I can live with the beta Firefox, but the fact that they are using a beta XORG has put a kink in my plans to upgrade to F9 because NVidia doesn't have drivers ready. I'm anxiously awaiting this situation to be resolved. In the meantime I'll stick with F8 which is very stable at the moment.
I feel that the only major variations Doom 3 took were the pacing and the storyline. Doom 1 + 2 were all about running around very quickly while taking out monsters. Additionally there was very little plot. Doom 3 on the other hand, had a real story and it was more about slow tension building.
Visual Studio has had that for awhile now, so I don't come across the//end if type comments anymore. Several years ago it was a common practice though.
I do need to add that I do agree with the OP in the sense that it would be great if there was a way right out of the box to automatically go and download this type of stuff, maybe with a disclaimer saying that they aren't sanctioned as free that would be a CYA for Fedora.
Most of that stuff is available in the livna repository. Standard procedure is to install the livna repo immediately and download the non free packages.
First huge difference between the two is that Ubuntu has professional support if you want it. Another huge difference between the two is that Ubuntu typically only gets security updates and major bug fixes during a version lifespan whereas Fedora continually gets application updates over its version lifespan as new versions of individual apps are released.
So you could say that Fedora stays a little more bleeding edge throughout the version lifespan, and Ubuntu stays a bit more stable throughout the lifespan of a version.
As usual, the/. headline is misleading. TFA more-or-less says that they have no plans to produce a consumer desktop product because they don't see it as a money maker. This basically means that they don't plan on having a boxed desktop product that you can buy at the store like Mandriva. Fedora will continue on as is - something they work on with the community but don't sell.
My initial reaction when reading the article was that I really hope hardware vendors take this release seriously and don't rely on their products working in some sort of driver compatibility mode. Many vendors ignored Vista until it was on the shelves and the consumers were left with a mess. You can argue that MS is to blame because they changed the driver architecture with Vista, but seriously, development versions of Vista were out for a year or more.
One part of me totally agrees with you. XP really turned out to be a fantastic OS sometime after SP1. However, reading between the lines, I think MS sees the XP architecture as a legal liability.
I tested both FF on Fedora 8 and Vista. It runs perfectly in Vista, but there is some non vsynced looking tearing in Linux. Hopefully they'll get that sorted out.
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I have, and just a warning for you. The BD+ DRM on the Gattaca disc requires a blood sample for DNA scan.
:)
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From Slysoft's website:
AnyDVDHD Features Blu-Ray
* Same features as regular AnyDVD
* Removes encryption (AACS) from Blu-ray Discs
* Removes region codes from Blu-Ray Discs
* Removes BD+ copy protection from Blu-ray Discs
* Watch movies over digital display connection, without HDCP compliant graphics card and without HDCP compliant display.
* The "must have" utility for the serious home theater enthusiast using a media center / home theater PC.
* Includes a UDF 2.5 file ripper, no need to install 3rd party UDF 2.5 filesystem under Windows XP.
I've been using anydvd to watch HDDVDs and BluRay discs over component for awhile now. However, I haven't tried a BD+ disc yet. I purchased Gattaca yesterday, but I haven't tried to watch it yet. I will give it a go tonight.
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The crack allows you to play the media at full quality on systems that do not have a fully HDCP compliant chain. Example: If you have a home theater TV hooked up to an older HDTV that only has component inputs, or if you have a non HDCP video card, you can use this "crack" to play your discs at full quality.
She cares to a certain degree. When we get Netflix in the mail she'll ask what we got in HD. For TV, she'll go out of her to way to switch from analog cable to the home theater PC and kick on the HDTV tuner program if she knows something is also being broadcast in HD. On the flip side however, she will watch shows on demand from network station websites which I won't do unless I absolutely have to catch up on something. I guess you could say she prefers HD but isn't as much as a snob as I am;).
I did. Heroes season 1, 300, and Beowulf all have some pretty sweet PiP. My blu-ray player is a drive in an HTPC so I'm pretty safe profile update-wise, but I'm just sayin' that the interactivity/extras that HDDVD is capable of now crushes what's out there for blu-ray at the moment.
Forgot to mention that my set is 42". I can't vouch for anything smaller than that. I do agree though on the premise that HDDVD players are now a great value priced upscailing solution.
Upconversion looks acceptable, but it's nowhere near HDTV/Blu-Ray in clarity and lack of compression artifacts. My set is only 720p, but even my non tech-geek girlfriend can clearly see the difference between DVD upscaled to 720p and HDDVD/Blu-ray at 720p.
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I can live with the beta Firefox, but the fact that they are using a beta XORG has put a kink in my plans to upgrade to F9 because NVidia doesn't have drivers ready. I'm anxiously awaiting this situation to be resolved. In the meantime I'll stick with F8 which is very stable at the moment.
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I feel that the only major variations Doom 3 took were the pacing and the storyline. Doom 1 + 2 were all about running around very quickly while taking out monsters. Additionally there was very little plot. Doom 3 on the other hand, had a real story and it was more about slow tension building.
Very true. The standard is beyond a "reasonable" doubt, not beyond any doubt.
Visual Studio has had that for awhile now, so I don't come across the //end if type comments anymore. Several years ago it was a common practice though.
I was under the impression that Codec buddy points the user to purchasable codecs, not the free (as in beer) codecs in the livna repo.
I do need to add that I do agree with the OP in the sense that it would be great if there was a way right out of the box to automatically go and download this type of stuff, maybe with a disclaimer saying that they aren't sanctioned as free that would be a CYA for Fedora.
Most of that stuff is available in the livna repository. Standard procedure is to install the livna repo immediately and download the non free packages.
First huge difference between the two is that Ubuntu has professional support if you want it. Another huge difference between the two is that Ubuntu typically only gets security updates and major bug fixes during a version lifespan whereas Fedora continually gets application updates over its version lifespan as new versions of individual apps are released.
So you could say that Fedora stays a little more bleeding edge throughout the version lifespan, and Ubuntu stays a bit more stable throughout the lifespan of a version.
As usual, the /. headline is misleading. TFA more-or-less says that they have no plans to produce a consumer desktop product because they don't see it as a money maker. This basically means that they don't plan on having a boxed desktop product that you can buy at the store like Mandriva. Fedora will continue on as is - something they work on with the community but don't sell.
You are correct. I should have said 8% of movies sold on disc ;).
No not even close. Furthermore BluRay accounted for only 8% of total dvd sales for the week of 3/30.
My initial reaction when reading the article was that I really hope hardware vendors take this release seriously and don't rely on their products working in some sort of driver compatibility mode. Many vendors ignored Vista until it was on the shelves and the consumers were left with a mess. You can argue that MS is to blame because they changed the driver architecture with Vista, but seriously, development versions of Vista were out for a year or more.
One part of me totally agrees with you. XP really turned out to be a fantastic OS sometime after SP1. However, reading between the lines, I think MS sees the XP architecture as a legal liability.
I tested both FF on Fedora 8 and Vista. It runs perfectly in Vista, but there is some non vsynced looking tearing in Linux. Hopefully they'll get that sorted out.
:)
From Slysoft's website:
AnyDVDHD Features Blu-Ray
* Same features as regular AnyDVD
* Removes encryption (AACS) from Blu-ray Discs
* Removes region codes from Blu-Ray Discs
* Removes BD+ copy protection from Blu-ray Discs
* Watch movies over digital display connection, without HDCP compliant graphics card and without HDCP compliant display.
* The "must have" utility for the serious home theater enthusiast using a media center / home theater PC.
* Includes a UDF 2.5 file ripper, no need to install 3rd party UDF 2.5 filesystem under Windows XP.
I've been using anydvd to watch HDDVDs and BluRay discs over component for awhile now. However, I haven't tried a BD+ disc yet. I purchased Gattaca yesterday, but I haven't tried to watch it yet. I will give it a go tonight.
The crack allows you to play the media at full quality on systems that do not have a fully HDCP compliant chain. Example: If you have a home theater TV hooked up to an older HDTV that only has component inputs, or if you have a non HDCP video card, you can use this "crack" to play your discs at full quality.
She cares to a certain degree. When we get Netflix in the mail she'll ask what we got in HD. For TV, she'll go out of her to way to switch from analog cable to the home theater PC and kick on the HDTV tuner program if she knows something is also being broadcast in HD. On the flip side however, she will watch shows on demand from network station websites which I won't do unless I absolutely have to catch up on something. I guess you could say she prefers HD but isn't as much as a snob as I am ;).
I did. Heroes season 1, 300, and Beowulf all have some pretty sweet PiP. My blu-ray player is a drive in an HTPC so I'm pretty safe profile update-wise, but I'm just sayin' that the interactivity/extras that HDDVD is capable of now crushes what's out there for blu-ray at the moment.
Forgot to mention that my set is 42". I can't vouch for anything smaller than that. I do agree though on the premise that HDDVD players are now a great value priced upscailing solution.
Upconversion looks acceptable, but it's nowhere near HDTV/Blu-Ray in clarity and lack of compression artifacts. My set is only 720p, but even my non tech-geek girlfriend can clearly see the difference between DVD upscaled to 720p and HDDVD/Blu-ray at 720p.
It's useful in case your account get stolen, or if it ever gets deleted by accident (it's happened to gmail users before).