Perfectly said! I thought I was going to have to say something to this effect until I got this far down the page reading the comments. I know I can't imagine anything closer to utter agony than pretending to like something called "computer speakers"... for many years I've had my computer outputting to my trusty Kenwood amp, and onto a nice pair of real speakers. And I've scoffed at those who discuss "computer speakers" in my presence.
OK, so I'm not that much of an Audiophile. "Kenwood, eh?" you say? Well, I'm on a teenager's budget. Because I'm a teenager. And no, I don't listen to Korn or Marilyn Manson.
Trimming Debian down to a really small distribution with add-ons would pretty much destroy the usefulness and stability of Debian as it exists now. I love debian and use it every day; I have since I first tried version 2.1. I never use outside packages, and wouldn't even consider it. The way the entire distribution works is phenominal - it is a Zen-like experience just to use a perfectly-running Debian system.
It would be impossible to trim it down, because as soon as you put something in an "add-on" third party source instead of the core distribution, it loses its credibility. Sure, there's a chance it will function properly with the entire distribution, but it's not thorougly tested the way the current Debian distribution is. Bottom line is, the extreme testing length and size of the distribution are not negative characteristics of Debian - they are intended. For me, it's a perfect distribution. I'd much rather apt-get something from ftp.us.debian.org and know for sure that it's going to work perfectly than apt-get it from a third-party source and have a newer version.
I went through that once, using Ximian Gnome on Debian 2.2 (yes, it actually is one of the distributions supported by Ximian). Their packages worked... for the most part. But they had their little quirks and bugs, mostly due to interoperability with the rest of the distribution. It turned Debian into what every other distribution already is - a mostly up-to-date buggy and quirky mass of packages. I'll take an infinitely stable and well-working organized system of old packages any day. Choose a distribution. Debian's purpose is to be old and stable. I use it. You don't have to.
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Coming from the world of Linux/Windows and other mainstream OSes, you may not be familiar with an OS that is capable of this. BeOS is actually only 45 MB. That's right. The entire OS, GUI, and all apps that come with it (including web browser, e-mail client, sound apps, C++ IDE, media player, editor, etc) is only 45 MB. Try it out! Amazing, isn't it?:)
It actually works by un-tarring into the/BeOS folder (it has to be that folder, afaik) on an ext2 (or ext3, possibly) FS. The total size is 500 MB after un-tarring, because the image file that contains the BFS partition (Be File System) has lots of free space. You can download programs and other stuff. I recommend BeShare. Read about it (in a writeup I wrote) at Everything2.
Why convert to PDF, then open and print the PDF, when you could just print to PS, and then use "gv" to view and print the PS file? No conversion necessary.
Now that I think about it, yes, you are absolutely correct. Win95 (but probably not 98) and Office 95/97 would run perfectly on that hardware. That's probably the best choice for non-computer users.
No pun intended, but WordPerfect on some form of DOS sounds "Perfect" for the job. I believe that was a common word processor at the time that computer was made;)
You might also want to look for some really ancient versions of Word, if they'll have an easier time with that. I don't know, I haven't used either.
It's possible to run linux on that type of hardware - I'm currently running Linux on my Pentium 90 with 16 MB of RAM. Go with an older version of Debian, like 2.1 or maybe 2.2.
However, I can't think of any word processors on Linux that are easy and stable enough for someone without Linux experience to use. LyX is close, but you have to learn LyX first (it's so different from most word processors). Forget about running AbiWord, KWord, or especially OpenOffice on that kind of hardware.:)
Yes, lets play frisbee, over there in the meltroom, where I will MELT YOU INTO FLUID!
Courtesy of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Episode 6, "Space Conflict from Beyond Pluto". Watch Cartoon Network at 11:45 p.m. (or catch the entire Adult Swim block Sunday night!)
Oh! So -that- is what that Radiohead guy is mumbling about in that song! All I ever heard was "Karma police, Arrest this man, He something something something, He something like a something, He's like a something radio".
I read about a Dreamcast port of NetBSD a while back. Can anyone fill me in on the current status of it? Is it incorporated into this current release (1.5.3) or the upcoming release (1.6.0)?
How well does NetBSD work on Dreamcast... is it worth buying a Dreamcast to run NetBSD on it?
I'd be interested in helping a project like this. Despite the (misguided, imho) efforts of Mandrake etc. to make Linux "user-friendly", it's still not going to cut it.
It needs to work exactly as described... there is no room for "it's very simple, just open a Terminal and type mknod/dev/dsp 8 1 followed by modprobe emu10k1"!:)
I think a project like this should be started on SourceForge... it's going to have to be a distro from scratch, imo, b/c no distro is suitable to the task.
which will prompt you to get any dependencies, download, compile with the options that you specified in the USE variable, and install everything, using optimizations specific to your computer.
Plus you don't have to pretend you're a freakin' Wizard just to use your computer. Some people don't like to confuse work with D&D.:)
I can see where you got "Dick" Stallman from, but surely you meant "Eric" Raymond? His name isn't Ed, y'know... (or Edward, or Edmond/Edmund, or Eduardo)
If they're giving it away for free (as in beer, presumably), how is it going to be profitable for Windows/Linux? They're already not making a profit on the MacOS X version. The whole point is that a profitable one already exists - the Sorenson Broadcaster. It's not free. The point of the story was that Apple's Quicktime Broadcaster is free.
Doom? The original doom. Yeah... right. Like there was any OpenGL in doom. The original didn't have anything close to what could be called 3D rendering.
Especially considering that when you play the CD, it is recorded at the same time. The easiest way to do that is just take an analog output (which is already coming out at that moment) and record from it. That's probably what they do... I think it'd be a lot trickier to have analog and digital out at the same time (at least from a regular CD-ROM).
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Styx? Who said anything about Styx? Maybe I mentioned Styx in a comment a long time ago and you were reading through all of my comments?
:)
Now I'm quite paranoid.
Yes, I'll admit that these speakers play Styx on occasion.
Perfectly said! I thought I was going to have to say something to this effect until I got this far down the page reading the comments. I know I can't imagine anything closer to utter agony than pretending to like something called "computer speakers"... for many years I've had my computer outputting to my trusty Kenwood amp, and onto a nice pair of real speakers. And I've scoffed at those who discuss "computer speakers" in my presence.
OK, so I'm not that much of an Audiophile. "Kenwood, eh?" you say? Well, I'm on a teenager's budget. Because I'm a teenager. And no, I don't listen to Korn or Marilyn Manson.
At some point, there will have to be more volunteers. It's implied. ;)
Trimming Debian down to a really small distribution with add-ons would pretty much destroy the usefulness and stability of Debian as it exists now. I love debian and use it every day; I have since I first tried version 2.1. I never use outside packages, and wouldn't even consider it. The way the entire distribution works is phenominal - it is a Zen-like experience just to use a perfectly-running Debian system.
It would be impossible to trim it down, because as soon as you put something in an "add-on" third party source instead of the core distribution, it loses its credibility. Sure, there's a chance it will function properly with the entire distribution, but it's not thorougly tested the way the current Debian distribution is. Bottom line is, the extreme testing length and size of the distribution are not negative characteristics of Debian - they are intended. For me, it's a perfect distribution. I'd much rather apt-get something from ftp.us.debian.org and know for sure that it's going to work perfectly than apt-get it from a third-party source and have a newer version.
I went through that once, using Ximian Gnome on Debian 2.2 (yes, it actually is one of the distributions supported by Ximian). Their packages worked... for the most part. But they had their little quirks and bugs, mostly due to interoperability with the rest of the distribution. It turned Debian into what every other distribution already is - a mostly up-to-date buggy and quirky mass of packages. I'll take an infinitely stable and well-working organized system of old packages any day. Choose a distribution. Debian's purpose is to be old and stable. I use it. You don't have to.
Coming from the world of Linux/Windows and other mainstream OSes, you may not be familiar with an OS that is capable of this. BeOS is actually only 45 MB. That's right. The entire OS, GUI, and all apps that come with it (including web browser, e-mail client, sound apps, C++ IDE, media player, editor, etc) is only 45 MB. Try it out! Amazing, isn't it? :)
/BeOS folder (it has to be that folder, afaik) on an ext2 (or ext3, possibly) FS. The total size is 500 MB after un-tarring, because the image file that contains the BFS partition (Be File System) has lots of free space. You can download programs and other stuff. I recommend BeShare. Read about it (in a writeup I wrote) at Everything2.
It actually works by un-tarring into the
Why convert to PDF, then open and print the PDF, when you could just print to PS, and then use "gv" to view and print the PS file? No conversion necessary.
That's not a binary, it's source code
Here is a list of many win32 binary distributions of Perl, some of them with installers. I'm sure you can find one to suit your needs.
Now that I think about it, yes, you are absolutely correct. Win95 (but probably not 98) and Office 95/97 would run perfectly on that hardware. That's probably the best choice for non-computer users.
No pun intended, but WordPerfect on some form of DOS sounds "Perfect" for the job. I believe that was a common word processor at the time that computer was made ;)
:)
You might also want to look for some really ancient versions of Word, if they'll have an easier time with that. I don't know, I haven't used either.
It's possible to run linux on that type of hardware - I'm currently running Linux on my Pentium 90 with 16 MB of RAM. Go with an older version of Debian, like 2.1 or maybe 2.2.
However, I can't think of any word processors on Linux that are easy and stable enough for someone without Linux experience to use. LyX is close, but you have to learn LyX first (it's so different from most word processors). Forget about running AbiWord, KWord, or especially OpenOffice on that kind of hardware.
IANAL, but brute-force decryption doesn't sound legal (think DMCA). I think they keyword for the prize money was "legal" way of doing it.
Umm... that was an april fools' joke.
Or didn't you notice the date of the article?
Yes, lets play frisbee, over there in the meltroom, where I will MELT YOU INTO FLUID!
Courtesy of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Episode 6, "Space Conflict from Beyond Pluto". Watch Cartoon Network at 11:45 p.m. (or catch the entire Adult Swim block Sunday night!)
Not that I'm complaining... I do read slashdot for free every day.
Check this out:
That's just some creepy deja vu, considering that Michael posted both stories about 20 minutes apart.
Here's a link:
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/
Oh! So -that- is what that Radiohead guy is mumbling about in that song! All I ever heard was "Karma police, Arrest this man, He something something something, He something like a something, He's like a something radio".
:)
It makes a lot more sense now
Gentoo has had GCC-3.1 as standard compiler in it's 1.3 beta.
;)
This has been out since:
1.3a_test/ 28-Jun-2002 04:33 -
June 28, 2002... almost a month ago
I read about a Dreamcast port of NetBSD a while back. Can anyone fill me in on the current status of it? Is it incorporated into this current release (1.5.3) or the upcoming release (1.6.0)?
How well does NetBSD work on Dreamcast... is it worth buying a Dreamcast to run NetBSD on it?
Yeah, but it's such a relief not to have a painful frozen woody!
I'd be interested in helping a project like this. Despite the (misguided, imho) efforts of Mandrake etc. to make Linux "user-friendly", it's still not going to cut it.
/dev/dsp 8 1 followed by modprobe emu10k1"! :)
It needs to work exactly as described... there is no room for "it's very simple, just open a Terminal and type mknod
I think a project like this should be started on SourceForge... it's going to have to be a distro from scratch, imo, b/c no distro is suitable to the task.
Plus you don't have to pretend you're a freakin' Wizard just to use your computer. Some people don't like to confuse work with D&D.
Just playing Devil's Advocate, that's all...
Isn't there some sort of system, where things that get submitted -earlier- than others are the ones that get the stories?
Here are your recent submissions to Slashdot, and their status within the system:
2002-07-17 19:59:12 LinuxJournal presents Linux Timeline (articles,linux) (rejected)
Summary:
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Looks like I submitted this story about five days ago...
I can see where you got "Dick" Stallman from, but surely you meant "Eric" Raymond? His name isn't Ed, y'know... (or Edward, or Edmond/Edmund, or Eduardo)
:)
Richard == Dick
Eric != Ed
See how that works?
No, that profit wouldn't have existed, because Peru would've been using Free software. Not Microsoft software.
This is a clear-cut case where you can't count that software as potential income for Microsoft, because Peru simply would not have bought it.
If they're giving it away for free (as in beer, presumably), how is it going to be profitable for Windows/Linux? They're already not making a profit on the MacOS X version. The whole point is that a profitable one already exists - the Sorenson Broadcaster. It's not free. The point of the story was that Apple's Quicktime Broadcaster is free.
Doom? The original doom. Yeah... right. Like there was any OpenGL in doom. The original didn't have anything close to what could be called 3D rendering.
Especially considering that when you play the CD, it is recorded at the same time. The easiest way to do that is just take an analog output (which is already coming out at that moment) and record from it. That's probably what they do... I think it'd be a lot trickier to have analog and digital out at the same time (at least from a regular CD-ROM).