If for nothing more, the iPhone takes the cake for simplicity in design. This concept of the Alienware phone is garish, if anything. I don't think this would be good for Google if Android were running on this monstrosity. Hopefully, if they do decide to come out with an Android-based phone, Alienware will keep the design simple without losing their signature look.
I would love to see something along the lines of the Dark Forces/Jedi Knight series. I loved the storyline in those games. I'm just hoping it wouldn't end up being another Tomb Raider.:-/
Hey, it was a great article in my opinion and it was nice to see something like this on Keyboard Magazine. I've been reading it since 1992 and I've always enjoyed the publication. Do you think it might eventually end up in the printed edition? It would definitely open up the opportunity to more musicians out there.
Man, seems like all of the Slashdotters brought Keyboard Mag down to its knees! Right now, going to the main Keyboard Magazine website brings up a Music Player Network page saying, "We're sorry this site is temporarily unavailable." I've always known about the Slashdot effect but I've never seen it in action as it takes place. All I can say is Holy Smokes! I kind of feel bad for the Slashdot-effect victims now...:-p
Many thought the same thing with regards to Linux as a viable alternative to anything. Today, we're talking about hoe Michael Dell runs Feisty on his Precision M90 laptop along with the possibility of including Ubuntu on consumer Dells. It's always considered a preposterous idea...until it's realized.;-)
I can understand what you're saying, though. Many people use the commercial tools because they do work. But unfortunately for some people getting this software means pirating it or breaking the bank. This is just an alternative for those that need something similar without the huge price tag and can do fine with it. MS came up with Windows during the 80s so that PC users can have a GUI without spending the over-$3000 price tag of a then-new Macintosh (and I mean a GOOD Macintosh). Linux and the xBSDs came along during the 90s to bring an OS to people who couldn't afford the price and instability of Windows or Macintosh (at the time). This is no different, IMO.
Remember that the talent comes from the person, not the software. Software is just a tool, whether it's free or not.
I will be using Ubuntu Studio once it's released. If it works, it might even replace my Slackware installation that's running LMMS. I'd rather have something that just works as well, despite my love for Slack. I know that there used to be a music-based distro based on Slack but apparently it died before its time.
I do agree with you there. This is why I have my iMac G5 with the software that I need. But I would love to use my Linux PC for a lot of the music work that I do. LMMS, Ardour, Jokosher, and a lot of other projects look VERY promising, but yes this genre of use on Linux is still in its infancy. Only recently has it been picking up pace with all of the podcasting going around.
I have tried a few applications like LMMS and Ardour and have installed them through the distributions package management system (particularly in Ubuntu). Adding these applications usually added all of the other necessary files such as JACK and whatnot. And for the most part, there shouldn't be too much tweaking by the user.
I've even taken the time to get this going on a Slackware box and downloading all of the files from the slacky.it website. Once everything is working, there really isn't much to it. I already have LMMS running with a synth connected to it through USB. Granted no end user is going to do what I did with Slackware, but thankfully distros like Ubuntu and even more so the music-oriented distributions like Ubuntu Studio Edition, 64Studio, and the others listed on that page (if it ever revives from its slashdotting:-)) should make it easier for any musician to get up and running on Linux.
Here's a link to another site that lists the available apps and music-oriented distros out there:
I would like you to also inform the vast number of terrorists around the world that have killed and will kill masses of people. Tell Mr. Hussein that as well, so that he will stop the killing of his own people.
I had started with KDE when it was back at version 1 on SuSE Linux 6.0. I thought it was WAY better than anything I had seen from any other distribution I had used (RedHat 4.2 was the version I used before the SuSE). However, with the release of Gnome 1.x, I was quite impressed with it's features, especially with the eye candy (typical of a Linux newbie). I thought I would see the last of KDE after that.
Since that day, I had been a Gnome user and couldn't stand using KDE for anything. Version 2.2 didn't do anything for me, so I always ended up switching back to Gnome.
Shoot to the present. Gnome 1.x is VERY long in the tooth, although most GTK programmers have stuck with that for the moment. Gnome 2.0 wasn't what I expected it to be, and I'm desperately hoping 2.2 will change the current state of Gnome. So what am I using in the meantime??? KDE 3.0.3. At first I was very hesitant, but I've grown to like it more and it seems more intuitive than Gnome so far.
I'm dying to try out KDE 3.1. So far, the screenshots have me sold. However, as I mentioned earlier Gnome 2.2 is almost here. If Gnome can match or best KDE in UI experience and speed (which is also a factor on my system), then I will go back. Otherwise, consider me a KDE user from here on in...
You know, with more holes being discovered and even less being documented in the future, the more I feel like blowing my Windows partition off of my hard drive for good...jeez!
(shaking head, but not surprised)
Eventually, MS's shots to the head should actually hit the small grey matter in it...
You know, I like Apple. I like their computers. What I don't like is being jipped out of my hard earned money. I was looking for a computer some time ago for my parents and myself when I was still with them, and we finally decided on an Apple Performa 6220CD, thinking we had gotten a good machine...yeah right. Go to the Low End Mac website and look under "Road Apples." (For those who don't know, a Road Apple is a machine that was severely crippled by Apple itself) Low and behold, there was my illustrious 6220. I had lost faith in Apple until recently. With this new development, I really hope that the release of IBM's PPC mobo specs starts picking up steam and Apple just fades away. People shouldn't have to take this kind of crap from any company...not just MS and Apple. Until Apple cleans up its act FOR REAL, I am not going to spend one dime on them, and I hope nobody else does either. I truly hope that this isn't true...as I said, I like(d) Apple. McKinley, where are you??!?!?
My assumption is that they want to sell more of their processors. As was mentioned, the motherboard design was freely released. OEMs would still need to purchase the processor from IBM. I wonder if Motorola's version of the PPC will work in this design. Remember also that IBM and Moto disagreed about altivec for the G4.
Just my random thoughts on the subject. All I know is my prayers have finally been answered..:)
Slashdot Mirror
It didn't surprise me when I saw this 2-year-old news item on Digg yesterday, but here? Sheesh...
If for nothing more, the iPhone takes the cake for simplicity in design. This concept of the Alienware phone is garish, if anything. I don't think this would be good for Google if Android were running on this monstrosity. Hopefully, if they do decide to come out with an Android-based phone, Alienware will keep the design simple without losing their signature look.
I would love to see something along the lines of the Dark Forces/Jedi Knight series. I loved the storyline in those games. I'm just hoping it wouldn't end up being another Tomb Raider. :-/
Hey, it was a great article in my opinion and it was nice to see something like this on Keyboard Magazine. I've been reading it since 1992 and I've always enjoyed the publication. Do you think it might eventually end up in the printed edition? It would definitely open up the opportunity to more musicians out there.
Man, seems like all of the Slashdotters brought Keyboard Mag down to its knees! Right now, going to the main Keyboard Magazine website brings up a Music Player Network page saying, "We're sorry this site is temporarily unavailable." I've always known about the Slashdot effect but I've never seen it in action as it takes place. All I can say is Holy Smokes! I kind of feel bad for the Slashdot-effect victims now... :-p
Many thought the same thing with regards to Linux as a viable alternative to anything. Today, we're talking about hoe Michael Dell runs Feisty on his Precision M90 laptop along with the possibility of including Ubuntu on consumer Dells. It's always considered a preposterous idea...until it's realized. ;-)
I can understand what you're saying, though. Many people use the commercial tools because they do work. But unfortunately for some people getting this software means pirating it or breaking the bank. This is just an alternative for those that need something similar without the huge price tag and can do fine with it. MS came up with Windows during the 80s so that PC users can have a GUI without spending the over-$3000 price tag of a then-new Macintosh (and I mean a GOOD Macintosh). Linux and the xBSDs came along during the 90s to bring an OS to people who couldn't afford the price and instability of Windows or Macintosh (at the time). This is no different, IMO.
Remember that the talent comes from the person, not the software. Software is just a tool, whether it's free or not.
I will be using Ubuntu Studio once it's released. If it works, it might even replace my Slackware installation that's running LMMS. I'd rather have something that just works as well, despite my love for Slack. I know that there used to be a music-based distro based on Slack but apparently it died before its time.
I do agree with you there. This is why I have my iMac G5 with the software that I need. But I would love to use my Linux PC for a lot of the music work that I do. LMMS, Ardour, Jokosher, and a lot of other projects look VERY promising, but yes this genre of use on Linux is still in its infancy. Only recently has it been picking up pace with all of the podcasting going around.
I have tried a few applications like LMMS and Ardour and have installed them through the distributions package management system (particularly in Ubuntu). Adding these applications usually added all of the other necessary files such as JACK and whatnot. And for the most part, there shouldn't be too much tweaking by the user.
:-)) should make it easier for any musician to get up and running on Linux.
I've even taken the time to get this going on a Slackware box and downloading all of the files from the slacky.it website. Once everything is working, there really isn't much to it. I already have LMMS running with a synth connected to it through USB. Granted no end user is going to do what I did with Slackware, but thankfully distros like Ubuntu and even more so the music-oriented distributions like Ubuntu Studio Edition, 64Studio, and the others listed on that page (if it ever revives from its slashdotting
Here's a link to another site that lists the available apps and music-oriented distros out there:
http://linux-sound.org/
I would like you to also inform the vast number of terrorists around the world that have killed and will kill masses of people. Tell Mr. Hussein that as well, so that he will stop the killing of his own people.
"What's good for the goose," and all that jazz...
I had started with KDE when it was back at version 1 on SuSE Linux 6.0. I thought it was WAY better than anything I had seen from any other distribution I had used (RedHat 4.2 was the version I used before the SuSE). However, with the release of Gnome 1.x, I was quite impressed with it's features, especially with the eye candy (typical of a Linux newbie). I thought I would see the last of KDE after that.
Since that day, I had been a Gnome user and couldn't stand using KDE for anything. Version 2.2 didn't do anything for me, so I always ended up switching back to Gnome.
Shoot to the present. Gnome 1.x is VERY long in the tooth, although most GTK programmers have stuck with that for the moment. Gnome 2.0 wasn't what I expected it to be, and I'm desperately hoping 2.2 will change the current state of Gnome. So what am I using in the meantime??? KDE 3.0.3. At first I was very hesitant, but I've grown to like it more and it seems more intuitive than Gnome so far.
I'm dying to try out KDE 3.1. So far, the screenshots have me sold. However, as I mentioned earlier Gnome 2.2 is almost here. If Gnome can match or best KDE in UI experience and speed (which is also a factor on my system), then I will go back. Otherwise, consider me a KDE user from here on in...
You know, with more holes being discovered and even less being documented in the future, the more I feel like blowing my Windows partition off of my hard drive for good...jeez!
(shaking head, but not surprised)
Eventually, MS's shots to the head should actually hit the small grey matter in it...
You know, I like Apple. I like their computers. What I don't like is being jipped out of my hard earned money. I was looking for a computer some time ago for my parents and myself when I was still with them, and we finally decided on an Apple Performa 6220CD, thinking we had gotten a good machine...yeah right. Go to the Low End Mac website and look under "Road Apples." (For those who don't know, a Road Apple is a machine that was severely crippled by Apple itself) Low and behold, there was my illustrious 6220. I had lost faith in Apple until recently. With this new development, I really hope that the release of IBM's PPC mobo specs starts picking up steam and Apple just fades away. People shouldn't have to take this kind of crap from any company...not just MS and Apple. Until Apple cleans up its act FOR REAL, I am not going to spend one dime on them, and I hope nobody else does either. I truly hope that this isn't true...as I said, I like(d) Apple. McKinley, where are you??!?!?
My assumption is that they want to sell more of their processors. As was mentioned, the motherboard design was freely released. OEMs would still need to purchase the processor from IBM. I wonder if Motorola's version of the PPC will work in this design. Remember also that IBM and Moto disagreed about altivec for the G4.
:)
Just my random thoughts on the subject. All I know is my prayers have finally been answered..