I used to use Redhat, Mandrake, and even once paid the $40 for SuSE. EVerytime either Mandrake or Redhat released a new version, I waited eagerly in anticipation, and sometimes stayed uo all night so I could be the first to download the iso's. With Gentoo I don't have the strong "need" to upgrade anymore, because it gave me so much control over things, that eventually I was able to get it running just the way I like it. "Perfect" in a sense. It's funny how now I have no reason to do a "fresh install" of anything, and I'm running the latest and greatest software. Good shit (tm)
I use Gentoo, and I've done LFS before. You really don't have to know much to install Gentoo, and you barely learn anything because everything is so simplified. This is why I use Gentoo. But I don't think it compares to LFS, where you get to do the minute details of every step of the installation, and have to tediously maintain it.
Forgive me if I'm missing the point, but I can't see that choosing a hard disk on its noise production is in any way sensible.
Are you kidding? Since many people will just choose a recent WD, Maxtor, Seagate, or IBM, for their home computer, why not choose the most quiet? All of the recent drives load Mozilla quickly enough, and I've only heard about high failure rates for IBMs.
Double the frequency of 802.11b means a shorter range. For those of us who've been building cantennas and such, there's really no point in switching to 802.11a, unless we like the "challenge".
I don't think you should worry about Intel and AMD so much. They have too many customers who do a lot more with their processors than send emails and play MP3s. There would be a serious backlash if scientists, developers, and artists couldn't get their work done anymore. On the other hand, if a scientist can write and compile any program he wishes on a computer, then most likely that computer can record/play a stupid MP3. And since MS's solution is apparently entirely in software, what's the big deal? Don't buy it. There is no subtle way to sneak DRM hardware into the market, other than to phase out non-DRM hardware. Not that it matters, cuz I just recently discovered my almost 20 y/o Commodore 128 in a garage back home, so I'm set with my current hardware for the next couple decades.
I have the Samsung ML-1210, which has been discontinued, but you can probably find it in stores. There is the ML-1250 (I think) which is probably the same and hasn't been discontinued. I paid $150 for mine. Samsung even wrote a gui printer dialog for the latest version of cups. very, very nice. In the gui dialog there is even an option to print 1-4 pages on a single page. This is probably the chepest laser printer you can get with excellent linux support.
so, umm, remind me what the difference is between chapter 7 and chapter 11. i'm too lazy to do a search-- i'd rather one of you kind souls do it for me instead.
We could do this ourselves. As a publicity stunt, why not try to connect a computer in NYC to one in Los Angeles (or the Bay Area?) via 802.11b connected computers (on the ground). It'd be interesting to see how you can get the connection across the desert, but still the cost would be minimal for all those involved.
Also, about this mesh thing: it won't work late at night when everyone except me is asleep.
However, maybe when pirating is 100% eliminated, microsoft windows XP will cost $30 and not $300.
And why in the world would they lower the price when people were perfectly willing to pay $300 a few days earlier? The price of the OS is usually bundled with PCs anyway.
It just occured to me that interesting topics used to be posted on this forum. I guess the editors have real jobs...whatever. Anyway, RedHat is cool. I got free (email) tech support once for simply emailing them a question-- very quick responses (5 minutes or less). Although I use Gentoo now, and I don't think I'll ever pay for a commercial OS ever again (if I have a choice), I regret that I never bought a RedHat boxed set (I bought the SuSE and Mandrake sets, and didn't like the loss of control). Too bad the price went up. Anyway, there is absolutely no point in comparing an almost broke company to MS. What? KDE no longer looks like a desktop for 13 y/o girls anymore? Oh yeah, I feel your pain!
This is a good opportunity to show just how enforcable the GPL is.
People say this a lot. Actually, one never gets to steal someone else's works just because the copyright is flawed or illegal. That would be absurd, even in the USA. The GPL is as "enforcable" as any other copyright license. At worst, if a judge has a serious problem with the GPL, the authors of GPL code just have to rewrite their licenses. Plagiarism is plagiarism, regardless of copyright, and theft is theft.
I understand your point. I wasn't suggesting that Emacs and/or LaTeX be used in the mainstream. However, I don't think it's a bad thing if certain OSS is used by only a minority of us. Just... why Open Office in particular? If the (what I consider) more serious threats are dealt with (bogus software patents, U.S. federal laws being written by large corporations) so that we can code and use whatever free software we want, I don't think it will matter if almost everyone still uses MS Office. I just see OSS as being a minority culture that will do just fine if the majority culture doesn't get in the way. I now see how OO can help with this, but I just didn't think this particular app would have that effect.
Anyway, I do appreciate all you've done, and especially what you're going to do in the future. Keep up the good work.
Your fan.
OpenOffice is the most important application in Open Source. Its importance is no less than that of the Linux kernel, and it should have a community as large.
No disrespect intened, Bruce, but, are you serious? Can you explain this? I can't imagine most people agreeing with this, especially those people, like me, who don't find OO useful (LaTeX and Emacs are two incedibly powerful and amazing applications).
Actually, they increased the price of basic service $7.05, so you're paying the exact same price as before. Those of us who own cable modems (myself included) are the ones who will suffer the price increase.
Recently I visited a university where they gave me guest access to their computer lab. Since I was not allowed to connect my laptop to their network, the only way I could save important work to my laptop was, you guessed it, via floppy. Since it's abundantly clear that universities hesitate to install CD-R drives on public computers so the kids won't burn ILLEGAL COPIES of music and software, a floppy is the sure way to go.
Of course, I could've emailed the files, gone back to my hotel room, signed up for a free AOL account, and then downloaded the files to my laptop over a ridiculously slow connection, but this is not convenient.
If a GPLed project includes any patented code, then, under the GPL, I can take just the code from the project pertaining to the patent, create a derived work, sell it, and become rich. It is inconceivable that the company owning the patent would not sue me. Therefore, if they release patented code in a GPL project, they better give a royalty-free license to everyone.
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I used to use Redhat, Mandrake, and even once paid the $40 for SuSE. EVerytime either Mandrake or Redhat released a new version, I waited eagerly in anticipation, and sometimes stayed uo all night so I could be the first to download the iso's. With Gentoo I don't have the strong "need" to upgrade anymore, because it gave me so much control over things, that eventually I was able to get it running just the way I like it. "Perfect" in a sense. It's funny how now I have no reason to do a "fresh install" of anything, and I'm running the latest and greatest software. Good shit (tm)
Why not just use Gentoo?
I use Gentoo, and I've done LFS before. You really don't have to know much to install Gentoo, and you barely learn anything because everything is so simplified. This is why I use Gentoo. But I don't think it compares to LFS, where you get to do the minute details of every step of the installation, and have to tediously maintain it.
Forgive me if I'm missing the point, but I can't see that choosing a hard disk on its noise production is in any way sensible.
Are you kidding? Since many people will just choose a recent WD, Maxtor, Seagate, or IBM, for their home computer, why not choose the most quiet? All of the recent drives load Mozilla quickly enough, and I've only heard about high failure rates for IBMs.
Ummm, does there exists a HD which makes more noise than the avergae CPU cooling fan? If so, that's an incredibly loud HD.
Indeed! It is about time. If I wanted serious HD performance, I could just raid some disks. What I need is one that doesn't whine so loud.
Double the frequency of 802.11b means a shorter range. For those of us who've been building cantennas and such, there's really no point in switching to 802.11a, unless we like the "challenge".
I don't think you should worry about Intel and AMD so much. They have too many customers who do a lot more with their processors than send emails and play MP3s. There would be a serious backlash if scientists, developers, and artists couldn't get their work done anymore. On the other hand, if a scientist can write and compile any program he wishes on a computer, then most likely that computer can record/play a stupid MP3. And since MS's solution is apparently entirely in software, what's the big deal? Don't buy it. There is no subtle way to sneak DRM hardware into the market, other than to phase out non-DRM hardware. Not that it matters, cuz I just recently discovered my almost 20 y/o Commodore 128 in a garage back home, so I'm set with my current hardware for the next couple decades.
I have the Samsung ML-1210, which has been discontinued, but you can probably find it in stores. There is the ML-1250 (I think) which is probably the same and hasn't been discontinued. I paid $150 for mine. Samsung even wrote a gui printer dialog for the latest version of cups. very, very nice. In the gui dialog there is even an option to print 1-4 pages on a single page. This is probably the chepest laser printer you can get with excellent linux support.
my favorite quote: On describing Don and Brian's apperance (the two dudes in the truck), "Brian has a hair cut like Forrest Gump."
thanks dude. i live on the west coast. just turned on the radio to hear that they're about to do the story.
And before someone claims the "World" in "World Series" refers to a newspaper, let me be the first to say that this is not true.
so, umm, remind me what the difference is between chapter 7 and chapter 11. i'm too lazy to do a search-- i'd rather one of you kind souls do it for me instead.
Not that Geometry and Topology is the only one, but this is a very good example.
We could do this ourselves. As a publicity stunt, why not try to connect a computer in NYC to one in Los Angeles (or the Bay Area?) via 802.11b connected computers (on the ground). It'd be interesting to see how you can get the connection across the desert, but still the cost would be minimal for all those involved.
Also, about this mesh thing: it won't work late at night when everyone except me is asleep.
However, maybe when pirating is 100% eliminated, microsoft windows XP will cost $30 and not $300.
And why in the world would they lower the price when people were perfectly willing to pay $300 a few days earlier? The price of the OS is usually bundled with PCs anyway.
It just occured to me that interesting topics used to be posted on this forum. I guess the editors have real jobs...whatever. Anyway, RedHat is cool. I got free (email) tech support once for simply emailing them a question-- very quick responses (5 minutes or less). Although I use Gentoo now, and I don't think I'll ever pay for a commercial OS ever again (if I have a choice), I regret that I never bought a RedHat boxed set (I bought the SuSE and Mandrake sets, and didn't like the loss of control). Too bad the price went up. Anyway, there is absolutely no point in comparing an almost broke company to MS. What? KDE no longer looks like a desktop for 13 y/o girls anymore? Oh yeah, I feel your pain!
This is a good opportunity to show just how enforcable the GPL is.
People say this a lot. Actually, one never gets to steal someone else's works just because the copyright is flawed or illegal. That would be absurd, even in the USA. The GPL is as "enforcable" as any other copyright license. At worst, if a judge has a serious problem with the GPL, the authors of GPL code just have to rewrite their licenses. Plagiarism is plagiarism, regardless of copyright, and theft is theft.
I understand your point. I wasn't suggesting that Emacs and/or LaTeX be used in the mainstream. However, I don't think it's a bad thing if certain OSS is used by only a minority of us. Just... why Open Office in particular? If the (what I consider) more serious threats are dealt with (bogus software patents, U.S. federal laws being written by large corporations) so that we can code and use whatever free software we want, I don't think it will matter if almost everyone still uses MS Office. I just see OSS as being a minority culture that will do just fine if the majority culture doesn't get in the way. I now see how OO can help with this, but I just didn't think this particular app would have that effect. Anyway, I do appreciate all you've done, and especially what you're going to do in the future. Keep up the good work. Your fan.
OpenOffice is the most important application in Open Source. Its importance is no less than that of the Linux kernel, and it should have a community as large.
No disrespect intened, Bruce, but, are you serious? Can you explain this? I can't imagine most people agreeing with this, especially those people, like me, who don't find OO useful (LaTeX and Emacs are two incedibly powerful and amazing applications).
Actually, they increased the price of basic service $7.05, so you're paying the exact same price as before. Those of us who own cable modems (myself included) are the ones who will suffer the price increase.
Samsung ML-1210. $150. Nuff said.
Replacement toner is $70 and last long.
Recently I visited a university where they gave me guest access to their computer lab. Since I was not allowed to connect my laptop to their network, the only way I could save important work to my laptop was, you guessed it, via floppy. Since it's abundantly clear that universities hesitate to install CD-R drives on public computers so the kids won't burn ILLEGAL COPIES of music and software, a floppy is the sure way to go.
Of course, I could've emailed the files, gone back to my hotel room, signed up for a free AOL account, and then downloaded the files to my laptop over a ridiculously slow connection, but this is not convenient.
If a GPLed project includes any patented code, then, under the GPL, I can take just the code from the project pertaining to the patent, create a derived work, sell it, and become rich. It is inconceivable that the company owning the patent would not sue me. Therefore, if they release patented code in a GPL project, they better give a royalty-free license to everyone.
Administrators aren't sure what anybody needs that kind of bandwidth for yet, but they are curious to see how it gets used."
I guess that's what they'll say when the BSA comes a knockin at their door.
It's so close to being the perfect distro, yet at the same time so far
Maybe you should try Gentoo. You won't be disappointed.