The objective was to keep costs down. If Apple wants to sell a quad-PPC system with OSX on it, that's their business. Just don't expect it to be (as) cheap.
Besides, maybe IBM knows a thing about the PPC architecture as well and can modify Linux and AIX to perform well for servers?
If you want my identity, fire off an e-mail to the address in my profile and show me you mean business. I've sent complaints to companies not unlike Lexmark before (Most of which get no reply from an actual human), I have no problem making my voice heard with them.
I suggest you anonymous cowards do the same thing if you ever want anyone to pay attention to you. Griping on Slashdot doesn't mean much to these guys, so take a pro-active stance and send a complaint directly to 'em.
Here's an open letter coming straight from the heart (and finger motions) of DeathPenguin: FUCK LEXMARK! And to any other company who uses the DMCA for immoral reasons, fuck you too.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure Freenet deals with this issue directly by making it virtually impossible to find which ISP any single piece of file content originates from. Don't ask me how, though.
I don't think the Slashdot crowd has the same mentality toward legal issues involving the RIAA as normal users. Your poll is going to have an unusually high number of people voting in favor of file swapping.
Indeed. I can't see the 'average' user wanting to run RJ11 or RJ45 cables to the machine, sharing a slow connection or phone line (dial-up users), setting up routers or paying for an extra IP address, etc.
Rather than thinking that this console is going to compete with X-Box, PS2, or GC, due to the fact that it requires network access it should be competition for on-line services since it'll likely attract mostly only people who already have their TVs / consoles set up for network access.
Networking a machine can be a pretty big undertaking. I know lots of people who have their TVs (And consoles, consequently) and their computers set up in different rooms. For them, using a console like this would not be as easy as plugging the console into a switch. Running a cable can be a huge obstacle, and I don't know many people eager to drill holes in their walls / floors nor are they fond of having cables taped to the flooring around a room.
I think he's taking the Ghandi approach to teaching them IP-grubbing corporate motherfuckers at nVidia (Who make excellent drivers) a lesson--Force himself to suffer and maybe they'll take sympathy and throw him a bone after a while.
I rated it as flamebait or offtopic or whatever since the changelog states: Force broadcast to broken clients that request unicast (ie, MSFT 98)
So yeah, there's another problem with networking in Windows '98. I think the person who started the thread was taking it out of context intentionally and making it look worse than it really is to help himself in taking a cheap shot at Microsoft.
Of course it's nice having fewer wires, especially if you're on a laptop.
I'm on a desktop, however, and already have half a dozen other wires tangled up. The selling point for me was not having to drill any holes through my cieling to run cable to the router upstairs.
On the contrary, binary accelerated drivers are a sign of good support. They're willing to invest time and manpower to create quality drivers for Linux. Even older GeForce cards leave newer Radeons far behind when it comes to framerate and features.
You're right. In theory nVidia *could* refuse to fix bugs or release new drivers. However, that would be bad for business and for their reputation. Now let's look at ATi for a second. They have like what, one guy working on the XFree project in his spare time? ATi *already* refuses to fix bugs or release Linux drivers on their own time/money. And yet somehow throwing the XFree developers a bone redeems them in spite of having clearly inferior performance and functionality?
If for no other reason, nVidia will continue Linux support because of the Quadro which is closely related to their desktop line.
Deal with Microsoft to keep Linux support poor? That's just paranoia. For one, they have the best Linux drivers out of anyone, at least for desktop cards. If superior graphics for Linux is a result of a Microsoft deal, I sure as hell approve. Not everyone cares about open code for our video drivers. Many like myself are perfectly happy with the fastest and most functional driver available. I'd say it's more likely that Microsoft has a deal with ATi not to develop and support their own Linux drivers at all.
Honestly, I believe them when they say they don't open their drivers because of IP laws. Richard Huddy of ATi said it too on ATi's behalf: "[ . . . ] there's just way too much intellectual property exposed in the low level chip interfaces so we don't put that into the public domain."
Teamspeak is probably the best one for Linux. It's fairly easy to configure, offers voice activation (So you don't have to press a key to talk) and calibration (So it doesn't pick up breathing), and high-quality codecs.
It works with Windows, too, so you and your buddies can all use the same voice chat program.
I guess some people don't like the forced upgrades. While I do find them somewhat annoying, I don't blame the Teamspeak developers for not wanting to answer tech support requests from people using out-dated software.
I'm recently went from wired to 802.11g. However, it wasn't without a struggle. I did a good deal of research but still got suckered into buying a Broadcom-based card only supported in Windows. As it turns out, Broadcom doesn't support Linux well (Or at all, in this case). To add to the confusion, most of the cards that I checked out that had once boasted Linux compatibility had been 'upgraded' to use a Broadcom chip. Even 802.11b hardware that used the supported Prism2 chipset is damn near impossible to find these days as much of it has been changed over to use cheaper hardware (Not necessarily Broadcom, but other non-supported brands as well). Model names / numbers are virtually the same as they were before. It's basically like searching for a PCI non-Winmodem these days.
My advice: Go with a nice ethernet bridge and don't get burned by bad / non-existent drivers. I ended up with a Linksys WET54G, which just so happened to be reviewed by THG earlier. It works flawlessly after I plugged it into my NIC under Linux. It also leaves my options open for other OSes that don't even have as much support as Linux. So long as your network card works (And interconnects via RJ45), you'll have a reliable wireless connection using the bridge. Not only that, but it has a configurator accessable through any web browser, much like their routers. This means configuring the bridge for use with encryption and such will work the same on Windows, Linux, MacOS, etc.
Only problem is they're a bit expensive (Roughly $130). if you don't use Windows full time, it's worth every penny.
I joined up for a year since I had gotten my start in Linux using Mandrake and they needed help. Also, my mom was using Mandrake at the time so I felt like it was a good way to reward them for making a distro easy enough for anyone to use.
I've switched to Gentoo and I've upgraded my mom's box to Gentoo as well (I passionately hate RPMs now, even with urpmi). I will no longer be supporting the Mandrake club, but I wish well for Mandrakesoft in hopes that others will be turned on to Linux by using their distros much the same way I was.
How grossly over-generalized. It's not like the students are compiling kernels and hacking in PHP. I'm still a student and about the only features I ever really used on the school's MS Office were the 'save' and 'print' buttons. And believe it or not, open/free word processors have those too! Browsing the net with Mozilla in Linux is the same as browsing the net with IE in Windows.
Net access and word processing... I honestly don't recall using school computers for anything more complicated than those two tasks.
I'd go so far as to say free software is (And had been for some time) ready for these kids' 'real life' and 'real jobs,' as you put it.
Another possible reason is that he's running a Via motherboard which requires him to bring his AGP strength down all the way. This is mentioned in the nVidia driver manual.
You're right, this is 'news for nerds' and not 'news for linux asswipes.' But if you want Windows-centric news that any moron could tell you about, I suggest www.zdnet.com instead.
Slashdot used to be, and I hope will continue to be the place where the other 1-5 percent of us can get news that actually applies to us.
Yes, THANK YOU for seeing the light! The interview everyone keeps linking to with that guy from ATi even says there's too much IP involved to open their own drivers. So nVidia isn't the great Satan after all!
I haven't used Debian in a while, but I remember the nVidia drivers actually being in the apt repository. Try an apt-cache search nvidia. However, that may be an out-dated version.
Sounds like your video card may be overheating. One possible reason your machine isn't locking with the X driver is because it's offloading a bunch of calculations onto the CPU and thus keeping the GPU cooler.
Check your fan to make sure it's spinning without any difficulty. Also, you may want to move any card in the neighboring PCI slot down to another slot.
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Can this be used as evidence in counter-suits as many companies offering Linux can now say they've seen substantial losses due to SCO FUD?
... how many of these guys are planning to jump on board with TCPA?
The objective was to keep costs down. If Apple wants to sell a quad-PPC system with OSX on it, that's their business. Just don't expect it to be (as) cheap.
Besides, maybe IBM knows a thing about the PPC architecture as well and can modify Linux and AIX to perform well for servers?
Hehe, takes me back to my days playing MechWarrior 1-3.
Damn, quad PPCs? Get some heatsinks on that sumbitch!
Just another example of how MS can use the vast resources from their OS and office suite monopolies to fund failing ventures.
Not that it's a lot of money for MS. $1000/hour * 24 * 30 = $720,000 per month. Gates didn't become a multi-billionaire on that puny salary.
If you want my identity, fire off an e-mail to the address in my profile and show me you mean business. I've sent complaints to companies not unlike Lexmark before (Most of which get no reply from an actual human), I have no problem making my voice heard with them.
I suggest you anonymous cowards do the same thing if you ever want anyone to pay attention to you. Griping on Slashdot doesn't mean much to these guys, so take a pro-active stance and send a complaint directly to 'em.
Why post it as anonymous coward?
Here's an open letter coming straight from the heart (and finger motions) of DeathPenguin: FUCK LEXMARK! And to any other company who uses the DMCA for immoral reasons, fuck you too.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure Freenet deals with this issue directly by making it virtually impossible to find which ISP any single piece of file content originates from. Don't ask me how, though.
Sorry, that should be wouldn't need a new client. Well, unless said protocol would be incompatible with current clients...
The RIAA could engineer a p2p app that didn't require that sort of image and continue the automated scanning process.
You would need a new client, you'd need a new protocol.
I don't think the Slashdot crowd has the same mentality toward legal issues involving the RIAA as normal users. Your poll is going to have an unusually high number of people voting in favor of file swapping.
Indeed. I can't see the 'average' user wanting to run RJ11 or RJ45 cables to the machine, sharing a slow connection or phone line (dial-up users), setting up routers or paying for an extra IP address, etc.
Rather than thinking that this console is going to compete with X-Box, PS2, or GC, due to the fact that it requires network access it should be competition for on-line services since it'll likely attract mostly only people who already have their TVs / consoles set up for network access.
Networking a machine can be a pretty big undertaking. I know lots of people who have their TVs (And consoles, consequently) and their computers set up in different rooms. For them, using a console like this would not be as easy as plugging the console into a switch. Running a cable can be a huge obstacle, and I don't know many people eager to drill holes in their walls / floors nor are they fond of having cables taped to the flooring around a room.
I think he's taking the Ghandi approach to teaching them IP-grubbing corporate motherfuckers at nVidia (Who make excellent drivers) a lesson--Force himself to suffer and maybe they'll take sympathy and throw him a bone after a while.
I rated it as flamebait or offtopic or whatever since the changelog states: Force broadcast to broken clients that request unicast (ie, MSFT 98)
So yeah, there's another problem with networking in Windows '98. I think the person who started the thread was taking it out of context intentionally and making it look worse than it really is to help himself in taking a cheap shot at Microsoft.
Of course it's nice having fewer wires, especially if you're on a laptop.
I'm on a desktop, however, and already have half a dozen other wires tangled up. The selling point for me was not having to drill any holes through my cieling to run cable to the router upstairs.
On the contrary, binary accelerated drivers are a sign of good support. They're willing to invest time and manpower to create quality drivers for Linux. Even older GeForce cards leave newer Radeons far behind when it comes to framerate and features.
You're right. In theory nVidia *could* refuse to fix bugs or release new drivers. However, that would be bad for business and for their reputation. Now let's look at ATi for a second. They have like what, one guy working on the XFree project in his spare time? ATi *already* refuses to fix bugs or release Linux drivers on their own time/money. And yet somehow throwing the XFree developers a bone redeems them in spite of having clearly inferior performance and functionality?
If for no other reason, nVidia will continue Linux support because of the Quadro which is closely related to their desktop line.
Deal with Microsoft to keep Linux support poor? That's just paranoia. For one, they have the best Linux drivers out of anyone, at least for desktop cards. If superior graphics for Linux is a result of a Microsoft deal, I sure as hell approve. Not everyone cares about open code for our video drivers. Many like myself are perfectly happy with the fastest and most functional driver available. I'd say it's more likely that Microsoft has a deal with ATi not to develop and support their own Linux drivers at all.
Honestly, I believe them when they say they don't open their drivers because of IP laws. Richard Huddy of ATi said it too on ATi's behalf: "[ . . . ] there's just way too much intellectual property exposed in the low level chip interfaces so we don't put that into the public domain."
Teamspeak is probably the best one for Linux. It's fairly easy to configure, offers voice activation (So you don't have to press a key to talk) and calibration (So it doesn't pick up breathing), and high-quality codecs.
It works with Windows, too, so you and your buddies can all use the same voice chat program.
I guess some people don't like the forced upgrades. While I do find them somewhat annoying, I don't blame the Teamspeak developers for not wanting to answer tech support requests from people using out-dated software.
I'm recently went from wired to 802.11g. However, it wasn't without a struggle. I did a good deal of research but still got suckered into buying a Broadcom-based card only supported in Windows. As it turns out, Broadcom doesn't support Linux well (Or at all, in this case). To add to the confusion, most of the cards that I checked out that had once boasted Linux compatibility had been 'upgraded' to use a Broadcom chip. Even 802.11b hardware that used the supported Prism2 chipset is damn near impossible to find these days as much of it has been changed over to use cheaper hardware (Not necessarily Broadcom, but other non-supported brands as well). Model names / numbers are virtually the same as they were before. It's basically like searching for a PCI non-Winmodem these days.
My advice: Go with a nice ethernet bridge and don't get burned by bad / non-existent drivers. I ended up with a Linksys WET54G, which just so happened to be reviewed by THG earlier. It works flawlessly after I plugged it into my NIC under Linux. It also leaves my options open for other OSes that don't even have as much support as Linux. So long as your network card works (And interconnects via RJ45), you'll have a reliable wireless connection using the bridge. Not only that, but it has a configurator accessable through any web browser, much like their routers. This means configuring the bridge for use with encryption and such will work the same on Windows, Linux, MacOS, etc.
Only problem is they're a bit expensive (Roughly $130). if you don't use Windows full time, it's worth every penny.
I joined up for a year since I had gotten my start in Linux using Mandrake and they needed help. Also, my mom was using Mandrake at the time so I felt like it was a good way to reward them for making a distro easy enough for anyone to use.
I've switched to Gentoo and I've upgraded my mom's box to Gentoo as well (I passionately hate RPMs now, even with urpmi). I will no longer be supporting the Mandrake club, but I wish well for Mandrakesoft in hopes that others will be turned on to Linux by using their distros much the same way I was.
How grossly over-generalized. It's not like the students are compiling kernels and hacking in PHP. I'm still a student and about the only features I ever really used on the school's MS Office were the 'save' and 'print' buttons. And believe it or not, open/free word processors have those too! Browsing the net with Mozilla in Linux is the same as browsing the net with IE in Windows.
Net access and word processing... I honestly don't recall using school computers for anything more complicated than those two tasks.
I'd go so far as to say free software is (And had been for some time) ready for these kids' 'real life' and 'real jobs,' as you put it.
Another possible reason is that he's running a Via motherboard which requires him to bring his AGP strength down all the way. This is mentioned in the nVidia driver manual.
You're right, this is 'news for nerds' and not 'news for linux asswipes.' But if you want Windows-centric news that any moron could tell you about, I suggest www.zdnet.com instead.
Slashdot used to be, and I hope will continue to be the place where the other 1-5 percent of us can get news that actually applies to us.
Yes, THANK YOU for seeing the light! The interview everyone keeps linking to with that guy from ATi even says there's too much IP involved to open their own drivers. So nVidia isn't the great Satan after all!
I haven't used Debian in a while, but I remember the nVidia drivers actually being in the apt repository. Try an apt-cache search nvidia. However, that may be an out-dated version.
If that fails, their installer is pretty easy.
Sounds like your video card may be overheating. One possible reason your machine isn't locking with the X driver is because it's offloading a bunch of calculations onto the CPU and thus keeping the GPU cooler.
Check your fan to make sure it's spinning without any difficulty. Also, you may want to move any card in the neighboring PCI slot down to another slot.