I'm hoping for Gnome2 speedups. Certain gnome applications seem to run dog slow when just scrolling or drawing.
If you have access to a machine with Redhat 8.0 and Redhat 7.3, try launching gnome-terminal and write something large to the screen. dmesg usually works well.
What exactly do you mean by this? Are you referring to their connections through Covad (and probably others)?
If so, it's not just "rebranding". Covad provides the DSL connection, which connects you back to Speakeasy's POP in order for them to provide you with bandwith.
It's the same with most ISPs. If you buy a T1/T3, DSL, or modem, the company providing the line isn't usually the same company that provides the internet connectivity. Cable modems are generally an exception to this.
Just a top of the head rough guess. I actually just ordered one for $30 myself in order to put a 40 gig drive in an old machine that only supported up to 32.
For $50 or so, you can buy a UDMA IDE controller that will speed things up for you quite a bit. If this machine is running as a server, you might want to spend the bit of cash to get a big performance gain.
Of course, you didn't mention what type of server it is. If it's not a file or mail server, you might not care so much about disk I/O.
I have a garunteed method for making sure that no spam gets through. Filter all e-mail to/dev/null, and you're sure not to miss a single spam message.
However, I'm not going to use this method because I'd actually like to read mail that someone sent to me.
He wasn't suggesting that getting rid of all spam is not a goal to strive for, it's that you shouldn't use methods that may keep you from reading real e-mail.
Does this mean that Pengiun Airlines has submarines instead of planes?
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Interesting thought, though.. if they're installing updates automatically, they can't put EULAs into those updates. Does that imply anything concerning the usage of the updated software? (Do you get back the right to reverse-engineer it, for example?)
They can still put EULA's in the updates.
Say you have Windows Media player installed, and they release an update to your machine while you're not looking. The next time you run the program, it can pop up the EULA. You then have the ability to either agree to the new license, or still using Media player.
You'd be losing the ability to stick with the older version with a more acceptable EULA.
There has been a stable USB 2.0 patch for well over a year, it has been in the 2.5 kernel since it forked and it's been in 2.4 for a while, albeit under the "Experimental" heading or waiting for the final 2.4.19 kernel to be released.
It was not in 2.5 was 2.5 was forked. 2.5.0 was exactly like 2.4.15, which did not include usb 2.0. I don't even believe it was in 2.5.7 or 2.5.8.
USB 2.0 in the 2.4 series has yet to be in an actual release kernel, although it was added in 2.4.19-pre2, which came out back in February.
There's a slight difference between your example and the cd burner modification.
There are regulations on tinting for windows. There is regulations on exhaust systems. You're modifying your car to be outside of the regulations, which is illegal.
In this article, it talks about modifying your cd burner to be faster. Faster cd burners are not illegal. Excessive tinting is.
It sounds to me like the two of you are arguing about different types of users.
Home users want what runs off the shelf. Home users want the solitare program their neighbors run.
Business users run what the company tells them to. If the IS/IT department wants to put together a linux package for people to use, then that's what will be used.
Admittedly, I prefer Debian for the work that I do mainly because of the stability. But really -- 2.4 has been utterly reliable since ~2.4.14. Isn't this just a little paranoid? C'mon, folks, the thing is solid! I mean, the VM subsystem hasn't been completely re-written in *months*!;)
Stable since 2.4.14? Except for 2.4.15 which caused massive file system corruption.
3.3 with privlege seperation is still exploitable, but you gain access to an unprivledged user in a chrooted enviroment. Much better than gaining access to root on the main system.
They're targeting corporations. Companies that can afford to pay large amounts of money to have someone else worry about the operating system for them.
I don't believe that's the types of changes they're talking about.
Apache fixing bugs is a good thing.. but what if they changed random config file options between releases for no apparent reason? You wouldn't be able to move config files between releases as easily.
My guess would be something along the lines of them supporting lindows to make linux users happy, and provide an alternative for people who don't want to pay for windows.
Then the linux users bitched because they didn't like lindows and it's "run as root" OS, so they added mandrake.
VHS tapes as well have this sort of niche that DVDs can't replace: recording shows off the air. Tivo is in many ways a superior alternative (though not in all ways, as it doesn't allow friends to share tapes), so it will probably continue to take market share away from VCRs.
Barring a completely new and unknown format coming up, I'd guess that in 5 years or so when DVD recorders and blanks drop in price we'll start seeing TiVos and other DVR's including built in dvd recorders.
When you want to keep a show, you'll have the ability to burn it to disc.
Hell, most DVD players include the ability to play VCDs. a 640 meg blank cd is probably enough to burn a half hour tv show episode. You can get a CDR drive for $80 or less these days. Wouldn't be too hard for them to bundle one, or support external USB burners.
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Are you looking for NTFS read-only or read/write?
NTFS read/write is currently known to cause bad corruption. It's being worked on, but it's not stable yet.
I'm hoping for Gnome2 speedups. Certain gnome applications seem to run dog slow when just scrolling or drawing.
If you have access to a machine with Redhat 8.0 and Redhat 7.3, try launching gnome-terminal and write something large to the screen. dmesg usually works well.
What exactly do you mean by this? Are you referring to their connections through Covad (and probably others)?
If so, it's not just "rebranding". Covad provides the DSL connection, which connects you back to Speakeasy's POP in order for them to provide you with bandwith.
It's the same with most ISPs. If you buy a T1/T3, DSL, or modem, the company providing the line isn't usually the same company that provides the internet connectivity. Cable modems are generally an exception to this.
Well, it shouldn't be too bad if they just broadcast patches instead of the full release.
Just a top of the head rough guess. I actually just ordered one for $30 myself in order to put a 40 gig drive in an old machine that only supported up to 32.
For $50 or so, you can buy a UDMA IDE controller that will speed things up for you quite a bit. If this machine is running as a server, you might want to spend the bit of cash to get a big performance gain.
Of course, you didn't mention what type of server it is. If it's not a file or mail server, you might not care so much about disk I/O.
Your comment here talks about migrating users to Linux. The post is regarding moving IT infrastructure, not desktops.
I have a garunteed method for making sure that no spam gets through. Filter all e-mail to /dev/null, and you're sure not to miss a single spam message.
However, I'm not going to use this method because I'd actually like to read mail that someone sent to me.
He wasn't suggesting that getting rid of all spam is not a goal to strive for, it's that you shouldn't use methods that may keep you from reading real e-mail.
Does this mean that Pengiun Airlines has submarines instead of planes?
Interesting thought, though.. if they're installing updates automatically, they can't put EULAs into those updates. Does that imply anything concerning the usage of the updated software? (Do you get back the right to reverse-engineer it, for example?)
They can still put EULA's in the updates.
Say you have Windows Media player installed, and they release an update to your machine while you're not looking. The next time you run the program, it can pop up the EULA. You then have the ability to either agree to the new license, or still using Media player.
You'd be losing the ability to stick with the older version with a more acceptable EULA.
There has been a stable USB 2.0 patch for well over a year, it has been in the 2.5 kernel since it forked and it's been in 2.4 for a while, albeit under the "Experimental" heading or waiting for the final 2.4.19 kernel to be released.
It was not in 2.5 was 2.5 was forked. 2.5.0 was exactly like 2.4.15, which did not include usb 2.0. I don't even believe it was in 2.5.7 or 2.5.8.
USB 2.0 in the 2.4 series has yet to be in an actual release kernel, although it was added in 2.4.19-pre2, which came out back in February.
At least it wasn't Kustum Komputer Kenter.
KKK! That's not good! (Simpsons Reference)
why convert to morse code just to change to speach?
There's a slight difference between your example and the cd burner modification.
There are regulations on tinting for windows. There is regulations on exhaust systems. You're modifying your car to be outside of the regulations, which is illegal.
In this article, it talks about modifying your cd burner to be faster. Faster cd burners are not illegal. Excessive tinting is.
It sounds to me like the two of you are arguing about different types of users.
Home users want what runs off the shelf. Home users want the solitare program their neighbors run.
Business users run what the company tells them to. If the IS/IT department wants to put together a linux package for people to use, then that's what will be used.
I'm guessing that your point was that there are fewer servers than clients, but you have to realise that you don't know what he does for a living.
I personally work to support a network of thousands of Linux and Windows servers. Definitly more servers than clients owned by us.
Admittedly, I prefer Debian for the work that I do mainly because of the stability. But really -- 2.4 has been utterly reliable since ~2.4.14. Isn't this just a little paranoid? C'mon, folks, the thing is solid! I mean, the VM subsystem hasn't been completely re-written in *months*! ;)
Stable since 2.4.14? Except for 2.4.15 which caused massive file system corruption.
And off I go to "emerge gnome" (thanks gentoo)....
Are you using a different server than I am? I don't see gnome2 packages for gentoo yet. Well, not final release ones anyways.
3.3 with privlege seperation is still exploitable, but you gain access to an unprivledged user in a chrooted enviroment. Much better than gaining access to root on the main system.
Not exactly.
They're targeting corporations. Companies that can afford to pay large amounts of money to have someone else worry about the operating system for them.
Much like Redhat's enterprise edition.
I don't believe that's the types of changes they're talking about.
Apache fixing bugs is a good thing.. but what if they changed random config file options between releases for no apparent reason? You wouldn't be able to move config files between releases as easily.
My guess would be something along the lines of them supporting lindows to make linux users happy, and provide an alternative for people who don't want to pay for windows.
Then the linux users bitched because they didn't like lindows and it's "run as root" OS, so they added mandrake.
Of course, this is just speculation on my part.
That's not fud, it's stupidity.
VHS tapes as well have this sort of niche that DVDs can't replace: recording shows off the air. Tivo is in many ways a superior alternative (though not in all ways, as it doesn't allow friends to share tapes), so it will probably continue to take market share away from VCRs.
Barring a completely new and unknown format coming up, I'd guess that in 5 years or so when DVD recorders and blanks drop in price we'll start seeing TiVos and other DVR's including built in dvd recorders.
When you want to keep a show, you'll have the ability to burn it to disc.
Hell, most DVD players include the ability to play VCDs. a 640 meg blank cd is probably enough to burn a half hour tv show episode. You can get a CDR drive for $80 or less these days. Wouldn't be too hard for them to bundle one, or support external USB burners.
That's 180 hits per day, not total.