You guys gotta proofread your articles before submitting. I was all expecting to here some about 'FIREFLY' (like it says in the article), one of my fav TV shows. Something how Fox was bringing it back or SciFi channel picked it up. But NO the only reference is to 'DRAGONFLY' BSD. Do you see a resemblance? Uh, FIREFLY, DRAGONFLY...
How many people do ya'll know do a fresh install "just to be sure" of Windows when installing programs? Do you windows users really do this sort of thing? Really?
The Mac users are pissed off this morning. Want some cheese with that wine?
Seriously though, I can tell you that OS X on a dual Mac is very lacking in power, this compared to a Intel/AMD solution. I have a dual 1ghz Mac on my desk right now, and you know what? I was so pissed off with the performance I bought Yellow Dog Linux. Now this thing smokes, probably faster than my dual Athlon 2000MP machine.
Until Apple and developers start optimizing programs to actually use both CPUs, we'll continue to see Mac's get trounced in benchmarks.
Sure its 7x the cost, but its more usable than an OS X cluster. There are already a plethora of programs that simply work. Whereas if you have an OS X cluster you'll have to reinvent or port existing apps/deamons to OS X. More man hours, programming hours, debuging hours, testing hours, then finally implementation. So that 7x the cost eventually evens out.
I wouldn't be where I am today without starting out with Commodore products. Got my first computer, a VIC-20. Played with PEEKs, POKEs and BASIC. A few years later I upgraded to a C64. I remember my first game, Microprose' F15 Strike Eagle. Man, now I'm showing my age;)
Then for Christmas, I talked my mom into buying me an Amiga 500. Then it all changed. Demoscene, music tracking, Assembly, wow.. I miss those days. To this day I still own an Amiga 2000 with a Broadcast card and original Amiga genlock. Amiga was doing multimedia WAY before PCs or even Macs were in it.
The computing industry would NOT be where it is today without the inventions of Commodore!
The dude is a typical Mac user. Don't you guys/gals get it that Mac users don't have to do research? Or read documenation? Everything is supposed to work out-of-the-box magically.
It what makes sysadmins call Mac users 'flaming idiots'.
I don't create large playlists, rather I just load them all in Directory Add. But the problem is once all of them are loaded up, you can't just play one artist or one album. This forces me to make playlists for each directory or each album, then load individually. This is a big pain in the you know what.
I favor something like RealOne that sorts (based on ID3 tags) Artist and Album. This gives me a very easy tree view of all Artists with their associated albums.
Its definitely a good player, but that's it. The problem is once get a large playlist, your moving towards a whole nother environment. I did some freshmeat searches and found a few program I might use. I forget what this type of software is called, something like groupware for music...
Anyway, all of them use there own frontend for categorizing and sorting, then call XMMS just to play the song. Maybe one day I can hope Real will port all of RealOne to Linux.
One thing that I really, really hate about Kopete is that there is no option whatsoever to enable RETURN as send. Gaim/ICQ/LICQ all have this. When you hit return it should send the message. I hate have to take my hand off the keyboard just to click Send.. Argh!!!
I have to disagree partly with this. Although its good for streaming and a small collection of music, but it shows its age when you have 10s of thousands of music files. There are no catagories, album cover display, sort by album/artist or ID3 displays, the skins are crap (same ones for years now), no MonkeyAudio, randomize sucks, takes forever to load a 18,000+ file playlist, etc.. Shall I go on?
I want the power and ease of use of RealOne, simple.
I know this probably isn't the best test, but it should show that some things are better in BSD than Linux.
Installed 4.7 on my Inspirion 4100 laptop with NVIDIA Geforce2go. Installed BSD drivers from NVIDIA and ran a short test of 'glxgears' (I know, I know, bad test.....), average FPS was 789.78.
Same 'glxgears' test in Slackware 9 with latest NVIDIA drivers, average FPS was 456.76.
Questions to consider: 1) are NVIDIA drivers more optimized in BSD than Linux? 2) is the kernel somehow beter in BSD than Linux?
Yeah, I have to agree. City transport lines are converting or have converted their buses to propane or a clean burning fuel. But school kids still are subjected to diesel engine fueled buses.
Shoot, their parents subject them to more RF/microwaves than any WiFi network will. Can you say HotPockets?
Since GRID computer has really come alone these past years, this latest venture is just too cool. As a participant and user of the Grid, I can definitely see potential. Imagine plugging your Pocket PC into a Grid to check your jobs or participate. Now imagine millions of other people walking down the street or at a coffee shop, or car, etc.. participating in a big Grid.
There is going to be a time where everything will be plugged into the Grid. Man, I can't wait!
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Thank god I live in Texas ;)
The short ones always go postal.
Morons...
How many people do ya'll know do a fresh install "just to be sure" of Windows when installing programs? Do you windows users really do this sort of thing? Really?
And here I thought *BSD was dead, now Bluetooth is dead? Which is it?
It all goes into system memory. Drives of today can't sustain that kind of transfer speed.
The cost outweighs the coolness factor of telling chicks you are looking for proof of ETs.
I am still waiting for the Zork benchmark. Exactly how fast can I kill the Ice Dragon with fire?
Seriously though, I can tell you that OS X on a dual Mac is very lacking in power, this compared to a Intel/AMD solution. I have a dual 1ghz Mac on my desk right now, and you know what? I was so pissed off with the performance I bought Yellow Dog Linux. Now this thing smokes, probably faster than my dual Athlon 2000MP machine.
Until Apple and developers start optimizing programs to actually use both CPUs, we'll continue to see Mac's get trounced in benchmarks.
Side note: I expect to see Muppets in Space now. Oh wait.. they already did that ;)
Sure its 7x the cost, but its more usable than an OS X cluster. There are already a plethora of programs that simply work. Whereas if you have an OS X cluster you'll have to reinvent or port existing apps/deamons to OS X. More man hours, programming hours, debuging hours, testing hours, then finally implementation. So that 7x the cost eventually evens out.
Then for Christmas, I talked my mom into buying me an Amiga 500. Then it all changed. Demoscene, music tracking, Assembly, wow.. I miss those days. To this day I still own an Amiga 2000 with a Broadcast card and original Amiga genlock. Amiga was doing multimedia WAY before PCs or even Macs were in it.
The computing industry would NOT be where it is today without the inventions of Commodore!
Its Chili's getting back at Outback Steakhouse for
stealing the receipe for the Awesome Blossum!
It what makes sysadmins call Mac users 'flaming idiots'.
Go ahead mod me down.....
Who are ripping the screeners ;)
I favor something like RealOne that sorts (based on ID3 tags) Artist and Album. This gives me a very easy tree view of all Artists with their associated albums.
Anyway, all of them use there own frontend for categorizing and sorting, then call XMMS just to play the song. Maybe one day I can hope Real will port all of RealOne to Linux.
I would have never seen that. Thanks man. Now I am finally *complete* ;) hehe...
One thing that I really, really hate about Kopete is that there is no option whatsoever to enable RETURN as send. Gaim/ICQ/LICQ all have this. When you hit return it should send the message. I hate have to take my hand off the keyboard just to click Send.. Argh!!!
I want the power and ease of use of RealOne, simple.
Installed 4.7 on my Inspirion 4100 laptop with NVIDIA Geforce2go. Installed BSD drivers from NVIDIA and ran a short test of 'glxgears' (I know, I know, bad test.....), average FPS was 789.78.
Same 'glxgears' test in Slackware 9 with latest NVIDIA drivers, average FPS was 456.76.
Questions to consider: 1) are NVIDIA drivers more optimized in BSD than Linux? 2) is the kernel somehow beter in BSD than Linux?
All I know is that BSD is staying on my laptop.
Seems to me they need a local chapter of the GNAA.
Shoot, their parents subject them to more RF/microwaves than any WiFi network will. Can you say HotPockets?
Schweet!! A fellow San Antonian.. Cya there d00d.
There is going to be a time where everything will be plugged into the Grid. Man, I can't wait!