Um, if it's hardware accelerated, it will be eating fewer of your CPU cycles
Not necessarily so. Well, only if they use hardware acceleration to do existing tasks that are already being done solely by software acceleration. I mean, how many resources does xpdf et al use really?
However, if they are introducing new eye candy wizz-bang GUI magic, chances are that the hardware requirements (including CPU and RAM) will be much higher anyways - even with suitable h/w- accel compatible hardware. And for course those without the h/w-accel compatible hardware, this would eat up even more CPU cycles for the rendering. I repeat, how many resources does xpdf et al use really?
The day a Linux zealot can take KDE, remove all the Konqueror libraries, and magically have EVERY application that embeds Konqueror as a KPart instead embed ANY browser WITHOUT recompiling the application, I will be impressed.
However, I think you'll find the above challenge quite difficult to accomplish. Why then do you insist that Microsoft be able to pull off the same impossible task?
Hello? KDE isn't an operating system. One can run GNU/Linux without without installing KDE, a web-browser, a Window Manager even, or X even.
If Konqueror had as many security flaws as IE does, I'd rather uninstall KDE completely (very easy to do) and install Enlightenment (or any other WM) + Firefox. With MS Windows, you don't have these options.
The ATI drivers require a little knowledge about compiling kernels and modules. You need the kernel source installed at/usr/src/linux and ideally the same libraries and compiler versions installed that compiled your running kernel to compile the new FGLRX module. If you have just compiled and installed a new kernel, then you should have no problems there, unless you have updated your system immediately since then.
For Debian users, there is a slightly easier way, but still involves the commandline stuff and some manual editing of the XF86Config-4 file.
ATI drivers are not so bad. Performance is pretty good really (I dual boot with 98SE and play ET on both). So they're not as easy to install as NVidia's, but hey this is Linux and we don't mind getting our hands dirty. err... well I use Debian so I don't mind.:-)
"You must be GNU here"
"Yes, but does it run GNU/Linux?"
"In Soviet Russia the first program executes GNU/Hurd"
"Netcraft confirms it, GNU/Hurd is dying"
"In Korea, only old people use GNU/Hurd"
"GNU/Hurd isn't ready for the desktop"
"Imagine a beowulf cluster of these"
"I've got a greased up GNU shoved up my..."
And lastly, something about a herd of Natalie Portmans and hot grits....
pre-christian Greek and Roman philosophers came to similar conclusions
You will find it was based on early Judaism, i.e. the Torah.
Jesus' command "Love the Lord your God... and your neighbour as yourself" was a summation of the Hebrew's Law in the Torah (the first 5 books of the "Old Testament" as we call it) which is about 3400 (IIRC) years old.
The Torah was written long before the Greek or Roman civilizations existed. Little wonder why other more recent civilizations have similar values or stories even (eg. the flood). There's nothing new under the sun.
I am told that in the old days that a dinner fork was the tool of choice. Bend the two outside prongs away, and insert middle two prongs into the lock. Bingo, free car. Still works I guess, unless of course they have dual immobilizers (or a single one for that matter).
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Shouldn't that be "Actually I am a Rocket Scientest, you insensitive clod"?
If it booted once upon a time, but won't boot now. Then either your CD or hardware is screwy. Knoppix is a live CD.
This administration rewards incompetence and duplicity...
:-)
So does the voting public by re-electing GWB.
In fact, every university lab that I have visited is a 100% Microsoft shop
Huh? I did 99% of my CS university degree on Solaris Unix.
How much RAM did a CGA/VGA card have?
Or... they could do a Microsoft and pretend that the vulnerability doesn't exist until after a patch has been released.
Hmmm.... methinks that perhaps moving to SHA-512 in the meantime might be a safer alternative.
step 1: turn computer off
step 2: get a job
step 3: ????
step 4: profit!!!
Grow your own. It's the best way. I get up nice and early to tend me turnips before reading /. each day. ;-)
There's no indication that any animals were harmed in the process
oooohh.... why didn't they try it on humans first then?
Um, if it's hardware accelerated, it will be eating fewer of your CPU cycles
Not necessarily so. Well, only if they use hardware acceleration to do existing tasks that are already being done solely by software acceleration. I mean, how many resources does xpdf et al use really?
However, if they are introducing new eye candy wizz-bang GUI magic, chances are that the hardware requirements (including CPU and RAM) will be much higher anyways - even with suitable h/w- accel compatible hardware. And for course those without the h/w-accel compatible hardware, this would eat up even more CPU cycles for the rendering. I repeat, how many resources does xpdf et al use really?
He was here 2 weeks ago. Could he just be on holiday?
I just don't want all the traffic filling up my mailbox
Set your newsreader to download new headers only.
You mean they had support for it in the first place? ;-)
The day a Linux zealot can take KDE, remove all the Konqueror libraries, and magically have EVERY application that embeds Konqueror as a KPart instead embed ANY browser WITHOUT recompiling the application, I will be impressed.
However, I think you'll find the above challenge quite difficult to accomplish. Why then do you insist that Microsoft be able to pull off the same impossible task?
Hello? KDE isn't an operating system. One can run GNU/Linux without without installing KDE, a web-browser, a Window Manager even, or X even.
If Konqueror had as many security flaws as IE does, I'd rather uninstall KDE completely (very easy to do) and install Enlightenment (or any other WM) + Firefox. With MS Windows, you don't have these options.
The ATI drivers require a little knowledge about compiling kernels and modules. You need the kernel source installed at /usr/src/linux and ideally the same libraries and compiler versions installed that compiled your running kernel to compile the new FGLRX module. If you have just compiled and installed a new kernel, then you should have no problems there, unless you have updated your system immediately since then.
For Debian users, there is a slightly easier way, but still involves the commandline stuff and some manual editing of the XF86Config-4 file.
"I love [insert girlfriend's name]"
/. reader has a real girlfriend!
Excellent. No-one would ever guess that one, because no-one would believe that a
Do you know how to compile your own kernel?
ATI drivers are not so bad. Performance is pretty good really (I dual boot with 98SE and play ET on both). So they're not as easy to install as NVidia's, but hey this is Linux and we don't mind getting our hands dirty. err... well I use Debian so I don't mind. :-)
I've been visiting that site for a long time and read most of SB's emails, but that one is just plain random! :-)
"Band names", "Guitar" and "Duck pond" are classics!
"You must be GNU here"
"Yes, but does it run GNU/Linux?"
"In Soviet Russia the first program executes GNU/Hurd"
"Netcraft confirms it, GNU/Hurd is dying"
"In Korea, only old people use GNU/Hurd"
"GNU/Hurd isn't ready for the desktop"
"Imagine a beowulf cluster of these"
"I've got a greased up GNU shoved up my..."
And lastly, something about a herd of Natalie Portmans and hot grits....
If all 3 of you petition them, they might consider doing a port for BeOS. ;-)
What a great photo Tom. Captured the moment very well.
pre-christian Greek and Roman philosophers came to similar conclusions
You will find it was based on early Judaism, i.e. the Torah.
Jesus' command "Love the Lord your God... and your neighbour as yourself" was a summation of the Hebrew's Law in the Torah (the first 5 books of the "Old Testament" as we call it) which is about 3400 (IIRC) years old.
The Torah was written long before the Greek or Roman civilizations existed. Little wonder why other more recent civilizations have similar values or stories even (eg. the flood). There's nothing new under the sun.
I used to love that game!!!!
I am told that in the old days that a dinner fork was the tool of choice. Bend the two outside prongs away, and insert middle two prongs into the lock. Bingo, free car. Still works I guess, unless of course they have dual immobilizers (or a single one for that matter).