Re:How about NO TV? Works for me in a weird way
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I'm in the same scenario but for different reasons. I can't afford a TV. Sure, I can fork out money to buy one with my credit card, but I choose not to. I don't earn much at all, and every dollar I spend, I try to spend it on something worthwhile. The TV is the absolute last thing on my shopping list.
Not sure if it's helpful, but I run OpenBSD on a Dell Latitude L400 (yes, it's old). Most things work, except the sound toggle buttons (I can't increase/decrease the volume via the keyboard's Fn+{F5,F6} buttons).
If all you need is XFree86, a web browser, and IMAP client, I highly recommend OpenBSD. OpenBSD is more than sufficient. You can make a really slick desktop with it, but it does take more time to set up than Linux or possibly FreeBSD. However, you'll learn heaps as you go along.
Disclosure: I'm also a Slackware user, and absolutely love tinkering with stuff and learning the internals of systems.:) That may be the reason why I don't mind all the tinkering that goes into getting a beautiful OpenBSD desktop up and running. That might put other people off, though. YMMV.
I've been thinking about checking out NetBSD's pkgsrc for quite a while. It sounds like a really cool idea. You seem to have experience with NetBSD and I was wondering if you could answer a question that I have been pondering for some time.
Would it be possible to use pkgsrc as the main package management system on a Linux box, say, Slackware? What I mean is, forget Slackware's package management system altogether and replace it with NetBSD's pkgsrc.
I'm in exactly the same situation. I have been trying to find information on this since forever. Now that my finals are over, I'll probably give more thought to this and work it out next week.
Slackware 9.1 and -current still come with LVM version 1. Kernel 2.6 requires LVM2. So Slack is still not 2.6-ready, at least for people with LVM'ed filesystems. Okay, for everybody else, it is.:)
For those who may not be aware of the significance of the book, check out this entry on the Lions Book in The Hacker's Dictionary. The book has been around since 1976.
I've used OpenOffice extensively and I know it pretty well. Now, before I get flamed to oblivion, I would just like to let everyone know this. I have used OpenOffice, and I have really, really, really tried to use it for daily work. I have really tried to recommend it to others. In the end, I switched to Crossover Office. Why? OpenOffice is just not mature enough in its current state.
I've always come across Office documents that just don't open correctly in OOo. Never mind that a whole bunch of open source advocates have said that it opens up "every Office document" fine. I've worked enough with OOo to testify that it doesn't. Try opening something with complicated tables or advanced Powerpoint animations. Anyone who claims that "every" document opens fine either uses simple Office documents or work in isolated environments where this isn't a problem. Unfortunately this case cannot be generalized everywhere.
Yet other open source advocates cry, "then don't use those features! Who needs them anyway?!" Well sometimes I do want to use those features. Some features really enhance a presentation. In a make-or-break situation with a potential investor or client, every little thing counts. When you're working hard to put food on the table, you *don't* want to mess up.
Other open source advocates suggest not using.doc or.ppt, etc. But, reality bites:.doc,.ppt, and.xls are the de facto standard in the corporate world, whether we like them or not. Not everyone works in academia or research or some other field that doesn't require these formats for everyday use.
Yet another reason: a lot of people grew up on MS Office. Relearning OpenOffice takes time. Sure, there are a lot of people who would say again, "well my mum learned OpenOffice and there's no problem at all!" or something similar. Well, that just doesn't apply to everybody. Introducing OpenOffice to someone used to MS Office right now, especially in its current immature state, is a big turn-off to that person.
For me, I've switched over to Crossover Office for the past six months with no regrets. I no longer have to worry again about serious interoperability issues or the inability to render certain Powerpoint presentations on the screen. Sure, there are still quirks here and there, but they are really negligible compared to the madness I have had to put up with in OpenOffice.
Plus, Crossover Office loads up in a flash compared to let-it-load-up-while-I-make-a-cup-of-coffee OpenOffice. Nevermind that Crossover Office is loading on top of Wine -- it's still way faster.
There are a lot of other reasons to use Crossover Office, which only long-time Crossover Office users will really understand.
Here's a question to the Slashdot crowd: What resources on quantum computing and quantum mechanics are out there? I'm asking from the perspective of a computer scientist who has heard of quantum computing and know the very basics, but has yet to delve any deeper into it.
Which websites would be useful? What books would be useful? What else would you do to gain a better understanding of the theory?
I saw a documentary on how National Geographic processes their photos. It seems that they do edit the photos digitally to make it look better.. for example, removing certain obstacles and replacing them with the natural background.
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I'm in the same scenario but for different reasons. I can't afford a TV. Sure, I can fork out money to buy one with my credit card, but I choose not to. I don't earn much at all, and every dollar I spend, I try to spend it on something worthwhile. The TV is the absolute last thing on my shopping list.
I don't have a TV, you insensitive clod!!
Every week is National TV Turn Off week!
Slackware 9.1 says it's 2.6-ready, and it is.
It's not. Try upgrading a Slackware 9.1 box with an LVM'ed filesystem to 2.6, and watch the hairy messages appear as it boots.
There are some updates in the -current ChangeLog about LVM2, but Slackware's still not truly 2.6-ready yet.
I don't think he would have problems with it.
After all, his own website stallman.org used to run on FreeBSD many moons ago.
Not sure if it's helpful, but I run OpenBSD on a Dell Latitude L400 (yes, it's old). Most things work, except the sound toggle buttons (I can't increase/decrease the volume via the keyboard's Fn+{F5,F6} buttons).
:) That may be the reason why I don't mind all the tinkering that goes into getting a beautiful OpenBSD desktop up and running. That might put other people off, though. YMMV.
If all you need is XFree86, a web browser, and IMAP client, I highly recommend OpenBSD. OpenBSD is more than sufficient. You can make a really slick desktop with it, but it does take more time to set up than Linux or possibly FreeBSD. However, you'll learn heaps as you go along.
Disclosure: I'm also a Slackware user, and absolutely love tinkering with stuff and learning the internals of systems.
I've been thinking about checking out NetBSD's pkgsrc for quite a while. It sounds like a really cool idea. You seem to have experience with NetBSD and I was wondering if you could answer a question that I have been pondering for some time.
Would it be possible to use pkgsrc as the main package management system on a Linux box, say, Slackware? What I mean is, forget Slackware's package management system altogether and replace it with NetBSD's pkgsrc.
Does anyone know any car radio capable of playing Internet radio streams? It would be great to have SomaFM in my car. :)
Q: How can we make Windows better?
A: Replace with Linux.
Not only are "UNIX hacks" so good at wordsmithing, they're excellent at editing too! For example:
"IYou" ---> "You"
"wordsmything" ---> "wordsmithing" (actually "wordsmithing" isn't really a word).
"Why in the hell" ---> "Why the hell" or "Why in hell"
"There goal" ---> "Their goal"
"its to" ---> "it's to"
"noncomunicative" ---> "non-communicative"
This kind of reminds me of an essay I read many years ago, about UNIX people, literature, and the command-line. Here's a link if you're interested:
r ature.txt
The Elements Of Style: UNIX As Literature
by Thomas Scoville
http://www.insecure.org/stf/scoville_unix_as_lite
I'm in exactly the same situation. I have been trying to find information on this since forever. Now that my finals are over, I'll probably give more thought to this and work it out next week.
If you find out anything, please let me know too.
Slackware 9.1 and -current still come with LVM version 1. Kernel 2.6 requires LVM2. So Slack is still not 2.6-ready, at least for people with LVM'ed filesystems. Okay, for everybody else, it is. :)
Does anyone have any information on migrating an existing LVM'ed ext3 filesystem to LVM2 in 2.6? Is there a safe and reliable way to do this?
Since Microsoft uses a ton of BSD code in Windows, does that mean SCO will sue them too?
I'm downloading your "only 9MB" file on 28.8Kbps dial-up, you insensitive clod! :-)
Post the email address on Slashdot! :-)
You haven't met Theo de Raadt yet. ;)
The code appears in the excellent classic UNIX book "Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th edition" on lines 2528-2547 (sheet 25).
For those who may not be aware of the significance of the book, check out this entry on the Lions Book in The Hacker's Dictionary. The book has been around since 1976.
bwalling, it's a joke, but it's true. I'm an experienced Linux user but I still find Debian to be a pain to install. It's too "developer-ish."
There are a whole bunch of reasons.
.doc or .ppt, etc. But, reality bites: .doc, .ppt, and .xls are the de facto standard in the corporate world, whether we like them or not. Not everyone works in academia or research or some other field that doesn't require these formats for everyday use.
I've used OpenOffice extensively and I know it pretty well. Now, before I get flamed to oblivion, I would just like to let everyone know this. I have used OpenOffice, and I have really, really, really tried to use it for daily work. I have really tried to recommend it to others. In the end, I switched to Crossover Office. Why? OpenOffice is just not mature enough in its current state.
I've always come across Office documents that just don't open correctly in OOo. Never mind that a whole bunch of open source advocates have said that it opens up "every Office document" fine. I've worked enough with OOo to testify that it doesn't. Try opening something with complicated tables or advanced Powerpoint animations. Anyone who claims that "every" document opens fine either uses simple Office documents or work in isolated environments where this isn't a problem. Unfortunately this case cannot be generalized everywhere.
Yet other open source advocates cry, "then don't use those features! Who needs them anyway?!" Well sometimes I do want to use those features. Some features really enhance a presentation. In a make-or-break situation with a potential investor or client, every little thing counts. When you're working hard to put food on the table, you *don't* want to mess up.
Other open source advocates suggest not using
Yet another reason: a lot of people grew up on MS Office. Relearning OpenOffice takes time. Sure, there are a lot of people who would say again, "well my mum learned OpenOffice and there's no problem at all!" or something similar. Well, that just doesn't apply to everybody. Introducing OpenOffice to someone used to MS Office right now, especially in its current immature state, is a big turn-off to that person.
For me, I've switched over to Crossover Office for the past six months with no regrets. I no longer have to worry again about serious interoperability issues or the inability to render certain Powerpoint presentations on the screen. Sure, there are still quirks here and there, but they are really negligible compared to the madness I have had to put up with in OpenOffice.
Plus, Crossover Office loads up in a flash compared to let-it-load-up-while-I-make-a-cup-of-coffee OpenOffice. Nevermind that Crossover Office is loading on top of Wine -- it's still way faster.
There are a lot of other reasons to use Crossover Office, which only long-time Crossover Office users will really understand.
Does anyone know whether CrossOver + MS Office 2000 SR1a is affected by this bug?
I run CrossOver + MS Office 2000 (without SR1a) and it looks okay. Just wondering if anyone with the SR1a is having the same problem.
Here's a question to the Slashdot crowd: What resources on quantum computing and quantum mechanics are out there? I'm asking from the perspective of a computer scientist who has heard of quantum computing and know the very basics, but has yet to delve any deeper into it.
Which websites would be useful? What books would be useful? What else would you do to gain a better understanding of the theory?
I saw a documentary on how National Geographic processes their photos. It seems that they do edit the photos digitally to make it look better.. for example, removing certain obstacles and replacing them with the natural background.