Funny, when Apple-benchmarks showed G5 to be impressive performer, macheads were screaminh "Woohoo! G5 is the fastest CPU in the world and the new Powermac G5 is the fastest computer in the world!". Now that some third-party benchmarks dispute that, they whine that "this is a joke!" or something.
I just read your article "Linux's Hit Men". I must say that you have some strange ideas when it come sto Linux and the GPL.
Basically, what the GPL is, is a license that says "you can use this software. But in return, you must give your changes and improvements back to the community that gave you this software". When companies (Cisco etc.) use that software, they agree to that license. But for some reason you seem to think that they must have the right to use and modify that software eny way they wish. Why? Do you advocate a way of thinking where corporations could do whatever they want? They could disregard agreements that they have made at whim? So by that logic, I should have the right to copy and sell MS Windows as much as I want? After all, according to you, I should have the right to disregard the EULA MS makes me accept when I use their OS, right?
What do you suppose FSF should do? Just let people disregard the license? Why should they do that? Seriously, why?
And I find it rather funny that you hint towards connection between open-source software and communism. Just how misleaded can you be? Open-source is a form of software development. How can it be communistic when IBM has made cool 1 billion from it, and HP has made 2? Thousands of companies around the world save billions through the use of open-source software. Doesn't sound very communistic to me.
What makes you think it's communistic? Because the software is shared? that doesn't make it communistic. each piece of software has a copyright-holder who can change the license to a closed-license. They are free to do so. Why do you have a problem with it if they choose to use GPL? Besides, they can still sell the software for profit, and they can freely sell related tech-support to that software. By using GPL they ensure that the software in question is rapidly developed, it gets large userbase and it keeps on getting improved, even if the original autthor loses interest.
Seriously, I expected more from a magazine of your calibre. I'm saddened to see you resort to such sad mud-slinging. Hopefully I will hear your insights on this matters, as I'm interested to find out what prompted you to write such a misguided article.
building a computer is not rocket-science you know. In fact, it's fun. you can build the computer the way you want it to be built. Of course I could buy a silent PC (they are out there. You missed the second link I posted? 100% silent PC), but I prefer to build one myself.
But I guess if building a computer is beyond your skills....
Canopy happens to be big investors in Trolltech, the makers of QT.
Since when is 5.7% ownership a "big investment"? And what is Trolltech supposed to do?
Trolltech: Give/sell us back that 5.7% share of our company that you own! SCO/Canopy: Ummmmm.... No. Trolltech: I'm not kidding! I order you to hand over those shares! SCO/Canopy: Nope, we ain't gonna do it Trolltech: I mean it! if you wont do it, we are forced to... Order you again! Oh yes, we will do exactly that....
Well, you can build one yourself. For example, get a Antec Sonata case. Put Athlon64 in there (it runs pretty cool, so you don't need loud fans. Or Opteron 24x if you want to go dual. that alone would be pretty quiet.
Intel hardware may be cheaper (as there is more of it manufactured), but it is bulkier and much louder than the hardware made by apple.
Well, Intel makes CPU's and related chips. How can those chips be loud? Does the CPU scream when it crunches numbers? The chipset yells as it handles mem-access? And it seems to me that the chips are about the same size as the chips in Macs.
If I want a nice dual machine running linux and microsof office applications, which I can leave on overnight without keeping me awake, then I have only one real choice and that is apple.
wrong. there are silent x86-machines as well, so what's your point? Just get a nice and quiet case with good hi-quality heatsinks & fans and power-supplies, and you are all set.
The Windows-GUI is at the level of FVWM, actually not even that because even in FVWM you get virtual desktops.
You can get virtual desktops for Windows through a tiny app that you can download from MS (was it Powertools or something?). On the other hand, FVWM doesn't even have desktop-icons...
From what I have gathered, 2.6 is better than 2.4 in the desktop. And I say it's about time! fact is that desktop-esperience has been smoother in Windows than in Linux. Yes, I still prefer Linux, but the desktop-experience could be alot better.
Modding me troll doesn't change that fact. 2.6 might
I seriously suggest that if you think X is slow you check out a more lightweight window manager and apps.
You are then comparing apples to oranges. You are comparing stripped-down WM to a fully featured GUI (in this case. Windows-GUI). In order to have a GUI with similar functionality, you need to run something like KDE or Gnome. And those certainly feel more sluggish than Win-GUI does.
Why should I? Interactivity and smoothness of the GUI is not a problem in Windows for example. But it is a problem with X. And before you say "of course it will be choppy in KDE/Gnome! Try something like Fluxbox!". So, in Linux I would have to run stripped-down WM in order to get the same level of "smoothness" I would get from a full-featured Windows-GUI?
Same hardware, same system: Windows is smooth, Linux GUI is choppy. That has been repeated over and over again.
Could it be that the poster hasn't read more than 1 page into the comments on the last dozen times this X-is-slow BS has come up? I thought we all agreed on this one, but apparently not.
When people talk about X, they usually mean Xfree. And Xfree is anything but fast. Window-resizing is choppy, so is moving windows around, for example.
With a name like 10Ghz you're gonna talk about meaningless MHz?
What does my handle have to do with this? MHz is a good way to indicate performance inside one CPU-family (you can be sure that 2GHz Opteron is faster than 1.8GHz Opteron, for example). But it's useless when comparing two different families (Athlon and P4 for example).
If you haven't noticed, consoles are just specialized PC's now. And you and easily attach a keyboard/mouse to XBox, and I'm sure it can be done on Gamecube.
Suree you could. So? Would you then magically get flight-sims and strategy-games of consoles? No. Care to name any flight-sims or strategy-games that are available on consoles? Falcon 4? Steel Panthers? Civ III? Panzer Elite? Combat Mission? etc. etc.
So, instead of playing those games on my PC RIGHT NOW, I should buy a console, and then buy a keyboard and mouse and hope that some company would
a) Release flight-sim/strategy-games for that console b) Those games would not suck
I'm not holding my breath while I wait that to happen.
If those game genres you metioned aren't available on the consoles, then it is simply a matter of the market wouldn't accept them.
Propably. So? End-result still is that games that I'm interested on are not available on consoles. Therefore it would be pointless for me to buy a console.
The important thing to note is that a console is just a specialized PC!
XBox maybe, but PS2 and GC have very little PC-hardware in them.
Sure, consoles might be able to run those games (although some of them might be too much for them). But that's irrelevant if those games are not available on the console in the first place!
Can you replace the integrated mouse in PowerBooks with two-button mouse? No? Too bad. Oh well, I'm planning to buy an used Ti PowerBook (I would run Linux on it). I LOVE the machine but I hate the mouse. Well, I guess I'll adapt....
Before you answer with "To play games!" Please note that you can buy a brand spanky new Gamecube for $99 now. I will never play games on my PC again at that price!
GameCube (or any other console) is not a substitution to PC when it comes to games. Simulations? PC only. Strategy/tactics? PC only. First-Person shooters? Alot better on PC's (can't beat mouse & keyboard!). Consoles might be good for racing-games, beat 'em ups and the like, but they absolutely suck for some other types of games.
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You are incorrect. The report said that 19% of the companies run Linux on their desktops, not that 19% of the desktops were Linux. It could mean that the company has 100 Windows-machines and one Linux-machine, and it would show up on that 19%, since they would be running Linux on their desktop.
Hell, I used Linux at my previous employer (for a while at least). We had about 90 desktops, and one (mine) ran Linux. So we would be included in that 19%
Please note that they are NOT saying that "19% of the desktops run Linux". What they are saying is that "of these companies 19% run Linux on their desktop". Now that could mean that all their desktops run Linux or that there is one or two computers with Linux while rest run Windows.
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Funny, when Apple-benchmarks showed G5 to be impressive performer, macheads were screaminh "Woohoo! G5 is the fastest CPU in the world and the new Powermac G5 is the fastest computer in the world!". Now that some third-party benchmarks dispute that, they whine that "this is a joke!" or something.
And they fixed the primary mistake of the x86: they doubled the number of GP-registers from 8 to 16.
building a computer is not rocket-science you know. In fact, it's fun. you can build the computer the way you want it to be built. Of course I could buy a silent PC (they are out there. You missed the second link I posted? 100% silent PC), but I prefer to build one myself.
But I guess if building a computer is beyond your skills....
Since when is 5.7% ownership a "big investment"? And what is Trolltech supposed to do?
Trolltech: Give/sell us back that 5.7% share of our company that you own!
SCO/Canopy: Ummmmm.... No.
Trolltech: I'm not kidding! I order you to hand over those shares!
SCO/Canopy: Nope, we ain't gonna do it
Trolltech: I mean it! if you wont do it, we are forced to... Order you again! Oh yes, we will do exactly that....
Well, you can build one yourself. For example, get a Antec Sonata case. Put Athlon64 in there (it runs pretty cool, so you don't need loud fans. Or Opteron 24x if you want to go dual. that alone would be pretty quiet.
Or maybe something like this
Well, Intel makes CPU's and related chips. How can those chips be loud? Does the CPU scream when it crunches numbers? The chipset yells as it handles mem-access? And it seems to me that the chips are about the same size as the chips in Macs.
wrong. there are silent x86-machines as well, so what's your point? Just get a nice and quiet case with good hi-quality heatsinks & fans and power-supplies, and you are all set.
And everything in GNOME is named with letter G. OK, not in same extent as with KDE, but still.
You lack the intelligence to change the way the desktop looks? That's what I thought.... It's not rocket-science you know.
MS-Blinders?? Funny, considering that I run (and love) Linux and hate MS and Windows. But that does not make me blind to the weak points of Linux.
Who talked about WM's? Apparently you did, but I was talking about the entire desktop, not just the WM.
You can get virtual desktops for Windows through a tiny app that you can download from MS (was it Powertools or something?). On the other hand, FVWM doesn't even have desktop-icons...
From what I have gathered, 2.6 is better than 2.4 in the desktop. And I say it's about time! fact is that desktop-esperience has been smoother in Windows than in Linux. Yes, I still prefer Linux, but the desktop-experience could be alot better.
Modding me troll doesn't change that fact. 2.6 might
You are then comparing apples to oranges. You are comparing stripped-down WM to a fully featured GUI (in this case. Windows-GUI). In order to have a GUI with similar functionality, you need to run something like KDE or Gnome. And those certainly feel more sluggish than Win-GUI does.
Why should I? Interactivity and smoothness of the GUI is not a problem in Windows for example. But it is a problem with X. And before you say "of course it will be choppy in KDE/Gnome! Try something like Fluxbox!". So, in Linux I would have to run stripped-down WM in order to get the same level of "smoothness" I would get from a full-featured Windows-GUI?
Same hardware, same system: Windows is smooth, Linux GUI is choppy. That has been repeated over and over again.
When people talk about X, they usually mean Xfree. And Xfree is anything but fast. Window-resizing is choppy, so is moving windows around, for example.
What does my handle have to do with this? MHz is a good way to indicate performance inside one CPU-family (you can be sure that 2GHz Opteron is faster than 1.8GHz Opteron, for example). But it's useless when comparing two different families (Athlon and P4 for example).
MIPS is just plain useless.
Suree you could. So? Would you then magically get flight-sims and strategy-games of consoles? No. Care to name any flight-sims or strategy-games that are available on consoles? Falcon 4? Steel Panthers? Civ III? Panzer Elite? Combat Mission? etc. etc.
So, instead of playing those games on my PC RIGHT NOW, I should buy a console, and then buy a keyboard and mouse and hope that some company would
a) Release flight-sim/strategy-games for that console
b) Those games would not suck
I'm not holding my breath while I wait that to happen.
Propably. So? End-result still is that games that I'm interested on are not available on consoles. Therefore it would be pointless for me to buy a console.
XBox maybe, but PS2 and GC have very little PC-hardware in them.
Sure, consoles might be able to run those games (although some of them might be too much for them). But that's irrelevant if those games are not available on the console in the first place!
Let's see. If I wanted to buy this machine:
2x 2GHz G5
1GB DDR RAM
160GB Serial-ATA HD
Ati Radeon 9800 Pro
It would cost me about 4073 euros. For that much money I could get this PC:
2x Opteron 244 (1.8GHz)
2GB DDR RAM
160 GB SATA HD
Ati Radeon Pro
DVD +/-RW
For a grand total of about 3200 euros. Less money, twice as much RAM, better DVD-writer...
Can you replace the integrated mouse in PowerBooks with two-button mouse? No? Too bad. Oh well, I'm planning to buy an used Ti PowerBook (I would run Linux on it). I LOVE the machine but I hate the mouse. Well, I guess I'll adapt....
MIPS = Meaningless Indicator of Processor Speed
And people whine how meaningless MHz is when talking about performance, and then they talk about MIPS.... Sheesh!
GameCube (or any other console) is not a substitution to PC when it comes to games. Simulations? PC only. Strategy/tactics? PC only. First-Person shooters? Alot better on PC's (can't beat mouse & keyboard!). Consoles might be good for racing-games, beat 'em ups and the like, but they absolutely suck for some other types of games.
Also: Don't walk in the open without a hat. If you do, the dreaded mind-control lasers can home in on you!
You are incorrect. The report said that 19% of the companies run Linux on their desktops, not that 19% of the desktops were Linux. It could mean that the company has 100 Windows-machines and one Linux-machine, and it would show up on that 19%, since they would be running Linux on their desktop.
Hell, I used Linux at my previous employer (for a while at least). We had about 90 desktops, and one (mine) ran Linux. So we would be included in that 19%
Please note that they are NOT saying that "19% of the desktops run Linux". What they are saying is that "of these companies 19% run Linux on their desktop". Now that could mean that all their desktops run Linux or that there is one or two computers with Linux while rest run Windows.
Which is why Apache had 0% market-share