If you want advanced wi-fi support, OpenBSD is the *nix with the broadest hardware support. It is of course inherently safe, secure and perfect for wi-fi for exactly those reasons. If your friend insists on a Linux, I would advise Ubuntu, a RTL8180 card and this driver. I have been running a Ubuntubox as webserver (with an old IBM Aptiva as hardware) wirelessly in my sleepout for yonkers now, and the uptime is great.
But in hindsight I should have used OpenBSD, just forgot to get the bloody CD's out.
So if I wanted to harness the extra bit of speed that a 64-bit processor would theoretically give me, I would either have to use a distro that has binaries precompiled for 64-bit use or use something whacky like Gentoo and combile all my binaries myself?
well, another option would be to run OpenBSD. Even running it as a desktop OS it will give you enough apps for excellent productivity, and you always have the warm, fuzzy feeling in your belly that you're supporting peace-loving Canadians AND have a secure machine.
Through the years I have tried out Suse, Ubuntu, Debian, Gentoo, Yoper, Beatrix, Knoppix and Mepis, and although they all had their weaknesses and strengths, the only thing that always worked flawlessly was gimp-print with the three different printers I have at home (BJC 265, i250 and HL-1430).
J. David Kuos "Dot.Bomb" was a brillantly written account of how to burn an extra-ordinary amount of money by doing some of the most astonishingly idiotic business decisions ever.
Ok,
just for the laughs of it: if the task would be to put together a machine that has 5 % less of the speed and FPS of this so called "no-budget" dream machine, how much would we spend? 3000 dollar less? Just because building a machine is possible it doesn't give me any cost - usability benefit (bang for the buck, for the dyslexics out there).
4000 US$ for a gaming machine? No thanks. I really, really like my machines fast and well built, but I rather spend the the remaining 3000 dollars on some improvements on my home entertainment, a nice luxury weekend with my girlfriend in Wanaka and buy a couple of bottles of Single Malt, Central Otago Pinot Noir and pack of East Timor Fair Trade Coffee.
e) G4 Ibook, used as main day to day machine by myself and the girlfriend
f) Athlon 2600XP with a Gig ram and a high-end Nvidia Graphic Card running XP Pro for gaming, outside in my shed. This machine is kept 90% of the time off the net, and just being let online for updates (of games/XP/Search and Destroy, AVG).
I thought about a OpenBSD machine to use as Mailserver/DNS/Fileserver/Firewall, but.Mac really makes that unnecessary and the Macs behind the router's firewall are pretty safe as well.
The cemeteries are full of people who deem themselves indispensable. If you're not able to leave your pager at home when you're off, you've got the wrong job.
"Simplify, Simplify". H.D. Thoreau had a point, don't you think?
In addition to being a great, functional and secure OS, it also has a outspoken, intelligent leader who is not afraid to stir up controversy for his political or technical beliefs.
As usual in Slashdot, the whole commentary is of course very northern hemisphere biased.
We down here at the end of the world on New Zealand's South Island look forward to view the magnificent Aurora australiensis, even if it is horribly misnamed.
..that's why Wikipedia needs some editorial control. Everything 2 's 20 odd editors keep a tight regime on shoddily researched nodes and purge them (or encourage the writer to improve the writeup). Crediting your sources is mandatory and there's always a lively discussion on the value of a writeup.
Oh yes, did I mention it's more fun as well?
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You could just use a mini distro like Damn small Linux . With 57 MB for the full version (which I'm sure could be further stripped and then added the 3d drivers) that leaves you 400 MB for data. Not bad. Driver support / Hardware support could be as simple as a monthly "apt-get update".
Mmmh. *gets out his coding gloves and yells for coffee*...
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Defcon 5 was truly terrible, but it looks like its new namesake actually has pretty similar screens.
Mmmh. Unusual.
Did I mention it's free?
Cheers.
My setup:
Setting up taught me things I didn't know about MySQL, Apache and Ubuntu and I don't have to rely on a third party provider.
Profit???
But in hindsight I should have used OpenBSD, just forgot to get the bloody CD's out.
Puts a lot of "normal users" off KDE. I prefer Gnome anyway, but still....
Compared to the last ten year's crop of 'game' movies, Tron was new and exciting because:
Unfortunately the author didn't realise that Tron was actually not a 'tie-in', though the later released arcade game was.
It must be tough not to be able to use Google as a research tool.
In Russia, Polar Landers tow YOU!
So if I wanted to harness the extra bit of speed that a 64-bit processor would theoretically give me, I would either have to use a distro that has binaries precompiled for 64-bit use or use something whacky like Gentoo and combile all my binaries myself?
well, another option would be to run OpenBSD. Even running it as a desktop OS it will give you enough apps for excellent productivity, and you always have the warm, fuzzy feeling in your belly that you're supporting peace-loving Canadians AND have a secure machine.
Through the years I have tried out Suse, Ubuntu, Debian, Gentoo, Yoper, Beatrix, Knoppix and Mepis, and although they all had their weaknesses and strengths, the only thing that always worked flawlessly was gimp-print with the three different printers I have at home (BJC 265, i250 and HL-1430).
Maybe there are other issues with your setup?
So, is this the same mission as the long longed for Kuiper Express?
or even Damn Small Linux
(Never post from work...)
Damn Small Linux
J. David Kuos "Dot.Bomb" was a brillantly written account of how to burn an extra-ordinary amount of money by doing some of the most astonishingly idiotic business decisions ever.
Very, very good read. Highly recommended.
Why in the world would I want to pay you for a couple of screensavers and a number of different pointers with my Knoppix Distro?
Aim Penis size bragging: "You wanna see the scan of my wang, baby?" D
4000 US$ for a gaming machine? No thanks. I really, really like my machines fast and well built, but I rather spend the the remaining 3000 dollars on some improvements on my home entertainment, a nice luxury weekend with my girlfriend in Wanaka and buy a couple of bottles of Single Malt, Central Otago Pinot Noir and pack of East Timor Fair Trade Coffee.
There you have it...
A new "*BSD is dead" - style troll. Very sophisticated.
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b) D-Link wireless router to reduce cabling
c) Mac Mini as main Itunes server, feeding the
d) Airport Express Unit hooked up to the Stereo
e) G4 Ibook, used as main day to day machine by myself and the girlfriend
f) Athlon 2600XP with a Gig ram and a high-end Nvidia Graphic Card running XP Pro for gaming, outside in my shed. This machine is kept 90% of the time off the net, and just being let online for updates (of games/XP/Search and Destroy, AVG).
I thought about a OpenBSD machine to use as Mailserver/DNS/Fileserver/Firewall, but .Mac really makes that unnecessary and the Macs behind the router's firewall are pretty safe as well.
All of that in rural New Zealand. Heaven!
NN
The cemeteries are full of people who deem themselves indispensable. If you're not able to leave your pager at home when you're off, you've got the wrong job.
"Simplify, Simplify". H.D. Thoreau had a point, don't you think?
NN
Adventure: The Hobbit and Myst
Real Time Strategy: Total Annihilation
Turn based Strategy: Alpha Centauri.
First Person Shooter: Battlezones (Atari Arcade)
Cheers, N
Utter rubbish. Me, being a complete *nix idiot then (and still pretty clueless now) was able to install OpenBSD without a hitch, found drivers for my exotic hardware and had the best community support you could wish for. .
In addition to being a great, functional and secure OS, it also has a outspoken, intelligent leader who is not afraid to stir up controversy for his political or technical beliefs.
Go Theo!
We down here at the end of the world on New Zealand's South Island look forward to view the magnificent Aurora australiensis, even if it is horribly misnamed.
Oh yes, did I mention it's more fun as well?
Mmmh. *gets out his coding gloves and yells for coffee*...