It sure does sound interesting. I only hope that they do not mess it up like Micros~1 did in Windows (Have you ever installed an English program onto a German windows which came with some French patches and then read the Dialog box: Do you want to continue? Ja/Nein/Annuler;)
I think it will be difficult not to run into that again because a great part of the software for Linux is written by single persons, who do not necessarily have the time or the resources to translate all of their software into multiple languages. The Open Source concept of course comes in very handy here (Everybody can read the code and translate the text messages himself) but I guess there will always be some programs which won't be available in your preferred language.
I appreciate the effort which will add even more popularity to Linux but personally I will always stick to the English version of Linux.
>4.Another useful Firewire feature that USB doesn't seem to have is providing power through the same connector used for communications. Again, I may have missed it.
As far as I know it DOES provide power on the same cable. (But no great amount so if your device requires a lot of current, it will still need to get its power from an external source)
>5.I don't remember how many devices USB supports, but I suspect it's less than Firewire.
I don't know about Firewire but theoretically USB is meant to support up to 127 devices. I have read a report in the German c't magazine once where it stated that Intel had managed to connect 123 devices to it (mainly mice, keyboards and USB hubs)
Personally I do not use either USB nor Firewire (occasionally installed some USB devices for others though) because I do not have any device that would support them. On the long run I think hardware manufacturers will make the decision on what to use, simply by making their products work with one defined standard. (For me it's difficult to forsee which one that will be but maybe some insiders know more about this;)
Disclaimer: This is all AFAIK. Correct me where appropriate.
Exactly my point. With small patches you at least know WHAT you are patching and WHY. With those huge Service Packs all you do is download some monstrous file, which takes ages if you have limited bandwith, (and some of us apparently have;) and then apply it, hoping that it will not mess up your system. With single patches YOU are in control of what is being updated and you can apply them on a step by step basis.
I also do not agree with ZDs statement. Sure, some corporations will be more reluctant to using 21 different patches instead of one big package, but anybody who is serious about security on their system would nevertheless apply them.
While the concept of Rambus looks really nice I think Intel really screwed up on its implementation. They should have waited a little longer and done some thorough developing work on it because at the current state Rambus is starting to look ridiculous. Apart from that I hope that they'll manage to get it working properly as soon as possible, especially when I consider the current memory prices. (Which are still rising here in Luxembourg)
Finally somebody with a really useful idea that has to do with digital audio. Forget all those 50hz "humming" problems due to bad electricity wiring. In future you'll install a LAN instead of three thousand XLR cables,)
I only hope other companies will pick up the idea soon.
Being someone who likes to have thousands of pages with preferences to set I especially like the last idea. (Shouldn't be too hard to code) Would be nice to have that. (Maybe with an aditionnal value which determines that all those posts should be excluded and inversely one that makes all the posts show up regardless of their scores)
The website looks great!
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I have to agree that the website looks real great now. Some small nice graphics used to implement the design but now overloaded with moving blinking thingies.
Now all I have to do is find out what on earth GNUstep is supposed to be;)
Well, I have to agree with what others have posted: If Microsoft did that their "L++" would be a failure because nobody would use it. (Even if it included some great features) Why do I think I can say something like that? Because I think Linux users are Linux users because they know the tricks Microsoft is using to grab all the markets. I also believe that Linux users are not like the mainstream people who run after every single feature (even if its only a useless antmated icon) but first think before installing something.
Anyway, MS seems to ignore Linux at the moment but at some point of time they will certainly try and attack Linux and at that point we will have to fight for our beloved OS;)
Fully agreed. Moderation points should last a little longer but nevertheless you should not be piling them up and then spend them on one single post you like.
As for the 'I don't have any points when I see a post worth uprating' I thought that maybe we could implement a second score where everybody could 'vote' (only if logged in) With the appropriate modifications in the user prefs, you could decide whether you only rely on the traditional moderation system or take into account what other users (without moderation points) voted in the second field. (I guess this would render some major modifications necessary though.)
Yeah! Finally I can store all my knowledge into my PDA and have my brain surgically removed to create space for my experimental neural-interfaced GSM modem;)
Re:Does this kernel have all of Alan Cox's patches
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The ac kernel patches should usually be available from ftp.*.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/alan (Replace the * with a country code, ie lu for Luxembourg or no for Norway) Unfortunately I didn't find any homepage for them.
As for them being better than the 'normal' ones, I have absolutely no idea because until now I only used the standard kernels. I was told that ac contains newer drivers but is a little more unstable. (Sounds like something between 2.2 and 2.3;)
>But I suspect the particulars are less interesting than general collective testimonials of experience.
Don't say that. We've got exactly the same problem here and we're still trying to figure out what's going on. At first we assumed that it was due to the enclosures. Then we suspected the cause to be power failures (because we found out that one side of the mirror was not connected to the UPS systems) I just read your posting and I find this very interesting because we happen to have Seagate Barracudas here too.
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It sure does sound interesting. I only hope that they do not mess it up like Micros~1 did in Windows (Have you ever installed an English program onto a German windows which came with some French patches and then read the Dialog box: Do you want to continue? Ja/Nein/Annuler ;)
I think it will be difficult not to run into that again because a great part of the software for Linux is written by single persons, who do not necessarily have the time or the resources to translate all of their software into multiple languages. The Open Source concept of course comes in very handy here (Everybody can read the code and translate the text messages himself) but I guess there will always be some programs which won't be available in your preferred language.
I appreciate the effort which will add even more popularity to Linux but personally I will always stick to the English version of Linux.
>4.Another useful Firewire feature that USB doesn't seem to have is providing power through the same connector used for communications. Again, I may have missed it.
;)
As far as I know it DOES provide power on the same cable. (But no great amount so if your device requires a lot of current, it will still need to get its power from an external source)
>5.I don't remember how many devices USB supports, but I suspect it's less than Firewire.
I don't know about Firewire but theoretically USB is meant to support up to 127 devices. I have read a report in the German c't magazine once where it stated that Intel had managed to connect 123 devices to it (mainly mice, keyboards and USB hubs)
Personally I do not use either USB nor Firewire (occasionally installed some USB devices for others though) because I do not have any device that would support them. On the long run I think hardware manufacturers will make the decision on what to use, simply by making their products work with one defined standard. (For me it's difficult to forsee which one that will be but maybe some insiders know more about this
Disclaimer: This is all AFAIK. Correct me where appropriate.
Exactly my point. With small patches you at least know WHAT you are patching and WHY. With those huge Service Packs all you do is download some monstrous file, which takes ages if you have limited bandwith, (and some of us apparently have ;) and then apply it, hoping that it will not mess up your system. With single patches YOU are in control of what is being updated and you can apply them on a step by step basis.
;)
I also do not agree with ZDs statement. Sure, some corporations will be more reluctant to using 21 different patches instead of one big package, but anybody who is serious about security on their system would nevertheless apply them.
Just my (H) opinion, feel free to rate me down
While the concept of Rambus looks really nice I think Intel really screwed up on its implementation. They should have waited a little longer and done some thorough developing work on it because at the current state Rambus is starting to look ridiculous. Apart from that I hope that they'll manage to get it working properly as soon as possible, especially when I consider the current memory prices. (Which are still rising here in Luxembourg)
Finally somebody with a really useful idea that has to do with digital audio. Forget all those 50hz "humming" problems due to bad electricity wiring. In future you'll install a LAN instead of three thousand XLR cables ,)
I only hope other companies will pick up the idea soon.
Being someone who likes to have thousands of pages with preferences to set I especially like the last idea. (Shouldn't be too hard to code) Would be nice to have that. (Maybe with an aditionnal value which determines that all those posts should be excluded and inversely one that makes all the posts show up regardless of their scores)
I have to agree that the website looks real great now. Some small nice graphics used to implement the design but now overloaded with moving blinking thingies.
;)
Now all I have to do is find out what on earth GNUstep is supposed to be
Well, I have to agree with what others have posted: If Microsoft did that their "L++" would be a failure because nobody would use it. (Even if it included some great features) Why do I think I can say something like that? Because I think Linux users are Linux users because they know the tricks Microsoft is using to grab all the markets. I also believe that Linux users are not like the mainstream people who run after every single feature (even if its only a useless antmated icon) but first think before installing something.
;)
Anyway, MS seems to ignore Linux at the moment but at some point of time they will certainly try and attack Linux and at that point we will have to fight for our beloved OS
Fully agreed. Moderation points should last a little longer but nevertheless you should not be piling them up and then spend them on one single post you like.
As for the 'I don't have any points when I see a post worth uprating' I thought that maybe we could implement a second score where everybody could 'vote' (only if logged in) With the appropriate modifications in the user prefs, you could decide whether you only rely on the traditional moderation system or take into account what other users (without moderation points) voted in the second field. (I guess this would render some major modifications necessary though.)
What do you think?
Hi Internet, hope you'll have a nice day with not too many AOL users asking silly questions and sending unsubscribe messages into mailing lists ;)
Greetings
Yeah! Finally I can store all my knowledge into my PDA and have my brain surgically removed to create space for my experimental neural-interfaced GSM modem ;)
The ac kernel patches should usually be available from ftp.*.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/alan (Replace the * with a country code, ie lu for Luxembourg or no for Norway) Unfortunately I didn't find any homepage for them.
;)
As for them being better than the 'normal' ones, I have absolutely no idea because until now I only used the standard kernels. I was told that ac contains newer drivers but is a little more unstable. (Sounds like something between 2.2 and 2.3
Anyway, keep compiling!
>But I suspect the particulars are less interesting than general collective testimonials of experience.
Don't say that. We've got exactly the same problem here and we're still trying to figure out what's going on. At first we assumed that it was due to the enclosures. Then we suspected the cause to be power failures (because we found out that one side of the mirror was not connected to the UPS systems) I just read your posting and I find this very interesting because we happen to have Seagate Barracudas here too.
We'll keep investigating it.