100% agree, I feel the exact same way. Transformers, Mask, Robotix, Jayce and the wheeled Warriors... I wonder why they don't make such wonderful cartoons anymore. I'm 26, too, you know and I still love those cartoons. But all I see now on TV is stupid stuff like *mon etc. How come they can't come with something ingenious like Transformers anymore?
What's missing in the whole discussion on fiber wiring is the fact that firstly, you had better decide on the right type (single mode / multi mode) and the right connector standards (ST / SC / FCPC / E2000 et al). If you fail to define your needs properly, you're almost certain to choose the wrong type, because then the access equipment (hub, switch, modem, mediaconverter) comes with exactly the type of connector types you don't have installed.
In the case of an in-house installation for mostly computer networking needs, you should stick with plain cat5e. If you really fancy fiber, then go with multi mode fibers and ST/SC connectors, because that's what you will find on most equipment.
What are you smoking? Haven't you heard of 'testing' and 'unstable'?! They allow you to run cutting edge software which is (in case of 'testing') still kind of stable.
What a complete pile of bullshit. It is remotely possible that you're running 2000 on a complete POS PC in which case perhaps it's possible that either faulty hardware or crap drivers, however BSOD's are incredibly rare on 2000. My development machine has never BSOD'd in 2000. EVER.
Well, just so you know, I'm running Windows 2000 Professional on a Dual-CPU P2 box, stuffed with goodies like UW-SCSI and redundant regulated powersupplies. And still it crashes. You're right however, there is no BSOD anymore, the box just freezes. What an improvement!
And no, I'm not doing crazy things on the box, I'm just running Office and AutoCAD for engineering tasks.
I'd love to try Nautilus right away, but I'm unable to find usable.debs for Debian Potato anywhere. Can someone point me to an URL for addition to my sources.list?
Yes, I just received the shipment from Sun two days ago. Without even reading a manual, I fired up the installation scripts and it went through right to the end, configuring all my hardware and setting everything up to my liking.
In fact, I had 2.2.11 running with SuSE 6.1 and after SuSE 6.2 installed its 2.2.10, all I had to do was to remove the soft-link to their kernel-sources and replace it with the one I had before. make dep bzlilo modules modules_install, and I had a perfectly running SuSE 6.2 based on kernel 2.2.11. No "nasties", no problems.
BTW, I have no idea why everybody keeps insisting that SuSE will only work with a SuSE-modified kernel. The only time I have a SuSE-kernel installed is right after a SuSE-upgrade. The next boot already happens with a standard kernel from kernel.org. Again, no "nasties", no problems.
Please be more specific than "suse sucks". I happen to like it very much for it's not-so-steep learning-curve and the wealth of programs on the 6 CDs.
OK, yast may not be everybody's taste. But I know from personal experience that it really comes in handy if you're a newbie without a clue. You can always turn off yast's hooks and edit any configuration file manually.
I really like SuSE's packet selection program, it doesn't overwhelm you with a hard-to-use interface (unlike Debian) while it still gives you all the proper information (unlike RedHat).
I really like my SuSE 6.1 (after updating from 5.3 -> 6.0 -> 6.1). In my book, its really the best buy, especially since it comes with a sensible manual, 60 days of competent support and well picked pieces of software on 5 CDs.
The best thing about SuSE are their support & hardware databases. They really take the pain out of installing new things on your Linux box.
While I agree with the author of the article that Linux does indeed have its major strengths in server applications, I have to point out that this is the best guarantee that it will excel in desktop applications, too.
Apart from that, I feel that the author has not understood the concept of open source software at all. I want my OS to be open source, not because I intend to hack at the kernel myself, but because I know that others (many thousands!) had a chance to do so and have in many cases done so! This is why open source software generally has better quality. Period.
100% agree! If you consider what this software really can do, $75 is not much at all. I for one couldnt be happier, now that I no longer need to reboot my PC to work with all sorts of different operating systems.
Its actually in the README-file of the tar-file, where it says that the Mitsumi driver works.
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Im running 2.2.5 on my SuSE 6.1 system, which also has 2 iP2-350 processors. The SMP performance is actually quite nice and lacks nothing in comparison to NTs SMP support.
You are so right on! I just loved the way Illiad so accurately described life with computers in his comics. He was responsible for my certain daily laugh. Now it's gone! I can't even begin to describe what a shame that is!
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100% agree, I feel the exact same way. Transformers, Mask, Robotix, Jayce and the wheeled Warriors... I wonder why they don't make such wonderful cartoons anymore. I'm 26, too, you know and I still love those cartoons. But all I see now on TV is stupid stuff like *mon etc. How come they can't come with something ingenious like Transformers anymore?
What's missing in the whole discussion on fiber wiring is the fact that firstly, you had better decide on the right type (single mode / multi mode) and the right connector standards (ST / SC / FCPC / E2000 et al). If you fail to define your needs properly, you're almost certain to choose the wrong type, because then the access equipment (hub, switch, modem, mediaconverter) comes with exactly the type of connector types you don't have installed.
In the case of an in-house installation for mostly computer networking needs, you should stick with plain cat5e. If you really fancy fiber, then go with multi mode fibers and ST/SC connectors, because that's what you will find on most equipment.
What are you smoking? Haven't you heard of 'testing' and 'unstable'?! They allow you to run cutting edge software which is (in case of 'testing') still kind of stable.
Well, just so you know, I'm running Windows 2000 Professional on a Dual-CPU P2 box, stuffed with goodies like UW-SCSI and redundant regulated powersupplies. And still it crashes. You're right however, there is no BSOD anymore, the box just freezes. What an improvement!
And no, I'm not doing crazy things on the box, I'm just running Office and AutoCAD for engineering tasks.
No, wrong again. "circumvent" means "to go around" rather than "to blow wind around".
I'd love to try Nautilus right away, but I'm unable to find usable .debs for Debian Potato anywhere. Can someone point me to an URL for addition to my sources.list?
>The Hacker's Diet spreadsheets were originally
>developed in 1990 with Excel 2.1 on Microsoft
>Windows 3.1.
Wasn't Windows 3.1 released in March 1992? Talk about early-preview-releases...
Try a TI-92 instead... ;)
Yes, I just received the shipment from Sun two days ago. Without even reading a manual, I fired up the installation scripts and it went through right to the end, configuring all my hardware and setting everything up to my liking.
It's not Linux, but it's really great, too.
Didn't you read the original statement? He wants to use UNIX, not Windows. There is nothing in that statement that implies open-source solutions.
Try VMware for the program you're still using on NT. Further details can be found at www.vmware.com!
In fact, I had 2.2.11 running with SuSE 6.1 and after SuSE 6.2 installed its 2.2.10, all I had to do was to remove the soft-link to their kernel-sources and replace it with the one I had before. make dep bzlilo modules modules_install, and I had a perfectly running SuSE 6.2 based on kernel 2.2.11. No "nasties", no problems.
BTW, I have no idea why everybody keeps insisting that SuSE will only work with a SuSE-modified kernel. The only time I have a SuSE-kernel installed is right after a SuSE-upgrade. The next boot already happens with a standard kernel from kernel.org. Again, no "nasties", no problems.
Please be more specific than "suse sucks". I happen to like it very much for it's not-so-steep learning-curve and the wealth of programs on the 6 CDs.
OK, yast may not be everybody's taste. But I know from personal experience that it really comes in handy if you're a newbie without a clue. You can always turn off yast's hooks and edit any configuration file manually.
I really like SuSE's packet selection program, it doesn't overwhelm you with a hard-to-use interface (unlike Debian) while it still gives you all the proper information (unlike RedHat).
Try XWPE. Looks much like Borlands old TC++ 3.x to me.
SaX works fine with my ATI Mach64 based 3D-Wincharger. Never had a problem.
I really like my SuSE 6.1 (after updating from 5.3 -> 6.0 -> 6.1). In my book, its really the best buy, especially since it comes with a sensible manual, 60 days of competent support and well picked pieces of software on 5 CDs.
The best thing about SuSE are their support & hardware databases. They really take the pain out of installing new things on your Linux box.
While I agree with the author of the article that Linux does indeed have its major strengths in server applications, I have to point out that this is the best guarantee that it will excel in desktop applications, too.
Apart from that, I feel that the author has not understood the concept of open source software at all. I want my OS to be open source, not because I intend to hack at the kernel myself, but because I know that others (many thousands!) had a chance to do so and have in many cases done so! This is why open source software generally has better quality. Period.
100% agree! If you consider what this software really can do, $75 is not much at all. I for one couldnt be happier, now that I no longer need to reboot my PC to work with all sorts of different operating systems.
Its actually in the README-file of the tar-file, where it says that the Mitsumi driver works.
Im running 2.2.5 on my SuSE 6.1 system, which also has 2 iP2-350 processors. The SMP performance is actually quite nice and lacks nothing in comparison to NTs SMP support.
Dear friend, you are so way out of line, it is almost beyond description.
You are so right on! I just loved the way Illiad so accurately described life with computers in his comics. He was responsible for my certain daily laugh. Now it's gone! I can't even begin to describe what a shame that is!