Does anyone know if FreeBSD's linux emulation will be sufficient, or do I need to keep linux around for playing video games? (Never thought I'd be doing that...)
Err... the author is not entirely wrong. StarOffice (and OpenOffice) is written in several languages in different places, Java being one of them. The code is a complete mess, which is incidently why I chose not to contribute.
As far as legitimate use goes, Debian comes to mind immediately. The developers use md5 hashes and gpg signed.dsc and emails to ensure that the packages they upload aren't corrupted by some grumpy cracker in transit or after upload. Their build system automatically checks these things, making us Debian users feel about 10^10 times more safe:-)
KDE 2 was some really great stuff. Except, even under casual use, several bugs made themselves really clear. The Taskbar occationally went bonkers and stoped registering programs that you start. Getting that sort of thing fixed would be a whole lot more valuable to me than these features. It'll be interesting to see how they did...
There are *such* better projects than ext3 that are so much further along its rediculous to think that ext3 has any chance of becomming the next standard filesystem. Tux2 has a much more interesting technology that could allow really great stuff, such as journaling of meta and file data. It'll even be possible to use its phase tree algorithm to allow online fscks (useful to check for decaying filesystems). ReiserFS and XFS are also really great, but Tux2 and ext3 are the only ones that can convert ext2 automatically.
Daniel Phillips who's working on Tux2 is also pumping all sorts of other nifty features into the patch, such as tail merging and a system that puts btree efficiency into the FS without the complexity of btrees. Its way beyond the competition. Further, it should be ready for the 2.5 tree, while ext3 has been in development for 2 years...
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Does anyone know if FreeBSD's linux emulation will be sufficient, or do I need to keep linux around for playing video games? (Never thought I'd be doing that...)
Err... the author is not entirely wrong. StarOffice (and OpenOffice) is written in several languages in different places, Java being one of them. The code is a complete mess, which is incidently why I chose not to contribute.
As far as legitimate use goes, Debian comes to mind immediately. The developers use md5 hashes and gpg signed .dsc and emails to ensure that the packages they upload aren't corrupted by some grumpy cracker in transit or after upload. Their build system automatically checks these things, making us Debian users feel about 10^10 times more safe :-)
KDE 2 was some really great stuff. Except, even under casual use, several bugs made themselves really clear. The Taskbar occationally went bonkers and stoped registering programs that you start. Getting that sort of thing fixed would be a whole lot more valuable to me than these features. It'll be interesting to see how they did...
There are *such* better projects than ext3 that are so much further along its rediculous to think that ext3 has any chance of becomming the next standard filesystem. Tux2 has a much more interesting technology that could allow really great stuff, such as journaling of meta and file data. It'll even be possible to use its phase tree algorithm to allow online fscks (useful to check for decaying filesystems). ReiserFS and XFS are also really great, but Tux2 and ext3 are the only ones that can convert ext2 automatically. Daniel Phillips who's working on Tux2 is also pumping all sorts of other nifty features into the patch, such as tail merging and a system that puts btree efficiency into the FS without the complexity of btrees. Its way beyond the competition. Further, it should be ready for the 2.5 tree, while ext3 has been in development for 2 years...