You all forget that PPC is the processor used in IBM's RS/6000 machines (i dont know the new name for them) And IBM seems to be more and more interested in running Linux on all of their machines. No, RS/6000 machines aren't nearly as widely used as macs but they are still machines that can run it (somewhat) With all of the latest efforts seen to get Linux on to Big Iron boxes (hppa, alpha, sparc, s390, etc. . . ) linux ppc will be just as viable as any of the others.
you dont have to take off from the ground with this stuff, just flip it on after you get a good distance away from the earth and away you go. Use the standard rockets we have now for the getting into orbit bit
You may only want to have some fonts antialiased some of the times, the way it is implemented with render gives more flexibility and more interesting features like alpha transparency
2) Does this mean that it becomes a Render vs 3D choice for NVIDIA users? As far as I can see, the NVIDIA drivers don't support the Render extensions. Or am I just confused.
No, the Render extension just provides more 2D functionality that has been missing (transparency etc. ..) This shouldn't have anything to do with DRI or GLX however the hardware drivers will need to have support for the render extension if it wants to do any hardware acceleration for these functions (which is a big reason to have the render extension in the first place)
Well, when the kernel gets frozen, basically it is Linus saying that no more major important things are going to go into the kernel, instead stability is the main focus. After it is deemed good and stable then more features are added but usually just drivers and the like, not scsi subsystem rewrites or anything of that sort.
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That would be the case if the ram was the only thing that was variable in this experiment. ASUS consistently makes faster motherboards than the competition. Also, it's a comparison of two completely different chipsets which adds even more variance to the results. Just wait for a KT133 to K?266 comparison with the same motherboard manufacturer and im sure there wont be a time when the KT133 outperforms the 266 model.
It would be great if one could reprogram this unit to do other things like 3d rendering or some other cpu intensive task like this. . . Hell, even encode mp3's!
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You all forget that PPC is the processor used in IBM's RS/6000 machines (i dont know the new name for them) And IBM seems to be more and more interested in running Linux on all of their machines. No, RS/6000 machines aren't nearly as widely used as macs but they are still machines that can run it (somewhat) With all of the latest efforts seen to get Linux on to Big Iron boxes (hppa, alpha, sparc, s390, etc. . . ) linux ppc will be just as viable as any of the others.
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you dont have to take off from the ground with this stuff, just flip it on after you get a good distance away from the earth and away you go. Use the standard rockets we have now for the getting into orbit bit
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You may only want to have some fonts antialiased some of the times, the way it is implemented with render gives more flexibility and more interesting features like alpha transparency
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What? You mean Slackware? That IS what I started with (-=
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It's a first release of a new codebase, give it time to mature a little.
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Wouldn't a HUGE loophole in this statement be that "if it was effective, how did i circumvent it?"
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I can see at 1600x1200 what about you?
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Well, when the kernel gets frozen, basically it is Linus saying that no more major important things are going to go into the kernel, instead stability is the main focus. After it is deemed good and stable then more features are added but usually just drivers and the like, not scsi subsystem rewrites or anything of that sort.
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It prevents circumventing copy protection mechanisims... this is not a copy protection mechanism so.... it should be perfectly fine
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That would be the case if the ram was the only thing that was variable in this experiment. ASUS consistently makes faster motherboards than the competition. Also, it's a comparison of two completely different chipsets which adds even more variance to the results. Just wait for a KT133 to K?266 comparison with the same motherboard manufacturer and im sure there wont be a time when the KT133 outperforms the 266 model.
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It would be great if one could reprogram this unit to do other things like 3d rendering or some other cpu intensive task like this. . . Hell, even encode mp3's!
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Actually according to The Register there is a shortage of DSPs that DVD ROMS and CD ROMS share with cell phones Mobile phones blamed for DVD-ROM drought
just a thought....
It is apparant that NT whoops up in SMP mode anyways... but i wondered about that myself. I still dont see it making THAT much of a difference anyways
mozilla works fine on mine... netscape on the other hand...
Anyone know why the linux binary size if 2-3x the size of the win32? Static gtk?