It's not just about speed, it's also about quality. I want to be able to run my games at 1280x1024 in 32-bit color with FFA and bump-mapping. And I don't want it to be slow. I'm not looking for 256fps at 1024x768 on medium quality, I'm looking for 85fps at 1280x1024 on high quality, and I think that's what the GPU manufacturers are counting on.
I run Gentoo 1.2 w/ XFree 4.2, KDE3, some Gnome packages, Mozilla, Samba, Apache, PHP4, MySQL, etc, etc. I did a stage 1 install (start from scratch, compile everything) at around 9pm, and let it run overnight. When I woke up, it was done, completely. No big deal, for me. The only downside is that I now have to give more consideration to doing a format and reinstall, because I know I can't just do it on a whim anymore.
Granted, I have a relativley fast PC (1.4GHz, 512MB RAM, 2x40GB Baracudda IV's), so I don't really have to worry about it as much as others. Source-based distributions aren't for everyone, Gentoo in particular. It's designed by developers for developers and power users. I just know that I like it, and will continue to recommend it to other power-users with good PCs
On a side note, I have heard of user-based efforts to produce binary packages for items such as X, KDE, and GNOME, for people with slower machines. The beauty is, that with emerge, all you need to do to achieve this is give it an exra parameter. It will download, compile, and package a binary package automatically. Neat.
Debian has long been one of my favorite Linux distributions. It's nice to see it get some coverage from mainstream Linux media (other than Taco's postings).
However, I've recently begun to be put off by Debian's pace of accepting newer desktop technology. Yes, Debian is a truly free Linux distribution, with a great social contract. But I'm wondering if that's now starting to affect the quality of the distribution. Because it's a volunteer effort, packages updates are slow to come for new versions. The maintainers that do keep their packages updated regularly are often held back by other maintainers of depended packages. This makes it very frustrating for the users who just want to be able to run KDE3 (for instance). Potato is now several years old, but it continues to be the stable release. I can't even consider running Potato on my servers, because older packages are holding back newer, exciting features, such as winbind or iptables.
I will always love Debian, and will probably continue running Woody on my servers. However, I've switched my desktop over to Gentoo, and I haven't looked back. I'm still running a truly free, volunteer Linux distribution, but at least I'm not held captive by slow package maintainers.
IKEA makes some nice, low-to-the-ground chairs that (I think) are perfect for console gaming.
The OPPALA chair is very low to the ground and cheap ($20).
But the POANG chair is my favorite. I could sit in one of these all day long. It's a little more expensive ($80), but it will serve you well for reading, watching TV, or just relaxing, as well as console gaming.
(No, I don't work for IKEA, I just really like these chairs).
How about option 5? Seperate DVDs geared towards different fans, but release them at the same time.
I agree that they made the right move by releasing two different versions of the DVD. They can best serve the entire audience of the movie that way. However, I don't like the fact that they're releasing them at two different times. The studio knows that big fans don't want to wait to November to own the movie, but at the same time they want to see the extra footage, so they'll buy the November release as well. Money is the driving factor behind almost everything Corporate America does.
Ummm, an IRC log is just a text file. You're probably viewing it in a Windows text editor, which would cause the line breaks not to translate properly. Try viewing the file in Wordpad, or better yet, VIM.
As an aside, just because everyone you know uses AIM doesn't necessary mean that the rest of the world does. The reason it's not posted in an AOL IM log format is because the Q&A took place on IRC, not on AOL.
Man, the first thing I'm going to do when I get home tonight is download the ISO
Okay, do that tonight...
then burn a CD. Then I'm going to install it.
... then do this two nights from now. Have you seen what happens to mirror servers when a new distro comes out? I'm lucky to be getting 20k from a mirror off my T1 line. The download I started this AM won't finish until around 11pm tonight. I can't imagine what it's going to be like trying to get onto a server tonight. Good luck!
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It's not just about speed, it's also about quality. I want to be able to run my games at 1280x1024 in 32-bit color with FFA and bump-mapping. And I don't want it to be slow. I'm not looking for 256fps at 1024x768 on medium quality, I'm looking for 85fps at 1280x1024 on high quality, and I think that's what the GPU manufacturers are counting on.
I run Gentoo 1.2 w/ XFree 4.2, KDE3, some Gnome packages, Mozilla, Samba, Apache, PHP4, MySQL, etc, etc. I did a stage 1 install (start from scratch, compile everything) at around 9pm, and let it run overnight. When I woke up, it was done, completely. No big deal, for me. The only downside is that I now have to give more consideration to doing a format and reinstall, because I know I can't just do it on a whim anymore.
Granted, I have a relativley fast PC (1.4GHz, 512MB RAM, 2x40GB Baracudda IV's), so I don't really have to worry about it as much as others. Source-based distributions aren't for everyone, Gentoo in particular. It's designed by developers for developers and power users. I just know that I like it, and will continue to recommend it to other power-users with good PCs
On a side note, I have heard of user-based efforts to produce binary packages for items such as X, KDE, and GNOME, for people with slower machines. The beauty is, that with emerge, all you need to do to achieve this is give it an exra parameter. It will download, compile, and package a binary package automatically. Neat.
Debian has long been one of my favorite Linux distributions. It's nice to see it get some coverage from mainstream Linux media (other than Taco's postings).
However, I've recently begun to be put off by Debian's pace of accepting newer desktop technology. Yes, Debian is a truly free Linux distribution, with a great social contract. But I'm wondering if that's now starting to affect the quality of the distribution. Because it's a volunteer effort, packages updates are slow to come for new versions. The maintainers that do keep their packages updated regularly are often held back by other maintainers of depended packages. This makes it very frustrating for the users who just want to be able to run KDE3 (for instance). Potato is now several years old, but it continues to be the stable release. I can't even consider running Potato on my servers, because older packages are holding back newer, exciting features, such as winbind or iptables.
I will always love Debian, and will probably continue running Woody on my servers. However, I've switched my desktop over to Gentoo, and I haven't looked back. I'm still running a truly free, volunteer Linux distribution, but at least I'm not held captive by slow package maintainers.
IKEA makes some nice, low-to-the-ground chairs that (I think) are perfect for console gaming.
The OPPALA chair is very low to the ground and cheap ($20).
But the POANG chair is my favorite. I could sit in one of these all day long. It's a little more expensive ($80), but it will serve you well for reading, watching TV, or just relaxing, as well as console gaming.
(No, I don't work for IKEA, I just really like these chairs).
How about option 5? Seperate DVDs geared towards different fans, but release them at the same time.
I agree that they made the right move by releasing two different versions of the DVD. They can best serve the entire audience of the movie that way. However, I don't like the fact that they're releasing them at two different times. The studio knows that big fans don't want to wait to November to own the movie, but at the same time they want to see the extra footage, so they'll buy the November release as well. Money is the driving factor behind almost everything Corporate America does.
Ummm, an IRC log is just a text file. You're probably viewing it in a Windows text editor, which would cause the line breaks not to translate properly. Try viewing the file in Wordpad, or better yet, VIM.
As an aside, just because everyone you know uses AIM doesn't necessary mean that the rest of the world does. The reason it's not posted in an AOL IM log format is because the Q&A took place on IRC, not on AOL.
Man, the first thing I'm going to do when I get home tonight is download the ISO
Okay, do that tonight...
then burn a CD. Then I'm going to install it.
... then do this two nights from now. Have you seen what happens to mirror servers when a new distro comes out? I'm lucky to be getting 20k from a mirror off my T1 line. The download I started this AM won't finish until around 11pm tonight. I can't imagine what it's going to be like trying to get onto a server tonight. Good luck!
Not to nitpick, but the "Center of the Hollywood Univerise" is actually Christopher Lee. Rod Steiger is second. Kevin Bacon rates #913.
The Oracle of Bacon at Virgina is a great resource for this stuff.