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  1. Re:scons? on Alternatives to Autoconf? · · Score: 1

    I second scons. It's perhaps more a replacement for make, but I don't think I'll ever write a makefile again after discovering scons,
    and the autotools are just way to complicated to begin bother with.

  2. Re:Don't install yet on Fedora Core 2 Review · · Score: 1

    You should have made a bootfloppy first (mkbootdisk), if you use the rescue cd you might be able to chroot /mnt/sysimage and make one.
    Another option is to try lilo instead of grub.

  3. Re:thanks for nothing on 100% Open Source Helix Player 'Alpha' Available · · Score: 1

    hmmm.. sort of like objdump -d I guess 8)

  4. Re:Foreign competitors on Germany to Vote Against Software Patents in the EU · · Score: 1
  5. Re:C ? on Non-English Programming Languages? · · Score: 1

    You are totally right ;) Way to tired to notice ...

  6. C ? on Non-English Programming Languages? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "#define" is your friend.(enemy..)

    #define if hvis
    #define do gjør
    #define while sålenge
    #define return returner
    #define void ingenting
    #define char karakter
    #define const konstant
    typedef int tall;

    tall lengde(konstant karakter *p){
    tall i = 0;
    sålenge(*p){
    i++;
    p++;
    }
    returner i;
    }

  7. Re:How is this different than updating Windows? on Linux Kernel 2.6.6 Released · · Score: 2, Insightful

    For one, it's only the source that's released, and it's not directly connected
    to any end user product. Ordinary users need not care, they should update and install a new kernel whenever it's released by their linux distribution vendor. Which isn't all that diffrent from "Windows Update".
    The kernel.org releases are not just bugfixes, it's heaps of new features
    as well usually.

  8. Re:The wrong path on Excel Clone for Linux Now in Beta · · Score: 1

    Ok. So when did everyone need to do enginering ?
    I've seen many impressive applications built on Excel, VB scripting offers you easy access to much functionallity.
    Lots of companies I've visited have many of their own little spreadsheets connecting to a larger system and does some neat datamining. Useful.
    Embedding Excel is also easy, and helps you easily get graphing and advanced spreadsheet support. If you think this is useless, I suggest you visit a handful of companies and see how people there use Excel.

  9. Case? on A Beginner's Look At GPL Enforceability · · Score: 1

    Still Puzzled but the use of words Starting with uppercase Letters.

  10. Re:I thought... on Reboot Linux Faster Using kexec · · Score: 1

    Here Ctrl+Alt+Del asks me wether to log out or reboot/poweroff. And the reboot option is no "fast" reboot.

  11. Re:**YAWN** on New Quantum Cryptography Speed Record · · Score: 1

    Please read the relativity theory perhaps you'd know what he talks about..

  12. Installed ? on The First-Ever Installfest in Egypt · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So the question is , what did they install ?
    Gentoo, Debian ,Fedora SuSE ? Something else ?

  13. Re:Collision detection on Blender 2.33 Re-enables Game Engine · · Score: 1

    Rats. That means Half Life 2 will suck since it uses ODE ;)

  14. Re:Just wondering. on Sun Mulling GPL for Solaris · · Score: 1

    Care to explain ?

  15. Re:Dealing With The End Of Life Of Red Hat Linux on Red Hat Linux 9 Reaches End-of-Life · · Score: 1

    Not all of these are real options for everyone. Many will have very
    good reasons to need to stick with a Red Hat.
    Whitebox Linux is a nice option. While not a Red Hat product, it's
    a recompilation of the source RPMS for RHAS so technically it's the same.

  16. Re:I want semware Qedit on JOE Hits 3.0 · · Score: 1

    Well the GUI version of vim also has a menubar, but I never need it since there *are* shortcuts for everything. And yes, I have used Qedit.

  17. Re:I want semware Qedit on JOE Hits 3.0 · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you should try vim ? Learn its keystrokes. You can make
    nice macros. Has column copy, split windows, multiple copy/paste buffers and quite a few hundred other nice features to increase productivity.

  18. Re:Dumb question on A Standardized Open Source Network Authentication · · Score: 3, Informative

    >OpenDAS is a really good idea and working in the enterprise for several
    >years now, I realize it is a very much needed feature of linux.
    It is. And it already works nice. I've got an OpenLDAP and a MIT kerberos server working nicely together. It almost sounds like there
    is no such thing yet by your post ;)

  19. Re:Dumb question on A Standardized Open Source Network Authentication · · Score: 1

    What about it ?
    You use a pam module for kerberos if that's what you're using
    to authenticate. Or a pam module if you authenticate to an LDAP server. Or a pam module for ....

  20. SPF on Spanish Internet Provider's SMTP traffic Blocked · · Score: 1

    Maybe we should seriously consider to embrace SPF(RFC Draft)
    It perhaps won't stop all spam, but it will make it easy to verify weter a mail comes from where it claims to. That makes 2 good things.
    1. You don't want mail from anyone that forges their origin, so those(spams/viruses) you can filter away.
    2. Spammers will be forced to use their true origin, and thus much easier to identify.

  21. Re:Inevitable, and other countries are next. on Spanish Internet Provider's SMTP traffic Blocked · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Then you'll know what to do. Complain to your ISP till they take action,
    and get rid of the bad people/spammers.
    And, gather up more people to complain.

  22. Re:too many dependencies on Painlessly Update FreeBSD · · Score: 1

    This doesn't help. If you have a managed/jit'ed language, one still wants the latest and the greatest. That means updating to that. Had gtk as the example were been a java/python whatever project, it still wouldn't
    be any less painful of updating if you want the latest. And interfaces
    are just as important here,.
    Change the interface and all dependant application needs to be updated
    to take adjust for that.
    Then there is the choice of what to update. If installing a new xscreensaver is what I want, pkgsrc on my NetBSD "suddenly" changed to gtk2.4 and there isn't much I can do about it(changing the Makefiles/etc. ofcourse but..), even though that xscreensaver really runs ok with gtk 2.2.

    While this might sound like a troll, it is actually not meant so, but in this area I salute MS. They have feature finished libraries/interfaces that doesn't change. And that in many areas
    very good. I see the Windows developers at my workplace make apps on
    win2k and it runs on just about any windows version. Great for the users. And thats what matters most. The users.
    It is though hell for
    atleast library developers keeping this compability all the time I can
    imagine. And I fell sorry for those that needs to struggle with MFC.
    But again, the user matters more imho.
    (Ofcourse, you cannot keep this compatability forever, but breaking everything every other month isn't that nice either.)

  23. Hmm.. on Debian Removes Binary-only Firmware From Kernel · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is usually firmware for a device connected to the pc..
    Do we really need the sourcecode for it ? .. Why ?
    And where does this stop ? Should we not install linux
    on computers with a non open source BIOS ?
    What about devices with firmware already loaded and where it need not
    be loaded by a driver from an OS, should we "ban" those as well ?

  24. They use text-- on Text Based User Interfaces in the 21st Century? · · Score: 1

    Peeking on the screen of varios folks at: the bank,postoffice,car parts reseller, video rental, and heaps of others. What do I see ? A screen
    running a text mode application. Black background,green text.

  25. Historic.. on Monitor Linux Performance With The Tools At Hand · · Score: 4, Informative

    Most utilities mentioned are really great, but mostly realtime stats
    sometimes it's nice to see historic view on the machine as well.
    sysstat does just that.
    Now if only I can remember the thing that also use that statistics do
    draw graphs (with gnuplot iirc.) Anyone ?