Transgaming gives back. You're free to download their cvs product, install it, play games. If that isn't "giving back" I don't know what is. Hell you can read the source code if you wanted to.
Oh, I get it, because you actually have to *pay* for the licensed version, that's not "giving back". Well, welcome to the real world. Everything is not free.
Does this release actually render slashdot correctly?
I don't have a problem with firefox.9 with slashdot or my bank's www site. I did have an annoying problem with FF.8 and wachovia where it would continually reload the login page until I manually reloaded it, but I haven't seen that yet in.9
From a cursory read of the article it looks like the "copy protection" is a win32 application. If so it would look like copy protection won't matter if you use linux or have autoplay disabled in windows for that matter.
Honestly, I could care less if a cd is copy protected, as long as there is a format I can play in winamp/xmms and on my cali.
Did you read the linked journal entry? Obviously not, or you'd see that the latest Linux distro I used was Gentoo.
No I did not read your journal. Gentoo is not what I would recommend to someone looking for a "desktop" system. Their install guide while well written has a number of significant errors, and is not clear on a number of steps.
Good for you, it failed for me under Gentoo. Or, rather, it "succeeded" and created the same incorrect configuration file that didn't work. Which is really stupid, considering that the entire system is Plug and Play, has the correct nVidia driver, and is using a freaking HID compliant mouse and keyboard.
Well like I said, I wouldn't suggest Gentoo. I had a friend try it, when he saw the prompt he wondered if he downloaded the wrong.iso. If you want a glitzy installer try SUSE or Redhat/Fedora. Gentoo 1.4 had no problems with my mouse/kb and kvm switch.
You missed the "gentoo" part, huh? Yeah, I'm sure that after I "emerge sync" and "emerge -u world" that I'm still using an ancient distro.
That really depends on what was in your "USE" variable. If you had gnome, gtk2 you would have gotten a gnome/gtk2 interface. Same if you had KDE, QT in there.
The only mouse configuration I've ever had to do is setting up imwheel and xmodmap so I can access the extra buttons on my mx700.
It's obvious you had a bad experience, I'm sorry to hear that, but I stand firm that it does not accurately reflect the state of linux distributions today. I was pleasantly surprised at how well games run under wine, and with the exception of a few MMO games, I have no reason to boot into windows xp at all.
Windowmaker can do the majority of what you mentioned: -I run gdesklets on WindowMaker. -I have applications with Truetype and antialiased fonts. -I can move windows and see the content. -Rox filer.
Brief summary: Windows just works. It has stability and security problems, of course, but if you run Windows Update and maintain a firewall outside the system it's actually very stable and secure. Linux, while supposedly more secure out of the box, is a royal pain to configure and set up properly as a desktop system.
What was the last linux desktop you tried? redhat 3? Maybe the old infomagic cd sets? Yes windows is fine when it's behind a firewall and you patch it. Thats all well and good, unless you use IE as your browser.
Should the autoconfigure steps fail (or should you, heaven forbid, change something as minor as the mouse), you're left with an unusable system. (Since, for a desktop system, the CLI doesn't count when you want to be using a desktop environment.)
I don't remember the last time the X autoconfiguration failed on redhat. I don't use redhat anymore, but that worked every time. I suppose you've never seen the win2k/xp recovery console either.
I'd like to reevaluate the current Linux desktops, but current X issues are basically preventing me from doing so. (Namely, X refuses to work with my USB mouse, even though it worked fine a couple of months ago. Since the current desktop environments seem to be totally impossible to navigate by keyboard, I can't even start a terminal window.)
Every linux installation I have uses USB mice. They all work, all the time. My wife however has a brand new logitech "gaming" mouse. It didn't work properly in winxp until we installed it's special driver. Most linux desktopuse environments use keyboard shortcuts just like windows. Even windowmaker has them F12 for your menu then the arrow keys to scroll. Next time you're in windows unplug your mouse. See how friendly that is.
Once X is brought up to the level of the Windows graphical environment (being able to fall back to VGA drivers should the more specific ones fail, being able to select drivers at runtime, being able to change resolution and color depth at runtime (I hear it can do this now, I haven't been able to check), etc.), then maybe Linux can start making inroads in the desktop.
Again, these features have been in X for a very *very* long time, well at least the resolution changing. I can't speak for the depth changing as I don't usually change the color depth after it's configured.
As it stands, the desktop environments are far worse than Windows and don't seem to be getting better. Not that I can really tell, since it doesn't work on my machine at the moment. And, honestly, it's not worth the effort to make it work
As someone who doesn't use linux, or a recent distro, I think you are wholly unqualified to make such a comment.
Why is this insightful? Since when has the goal of any business been the failure of its competition?
The goal of a business is to make a profit, preferably the largest it can. In many cases, a business cannot thrive without competition, and even if it still considers competition a problem, it's goal is not to eliminate it.
I think you're wrong. Every business wants to dominate it's space. Competition drives prices and profits down.
Yes but your kid has a friend who has an older friend with this REALLY EXCITING game...
Parents, no matter how diligent, can not watch over their children every second of the day.
This is called being a responsible parent, or at least it was when I was growing up. My parents wanted to know where I was going, with who etc... Usually my parents had met my friends parents as well.
All that aside, it wouldn't be a bad idea to have a lockout code as well. Not on the side of the box though. Give kids credit, if you hide it, they will find it.
A good writer would have found a way to make Palpatine's plot more devious, more plausible... so inescapable that even Padme would have to agree to it. There are plenty of examples to draw on from recent American history, from McCarthyism to the present.
I will get flamed for this but remember the age group the movies are aimed at. I was NINE years old when the first movie came out. Just because we are adults now doesn't mean Lucas isn't trying to catch kids. God knows the toys etc... are aimed at kids. A nice subtle matrix style plot would be great for us adults, but not for kids.
When I went to Episode 1 I had to move. Not because I had a bad seat, but because there was a young kid near by who was in awe of the movie who kept yelling "IS THAT DARTH MAUL".
You aparently weren't around when they came out. The release of Star Wars was one of the biggest events of the 70's. People stood in line in pouring rain for 3 hours to see it. People went to see it 10 or more times in the theaters.
How true. I remember standing in line in NYC to see Star Wars with my father and stepmother. The line went around the block twice. Star Wars played in theatres for over a year and I've seen it numerous times in the theatre.
You have an excellent point. I know quite a few people who whole-heartedly support linux, but then fail to use it for gaming when they can. I admit, even I am guilty. I run WinXP so I can play games, and I don't own any that work for linux.
I'm guilty of this. I do everything at home on linux except game. I would love to get doom3 on linux except my linux pc won't be able to handle it. Not being made of money I can't afford two top end gaming rigs/vid cards. If it was only a matter of playing doom3 etc... I'd switch, but of the games I play, such a small percentage run on linux that it's not cost effective.
I guess it's a downside to linux that it can run so effectively on hand-me-down hardware. If it was winxp I wouldn't be able to use a p133 or an old abit bp6:)
But that type of feature could be usefull such as blocking a worm ridded PC from the Internet until it is cleaned and remote assisance and configuration with permision...if your ISP want to spy on you they can if they REALLY want to.this type of stuff has its uses.
That's just wishful thinking. I used to use an app that automagically notified abuse@isb.com whenever i got hit with code red/nimda etc... I never once got a reply and I sent out hundreds of emails. I'd see the same IP's over and over...
It's all about $. The cable companies are looking for ways to increase revenue, and maybe eliminate tech support calls from joe luser who bought a wireless AP and now "his internet is broken" and expects the ISP to fix it.
Since when has anything that the RIAA done made any sense? Now that the prices are going up, there will be a drop in online sales, and the RIAA can blame itunes for lower album sales.
Either that, or they want to push apple out of the business so they can establish their own stranglehold on music.
No kidding. I installed XP on this pc in 2002 when I bought it, and I've never considered a reinstall. I've installed/removed games and other apps and it's still stable.
Right now i'm using firefox on windows. Sometimes I use IE (work), galeon 1.2 (I prefer it's tab handling to firefox, but it's quickly becoming dated) or firefox on linux. I use whatever browser is available on whatever pc I'm using at the moment.
You are right on. I do think the recording industry should shoulder a lot of the blame.
I buy a fair number of cd's in a year. As a rule I don't use kazaa/winmx anymore. Maybe if I want a rare song i'll go look for it.
The problem is there isn't much new music coming out that I like. I don't buy hip-hop or Britney etc... and that's what is being produced, so I look for when the artists I *do* like release new material, then I buy it.
If the RIAA was more interested in promoting something out of the mainstream they would see more of my money.
Do you really think they're gonna open up the pipes? It's wasted money to the school for you to download.iso images at 11638726487324689132 Kb/s. They'll keep the bandwidth going through an eyedropper for as long as they can.
Utilization might drop though, so your connection would probably be more stable.
My mother has a MBA from Columbia Business school. She can send email. That's about it. She has a hard time understanding "unplug the pc" or even resetting her remote control for her tv.
My sister and her husband have Ph.D's, and are barely competent at using a pc.
None of the above people would have the first clue on how to use encryption, or maybe even think that they needed to.
Perhaps the terrorists subscribe to the Peter Tippett school of thinking...
All those great chases would hardly happen for more than a block in SF. It may seem thrilling, the prospect of just missing a cable car or MUNI bus, but every block is a light or a stop, 25 MPH speed limits all over the place and grades which would wreck a car over 30 MPH. You could probably tear down a few streets, but eventually you run into some mess. Good for fantasy, sucks for reality.
The same could be said for any city. Liberty City was supposed to be a takeoff of NYC, or so I always believed. Ever drive there? It's a traffic nightmare.
It's a game. If you liked the games you'll probably like this one. I don't think Rockstar is going to let anyone down.
If you can't compete with the indians, tough luck, get another job. That's how capitalism works. That's how it's supposed to work. That means better prices on the products for everyone.
That would be fine and dandy if we could compete. If I could go to India and get a job that would be great. That is how capitalism works. You move to where the job is. The reality is, I cannot simply up and move to another country to work. India has no H1B visa program. I'm welcome to visit, but good luck if i want to move there.
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How is this "interesting"?
Transgaming gives back. You're free to download their cvs product, install it, play games. If that isn't "giving back" I don't know what is. Hell you can read the source code if you wanted to.
Oh, I get it, because you actually have to *pay* for the licensed version, that's not "giving back". Well, welcome to the real world. Everything is not free.
Does this release actually render slashdot correctly?
.9 with slashdot or my bank's www site. I did have an annoying problem with FF .8 and wachovia where it would continually reload the login page until I manually reloaded it, but I haven't seen that yet in .9
I don't have a problem with firefox
From a cursory read of the article it looks like the "copy protection" is a win32 application. If so it would look like copy protection won't matter if you use linux or have autoplay disabled in windows for that matter.
Honestly, I could care less if a cd is copy protected, as long as there is a format I can play in winamp/xmms and on my cali.
Did you read the linked journal entry? Obviously not, or you'd see that the latest Linux distro I used was Gentoo.
.iso. If you want a glitzy installer try SUSE or Redhat/Fedora. Gentoo 1.4 had no problems with my mouse/kb and kvm switch.
No I did not read your journal. Gentoo is not what I would recommend to someone looking for a "desktop" system. Their install guide while well written has a number of significant errors, and is not clear on a number of steps.
Good for you, it failed for me under Gentoo. Or, rather, it "succeeded" and created the same incorrect configuration file that didn't work. Which is really stupid, considering that the entire system is Plug and Play, has the correct nVidia driver, and is using a freaking HID compliant mouse and keyboard.
Well like I said, I wouldn't suggest Gentoo. I had a friend try it, when he saw the prompt he wondered if he downloaded the wrong
You missed the "gentoo" part, huh? Yeah, I'm sure that after I "emerge sync" and "emerge -u world" that I'm still using an ancient distro.
That really depends on what was in your "USE" variable. If you had gnome, gtk2 you would have gotten a gnome/gtk2 interface. Same if you had KDE, QT in there.
The only mouse configuration I've ever had to do is setting up imwheel and xmodmap so I can access the extra buttons on my mx700.
It's obvious you had a bad experience, I'm sorry to hear that, but I stand firm that it does not accurately reflect the state of linux distributions today. I was pleasantly surprised at how well games run under wine, and with the exception of a few MMO games, I have no reason to boot into windows xp at all.
Excuse me?
Windowmaker can do the majority of what you mentioned:
-I run gdesklets on WindowMaker.
-I have applications with Truetype and antialiased fonts.
-I can move windows and see the content.
-Rox filer.
That's exactly what I am using right now: Debian GNU/Linux, Window Maker and Galeon
Galeon 1.2.x was great, I can't stand 1.3.x however so i switched to firefox.
Brief summary: Windows just works. It has stability and security problems, of course, but if you run Windows Update and maintain a firewall outside the system it's actually very stable and secure. Linux, while supposedly more secure out of the box, is a royal pain to configure and set up properly as a desktop system.
What was the last linux desktop you tried? redhat 3? Maybe the old infomagic cd sets? Yes windows is fine when it's behind a firewall and you patch it. Thats all well and good, unless you use IE as your browser.
Should the autoconfigure steps fail (or should you, heaven forbid, change something as minor as the mouse), you're left with an unusable system. (Since, for a desktop system, the CLI doesn't count when you want to be using a desktop environment.)
I don't remember the last time the X autoconfiguration failed on redhat. I don't use redhat anymore, but that worked every time. I suppose you've never seen the win2k/xp recovery console either.
I'd like to reevaluate the current Linux desktops, but current X issues are basically preventing me from doing so. (Namely, X refuses to work with my USB mouse, even though it worked fine a couple of months ago. Since the current desktop environments seem to be totally impossible to navigate by keyboard, I can't even start a terminal window.)
Every linux installation I have uses USB mice. They all work, all the time. My wife however has a brand new logitech "gaming" mouse. It didn't work properly in winxp until we installed it's special driver. Most linux desktopuse environments use keyboard shortcuts just like windows. Even windowmaker has them F12 for your menu then the arrow keys to scroll. Next time you're in windows unplug your mouse. See how friendly that is.
Once X is brought up to the level of the Windows graphical environment (being able to fall back to VGA drivers should the more specific ones fail, being able to select drivers at runtime, being able to change resolution and color depth at runtime (I hear it can do this now, I haven't been able to check), etc.), then maybe Linux can start making inroads in the desktop.
Again, these features have been in X for a very *very* long time, well at least the resolution changing. I can't speak for the depth changing as I don't usually change the color depth after it's configured.
As it stands, the desktop environments are far worse than Windows and don't seem to be getting better. Not that I can really tell, since it doesn't work on my machine at the moment. And, honestly, it's not worth the effort to make it work
As someone who doesn't use linux, or a recent distro, I think you are wholly unqualified to make such a comment.
Why is this insightful? Since when has the goal of any business been the failure of its competition?
The goal of a business is to make a profit, preferably the largest it can. In many cases, a business cannot thrive without competition, and even if it still considers competition a problem, it's goal is not to eliminate it.
I think you're wrong. Every business wants to dominate it's space. Competition drives prices and profits down.
Don't we get at least 2 of this type of article on this site per week? It seems like I am always reading the:
"It is the parents' job to teach their kids wrong and right, not the video games."
All these articles are good for is getting gamers upset. Call it Flamebait or a Troll or whatever, but these articles are getting Redundant.
Once they reach critical mass we'll get watered down games. Doesn't matter if they're rated for mature audiences or not...
Yes but your kid has a friend who has an older friend with this REALLY EXCITING game...
Parents, no matter how diligent, can not watch over their children every second of the day.
This is called being a responsible parent, or at least it was when I was growing up. My parents wanted to know where I was going, with who etc... Usually my parents had met my friends parents as well.
All that aside, it wouldn't be a bad idea to have a lockout code as well. Not on the side of the box though. Give kids credit, if you hide it, they will find it.
A good writer would have found a way to make Palpatine's plot more devious, more plausible... so inescapable that even Padme would have to agree to it. There are plenty of examples to draw on from recent American history, from McCarthyism to the present.
I will get flamed for this but remember the age group the movies are aimed at. I was NINE years old when the first movie came out. Just because we are adults now doesn't mean Lucas isn't trying to catch kids. God knows the toys etc... are aimed at kids. A nice subtle matrix style plot would be great for us adults, but not for kids.
When I went to Episode 1 I had to move. Not because I had a bad seat, but because there was a young kid near by who was in awe of the movie who kept yelling "IS THAT DARTH MAUL".
That's who Lucas makes movies for.
You aparently weren't around when they came out. The release of Star Wars was one of the biggest events of the 70's. People stood in line in pouring rain for 3 hours to see it. People went to see it 10 or more times in the theaters.
How true. I remember standing in line in NYC to see Star Wars with my father and stepmother. The line went around the block twice. Star Wars played in theatres for over a year and I've seen it numerous times in the theatre.
The one thing id Software has learned is that people will rip them off. They've learned that they can not trust the consumer
No kidding, remember the quake "shareware" cd with all the other software locked on it.
It took all of what a week before a keygen leaked?.
You have an excellent point. I know quite a few people who whole-heartedly support linux, but then fail to use it for gaming when they can. I admit, even I am guilty. I run WinXP so I can play games, and I don't own any that work for linux.
:)
I'm guilty of this. I do everything at home on linux except game. I would love to get doom3 on linux except my linux pc won't be able to handle it. Not being made of money I can't afford two top end gaming rigs/vid cards. If it was only a matter of playing doom3 etc... I'd switch, but of the games I play, such a small percentage run on linux that it's not cost effective.
I guess it's a downside to linux that it can run so effectively on hand-me-down hardware. If it was winxp I wouldn't be able to use a p133 or an old abit bp6
But that type of feature could be usefull such as blocking a worm ridded PC from the Internet until it is cleaned and remote assisance and configuration with permision...if your ISP want to spy on you they can if they REALLY want to.this type of stuff has its uses.
That's just wishful thinking. I used to use an app that automagically notified abuse@isb.com whenever i got hit with code red/nimda etc... I never once got a reply and I sent out hundreds of emails. I'd see the same IP's over and over...
It's all about $. The cable companies are looking for ways to increase revenue, and maybe eliminate tech support calls from joe luser who bought a wireless AP and now "his internet is broken" and expects the ISP to fix it.
Since when has anything that the RIAA done made any sense? Now that the prices are going up, there will be a drop in online sales, and the RIAA can blame itunes for lower album sales.
Either that, or they want to push apple out of the business so they can establish their own stranglehold on music.
No kidding. I installed XP on this pc in 2002 when I bought it, and I've never considered a reinstall. I've installed/removed games and other apps and it's still stable.
Why the hell would anyone need to reinstall an entire OS every month? I mean - I know Windows is bad, but come on - its ridiculous.
Because he's either too cheap to buy a copy, or too lazy to find a warez one that doesn't need activation.
That's hardly a fair assessment.
Right now i'm using firefox on windows. Sometimes I use IE (work), galeon 1.2 (I prefer it's tab handling to firefox, but it's quickly becoming dated) or firefox on linux. I use whatever browser is available on whatever pc I'm using at the moment.
You are right on. I do think the recording industry should shoulder a lot of the blame.
I buy a fair number of cd's in a year. As a rule I don't use kazaa/winmx anymore. Maybe if I want a rare song i'll go look for it.
The problem is there isn't much new music coming out that I like. I don't buy hip-hop or Britney etc... and that's what is being produced, so I look for when the artists I *do* like release new material, then I buy it.
If the RIAA was more interested in promoting something out of the mainstream they would see more of my money.
Do you really think they're gonna open up the pipes? It's wasted money to the school for you to download .iso images at 11638726487324689132 Kb/s. They'll keep the bandwidth going through an eyedropper for as long as they can.
Utilization might drop though, so your connection would probably be more stable.
Intelligence != technical.
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My mother has a MBA from Columbia Business school. She can send email. That's about it. She has a hard time understanding "unplug the pc" or even resetting her remote control for her tv.
My sister and her husband have Ph.D's, and are barely competent at using a pc.
None of the above people would have the first clue on how to use encryption, or maybe even think that they needed to.
Perhaps the terrorists subscribe to the Peter Tippett school of thinking...
http://infosecuritymag.techtarget.com/2002/nov/
Sony paid money to Rockstar for an exclusive game contract.
It's really that simple. All the GTA3 games have made it to the PC in time, I'm sure this one will too.
For what it's worth, except for MMORPG games, the consoles are a lot more profitable than a pc game too.
All those great chases would hardly happen for more than a block in SF. It may seem thrilling, the prospect of just missing a cable car or MUNI bus, but every block is a light or a stop, 25 MPH speed limits all over the place and grades which would wreck a car over 30 MPH. You could probably tear down a few streets, but eventually you run into some mess. Good for fantasy, sucks for reality.
The same could be said for any city. Liberty City was supposed to be a takeoff of NYC, or so I always believed. Ever drive there? It's a traffic nightmare.
It's a game. If you liked the games you'll probably like this one. I don't think Rockstar is going to let anyone down.
If you can't compete with the indians, tough luck, get another job. That's how capitalism works. That's how it's supposed to work. That means better prices on the products for everyone.
That would be fine and dandy if we could compete. If I could go to India and get a job that would be great. That is how capitalism works. You move to where the job is. The reality is, I cannot simply up and move to another country to work. India has no H1B visa program. I'm welcome to visit, but good luck if i want to move there.