Re:Rune is pretty fun, but the reviewer has issues
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Rune for Linux Review
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There are many soundcards better than the SB Live which have solid Linux support.
If you don't mind me asking, what would you recommend? I've been extremely pleased with my SB Live and the Alsa drivers... They support a great deal of the hardware of the card, and have really nice quality, IMHO. Also, just because there are better soundcards, doesn't mean that the SB Live isn't the soundcard of choice, as the article claimed. It's not uncommon for an inferior card to be the more popular one, and given the frequency of questions on the Alsa mailing list, I wouldn't be at all surprised to find that the SB Live is the most popular one under Linux.
The three posters above me have completely missed shanek's point, namely that these plugins are available for free on Windows and Mac.
Actually, they're free under linux as well. You're not paying for the QT plugin, or the Shockwave plugin. You're paying for an application which lets you use those plugins on the OS of your choice (assuming, of course, that OS is linux).
Why should they have to pay for something that Windows and Mac users get free?
Because it's unreasonable to expect every company to spend time developing their application to run on every conceivable OS.
Why? Does it look any better than watching it on Windows? Was it easier?
Well, considering that Win2k has shitty support for my audio card, it certainly sounds a lot better under linux. And considering that it takes 3-5 minutes to reboot into Win2k just to watch a video clip, I'd say that the Crossover plugin is consderably easier.
Re:Great, but there are some issues
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Rune for Linux Review
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Game requires 512M of ram+swap to start. If you dont have that much dedicated for the game itself (dont forget to add on the RAM requirements for Linux itself), it'll kill your system at level transitions/whenever kernel can catch up to the allocations.
Not true at all... Certainly the added RAM helps, but before I bought more it ran just fine with a total 128 Megs RAM + 256 Swap (though it did take noticably longer to switch levels).
(Just in the last 10 or so years, I am thinking Jurassic Park, or anything Tom Clancy wrote).
Though not a great movie, Jurassic Park is hardly bad (and obviously did well enough for two sequels). And, quite frankly, anything Tom Clancy wrote after The Hunt for Red October is pure crap and always much better as a movie.
Oh yeah? I don't like Perl6's object-orientedness. Could you be so kind as to tell me how can I turn that off? Yeah, I thought so.
Unless Larry Wall is holding a gun to your head, forcing you to write OO code, your question makes absolutely no sense since OO isn't something you turn on or off, it's something you write or don't write.
That's like the Wine developers saying that Wine is not an emulator... You can say that all you want, but you're just denying the obvious truth about Wine.
Yes, Wine does indeed duplicate the Win32 evironment (the dlls), even if it doesn't duplicate the entire look and feel of Windows. Therefore, according to the definition given in the Wine FAQ, Wine qualifies as an emulator.
An emulator is something that duplicates the environment that an application runs in.
Give that wine duplicates the win32 environment (the dlls) that a win32 application needs to run, WINE qualifies as an emulator according the very definition in their FAQ.
An emulator is something that duplicates the environment that an application runs in.
Give that wine duplicates the win32 environment (the dlls) that a win32 application needs to run, WINE qualifies as an emulator according the very definition in their FAQ.
Dinivin
Re:Not open source either [was: Re:Transgaming pat
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"Lindows" Coming Soon?
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This license forbids Cheapbytes or its ilk from selling copies of Lindows. That's not open source.
But when the sourcecode is still freely available for everyone not trying to make money from it, it can hardly be considered closed source.
Have you tried using the mjpeg codec with streamer? It works much better, IMHO, than all the others. As for the sync issue, it was happening, for me, at 30 fps with 90% quality, which is pretty extreme. I can't access my machine at the moment, but I bet if I drop the 90% to 80% it'll go away (or drop the 30 fps to 25 fps).
Out of curiousity, what's the specs on your computer?
Try playing around with the command line app 'streamer' from the xawtv package. I've recorded full 30 fps for over an hour using the mjpeg support (the video is then editable with the lavtools from http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net or MainActor). The audio and video got slightly out of sync towards the end, but I bet I could knock off a few fps, solve the sync problem and still get really good quality.
Dinivin
PS. I have these nice little scripts that I can launch from a crontab, which will record any channel for however long I specify. If you'd like to take a look, let me know.
That's why there's an Amiga on every desktop, right?
If anything, the fact that Amiga had it all for a while, and still ended up as a side note in computer history, makes it an even bigger disappointment.
I have used X with just about every combo of X server/window manager/graphics card and it just doesn't cut it for a modern desktop.
Maybe it doesn't cut it for you, but it's been damn responsive and fast on every grahpics card under XFree86 4.* that I've used (nVidia, 3dfx, Permedia2, Radeon). Then again, maybe your problem is user error and you just have it configured wrong.
And why should it be considered acceptable for me to relinquish my Fourth Ammendment rights so I can go work on in my lab?
I hate it when people do this... The Bill of Rights is a list of limitations on the federal government. When you submit to a search for your employer, you are not forfeiting your fouth amendment rights. That's like saying that you have the right to say whatever you want while in my apartment without fear of repurcussion. While you obviously can't get punished by the federal government (except in some extreme cases), I can certainly kick you out.
Like the minor flamewar he started last week when he insisted that BSD licenced modules be marked GPL-incompatitble because they might be patent encumbered.
Considering the FSF has said that the BSD license is GPL-compatible, I'm really surprised that Alan has this problem. Does he give an example?
It seems to me that Alan is just trying to make a point about how ridiculous the DMCA is in this case by taking this relatively extreme position how the DMCA throws a wet blanket onto legitimate security discussions.
That's fine, but when I'm using an open source operating system, I'd like to have what I consider the necessary information, and this includes Changelogs for all security updates. If the linux developers are willing to provide this information, perhaps it's time to move to an OS whose developers aren't playing little political games.
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There are many soundcards better than the SB Live which have solid Linux support.
If you don't mind me asking, what would you recommend? I've been extremely pleased with my SB Live and the Alsa drivers... They support a great deal of the hardware of the card, and have really nice quality, IMHO. Also, just because there are better soundcards, doesn't mean that the SB Live isn't the soundcard of choice, as the article claimed. It's not uncommon for an inferior card to be the more popular one, and given the frequency of questions on the Alsa mailing list, I wouldn't be at all surprised to find that the SB Live is the most popular one under Linux.
Dinivin
The three posters above me have completely missed shanek's point, namely that these plugins are available for free on Windows and Mac.
Actually, they're free under linux as well. You're not paying for the QT plugin, or the Shockwave plugin. You're paying for an application which lets you use those plugins on the OS of your choice (assuming, of course, that OS is linux).
Why should they have to pay for something that Windows and Mac users get free?
Because it's unreasonable to expect every company to spend time developing their application to run on every conceivable OS.
Dinivin
Why? Does it look any better than watching it on Windows? Was it easier?
Well, considering that Win2k has shitty support for my audio card, it certainly sounds a lot better under linux. And considering that it takes 3-5 minutes to reboot into Win2k just to watch a video clip, I'd say that the Crossover plugin is consderably easier.
Dinivin
512 MB combined RAM and swap required)
Perhaps that's what they say, but it's still not true... As I mentioned, I ran Rune with considerably less.
Dinivin
It's one of the best products I've ever purchased for Linux... It's just a shame that it requires money to use otherwise free plugins under Linux.
Dinivin
Hehehhe. Pathetic.
I'm glad to see you realize that about yourself
Dinivin
Game requires 512M of ram+swap to start. If you dont have that much dedicated for the game itself (dont forget to add on the RAM requirements for Linux itself), it'll kill your system at level transitions/whenever kernel can catch up to the allocations.
Not true at all... Certainly the added RAM helps, but before I bought more it ran just fine with a total 128 Megs RAM + 256 Swap (though it did take noticably longer to switch levels).
The 3D engine is ok, but still not bug-free.
Which is true of nearly every 3D engine.
Dinivin
Now if you already have "users", what do you call /usr?
/usr can still be called "user" as it should be.
Well, since there is a difference between "users" and "user,"
Dinivin
(Just in the last 10 or so years, I am thinking Jurassic Park, or anything Tom Clancy wrote).
Though not a great movie, Jurassic Park is hardly bad (and obviously did well enough for two sequels). And, quite frankly, anything Tom Clancy wrote after The Hunt for Red October is pure crap and always much better as a movie.
Dinivin
Oh yeah? I don't like Perl6's object-orientedness. Could you be so kind as to tell me how can I turn that off? Yeah, I thought so.
Unless Larry Wall is holding a gun to your head, forcing you to write OO code, your question makes absolutely no sense since OO isn't something you turn on or off, it's something you write or don't write.
Dinivin
Well, it is true that you can't be a moron and write decent perl... Perhaps that's your problem?
Dinivin
I'm so glad to know that you know sooo much more than do real developers, including the developers implementing Wine.
At least I know the English language, moron.
Dinivin
Notice that IMPLEMENTS was used and NOT emulates.
That's like the Wine developers saying that Wine is not an emulator... You can say that all you want, but you're just denying the obvious truth about Wine.
Dinivin
Yes, Wine does indeed duplicate the Win32 evironment (the dlls), even if it doesn't duplicate the entire look and feel of Windows. Therefore, according to the definition given in the Wine FAQ, Wine qualifies as an emulator.
Dinivin
Do you have a point?
Dinivin
From the WINE faq:
An emulator is something that duplicates the environment that an application runs in.
Give that wine duplicates the win32 environment (the dlls) that a win32 application needs to run, WINE qualifies as an emulator according the very definition in their FAQ.
Dinivin
From the WINE faq:
An emulator is something that duplicates the environment that an application runs in.
Give that wine duplicates the win32 environment (the dlls) that a win32 application needs to run, WINE qualifies as an emulator according the very definition in their FAQ.
Dinivin
This license forbids Cheapbytes or its ilk from selling copies of Lindows. That's not open source.
But when the sourcecode is still freely available for everyone not trying to make money from it, it can hardly be considered closed source.
Dinivin
Have you tried using the mjpeg codec with streamer? It works much better, IMHO, than all the others. As for the sync issue, it was happening, for me, at 30 fps with 90% quality, which is pretty extreme. I can't access my machine at the moment, but I bet if I drop the 90% to 80% it'll go away (or drop the 30 fps to 25 fps).
Out of curiousity, what's the specs on your computer?
Dinivin
Try playing around with the command line app 'streamer' from the xawtv package. I've recorded full 30 fps for over an hour using the mjpeg support (the video is then editable with the lavtools from http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net or MainActor). The audio and video got slightly out of sync towards the end, but I bet I could knock off a few fps, solve the sync problem and still get really good quality.
Dinivin
PS. I have these nice little scripts that I can launch from a crontab, which will record any channel for however long I specify. If you'd like to take a look, let me know.
Amiga = Big Success
That's why there's an Amiga on every desktop, right?
If anything, the fact that Amiga had it all for a while, and still ended up as a side note in computer history, makes it an even bigger disappointment.
Dinivin
I have used X with just about every combo of X server/window manager/graphics card and it just doesn't cut it for a modern desktop.
Maybe it doesn't cut it for you, but it's been damn responsive and fast on every grahpics card under XFree86 4.* that I've used (nVidia, 3dfx, Permedia2, Radeon). Then again, maybe your problem is user error and you just have it configured wrong.
Dinivin
And why should it be considered acceptable for me to relinquish my Fourth Ammendment rights so I can go work on in my lab?
I hate it when people do this... The Bill of Rights is a list of limitations on the federal government. When you submit to a search for your employer, you are not forfeiting your fouth amendment rights. That's like saying that you have the right to say whatever you want while in my apartment without fear of repurcussion. While you obviously can't get punished by the federal government (except in some extreme cases), I can certainly kick you out.
Dinivin
Like the minor flamewar he started last week when he insisted that BSD licenced modules be marked GPL-incompatitble because they might be patent encumbered.
Considering the FSF has said that the BSD license is GPL-compatible, I'm really surprised that Alan has this problem. Does he give an example?
Dinivin
It seems to me that Alan is just trying to make a point about how ridiculous the DMCA is in this case by taking this relatively extreme position how the DMCA throws a wet blanket onto legitimate security discussions.
That's fine, but when I'm using an open source operating system, I'd like to have what I consider the necessary information, and this includes Changelogs for all security updates. If the linux developers are willing to provide this information, perhaps it's time to move to an OS whose developers aren't playing little political games.
Dinivin