I've been playing around with these and while I like both Knoppix and Mepis, one thing that Mepis does better is DVD playback. Perhaps this is because Knoppix will work on 486s but Mepis will only work on pentiums/equivalents (beter optimization for my hardware). Anyway, xine gives a lot picture jumps in Knoppix and a very little in Mepis. It also seems that Mepis installed the nVidia video drivers - at least I get that annoying big nVidia screen before X starts.
On the other hand - Mepis just has to do something about those big blue "S" "I" and "U" buttons. Them's ugly.
I gave a friend of mine a wireless card for her laptop as a graduation present, the idea being she could use it when she's at coffee shops offering wireless connections, or in grad school on campus (she doesn't subscribe to broadband). As it turns out, she has a minimum of 4 options to connect to the internet from her apartment at any given time thanks to her careless neighbors.
You may be annoyed at RH, but it's inappropriate to argue that RH is ethically required to continue to sell something (support) it doesn't want to sell.
I never suggested they were ethically obligated to sell it - obviously they aren't - it's just a product. All I was saying is that if I'm going to be a loyal customer, I want to go with a loyal company. I know for a fact that in my business, it is very important to respect and show loyalty to my clients. In the software world (not my business BTW), I would hope that loyalty to one's customers improves the chances of long term viability.
At the risk of repeating myself, I do have a paid subscription to RHN. I've paid for two boxed sets of RH in the past. What burns me is that I was a loyal customer, had the little window cling sticker in my car, 2 redhat caps (one white, one black), even put the stupid sticker on my computer. Then they turn around and say they are too good for my money. I want to support a distro that thinks I'm valuable as a customer and I want to have the chance to pay at least some of the people that make this whole thing possible. By the same token, I can't rationally pay several hundred per year for Enterprise.
So even if the Mandrake thing was transparent advertising, I sure am tempted to DL the ISOs and see if I like it. Whoever I choose in the end, I'll become their customer - but after RH's trick, I think I'll still feel skeptical.
Oh, that's right, you don't want Open Source, you want a free ride.
I feel fairly let down by Red Hat. I paid for RHN to use with my RH9 system even though I didn't actually have to. I bought boxed sets of 7.2 and 7.3 (crazy - just figured they could use the dough).
So yeah, I'm looking around for a new distro now and feeling very let down. I want something with a reliable security updating service, like up2date. And while other companies may provide security updates etc., that doesn't leave an upgrade path - I want that too. I'm happy to pay for the software I use, but I want to go with a company that will be happy to have me as a customer, and not one who will cut me loose like some wortless leach. I feel rather bitter towards RH right now.
Wow. What a business idea. Remanufactured laptop batteries. While panasonic might refuse to sell you their cells, I bet plenty of companies would jump at the chance to supply cells that are a current/voltage match.
Some PLEASE use this idea. I don't have the ability, technical or financial, to use it, but I'd sure benefit in the future from laptop batteries that cost half their usual cost (at least when I get a laptop).
You go to the dealer, buy a car, it's gas tank is full. You run out of gas to discover that there is no fuel door and no way to get more gas in the car unless you take it to the dealer who, for 25% of the purchase price, will put in a new full tank for you.
There's a distinct lack of class consciousness in America, probably because the right has been really good at playing to the emotions and non-economic beliefs of the lower economic classes, while really pursuing agendas destructive of their actual economic interests.
A demonstration of this. A little while ago I saw a bumper sticker encrusted mid eighties rustbucket of a Ford Escort - you know the type, cracked windows, muffler looks like it will fall off any second, dents, rust, blue smoke exhaust, sagging suspension. One of the stickers said "Don't blame me, I voted Republican".
Every time I read about the deals in Canada for broadband, I get so jealous. My Comcast (comcast sucks) cable access costs me $50.20/month. When I lived in a different town, I felt lucky to get 256/128 DSL for $80 a month.
Why is it so hard here? And I don't want hear the wide open spaces argument. I live 20 minutes from the border and things look the same on either side in terms of population density etc. If only I lived on the border, I'd try to run a cable over the border from a neighbor! I could pay for his access completely and still save money!
I had one too - I can't recall, was it $400 or $300? Maybe it was $495... still, I remember that it was incredible, particularly in comparrison to an Ad-Lib card or the like. Sierra games supported it... really put some pizzaz in the Liesure Suite Lary soundtrack. And I can't even estimate how many hours I spent playing Wing-Commander getting all hyped with the great background music. Of course, I didn't use it to make music with - just for games.
I would bet that the people doing this are doing it for the same reasons anyone still fools around with their C-64 or CoCo - for the nostalgia.
I do this too! There should be a website to host such an exchange program - send in a [somestore] card, a SASE, and get a random [somestore] card back (same kind as you send in of course).
What's this WSIS about? It seems you sneer at activists when in fact, they might just be protecting your freedom.
It doesn't help that there are several topics of great import but huge controversy. The chief among these is Internet governance. In short: who gets to run the Internet? ***
The United States, Europe and English-speaking partners such as Australia favour the existing private-company organisation, ICANN. Whereas developing nations, China, India, Brazil, South Africa and others all want a recognised international body to run the show, ITU.
And for posters below who seem unimpressed that a quasi governmental agency can monitor who it is you mingle with, or go to private areas for private discussion - you deserve what you'll get. The internet so far has been a model of a borderless world. But many countries are terrified by this concept - you really want them collecting data, manipulating who the attendees will be to prevent certain individuals from blocking their plans? That's nuts.
You misunderstand. A company hires a spammer to hawk it's products. Why sue the spammer, sue the company. Much easier to locate etc. A "joe job" is irrelevant because we aren't looking at who sent the message, whether intentionlayy or not. We are looking at the product being sold.
People who can't get there/their/they're and your/you're straight
Your right about people getting a better grip on English - afterall, their going to need correct usage to survive in hour business climate.
Heh. After reading slashdot for quite a while, I now have to make a conscious effort to get these right, and even when I think about, I sometimes get confused. How'd I do??
I'm seriously considering buying one of those noise cancelling headphones for the times I have to work in the server room.
Probably a good idea, 8hrs exposure at 85db is considered injurious. You can get a rough idea if the noise level approaches 85db by standing about an arm's length from another person (who has normal hearing). If you need to raise your voice to be understood, the environment is too loud to be in w/o hearing protection for extended durations. Note that "raise your voice" doesn't mean yell, it just means to talk a little extra loudly as you might while driving down the freeway in a tin can car (also an injurious activity if the duration is sufficient).
Remember the Widows 3.0 alternative: Geoworks? From the very early '90s. It came with the chance to try AOL when they were beta testing if I recall right. Even then, I bailed early in favor of Delphi because AOL was so expensive. Delphi was all command line though - still, 20hrs for $20 seemed too good of a deal to pass up.
Well, following the "elves/dwarves" example, perhaps it should be "viruzes". This would perhaps put this issue to rest once and for all. Truth is "virii" sounds at least as lame as "viruses"... more lame actually because it is so incorrect.
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I've been playing around with these and while I like both Knoppix and Mepis, one thing that Mepis does better is DVD playback. Perhaps this is because Knoppix will work on 486s but Mepis will only work on pentiums/equivalents (beter optimization for my hardware). Anyway, xine gives a lot picture jumps in Knoppix and a very little in Mepis. It also seems that Mepis installed the nVidia video drivers - at least I get that annoying big nVidia screen before X starts.
On the other hand - Mepis just has to do something about those big blue "S" "I" and "U" buttons. Them's ugly.
I gave a friend of mine a wireless card for her laptop as a graduation present, the idea being she could use it when she's at coffee shops offering wireless connections, or in grad school on campus (she doesn't subscribe to broadband). As it turns out, she has a minimum of 4 options to connect to the internet from her apartment at any given time thanks to her careless neighbors.
Here's one for the list, my favorite - Cocco: Raining
I have a couple of her albums but I like this one the best. And it ain't bubblegum sweet "Jpop". Think Tori Amos if she was Japanese.
- You may be annoyed at RH, but it's inappropriate to argue that RH is ethically required to continue to sell something (support) it doesn't want to sell.
I never suggested they were ethically obligated to sell it - obviously they aren't - it's just a product. All I was saying is that if I'm going to be a loyal customer, I want to go with a loyal company. I know for a fact that in my business, it is very important to respect and show loyalty to my clients. In the software world (not my business BTW), I would hope that loyalty to one's customers improves the chances of long term viability.At the risk of repeating myself, I do have a paid subscription to RHN. I've paid for two boxed sets of RH in the past. What burns me is that I was a loyal customer, had the little window cling sticker in my car, 2 redhat caps (one white, one black), even put the stupid sticker on my computer. Then they turn around and say they are too good for my money. I want to support a distro that thinks I'm valuable as a customer and I want to have the chance to pay at least some of the people that make this whole thing possible. By the same token, I can't rationally pay several hundred per year for Enterprise.
So even if the Mandrake thing was transparent advertising, I sure am tempted to DL the ISOs and see if I like it. Whoever I choose in the end, I'll become their customer - but after RH's trick, I think I'll still feel skeptical.
I feel fairly let down by Red Hat. I paid for RHN to use with my RH9 system even though I didn't actually have to. I bought boxed sets of 7.2 and 7.3 (crazy - just figured they could use the dough).
So yeah, I'm looking around for a new distro now and feeling very let down. I want something with a reliable security updating service, like up2date. And while other companies may provide security updates etc., that doesn't leave an upgrade path - I want that too. I'm happy to pay for the software I use, but I want to go with a company that will be happy to have me as a customer, and not one who will cut me loose like some wortless leach. I feel rather bitter towards RH right now.
Sure - it will cost $99 and you will be responsible for shipping and handling charges both ways.
Wow. What a business idea. Remanufactured laptop batteries. While panasonic might refuse to sell you their cells, I bet plenty of companies would jump at the chance to supply cells that are a current/voltage match.
Some PLEASE use this idea. I don't have the ability, technical or financial, to use it, but I'd sure benefit in the future from laptop batteries that cost half their usual cost (at least when I get a laptop).
No. The proper analogy would be this:
You go to the dealer, buy a car, it's gas tank is full. You run out of gas to discover that there is no fuel door and no way to get more gas in the car unless you take it to the dealer who, for 25% of the purchase price, will put in a new full tank for you.
- There's a distinct lack of class consciousness in America, probably because the right has been really good at playing to the emotions and non-economic beliefs of the lower economic classes, while really pursuing agendas destructive of their actual economic interests.
A demonstration of this. A little while ago I saw a bumper sticker encrusted mid eighties rustbucket of a Ford Escort - you know the type, cracked windows, muffler looks like it will fall off any second, dents, rust, blue smoke exhaust, sagging suspension. One of the stickers said "Don't blame me, I voted Republican".You have 3 and 4 reversed.
- Your right about people getting a better grip on English - afterall, their going to need correct usage to survive in hour business climate.
I hope you also noticed that I got "their" wrong (supposed to be "they're") and "hour" wrong (supposed to be "our").If your going to be a gramer nazzi, best cach all the errers or somewon mite think you're grammor skils arr week.
(hint: this one was humor two)
(hint: so was that!)
Every time I read about the deals in Canada for broadband, I get so jealous. My Comcast (comcast sucks) cable access costs me $50.20/month. When I lived in a different town, I felt lucky to get 256/128 DSL for $80 a month.
Why is it so hard here? And I don't want hear the wide open spaces argument. I live 20 minutes from the border and things look the same on either side in terms of population density etc. If only I lived on the border, I'd try to run a cable over the border from a neighbor! I could pay for his access completely and still save money!
I had one too - I can't recall, was it $400 or $300? Maybe it was $495 ... still, I remember that it was incredible, particularly in comparrison to an Ad-Lib card or the like. Sierra games supported it ... really put some pizzaz in the Liesure Suite Lary soundtrack. And I can't even estimate how many hours I spent playing Wing-Commander getting all hyped with the great background music. Of course, I didn't use it to make music with - just for games.
I would bet that the people doing this are doing it for the same reasons anyone still fools around with their C-64 or CoCo - for the nostalgia.
If only I had mod points, you deserve them. It's refreshing to hear a voice of reason amoung all the "chest thumping" as you say.
I do this too! There should be a website to host such an exchange program - send in a [somestore] card, a SASE, and get a random [somestore] card back (same kind as you send in of course).
- It doesn't help that there are several topics of great import but huge controversy. The chief among these is Internet governance. In short: who gets to run the Internet?
Follow the links back a bit.***
The United States, Europe and English-speaking partners such as Australia favour the existing private-company organisation, ICANN. Whereas developing nations, China, India, Brazil, South Africa and others all want a recognised international body to run the show, ITU.
And for posters below who seem unimpressed that a quasi governmental agency can monitor who it is you mingle with, or go to private areas for private discussion - you deserve what you'll get. The internet so far has been a model of a borderless world. But many countries are terrified by this concept - you really want them collecting data, manipulating who the attendees will be to prevent certain individuals from blocking their plans? That's nuts.
You misunderstand. A company hires a spammer to hawk it's products. Why sue the spammer, sue the company. Much easier to locate etc. A "joe job" is irrelevant because we aren't looking at who sent the message, whether intentionlayy or not. We are looking at the product being sold.
- People who can't get there/their/they're and your/you're straight
Your right about people getting a better grip on English - afterall, their going to need correct usage to survive in hour business climate.Heh. After reading slashdot for quite a while, I now have to make a conscious effort to get these right, and even when I think about, I sometimes get confused. How'd I do??
- I'm seriously considering buying one of those noise cancelling headphones for the times I have to work in the server room.
Probably a good idea, 8hrs exposure at 85db is considered injurious. You can get a rough idea if the noise level approaches 85db by standing about an arm's length from another person (who has normal hearing). If you need to raise your voice to be understood, the environment is too loud to be in w/o hearing protection for extended durations. Note that "raise your voice" doesn't mean yell, it just means to talk a little extra loudly as you might while driving down the freeway in a tin can car (also an injurious activity if the duration is sufficient).The calendar does not yet synch with your Palm Pilot.
Or, as CA tried and Feds denied, make the companies that use spammers responsible for the spammers actions.
Remember the Widows 3.0 alternative: Geoworks? From the very early '90s. It came with the chance to try AOL when they were beta testing if I recall right. Even then, I bailed early in favor of Delphi because AOL was so expensive. Delphi was all command line though - still, 20hrs for $20 seemed too good of a deal to pass up.
hmmm....I don't play video games anymore so I didn't realize the danger of "viruzes". Funny post BTW - I got a kick out of it.
Well, following the "elves/dwarves" example, perhaps it should be "viruzes". This would perhaps put this issue to rest once and for all. Truth is "virii" sounds at least as lame as "viruses"