Also in the US is American Computech, who will let you pick and choose the exact components to include or not to include, then build the machine for you. (You can even order a computer without a hard drive, as I did a few years back. No connection, etc.)
Security support for sarge is scheduled to begin today. Woody users may want to consider upgrading to sarge now, testing the upgrade path, and help out with reporting/fixing any bugs they encounter.
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I hope you're familiar with the Debian kernel packaging scripts. All it takes is two commands after you're done with "make *config" to automatically build a.deb of your custom kernel, ready to install.
True, the original Junkbuster is not HTTP 1.1-compliant, but there's also Privoxy, which is based on the original (GPL'd) Junkbuster code and offers 1.1-compatibility, among other enhancements. Definitely worth a look.
There's also "apt-cache policy," which shows the difference between the version currently installed and the installation candidate, among other things. E.g.:
"One place where ports has an advantage, however, IMHO, is that the "database" of available packages lives on your local filesystem... you don't have to go searching around the web for the package you want, and you don't need a GUI to fetch and install packages."
With apt (assuming you've run "apt-get update" at least once since the system was installed, and thus have package lists to search) you don't need to go online to search the package database. You can use the "apt-cache search" command for this. Just type, for example, "apt-cache search alsa" to produce a list of all packages containing the word "alsa" in their names or descriptions.
And I think there's another reason for the falling sales that isn't cited nearly often enough: the rise of the DVD. According to this article, "3.8 million DVD players were sold last year, double that of the previous 12 months. DVD sales reached 80 million last year, representing a 111 percent increase over 2001. Twenty million DVDs and 1.2 million DVD players were sold in December 2002 alone."
I think it's fairly certain that at least a small percentage (and, far more likely, a considerable percentage) of the money currently being spent on DVDs and DVD players would have gone towards CDs in years past, and that this is one of the main reasons for declining music sales, along with the other factors that the article mentions.
Not too long ago, I tried to install Gnome on a Debian Woody system via these instructions
The instructions you were trying to follow describe how to install an unofficial (i.e., not-supported-by-the-Debian-project) backport of Gnome 2.2 to woody and, in fact, the the page containing the instructions also contains feedback from a number of other users who attempted to follow them and ran into dependency problems.
Your criticism of the distro and the packaging system seems a bit unfair, since (1) it was clear going in that other users had been having problems with the packages and (2) the (unofficial) packages hadn't been subjected to Debian's usual quality-control process.
-- The economy is not exactly booming to the extent that it was four or five years ago, and:
-- The rise of the DVD. I occasionally see this cited as a contributing factor to declining CD sales, but IMO, it isn't emphasized strongly enough. Up until I bought a DVD player, I never even considered purchasing movies on, for example, VHS; since getting a DVD player, I've spent as much money on DVDs as CDs, and the music industry has a much bigger fight on its hands when it comes to my entertainment dollar. In light of my experience, and considering how many DVD players have been sold over the past three years, I can very easily see how the rise of the DVD could be (and most likely is) one of the main things eating into recording industry revenues -- in addition to the many other factors so often cited.
Gun Crazy, a.k.a. "Deadly is the Female." Peter Bogdanovich has reportedly called this one of the greatest films ever made. I don't know if I'd go quite that far, but no fan of 1940s-style film noir should miss it. I have no idea why it isn't better known. Look for the famous bank robbery scene shot entirely in one take from the back seat of the getaway car.
No, Hatch isn't involved in this. In fact he regularly posts articles on his website (example) urging fans to petition the powers-that-be in an effort get his own treatment of the original story produced. By the way, Hatch isn't the creator of BSG, but he has co-written several novels based on the original show and, up until the point when this Sci-Fi project was announced, had been battling with BSG creator Glen Larson, attempting to win the rights to produce a new Galactica film or TV series. (BTW, Larson apparently doesn't control the rights either; those seem to be owned by Universal.)
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Also in the US is American Computech, who will let you pick and choose the exact components to include or not to include, then build the machine for you. (You can even order a computer without a hard drive, as I did a few years back. No connection, etc.)
Security support for sarge is scheduled to begin today. Woody users may want to consider upgrading to sarge now, testing the upgrade path, and help out with reporting/fixing any bugs they encounter.
If you don't wish to register you might consider visiting here also.
I hope you're familiar with the Debian kernel packaging scripts. All it takes is two commands after you're done with "make *config" to automatically build a .deb of your custom kernel, ready to install.
True, the original Junkbuster is not HTTP 1.1-compliant, but there's also Privoxy, which is based on the original (GPL'd) Junkbuster code and offers 1.1-compatibility, among other enhancements. Definitely worth a look.
There's also "apt-cache policy," which shows the difference between the version currently installed and the installation candidate, among other things. E.g.:
/var/lib/dpkg/status
apt-cache policy mozilla-browser
mozilla-browser:
Installed: 2:1.0.0-0.woody.1
Candidate: 2:1.0.0-0.woody.1
Version Table:
*** 2:1.0.0-0.woody.1 0
500 http://http.us.debian.org stable/main Packages
500 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages
100
"One place where ports has an advantage, however, IMHO, is that the "database" of available packages lives on your local filesystem... you don't have to go searching around the web for the package you want, and you don't need a GUI to fetch and install packages."
With apt (assuming you've run "apt-get update" at least once since the system was installed, and thus have package lists to search) you don't need to go online to search the package database. You can use the "apt-cache search" command for this. Just type, for example, "apt-cache search alsa" to produce a list of all packages containing the word "alsa" in their names or descriptions.
And I think there's another reason for the falling sales that isn't cited nearly often enough: the rise of the DVD. According to this article, "3.8 million DVD players were sold last year, double that of the previous 12 months. DVD sales reached 80 million last year, representing a 111 percent increase over 2001. Twenty million DVDs and 1.2 million DVD players were sold in December 2002 alone."
I think it's fairly certain that at least a small percentage (and, far more likely, a considerable percentage) of the money currently being spent on DVDs and DVD players would have gone towards CDs in years past, and that this is one of the main reasons for declining music sales, along with the other factors that the article mentions.
Not too long ago, I tried to install Gnome on a Debian Woody system via these instructions
The instructions you were trying to follow describe how to install an unofficial (i.e., not-supported-by-the-Debian-project) backport of Gnome 2.2 to woody and, in fact, the the page containing the instructions also contains feedback from a number of other users who attempted to follow them and ran into dependency problems.
Your criticism of the distro and the packaging system seems a bit unfair, since (1) it was clear going in that other users had been having problems with the packages and (2) the (unofficial) packages hadn't been subjected to Debian's usual quality-control process.
Plus, two other possible factors to consider:
-- The economy is not exactly booming to the extent that it was four or five years ago, and:
-- The rise of the DVD. I occasionally see this cited as a contributing factor to declining CD sales, but IMO, it isn't emphasized strongly enough. Up until I bought a DVD player, I never even considered purchasing movies on, for example, VHS; since getting a DVD player, I've spent as much money on DVDs as CDs, and the music industry has a much bigger fight on its hands when it comes to my entertainment dollar. In light of my experience, and considering how many DVD players have been sold over the past three years, I can very easily see how the rise of the DVD could be (and most likely is) one of the main things eating into recording industry revenues -- in addition to the many other factors so often cited.
Gun Crazy, a.k.a. "Deadly is the Female." Peter Bogdanovich has reportedly called this one of the greatest films ever made. I don't know if I'd go quite that far, but no fan of 1940s-style film noir should miss it. I have no idea why it isn't better known. Look for the famous bank robbery scene shot entirely in one take from the back seat of the getaway car.
No, Hatch isn't involved in this. In fact he regularly posts articles on his website (example) urging fans to petition the powers-that-be in an effort get his own treatment of the original story produced. By the way, Hatch isn't the creator of BSG, but he has co-written several novels based on the original show and, up until the point when this Sci-Fi project was announced, had been battling with BSG creator Glen Larson, attempting to win the rights to produce a new Galactica film or TV series. (BTW, Larson apparently doesn't control the rights either; those seem to be owned by Universal.)
...can be found here. (Summary: he pans it; quote: " This remake is a disaster and will be the END of the line for this property.")
This was copied-and-pasted from here. It was originally a reply to an article posted on ZDNet in October of 2000.
I'd say this goes beyond mere "complaining." :)