Yeah, I played my Linux version of Quake 3 Arena under FreeBSD with it so I'm sure it's quite capable. Even got a 1fps increase! (oooh, oooh), but that could have been the drivers. Oh, and the FreeBSD nVidia drivers are (as I find) unusable, and thus this usage isn't practical
I employ a strict 'No adware, no spyware' policy with all of my machines. My way of thinking is that if they are going to try and take over my PC to make money off the fact that I 'need' to use their software for a 5 minute task then I can live without their software and the content. It's insulting to me, quite frankly. I didn't buy my computer so companies could spy on me and flash ads at me all day. This is MY computer, MY property, not some public thing, so stop treating it like one. God, can you image the anger if DVD players started coming with cameras installed in them that spied on you to 'study family watching' habits or something retarded like that.
Well, I do remember reading interviews with them where they basically talk about how they aren't in any rush to get this finished because the 'clock' is ticking, and with each tick their damages grow.
"The only questionable aspect of the Suse distribution is the choice of kernel, which is 2.4.21. I know that 2.6.x is beta for now, but it does seem (from the Gentoo installs) that it is faster and able to play nice with the ACPI, unlike 2.4.x on this motherboard."
Can someone tell me why using a stable kernel over a development kernel is a 'questionable' decision?
I stopped reading the article there, that is just stupid.
Eh? You didn't read the article, did you? The upstream provider isn't aware that there is any problem at all, so it's quite apparent that SCO didn't ask them to block all traffic to www.sco.com.
Pentium 120Mhz.
50MB Ram
1.6gig HD (and a 2gig that I stole from my dead P200MMX)
6x CD-ROM
It has ethernet too, nice bonus.
Currently running FreeBSD 4.9, and the PC is dying, not the OS.:p
Actually, in the eyes of the law (don't ask why, but this is the case), ftp/http distribution is illegal, but p2p is viewed differently. p2p is seen as you taking it and making your own copy of it. So it is perfectly legit. It doesn't make a lot of sense, but I am thankful for it.:P
Yeah, that's a really good question, actually. Not just for GIMP though, but how HARD is it to compile any GTK2 app with this? I'm very interested in it. A lot of the trolls are sitting here bashing it as useless, but they don't realize the fundamental power that comes with flexability; the ability to use any GTK2 program ( which is a lot ) at the console through ssh is a great benefit.
2.1.x -> 2.2.x you say? That's interesting, one would believe that after SCO called 2.2 a 'hobbiest' at best OS, and that they should legally have a valid license to 2.4.x->2.6.x (:p ) that they would be using it. But, uh, yeah, whatever.:P
I'd feel pitty for them if they weren't a $50 billion dollar company that has enough cash to continue running at 100% capacity for the next 4?? years without making any money at all.
It strikes me as greedy for companies like that to have anything that is ad-supported as well, seriously. They already get free publicity out of it, if you use MSN, you obviously deal with Microsoft on a daily basis and use their name when you tell people how to contact you.
My main interest in FreeBSD is rock hard stability.
There is nothing worse than your desktop crashing, it's horrible. This is why Linux is an unacceptable choice to me in terms of a *nix desktop. Even crashing at the end of a 13 day uptime is unacceptable because it points at flaws in the system that can manifest themself at a time of their choosing; I don't like that. Well, there are other reasons I choose FreeBSD over Linux, but those aren't important. My main point is that, I want a reliable desktop OS, and I'm going to trust the FreeBSD team on this. When they say 5.x is stable, then it's stable, and I'll use it. I'm actually waiting on it pretty hard too, I love DevFS, faster filesystem is great, etc, etc, but none of it is worth sacrificing stability for me. I mean, it'll all be there for me when 5.2 (which is the stable release, or close to it, no?) is out, and I'm looking forward to that. No reason to rush things when, like I said, there is nothing in 5.x that I NEED.
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Yeah, I played my Linux version of Quake 3 Arena under FreeBSD with it so I'm sure it's quite capable. Even got a 1fps increase! (oooh, oooh), but that could have been the drivers. Oh, and the FreeBSD nVidia drivers are (as I find) unusable, and thus this usage isn't practical
I employ a strict 'No adware, no spyware' policy with all of my machines. My way of thinking is that if they are going to try and take over my PC to make money off the fact that I 'need' to use their software for a 5 minute task then I can live without their software and the content. It's insulting to me, quite frankly. I didn't buy my computer so companies could spy on me and flash ads at me all day. This is MY computer, MY property, not some public thing, so stop treating it like one. God, can you image the anger if DVD players started coming with cameras installed in them that spied on you to 'study family watching' habits or something retarded like that.
The eDonkey network (and it's many clients) are more sophisticated. You forgot them. :P
Well, I do remember reading interviews with them where they basically talk about how they aren't in any rush to get this finished because the 'clock' is ticking, and with each tick their damages grow.
"The only questionable aspect of the Suse distribution is the choice of kernel, which is 2.4.21. I know that 2.6.x is beta for now, but it does seem (from the Gentoo installs) that it is faster and able to play nice with the ACPI, unlike 2.4.x on this motherboard."
Can someone tell me why using a stable kernel over a development kernel is a 'questionable' decision?
I stopped reading the article there, that is just stupid.
Eh? You didn't read the article, did you? The upstream provider isn't aware that there is any problem at all, so it's quite apparent that SCO didn't ask them to block all traffic to www.sco.com.
That is quite different, actually...
:)
Trying to bully and intimidate people into paying you money is not the same as telling a bunch of idiots to STFU.
P.S. I'd never use it as a server. But it makes a sweet desktop OS.
Windows Server 2003, to the absolute best of my knownledge and experience _IS_ very stable.
That has nothing to do with the OS, and everything to do with corporate driver support.
Pentium 120Mhz. 50MB Ram 1.6gig HD (and a 2gig that I stole from my dead P200MMX) 6x CD-ROM It has ethernet too, nice bonus. Currently running FreeBSD 4.9, and the PC is dying, not the OS. :p
Actually, in the eyes of the law (don't ask why, but this is the case), ftp/http distribution is illegal, but p2p is viewed differently. p2p is seen as you taking it and making your own copy of it. So it is perfectly legit. It doesn't make a lot of sense, but I am thankful for it. :P
In Canada, there is an act called the "Private Copying Act", which specifically makes it legal to do such.
I could borrow a CD from a friend, copy it to a blank CD, and it's completely legal.
Same goes for downloading MP3s off KaZaA, etc.
So yes, copyright does still exist, but p2p music filesharing in Canada (as long as it's for private use only) is not concidered copyright violation.
I love how EVERYONE suggests that people move to jabber as if it is a perfect solution.
The people I want to talk to are on Yahoo, and no, they aren't going to install jabber just because of some IM client prefrence that I have.
I mean, rebelling, etc, all nice and all, but I'm not about to pick one peice of software over another just because of software idealisms.
I don't know about you, but my 52X CD-Rom, 48x24x48x burner, and 16x DVD-Rom are silent as fuck.
But all it really showed was how code they detect to be 'obfuscated' can really just be other peoples code.
IMO, it discredits their claims.
1) Lie
2) Sell stock
3) ???
4) Live in Mexico
Yeah, that's a really good question, actually. Not just for GIMP though, but how HARD is it to compile any GTK2 app with this? I'm very interested in it. A lot of the trolls are sitting here bashing it as useless, but they don't realize the fundamental power that comes with flexability; the ability to use any GTK2 program ( which is a lot ) at the console through ssh is a great benefit.
2.1.x -> 2.2.x you say? That's interesting, one would believe that after SCO called 2.2 a 'hobbiest' at best OS, and that they should legally have a valid license to 2.4.x->2.6.x ( :p ) that they would be using it. But, uh, yeah, whatever. :P
What about etc-update? The person who wants to write their email isn't going to like that.
Recomiling their kernel? emerge doesn't do that for the end user.
I like Gentoo and all, but you're being extremely biased here. No, grandma doesn't want to get down with Gentoo Linux. Get over it.
Windows is past the 4.0 release, and I'm still laughing, sorry.
Shouldn't you expect more out of people who are paid for what they do? :P
:p
Seriously, are you even REMOTELY insinutating that Windows is as secure as FreeBSD?
I'd feel pitty for them if they weren't a $50 billion dollar company that has enough cash to continue running at 100% capacity for the next 4?? years without making any money at all.
It strikes me as greedy for companies like that to have anything that is ad-supported as well, seriously. They already get free publicity out of it, if you use MSN, you obviously deal with Microsoft on a daily basis and use their name when you tell people how to contact you.
My main interest in FreeBSD is rock hard stability.
There is nothing worse than your desktop crashing, it's horrible. This is why Linux is an unacceptable choice to me in terms of a *nix desktop. Even crashing at the end of a 13 day uptime is unacceptable because it points at flaws in the system that can manifest themself at a time of their choosing; I don't like that. Well, there are other reasons I choose FreeBSD over Linux, but those aren't important. My main point is that, I want a reliable desktop OS, and I'm going to trust the FreeBSD team on this. When they say 5.x is stable, then it's stable, and I'll use it. I'm actually waiting on it pretty hard too, I love DevFS, faster filesystem is great, etc, etc, but none of it is worth sacrificing stability for me. I mean, it'll all be there for me when 5.2 (which is the stable release, or close to it, no?) is out, and I'm looking forward to that. No reason to rush things when, like I said, there is nothing in 5.x that I NEED.
But... stage 3 doesn't unclude KDE, so how is that going to prevent you from waiting a full day for KDE to compile?