Ready - Rewrite of the console layer (James Simmons) http://linuxconsole.sourceforge.net/
This one specifically should significantly help Linux take off on more devices.
I instantly flashbacked to the Ghostbuster's scene with the chick and she turns into a monster, but seriously libraries are great resource. Mine has a pretty good selection of computer books that I normally would have to pay $50 for (no cisco though), as well as a lot of new DVDs and VHS tapes. I go there and check out anime all the time, compare that to fighting for a tape at Hollywood Video or Blockbuster and paying $4.00 for it. I plan on donating some money to my area library this year, I hope you will too.
I love wireless technology, it's great. But what I want to see is wireless that I can use while riding with my wife on the freeway at 80mph, and with latency thats good enough to game on. Obviously the bandwidth is there for live video streaming, but the latency with my 802.11b network + encryption is still a bit too high.
People tend to forget that sending out ACK packets upstream greatly effects the download speed of a connection. Asychronous connections with low upstreams often become saturated and drag down the downstream to unbearable levels.
I've used several versions of both including RH 8 and my opinnion is that while RedHat makes a great server build SuSE has always had the edge in developing the workstation distro.
Now instead of nuking an entire irc server to take down a channel all I gotta do is smurf a node, while being able to download mp3s, and get spam messages to view explict websites. What a great idea:)
I like a little bit of a less than perfect image on my tv because it gives it a little bit of an antialiased look smoothing out some of the blocky edges that you get when you tweak everything. Sure a nice sharp image is great for 2D stuff but just the little bit of blur looks nice for 3D.
I personally love that you can customize Linux to look and work the way you want it to, but setting that aside, I feel the only way you can actually convince the novice computer user a shot st using Linux the UI needs to consistant across the distos. I know plenty of people I work with that took a long time to learn Windows and might be willing to give Linux a shot, but not if they are going to be lost when they use a different GUI on a different Linux machine. If it came down to a somewhat standardized look, I think there would be a lot more converts. Yea that means making it more like Windows but that seems be what 95% of the population wants...
Bill Gates wrote in a January companywide memo, "When we face a choice between adding features and resolving security issues, we need to choose security."
Heh I'm waiting for the post when the same kids get in an arguement and say.
kid 1> y0 eye g0nn4 smUrF you!
kid 2> j00r smUrF c4n't h4ndle my f1rewall!
etc.
but it might sound like one. I think its great that theres a desktop push to provide some competition for the big guns in the computer market. Yet those screenshots look almost exactly like Windows + IE with some different widgets. It looks like Windows without the windows applications. I'd like to see some innovation instead of everyone bashing the Windows OS and then providing a clone that acts like it.
I suppose you could hack the signal but the main concern with most WiFi setups is if you actually do hack into a network (in some cases theres no security implemented at all) is that you are behind the firewall if you get in. This means you have full access to anything that local LAN useers have, most people (in homes) don't run much stuff on the LAN side so the general use is to get internet access. To secure a WiFi network you can do a number of things such as enable WEP encryption, turn off dhcp, only allow specific MAC address's to have access, change the ip ranges off the default, and to place your WAP in place that limits the range of its signal so it doesn't travel further than necessary. If someone wants to they can still gain access to a nework implementing those security measures but the idea is to make it so time consuming that the typical Wardriver won't bother. In my network scenario I actually segment my WiFi Lan from my wired by placing a linux box between them that directs all the traffic and blocks everything except the stuff I use my Wifi lan for (mainly webserving, email, etc.)
why is this on the front page of slashdot? Yea its a useful consumer product but the review is lacking and the device is entry-level. It would be a much more interesting read if someone setup a linux (or any other OS) box with a wifi card in it and a wired nic that feeds a hub/switch and NAT'd a bridge. You could actually use the Linux box for some professional applications since Netfilter is now being used.
Paypal does need some sort of governing body to prevent it from just taking peoples money. Regardless of whether there a bank they are a company dealing with consumers money and need federal regulation as the money comes across state lines.
I work in the broadband industry for one of the larger cable companies and the question I have with this technology is how they break up the users so that they don't overload a particular box. In the cable industry we have CMTS boxes that handle a group of people from a particular node. From my understanding the way powerlines are layed out is completely different. Just a thought.
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Ready - Rewrite of the console layer (James Simmons) http://linuxconsole.sourceforge.net/
This one specifically should significantly help Linux take off on more devices.
I instantly flashbacked to the Ghostbuster's scene with the chick and she turns into a monster, but seriously libraries are great resource. Mine has a pretty good selection of computer books that I normally would have to pay $50 for (no cisco though), as well as a lot of new DVDs and VHS tapes. I go there and check out anime all the time, compare that to fighting for a tape at Hollywood Video or Blockbuster and paying $4.00 for it. I plan on donating some money to my area library this year, I hope you will too.
Johnny 5 IS ALIVE!
I love wireless technology, it's great. But what I want to see is wireless that I can use while riding with my wife on the freeway at 80mph, and with latency thats good enough to game on. Obviously the bandwidth is there for live video streaming, but the latency with my 802.11b network + encryption is still a bit too high.
People tend to forget that sending out ACK packets upstream greatly effects the download speed of a connection. Asychronous connections with low upstreams often become saturated and drag down the downstream to unbearable levels.
They just need to change the name to SETI@INSPACE or something, I wouldn't want any association with another bankrupt @home...
A beautiful interface with great professional products available (photoshop, office, etc.) while keeping the ability to run nix software.
to the percentage of chineese restaurant food that's virus infected.
I've used several versions of both including RH 8 and my opinnion is that while RedHat makes a great server build SuSE has always had the edge in developing the workstation distro.
Now instead of nuking an entire irc server to take down a channel all I gotta do is smurf a node, while being able to download mp3s, and get spam messages to view explict websites. What a great idea :)
I like a little bit of a less than perfect image on my tv because it gives it a little bit of an antialiased look smoothing out some of the blocky edges that you get when you tweak everything. Sure a nice sharp image is great for 2D stuff but just the little bit of blur looks nice for 3D.
I personally love that you can customize Linux to look and work the way you want it to, but setting that aside, I feel the only way you can actually convince the novice computer user a shot st using Linux the UI needs to consistant across the distos. I know plenty of people I work with that took a long time to learn Windows and might be willing to give Linux a shot, but not if they are going to be lost when they use a different GUI on a different Linux machine. If it came down to a somewhat standardized look, I think there would be a lot more converts. Yea that means making it more like Windows but that seems be what 95% of the population wants...
Now when my wife makes me go fix the car I'll actually know whats not working, instead of randomly hitting parts with a wrench until a part breaks.
I would of guessed the opposite from Microsoft.
VNC for several platforms.
and Microsoft needs to sell games to make up for the lost money on the console.
The most clever thing I've said in the last month and I get modded troll. I wish there was a Not Funny. :(
And all these years my family has been persecuted in Salem, MA and it turns out all they wanted was our crystal balls!
Heh I'm waiting for the post when the same kids get in an arguement and say. kid 1> y0 eye g0nn4 smUrF you! kid 2> j00r smUrF c4n't h4ndle my f1rewall! etc.
What did you run out of E?
but it might sound like one. I think its great that theres a desktop push to provide some competition for the big guns in the computer market. Yet those screenshots look almost exactly like Windows + IE with some different widgets. It looks like Windows without the windows applications. I'd like to see some innovation instead of everyone bashing the Windows OS and then providing a clone that acts like it.
I suppose you could hack the signal but the main concern with most WiFi setups is if you actually do hack into a network (in some cases theres no security implemented at all) is that you are behind the firewall if you get in. This means you have full access to anything that local LAN useers have, most people (in homes) don't run much stuff on the LAN side so the general use is to get internet access. To secure a WiFi network you can do a number of things such as enable WEP encryption, turn off dhcp, only allow specific MAC address's to have access, change the ip ranges off the default, and to place your WAP in place that limits the range of its signal so it doesn't travel further than necessary. If someone wants to they can still gain access to a nework implementing those security measures but the idea is to make it so time consuming that the typical Wardriver won't bother. In my network scenario I actually segment my WiFi Lan from my wired by placing a linux box between them that directs all the traffic and blocks everything except the stuff I use my Wifi lan for (mainly webserving, email, etc.)
why is this on the front page of slashdot? Yea its a useful consumer product but the review is lacking and the device is entry-level. It would be a much more interesting read if someone setup a linux (or any other OS) box with a wifi card in it and a wired nic that feeds a hub/switch and NAT'd a bridge. You could actually use the Linux box for some professional applications since Netfilter is now being used.
Paypal does need some sort of governing body to prevent it from just taking peoples money. Regardless of whether there a bank they are a company dealing with consumers money and need federal regulation as the money comes across state lines.
I work in the broadband industry for one of the larger cable companies and the question I have with this technology is how they break up the users so that they don't overload a particular box. In the cable industry we have CMTS boxes that handle a group of people from a particular node. From my understanding the way powerlines are layed out is completely different. Just a thought.