If I can buy an Dell or an HP laptop with some distro of Linux on it that works with wireless and suspend hardware that works with Linux, then it really doesn't matter which one is on it when its shipped to me.
I use Fedora Core 4 very successfully on a rebranded Mitac 8011 notebook. This includes wireless (Intel Pro 2200) and I eventually got suspend to work. The latter seems to be a real issue under Linux, though, and it's a kludge getting it to work properly (i.e., having to "experiment" to find the correct combination of modules and services to unload), and then the i915 DRI doesn't work on resume. Hopefully, Fedora will release a kernel update that fixes this and doesn't break anything else in the process.
A lot of these ACPI issues seem to be blamed on buggy DSDTs in the notebook BIOSes. Apparently, this can be fixed by patching the data as the kernel boots --- but this is inconvenient. And BIOS providers are sometimes reluctant to fix things because they work as intended under Windows (as Windows XP's implementation of the ACPI specification is apparently lax at best, broken at worst). But it gets me that these features work under Windows, but not under Linux; maybe it's time for Linux to bite the bullet and [allow an option to] interpret ACPI tables the way Microsoft does? Or would that take a rather aribitrary degree of reverse-engineering, and we should instead keep shouting at BIOS providers to use the Intel AML compiler instead?
Check to see if your Terratec card is listed here. However, I will admit that getting sound "right" under Linux with some of the high-end cards can be tricky (my brother's machine has an Envy24-based card).
...we have the Telephone Preference Service with whom you can register and cut down on telemarketing calls. It does not work with those pesky market research/survey calls, however.
They are a real nuisance, especially that alleged "random dial" business (which I think should be made a criminal offence). I was once random-dialled three times in a weekend. And I still haven't won the lottery.
(On the other hand, I do have a small modicum of sympathy for the poor bugger on the other end of the line. Let's face it: it must be one shitty deal, and I think a lot of them are students trying to work off a debt.)
Come on, it's not going to make the slightest bit of difference. The average user ignores these messages and carries on using IE with an admin account anyway.
I think the crux of the grandparent's argument was that good music is more to do with [neuro-]psychology than mathematics. After all, music is only as good as the emotional response it evokes (apart from blind, screaming anger; c.f. O-Zone's "Dragostea Din Tei").
"Er, Boss, we're not entirely sure this new icon-rendering algorithm's gonna work. Think we should go back and re-code it. In fact, we'll need a re-design..."
"No can do, Bob, Steve says release in 2007. We'll have to rely on faster graphics hardware to sort it out for us."
"Um... how's that gonna help?"
"Duh! You run the routine twenty times. It's gotta get it right after that many goes."
Mmmmeh... I'd say it was more Kraftwerk, myself. Imagine the headache you'd have reassembling it if you accidentally dropped it and all they keys fell off!
The new fangled mouse is capable of two-way communication with the PC, it can inform users when their mouse battery is low, and notify them when they receive an email or instant message.
...and when their Logitech-delivered adware has just popped a message onto their screen. Why oh why do people go out and build up the crapware business by buying these bloated, pointless ubermice whose features they never use anyway? I mean, how many people use the fancy "multimedia" keys on a keyboard?
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I thought modern hard disc drives were built to withstand 200g shocks and reasonable vibration without error.
I use Fedora Core 4 very successfully on a rebranded Mitac 8011 notebook. This includes wireless (Intel Pro 2200) and I eventually got suspend to work. The latter seems to be a real issue under Linux, though, and it's a kludge getting it to work properly (i.e., having to "experiment" to find the correct combination of modules and services to unload), and then the i915 DRI doesn't work on resume. Hopefully, Fedora will release a kernel update that fixes this and doesn't break anything else in the process.
A lot of these ACPI issues seem to be blamed on buggy DSDTs in the notebook BIOSes. Apparently, this can be fixed by patching the data as the kernel boots --- but this is inconvenient. And BIOS providers are sometimes reluctant to fix things because they work as intended under Windows (as Windows XP's implementation of the ACPI specification is apparently lax at best, broken at worst). But it gets me that these features work under Windows, but not under Linux; maybe it's time for Linux to bite the bullet and [allow an option to] interpret ACPI tables the way Microsoft does? Or would that take a rather aribitrary degree of reverse-engineering, and we should instead keep shouting at BIOS providers to use the Intel AML compiler instead?
Dude, if the mouse is moving on its own, you need a bloody exorcist!
At the very least they should know the precise consequences of admin rights, and not use them when they don't need them.
What an apt middle name that young lady has!
Well, we've already seen the four horsemen:
Armageddon outa here.
Is that a categorical denial, then?
I wonder if any games have ever been rated R18...
Check to see if your Terratec card is listed here. However, I will admit that getting sound "right" under Linux with some of the high-end cards can be tricky (my brother's machine has an Envy24-based card).
Well, hey, that's why AtomChip built the 6,8 GHz Quantum Processor!
You wicked bugger, you!
Fancy not telling us the details!
...we have the Telephone Preference Service with whom you can register and cut down on telemarketing calls. It does not work with those pesky market research/survey calls, however.
They are a real nuisance, especially that alleged "random dial" business (which I think should be made a criminal offence). I was once random-dialled three times in a weekend. And I still haven't won the lottery.
(On the other hand, I do have a small modicum of sympathy for the poor bugger on the other end of the line. Let's face it: it must be one shitty deal, and I think a lot of them are students trying to work off a debt.)
Which one are you talking about?
Idiot, they're extinct.
Come on, it's not going to make the slightest bit of difference. The average user ignores these messages and carries on using IE with an admin account anyway.
Karlheinz Stockhausen has been doing that for years.
I think the crux of the grandparent's argument was that good music is more to do with [neuro-]psychology than mathematics. After all, music is only as good as the emotional response it evokes (apart from blind, screaming anger; c.f. O-Zone's "Dragostea Din Tei").
If Daft Punk can do it, why not?
"Er, Boss, we're not entirely sure this new icon-rendering algorithm's gonna work. Think we should go back and re-code it. In fact, we'll need a re-design..."
"No can do, Bob, Steve says release in 2007. We'll have to rely on faster graphics hardware to sort it out for us."
"Um... how's that gonna help?"
"Duh! You run the routine twenty times. It's gotta get it right after that many goes."
Well, quite frankly I'm astounded a silly one-liner could generate such a tree of discourse.
Oh, by the way, I'm British.
Well, yes, if you spend your day climbing up the greasy pole, and then order a large KFC without scrubbing up first, that will happen.
Mmmmeh... I'd say it was more Kraftwerk, myself. Imagine the headache you'd have reassembling it if you accidentally dropped it and all they keys fell off!
Well, with a 6,8 GHz optical quantum processor, speed should be the least of your concerns...
Quite frankly, if a Mac-using Bush voter exists, I don't wanna hear, much less think, about it.
...and when their Logitech-delivered adware has just popped a message onto their screen. Why oh why do people go out and build up the crapware business by buying these bloated, pointless ubermice whose features they never use anyway? I mean, how many people use the fancy "multimedia" keys on a keyboard?