There are many advantages of both the proprietary driver and noveau
nouveau 1. since its free software it can co-exist with other drivers, and lets x auto detect. your only option on live cds 2. feature complete 2d and 3d rendering 3. rock solid stable. Its actually more stable than the proprietary driver
nvidia 1. fast, perfomance comparable with other OSs 2. closed source, doesn't play well with other drivers. But lets face it, if your playing video games, them too are closed source, and if your on a proper normal installed system, you don't need other video drivers. 3. 100% feature complete, uses every last feature of the hardware as intented. 4. supports OpenCL and vector programming.
"I remember the Microsoft whose products could be guaranteed to be technically excellent" I don't. I remember the Microsoft who sucked less than their primary competitors in the microcomputer world at the time.
MS always made shit grade software, its just there use to never be other options. Linux was unusable as a desktop OS before 2.6 really, and didn't get really worth bothering about until around 2.6.3x -era somewhere.
Mac OS was utter crap before they scraped it for OSX. So yeah, in the 1990s, Windows was the best OS because it was the only one that wasn't horribly broken.
"Three out of the four genuine emails I’ve received for Mr Ballmer could be classified as complaints, or “constructive feedback” if you’re being generous. "
Stick a fork in it, its done. The curse of the even number'ed windows version lives on.
names and addresses of all people listed in a phone book, and elsewhere are public information.
In fact, there is no evidence of anyone committing a crime against the scaredy pants editor of the news paper. The reason you don't publish people's personal information is because people will harass you.
The fact that this backfired in the face of little Ms Caryn McBride, should be a stern warning to everyone not to write checks with your mouth your ass can't cash. Now if we can all settle down, and release the newspaper got exactly what it bargined for. It got the exact same harassment they intended for the gun owners. Thats irony.
The bigger problem is that this hyper partisanism where people actively think this sort of harassment is justified when they do it, and not when its someone else.
"The price is too large for asymmetrical conflict to happen in America. The civilian body counts will be a key determinant of whether or not one dare to launch a strike against the government troops."
bullshit. We fortunately haven't reached this point yet.
"Same thing as the "Right to bear arms" --- you think with your pissy little semi-automatic assault rifles you can fight the army?"
low intensity conflict? sure.
You fall into the same trap of thinking that most people in the American armed forces have through out various armed conflicts, instead of watching them carefully.
Please note I am not advocating armed conflict against the government, just pointing out flaws in your, and commonly held logic that the fancy toys the US government has for warfighting mean anything except in force on force symmetrical conflict
the market is up for grabs in a GNU/Linux cell phone
1. I don't think anyone new is ever going to catch apple/android
2. there is a small niche(self included) market segment, that wants a GNU/Linux phone. These people bought the nokia n900. These are probably the most vicious and loyal fanbois there are, and we've been without a standard phone bearer for 3 years already. There is no reason you won't sell 1 million devices to the same people every development cycle.
3. Built it we will come. There is no need for advertisement, as soon as one nerd finds out about it, it will be here, on/. and all over the tech world.
4. Run GNU/Liunx, unlocked bootloader, unlocked carrier, and leave all firmware needed for hardware free to re-distribute, at the least.
5. hildon is open source, so is most of the software you need. most of the design work is done already. All the chipsets, CPUs, GPUS, are all commercially available.
6. Android runs the linux kernel, and all the patches have been mainlined, there is no reason you cannot offer an android API extraction layer to run android apps, given you will most likely use the same sort of hardware.
We will all line up to buy it, and you'll sell 1 million phones everytime you make a new one.
If you think this all sounds ridicolous, you'll still sell more phones if you ran windows. If you think I'm bullshiting you, ask nokia, who's gotta be kicking themselves in the ass for handing you this market segment.
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thats a "soft" required.
lets face it, if your gaming, your more or less playing closed source games.
There are many advantages of both the proprietary driver and noveau
nouveau
1. since its free software it can co-exist with other drivers, and lets x auto detect. your only option on live cds
2. feature complete 2d and 3d rendering
3. rock solid stable. Its actually more stable than the proprietary driver
nvidia
1. fast, perfomance comparable with other OSs
2. closed source, doesn't play well with other drivers. But lets face it, if your playing video games, them too are closed source, and if your on a proper normal installed system, you don't need other video drivers.
3. 100% feature complete, uses every last feature of the hardware as intented.
4. supports OpenCL and vector programming.
I know right. Those windows people need to stop bitching about driver support and find a new OS
replicant and other homebrew devs, it does.
I think they should set up a not-for-profit foundation, like sdf to maintain and administer the box, and open it up to public access via ssh like SDF.
its still selling better than their windows phones.
going to an all windows shop was the biggest mistake nokia ever did. It might end the company.
Stephen Elop needs to never work as a corporate officer ever again.
the n950s were LEANT to devs, and not given.
They are illegal to sell, and ultra rare, with mabey around 400 of them existing in the wild.
well, thank stephen elop, and his buddies back at the mothercop(microsoft)
otherwise meego would be running on more nokia devices instead of windows, and you'd still have support.
"I remember the Microsoft whose products could be guaranteed to be technically excellent"
I don't. I remember the Microsoft who sucked less than their primary competitors in the microcomputer world at the time.
MS always made shit grade software, its just there use to never be other options. Linux was unusable as a desktop OS before 2.6 really, and didn't get really worth bothering about until around 2.6.3x -era somewhere.
Mac OS was utter crap before they scraped it for OSX. So yeah, in the 1990s, Windows was the best OS because it was the only one that wasn't horribly broken.
where are mod points when I need them
+1
MS is the last company to complain about "fair".
The latest victim "Nokia" wants to know.
"Three out of the four genuine emails I’ve received for Mr Ballmer could be classified as complaints, or “constructive feedback” if you’re being generous. "
Stick a fork in it, its done. The curse of the even number'ed windows version lives on.
1. corrected me on my very rusty latin
2. to point out the original device in question belongs more in the roman era.(with said latin)
double win. thank you good sir.
names and addresses of all people listed in a phone book, and elsewhere are public information.
In fact, there is no evidence of anyone committing a crime against the scaredy pants editor of the news paper. The reason you don't publish people's personal information is because people will harass you.
The fact that this backfired in the face of little Ms Caryn McBride, should be a stern warning to everyone not to write checks with your mouth your ass can't cash. Now if we can all settle down, and release the newspaper got exactly what it bargined for. It got the exact same harassment they intended for the gun owners. Thats irony.
The bigger problem is that this hyper partisanism where people actively think this sort of harassment is justified when they do it, and not when its someone else.
"The price is too large for asymmetrical conflict to happen in America. The civilian body counts will be a key determinant of whether or not one dare to launch a strike against the government troops."
bullshit. We fortunately haven't reached this point yet.
but bullshit.
the anti-gun nuts are even worse than the NRA.
If you weren't trying to take our guns, they're wouldn't be a problem
or theft of said guns by criminals.
I say any gunowner on the list who gets his gun stolen should be able to sue.
which gun nuts?
you mean the ones the paper hired to protect itself instead of going to the law enforcement?
"Same thing as the "Right to bear arms" --- you think with your pissy little semi-automatic assault rifles you can fight the army?"
low intensity conflict? sure.
You fall into the same trap of thinking that most people in the American armed forces have through out various armed conflicts, instead of watching them carefully.
Please note I am not advocating armed conflict against the government, just pointing out flaws in your, and commonly held logic that the fancy toys the US government has for warfighting mean anything except in force on force symmetrical conflict
I wonder if any of the guard's they hired are on the list they published.
If they wanted to practice what they preach, why not get only government guards, i.e. law enforcement to protect them?
Whats a matter, doesn't law enforcement protect you at all times?
you mean 2nd amendment critics hiring other 2nd amendment critics because of some stupid kiddies making phone calls.
Irony is biting.
If they really practised what they preached they could have gone to the cops.
stylii technically.
"Nobody implied that at all. You're just grasping at straws."
I think your projecting.
My argument is that pirating is wrong, just like j-walking. Its not a serious offense as j-walking.
"All of your justifications basically came down to the idea that Two Wrongs Make a Right. And they don't."
you missed the point.
the market is up for grabs in a GNU/Linux cell phone
/. and all over the tech world.
1. I don't think anyone new is ever going to catch apple/android
2. there is a small niche(self included) market segment, that wants a GNU/Linux phone. These people bought the nokia n900. These are probably the most vicious and loyal fanbois there are, and we've been without a standard phone bearer for 3 years already. There is no reason you won't sell 1 million devices to the same people every development cycle.
3. Built it we will come. There is no need for advertisement, as soon as one nerd finds out about it, it will be here, on
4. Run GNU/Liunx, unlocked bootloader, unlocked carrier, and leave all firmware needed for hardware free to re-distribute, at the least.
5. hildon is open source, so is most of the software you need. most of the design work is done already. All the chipsets, CPUs, GPUS, are all commercially available.
6. Android runs the linux kernel, and all the patches have been mainlined, there is no reason you cannot offer an android API extraction layer to run android apps, given you will most likely use the same sort of hardware.
We will all line up to buy it, and you'll sell 1 million phones everytime you make a new one.
If you think this all sounds ridicolous, you'll still sell more phones if you ran windows. If you think I'm bullshiting you, ask nokia, who's gotta be kicking themselves in the ass for handing you this market segment.
your right, lets start thowing people in jail for J-walking. 3 months sound around right?
surely you won't argue j-walking is right.
Picking your nose at the dinner table is wrong too.
but but but, end users don't want to download shit off sourceforge.
you might as well download kde4win and save yourself a lot of mess.