Earthlink offers 20 hours of dial-up per month with their satellite service. This seems like a good package if satellite service is prone to going down.
There are also a few registry entries that are located outside the IIS metabase. IIRC the registry was the location to remove the big print-services security bug of a year ago -- which I also think was the same security bug that nimda and code-red exploited.
You can easy toggle load images preference by creating an html file using text below, and bookmarking the file in your "Personal Toolbar". This will at least let you browse without images and then when you want to view images for the entire page just toggle on.
A better way would be to create a chrome XUL overlay that you could over-ride the context menu and script to only show a particular image as you wish -- it should be pretty easy -- but this is quick and dirty way to get the same effect.
<head> </head> <script> //Allow prefs access netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enableP rivilege ("UniversalXPConnect"); var prefs = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/preferences;1"].c reateInstance(Components.interfaces.nsIPref); //F i gure out current pref and toggle it var i = prefs.GetIntPref("network.image.imageBehavior") == 0? 2 : 0; prefs.SetIntPref("network.image.imageBehavior" , i); //Go back to previous page. history.back(); </script>
You can get cleartype a.k.a. sub-pixel rendering using XFree86. Using the sub-pixel xfree settings, combined with the gdk-xft hack my fonts look perfect on my laptop.
Go to Wal-Mart and buy a dozen or so of their no pre-installed OS $350 systems and resell them with linux on them for $400. It only takes one drive image to setup the rest.
Not to mention when my laptop starts doing 99% CPU utilization it kicks in the Speed-Step(tm) using more power which get's the machine hotter causing the fan to turn on sucking even more power.
Just curious, I tried to look up the trademark for X Window System in the
U.S. Trademark System and cannot find it or any mention of X Window System.
Looking at x.org they claim registered trademarks for OSF/1, OSF/Motif, and Motif but the uspto site has them all listed as "Dead" trademarks. The "X Window System" has never even been submitted - so the claim would only be somewhat valid in the jurisdictions they operate.
"Warez" pirates accused of breaking the law get their computers seized, publically criminalized before a trial when Commerce undersecretary Phil Bond said, "This is a serious crime. These people should do some hard time." because their accused activities are supposedly causing billions of dollars of damage and putting companies out of business.
Yet Microsoft has been found guilty in two courts for anti-competitive behavior, and stealing billions from it's consumers and competitors, and putting several of their competitors out of business; and they have never had a single computer seized and will only get a slap on the wrist as opposed to this "hard time" that Mr. Bond talks about.
According to this it says that it should work regardless of the platform, because it has to do with the JFC Pluggable Look and Feel. Meaning you can define how something like a JButton gets painted (large print, high-contrast) and even override the L&F to "speak" the button, etc. without overriding the actual JButton object.
You may be thinking of the the Java Acess Bridge which provides an interface for existing native accessibility applications on certain platforms to get at the Java Accessibility API. This is only implemented in Windows right now, to integrate other Windows-based assisted technologies into Java.
Freeing RAM is the main concern with removing unnecessary items, here is a link in the Kernel HOWTO pointing to this 8.2 Huge or slow kernels.
And yes, I did mix that up (dyslexia) in that compile as much as modules and not into kernel to free more memory of unused device drivers. I run a laptop, so SCSI is compiled as a module because I only use SCSI when I'm burning CD's which is maybe twice a month. And yes you get the side benefit of being able to restart devices, debug, recompile patches better if compiled as modules.
Linux in most default installations is a server not a desktop OS. That being said, I think if you are comparing W2K Server to Linux then they would be comparable. Sure the code for W2K server is exactly the same as W2K workstation, but the setup and services is the key. Here are some tips:
On W2K to make your GUI more responsive, change the environment to favor "Foreground" apps instead of "Background" apps.
On linux, renice your X to make foreground apps higher priority. Here's the command I put in my.xinitrc:sudo renice -10 -p `ps -aux | grep "[^grep].*X \(vt\|:0\)" | awk '{print $2;}'`
On W2K, turn off services that you don't need
Same thing for linux, lots of services get started -- but do you need them running all the time? (e.g. if you're not developing for your db app that day, turn off the DB server)
For some reason, at least with RedHat, all of the apps and libraries are installed with debugging symbols. Who knows what their reasoning is, but that takes apps longer to load and slower to run. Have you ever run a "Checked Build" NT or W2K that includes all debugging symbols? The same thing happens. What I do is boot to my rescue CD and strip every file on a regular basis (which also frees a ton of HD space). Be careful with this because you have to run ldconfig from the rescue CD before booting back to your default -- and it requires using params to ldconfig to point to the right mounted directories and spitting the ld.so.cache to the right spot. If you do it wrong, you will not be able to boot except to rescue CD.
Compile a new Kernel (preferably with the new VM) and take out all of the unneccesary items and compile as much as possible into the kernel instead of modules.
I'm sure there are a hundred others, but these seem to do the most for me with least effort.
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Just become a Unix Guru and you won't have to worry about buying razors anymore.
The page says Solaris 8 on Intel and Solaris 9 for Sparc. Guess it was just wishful thinking.
Earthlink offers 20 hours of dial-up per month with their satellite service. This seems like a good package if satellite service is prone to going down.
You can't speed read a paperback.
Another Microsoft Dummy
There are also a few registry entries that are located outside the IIS metabase. IIRC the registry was the location to remove the big print-services security bug of a year ago -- which I also think was the same security bug that nimda and code-red exploited.
Maybe it was the evil imposter CmdrTaco (editor) who posted this dup.
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And I'm sure there are plenty of others...
Mac, of course.
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You can easy toggle load images preference by creating an html file using text below, and bookmarking the file in your "Personal Toolbar". This will at least let you browse without images and then when you want to view images for the entire page just toggle on.
P rivilege ("UniversalXPConnect");c reateInstance(Components.interfaces.nsIPref);F i gure out current pref and toggle it" , i);
A better way would be to create a chrome XUL overlay that you could over-ride the context menu and script to only show a particular image as you wish -- it should be pretty easy -- but this is quick and dirty way to get the same effect.
<head>
</head>
<script>
//Allow prefs access
netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enable
var prefs = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/preferences;1"].
//
var i = prefs.GetIntPref("network.image.imageBehavior") == 0? 2 : 0;
prefs.SetIntPref("network.image.imageBehavior
//Go back to previous page.
history.back();
</script>
That exactly what the digital consumer organization is pushing for with the Digital Bill of Rights.
Wait a minute, doesn't Microsoft still use FreeBSD to run Hotmail.
You can get cleartype a.k.a. sub-pixel rendering using XFree86. Using the sub-pixel xfree settings, combined with the gdk-xft hack my fonts look perfect on my laptop.
Here is a mini-howto on setting up sub-pixel rendering:
http://jmason.org/howto/subpixel.html
Here is a full and in-depth discussion:
http://grc.com/ctdialog.htm
Go to Wal-Mart and buy a dozen or so of their no pre-installed OS $350 systems and resell them with linux on them for $400. It only takes one drive image to setup the rest.
I think the disgruntled people are at the Sorcerer site http://sorcerer.wox.org/ where the home page gives the blow-by-blow account.
Here's the mailing list post that this is indeed Beta 2:
/ 2002-March/msg00181.html
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list
Not to mention when my laptop starts doing 99% CPU utilization it kicks in the Speed-Step(tm) using more power which get's the machine hotter causing the fan to turn on sucking even more power.
Just curious, I tried to look up the trademark for X Window System in the U.S. Trademark System and cannot find it or any mention of X Window System. Looking at x.org they claim registered trademarks for OSF/1, OSF/Motif, and Motif but the uspto site has them all listed as "Dead" trademarks. The "X Window System" has never even been submitted - so the claim would only be somewhat valid in the jurisdictions they operate.
Read Sun's reason for discontinuing DL's here:
h tml#30
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/binaries/faq.
"Warez" pirates accused of breaking the law get their computers seized, publically criminalized before a trial when Commerce undersecretary Phil Bond said, "This is a serious crime. These people should do some hard time." because their accused activities are supposedly causing billions of dollars of damage and putting companies out of business.
Yet Microsoft has been found guilty in two courts for anti-competitive behavior, and stealing billions from it's consumers and competitors, and putting several of their competitors out of business; and they have never had a single computer seized and will only get a slap on the wrist as opposed to this "hard time" that Mr. Bond talks about.
According to this it says that it should work regardless of the platform, because it has to do with the JFC Pluggable Look and Feel. Meaning you can define how something like a JButton gets painted (large print, high-contrast) and even override the L&F to "speak" the button, etc. without overriding the actual JButton object.
You may be thinking of the the Java Acess Bridge which provides an interface for existing native accessibility applications on certain platforms to get at the Java Accessibility API. This is only implemented in Windows right now, to integrate other Windows-based assisted technologies into Java.
If you can live with the speed of Java client apps, then accessibility is built into the Java Accessibility Framework Classes
This a great option for all platforms.
Freeing RAM is the main concern with removing unnecessary items, here is a link in the Kernel HOWTO pointing to this 8.2 Huge or slow kernels .
And yes, I did mix that up (dyslexia) in that compile as much as modules and not into kernel to free more memory of unused device drivers. I run a laptop, so SCSI is compiled as a module because I only use SCSI when I'm burning CD's which is maybe twice a month. And yes you get the side benefit of being able to restart devices, debug, recompile patches better if compiled as modules.
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- On W2K to make your GUI more responsive, change the environment to favor "Foreground" apps instead of "Background" apps.
- On linux, renice your X to make foreground apps higher priority. Here's the command I put in my
.xinitrc:sudo renice -10 -p `ps -aux | grep "[^grep].*X \(vt\|:0\)" | awk '{print $2;}'`
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- On W2K, turn off services that you don't need
- Same thing for linux, lots of services get started -- but do you need them running all the time? (e.g. if you're not developing for your db app that day, turn off the DB server)
- For some reason, at least with RedHat, all of the apps and libraries are installed with debugging symbols. Who knows what their reasoning is, but that takes apps longer to load and slower to run. Have you ever run a "Checked Build" NT or W2K that includes all debugging symbols? The same thing happens. What I do is boot to my rescue CD and strip every file on a regular basis (which also frees a ton of HD space). Be careful with this because you have to run ldconfig from the rescue CD before booting back to your default -- and it requires using params to ldconfig to point to the right mounted directories and spitting the ld.so.cache to the right spot. If you do it wrong, you will not be able to boot except to rescue CD.
- Compile a new Kernel (preferably with the new VM) and take out all of the unneccesary items and compile as much as possible into the kernel instead of modules.
I'm sure there are a hundred others, but these seem to do the most for me with least effort.If you can wait until September 2002, ReiserFS v4 will have an encryption plugin builtin.
I wonder if Ximian Red Carpet will be next? They upgrade a lot of machines with different distros.