Windows, which is really a great OS, gets such a bad rap because it's expected to run with every piece of hardware out there flawlessly.
Well, mister, the problem is, I don't consider Windows a great OS and I'm quite sure a lot of people will agree with me. And this has nothing to do with hardware compatibility - even if Windows was the most solid OS on this planet, I wouldn't like it because I just don't like how it's designed.
How about social impact of computing in general? I was 11 years when I started to "mess" with computers. That was in 1985. I was an extrovert before that, now I'm introvert. My social life has suffered seriously because of that and I'm not kidding.
It's not like that. A lot of companies say 'degree required', but in reality it might not be so. You just got to have a courage to apply that job even if you don't have a degree.
Kernel guru Jordan Hubbard (Apple's Darwin project manager) does not have a college degree either.
Hi! I'm doing professional audio related tasks with my workstation and low latency is essential. On Linux I use my M-Audio Delta 66 audiocard and my MIDI -keyboard through ALSA. Is Linux ALSA (or similar) ported to FreeBSD / Dragonfly? Can I run Jack on FreeBSD? What about Ardour (digital audio workstation software) and LADSPA audio plugins?
Anybody out there who knows FreeBSD / Dragonfly audio and could answer my questions? Thanks!
Well, I'm not using Gentoo, but it's not just %10. I get _huge_ performance gains on my 3.2GHz Northwood if I use proper compiler optimizations. I'm using this workstation for audio related tasks. Ardour (Digital Audio Workstation software) and several plugin effects / audio encoders are 30-40% faster compared to precompiled i386 binaries.
Yeah! Tell me about it. Nice present from Redmond guys. But let me tell you a happy story! Open Source world gave me the nicest Christmas present I could ever imagine! (well.. I had to download some software and compile a few libraries to make it work, but..)
Linux audio community gave me Yamaha DX-7 synthesizer! This is my dream come true, I can now play some great tunes that made this synthesizer one of the most well known synthesizers. This synthesizer was used on U2's Unforgettable Fire and The Joshua Tree albums. This synthesizer was used by these artists: the Crystal Method, Kraftwerk, Underworld, Orbital, BT, Talking Heads, Brian Eno, Tony Banks, Mike Lindup of Level 42, Jan Hammer, Roger Hodgson, Teddy Riley, Brian Eno, T Lavitz of the Dregs, Sir George Martin, Supertramp, Phil Collins, Stevie Wonder, Daryl Hall, Steve Winwood, Scritti Politti, Babyface, Peter-John Vettese, Depeche Mode, D:Ream, Front 242, U2, A-Ha, Enya, The Cure, Astral Projection, Fluke, Kitaro, Vangelis, Elton John, James Horner, Toto, Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald, Chick Corea, Level 42, Queen, Yes, Michael Boddicker, Julian Lennon, Jean-Michel Jarre, Sneaker Pimps, Greg Phillanganes, Stabbing Westward and Herbie Hancock to name a few.
Can you imagine that? And all this for FREE! Thanks to you guys who made that software synthesizer for Linux!
If you really want to get a PC for your livingroom, consider building your own and fitting it to PC cases like these.
Then install Linux and MythTV software. MythTV really rocks! It can act as a DVD jukebox (you can rip your DVDs and store them on the HD), music jukebox, video recorder etc. and it has some really nice features like automatic commercial skipping. Definitely worth checking!
There is nothing "PRO-Level" about that app. Pro level would be Fxpansion BFD or Battery 2 or Drumkit From Hell Superior or any of the various East West compilation libraries.
So, you didn't bother checking out that app? You just rather posted your pointless rant as anonymous coward?
I (as a professional musician) would say that Hydrogen's UltraAcousticKit drum kit that features 32 outstanding live drum samples from the top-notch Roland Fantom-S music production workstation sounds very much like professional to me. In fact - I own Roland Fantom-S and I can not tell a difference.
Any suggestions? Well, wait till the official release of Slackware 10 is out, download it, install it and then just enjoy the ride! You'll enjoy it - and that's a promise!
Thank You very much Patrick for your work on Slackware! When the official version of Slackware 10 is released I promise to open a bottle of champagne and drink to Slackware!
In this insane world of distrowars Slackware is the only sane thing. Let them other distros have a war against each other, I'll stay out of it and stick with my good old Slackware! It's built on tradition! I like it! No, I love it! Using Slackware is like stepping into traditional, old Irish pub and it welcomes you warmly.
Thanks to you all who have something to do with Slackware!
It is interesting piece of software, but if you want a true professional video editing software for your Linux box, I suggest you use Cinelerra. It's an amazing software - equivalent to something that would probably cost hundreds of thousand dollars - and yes, it is open source.
Finland has had 'driver's license' for computer users since 1994. 141 000 finnish computer users have got it. The Finnish Computer Driving Licence is an IT examination for everyone, the first of its kind. It is intended for those who have used computers very little, very much or not at all. It is mostly required if you're applying for a certain kind of job.
That's not a bad idea. Believe it or not, but in Finland we have had driver's license (yes, it's actually even called 'computer driving license') for computer users since year 1994. You can find some more information about it here
141 000 finnish computer users have got it so far and it's mostly required if you're applying for a certain kind of jobs.
There's still a lot of creativity in demos nowadays, but I'm willing to go as far as saying that modern demo guys are lamers compared to guys who made demos back in the old days. It's so much easier nowadays. Hardware is doing all the tricks for the programmer.
Take a _good_ look at this demo and analyze it! It's a demo called Atom from a finnish group called Sorcerers. It was coded using IBM AT in 1990. It's size is 23552 _bytes_ and it has some nice features such as digitized voice. Think about the hardware and compilers back then. This is something that will make you say "wow" if you think you know something about computers/programming.
No, no. The Blaster hole was fixed about a month ago. People just didn't patch their products.
What I ment was that the Blaster incident was probably the last nail in their coffin - maybe they finally had enough and decided to take security a little bit more seriously from now on. That would explain the delay.
How is that a reason? The exploit that worm used was fixed months ago.
Yeah, it was fixed about a month ago, but this recent incident that had a huge effect on their customers _must have_ increased their willingness to improve the security of their products once and for all - thus the delay. Or perhaps I'm just daydreaming.. I don't know.
Welcome to Finland. We got like total darkness in the nights most of the year. Some of you would probably fear and feel uncomfortable in darkness like this. Only in June there's the midnight sun.
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Windows, which is really a great OS, gets such a bad rap because it's expected to run with every piece of hardware out there flawlessly.
Well, mister, the problem is, I don't consider Windows a great OS and I'm quite sure a lot of people will agree with me. And this has nothing to do with hardware compatibility - even if Windows was the most solid OS on this planet, I wouldn't like it because I just don't like how it's designed.
How about social impact of computing in general? I was 11 years when I started to "mess" with computers. That was in 1985. I was an extrovert before that, now I'm introvert. My social life has suffered seriously because of that and I'm not kidding.
You know where to leave your feedback about this incident.
It's not like that. A lot of companies say 'degree required', but in reality it might not be so. You just got to have a courage to apply that job even if you don't have a degree.
Kernel guru Jordan Hubbard (Apple's Darwin project manager) does not have a college degree either.
Linus uses a Mac? Yes, he does, but he doesn't run OS-X on it. He's running Linux on it.
In 1989 I was a Sysop while most of you were still pissing in your pants screaming for your mommy to come help you. Some of you weren't even born.
It was fun back then. It's not fun anymore. What went wrong?
Hi! I'm doing professional audio related tasks with my workstation and low latency is essential. On Linux I use my M-Audio Delta 66 audiocard and my MIDI -keyboard through ALSA. Is Linux ALSA (or similar) ported to FreeBSD / Dragonfly? Can I run Jack on FreeBSD? What about Ardour (digital audio workstation software) and LADSPA audio plugins?
Anybody out there who knows FreeBSD / Dragonfly audio and could answer my questions? Thanks!
Well, I'm not using Gentoo, but it's not just %10. I get _huge_ performance gains on my 3.2GHz Northwood if I use proper compiler optimizations. I'm using this workstation for audio related tasks. Ardour (Digital Audio Workstation software) and several plugin effects / audio encoders are 30-40% faster compared to precompiled i386 binaries.
Yeah! Tell me about it. Nice present from Redmond guys. But let me tell you a happy story! Open Source world gave me the nicest Christmas present I could ever imagine! (well.. I had to download some software and compile a few libraries to make it work, but..)
Linux audio community gave me Yamaha DX-7 synthesizer! This is my dream come true, I can now play some great tunes that made this synthesizer one of the most well known synthesizers. This synthesizer was used on U2's Unforgettable Fire and The Joshua Tree albums. This synthesizer was used by these artists: the Crystal Method, Kraftwerk, Underworld, Orbital, BT, Talking Heads, Brian Eno, Tony Banks, Mike Lindup of Level 42, Jan Hammer, Roger Hodgson, Teddy Riley, Brian Eno, T Lavitz of the Dregs, Sir George Martin, Supertramp, Phil Collins, Stevie Wonder, Daryl Hall, Steve Winwood, Scritti Politti, Babyface, Peter-John Vettese, Depeche Mode, D:Ream, Front 242, U2, A-Ha, Enya, The Cure, Astral Projection, Fluke, Kitaro, Vangelis, Elton John, James Horner, Toto, Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald, Chick Corea, Level 42, Queen, Yes, Michael Boddicker, Julian Lennon, Jean-Michel Jarre, Sneaker Pimps, Greg Phillanganes, Stabbing Westward and Herbie Hancock to name a few.
Can you imagine that? And all this for FREE! Thanks to you guys who made that software synthesizer for Linux!
Wanna have it? Here's where to start.
You see, sometimes the best Christmas presents can be free! Happy Christmas and thank you very much, Open Source world!
If you really want to get a PC for your livingroom, consider building your own and fitting it to PC cases like these.
Then install Linux and MythTV software. MythTV really rocks! It can act as a DVD jukebox (you can rip your DVDs and store them on the HD), music jukebox, video recorder etc. and it has some really nice features like automatic commercial skipping. Definitely worth checking!
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There is nothing "PRO-Level" about that app. Pro level would be Fxpansion BFD or Battery 2 or Drumkit From Hell Superior or any of the various East West compilation libraries.
So, you didn't bother checking out that app? You just rather posted your pointless rant as anonymous coward?
I (as a professional musician) would say that Hydrogen's UltraAcousticKit drum kit that features 32 outstanding live drum samples from the top-notch Roland Fantom-S music production workstation sounds very much like professional to me. In fact - I own Roland Fantom-S and I can not tell a difference.
Glad to see I'm not alone here! Let's drink to U2's new album!
Any suggestions? Well, wait till the official release of Slackware 10 is out, download it, install it and then just enjoy the ride! You'll enjoy it - and that's a promise!
Thank You very much Patrick for your work on Slackware! When the official version of Slackware 10 is released I promise to open a bottle of champagne and drink to Slackware!
In this insane world of distrowars Slackware is the only sane thing. Let them other distros have a war against each other, I'll stay out of it and stick with my good old Slackware! It's built on tradition! I like it! No, I love it! Using Slackware is like stepping into traditional, old Irish pub and it welcomes you warmly.
Thanks to you all who have something to do with Slackware!
The link you give clearly shows this is NOT professional editing software.
What's wrong with the link? I think you should actually try it and then review it rather than judging it by looking at some webpage.
It is interesting piece of software, but if you want a true professional video editing software for your Linux box, I suggest you use Cinelerra. It's an amazing software - equivalent to something that would probably cost hundreds of thousand dollars - and yes, it is open source.
Find some more information here .
Finland has had 'driver's license' for computer users since 1994. 141 000 finnish computer users have got it. The Finnish Computer Driving Licence is an IT examination for everyone, the first of its kind. It is intended for those who have used computers very little, very much or not at all. It is mostly required if you're applying for a certain kind of job.
You can get some more information here
That's not a bad idea. Believe it or not, but in Finland we have had driver's license (yes, it's actually even called 'computer driving license') for computer users since year 1994. You can find some more information about it here
141 000 finnish computer users have got it so far and it's mostly required if you're applying for a certain kind of jobs.
There's still a lot of creativity in demos nowadays, but I'm willing to go as far as saying that modern demo guys are lamers compared to guys who made demos back in the old days. It's so much easier nowadays. Hardware is doing all the tricks for the programmer.
Take a _good_ look at this demo and analyze it! It's a demo called Atom from a finnish group called Sorcerers. It was coded using IBM AT in 1990. It's size is 23552 _bytes_ and it has some nice features such as digitized voice. Think about the hardware and compilers back then. This is something that will make you say "wow" if you think you know something about computers/programming.
No, no. The Blaster hole was fixed about a month ago. People just didn't patch their products.
What I ment was that the Blaster incident was probably the last nail in their coffin - maybe they finally had enough and decided to take security a little bit more seriously from now on. That would explain the delay.
How is that a reason? The exploit that worm used was fixed months ago.
Yeah, it was fixed about a month ago, but this recent incident that had a huge effect on their customers _must have_ increased their willingness to improve the security of their products once and for all - thus the delay. Or perhaps I'm just daydreaming.. I don't know.
Without any reasons?
There's always a reason! I think Blaster is a reason enough.
Welcome to Finland. We got like total darkness in the nights most of the year. Some of you would probably fear and feel uncomfortable in darkness like this. Only in June there's the midnight sun.