Actually, KDevelop (at least version 3) has a very nice Intel C++ support, and Sun's compiler (whatever it's called nowadays) support too, I think. Even if KDevelop didn't support a particular compiler, the only thing missing would be the jump-to-error functionality.
And Watcom, is, well, irrelevant (ISO C++, anyone?).
Anyone know what's the difference between Barracuda and DiamondMax series? They seem identical, but I'm thinking maybe they are still manufactured in different places?
As a side note: Maxtorman: I'd like to thank you for posting here, as I'm the owner of two 7200.11 drives, and up until now I was totally confused as about what to do. Now I'll just wait for the new firmware release.
I had the same performance (50 MB/s) in hdparm with AAK 500G drive. That was on a Promise Sata TX/2 controller (it supports sata150 only).
However, then I switched to an nforce500 motherboard (Asus M2N-E SLI) which has a sata300 contoller (linux sees it as sata_nv) and removed a 150/300 jumper from the drive, and suddenly I got 75 MB/s! Plus, the drive became much more silent (but not as silent as I want to). I think the jumper did the trick. It wasn't supposed to (sata150 has 150 MB/s maximum), but it did.
So, I don't know, but maybe it's the controller / jumper configuration problem.
Except you forgot the 11Mb Java download that is mandatory when you install Opera. Firefox just works. I'll add that in. You also forgot to award points to Firefox for having fewer rendering problems than Opera. Sneaky. Is this typical of advocates of closed source software?
Now that's just plain flaimbait. Java download is never was mandatory, there have always been java and non-java versions. And if you have java already installed, opera will happily use it. You say that firefox just works - after you install zillion plugins/extensions that may or may not be compatible with the latest version. Opera just has everything in its main download, and it's actually smaller (3,5M) than firefox.
Opera - Closed Source
Firefox - Open Source
Firefox: 1 Opera: 0
Well, these to clauses are kind of interchangeable (yes, I know, but still...). And what's wrong with paying for high quality software? For me, Opera is worth much more than $40 they're asking. And the free ad-supported version is very good too - the ad doesn't distract at all.
Opera - Fast
Firefox - Not as fast
Firefox: 2 Opera: 1
At least you got that point right.
Opera - Very large initial footprint (> 11MB inc Java)
Firefox - Tiny footprint
Firefox: 3 Opera: 1
What are you talking about? Let me compare these rpm-s I have here - Opera: 3.5MB. Firefox: 7.5MB. Who's bigger?
And you may need Java for firefox too, so stop spreading misinformation.
Opera - Very long time between updates and releases
Firefox - Fixed and updated with the speed of the open source communities non-sleeping programming hordes
Firefox: 4 Opera: 1
Actually, Opera is updated quite frequently, and security updates are immediate. Maybe firefox has more releases / year, but everybody knows that implementing new features in currently stable software causes instabilities. Would you like to have a less stable program just because its developers released it too early?
Opera - Little setup required on first install
Firefox - Plugins and configuration needs to be done before you get all the functionality you want
Firefox: 4 Opera: 2
You got this one right again.
Opera - Blocks popups
Firefox - Blocks popups and with adblock plugin, everything else you don't want to see
Firefox: 5 Opera: 2
Opera has configurable blocker. maybe it's just not as convinient, but it's there.
Opera - Rendering problems on some pages
Firefox - Fewer rendering problems than Opera but more than IE (bad microsoft)
Firefox: 6 Opera: 2
I have to develop web applications and I can say that Opera has much better standards support than Mozilla / firefox, and it's much stable. And Firefox crawls to hell on my linux box if I use fixed hidden elements, unlike Opera.
Opera - You must have Suns Java installed for it to work
Firefox - Doesn't need Java at all, on Windows or Linux or anything else you might install it on.
Firefox: 7 Opera: 2
More misinformation. Opera doesn't need Java. In fact, I don't even have Java installed right now.
Now, please stop spreading misinformation and being a Firefox zealot. Sure, Firefox is better than IE, but it's MUCH worse than Opera. You forgot to mention that almost all of Firefox's features were pioneered by Opera. Tabbed browsing? Opera (version 4). Popup blocker? Opera. Mouse gestures? Opera.
And you also forgot to mention a lot of features that Opera has and Firefox does not: rewind / fast forward buttons, awesome toolbar management, session management, fit to width / small screen rendering, author/user mode, handy "disable images" per tab, choosing fonts per language and plenty of others that I use everyday and just forgot to list them.
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Actually, KDevelop (at least version 3) has a very nice Intel C++ support, and Sun's compiler (whatever it's called nowadays) support too, I think. Even if KDevelop didn't support a particular compiler, the only thing missing would be the jump-to-error functionality.
And Watcom, is, well, irrelevant (ISO C++, anyone?).
Anyone know what's the difference between Barracuda and DiamondMax series?
They seem identical, but I'm thinking maybe they are still manufactured in different places?
As a side note:
Maxtorman: I'd like to thank you for posting here, as I'm the owner of two 7200.11 drives, and up until now I was totally confused as about what to do. Now I'll just wait for the new firmware release.
Read this if you have an AAK drive:
I had the same performance (50 MB/s) in hdparm with AAK 500G drive. That was on a Promise Sata TX/2 controller (it supports sata150 only).
However, then I switched to an nforce500 motherboard (Asus M2N-E SLI) which has a sata300 contoller (linux sees it as sata_nv) and removed a 150/300 jumper from the drive, and suddenly I got 75 MB/s! Plus, the drive became much more silent (but not as silent as I want to).
I think the jumper did the trick. It wasn't supposed to (sata150 has 150 MB/s maximum), but it did.
So, I don't know, but maybe it's the controller / jumper configuration problem.
Except you forgot the 11Mb Java download that is mandatory when you install Opera. Firefox just works. I'll add that in. You also forgot to award points to Firefox for having fewer rendering problems than Opera. Sneaky. Is this typical of advocates of closed source software?
Now that's just plain flaimbait. Java download is never was mandatory, there have always been java and non-java versions. And if you have java already installed, opera will happily use it. You say that firefox just works - after you install zillion plugins/extensions that may or may not be compatible with the latest version. Opera just has everything in its main download, and it's actually smaller (3,5M) than firefox.
Opera - Closed Source
Firefox - Open Source
Firefox: 1 Opera: 0
Opera - $$$
Firefox - Free beer, Free speech
Firefox: 2 Opera: 0
Well, these to clauses are kind of interchangeable (yes, I know, but still...). And what's wrong with paying for high quality software? For me, Opera is worth much more than $40 they're asking. And the free ad-supported version is very good too - the ad doesn't distract at all.
Opera - Fast
Firefox - Not as fast
Firefox: 2 Opera: 1
At least you got that point right.
Opera - Very large initial footprint (> 11MB inc Java)
Firefox - Tiny footprint
Firefox: 3 Opera: 1
What are you talking about? Let me compare these rpm-s I have here - Opera: 3.5MB. Firefox: 7.5MB. Who's bigger? And you may need Java for firefox too, so stop spreading misinformation.
Opera - Very long time between updates and releases
Firefox - Fixed and updated with the speed of the open source communities non-sleeping programming hordes
Firefox: 4 Opera: 1
Actually, Opera is updated quite frequently, and security updates are immediate. Maybe firefox has more releases / year, but everybody knows that implementing new features in currently stable software causes instabilities. Would you like to have a less stable program just because its developers released it too early?
Opera - Little setup required on first install
Firefox - Plugins and configuration needs to be done before you get all the functionality you want
Firefox: 4 Opera: 2
You got this one right again.
Opera - Blocks popups
Firefox - Blocks popups and with adblock plugin, everything else you don't want to see
Firefox: 5 Opera: 2
Opera has configurable blocker. maybe it's just not as convinient, but it's there.
Opera - Rendering problems on some pages
Firefox - Fewer rendering problems than Opera but more than IE (bad microsoft)
Firefox: 6 Opera: 2
I have to develop web applications and I can say that Opera has much better standards support than Mozilla / firefox, and it's much stable. And Firefox crawls to hell on my linux box if I use fixed hidden elements, unlike Opera.
Opera - You must have Suns Java installed for it to work
Firefox - Doesn't need Java at all, on Windows or Linux or anything else you might install it on.
Firefox: 7 Opera: 2
More misinformation. Opera doesn't need Java. In fact, I don't even have Java installed right now.
Now, please stop spreading misinformation and being a Firefox zealot. Sure, Firefox is better than IE, but it's MUCH worse than Opera. You forgot to mention that almost all of Firefox's features were pioneered by Opera. Tabbed browsing? Opera (version 4). Popup blocker? Opera. Mouse gestures? Opera.
And you also forgot to mention a lot of features that Opera has and Firefox does not: rewind / fast forward buttons, awesome toolbar management, session management, fit to width / small screen rendering, author/user mode, handy "disable images" per tab, choosing fonts per language and plenty of others that I use everyday and just forgot to list them.