Are they limiting themselves just as they would be if they declared "all systems must have Microsoft software".
This isn't same kind of limitation (assuming that being free is a requirement). If they required that all systems must have MS-software, they would lock out competing companies. If they require that the software must be free, no company gets excluded. There's nothing stopping MS from offering software that fits their requirements. If MS chooses not to do so, it's MS's problem.
It would be same if I wanted to buy a station-wagon. Would I be excluding car-manufacturers that don't make station-wagons? Nope. If they don't have products that I'm interested in, it's really not my problem, it's their problem.
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I agree! While I'm not really that interested in E, I AM interested in Evas! Damn it looks good! I would love to see it integrated in to other desktops as well (like KDE and GNOME). OpenGL-accelerated desktop.... Yummy!
David Wexelblat is in the Xfree BoD. He's also a core-developer. He flamed Keith Packard because of what he has done. What has Keith Packard done for Xfree recently? Among others:
a) Fontconfig b) RENDER-extension c) Xft d) Work on transparency
What has Wexelblat done recently? According to his owns words:
a) He hasn't hacked Xfree in years b) He uses Windows these days c) If he will code something (unlikely), it will be for Windows d) Only thing he does related to Xfree is to lurk in the core-devel mailing-list
And here we have Wexelblat flaming Packard! Hello!?! Of the two, it seems that Packard cares ALOT more about Xfree than Wexelblat does! He actually works on it and improves Xfree, while Wexelblat plays Myst on Windows! Looking at their recent activities, Wexelblat should just shut the hell up. He hasn't done a thing, who the hell is he criticizing Packard!?
Wexelblat should be kicked out of the BoD and Core and replaced by someone who wants to work on the project and improve it! It's no wonder Xfree has stagnated if there are core-members like Wexelblat who haven't contributed to the project in years! Ironically, it was he (if I remember correctly, could have been someone else as well) who kept reminding that "Xfree is a meritocracy". If it's a meritocracy, why are there useless deadbeats like Wexelblat in Core? Because of their past accomplishments? Maybe Wexelblat was an uber-hacker 10 years ago, but TODAY, he contributes nothing to the project.
I suppose as long as Candy Cruncher isn't his new crowning achievement. It's just with those
creditals I was expecting something a bit more, umm, exciting... or at least involving a chainsaw, grenade launcher or a battle axe.
Phew! For I while I thought you said "genitals"!
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spending hours making houses and watching simulated people......Is something else. Not sure what yet.
Let's face it: using graphics on Linux means you use Xfree (sure, there are commercial X-servers, but Xfree is the default). They have practically a monopoly on Linux-graphics. And monopolies are BAD for the progress of technology IMO! We need a fork of Xfree. We need a revised and improved Xfree. We need Xfree that loses the tons of legacy-support it carries around. We need Xfree that lean 'n mean.
I like X. But I think Xfree could use some improving. Xfree has served Linux-community well (not to mention *BSD's), but maybe it's time for Xfree: The Next Generation? This kind of thing did wonders to GCC-developement, it could do the same to Xfree.
Transmeta has licensed x86-64 but laptops won't be needing >4GB of RAM anytime soon:)
X86-64 brings to the table other things besides 4+GB of RAM. Namely, the extra registers.
There won't be any performance boost from extra registers since Crusoe uses code-morphing software to translate x86 instruction to the internal format.
I do think that the extra registers would be handy, code-morhing or not.
Transmeta has licensed x86-64 from AMD. I don't think that it would be that big a deal to make the chip X86-64. It doesn't take that much transistors, and the performance-boost (thanks to those extra GP-registers) would be substantial when running 64bit-software. Also, X86-64 would get a nice boost by having more companies behind it.
So, how do the two compare to each other? SL-5600 has faster processor (at least in theory), 5500 has more RAM (64MB vs 32MB), but 5600 has more Flash-RAM. Which one is faster?
I have a dynamic IP, but it changes rarely. I use both Windows (gaming etc.) and Linux (everything else), and the choice of OS doesn't make any difference regarding the IP. It can change no matter what OS is running.
So, again: How come Linux-users supposedly have static IP's, whereas Windows-users have dynamic IP's?
RMS didn't say anything when people said "Linux" initially because initially, when people said "Linux", they meant Linux, as in the kernel.
Well, the early Linux-distros were not referred to as GNU/Linux, they were referred to as "Linux" (when I noticed Linux (somewhere between 1995-1997) it was just Linux. I heard of GNU/Linux only later when RMS started his whining), and RMS didn't complain. He started his whining when Linux started to get more mainstream recognition (and when HURD was (yet again) delayed). He should have complained right from the start, but he didn't. He waited for about 5-6 years before he started to whine. In my opinion, that was too late. He can't wait for several years and then start insisting that the name must also mention GNU.
RMS started getting upset when the OSS PR people decided to call the whole shebang Linux because Linux is a far more viable product name than GNU utilities and the Linux kernel
It was referred to as "Linux" before and it didn't seem to bother RMS one bit. Only when Linux started gaining momentum, did he decide that it's not "Linux" but "GNU/Linux". And I fail to see why GNU should get special treatment and not KDE, Xfree, Qt GTK....
Instead of telling people "You must call it GNU/Linux!", why not let them call it whatever thay want to call it? I usually call Linux by the distributors name or just "Linux"
To me, RMS's GNU/Linux-argument smells. He didn't make any demands for several years. People called it "Linux", and RMS didn't say a word. As soon as Linux started to get mainstream popularity, RMS started making demands. Why didn't he speak earlier? He had alot of time to voice his opinion, but he didn't do it.
Fact is that Linux has:
a) Increased the usage of GNU-tools trendemously b) Increased the name-recognition of GNU and FSF by huge amounts c) Increased the use of Free Software by huge amounts
How does RMS show his gratitude? By bitching and moaning.
The benefits should be substantial. Besides the normal benefit of havin 8 CPU's you also get massive memory-bandwidth. Each prosessor has a memory-bank of it's own with 128bit mem-bus to it. But they can also use the mem-banks of the other CPU's (altrough there is a latency-penalty when doing that. But the latency is pretty good when compared to other architectures). So you could say that 1 Opteron has 1 x 128bit mem-bus, 2 Opterons have 2 x 128bit mem-bus, 4 have 4 x 128bit bus and 8 have 8 x 128bit mem-bus.
Move from 533Mhz to 800Mhz is actually just move from 133Mhz to 200Mhz (533 and 800Mhz since it quad-bumped), just a bit bigger than AMD's move (166MHz ==> 200MHz double-bumped).
You DO realize that we are talking about the bus-speed, not the CPU-speed? You don't increase the bus-speed by huge amounts overnight. Move from 333MHz to 400Mhz, while not groundbreaking, is significant.
As to the "whole new architecture"... It's called Athlon64, and it has 800MHz bus (and loads of other improvements). Available in september in a store near you.
1. You don't have to compile everything. The installation (of the OS) can be done from different stages, each having different amount of compiling. Stage 1 compiles everything, stage 3 compiles alot less.
2. In my case, I left the laptop compiling for the night. In the morning it was finished. I continued with the installation, left it compiling and went to work. When I got back, it was finished. Then I installed Xfree and Fluxbox. I lost very little productive time, since it compiled during the time I wouldn't have used the machine in the first place
3. How often do you install big packages (like KDE)? Not very often I guess. You usually do it just once and then forget about it. Now, if you installed and re-installed entire KDE every week, you might have a reason to complain. But how many do that? Not many.
4. When I upgrade the machine, I do it before I go to bed. By the time I wake up, it has finished compiling. No productive time lost.
5. The difference in performance IS noticeable! And besides, I like the feeling that I'M in control.
6. Gentoo is really up-to-date, unlike some other distros (*cough*Debian*cough*)
If you only have one computer (like I do at the moment), Gentoo's just not workable. I tried it, but switched to Debian just so I could actually get work done.
Really? I installed Gentoo on my 233Mhz laptop. From Stage 1 (meaning: EVERYTHING is compiled. GCC, Glibc etc.). I installed Xfree and Fluxbox on it. I had no problems with the compiling.
Incorrect. To my knowledge, Opteron (and Athlon64) run cooler than Athlon XP does (Thanks to SOI. And the Opetron/Athlon64 has integrated heat-spreader), and Athlon XP runs cooler than P4 does.
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This isn't same kind of limitation (assuming that being free is a requirement). If they required that all systems must have MS-software, they would lock out competing companies. If they require that the software must be free, no company gets excluded. There's nothing stopping MS from offering software that fits their requirements. If MS chooses not to do so, it's MS's problem.
It would be same if I wanted to buy a station-wagon. Would I be excluding car-manufacturers that don't make station-wagons? Nope. If they don't have products that I'm interested in, it's really not my problem, it's their problem.
I agree! While I'm not really that interested in E, I AM interested in Evas! Damn it looks good! I would love to see it integrated in to other desktops as well (like KDE and GNOME). OpenGL-accelerated desktop.... Yummy!
You mean because France doesn't do everything US wants them to do, they should be boycotted? And how exactly is France putting US soldiers at risk?
This may come as a shock to you, but the World is not US's playground where everyone must do whatever US wants them to do.
Program Memory (Work area)
SL-5500: 28.1MB
SL-5600: 29.1KB
Huh??
David Wexelblat is in the Xfree BoD. He's also a core-developer. He flamed Keith Packard because of what he has done. What has Keith Packard done for Xfree recently? Among others:
a) Fontconfig
b) RENDER-extension
c) Xft
d) Work on transparency
What has Wexelblat done recently? According to his owns words:
a) He hasn't hacked Xfree in years
b) He uses Windows these days
c) If he will code something (unlikely), it will be for Windows
d) Only thing he does related to Xfree is to lurk in the core-devel mailing-list
And here we have Wexelblat flaming Packard! Hello!?! Of the two, it seems that Packard cares ALOT more about Xfree than Wexelblat does! He actually works on it and improves Xfree, while Wexelblat plays Myst on Windows! Looking at their recent activities, Wexelblat should just shut the hell up. He hasn't done a thing, who the hell is he criticizing Packard!?
Wexelblat should be kicked out of the BoD and Core and replaced by someone who wants to work on the project and improve it! It's no wonder Xfree has stagnated if there are core-members like Wexelblat who haven't contributed to the project in years! Ironically, it was he (if I remember correctly, could have been someone else as well) who kept reminding that "Xfree is a meritocracy". If it's a meritocracy, why are there useless deadbeats like Wexelblat in Core? Because of their past accomplishments? Maybe Wexelblat was an uber-hacker 10 years ago, but TODAY, he contributes nothing to the project.
Phew! For I while I thought you said "genitals"!
One vote for "sad"
Let's face it: using graphics on Linux means you use Xfree (sure, there are commercial X-servers, but Xfree is the default). They have practically a monopoly on Linux-graphics. And monopolies are BAD for the progress of technology IMO! We need a fork of Xfree. We need a revised and improved Xfree. We need Xfree that loses the tons of legacy-support it carries around. We need Xfree that lean 'n mean.
I like X. But I think Xfree could use some improving. Xfree has served Linux-community well (not to mention *BSD's), but maybe it's time for Xfree: The Next Generation? This kind of thing did wonders to GCC-developement, it could do the same to Xfree.
I bet he's the goatsecx-guy
X86-64 brings to the table other things besides 4+GB of RAM. Namely, the extra registers.
I do think that the extra registers would be handy, code-morhing or not.
Transmeta has licensed x86-64 from AMD. I don't think that it would be that big a deal to make the chip X86-64. It doesn't take that much transistors, and the performance-boost (thanks to those extra GP-registers) would be substantial when running 64bit-software. Also, X86-64 would get a nice boost by having more companies behind it.
So, how do the two compare to each other? SL-5600 has faster processor (at least in theory), 5500 has more RAM (64MB vs 32MB), but 5600 has more Flash-RAM. Which one is faster?
I have a dynamic IP, but it changes rarely. I use both Windows (gaming etc.) and Linux (everything else), and the choice of OS doesn't make any difference regarding the IP. It can change no matter what OS is running.
So, again: How come Linux-users supposedly have static IP's, whereas Windows-users have dynamic IP's?
What do you base that assumption on?
Again, on what do you base this assumption on?
Well, the early Linux-distros were not referred to as GNU/Linux, they were referred to as "Linux" (when I noticed Linux (somewhere between 1995-1997) it was just Linux. I heard of GNU/Linux only later when RMS started his whining), and RMS didn't complain. He started his whining when Linux started to get more mainstream recognition (and when HURD was (yet again) delayed). He should have complained right from the start, but he didn't. He waited for about 5-6 years before he started to whine. In my opinion, that was too late. He can't wait for several years and then start insisting that the name must also mention GNU.
It was referred to as "Linux" before and it didn't seem to bother RMS one bit. Only when Linux started gaining momentum, did he decide that it's not "Linux" but "GNU/Linux". And I fail to see why GNU should get special treatment and not KDE, Xfree, Qt GTK....
Instead of telling people "You must call it GNU/Linux!", why not let them call it whatever thay want to call it? I usually call Linux by the distributors name or just "Linux"
To me, RMS's GNU/Linux-argument smells. He didn't make any demands for several years. People called it "Linux", and RMS didn't say a word. As soon as Linux started to get mainstream popularity, RMS started making demands. Why didn't he speak earlier? He had alot of time to voice his opinion, but he didn't do it.
Fact is that Linux has:
a) Increased the usage of GNU-tools trendemously
b) Increased the name-recognition of GNU and FSF by huge amounts
c) Increased the use of Free Software by huge amounts
How does RMS show his gratitude? By bitching and moaning.
The benefits should be substantial. Besides the normal benefit of havin 8 CPU's you also get massive memory-bandwidth. Each prosessor has a memory-bank of it's own with 128bit mem-bus to it. But they can also use the mem-banks of the other CPU's (altrough there is a latency-penalty when doing that. But the latency is pretty good when compared to other architectures). So you could say that 1 Opteron has 1 x 128bit mem-bus, 2 Opterons have 2 x 128bit mem-bus, 4 have 4 x 128bit bus and 8 have 8 x 128bit mem-bus.
According tp Netcraft:
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Linux Apache/1.3.26 (Unix)
Linux Apache/1.3.19 (Unix)
Linux Apache/1.3.4 (Unix)
Move from 533Mhz to 800Mhz is actually just move from 133Mhz to 200Mhz (533 and 800Mhz since it quad-bumped), just a bit bigger than AMD's move (166MHz ==> 200MHz double-bumped).
You DO realize that we are talking about the bus-speed, not the CPU-speed? You don't increase the bus-speed by huge amounts overnight. Move from 333MHz to 400Mhz, while not groundbreaking, is significant.
As to the "whole new architecture"... It's called Athlon64, and it has 800MHz bus (and loads of other improvements). Available in september in a store near you.
1. You don't have to compile everything. The installation (of the OS) can be done from different stages, each having different amount of compiling. Stage 1 compiles everything, stage 3 compiles alot less.
2. In my case, I left the laptop compiling for the night. In the morning it was finished. I continued with the installation, left it compiling and went to work. When I got back, it was finished. Then I installed Xfree and Fluxbox. I lost very little productive time, since it compiled during the time I wouldn't have used the machine in the first place
3. How often do you install big packages (like KDE)? Not very often I guess. You usually do it just once and then forget about it. Now, if you installed and re-installed entire KDE every week, you might have a reason to complain. But how many do that? Not many.
4. When I upgrade the machine, I do it before I go to bed. By the time I wake up, it has finished compiling. No productive time lost.
5. The difference in performance IS noticeable! And besides, I like the feeling that I'M in control.
6. Gentoo is really up-to-date, unlike some other distros (*cough*Debian*cough*)
Really? I installed Gentoo on my 233Mhz laptop. From Stage 1 (meaning: EVERYTHING is compiled. GCC, Glibc etc.). I installed Xfree and Fluxbox on it. I had no problems with the compiling.
Hmmmm... I find your ideas intriguing and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter...
Incorrect. To my knowledge, Opteron (and Athlon64) run cooler than Athlon XP does (Thanks to SOI. And the Opetron/Athlon64 has integrated heat-spreader), and Athlon XP runs cooler than P4 does.
How so? Opteron has 128bit memory-bus with DDR333 RAM. Intel will soon have 128bit memory-bus with DDR400. Athlon64 only has 64bit memory-bus.