Anyone up for hacking Nikons equivalent, the D70? Can't have Canon stealing the market now that this new hack is out.;-)
Gaming without swap, with 512MB RAM (or less)
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I have an XP 1800+ with 512MB on Win98SE. Disabled swap. Noticable performance increase. Cranked up a game of RTCW Enemy Territory, completely one map with great performance!!! Game crapped out when trying to load the second map and froze, not enough (i.e. zero) swap dag nabbit. Needs more RAMses I do.
LOL! This has to be the BEST post EVER at/.!!! You and the original poster are on the same wavelength, but the clueless/. moderators fail it today. Thanks dude!
> The point to Christianity is not that ``... you are in fact expected to 100% completely believe something > regardless of whether or not there is really evidence for it.'' The point here is that God wants you to first > seek Him. If you seek Him, you will find Him. He'll see to that.
I agree about PaintShopPro. I use version 7.04. I also dual-boot Debian Linux. Under Linux I find myself using an old version of PaintShopPro 4.15 SE using WINE, instead of GIMP. That is, before I broke my WINE after an update. GIMP maybe powerful, but it's ugly and seems backward.
A usable UI is most important for an application. I perfer PSP's interface, although the floating tool windows are a pain. On earlier versions I could dock them onto the toolbar. Is this still possible?
My system is a XP1800+, 512MB ram, Win98SE and Radeon 9000. Runs as jerky as anything and just spins constantly. Unplayable. I guess I need a DirectX9 card. Dag nabbit! Exited out, but music kept playing. Had to kill the process.
Linux is about choice. Gnome and KDE are easy enough to pick up. Choose one. Learn it. It's not that difficult.
* Easy installation.
SuSE is easier to install than XP in my experience. It can also auto setup a dual boot system and resize NTFS partitions automagically.
* Hardware support that JUST WORKS.
NVidia graphics drivers JUST WORK when you run the installer. Some dists will auto-install all hardware drivers, and even download them if they are not allowed to re-distribute them. Again, SuSE and others have mastered this. It's not a distributions fault if a hardware manufacturer doesn't want to provide drivers. In many cases, people are left to reverse engineer them.
* System updates that JUST WORK when vulnerabilities are discovered.
Debian's APT will do this for you. SuSE has it's own updater. Others do to.
* High performance drivers.
I have tried both ATI and NVidia drivers on Linux and Windows (dual boot system). Both perform exceptionally well. The NVidias had a higher framerate under Linux for me. If your hardware isn't supported, ask your hardware vendor why they haven't provided a driver.
* Keyboard shortcuts that work - shared desktop clipboard that is as easy to use as Windows. click, select "paste". Simple.
Many Greeks also spell their names (and Greek words in general) with English characters. They have to learn both at school> Most road signs in Greece have both english character and greek character variations on them as if they are two different languages.
Public Enemy got it right with their single 911 is a joke, especially the line "I call a cab cuz a cab will come quicker".
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I use PaintshopPro 7. It has floating window thingamees too. In earlier versions I used to be able to dock them. Never figured out how with version 7, so I just kill them until I need one.
Same here. An awesome setup tool, however, myself being too Debianized, I try to edit the system files, and YaST overwrites them. arghhh!!!
However, it's an awesome tool. I love their installer and partitioner with the option of automatic NTFS partition resizing and the creation of a dual boot system if it finds Windows on the drive. Superb!
MacOS only has to run on about 5 different computers of the same architecture. Minimal hardware options. Most of the hard work of the base system has already been done for them by the BSD guys.
Windows XP has to run on only 2 architectures (32bit and 64bit x86), but with many hardware options.
SuSE, one or two architectures - but good boasts a good GUI installer, that autodetects most things and partitions a dual boot system for you. Pretty cool, but expected of a distribution of this nature.
Debian has to install and run on 10 + 2 architectures (some that you may never even have seen or heard of) and with all kinds of hardware.
My first install experience of Server 2003 Active Directory was trying to consult the help files included in the system only to find that "this part of the manual has not been written yet" all over the place. Just following the wizards and trying to figure out what nasty changes had been made since previous version, was a nightmare - even with a Server 2000 manual (no 2003 manual at the time). Needless to say, that install had to be done twice....
But then again so did my first install of Debian Potato. Logging in as the all-powerful root, required a reinstall very soon in my exploring the debian system experience.;-)
Now that I am familiar with both, I would choose Debian on any given day.
Mine just stalled at: "ESR value before enabling vector: 00000002" I disabled APIC and recompiled the kernel and then it ran sweet. Running an Athlon XP1800+. Is this meant to happen? I also get a bunch of funny numbers on the screen during the shutdown process that weren't there until Kernel 2.4.
Yesterday I got 2.6.3 instead. First lockup occured when I had left the default APIC feature enabled. My cpu is an XP1800+ and didn't like this. Removing the APIC feature allowed me to boot.
Changing from OSS to ALSA was also a hurdle for my SB Live! but survived. Things seem snappier with the new kernel.
Methinks that regulation will do nothing but more than move MS offshore completely. I am not sure whether the US Govt wants this to occur or not. I am guessing, not.
This driver still mis-identifies a VIA KT400 chipset.
Strange, because most newer kernels support the KT400 AGP/GART. Does ATI include it's own inferior AGP/GART driver? If so, why?
What I don't see is, why don't ATI allow a small part be included in the kernel i.e. the interface to the driver - and just distribute the closed-source driver as a separate release. I hate the hassle of compiling kernel modules etc. NVidia's used to be ok, as a script does everything, but ATI's get your hands dirty.
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Anyone up for hacking Nikons equivalent, the D70? Can't have Canon stealing the market now that this new hack is out. ;-)
I have an XP 1800+ with 512MB on Win98SE. Disabled swap. Noticable performance increase. Cranked up a game of RTCW Enemy Territory, completely one map with great performance!!! Game crapped out when trying to load the second map and froze, not enough (i.e. zero) swap dag nabbit. Needs more RAMses I do.
> I am evil Homer.
/.!!! You and the original poster are on the same wavelength, but the clueless /. moderators fail it today. Thanks dude!
LOL! This has to be the BEST post EVER at
I have found that WindowsUpdate site fails to work on many proxies.
> The point to Christianity is not that ``... you are in fact expected to 100% completely believe something
> regardless of whether or not there is really evidence for it.'' The point here is that God wants you to first
> seek Him. If you seek Him, you will find Him. He'll see to that.
Right on Dude, you have nailed it.
> No, it IS nonsense. >
Next time you troll, try to say something with some substance. You might actually get a higher score. Do play again.
I agree about PaintShopPro. I use version 7.04. I also dual-boot Debian Linux. Under Linux I find myself using an old version of PaintShopPro 4.15 SE using WINE, instead of GIMP. That is, before I broke my WINE after an update. GIMP maybe powerful, but it's ugly and seems backward. A usable UI is most important for an application. I perfer PSP's interface, although the floating tool windows are a pain. On earlier versions I could dock them onto the toolbar. Is this still possible?
My system is a XP1800+, 512MB ram, Win98SE and Radeon 9000. Runs as jerky as anything and just spins constantly. Unplayable. I guess I need a DirectX9 card. Dag nabbit! Exited out, but music kept playing. Had to kill the process.
Every point you raised is redundant:
* Unify the desktop
Linux is about choice. Gnome and KDE are easy enough to pick up. Choose one. Learn it. It's not that difficult.
* Easy installation.
SuSE is easier to install than XP in my experience. It can also auto setup a dual boot system and resize NTFS partitions automagically.
* Hardware support that JUST WORKS.
NVidia graphics drivers JUST WORK when you run the installer. Some dists will auto-install all hardware drivers, and even download them if they are not allowed to re-distribute them. Again, SuSE and others have mastered this. It's not a distributions fault if a hardware manufacturer doesn't want to provide drivers. In many cases, people are left to reverse engineer them.
* System updates that JUST WORK when vulnerabilities are discovered.
Debian's APT will do this for you. SuSE has it's own updater. Others do to.
* High performance drivers.
I have tried both ATI and NVidia drivers on Linux and Windows (dual boot system). Both perform exceptionally well. The NVidias had a higher framerate under Linux for me. If your hardware isn't supported, ask your hardware vendor why they haven't provided a driver.
* Keyboard shortcuts that work - shared desktop clipboard that is as easy to use as Windows. click, select "paste". Simple.
Choose your GUI and learn it. Simple.
Many Greeks also spell their names (and Greek words in general) with English characters. They have to learn both at school> Most road signs in Greece have both english character and greek character variations on them as if they are two different languages.
That's a big ask considering that upgrading from NT Server to Server 2000/2003 cannot be easily done automagically.
Public Enemy got it right with their single 911 is a joke, especially the line "I call a cab cuz a cab will come quicker".
I use PaintshopPro 7. It has floating window thingamees too. In earlier versions I used to be able to dock them. Never figured out how with version 7, so I just kill them until I need one.
There already is one, its called /etc :-)
However, I wish that dists agree on where some of the these files are located and what names they are given.
Same here. An awesome setup tool, however, myself being too Debianized, I try to edit the system files, and YaST overwrites them. arghhh!!!
However, it's an awesome tool. I love their installer and partitioner with the option of automatic NTFS partition resizing and the creation of a dual boot system if it finds Windows on the drive. Superb!
MacOS only has to run on about 5 different computers of the same architecture. Minimal hardware options. Most of the hard work of the base system has already been done for them by the BSD guys.
Windows XP has to run on only 2 architectures (32bit and 64bit x86), but with many hardware options.
SuSE, one or two architectures - but good boasts a good GUI installer, that autodetects most things and partitions a dual boot system for you. Pretty cool, but expected of a distribution of this nature.
Debian has to install and run on 10 + 2 architectures (some that you may never even have seen or heard of) and with all kinds of hardware.
My first install experience of Server 2003 Active Directory was trying to consult the help files included in the system only to find that "this part of the manual has not been written yet" all over the place. Just following the wizards and trying to figure out what nasty changes had been made since previous version, was a nightmare - even with a Server 2000 manual (no 2003 manual at the time). Needless to say, that install had to be done twice....
;-)
But then again so did my first install of Debian Potato. Logging in as the all-powerful root, required a reinstall very soon in my exploring the debian system experience.
Now that I am familiar with both, I would choose Debian on any given day.
Yup. Gotta agree there. I say get Media Player Classic instead.
oops. meant the numbers weren't there UNDER kernel 2.4.
Mine just stalled at:
"ESR value before enabling vector: 00000002"
I disabled APIC and recompiled the kernel and then it ran sweet. Running an Athlon XP1800+. Is this meant to happen? I also get a bunch of funny numbers on the screen during the shutdown process that weren't there until Kernel 2.4.
Yesterday I got 2.6.3 instead. First lockup occured when I had left the default APIC feature enabled. My cpu is an XP1800+ and didn't like this. Removing the APIC feature allowed me to boot.
Changing from OSS to ALSA was also a hurdle for my SB Live! but survived. Things seem snappier with the new kernel.
Do you have a url for this floppy? I have looked at QNX site and even registered, but found nothing...
It cost over US$100 for an XP Home OEM License in New Zealand.
Methinks that regulation will do nothing but more than move MS offshore completely. I am not sure whether the US Govt wants this to occur or not. I am guessing, not.
This driver still mis-identifies a VIA KT400 chipset.
Strange, because most newer kernels support the KT400 AGP/GART. Does ATI include it's own inferior AGP/GART driver? If so, why?
What I don't see is, why don't ATI allow a small part be included in the kernel i.e. the interface to the driver - and just distribute the closed-source driver as a separate release. I hate the hassle of compiling kernel modules etc. NVidia's used to be ok, as a script does everything, but ATI's get your hands dirty.