Whatever you start with is probably what you are going to end up liking and using. I have been using redhat, although I have tried out slackware, debian, and suse. I came back to redhat because I started on it, was familiar with their tools, and well it's just plain easier for me. I can only think one distro would be better than another if you experiment. Alot of people suggest mandrake, well I am recommending redhat, which most people probably don't agree with. I figure it comes with standard packages that you will find in all distros (minus gcc 2.9.6) which are probably going to have bugs now and again. Plus redhat disables everything but SSH now, so the complaints about everything being "wide open" on install now shouldn't be a problem anymore.
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it's availble through loki_demos too.. so you don't tax one mirror too hard.
no where does it list system requirements.. doesn't require hardware acceleration but the game looks good.. the demo is around 66 megs (not too bad) and has a couple tutorials you can play through. I will definitely be pre-ordering this title.
I am all for decss in it's legal uses (dvd playback in linux) but I do believe the first step in ripping a dvd into divx is passing the vob through decss. I think the MPAA is less worried about you burning bit for bit copies (which I don't think you could copy the key region of a dvd anyway) but rather some d00d ripping the movie into downloadable chunks for all to grab.. I see what they are worried about. Would it be so hard to have a closed library (published by the mpaa) that does vob decoding and regular GNU software for the playback?
I found out that a couple of the servers were infected by code red.. not taken down. It even states that it caused no slow down accessing hotmail. The only news here is that MS doesn't care enough about hotmail to patch a few servers. Woo.
you bought the disc itself. I think it's rather arrogant to assume that every artist (used subjectively) would want you to redistribute their work. That's why it shouldn't matter in what medium you listen to music that you have licensed from the seller as long as you don't give it to someone else who did not pay for the license. Furthermore, as is easily demonstrated among this crowd. Just because the majority (court) says-so doesn't make it so.
they didn't market them as being film quality, only better than VHS....and they are right. Having recited ideas that aren't mentioned much because they aren't popular make you no less a sheep.
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then don't sell dvd drives for pc's that are marketed for watching dvd's. Don't forget that these people bought dvd's and the dvd drives. They did support the technology. Perhaps this is a troll? Just because you didn't mind paying the money for home theater doesn't mean everyone is interested in purchasing it. These people have legally purchased these products only to be shafted because of their OS of choice.
how many times must it be rehashed that alot of people download mp3's of records and tapes that they own. Which is well within their rights since they licensed the music when they purchased the record and medium.
obviously you never seen or wrote ibmtr_cs. It will lock up your machine faster than hell because linux can't determine what interrupts are being used by hardware on a thinkpad. I've never had windows 98, NT, or 2000 lockup due to a bug that wasn't noted and had a patch for or due to some company mucking up the install shield that left bogus dlls,vxd, and registry keys lying around. My point is all OSes are vulnerable to this and it's laziness on developers parts.
Don't forget our laws don't declare monopolies illegal. Our laws make it illegal to abuse monopoly power. If someone makes the only product or the best product, the government doesn't want to stop that. Only sticking it to the buyer.
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why is Adobe's product better than writing the software in any format and encrypting it with 3rd party software? Sounds cheaper and more reliable but I may be preaching to the choir.
I didn't read anything that said MS was trying to stop anyone from doing anything other than not distrubuting another implementation under the GPL. I can't help but think that publishing everything under the GPL is not good for business, while it is good for coders. This seems like paranoia really.
because on their website they state it is mainly for set-top boxes and the like. Not your computer.
From intervideo's website...
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Linux users should be aware that we are engaged with top computer, Internet appliance, and set-top box manufacturers to provide the highest qualilty DVD playback for their devices.
This sounds to me like someone scrambled to make confusion about a legitimate desktop dvd player for linux versus some complete product which is NOT my computer.
agreed, but no different than most movies recently. It's also unrealistic to think that george lucas would express creativity the same way 24 years later. I also heard he had some deal to not release anything on dvd until 2006. Anyone else heard this rumor?
and let's not forget the 1 billion dollars they have pledged this year to linux and port software to everyone's favorite OS. All while open sourcing said software and releasing GD mwave drivers!
http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensou rce/
by far is the fact that napster will not be distributing mp3's that you can do what you want with. You will not be burning cd's with any music you get from napster. It sounds like a pay per play kind of basis which is no good for anyone but the record companies. Make sure to check out www.emusic.com for real mp3's where the artists get compensated directly. Here is an excerpt from
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/so/20010606/en/napste r_strikes_deal_with_three_major_labels_1.html
Napster plans to license the music through MusicNet, the joint venture formed by the three labels in April in order to make their music available online (see).
When the subscription service launches, users who pay Napster's regular subscription fee -- previously estimated at $4.95 a month -- will not get access to major-label content and will be limited to trading indie-label music, CEO Hank Barry said in a press conference Tuesday evening (June 5).
In order to get MusicNet content -- which will apparently be available only from MusicNet's centralized servers, not through Napster's traditional file-sharing methods -- users will have to pay an additional monthly fee. That fee is expected to be around the cost of a single CD, MusicNet CEO Rob Glaser said. MusicNet will provide both streaming and downloadable music, but only in a yet-to-be-specified secure format, not as MP3s.
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Whatever you start with is probably what you are going to end up liking and using. I have been using redhat, although I have tried out slackware, debian, and suse. I came back to redhat because I started on it, was familiar with their tools, and well it's just plain easier for me. I can only think one distro would be better than another if you experiment. Alot of people suggest mandrake, well I am recommending redhat, which most people probably don't agree with. I figure it comes with standard packages that you will find in all distros (minus gcc 2.9.6) which are probably going to have bugs now and again. Plus redhat disables everything but SSH now, so the complaints about everything being "wide open" on install now shouldn't be a problem anymore.
it's availble through loki_demos too.. so you don't tax one mirror too hard.
no where does it list system requirements.. doesn't require hardware acceleration but the game looks good.. the demo is around 66 megs (not too bad) and has a couple tutorials you can play through. I will definitely be pre-ordering this title.
I am all for decss in it's legal uses (dvd playback in linux) but I do believe the first step in ripping a dvd into divx is passing the vob through decss. I think the MPAA is less worried about you burning bit for bit copies (which I don't think you could copy the key region of a dvd anyway) but rather some d00d ripping the movie into downloadable chunks for all to grab.. I see what they are worried about. Would it be so hard to have a closed library (published by the mpaa) that does vob decoding and regular GNU software for the playback?
are you kidding me? The 'p' is on the otherside of the keyboard.
I found out that a couple of the servers were infected by code red.. not taken down. It even states that it caused no slow down accessing hotmail. The only news here is that MS doesn't care enough about hotmail to patch a few servers. Woo.
you bought the disc itself. I think it's rather arrogant to assume that every artist (used subjectively) would want you to redistribute their work. That's why it shouldn't matter in what medium you listen to music that you have licensed from the seller as long as you don't give it to someone else who did not pay for the license. Furthermore, as is easily demonstrated among this crowd. Just because the majority (court) says-so doesn't make it so.
they didn't market them as being film quality, only better than VHS. ...and they are right. Having recited ideas that aren't mentioned much because they aren't popular make you no less a sheep.
then don't sell dvd drives for pc's that are marketed for watching dvd's. Don't forget that these people bought dvd's and the dvd drives. They did support the technology. Perhaps this is a troll? Just because you didn't mind paying the money for home theater doesn't mean everyone is interested in purchasing it. These people have legally purchased these products only to be shafted because of their OS of choice.
how many times must it be rehashed that alot of people download mp3's of records and tapes that they own. Which is well within their rights since they licensed the music when they purchased the record and medium.
obviously you never seen or wrote ibmtr_cs. It will lock up your machine faster than hell because linux can't determine what interrupts are being used by hardware on a thinkpad. I've never had windows 98, NT, or 2000 lockup due to a bug that wasn't noted and had a patch for or due to some company mucking up the install shield that left bogus dlls,vxd, and registry keys lying around. My point is all OSes are vulnerable to this and it's laziness on developers parts.
that SOCKS support is finally working. That would be SOCKS4 and SOCKS5. I wish more linux browsers incorperated SOCKS support (read konq)
I don't know, but my surfing speed is actually about 10 times faster today than normal.. Maybe this is a patch? ;)
Don't forget our laws don't declare monopolies illegal. Our laws make it illegal to abuse monopoly power. If someone makes the only product or the best product, the government doesn't want to stop that. Only sticking it to the buyer.
why is Adobe's product better than writing the software in any format and encrypting it with 3rd party software? Sounds cheaper and more reliable but I may be preaching to the choir.
perhaps he is not entitled since he is not an american citizen. Who knows?
I didn't read anything that said MS was trying to stop anyone from doing anything other than not distrubuting another implementation under the GPL. I can't help but think that publishing everything under the GPL is not good for business, while it is good for coders. This seems like paranoia really.
That's all public opinion, afterall, redhat is at 4.
when you say XBOX, it makes me feel like you are shouting at me. So sad.
because on their website they state it is mainly for set-top boxes and the like. Not your computer.
From intervideo's website...
br> Linux users should be aware that we are engaged with top computer, Internet appliance, and set-top box manufacturers to provide the highest qualilty DVD playback for their devices.
This sounds to me like someone scrambled to make confusion about a legitimate desktop dvd player for linux versus some complete product which is NOT my computer.
agreed, but no different than most movies recently. It's also unrealistic to think that george lucas would express creativity the same way 24 years later. I also heard he had some deal to not release anything on dvd until 2006. Anyone else heard this rumor?
shouldn't you get some kind of credit if you try the game out then buy it?
and let's not forget the 1 billion dollars they have pledged this year to linux and port software to everyone's favorite OS. All while open sourcing said software and releasing GD mwave drivers! http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensou rce/
have the fixed the socks support?
by far is the fact that napster will not be distributing mp3's that you can do what you want with. You will not be burning cd's with any music you get from napster. It sounds like a pay per play kind of basis which is no good for anyone but the record companies. Make sure to check out www.emusic.com for real mp3's where the artists get compensated directly. Here is an excerpt from http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/so/20010606/en/napste r_strikes_deal_with_three_major_labels_1.html
Napster plans to license the music through MusicNet, the joint venture formed by the three labels in April in order to make their music available online (see). When the subscription service launches, users who pay Napster's regular subscription fee -- previously estimated at $4.95 a month -- will not get access to major-label content and will be limited to trading indie-label music, CEO Hank Barry said in a press conference Tuesday evening (June 5). In order to get MusicNet content -- which will apparently be available only from MusicNet's centralized servers, not through Napster's traditional file-sharing methods -- users will have to pay an additional monthly fee. That fee is expected to be around the cost of a single CD, MusicNet CEO Rob Glaser said. MusicNet will provide both streaming and downloadable music, but only in a yet-to-be-specified secure format, not as MP3s.