maybe its better to pitch in and help write the documentation for the project than to lambaste the devs for poor documentation.
Regardless, its available precompiled on nearly any distro. Worked fine on Slackware 9.1 by going to linuxpackages.net (the home of all slack packages) downloading, and rning instllpkg mplayerx...
OpenGL has most if not all of the features that DX9 specs (possibly more). Further, HL2 will scale down considerably to support older machines that don't have DX9 capable grahics cards. Even if Linux doesn't get every shiny sunbeam, it would be an enormous coup to get a Linux HL2 port.
I just don't get why devs won't do as the Carmack does, and start with OpenGL to begin with. It gives ports a much better chance.
Just 'cause Carmack targeted DX7 with Doom3, doesn't mean that you can't get DX9 quality effects out of OpenGL if you plan for it. Not to mention, I'll wager that Carmack's DX7 Doom3 engine will compete with Valve's source as the best engine on the market. Anyway, for the next 4 years it will be Doom3 engine games being played on Linux and HL2could help this OS take off on the desktop front like almost nothing else.
I've seen it. I was accepted as a beta tester for Savage. It ran fine on Linux, although install was not polished. This is a few months ago though.
I didn't play much, 'cause well it was an early beta, and I didn't have much patience. The only reason I offered to test was because I saw they were offering a linux client.
Not sure if its my type of game, but the Linux client is real and should be on disk in box.
Yes, but unless they have changed things VERY recently, there is a work-around.
Boot off another disk with CD-ROM support (a win98 CD works nicely), and partition and format the drive.
Then put the Dell OEM CD in the drive cd to the i386 folder and run Winnt to start the install. It doesn't check the BIOS. Although you obviously need a valid XP cdkey, you can use the Dell XP OEM to install on any machine this way.
For the past 18 months, I've been making the same argument that onboard audio is as good as an SBLive or Audigy.
On a gamers hardware forum though I've lately got a lot of response suggesting that Audigy2 has made big strides with EAX2 and 6.1 support. The idea is that if you've got the full surround speaker setup, the Audigy2 is head and shoulders above most onboard sound, for games.
Now I'm married and can't game with anything but headphones if I want to stay that way. Are there any slashdotters who actually HAVE an audigy 2 and a 4.1 or 6.1 setup and can attest to the quality? So far only a lot of testimony to the quality of onboard without 1st hand experience of an A2 gaming setup, and I don't think that music playback is the contention.
I work with small businesses, anywhere from 5 to 100 users. I have 3 clients of 20, 25, and 45 users respectively all using mozilla mail. Hell, I even have the 45 person shop switched over (almost everyone) to the ALPHA thunderbird.
I just don't need the hassle of outlook virus issues, the users who don't use IMAP can keep their POP mail on their/home directory n the server, the address book talks to LDAP. I use the latest SuSE mail server which integrates LDAP address books out of the box,as well as webmail.
I am switching to thunderbird because we have some corporate partners who have B2B websites that require IE5 or better, so I need to standardize on IE unfortunately. Thunderbird can invoke your default browser in windows, unlike Moz Mail.
Well, I love it, but not exactly in an enterprise setting.
That's essentially what I meant. I may have phrased it poorly and got carried away with bold. Only have to buy Media once. Essentially $100 per client after that, although it may be discounted in packs of 10 or higher. I was reading from the SuSE site myself.
Cheers.
$99 for the media.
499 for a 1 year maintenance license for FIVE clients.
You only have to buy the $99 media kit once, so essentially its $100 per client for all the crossover stuff.
I hate SCO as much as the next/. guy, but your scenario sounds like a big win for the corporate a**holes, and a big loss for the rank and file wage earners.
I'd like to see SCO go to trial and lose.
While it isn't using RtCW it IS using the same engine (id's Q3A engine) and the ET test runs AWESOME!!! under my SuSE Linux box, as good or better than the Windows half of my dual boot.
Again, I don't have time to let it compile, let alone walk away. I also have system's with slow or no 'net access. Regardless rpm's are easy, especially with apt4rpm. Gentoo is fun for hobbyist's but not ready for prime time and is irrelevant to this discussion. If you've any experience getting an Audigy 2 to work with Gentoo or any other distro, I'd be interested to learn your tricks.
SuSE 8.1 is my standard OS. The only reason I even tried Mandrake 9.1RC2 was because it was a shiny new release that might have support for the latest hardware. Spare me your Debian, Gentoo (who has the time for compiling everything?) or Slackware suggestions, I prefer SuSE to them all for enterprise servers or desktops. YMMV.
Well, the Audigy 2 (that I pulled from a Dell at work) didn't work properly with SuSE 8.1 or Mandrake 9.1RC2 new installs so I yanked it in favor of my onboard AC'97 sound.
Frankly, a sound card is a sound card. If I want high fidelity, the audigy 2 isn't the answer IMHO.
Dell, Apple, IBM, well just about all OEM system builders bundle a bootable CD that tests hardware. It's designed to test all the components specific to the system you bought. It doesn't matter what OS is on the PC, the tests occur before the HD is even accessed. Problem Solved. Next Problem!:)
Wow. It's been awhile since I checked on the status of NYC Wireless, and lo and behold, 2 nodes on my block in Brooklyn, Carroll Gardens! I'll have to add mine to the list later in the week. Coffee and Slashdot from the bench outside Mazolla'a Bakery!
Not to mention I work down the block from Bryant Park in Manhattan. And of course, every other big corporate presence in midtown has 1 or 2 unsecured WAP's.
Time to pick up a Dremel tool and a can of Pringles...
Wow. SuSE doesn't have many supporters at/., eh?
I've used SuSE mail servers 2 and 3 at a few consulting clients and find them to be well designed, solid products. THe price on Version 2 was a paltry $399 or some such, but SuSE learned that people don't buy a good thing unless its expensive, so they ratcheted the price of v.3 to $999.
To install the SuSE server, you boot off the CD, accept all defaults and wait about 15 minutes. SuSE linux is installed jointly with the mail server, so from bare drive to fully functional takes about 20 minutes.
Previous versions work well with IMAP or POP (i use IMAP) and come bundled with a a custom version of Arkeia backup software so you can slap on a tape drive and back up the server every night.
Server has a great web mail client (much better in the Open Exchange version) and allows users to easily change their vacatin, auto-reply, forwarding prefs from a web config screen.
Using outlook, Mozilla, Netscape or any LDAP compliant email client, you can pull all your user addresses off the server with a link to the server based LDAP directory, no server based config needed.
I love this client for small business clients, and I will certainly give the latest a shot. Just 'cause the slashdot headline uses the term "exchange killer" doesn't mean you have to jump on SuSE like lemmings off a cliff.
SuSE often touts "exchange-like groupware" functionality, only to reveal that its soley available via the web based client scheduler. That aside, they make good products. If you don't have time to configure your own, its worth a shot.
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maybe its better to pitch in and help write the documentation for the project than to lambaste the devs for poor documentation. Regardless, its available precompiled on nearly any distro. Worked fine on Slackware 9.1 by going to linuxpackages.net (the home of all slack packages) downloading, and rning instllpkg mplayerx...
SuSE for a couple of years and currently Mandrake also have DVD installs so as to avoid disk swapping.
OpenGL has most if not all of the features that DX9 specs (possibly more). Further, HL2 will scale down considerably to support older machines that don't have DX9 capable grahics cards. Even if Linux doesn't get every shiny sunbeam, it would be an enormous coup to get a Linux HL2 port. I just don't get why devs won't do as the Carmack does, and start with OpenGL to begin with. It gives ports a much better chance. Just 'cause Carmack targeted DX7 with Doom3, doesn't mean that you can't get DX9 quality effects out of OpenGL if you plan for it. Not to mention, I'll wager that Carmack's DX7 Doom3 engine will compete with Valve's source as the best engine on the market. Anyway, for the next 4 years it will be Doom3 engine games being played on Linux and HL2could help this OS take off on the desktop front like almost nothing else.
So I can't order. :( Too bad, I was about to buy a couple of pounds.
I've seen it. I was accepted as a beta tester for Savage. It ran fine on Linux, although install was not polished. This is a few months ago though. I didn't play much, 'cause well it was an early beta, and I didn't have much patience. The only reason I offered to test was because I saw they were offering a linux client. Not sure if its my type of game, but the Linux client is real and should be on disk in box.
Yes, but unless they have changed things VERY recently, there is a work-around. Boot off another disk with CD-ROM support (a win98 CD works nicely), and partition and format the drive. Then put the Dell OEM CD in the drive cd to the i386 folder and run Winnt to start the install. It doesn't check the BIOS. Although you obviously need a valid XP cdkey, you can use the Dell XP OEM to install on any machine this way.
.07 CENTS. IE: 7/10th's of a cent. So, yeah, 7000 cents, I get $70 dollars.
For the past 18 months, I've been making the same argument that onboard audio is as good as an SBLive or Audigy. On a gamers hardware forum though I've lately got a lot of response suggesting that Audigy2 has made big strides with EAX2 and 6.1 support. The idea is that if you've got the full surround speaker setup, the Audigy2 is head and shoulders above most onboard sound, for games. Now I'm married and can't game with anything but headphones if I want to stay that way. Are there any slashdotters who actually HAVE an audigy 2 and a 4.1 or 6.1 setup and can attest to the quality? So far only a lot of testimony to the quality of onboard without 1st hand experience of an A2 gaming setup, and I don't think that music playback is the contention.
I work with small businesses, anywhere from 5 to 100 users. I have 3 clients of 20, 25, and 45 users respectively all using mozilla mail. Hell, I even have the 45 person shop switched over (almost everyone) to the ALPHA thunderbird. I just don't need the hassle of outlook virus issues, the users who don't use IMAP can keep their POP mail on their /home directory n the server, the address book talks to LDAP. I use the latest SuSE mail server which integrates LDAP address books out of the box,as well as webmail.
I am switching to thunderbird because we have some corporate partners who have B2B websites that require IE5 or better, so I need to standardize on IE unfortunately. Thunderbird can invoke your default browser in windows, unlike Moz Mail.
Well, I love it, but not exactly in an enterprise setting.
That's essentially what I meant. I may have phrased it poorly and got carried away with bold. Only have to buy Media once. Essentially $100 per client after that, although it may be discounted in packs of 10 or higher. I was reading from the SuSE site myself. Cheers.
$99 for the media. 499 for a 1 year maintenance license for FIVE clients. You only have to buy the $99 media kit once, so essentially its $100 per client for all the crossover stuff.
I hate SCO as much as the next /. guy, but your scenario sounds like a big win for the corporate a**holes, and a big loss for the rank and file wage earners.
I'd like to see SCO go to trial and lose.
0.6 is in the nightlies. Here: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/phoenix/nightly/latest-t runk/
It's named MozillaFirebird
While it isn't using RtCW it IS using the same engine (id's Q3A engine) and the ET test runs AWESOME!!! under my SuSE Linux box, as good or better than the Windows half of my dual boot.
No Bots.
Again, I don't have time to let it compile, let alone walk away. I also have system's with slow or no 'net access. Regardless rpm's are easy, especially with apt4rpm. Gentoo is fun for hobbyist's but not ready for prime time and is irrelevant to this discussion. If you've any experience getting an Audigy 2 to work with Gentoo or any other distro, I'd be interested to learn your tricks.
SuSE 8.1 is my standard OS. The only reason I even tried Mandrake 9.1RC2 was because it was a shiny new release that might have support for the latest hardware. Spare me your Debian, Gentoo (who has the time for compiling everything?) or Slackware suggestions, I prefer SuSE to them all for enterprise servers or desktops. YMMV.
Well, the Audigy 2 (that I pulled from a Dell at work) didn't work properly with SuSE 8.1 or Mandrake 9.1RC2 new installs so I yanked it in favor of my onboard AC'97 sound. Frankly, a sound card is a sound card. If I want high fidelity, the audigy 2 isn't the answer IMHO.
As of 8.1 it's blue not green.
Dell, Apple, IBM, well just about all OEM system builders bundle a bootable CD that tests hardware. It's designed to test all the components specific to the system you bought. It doesn't matter what OS is on the PC, the tests occur before the HD is even accessed. Problem Solved. Next Problem! :)
Wow. It's been awhile since I checked on the status of NYC Wireless, and lo and behold, 2 nodes on my block in Brooklyn, Carroll Gardens! I'll have to add mine to the list later in the week. Coffee and Slashdot from the bench outside Mazolla'a Bakery!
Not to mention I work down the block from Bryant Park in Manhattan. And of course, every other big corporate presence in midtown has 1 or 2 unsecured WAP's.
Time to pick up a Dremel tool and a can of Pringles...
I'm still playing wolfenstein. IT's my favorite.
I'd wager big money linux is not in the release picture. I'd bet its only 'cause the divx player is available on linux.
I really don't like consoles, and the gameplay looks awfully stiff, as I expect from those platforms. /me waits for Deus Ex 2 and Doom III.
Wow. SuSE doesn't have many supporters at /., eh?
I've used SuSE mail servers 2 and 3 at a few consulting clients and find them to be well designed, solid products. THe price on Version 2 was a paltry $399 or some such, but SuSE learned that people don't buy a good thing unless its expensive, so they ratcheted the price of v.3 to $999.
To install the SuSE server, you boot off the CD, accept all defaults and wait about 15 minutes. SuSE linux is installed jointly with the mail server, so from bare drive to fully functional takes about 20 minutes.
Previous versions work well with IMAP or POP (i use IMAP) and come bundled with a a custom version of Arkeia backup software so you can slap on a tape drive and back up the server every night.
Server has a great web mail client (much better in the Open Exchange version) and allows users to easily change their vacatin, auto-reply, forwarding prefs from a web config screen.
Using outlook, Mozilla, Netscape or any LDAP compliant email client, you can pull all your user addresses off the server with a link to the server based LDAP directory, no server based config needed.
I love this client for small business clients, and I will certainly give the latest a shot. Just 'cause the slashdot headline uses the term "exchange killer" doesn't mean you have to jump on SuSE like lemmings off a cliff.
SuSE often touts "exchange-like groupware" functionality, only to reveal that its soley available via the web based client scheduler. That aside, they make good products. If you don't have time to configure your own, its worth a shot.