Anyone remember the story about Gibson guitars using Ethernet cable? This is a similar step towards unification, and shows that the idea is valid even in non-computer-related areas.
As far as I can tell, Malata is the king of codefree DVD players. The N996 is completely region-free, is progressive scan, has a built-in PAL-NTSC converter (and vice-versa), built in Dolby Digital decoder, and is tweakable beyond belief. On the other hand, I recently bought a Philips 712 that is remotely hackable (like the legendary Apex) for $179, and am quite happy with it. Check out www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk for lots of good info.
One thing that OSX has going for it (along w/other BSDs) is standardization. Trying to install a new version of GTK was a huge pain in the butt. It was installed in about ten different places, and GIMP 1.2 still couldn't find it. Not having to give instructions for different distributions, different packages, etc. will be a big bonus. Binaries will probably become a lot more common as well, good for those who can't (or don't want to) debug make files.
Try a local smaller photo lab, like the one I work at, Oregon Photo. We do prints up to 8x10 using a Kodak dye-sub printer on glossy paper. The result is honestly really good, but of course it all depends on the quality of the file. We take them on floppy, zip or CD. They run about a dollar per print for 4x6. Larger chains like Wolf Camera probably do them also. I'd stay local for better service.
GRUB came pre-installed on my Caldera OpenLinux 2.4 distro. For some reason, it wouldn't boot BeOS 5 PE, which was in its own partition. I switched to lilo, and it has worked perfectly since. It even uses the same graphical dumbed-down display as GRUB.
While KDE may not be the power user's desktop, it's great for the Windows-Linux transition.
My computer is an antiquated 486. For some reason, Windows 95 refuses to run for more than a few hours without crashing, corrupting the registry, and saying nasty things about my mother. I needed to word process, access the internet, my parents needed to use Quicken, and I was at my wit's end. In desperation, I reinstalled Windows 3.1. I still suffered the GPF's, the random crashing, and general unusability, but at least it ran. Eventually, I heard about Linux, and hastily installed it.
KDE gives me a full-featured desktop, and one that's pretty close to what all the Windows and Mac lusers are running. I can run the latest versions of Wordperfect, Netscape, etc. I can turn on my computer and be confident it won't crash. KDE may not be the end-all be-all desktop, but, as a former Microsoft user, I feel comfortable using it. Things work basically the same as they did in Windows, so I can get used to the Linux way of doing things without having to use a completely foreign environment. If it hadn't been for the Windows-ness of KDE, I probably would have given up on Linux.
Man I copy playstaison gamez too. Peopel say that its bad, but thier lamerz! Copying CDs are cool! And Sony shoouldnt hate us 'cuz more people buy the sytems, and plus Sony saves money cuz they don't have to make all those extra CDs! Sony should pay us! COPYING STUFF RULEZ!! WAREZ RULEZ!!
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Anyone remember the story about Gibson guitars using Ethernet cable? This is a similar step towards unification, and shows that the idea is valid even in non-computer-related areas.
As far as I can tell, Malata is the king of codefree DVD players. The N996 is completely region-free, is progressive scan, has a built-in PAL-NTSC converter (and vice-versa), built in Dolby Digital decoder, and is tweakable beyond belief. On the other hand, I recently bought a Philips 712 that is remotely hackable (like the legendary Apex) for $179, and am quite happy with it. Check out www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk for lots of good info.
One thing that OSX has going for it (along w/other BSDs) is standardization. Trying to install a new version of GTK was a huge pain in the butt. It was installed in about ten different places, and GIMP 1.2 still couldn't find it. Not having to give instructions for different distributions, different packages, etc. will be a big bonus. Binaries will probably become a lot more common as well, good for those who can't (or don't want to) debug make files.
Try a local smaller photo lab, like the one I work at, Oregon Photo. We do prints up to 8x10 using a Kodak dye-sub printer on glossy paper. The result is honestly really good, but of course it all depends on the quality of the file. We take them on floppy, zip or CD. They run about a dollar per print for 4x6. Larger chains like Wolf Camera probably do them also. I'd stay local for better service.
GRUB came pre-installed on my Caldera OpenLinux 2.4 distro. For some reason, it wouldn't boot BeOS 5 PE, which was in its own partition. I switched to lilo, and it has worked perfectly since. It even uses the same graphical dumbed-down display as GRUB.
Let's see...
MS-DOS 6.0...$90
Windows 3.1..$90
Windows 95...$90
Windows 98...$90
90+90+90+90=$360
I'll take the 40 bucks and we'll call it even.
While KDE may not be the power user's desktop, it's great for the Windows-Linux transition.
My computer is an antiquated 486. For some reason, Windows 95 refuses to run for more than a few hours without crashing, corrupting the registry, and saying nasty things about my mother. I needed to word process, access the internet, my parents needed to use Quicken, and I was at my wit's end. In desperation, I reinstalled Windows 3.1. I still suffered the GPF's, the random crashing, and general unusability, but at least it ran. Eventually, I heard about Linux, and hastily installed it.
KDE gives me a full-featured desktop, and one that's pretty close to what all the Windows and Mac lusers are running. I can run the latest versions of Wordperfect, Netscape, etc. I can turn on my computer and be confident it won't crash. KDE may not be the end-all be-all desktop, but, as a former Microsoft user, I feel comfortable using it. Things work basically the same as they did in Windows, so I can get used to the Linux way of doing things without having to use a completely foreign environment. If it hadn't been for the Windows-ness of KDE, I probably would have given up on Linux.
Man I copy playstaison gamez too. Peopel say that its bad, but thier lamerz! Copying CDs are cool! And Sony shoouldnt hate us 'cuz more people buy the sytems, and plus Sony saves money cuz they don't have to make all those extra CDs! Sony should pay us! COPYING STUFF RULEZ!! WAREZ RULEZ!!