I think you misunderstood what the poster meant. When he referred to Mandrake as a good newbie OS he was talking about how simple (and automatic) it is to set up the machine. Most Linux newbies don't want to fiddle with modprobe and configuration files trying to get their hardware devices to work, they just want them to work. With Mandrake, they do (for most things).
I use Mandrake and I think it's great. It's much easier (ie, mostly automatic) to set up and install than most of the other distros available. However, if you don't mind wasting time, you can always do the advanced install.
After installation is complete and the new user is using their Linux system, settings can easily be changed using Mandrake's control center(I think that's what they call it). However, if you don't like this, you can always edit configuration by hand (which I mostly do).
When the poster said Mandrake was a great newbie OS he wasn't implying that it's not a great poweruser OS (I think it's both).
I had troubles last night with gaim (0.71). I couldn't connect to the MSN server, however I didn't get a "Protocol not supported" message like some other people have reported. Hopefully it's just a temporary thing. I'm at work now so I can't check it right now.
Ummm....hasn't Usenet been doing this for the past 20+ years? The same post replicated through all its servers for anyone to read? Complete with moderation and cancelbots?
Yes, but minus one key thing: anonymity. People fear prosecution and want to keep their identity anonymous. For anonymous posting, try out Frost with Freenet. Frost works a lot like usenet and should definitely be considered for something like this.
I can't wait 'til the Linux version. And if that ever happens, then I can't wait 'til they start offering vorbis downloads (or even mp3 would be fine).
I don't remember the exact packages that I needed to get dvd working in xine, but this should help. If you install all these packages (or their equivalents) and their dependencies I think you should be okay.
I think only mandrake rpms have the xine-* packages, other package systems might just all be combined into the xine package. (I don't recall exactly, but I remember it for some reason)
Yeah, I understand why they do what they do (and I really don't have anything against them for slowing down P2P transfers in favour of research), but unfortunately for us, our school doesn't turn off traffic shaping during the night so P2P is still slowed down to a crawl but there is barely any web traffic happening.
Well, I get great speeds at my university, but ports like FastTrack and FTP are slowed down quite a bit. Pretty annoying. KaZaA download at about 1k/s (on good days). Not that I use it anyway, but my friends sure hate it.
BitTorrent also has the advantage that it forces you to upload (if you want to maintain decent download speeds). This forces more sharing, resulting in better downloads for everybody.
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Well, they had me up until Pepsi.
Oh, wait no.. they lost me at Windows. I guess I can still buy music from work.
Not to mention it doesn't even run on $FAVORITE_OPERATING_SYSTEM.
I think you misunderstood what the poster meant. When he referred to Mandrake as a good newbie OS he was talking about how simple (and automatic) it is to set up the machine. Most Linux newbies don't want to fiddle with modprobe and configuration files trying to get their hardware devices to work, they just want them to work. With Mandrake, they do (for most things).
I use Mandrake and I think it's great. It's much easier (ie, mostly automatic) to set up and install than most of the other distros available. However, if you don't mind wasting time, you can always do the advanced install.
After installation is complete and the new user is using their Linux system, settings can easily be changed using Mandrake's control center(I think that's what they call it). However, if you don't like this, you can always edit configuration by hand (which I mostly do).
When the poster said Mandrake was a great newbie OS he wasn't implying that it's not a great poweruser OS (I think it's both).
I had troubles last night with gaim (0.71). I couldn't connect to the MSN server, however I didn't get a "Protocol not supported" message like some other people have reported. Hopefully it's just a temporary thing. I'm at work now so I can't check it right now.
Ummm....hasn't Usenet been doing this for the past 20+ years? The same post replicated through all its servers for anyone to read? Complete with moderation and cancelbots?
Yes, but minus one key thing: anonymity. People fear prosecution and want to keep their identity anonymous. For anonymous posting, try out Frost with Freenet. Frost works a lot like usenet and should definitely be considered for something like this.
Haha. That was a great movie (The Italian Job). I actually just watched last night and Shawn Fanning has a cameo in it.
I can't wait 'til the Linux version. And if that ever happens, then I can't wait 'til they start offering vorbis downloads (or even mp3 would be fine).
... Divx KILLS
I just stumbled across this today and thought I'd share it.
I think all the xiph sites are down. I can't get to xiph.org, theora.org or vorbis.com. Maybe tomorrow..
How about Theora? . . . I know.. but maybe someday.
I don't remember the exact packages that I needed to get dvd working in xine, but this should help. If you install all these packages (or their equivalents) and their dependencies I think you should be okay.
I think only mandrake rpms have the xine-* packages, other package systems might just all be combined into the xine package. (I don't recall exactly, but I remember it for some reason)
This is one of the most levelheaded, rational-sounding responses to SCO that I've seen in a long time.
Well, actually, it's a letter to the Linux community just to let us know what's happening. Nonetheless, it's still a great letter.
Could we not just have a monthly updated or something? This is a genuine idea, I'm not just trolling :)
But I read slashdot with all stories blocked but Caldera stories.
Yeah, I understand why they do what they do (and I really don't have anything against them for slowing down P2P transfers in favour of research), but unfortunately for us, our school doesn't turn off traffic shaping during the night so P2P is still slowed down to a crawl but there is barely any web traffic happening.
Well, I get great speeds at my university, but ports like FastTrack and FTP are slowed down quite a bit. Pretty annoying. KaZaA download at about 1k/s (on good days). Not that I use it anyway, but my friends sure hate it.
Well, maybe you'll get lucky and won't get the new Microsoft Virus(tm) either.
hotmail had a similar plan except it took them 5years till everyone had a hotmail address
Keep in mind that Hotmail didn't belong to Microsoft back in the day. It wasn't until Microsoft purchased Hotmail that things started going downhill.
Not necessary. HTTP has a Content-Encoding MIME header, so (off the top of my head)..
The browser then knows to decode the document before rendering it.
I ran across this site yesterday. It's a political art page. Here's one of the pieces related to Scientology: http://www.artpolitic.org/index.php?id=641
I thought I should share it.
The next step would be, imagine this, that parents would actually be responsible for their childs actions!!
No way, that'd never hold up in court.
I totally agree. These people must be pretty sick if they think they can replace someone with money.
Make sure you check out the eWeek poll: "Is SCO Smoking Crack?"
Almost 97% have voted yes.. the other 3% must be smoking crack.
I've never even heard of Gigli. But now that I have I'll be sure not to see it. Thanks, guys.
I would've thought the RIAA would've been ahead of the US military on this one.
BitTorrent also has the advantage that it forces you to upload (if you want to maintain decent download speeds). This forces more sharing, resulting in better downloads for everybody.