I've had a P2046 for almost a year, and have been running Gentoo Linux on it the whole time. Here's my observations:
- I've been running the 2.5 series kernels (currently staying with.60) because of increased speed. I've tried experimenting with ACPI, but it never suspends right, so I've stuck with APM. - USB works a lot better in 2.5 than 2.4 - The integrated WLAN also is a lot better in 2.5, though it still has some problems (every once in a while the driver hangs, and I have to rmmod and modprobe it again) - Lately, it's been hanging a lot when coming out of suspend
Other than these issues, it's a great machine. It's certainly not a speed-demon, but is great for what I got it for (taking notes, web browsing, etc.). Battery life is great - 10 hours with the screen brightness up all the way with the extended and bay battery, and over 15 hours if it's closed and I'm using it for MP3's.
If you're looking for more info, check out the P-series forums.
Yeah, I've been wondering this as well. You can already get Opterons on NewEgg in stock for $300, which is pricy, but the chip has only been on the market for a couple of days.
Maybe the Athlon 64 will be more like the Duron, appealing to the bottom-of-the-line systems. Or maybe the Opteron will take the place of the Athlon MP, which is priced higher than the Athlon XP (which is the exact same chip with a jumper connection changed) just because the market they're targetting is willing to pay for it.
Nope, backed up in real time means that when random crap gets put in a drive, or somebody gets hacked (or a VP deletes an important file), thats toast. Gotta be real time plus alternation.
Storing data offsite is the only good way - even optical media is still vulnerable to a nuclear strike. Of course, if you get nuked, your backups will probably be the least of your concerns.
The best backup solution would be a bunker with hard drives, backed up via fiber in real time.
The problem is, what if instead of someone committing a greater crime, they just did something to piss off a prosecutor? Selective enforcement never excuses overrestrictive laws; there's always situations where otherwise innocent people get nailed.
How is this different than a copyright, then? Apple already had a copyright, since you get one automatically unless you declare something to be in the public domain.
1. The right shift key is too small, and to the right of the up arrow key. This hasn't been a problem for me, since I never use the right shift key anyways.
2. The fn key is to the left of the left ctrl key. Lots of people remap this.
Here's a link to an awesome Fujitsu P-series site, which has what you're looking for.
I have the P-2046 (same as 2040 but with builtin wifi). With the extended main battery and bay battery, I get 10 hours at full brightness, and 15+ with it closed (MP3's etc.). Everything works under Linux (I run Gentoo) except the winmodem.
Actually, the P-series does have firewire (at least the 2000 series). I have a P-2046 (built in wifi, 800 mhz Crusoe, 256 meg RAM) which has been great for me. I'm running Gentoo Linux on it. It's definitely not the fastest computer I've ever used (my 1.6 ghz Athlon work computer is nice to go back to every once in a while), but it's not terrible, especially with the 2.5 kernels, which gave it a huge speed improvement (I'm guessing because I use the preemptible option).
I get 10 hours of battery with the screen brightness up all the way (extended main battery and bay battery), and 15+ with it closed (playing MP3's, etc.).
Everything works under Linux except for the modem. I called Fujitsu before purchasing trying to find a way out of the Windows Tax, but they refused. Since I dual-boot every once in a while, it wasn't a bit deal.
If you do get one, get it from Laptopinc. While I didn't buy from them, I wish I had (they have a much better dead pixel policy than Fujitsu themselves, and I have one dead pixel). Also, a great site for info on these awesome machines is leog.net.
Same here - shortly after turning 16, I called around to all the banks in my area, trying to find one that would give me a checking account. One bank even told me that they would over the phone, but then claimed that they wouldn't once I got there.
Finally I discovered the credit union, and haven't looked back. No monthly fees doesn't hurt either.
He uses Excel and Word, however, which (I have to admit) are the best programs currently for those tasks. However, what if he was doing coding, or web page design? Then it would be different.
I used Win98SE for quite a while for development work, but got tired of running out of "resources" every couple of hours (non-NT-based Windows's have a limited stack in which to store "resources" such as icons and other images). This was because I had too many programs at once. A reboot every couple of hours, not to mention not being able to have too many programs open at once, are not great for productivity.
I then tried installing Win2k, but reverted back to 98 after it refused to boot for some unknown reason, and was not able to be recovered (I barely even managed to save the data on the HD - last time I ever will use NTFS, as no common tools work well with it).
Now, I'm running Gentoo Linux. While there definitely was a learning curve, my productivity is a lot higher than it ever was while using Windows. In addition to handling lots of apps open gracefully, the command line (which I've always preferred, even in Windows) is a lot more powerful. I can do this because all of the apps that I use (mainly coding and web design apps) have great Linux equivalents.
If I was doing desktop publishing or something, however, I probably wouldn't use Linux - it doesn't have equivalent applications to MS Office (though OpenOffice is getting close). I probably wouldn't use Windows, either - I'd use a mac, which has a better Office port than Windows (all of the good coders at MS work in the Mac division). If I was doing game developing, I would probably work under Windows, since that would be the primary target platform.
The point is, use whatever best fits the job - in this case, he uses a combination of Plan 9 and NT. I use Linux. Somebody else uses Mac.
There is no one-size-fits-all solution (as much as Microsoft would like to have you believe).
Well, I'm not too annoyed about it... I finally got to bed before 3AM because the Internet was so dang slow (and I thought it was my campus resnet, like normal).
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Nah, it's an Episcopal church. It doesn't matter.
I've had a P2046 for almost a year, and have been running Gentoo Linux on it the whole time. Here's my observations:
.60) because of increased speed. I've tried experimenting with ACPI, but it never suspends right, so I've stuck with APM.
- I've been running the 2.5 series kernels (currently staying with
- USB works a lot better in 2.5 than 2.4
- The integrated WLAN also is a lot better in 2.5, though it still has some problems (every once in a while the driver hangs, and I have to rmmod and modprobe it again)
- Lately, it's been hanging a lot when coming out of suspend
Other than these issues, it's a great machine. It's certainly not a speed-demon, but is great for what I got it for (taking notes, web browsing, etc.). Battery life is great - 10 hours with the screen brightness up all the way with the extended and bay battery, and over 15 hours if it's closed and I'm using it for MP3's.
If you're looking for more info, check out the P-series forums.
Yeah, I've been wondering this as well. You can already get Opterons on NewEgg in stock for $300, which is pricy, but the chip has only been on the market for a couple of days.
Maybe the Athlon 64 will be more like the Duron, appealing to the bottom-of-the-line systems. Or maybe the Opteron will take the place of the Athlon MP, which is priced higher than the Athlon XP (which is the exact same chip with a jumper connection changed) just because the market they're targetting is willing to pay for it.
Nope, backed up in real time means that when random crap gets put in a drive, or somebody gets hacked (or a VP deletes an important file), thats toast. Gotta be real time plus alternation.
Yeah, true - that's what I meant[g]
Except tapes are more expensive than comparably-sized hard drive arrays. Just get a bigger hard drive array.
Storing data offsite is the only good way - even optical media is still vulnerable to a nuclear strike. Of course, if you get nuked, your backups will probably be the least of your concerns.
The best backup solution would be a bunker with hard drives, backed up via fiber in real time.
What if there's a couple of cool battle scenes, but it's tied together by a flimsy plot designed to place those characters into that situation?
You mean like LoTR: The Two Towers?
*ducks, runs...*
(actually, I thought it was pretty good)
The problem is, what if instead of someone committing a greater crime, they just did something to piss off a prosecutor? Selective enforcement never excuses overrestrictive laws; there's always situations where otherwise innocent people get nailed.
How is this different than a copyright, then? Apple already had a copyright, since you get one automatically unless you declare something to be in the public domain.
I live in Michigan... Where do I sign up? ;-)
Unfortunately, I could never find the time to do this, with 17 credits of classes and such...
Homer: "Steak?"
Marge: "Money's too tight for steak."
"Steak?"
"Uhm, yeah, sure, steak."
Yeah? So how did you get those capital 'T's in that comment, then?
;-) I know, it's not a good typing habit, but it's served me well with this notebook.
Left shift key, of course.
Two complaints people have with the keyboard:
1. The right shift key is too small, and to the right of the up arrow key. This hasn't been a problem for me, since I never use the right shift key anyways.
2. The fn key is to the left of the left ctrl key. Lots of people remap this.
Here's a link to an awesome Fujitsu P-series site, which has what you're looking for.
I have the P-2046 (same as 2040 but with builtin wifi). With the extended main battery and bay battery, I get 10 hours at full brightness, and 15+ with it closed (MP3's etc.). Everything works under Linux (I run Gentoo) except the winmodem.
Actually, the P-series does have firewire (at least the 2000 series). I have a P-2046 (built in wifi, 800 mhz Crusoe, 256 meg RAM) which has been great for me. I'm running Gentoo Linux on it. It's definitely not the fastest computer I've ever used (my 1.6 ghz Athlon work computer is nice to go back to every once in a while), but it's not terrible, especially with the 2.5 kernels, which gave it a huge speed improvement (I'm guessing because I use the preemptible option).
I get 10 hours of battery with the screen brightness up all the way (extended main battery and bay battery), and 15+ with it closed (playing MP3's, etc.).
Everything works under Linux except for the modem. I called Fujitsu before purchasing trying to find a way out of the Windows Tax, but they refused. Since I dual-boot every once in a while, it wasn't a bit deal.
If you do get one, get it from Laptopinc. While I didn't buy from them, I wish I had (they have a much better dead pixel policy than Fujitsu themselves, and I have one dead pixel). Also, a great site for info on these awesome machines is leog.net.
Or, just register for an account, using a throwaway address - then you don't have to mess with any crap anymore.
Same here - shortly after turning 16, I called around to all the banks in my area, trying to find one that would give me a checking account. One bank even told me that they would over the phone, but then claimed that they wouldn't once I got there.
Finally I discovered the credit union, and haven't looked back. No monthly fees doesn't hurt either.
He uses Excel and Word, however, which (I have to admit) are the best programs currently for those tasks. However, what if he was doing coding, or web page design? Then it would be different.
I used Win98SE for quite a while for development work, but got tired of running out of "resources" every couple of hours (non-NT-based Windows's have a limited stack in which to store "resources" such as icons and other images). This was because I had too many programs at once. A reboot every couple of hours, not to mention not being able to have too many programs open at once, are not great for productivity.
I then tried installing Win2k, but reverted back to 98 after it refused to boot for some unknown reason, and was not able to be recovered (I barely even managed to save the data on the HD - last time I ever will use NTFS, as no common tools work well with it).
Now, I'm running Gentoo Linux. While there definitely was a learning curve, my productivity is a lot higher than it ever was while using Windows. In addition to handling lots of apps open gracefully, the command line (which I've always preferred, even in Windows) is a lot more powerful. I can do this because all of the apps that I use (mainly coding and web design apps) have great Linux equivalents.
If I was doing desktop publishing or something, however, I probably wouldn't use Linux - it doesn't have equivalent applications to MS Office (though OpenOffice is getting close). I probably wouldn't use Windows, either - I'd use a mac, which has a better Office port than Windows (all of the good coders at MS work in the Mac division). If I was doing game developing, I would probably work under Windows, since that would be the primary target platform.
The point is, use whatever best fits the job - in this case, he uses a combination of Plan 9 and NT. I use Linux. Somebody else uses Mac.
There is no one-size-fits-all solution (as much as Microsoft would like to have you believe).
Dr Beasley told AAP it was important the community was made aware of this new risk factor for developing fatally potential blood clots.
Fatally potential? Potentially fatal, sure, but just because it's potential doesn't mean it's fatal.
It's called the Slashdot Effect (tm). You must be new here. ;-)
Well, I'm not too annoyed about it... I finally got to bed before 3AM because the Internet was so dang slow (and I thought it was my campus resnet, like normal).
Oops (note to self - use closing tag, and the preview function)
Their page on slashdotting already includes the following:
Wikipedia has been "slashdotted" on July 26, 2001 and January 22, 2003.
Talk about timely information!
I have that feature in Windows 98 already! Though it doesn't work on my Linux system - does anyone know if it will work under WINE?
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