I would love to move to the Unix platform including Linux ( any and all distros ), BSD (openBSD, freeBSD, netBSD, dragonflyBSD) , Solaris/Solaris-x86, AIX, HP-UX, Minix, etc.... These are the desktop applications that I use: - SolidWorks ( 3D CAD program , a really expensive at that ) , - A real web browser: FireFox, Chrome, Safari, Chrome, ( yes, some are available on some unix platforms already , I know )
with full plug-in support for adobe flash, - a real word processor that can go toe-to-toe with MS Word or WordPerfect, - office suite that can also toe-to-toe with MS office, Apple iWorks, - 2D Vector drawing program ( like Mac's Intaligio or Lineform ), - 2D Raster drawing painting program like Corel Painter and Adobe PhotoShop. - local native email client ( may or may not be as useful these days ) - CD/DVD player - TV tuner ( DTV / HDTV ) - calendar / scheduler / project planner, to do , etc.. - new aggregator ( RSS reader ) - PDF reader, - archive manager ( pkzip, arc, gzip,.tar, etc.. ) - anti-virus, firewall, malware protection, anti-spam, disk backup, disk partition,
or at least equivalent programs that can read and write the same data formats flawlessly. none of that java platform apps. I want native apps on the Unix platform. lightweight , no bloatware that is.
M$ must have ported DOS and Windows 3.1 over to the triple-core PowerPC xBOX 360.
------ M$ must have figured that it's better to ship on time with crappy, unstable flaky system. than to ship later with stable, usable and great system.
Even if U.S. Congress were to allocate $200 million or $800 million to the supercomputer work, the companies would outsource the work overseas and pocket the savings among the CEOs, shareholders, etc....
My old school in early 1990s have large number of public UNIX workstations ( IBM RS/6000s, SUN IPX, X11-termials ) where you can just login anywhere. You just need to remember your userid and password. It was based on MIT's Athena project technology
using AFS file system where your home directory is stored.
Now I heard that you need to lug a laptop everywhere at RPI.. Imagine carrying your laptop with your textbooks
and notebook in the middle of winter, snowing or raining in Albany area. Not to imagine if you lost that laptop or broke it.
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I second this ;> ( you beat me to the punch )
I would love to move to the Unix platform including Linux ( any and all distros ), BSD (openBSD, freeBSD, netBSD, .tar, etc.. )
dragonflyBSD) , Solaris/Solaris-x86, AIX, HP-UX, Minix, etc....
These are the desktop applications that I use:
- SolidWorks ( 3D CAD program , a really expensive at that ) ,
- A real web browser: FireFox, Chrome, Safari, Chrome, ( yes, some are available on some unix platforms already , I know )
with full plug-in support for adobe flash,
- a real word processor that can go toe-to-toe with MS Word or WordPerfect,
- office suite that can also toe-to-toe with MS office, Apple iWorks,
- 2D Vector drawing program ( like Mac's Intaligio or Lineform ),
- 2D Raster drawing painting program like Corel Painter and Adobe PhotoShop.
- local native email client ( may or may not be as useful these days )
- CD/DVD player
- TV tuner ( DTV / HDTV )
- calendar / scheduler / project planner, to do , etc..
- new aggregator ( RSS reader )
- PDF reader,
- archive manager ( pkzip, arc, gzip,
- anti-virus, firewall, malware protection, anti-spam, disk backup, disk partition,
or at least equivalent programs that can read and write the same data formats flawlessly.
none of that java platform apps. I want native apps on the Unix platform.
lightweight , no bloatware that is.
M$ must have ported DOS and Windows 3.1 over to the
triple-core PowerPC xBOX 360.
------
M$ must have figured that it's better to ship
on time with crappy, unstable flaky system.
than to ship later with stable, usable and great system.
Even if U.S. Congress were to allocate
$200 million or $800 million to the
supercomputer work, the companies
would outsource the work overseas and
pocket the savings among the CEOs,
shareholders, etc....
My old school in early 1990s have
large number of public UNIX workstations
( IBM RS/6000s, SUN IPX, X11-termials )
where you can just login anywhere. You just need
to remember your userid and password.
It was based on MIT's Athena project technology
using AFS file system where your home
directory is stored.
Now I heard that you need to lug a laptop everywhere at RPI..
Imagine carrying your laptop with your textbooks
and notebook in the middle of winter, snowing
or raining in Albany area.
Not to imagine if you lost that laptop or broke
it.
Did they ( M$ ) use live or dead bodies ???
Did they steal some bodies from the morgue
and conducted experiments??? That's sick!!!
If so, how decomposed does the body can be
to be useful ???
IBM got POWER5 with two processors cores on one
physical chip; with each core SMT enabled.
So POWER5 have four "processors" on one chip.