Last time I checked, NT was not at all competitive in the desktop marketplace. If you're thinking of XP, on a desktop machine it's usually set to automatically log in as Administrator anyway.
mplayer plays mpeg, etc. fine without the extra windows binaries. It just needs the binaries to use various proprietary codecs without a Linux version.
Besides, Mandrake and Redhat have no problem with non-GPL'd code. It's Debian that wouldn't include it due to the licenses. However, no distro should include mplayer, since the authors make it quite clear that they strongly discourage distributing mplayer binaries.
Why would you want it to ask to popup a window? Since it has to pop up a window to ask, you spend just as much time saying "No" as you would closing the popup window.
Well, divx is just a bastardized version of the MPEG4 video codec, and MPEG and Quicktime are merging (an MPEG4 file will be the same format as a Quicktime 6 file), so the answer is All of the Above. Until you pit it against ASF, VP3, and Ogg Tarkin. Now that wil be interesting.
Your point is? They both work. I'm just saying that, while the ports system may be nice, it's not the only good way to upgrade your system and it's not by itself an overpowering reason to use BSD.
Enter Debian and apt-get.A typical Debian install includes a program called apt-get that handles dependencies automatically. So to install something, you just apt-get install WhateverYouWantToInstall. All dependencies are taken care of automagically. The apt-get program is smart enough to download whatever you need and install it. To compile from source, use apt-get -b source WhateverYouWantToInstall. So installing a new package doesn't take several hours of trolling newsgroups and searching for rpm.
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My Voodoo3 works super for tuxracer, but OpenGL screensavers freeze eventually if you leave them running all day. I might reccomend an older Radeon, or a Radeon 8500 once they get DRI drivers for it.
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Last time I checked, NT was not at all competitive in the desktop marketplace. If you're thinking of XP, on a desktop machine it's usually set to automatically log in as Administrator anyway.
And as for your grandfather, tell him to call Aunt Tillie. I'm sure she can help him with her automatic kernel configuration tool.
Debian, being strictly GPL, would probably be the least likely distro to do this. Rad Hat or Mandrake might though...
Anjuta is a nice IDE for GNOME.
No, it's the ones that are idiots that go into politics...
I still prefer the convenient "Use popups" option in Galeon's Setting menu. Far more convenient.
Besides, Mandrake and Redhat have no problem with non-GPL'd code. It's Debian that wouldn't include it due to the licenses. However, no distro should include mplayer, since the authors make it quite clear that they strongly discourage distributing mplayer binaries.
Put this into /etc/X11/Xftconfig:
match
any size > 8
any size < 15
edit
antialias = false;
What's the point of a sig about your email address when you don't even display one?
You can shut of the modem's speaker with an 'AT' command. No one has to hear.
I use mplayer.
Six companies is not a monopoly. One company is.
Yes.
Well, divx is just a bastardized version of the MPEG4 video codec, and MPEG and Quicktime are merging (an MPEG4 file will be the same format as a Quicktime 6 file), so the answer is All of the Above. Until you pit it against ASF, VP3, and Ogg Tarkin. Now that wil be interesting.
I use Debian and I get a nice woody for doing so!
Shouldn't worry you. They're telling you it's optimized for Windows XP Home and professional OSs like Linux or BSD.
Your point is? They both work. I'm just saying that, while the ports system may be nice, it's not the only good way to upgrade your system and it's not by itself an overpowering reason to use BSD.
apt-get -b source package
Just look at Marvin (from HHGTTG).
Enter Debian and apt-get.A typical Debian install includes a program called apt-get that handles dependencies automatically. So to install something, you just apt-get install WhateverYouWantToInstall. All dependencies are taken care of automagically. The apt-get program is smart enough to download whatever you need and install it. To compile from source, use apt-get -b source WhateverYouWantToInstall. So installing a new package doesn't take several hours of trolling newsgroups and searching for rpm.
Yup.
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My Voodoo3 works super for tuxracer, but OpenGL screensavers freeze eventually if you leave them running all day. I might reccomend an older Radeon, or a Radeon 8500 once they get DRI drivers for it.
Once we get quantum computing, we'll be able to encrypt at a helluva lot more than 128 bits. I doubt even quentum computers can crack a 8192-bit key.