Upon booting the installed OS, normal users could not login to their graphical desktop. Trying to do so caused the system to attempt to run KDE... but then the screen flickered and returned to the KDM login prompt.
However, root could login, but KDE was behaving very strangly. I even tried to make a couple new accounts to try again with normal users. Still, only root could login to KDE. I then tried to run urmpi so as to update the system, but it only returned cryptic errors.
Sounds like you were out of disk space.I had the same odd problems with Sarge. Remember, root has a few percent of reserved disk space that others don't have, as well as the/root directory probably being on another partition.
Re:Depends on your philosophy, doesn't it
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Virtual desktops. Not in Aqua, although you can kind of simulate it by creating multiple users & doing fast user switching.
Re:Depends on your philosophy, doesn't it
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Yes, OS X (10.3 at least) is a very, very good operating system -- I own an iBook G4 -- but only if you agree with the design philosophy. OS X was designed for completely different people who want to do completely different things with computers than, say, Linux users.
Uh. I run PostgreSQL and Apache on my eMac, as well as an IMAP server. Same thing I would do if this was a Linux box. I keep a terminal in my dock. GIMP is there too.
There's tons of choice in OS X. Install Fink and pretend it's a Linux box.
There is a difference though, I can do (almost) all of my Linux stuff PLUS have iTunes and GarageBand -- Ardour+LADSPA+Jack-rack+Hydrogen are amusing but horrible hacks in comparison.
Oh yeah and I can't run Wine. Is that a bad thing?:)
I bought WP8, great product that failed on newer distros.
I bought WPO 2000. Horrible, horrible product. Crashes like crazy. Were there any patches? Not on your life.
What Corel needs to sell is their company. I wouldn't buy a single thing from them until they prove to me they'll support it. They could just as easily resell WPO2000 with patches to "test the waters".
Ah but what was being discussed on the list was that kernel preempt makes the kernel SLOWER. I believe it was Andrea Arcangeli that was saying it was slow.
Interesting that they turned off the preemptible kernel, in light of what's being said on the kernel lists. I'd like to see this same suite of benchmarks with that feature turned on...
So... your grandmother has an x86-64? Awesome. I hope she likes it!
You know what, as long as we're on the topic, SuSE isn't the first 64 bit OS to potentially grace your personal home desktop (or maybe your mechanic or hairdresser uses something like Alpha VMS 7.0? Solaris 64?).
You have some issues, but they aren't with me, man. Take a little walk, sort out your response, and then post the facts in logical order. When you get back, try and read the humor in my comments. I'M THE MAD CHICKEN, MAN!!!
> Also check this awesome comparison. This guy is amazing: http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/tim20000705.php3 [phpbuilder.com]
Good review, but almost four years old; take with a grain of salt since a comparison of current versions of both DBs would give different results. The methodology is worth reusing, though, for doing such an updated test.
Yeah I know, salt-shaker is handy. I thought the heavy load response aspect of this was very telling, and possibly still valid...
Last I checked (which probably has changed somewhat by now)...
MySQL does not support views, stored procedures, transactions (InnoDB does, but this is an additional product) and a bunch of other developer's friends. Check out the comparison at www.sql-info.de.
I also seem to remember replication was superior on PgSQL. Feel free to correct me.
MySQL's big draw was simplicity and speed. Not sure if that's really relevant, in the big picture, since PG has sped up quite a bit recently, and adding InnoDB kills the speed advantage, from what I've heard.
Let me imagine they're installing a distro on every desktop, wasting time standardizing on a rollout plan and specific apps... probably exactly the same way they rolled out Windows in the past. No kidding they're not saving money.
If they figured out that you can run a netboot or ltsp system in a way you really often can't with Windows, maybe they'll start saving money.
Not really, the name was SPELLED YHWH, since they didn't need to write the vowels (they were understood). That is definitely not how it was PRONOUNCED.
Some have said the vowels came from the Greek "Adonai" to give you, roughly, Yahowah. That is convenient but not 100% accurate. Other names like Joshua (Yehoshua) and many others contain the divine name have and preserved the proper vowels through common use. The pronunciation was almost certainly Yehowah in Hebrew -- and in English it *is* "Jehovah" (no need to mix languages in a sentence).
How's THAT for offtopic? I never expected to discuss Hebrew phonetics in an article about comic book physics!
For example, it has been legal in Canada since 1998 to make a single copy of a recording for personal use, such as copying a CD onto your hard drive or MP3 player. But the practice is illegal in the U.S.
Observe your quote above. There is a subtle lack of the words "....that you own" after "copy of a recording". It's easy to miss, but legally significant.
I think there should be a whole bunch of choices -- for the *developers*. The developers need the choices, and eventually it all filters down to the user, even if they all end up using the same desktop. This way the choice provides variety and innovation in software, with a consistent and predictable user environment.
If you don't think that last point is important, try walking through a support call with some Windows users. You practically have to know the exact coordinates of the elements on the Windows screen (i.e. where's this "tray" you keep talking about?).
Check out Ardour for your mixer/recorder, JACK for your input framework, Hydrogen for drum machine (You'll love the samples at ns_kit) JACK-rack to stack your amps & effects, which you can get tons of at LADSPA.
But even after that you haven't spent your $50 yet!
Re:Your tax dollars at work, folks.
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I was just about to mod you overrated (or troll) but I thought I'd explain instead.
This bulky hardware solution is almost foolproof! I challenge you to find a software solution that will stand up under Mars conditions for any substantial length of time as compared to a no-moving-parts sundial.
And don't be ignorant and begrudge the kids scientific knowledge. Some of those that track the marsdial will probably end up on the Mars program in a few years.
The article also indicates that the sundial is additional functionality added to an existing item - a color measuring instrument. "He could add function without adding weight". So your $100,000 of "my" tax dollars (semantically loaded sentence) is a red herring.
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Man you deserve to be modded up simply for the use of the word "wormii". Or should I say "uuse"?
Upon booting the installed OS, normal users could not login to their graphical desktop. Trying to do so caused the system to attempt to run KDE... but then the screen flickered and returned to the KDM login prompt.
/root directory probably being on another partition.
However, root could login, but KDE was behaving very strangly. I even tried to make a couple new accounts to try again with normal users. Still, only root could login to KDE. I then tried to run urmpi so as to update the system, but it only returned cryptic errors.
Sounds like you were out of disk space.I had the same odd problems with Sarge. Remember, root has a few percent of reserved disk space that others don't have, as well as the
Virtual desktops. Not in Aqua, although you can kind of simulate it by creating multiple users & doing fast user switching.
Or just run Desktop Manager. OSS and very very good.
Yes, OS X (10.3 at least) is a very, very good operating system -- I own an iBook G4 -- but only if you agree with the design philosophy. OS X was designed for completely different people who want to do completely different things with computers than, say, Linux users.
:)
Uh. I run PostgreSQL and Apache on my eMac, as well as an IMAP server. Same thing I would do if this was a Linux box. I keep a terminal in my dock. GIMP is there too.
There's tons of choice in OS X. Install Fink and pretend it's a Linux box.
There is a difference though, I can do (almost) all of my Linux stuff PLUS have iTunes and GarageBand -- Ardour+LADSPA+Jack-rack+Hydrogen are amusing but horrible hacks in comparison.
Oh yeah and I can't run Wine. Is that a bad thing?
You wouldn't need to work out, just carry it around. Besides, you can just tell people it's a Pocket PC.
And, Windows Exploit returns 893,000 hits!
Whoa, even I didn't expect that...
I bought WP8, great product that failed on newer distros.
I bought WPO 2000. Horrible, horrible product. Crashes like crazy. Were there any patches? Not on your life.
What Corel needs to sell is their company. I wouldn't buy a single thing from them until they prove to me they'll support it. They could just as easily resell WPO2000 with patches to "test the waters".
They had their chance.
Ah but what was being discussed on the list was that kernel preempt makes the kernel SLOWER. I believe it was Andrea Arcangeli that was saying it was slow.
Lessee.... link, link... ah, there: link
Interesting that they turned off the preemptible kernel, in light of what's being said on the kernel lists. I'd like to see this same suite of benchmarks with that feature turned on...
So... your grandmother has an x86-64? Awesome. I hope she likes it!
You know what, as long as we're on the topic, SuSE isn't the first 64 bit OS to potentially grace your personal home desktop (or maybe your mechanic or hairdresser uses something like Alpha VMS 7.0? Solaris 64?).
You have some issues, but they aren't with me, man. Take a little walk, sort out your response, and then post the facts in logical order. When you get back, try and read the humor in my comments. I'M THE MAD CHICKEN, MAN!!!
Hey, just a quick tip for ya...
SuSE is software. G5 is hardware...
Did this get modded down? Here's proof
Hee hee... "atomized snot"
I've been reading Slashdot for YEARS waiting for JUST THIS PHRASE...
> Also check this awesome comparison. This guy is amazing: http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/tim20000705.php3 [phpbuilder.com]
Good review, but almost four years old; take with a grain of salt since a comparison of current versions of both DBs would give different results. The methodology is worth reusing, though, for doing such an updated test.
Yeah I know, salt-shaker is handy. I thought the heavy load response aspect of this was very telling, and possibly still valid...
Last I checked (which probably has changed somewhat by now)...
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MySQL does not support views, stored procedures, transactions (InnoDB does, but this is an additional product) and a bunch of other developer's friends. Check out the comparison at www.sql-info.de.
I also seem to remember replication was superior on PgSQL. Feel free to correct me.
MySQL's big draw was simplicity and speed. Not sure if that's really relevant, in the big picture, since PG has sped up quite a bit recently, and adding InnoDB kills the speed advantage, from what I've heard.
Also check this awesome comparison. This guy is amazing: http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/tim20000705.php
Let me imagine they're installing a distro on every desktop, wasting time standardizing on a rollout plan and specific apps... probably exactly the same way they rolled out Windows in the past. No kidding they're not saving money.
If they figured out that you can run a netboot or ltsp system in a way you really often can't with Windows, maybe they'll start saving money.
Not really, the name was SPELLED YHWH, since they didn't need to write the vowels (they were understood). That is definitely not how it was PRONOUNCED.
Some have said the vowels came from the Greek "Adonai" to give you, roughly, Yahowah. That is convenient but not 100% accurate. Other names like Joshua (Yehoshua) and many others contain the divine name have and preserved the proper vowels through common use. The pronunciation was almost certainly Yehowah in Hebrew -- and in English it *is* "Jehovah" (no need to mix languages in a sentence).
How's THAT for offtopic? I never expected to discuss Hebrew phonetics in an article about comic book physics!
Nope, add me to that list. I'm a week and a few days into my new Mac and it's absolutely stunning.
The only thing I'm really missing from my old Linux box (which it replaced) is Mono. I just had to rewrite one little app in Java instead.
For example, it has been legal in Canada since 1998 to make a single copy of a recording for personal use, such as copying a CD onto your hard drive or MP3 player. But the practice is illegal in the U.S.
Observe your quote above. There is a subtle lack of the words "....that you own" after "copy of a recording". It's easy to miss, but legally significant.
I'll miss this one. The funky camerawork was refreshing.
It was 100% cheese, but it was a fun redo of "The Bionic Man". They even made this painfully obvious in the episode with Lee Majors.
Plus, it was just starting to lower its cheese value. Reminds me of "Birds of Prey" in one sense.
You'd think with the popularity of things like Deja View and "Sanford and Son" DVD sets they'd get the hint and make old-style dumb TV again...
Linus is in a maze of twisty passages, all alike.
There is a Troll here.
>Linus, kill Troll with hole puncher
You don't have a hole puncher.
(I'd better stop now)
I think there should be a whole bunch of choices -- for the *developers*. The developers need the choices, and eventually it all filters down to the user, even if they all end up using the same desktop. This way the choice provides variety and innovation in software, with a consistent and predictable user environment.
If you don't think that last point is important, try walking through a support call with some Windows users. You practically have to know the exact coordinates of the elements on the Windows screen (i.e. where's this "tray" you keep talking about?).
Camping is the anti-tech. It's the ultimate getaway when over-teched.
Camping is not about wi-fi. It's about burning things. And reading fiction.
Check out Ardour for your mixer/recorder, JACK for your input framework, Hydrogen for drum machine (You'll love the samples at ns_kit) JACK-rack to stack your amps & effects, which you can get tons of at LADSPA.
But even after that you haven't spent your $50 yet!
I was just about to mod you overrated (or troll) but I thought I'd explain instead.
This bulky hardware solution is almost foolproof! I challenge you to find a software solution that will stand up under Mars conditions for any substantial length of time as compared to a no-moving-parts sundial.
And don't be ignorant and begrudge the kids scientific knowledge. Some of those that track the marsdial will probably end up on the Mars program in a few years.
The article also indicates that the sundial is additional functionality added to an existing item - a color measuring instrument. "He could add function without adding weight". So your $100,000 of "my" tax dollars (semantically loaded sentence) is a red herring.
Now, other moderators need to lower your rating.