c'mon... you know every self respecting geek should have at least two video display screens at his/her disposal! Then again, with all the UCITA hoopla, does that mean I have to own (oops, sorry, LICENSE) two copies of a game to view the documentation on a separate machine?
...and what a dangerous world it would be if he WAS a cracker....
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You're correct, a free method to play DVDs WILL increase sales of DVDs dramatically. I'd get some, I'm sure. And that WOULD increase royalties to studios, as well as the publishers. But it would NOT help the MPAA increase its profits from licensing of the technology. That's all they care about. Is that wrong? Well... one thing that IS wrong is misrepresenting themselves as "fighting for the artists."
I'm don't use PPC's (yet) but I really think there's a need for companies to release for the platform. Nevermind that it's *good*, releasing a Linux app for PPC (and others) in addition to x86 kind of helps ensure that the app is written for *Linux*, not something else. For example, this app (which is pretty slow and slightly buggy on my SuSE 6.3 dualP3-500 machine with more RAM than a sane person needs) was written using WineLib, as many other posters pointed out. Wine and everything it stands for are great, IMHO, because they promise to allow us to run software created for that other OS. This version of Canvas is obviously a Windows app *mostly* ported to Linux. I guess people like me won't be truly happy until Joe Windows User decides he wants to try out some new app that requires this thing called "LinLib". That's just me, maybe. But in the meantime kudos to deneba for their efforts! If they truly just started this project in December, as I've seen in some other posts, then I respect their abilities greatly to have delivered this product! After all, it is a *BETA*.
Bubbasatan's right. In general, SecurID doesn't require ANYTHING on the client workstation, really. Usually, here's how it works:
a user dials into the remote network using regular ppp dialup, but usually the entire pool of users will use the same username/pass to get in (at our company, it's "user" with no password). At that point, the ppp client will run a script maybe... or at least open a terminal window. It's in this terminal window that you enter your securID ID, followed by your PIN + the code on the securID card at that moment. There's no encryption or anything at all. Theoretically, there doesn't have to be since that number showing on the card is unique to that moment in time. So if anybody DOES sniff it, they've only got a window of a few seconds to try to use it somewhere else.
So yes, you certainly CAN use SecureID with Linux. I did it last year with no problem. We dial into old IBM 8235 RAS boxes, but all of them probably act similarly. Look at what scripts may be being called by DUN on your windows-using coworker's machines for hints.
When I spent a year travelling around the US for work, a buddy and I signed up for Sprint access. Wasn't bad... local numbers in almost every city I came to. Check it out at their site. They bill to a credit card, and you don't have to be a US citizen or use their long distance for the $19.95 rate. And when you tell them you'd like to cancel, they do it quickly and politely.
Actually... Remember when there were Mac clones for sale? Ever wonder why Apple nipped that little practice?
Apple makes over 90% of its profit from Hardware sales, not software. I would imagine that it's not much of a stretch to assume Apple will, in the future, not only allow you to order without MacOS, but might actually preinstall Linux for you!
Ok, so from what I hear OS X is, at its core, based heavily upon FreeBSD internals. Jobs emphasized a great similarity to Linux, too (probably just marketing... now isn't THAT funny? Corporate OS lending credibility to itself by stating similarity to Linux!). What bearing might this have on the possibility of a @#$!#$%! QuickTime Player for Linux?
There are those who won't use a piece of software if it's not "free"... I'm not one of those. I'll pay any amount for good software that works properly and suits my need. I tried this snapshot some time ago and found it entirely unsuitable, but my distaste for Netscape is going to make me try it again when they actually hit Beta level. Yes, I like Mozilla (when it's actually ready I'm SURE I'll use it).
I just think we in the community need to keep our standards high and always use the BEST, no matter what the source. It prompts competition and brings up the standard.
For the record, the only non-free software I have is OSS, by the way. And even THAT was included in my latest SuSE distribution...
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A lot of people went and withdrew enormous amounts of money, stockpiled ammo, bought lots of extra gas, loaded up on canned goods, etc. What a waste!
Granted, I could see how ATMs or those nifty pay-at-pump gas things could be downed for a few hours, but really, what's going to cause Kroger to quit selling food and toilet paper?
People forget, we are on a planet driven by MONEY, and those of us in the US are in the most money-driven economy in the world! Let's face it, everybody REALLY wants one thing: Your Money.
And what do you think will happen if suddenly Chevron can't take my VISA card? If Kroger sees that they (through some apocolyptic something-or-another) can't sell me any Corn Flakes? Or if I Amazon sees I can't purchase books?
THEY FIX IT. WITH MIND-BOGGLING SPEED. So what if the laser scanners at Wal-Mart won't ring up my goods? They want my money, and they want it badly, so they'll make some poor schlep ring it up on a 1960's vintage cash register! That's what they'll do!
Never underestimate the power of greed and the drive of profit-making. If everything else in the world failed, you'd STILL be able to get what you need because there'd STILL be people out there possessing it wanting to sell it to you.
If there is a demand, there will emerge a supply. It's just one of those semi-natural laws we aren't anywhere near escaping.
You need to keep in mind one very important thing: Time=BIGMoney. Many years ago I had ISDN. Matter of fact, rumor had it we were the first residential ISDN customers in the state of Alabama. Pain in the ass, really. But anyway, at the time we got ISDN for $72/month, flat rate. And as I did the odd hour-or-two per month of helping out with my favorite ISP, they gave me a dedicated line, many IPs, etc. Very nice. At least one channel was always connected. Total cost: $72/month. And we used the other channel for voice! The modem of choice was the Motorola Bitsurfr Pro. I know... obsolete now and all, but at the time it was about all their was. External. Reliable. Eventually I moved away, and about 2 years ago decided to get ISDN again in Georgia. If you're going to really use it, get yourself an external modem or one of those 3coms. I had to set diald to disconnect after 1 minute just to keep my per-minute Bellsouth bills reasonable. Like the 3coms, a diald setup can be made to dial and connect within seconds, so you don't really notice much lag. Overall, I still have friends around that can't join the wonderful world of 1.5/256 ADSL like I now have. They ask about ISDN.... Trust me, unless you're in great financial shape it's just better to wait on DSL. ISDN hookup fees can be large, an "unlimited" 128k account with an ISP is likely to be at least $50/month, your ISDN bill (if you surf like me) will be over $100/month on a regular basis. Plus the hardware.... Compare to a 56k modem... $19/month ISP plus whatever you can spare for a phone line plus a cheap modem. Suck it up... deal with the WAIT. When you get DSL it'll all be better and you'll have saved the $$$ for installation.
So basically what this means is that I can start my own toy chain, say... "Playtoy.com" (assuming that weren't already taken). Does that mean that I'm within my rights to "suggest" that Playboy.com start keeping it's adult oriented content on some other URL?
But then you have to think... who's going to submit "Linux" for certification? I could do it, right? Not really, I don't think. What would be my benefit? I believe that any C2 evaluated (and accepted-- remember ANY OS can be evaluated... even C64/OS) OS would need to be submitted by a vendor prepared to sell and support that particular flavor... like maybe SuSE 6.3C2 or something. That would work.
This is good because it will help a lot of R&D happen a lot faster than it otherwise would have, but at what cost?
I use SuSE pretty much exclusively, and I love it. When the Athlon first came out, the SuSE boot disk wouldn't work with it. SuSE very quickly posted an Athlon-compatible boot disk on their web site. Do you think Intel's investment will prod SuSE to ignore AMD? I think Intel makes fine products, but if these investments are just their way of discouraging software support for their competitors' products... well, they will have to be stopped. They've proven beyond any doubt this year that they no longer hold their #1 Chip Company position by superior products; strongarm tactics and (semi-)empty threats are their new modus operandi. I'm buying an Athlon soon because I want the best for my next x86 PC, and if SuSE backs down on support for it I'll be cancelling my subscription and going back to Slackware...
Belkin works great at 1024x768 at work (lousy NEC 17" won't do anything more). My Cybex at home wouldn't do CRAP at the res/refresh rates I like (1280x1024 or usually 1600x1200). Anything with a proprietary cable is going to SUCK. The Belkins let you use good quality separate cables.
Trust me... At resolutions >= 1024x768 the Cybex models are too blurry to use.
No. I have a Cybex Commander here at home... because we replaced them all at work. Use a Belkin Omniview or Omniview Pro. The Cybex may be alright for your needs, but it requires proprietary cables (I have many, but again they were surplus from work and therefore free). If you reboot a machine, you must select it on the Cybex as soon as it posts. Otherwise it presents no video or mouse or keyboard to the motherboard and, depending on your computer, that computer may decide it has mono video or like in the case of my ADSL firewall machine no video at all and you WON'T get video out of it at all. Telnet only. Not a big prob but a real pisser if you don't have enough UPS's for all your machines and your power at home is as unreliable as Georgia Power is for me (2 to 5 3-second outages per month). The Belkins can be had pretty cheaply. As I said, that's what we use at work now (I love it) and a friend who's not as cheap as me sprung $100 for one at home and loves it.
I don't mean to trivialize the topic or anything, but until I can CONVENIENTLY grab a clipboard-or-similar-type device and take it with me to the bathroom, we're still going to have paper. Even then, there are other paper products in that room that come in really handy, too.
What vidcard are you using? I just installed SuSE 6.2, using my Banshee. At 24 bit color, the little netscape navigation icons, as well as the little icons netscape shows when a picture didn't come in, were just black and white. Not even grayscale. I hopped the bit depth down to 16 and I'm happy there. I can't see the diff anyway, usually. I just attributed it to the fact that although SuSE 6.1 comes with the banshee driver, 6.2 did not (!). Maybe it's a banshee thing?
Well, being a Slackware, then SuSE person, I've never been at all impressed with RedHat and related distros.... but I downloaded and installed Mandrake 6.1's ISO about 2 weeks ago (downloaded the whole distribution a week ago) and I like it. Maybe it IS like Redhat, but it's quite fast and doesn't remind me too much of Redhat (Good Thing). And for the record, I prefer Gnome/E or WM, not K.
My big question is... if Mandrake 6.1 is only just now finally out, what the heck is that I've had installed for a while that SAYS it's Mandrake 6.1???????
Did I miss something here? I don't remember where I got my files, but I think I was smokin' the DSL wires from Georgia Tech's site downloading the full 6.1 release at LEAST a week ago.
...for any speed record breakthroughs. The IA-64 chip will rely VERY heavily on compilers and code quality to achieve great performance. Right there you can go ahead and scratch out windows. Linux will run nicely on it PROVIDED a good compiler is released with it.
You want 1 Ghz? Look out for AMD, people.. the K7/Athlon will be there by Y2k (ok that's just my estimate). They are going to go hand-in-hand with Alpha. Intel's a great company, but they just got outclassed by AMD for the first time and the won't lead the race again for about another 2 years at least. Alpha? Here's their chance to make a break for it, too.
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c'mon... you know every self respecting geek should have at least two video display screens at his/her disposal! Then again, with all the UCITA hoopla, does that mean I have to own (oops, sorry, LICENSE) two copies of a game to view the documentation on a separate machine?
...and what a dangerous world it would be if he WAS a cracker....
You're correct, a free method to play DVDs WILL increase sales of DVDs dramatically. I'd get some, I'm sure. And that WOULD increase royalties to studios, as well as the publishers. But it would NOT help the MPAA increase its profits from licensing of the technology. That's all they care about. Is that wrong? Well... one thing that IS wrong is misrepresenting themselves as "fighting for the artists."
I'm don't use PPC's (yet) but I really think there's a need for companies to release for the platform. Nevermind that it's *good*, releasing a Linux app for PPC (and others) in addition to x86 kind of helps ensure that the app is written for *Linux*, not something else. For example, this app (which is pretty slow and slightly buggy on my SuSE 6.3 dualP3-500 machine with more RAM than a sane person needs) was written using WineLib, as many other posters pointed out. Wine and everything it stands for are great, IMHO, because they promise to allow us to run software created for that other OS. This version of Canvas is obviously a Windows app *mostly* ported to Linux. I guess people like me won't be truly happy until Joe Windows User decides he wants to try out some new app that requires this thing called "LinLib". That's just me, maybe. But in the meantime kudos to deneba for their efforts! If they truly just started this project in December, as I've seen in some other posts, then I respect their abilities greatly to have delivered this product! After all, it is a *BETA*.
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Apache is also being used by Javasoft, Financial Times, W3 Consortium, and The
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Bubbasatan's right. In general, SecurID doesn't require ANYTHING on the client workstation, really. Usually, here's how it works:
a user dials into the remote network using regular ppp dialup, but usually the entire pool of users will use the same username/pass to get in (at our company, it's "user" with no password). At that point, the ppp client will run a script maybe... or at least open a terminal window. It's in this terminal window that you enter your securID ID, followed by your PIN + the code on the securID card at that moment. There's no encryption or anything at all. Theoretically, there doesn't have to be since that number showing on the card is unique to that moment in time. So if anybody DOES sniff it, they've only got a window of a few seconds to try to use it somewhere else.
So yes, you certainly CAN use SecureID with Linux. I did it last year with no problem. We dial into old IBM 8235 RAS boxes, but all of them probably act similarly. Look at what scripts may be being called by DUN on your windows-using coworker's machines for hints.
When I spent a year travelling around the US for work, a buddy and I signed up for Sprint access. Wasn't bad... local numbers in almost every city I came to. Check it out at their site. They bill to a credit card, and you don't have to be a US citizen or use their long distance for the $19.95 rate. And when you tell them you'd like to cancel, they do it quickly and politely.
Actually... Remember when there were Mac clones for sale? Ever wonder why Apple nipped that little practice?
Apple makes over 90% of its profit from Hardware sales, not software. I would imagine that it's not much of a stretch to assume Apple will, in the future, not only allow you to order without MacOS, but might actually preinstall Linux for you!
Ok, so from what I hear OS X is, at its core, based heavily upon FreeBSD internals. Jobs emphasized a great similarity to Linux, too (probably just marketing... now isn't THAT funny? Corporate OS lending credibility to itself by stating similarity to Linux!). What bearing might this have on the possibility of a @#$!#$%! QuickTime Player for Linux?
There are those who won't use a piece of software if it's not "free"... I'm not one of those. I'll pay any amount for good software that works properly and suits my need. I tried this snapshot some time ago and found it entirely unsuitable, but my distaste for Netscape is going to make me try it again when they actually hit Beta level. Yes, I like Mozilla (when it's actually ready I'm SURE I'll use it).
I just think we in the community need to keep our standards high and always use the BEST, no matter what the source. It prompts competition and brings up the standard.
For the record, the only non-free software I have is OSS, by the way. And even THAT was included in my latest SuSE distribution...
A lot of people went and withdrew enormous amounts of money, stockpiled ammo, bought lots of extra gas, loaded up on canned goods, etc. What a waste!
Granted, I could see how ATMs or those nifty pay-at-pump gas things could be downed for a few hours, but really, what's going to cause Kroger to quit selling food and toilet paper?
People forget, we are on a planet driven by MONEY, and those of us in the US are in the most money-driven economy in the world! Let's face it, everybody REALLY wants one thing: Your Money.
And what do you think will happen if suddenly Chevron can't take my VISA card? If Kroger sees that they (through some apocolyptic something-or-another) can't sell me any Corn Flakes? Or if I Amazon sees I can't purchase books?
THEY FIX IT. WITH MIND-BOGGLING SPEED. So what if the laser scanners at Wal-Mart won't ring up my goods? They want my money, and they want it badly, so they'll make some poor schlep ring it up on a 1960's vintage cash register! That's what they'll do!
Never underestimate the power of greed and the drive of profit-making. If everything else in the world failed, you'd STILL be able to get what you need because there'd STILL be people out there possessing it wanting to sell it to you.
If there is a demand, there will emerge a supply. It's just one of those semi-natural laws we aren't anywhere near escaping.
Won't "Rocky XXIV" be a hero-based sequel? Granted, I guess there were about that many Friday the 13th movies, too, though.
Just wondering....
You need to keep in mind one very important thing: Time=BIGMoney. Many years ago I had ISDN. Matter of fact, rumor had it we were the first residential ISDN customers in the state of Alabama. Pain in the ass, really. But anyway, at the time we got ISDN for $72/month, flat rate. And as I did the odd hour-or-two per month of helping out with my favorite ISP, they gave me a dedicated line, many IPs, etc. Very nice. At least one channel was always connected. Total cost: $72/month. And we used the other channel for voice! The modem of choice was the Motorola Bitsurfr Pro. I know... obsolete now and all, but at the time it was about all their was. External. Reliable. Eventually I moved away, and about 2 years ago decided to get ISDN again in Georgia. If you're going to really use it, get yourself an external modem or one of those 3coms. I had to set diald to disconnect after 1 minute just to keep my per-minute Bellsouth bills reasonable. Like the 3coms, a diald setup can be made to dial and connect within seconds, so you don't really notice much lag. Overall, I still have friends around that can't join the wonderful world of 1.5/256 ADSL like I now have. They ask about ISDN.... Trust me, unless you're in great financial shape it's just better to wait on DSL. ISDN hookup fees can be large, an "unlimited" 128k account with an ISP is likely to be at least $50/month, your ISDN bill (if you surf like me) will be over $100/month on a regular basis. Plus the hardware.... Compare to a 56k modem... $19/month ISP plus whatever you can spare for a phone line plus a cheap modem. Suck it up... deal with the WAIT. When you get DSL it'll all be better and you'll have saved the $$$ for installation.
So basically what this means is that I can start my own toy chain, say... "Playtoy.com" (assuming that weren't already taken). Does that mean that I'm within my rights to "suggest" that Playboy.com start keeping it's adult oriented content on some other URL?
Really now....
But then you have to think... who's going to submit "Linux" for certification? I could do it, right? Not really, I don't think. What would be my benefit? I believe that any C2 evaluated (and accepted-- remember ANY OS can be evaluated... even C64/OS) OS would need to be submitted by a vendor prepared to sell and support that particular flavor... like maybe SuSE 6.3C2 or something. That would work.
Yeah, that's nice and all, including SuSE 6.3. Just wish I'd known that 3 days ago when I ordered 6.3 by itself... such is the nature of my life.
This is good because it will help a lot of R&D happen a lot faster than it otherwise would have, but at what cost?
I use SuSE pretty much exclusively, and I love it. When the Athlon first came out, the SuSE boot disk wouldn't work with it. SuSE very quickly posted an Athlon-compatible boot disk on their web site. Do you think Intel's investment will prod SuSE to ignore AMD? I think Intel makes fine products, but if these investments are just their way of discouraging software support for their competitors' products... well, they will have to be stopped. They've proven beyond any doubt this year that they no longer hold their #1 Chip Company position by superior products; strongarm tactics and (semi-)empty threats are their new modus operandi. I'm buying an Athlon soon because I want the best for my next x86 PC, and if SuSE backs down on support for it I'll be cancelling my subscription and going back to Slackware...
Belkin works great at 1024x768 at work (lousy NEC 17" won't do anything more). My Cybex at home wouldn't do CRAP at the res/refresh rates I like (1280x1024 or usually 1600x1200). Anything with a proprietary cable is going to SUCK. The Belkins let you use good quality separate cables.
Trust me... At resolutions >= 1024x768 the Cybex models are too blurry to use.
No. I have a Cybex Commander here at home... because we replaced them all at work. Use a Belkin Omniview or Omniview Pro. The Cybex may be alright for your needs, but it requires proprietary cables (I have many, but again they were surplus from work and therefore free). If you reboot a machine, you must select it on the Cybex as soon as it posts. Otherwise it presents no video or mouse or keyboard to the motherboard and, depending on your computer, that computer may decide it has mono video or like in the case of my ADSL firewall machine no video at all and you WON'T get video out of it at all. Telnet only. Not a big prob but a real pisser if you don't have enough UPS's for all your machines and your power at home is as unreliable as Georgia Power is for me (2 to 5 3-second outages per month). The Belkins can be had pretty cheaply. As I said, that's what we use at work now (I love it) and a friend who's not as cheap as me sprung $100 for one at home and loves it.
... " *preach* Remember polite and incisive questions will do a better job, THEN??? flame. Let's be grown-ups. */preach*
shouldn't you change the "then" to "than" before some overzealous individual acts politely and THEN FLAMES? Just a note. Don't flame me.
I don't mean to trivialize the topic or anything, but until I can CONVENIENTLY grab a clipboard-or-similar-type device and take it with me to the bathroom, we're still going to have paper. Even then, there are other paper products in that room that come in really handy, too.
What vidcard are you using? I just installed SuSE 6.2, using my Banshee. At 24 bit color, the little netscape navigation icons, as well as the little icons netscape shows when a picture didn't come in, were just black and white. Not even grayscale. I hopped the bit depth down to 16 and I'm happy there. I can't see the diff anyway, usually. I just attributed it to the fact that although SuSE 6.1 comes with the banshee driver, 6.2 did not (!). Maybe it's a banshee thing?
Well, being a Slackware, then SuSE person, I've never been at all impressed with RedHat and related distros.... but I downloaded and installed Mandrake 6.1's ISO about 2 weeks ago (downloaded the whole distribution a week ago) and I like it. Maybe it IS like Redhat, but it's quite fast and doesn't remind me too much of Redhat (Good Thing). And for the record, I prefer Gnome/E or WM, not K.
My big question is... if Mandrake 6.1 is only just now finally out, what the heck is that I've had installed for a while that SAYS it's Mandrake 6.1???????
Did I miss something here? I don't remember where I got my files, but I think I was smokin' the DSL wires from Georgia Tech's site downloading the full 6.1 release at LEAST a week ago.
...for any speed record breakthroughs. The IA-64 chip will rely VERY heavily on compilers and code quality to achieve great performance. Right there you can go ahead and scratch out windows. Linux will run nicely on it PROVIDED a good compiler is released with it.
You want 1 Ghz? Look out for AMD, people.. the K7/Athlon will be there by Y2k (ok that's just my estimate). They are going to go hand-in-hand with Alpha. Intel's a great company, but they just got outclassed by AMD for the first time and the won't lead the race again for about another 2 years at least. Alpha? Here's their chance to make a break for it, too.
There will be NO BUGS in this chip or any other future Intel masterpiece.
Only errata.