only whore because it makes me happy.
Wow, if I had a nickel for every time I'd heard that one... *grin*
It makes sense, though. I mean, who wants discontented prostitutes?
Oh, I'm not knocking it at all. Don't take it that way, please. I was merely amused by the new Acronymical possibility.
Your addition ranks up there on my Acronym Amusement Scale(TM) with IANALBIPOOTV (I am not a lawyer but I play one on TV).
Cheers!
"i'm not a lawyer but i am the son of one"
IANALBIATSOO
Heh. It even looks funny.
Silly Saxmaster, as anyone can tell you, their lawyers are neither. They're Undead.
Try reading any of the reviews of VF4 out there. The superlatives are practically overwhelming. Most pubs are treating it as a second coming of the fighting game. Although, many say "well, this will be king till Soul Calibur 2 comes out". We'll see.
I know plenty of PS2 users who don't want to wait for Tekken 4 and who tired of the offensive-minded Tekken and DOA series.
I think your 250k copy is quite an undershot. We'll see when the next round of sales figures comes out.
I'm sorry the PS2 killed your precious Dreamcast, I really am. It's not Sony's fault, though. It's Sega's (as well as the hype-printing game rags^h^h^h^hmagazines.
The Lone Gunmen called. They want their conspiracy theory back.
Obviously you haven't played/seen Virtua Fighter 4. Can't find any sales figures yet (it's too new), but by all indications, it's selling spectacularly.
And it's a great game, to boot.
I'd give you some mod points, if I had any...
Funniest troll I've seen in a while. Kudos!
Hrrrm. I read that as "drop it like a bad hobbit" the first go round.
"No! Bad Samwise! No ale for you!"
Heh.
'Cept RedHat dumps all KDE files into /usr/local. No such /opt/kde (a SuSE-ism, apparently), unless you did a --relocate at install.
So, yes, I'd have a working GNOME install before I uninstalled KDE completely, but other than that, a clean uninstall-install seems to be the only way I've had any success.
If you try to remove all those kde packages, rpm'll generally complain (since many of those non-"kde*" packages depend on the base packages) and you can trace it back from there.
Or, you could go to a KDE respository for your particular version, take a look at the packages themselves and then just try to eliminate all of those from your install.
KDE crashes/freezes/etc. Not Linux itself.
I can usually just ssh back into my box and kill any offending processes.
'Cept on my dual Athlon MP box at work. Then again, that seems to be a chipset issue...
It's generally a better practice to remove all your previous KDE packages. I've never gotten a -Uvh to work. Crashes, freezes, all sorts of wackiness usually result.
I have been using the KDE3-pre that's included in RH's Skipjack and I do have to say that it appears to be well worth the upgrade. It seems slower to start initially, but once it's running, it seems just fine.
And the xrender menu transparencies finally work (semi)correctly (i.e. less/no annoying menu flicker as it grabs the image behind itself).
guns don't kill people, large, flying gryphons kill people?
*grin*