From said webpage: With the importance of both IRIX and Linux® to our future business strategy and the absence of Linux as a Fahrenheit platform, we believe it makes the most sense for Fahrenheit to continue as a Windows®-only technology.
Our commitment to OpenGL® and other APIs for the visual simulation, entertainment, manufacturing and scientific markets is unchanged.
What the hell is this supposed to mean? I thought they were going to replace OpenGL with Farenheit. Now it sounds as if they're giving MS control of the project and keep OpenGL development separate. I'd say this looks as if Fahrenheit will simply be DirectX 8.... --
... I'd be interested to know how many desktop users there are of Linux (any flavour). And how many actually use Linux as their primary desktop machine. Off the topic totally - what experiences have you Slashdotters had with office suites such as ApplixOffice, Star Office, etc??
I just recently deleted Windows completely from my computer. The reason for this was the latest SuSE (6.2) distro. The retail version has so much software to play around with, it's almost disgusting.
The only reason why I was still using Windows as my primary desktop was Office and games. It took some time for me to get used to Star Office, but now I really like it. Ok so it's quite bloated for a Unix app, but my computer can handle it. Admittedly, I don't have to exchange much documents with other office software, which may be the biggest caveat. Also, Netscape 4.7 is alot more stable than previous version (methinks), and Mozilla is _almost_ ready for primetime, so I can do without IE5 (which I really liked).
Games were big problem until I realized I almost exclusively play Quake and Civilization type games...
I also used to be a big Photoshop fan. Now that I finally took the time to learn the Gimp, I don't need photoshop anymore (I actually think the Gimp is better).
And for my occasional coding session, Linux is more than up to the task. (VisualAge for Java is really nice).
In conclusion, I think the main problem in switching to Linux was the lack of time (and motivation) to start over again with a new system, learn to use alternative apps which do the (more or less) the same thing as their windows equivalents. My motivation was to finally break free from piracy. Still a student, I don't have the money to pay for all the software toys I like to play with. Current Linuxs distros give me all (or most) of the functionality I had on my mostly pirated windows setup, whitout the moral problem of piracy...
If you follow lkml, you will know how everybody who is suggesting something really new, aggressively flamed. See the devfs example. Or occassionally people suggest new QoS mechanisms (on the app level, not in the network!) and all they get is "why do you want this? you are an idiot".
I don't call that "flaming". Constructive critisism among peers is the more appropriate term IMHO (where did you see the word idiot being used btw?).
And don't forget that you can always fork off the kernel if the "official" development roadmap doesn't correspond to your needs...
The GNOME and KDE people are reimplementing the Microsoft Windows GUI - state of the art in 1995. you know how long 5 years are in computing?
Yeah and Microsoft reimplemented the Mac-GUI which was state of the art in... 1985. What is the problem with a perfectly good, but aged idea. Ethernet is 30 years old. Unix originated in the 60s. WinNT was a (supposedly improved) reimplementation of VMS with integrated GUI.(I know I'm grossly oversimplifying by the way...)
What good would it be for the KDE guys to try to invent a new graphical interface metaphor when the dektop approach has now been accepted by users?
Good ideas are timeless. Why reivent the wheel when you can build up on existing ideas. Bringing a powerfull multiuser, multitasking OS to your desktop and presenting it in a simple way by using the dektop GUI methaphor is what KDE, GNOME et al. are all about. What's wrong with that?
Hey, just wanted to jump on the occasion to congratulate you guys at SuSE for your very professional and complete Linux-Distro. It was SuSE 6.2 that provided me with enough "dektop" functionality to completely switch to Linux...
This looks like a very bad idea to me. Closing all ) means you end up closing the wrong ones... Use an Eeditor which highlights the ()... --
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Samba would be the perfect tool to this particular problem IFF it could use the system's password authentication scheme ( in our case, the NIS passwd DB ) instead of its own.
This probably won't help much but... Samba doesn't use a separate user/pwd Database. It uses the underlying unix for authentification. You can assign several "virtual" samba-users to one real unix user account tough (trough smbusers file). --
If I have an NT server running file serving, print serving, fax serving, and Exchange e-mail, what do I need to get on a Linux box to replace it wholesale so my users have no idea what just happened?
This is precisely what I'm trying to do right now. File and print serving doesn't represent a problem. Samba does this fine. I'm stuck on faxing and Exchange replacement tough. Dos anybody know of a good network faxing solution for Linux? Replacing Exchange alltogether is going to be hard tough. I don't even know if there is a MAPI system available for Unices at all. And Exchange does alot of other things (Calendaring, for example).. Is there an alternative way of doing this? --
...I'd settle for DSL availability I'd even settle for cable here in Switzerland:( Actually, I'm one of the lucky few to live in an area where there is a cable internet offering. But whith those limitations:
You have to buy the cable modem (540$)
High monthly fee (50$/month)
Maximum transfer of 500Mb, after which you pay per Meg (and it ain't cheap)
you sit behind an NAT (no public IP, no servers, altough I heard they're doing the NAT on a Linux box... crack crack crack;)
No info on their backbone connection, they just won't tell you
No thanx. I'll stick with my Dual-ISDN for now (except the phone cost are killing me:( --
I've been really excited by the discovery of planets orbiting around other stars. This news seems to confirm the very strong evidence gathered already by direct observation. What I'd really like to know is this: Have astronomers already found out something about the planetary structure of those planets, i.e. are these all Jupiter like gas giants or can we expect something more earthlike? --
>Is this what happens inside the head of a bi-lingual person? (This is posed as a question to any readers who might be)
Let's see. My native(?) language is french, but I went to german-speaking schools. So what happens in my head? Difficult question actually, because I switch between german and french without any conscious effort. I guess that's the definition of bilingual, when using the "other" language doesn't require a conscious mental effort. And of course, when I speak/write/read/listen to german, I don't translate it to french internally.
As a comparison, when I use english, I translate it to german "internally" (why german and not french? well, german is closer to english). But I notice that with time and as I use english more often, this operation is slowly fading from consciousnes.
I wonder: Do I really change modes completely when I switch between german end french, or is the german-french translation still happening, but sort of in the background?
> they'll keep your windows registry remotely so software vendors can check for compatibility?
Please be careful with such suggestions, we don't want to give them ideas;). I mean this is perfectly doable technically (keep a cached copy locally and update it as soon as the user is online, replace the cache on shutdown; wouldn't be a big change considering the frequency of required reboots on windows). I'm sure Microsoft would love having such a system... --
In the discussions about the Hotmail backdoor some time ago (here, here and here, etc.), some ppl mentioned that the vulnerability was in some way linked to the Passport system (which was, I think, introduced trough Hotmail first). Is that true?
Anyway, while putting all sensitive in one place certainly makes life easier, it creates a single point of possible failure/vulnerability. Bad... --
> I think, is that many of these game companies are becoming increasingly wed to Microsoft APIs (eg: DirectX, Direct3D...).
I wonder tough. How hard is it to port a Direct3D app to openGL (I imagine that being the biggest challenge in porting a game to Linux (am I wrong?))? I think Unreal supports both APIs, so maybe it isn't that hard?
I was under the impression that MS hadn't changed the.doc,.xls and.ppt formats between Office97 and 2000. I thougt the only change was with Access2000, related to the new DAO stuff. So if they (StarOffice, Sun) optimized Staroffice for 2000, I don't see any real problems with the 97 version, or am I totally offcourse here? --
> A few nights ago on NPR there was mention that M$ was activly developing a console game system.
The german computer magazine c't has an article on this on their newsticker (In german). There's also this News.com article on the subject... Hope this helps!
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From said webpage: With the importance of both IRIX and Linux® to our future business strategy and the absence of Linux as a Fahrenheit platform, we believe it makes the most sense for Fahrenheit to continue as a Windows®-only technology.
Our commitment to OpenGL® and other APIs for the visual simulation, entertainment, manufacturing and scientific markets is unchanged.
What the hell is this supposed to mean? I thought they were going to replace OpenGL with Farenheit. Now it sounds as if they're giving MS control of the project and keep OpenGL development separate. I'd say this looks as if Fahrenheit will simply be DirectX 8....
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... I'd be interested to know how many desktop users there are of Linux (any flavour). And how many actually use Linux as their primary desktop machine. Off the topic totally - what experiences have you Slashdotters had with office suites such as ApplixOffice, Star Office, etc??
I just recently deleted Windows completely from my computer. The reason for this was the latest SuSE (6.2) distro. The retail version has so much software to play around with, it's almost disgusting.
The only reason why I was still using Windows as my primary desktop was Office and games. It took some time for me to get used to Star Office, but now I really like it. Ok so it's quite bloated for a Unix app, but my computer can handle it. Admittedly, I don't have to exchange much documents with other office software, which may be the biggest caveat. Also, Netscape 4.7 is alot more stable than previous version (methinks), and Mozilla is _almost_ ready for primetime, so I can do without IE5 (which I really liked).
Games were big problem until I realized I almost exclusively play Quake and Civilization type games...
I also used to be a big Photoshop fan. Now that I finally took the time to learn the Gimp, I don't need photoshop anymore (I actually think the Gimp is better).
And for my occasional coding session, Linux is more than up to the task. (VisualAge for Java is really nice).
In conclusion, I think the main problem in switching to Linux was the lack of time (and motivation) to start over again with a new system, learn to use alternative apps which do the (more or less) the same thing as their windows equivalents. My motivation was to finally break free from piracy. Still a student, I don't have the money to pay for all the software toys I like to play with. Current Linuxs distros give me all (or most) of the functionality I had on my mostly pirated windows setup, whitout the moral problem of piracy...
Greetings
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If you follow lkml, you will know how everybody who is suggesting something really new, aggressively flamed. See the devfs example. Or occassionally people suggest new QoS mechanisms (on the app level, not in the network!) and all they get is "why do you want this? you are an idiot".
I don't call that "flaming". Constructive critisism among peers is the more appropriate term IMHO (where did you see the word idiot being used btw?).
And don't forget that you can always fork off the kernel if the "official" development roadmap doesn't correspond to your needs...
The GNOME and KDE people are reimplementing the Microsoft Windows GUI - state of the art in 1995. you know how long 5 years are in computing?
Yeah and Microsoft reimplemented the Mac-GUI which was state of the art in... 1985. What is the problem with a perfectly good, but aged idea. Ethernet is 30 years old. Unix originated in the 60s. WinNT was a (supposedly improved) reimplementation of VMS with integrated GUI.(I know I'm grossly oversimplifying by the way...)
What good would it be for the KDE guys to try to invent a new graphical interface metaphor when the dektop approach has now been accepted by users?
Good ideas are timeless. Why reivent the wheel when you can build up on existing ideas. Bringing a powerfull multiuser, multitasking OS to your desktop and presenting it in a simple way by using the dektop GUI methaphor is what KDE, GNOME et al. are all about. What's wrong with that?
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Hey, just wanted to jump on the occasion to congratulate you guys at SuSE for your very professional and complete Linux-Distro. It was SuSE 6.2 that provided me with enough "dektop" functionality to completely switch to Linux...
Keep up the good work!
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... Wouldn't Mr. Gibson be a perfect candidate for a /. interview? Please?
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This looks like a very bad idea to me. Closing all ) means you end up closing the wrong ones... Use an Eeditor which highlights the ()...
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You are right of course. That is unless you use unencrypted passwords, which I'm still doing in my home network. In this case, I believe, samba does the authentification trough unix...
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Samba would be the perfect tool to this particular problem IFF it could use the system's password authentication scheme ( in our case, the NIS passwd DB ) instead of its own.
This probably won't help much but... Samba doesn't use a separate user/pwd Database. It uses the underlying unix for authentification. You can assign several "virtual" samba-users to one real unix user account tough (trough smbusers file).
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If I have an NT server running file serving, print serving, fax serving, and Exchange e-mail, what do I need to get on a Linux box to replace it wholesale so my users have no idea what just happened?
This is precisely what I'm trying to do right now. File and print serving doesn't represent a problem. Samba does this fine.
I'm stuck on faxing and Exchange replacement tough. Dos anybody know of a good network faxing solution for Linux?
Replacing Exchange alltogether is going to be hard tough. I don't even know if there is a MAPI system available for Unices at all. And Exchange does alot of other things (Calendaring, for example).. Is there an alternative way of doing this?
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Thanks alot!
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I'd even settle for cable here in Switzerland
Actually, I'm one of the lucky few to live in an area where there is a cable internet offering. But whith those limitations:
No thanx. I'll stick with my Dual-ISDN for now (except the phone cost are killing me
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breaking up the largest company in the world (Microsoft).
Pardon my ignorance but: Is that really the case? If yes, by what measure: Combined stock value? Certainly not number of employees...
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I've been really excited by the discovery of planets orbiting around other stars. This news seems to confirm the very strong evidence gathered already by direct observation. What I'd really like to know is this: Have astronomers already found out something about the planetary structure of those planets, i.e. are these all Jupiter like gas giants or can we expect something more earthlike?
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Anyway, post the JP interview already. I'm bored
/. page in 15 min. intervals all day just for that reason. I wonder how many ppl are doing the same...
Heh, I've been reloading the
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I'd like to hear you interview Cliff Stoll
ME TOO!
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ROTFL! That one was really funny...
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Let's see. My native(?) language is french, but I went to german-speaking schools. So what happens in my head? Difficult question actually, because I switch between german and french without any conscious effort. I guess that's the definition of bilingual, when using the "other" language doesn't require a conscious mental effort. And of course, when I speak/write/read/listen to german, I don't translate it to french internally.
As a comparison, when I use english, I translate it to german "internally" (why german and not french? well, german is closer to english). But I notice that with time and as I use english more often, this operation is slowly fading from consciousnes.
I wonder: Do I really change modes completely when I switch between german end french, or is the german-french translation still happening, but sort of in the background?
Sounds confusing doesn't it
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> If my machine can run Quake3 @ 100FPS what do you think it can do with Word/Excell/etc.!!
;)
Wow. Didn't know MS Office used OpenGL. Thanks for the info
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> they'll keep your windows registry remotely so software vendors can check for compatibility?
;). I mean this is perfectly doable technically (keep a cached copy locally and update it as soon as the user is online, replace the cache on shutdown; wouldn't be a big change considering the frequency of required reboots on windows). I'm sure Microsoft would love having such a system...
Please be careful with such suggestions, we don't want to give them ideas
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Anyway, while putting all sensitive in one place certainly makes life easier, it creates a single point of possible failure/vulnerability. Bad...
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> I think, is that many of these game companies are becoming increasingly wed to Microsoft APIs (eg: DirectX, Direct3D...).
I wonder tough. How hard is it to port a Direct3D app to openGL (I imagine that being the biggest challenge in porting a game to Linux (am I wrong?))? I think Unreal supports both APIs, so maybe it isn't that hard?
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That's no good for me
I don't need nobody!
One LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE
Ah the old prodigy. They used to rule my world... Not anymore (sniff)
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Something puzzles me:
.doc, .xls and .ppt formats between Office97 and 2000. I thougt the only change was with Access2000, related to the new DAO stuff. So if they (StarOffice, Sun) optimized Staroffice for 2000, I don't see any real problems with the 97 version, or am I totally offcourse here?
I was under the impression that MS hadn't changed the
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The german computer magazine c't has an article on this on their newsticker (In german). There's also this News.com article on the subject... Hope this helps!
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