great for OS Systems development, but not much more. If you are programming an operating system, there is nothing better then Bochs running with gdb debugging stubs. Peroid. All this talk "Bochs can't run photoshop at a good speed" and "Bochs takes for ever to load windows" is bulljive. Of course it does, because that's not the point!
Why do I own a 386 and use it with DOS 6.22? Because I want to do assembly programming and test out algorithms written in IA32 assembly. If I tried to run PS 8 and WinXP on it and subsequently complained about the speeds, I'd be flamed to death. The same goes for bochs.
Kudos to the developers! A lot of great improvements were put into this release, everything from 3D assembly instructions to a whole new disassembler. Bochs is every OS Developer's dream come true. And it's just gettin' better... (Also, the best "bug fix" imho is that you don't need an extra font installed in X-Windows now).
And if you want to emulate windows and have it run fast, go buy a $400 PC from Walmart. They play quake fine while waiting for the latest kernel to compile.:->
- Simrook
Sending a man to the moon created one of the largest (comparativly) techonological booms to hit mankind. Not only did the economy benefit, but the pure sciences benefited as well. When we send a man/woman to Mars, the economy is going to benefit and the pure sciences are going to benefit. Our children will have a revitilzed interest in the sciences and this will lead in the long run to an even greater economic and scientific upturn.
Additionaly, I think it would be wise of Bush Jr. to announce that the first person to set foot on Mars would be a Women. Not only would this be politicaly wise, but it would also be philosophicaly wise. Bush doing this would set forth a clear prouncement of the end of gender discrimination... of course, it would be even cooler to have a homosexual be the first person.
Either way, my $0.02 on the socio-economic ramifications of this.
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great for OS Systems development, but not much more. If you are programming an operating system, there is nothing better then Bochs running with gdb debugging stubs. Peroid. All this talk "Bochs can't run photoshop at a good speed" and "Bochs takes for ever to load windows" is bulljive. Of course it does, because that's not the point! Why do I own a 386 and use it with DOS 6.22? Because I want to do assembly programming and test out algorithms written in IA32 assembly. If I tried to run PS 8 and WinXP on it and subsequently complained about the speeds, I'd be flamed to death. The same goes for bochs. Kudos to the developers! A lot of great improvements were put into this release, everything from 3D assembly instructions to a whole new disassembler. Bochs is every OS Developer's dream come true. And it's just gettin' better... (Also, the best "bug fix" imho is that you don't need an extra font installed in X-Windows now). And if you want to emulate windows and have it run fast, go buy a $400 PC from Walmart. They play quake fine while waiting for the latest kernel to compile. :->
- Simrook
Sending a man to the moon created one of the largest (comparativly) techonological booms to hit mankind. Not only did the economy benefit, but the pure sciences benefited as well. When we send a man/woman to Mars, the economy is going to benefit and the pure sciences are going to benefit. Our children will have a revitilzed interest in the sciences and this will lead in the long run to an even greater economic and scientific upturn. Additionaly, I think it would be wise of Bush Jr. to announce that the first person to set foot on Mars would be a Women. Not only would this be politicaly wise, but it would also be philosophicaly wise. Bush doing this would set forth a clear prouncement of the end of gender discrimination... of course, it would be even cooler to have a homosexual be the first person. Either way, my $0.02 on the socio-economic ramifications of this.