Check out netmar.com. I heard about them on Slashdot about 3 months ago when the latest Star Wars trailer came out. The owner created a mirror on his server and told everyone they could download, but asked that they consider throwing some business his way.
I have a client that needed a website and the price was right so I went for it. They have been a great company so far. The high points of what they offer are 1) Unlimited bandwidth. 2) They will install anything you want. Perl modules, Tomcat, PHP, etc. They already have Postgresql and Mysql on the systems. 3) Linux based. 4) $8/month -- I shit you not. 5) I haven't received a single piece of spam from them -- period.
I got one of these a few months ago because of the acking pains in my wrists from.... typing yeah, typing and I can personally attest to the quality of this product. All day long a move my head along and the cursor follows. I never have pains in my wists anym Aahhh!, FUCK my neck. SOBs Damnit HELP, HELP!
What is up with all the bitching about intrusive ads and whatnot? I thought everyone here was running Mozilla or some other highly evolved web broswer that can block most advertisements? I have been doing it since the features where put in place and never had a problem with bad advertising -- except when Slashdot runs a story that is really a thinnly veiled ad for some dumpass company's product nobody cares about.
SPAM? Is the Slashdot audience so retarded at this point that setting up a spam filter is considered too techi?
Call me a flammer if you want, but these are NOT, I repeat NOT DIFFICULT to setup.
You didn't check jack, straight from the Release Notes:
For print daemon alternatives, the choices are LPRng and CUPS. The configurations for LPRng and CUPS are completely separate. If you switch from one printing system to another, you will have to reconfigure your printers.
Since you didn't leave an email. I'll say it here. That was the most insightful writting most men who read slashdot could read about relationships. I found out the very same things, but you expressed them perfectly.
First off it disappoints me that these types of questions get posted here considering this was answered a little over two weeks ago with this article on Slashdot itself. Linux Clusters Explained But, hey what are you going to do?
The reason why I can see this coming up on Slashdot is because there really isn't a definitive guide out there that you can just kick back and read. \tangent\You would actually have to look. You know with a search engine or something. That's right "King Monkey" search engines exist.\/tangent\
Dun Dun DUN!!! That is until now. According to O'Reilly's site http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/clusterli nux/, they have a book in the works. And it should be out in August sometime.
But hey, don't let that stop anyone from actually searching for the information.
Okay, okay I'll stop picking on King Monkey and Cliff. We all love Slashdot anyhow.
Do the names Khronos and OpenML have any significance?
Khronos is the Greek root word for time. As the specification tackles integrating different media types, a critical element is synchronization of the media. Open signifies a cross-platform, cross-OS, initiative. ML or Media Language, emphasizes the synergy with the existing OpenGL standard, and helps to amplify an industry wide, non-proprietary approach.
Well, that last part sounds like a ray of hope for getting an open source implementation going in Linux. But, it sounds like the license is still be hashed out.
Another interesting part of the FAQ:
Who will define and maintain the OpenML specification?
The Khronos Group will retain this responsibility as well as license and distribute the OpenML SDK and reference implementations.
Acutally, that is were it gets a little scary. It sounds like now they are a little confused about whether it will be close or not. Also in the FAQ it states that the project will incorparate QuickTime??? Maybe as a binary plugin or something. And if you really want to 'what if' you can start thinking/hoping/praying that Apple's going to open source that one again. But, don't anyone hold your breath.
Well, everyone cross your fingers that this will be open and take off.
First off I think it was spelled eXistenZ not ExistenZ. They made a strong point of that in the movie. But, now I'm just being picky.
(Warning Spoilers)
Secondly, yes it was a good movie but, anyone who has ever read quite a bit of scifi could have told you that it would end with a game within a game plot. IMHO the only thing really new it brought to the table was the bio weapons spin.
The Matrix on the other hand had everyone going into the movie wondering if this film was going to live up to the hype and allow them to suspend disbelief. Like, in the previews the characters could in fact leap across buildings.
Plus, The Matrix's storyline seems a bit more tightly woven then eXistenZ. Lets not forget to mention the new cool special effects in the movie and music to help boost the whole film. In short The Matrix had more to offer the viewer.
As for the movie "The Cube". I agree with the others that it really should have been an outer limits show instead of a movie. I mean who really didn't know that the cubes were moving once they saw the grid on the outside of the cube. It just looked too much like a rubics cube for anyone to resist writting that into the plot.
The movie Pi was actually really good. There's not really much more to say about it. The film speaks for itself.
And finally the movie Dark City. This is one of those movies were you start to watch thinking it might be worth your time, but they drag the suspense on for so long that you begin wondering why and the hell you care anyhow. And once the end comes it didn't deliver the thill you expected.
Part of what made The Matrix so cool was that throughout the previews and the beginning of the movie they had already told you enough for you to put it together. But, something about didn't allow your brain to make the connection. And once you sat down and watched the film they didn't spend 2 and a 1/2 hours telling you it's all in a computer and leaving the film ten minutes afterward.
May day May day over I'm having trouble with my Slashdot filters over.
I know I specified in my preferences that I never wanted to ever even hear Junky Katz's name ever again. But for some strange reason he keeps popping up now and again.
And BTW, being a geek. The one thing that in rages me nowadays is Junky Katz suposedly being a voice for geeks.
In the future I'll just politely ask that any mention of Katz be in a separate post.:)
If you go checkout www.slota.com it will show in the motherboards section all the different kinds of motherboards for the Althon. In there you will find a mention of Tyan producing a dual Althon motherboard by the first quarter of next year. I'm waiting for the same thing.:)
Actually, the website as a whole is pretty good. But, double check AMD's website. They should have information and especially warnings about the motherboards, power supplys, and memory types.
I ended up making the mistake of grabbing a MSI motherboard and a 700 Althon for my father. MSI's website (www.slota.com has links to the manufactor's sites if available, you won't find them otherwise) advertises the motherboard for Althon's 650 and higher. This isn't the case. Currently, only the Biostar and the Gigabyte board take a 700. Just double check and everything should be ok.
BTW, if you need a place to order the motherboards. Try, www.thechipmerchant.com they are pretty reliable, have four types of Althon MBs, and they have some great support.
If everyone is going to start talking about security and Linux. I think you should all consider a few points first.
Many people say that Linux is less secure than any *BSD. This is really a half-truth. Yes, you will probably find more security holes in a Linux system then say an OpenBSD system. Why? Well, isn't Linux a bleeding edge operating system. Infact I bet the majority of you are using a distrobution that has many packages that were in beta or developement when they were burnt on that cdrom. Infact it's hard to find a distro now a days that doesn't come with over half the software being the developement version and not the stable one.
And if a recall correctly isn't OpenBSD a bit more strict about what it bundles? And when I mean strict, I mean strict in a *BSD sense. If you want a little more bleeding edge you may want to try FreeBSD.
The point is that Linux only seems insecure because of the wide practice in using developement packages and not stable ones. Also Linux/OpenSource developement is starting to become so wide that of course with more software people are going to find more bugs. This is a good thing.
And the last point should be that with the Linux vs. Windows battle. Every trip-up that Linux has, is going to make HEADLINES. Just consider this part of the price of taking on the top dog.
Okay, I don't claim to hate *BSD or know everything there is to know about *BSD or Linux.
But, this article was completely full of statements with no numbers or facts to back any of it up. Infact it seems to want to trash Linux pretty bad by claiming to be much better in all the aspects mentioned in the article.
First, off the comment about *BSD fragmentation and being so aged it's useless? Personally, I've never heard such rumors. And if I did, I wouldn't go taking them for face value. If you think that everything you read on the net is true. You have bigger misconceptions then these.
And I don't think Linux is slower in any regard or truely fragmented. I do however think that some distrobutions have gotten sloppy though. And in turn performance isn't what it should be. Once again this isn't a problem. Surely with all the distros out there one should be able to suit your needs. Choice is good.
The author also mentions all the applications out there for *BSD. Well, I'd bet the majority of the *BSD people out after installing *BSD run out for KDE or GNOME or some other major piece of GPL'ed software. So even though I don't think it's wrong of them to use GCC for there needs(isn't that what it's there for). I do think it is wrong of the *BSD communities to complain about the GPL license. By now most people should know this is a personal prefrence and nobody is going to change anyone's mind.
And here is a quote ment to start a flame war.
"But many are simply curious about why a new user would choose Linux over FreeBSD, despite FreeBSD's technical superiority."
Well, that statement should have flushed the last of the credibility this author had left. Obivously, he is bias and this just adds to the rest of the FUD he is spreading. Once again, these are all his personal opinions and not facts. He seems to have made these opinions public to confuse newbies and put down Linux.
The author also mentions that some scripts he wrote broke when upgrading. And that upgrading the to glibc was a pain. I guess he was expecting progress to be held up because he wrote a few scripts and didn't like upgrading his compiler. Next time I'm sure they will check in with him first. Once again I think that this is a common mistake of expecting everything to be hand feed. Even though it's software that is in *developement*.
The only problem I have with *BSD? Well, I can tell you that I'm not fond of the licensing. And I'm definately sick of these *BSD vs. Linux wars going on. And that I'm starting to become a little disappointed in Slashdot's choice of articles lately. But, don't think I don't love you anymore Rob. I do appreciate this site, thanks(to everyone at Slashdot and Andover).
Conclusion: Don't give this article a second thought. Don't go flaming this guy. If you feel the need to correct him. *BE POLITE*
Yeah Abe I was just wondering if you have been a huge asshole all your life naturally or if you had to work at it?
And how long can you live with yourself knowing that every night you look in the mirror, that you are nothing more than a fake who couldn't "hack" his way out of a paperbag? Let alone "crack" any system for that matter.
Infact I wass also wondering if you have ever written a lick of productive code in your life? I mean I got chills up and down my spin when I was watching you masterfully work that promo Macintosh they gave the cast.
Do you have all the posters from the movie "hackers" or are you still missing the one with low-tech?
Hey, and I'm wondering how your factory Linux box that was mentioned is doing? I'm sure that you are the master of GNOME operating or KDE clicking.
Before you go around throwing out statements like that. I'd like to know of an actual real-world stituation that happened like this? If so then, it's the clients fault for not knowing how to work their computer. And if they need help they should purchase a support contract.
If the commercial app is broken than that is again the fault of the client to choose to go with a closed source app.
And since when did Linux give a crap about a commercial product enough to not allow progess with libraries or anything?
Okay I know this may sting a bit. But, alot of what is said in that article is also true. I still don't think that hundreds or even tens of people have changed their motives for developing for Linux just because of an IPO.
The author seems to think that this is corrupting when it was meant to be supporting and a sign of goodfaith.
After all RedHat does 100% own it's very existence to the OSS community. And RedHat knows it, so they did the right thing. Even if it wasn't the original motive for the programming and RedHat wasn't under official obilgation to do so.
So will Linux be market/money driven? Well, no I don't think so... Look at the big players that are involved in Linux up to their neck like IBM. Who would have thunk it 2 years ago. Everyday, I see on LinuxToday 4 or 5 companies pledging support for Linux. And Linux in my opinion hasn't lost it's soul.
If anything it is changing the way others think about software. Not the other way around. Did you ever think that all the many hardware vendors today would even ever think about open sourcing their drivers?
Linux has been the underdog all along. And once again I think that people are under estimating it. Linux will survive commercializm. And come out stronger because of it. The Linux community will see to that by their every choice of what software they run.
Of course there are plenty of free TT fonts. If anyone out there ever used a damn search engine they would find more they anyone could desire.
First off, check with the experts on what looks good. And one of those people in the Linux world is Tigert. His webpage is tigert.gimp.org and it's pretty clean and simple. Look under Misc. Links and you will find several really great pages to get great looking TT fonts. Especially, that AcidFonts page.
If you want more after that then you are just nuts.:P
And if you want tt fonts in Linux. Just grab xfstt and install it. It literally takes something like 5 minutes. No fuss, no muss, it's just all good. For those of you that still don't believe in search engines. Go to freshmeat.net and use it's little search function. It will point you right to it.
And for a quick question. Since xfstt is working so great for me. Why, bother worrying about freetype?
Okay about a year ago I got Windows completely off my computer. Only to find out that I was just another victim of CDPD (Conplusive Descent Playing Disorder). For weeks I had violent shakes, mood swings, and I developed a twitch. Fortunately, I have been able to surpress the rage of no Descent game play after I had such a bad shake that I drove my car into a light pole. Thankfully putting me in a coma for the rest of the withdrawal.
But now that this news has come about I fear it's all going to happen all over again.
I'll lose my job. Start failing classes. My wife will leave me. The dog will probably die from myself forgetting to feed it. The cops will start coming over again questioning why I'm screaming bloodly murder at the computer at 2am in the morning. Fools, they won't even know what I mean by dogfight. I'll need another trashcan for all the keyboards I'll be spinning through. I'll have to get new skin graphed on my fingers. And eyeball sprayers to keep me from blinking and missing one frame.
I've even thought of ways to covert my car to be able to strife and have quad level 6 lasers. Lord knows I pray for the ability to pass out smart mines to tailgators.
Curse you Descent! Curse this love/hate relationship! AAAAAAHHHAHAAAA, must frag, must frag!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eros, apologizes in advance for all the bad grammar, spelling, and generally insane mumblings.
Return a Little to the community, Please!!!
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Hear yee hear yee,
I just mailed $20 out to help make up for the welching losers out there that haven't paid up. Obivously, I didn't need to do this, but even more obivously I didn't do it for the sick jerks not paying their debt.
I did it because I have been feeling the need to help the OSS community at least a little. Since I do use their software everyday at home and work.
I use to contribute a lot, but with work and school. It's come down to sleep or code. (Yes, I know most would say code. But, if I get any less sleep I'll start falling asleep while driving.)
So this is the answer. Or at least one of them. All the time I hear newbies asking how can they help if they don't know how to program.
Well, sending even $5 to help others give webspace to OSS projects isn't a bad choice. Especially, if you are stressed for time.
Helping make documentation is another one that most people can do with even bits and pieces of spare time.
Reporting bugs is one that more people should do. It's not that hard. It doesn't take that much time. No really it doesn't, you can fill out some bug reporting information quickly to help others to make a better product for everyone.
Even feedback helps!!! Make a few suggestions politely. And don't forget that it won't kill you to send a few quick emails to some developers saying, "Thank you for taking your time to make such a great product for everyone to enjoy." They will probably like the fact that someone took the time to exercise some manners and say thank you.
Please, add to this list and exercise a few of these suggestions. Help make the OSS world a better place.
Eros, apologizes in advance for any spelling mistakes and/or run on sentences. Please, refer to the paragraph mentioning sleep.
First thing.... These tests where much better but they still manage to miss the mark.
Ok, just in case anyone still thinks these tests are worth a shit. I'd like to clearify that this is pure and unadulterated shit. There now that the childish remarks are through. I'll do some intelligent speaking.
First off, I don't doubt this to be shit from the get go. I'm an MCSE (my work paid for it) and I know the insane amount of system reasources it takes to run a NT Server alone. Yes, I know how to properly configure an NT Server right down to the streamlining of the registry. Plus, we have all been through the multiple restarts and memory that applications won't let go of after using it. Not to mention all the swapping and overhead processing. Don't get me started with IIS 4.0.
There is a new bug found almost on a daily basis that spells doom for these servers. Plus, IIS 4.0 doesn't have near the amount of features and configuration possiblities as Apache does. Next Apache needs someone who knows it inside and out to configure it. This is due to Apache's extreme flexiablity.
Say that average joe smith sets up his Apache server and uses.htaccess files on commonly accessed files nested five directories deep. Not uncommon with big sites where management is broken up. Well, for every request on the document Apache will check with each.htaccess file per directory. So if this file is accessed 100 times. Apache will check 500 times for the rights to that file. Because it will check the root to the next directory to the next. And merge the config files it finds along the way. Making Apache check 5 times per document requested. But, on the up side if you need infinately specific rights to files. This is a god send that can be reduced by placing commonly requested documents near the root of the (don't fork the directories too much)server. And using as few.htaccess files as possible. This is why you should try to place as much configuration as possible in the gobal configuration files and preferrably in the server configuration file. I'll explain the last part of that last sentence next.
When Apache is looking into what the rights are for a requested file. It checks certain files in certain orders. And within those files it checks it against the directives in the order they are placed in the config file. Meaning if that same.htaccess file that is already slowing things down also has the most requested file in the directory near the bottom of the config file. It will take longer. Maybe not whole seconds longer. But, enough on heavy sites to make an impact.
These are just two of the many configuration tips for Apache a person can pick up when they rtfm (Read The Fucking Manual)and even reading the source.
And all the rest of the way IIS doesn't have as flexiable a rights system. Nor does it handle dynamic pages as well as Apache. Infact IIS 4.0 will work fine if it isn't that compilcated a site, the pages are static, and the machine is so big it won't ever see a processor load near 100%.
Apache has that complete control rights system. It handles dynamic pages bueatifully. And doesn't freak when heavy loads hit. It will just keeps chugging away.
As for file serving? I can't say. I'm not anywhere near an expert at samba. But, I do know that my Linux box boots faster, handles heavier loads better, and memory management is bueatiful. And to make another remark.
RedHat should not be the version of Linux they are pitting against NT. Sorry, this isn't a direct RedHat sucks type deal. It's a use Slackware or something and so you can minimize the system to do only what it is suppose to do. And recompile everything to be optimized with the systems hardware. Maybe not even Slackware. Just something streamlined. Redhat is actually a great system for the home user. That's the way they seem to be heading nowadays. And I applaud them for it. My it's now easy enough for my mother to use it.:)
Personally, once again you can look at the source of the tests and wonder why the outcome is the same. These companies are heavily dependent on Microsoft products. And some have been funded by Microsoft. Mindcraft even did there tests in Microsoft's labs. Of course they aren't going to say anything bad about Microsoft.
The real test should be here is X amount of dollars. Put, together the best system you can. Linux would kick the fucking shit out of MS. For the amount of the software alone you could put together a Beawolf cluster that would crush any NT Enterprise 4-way SMP box. I know, I tried this before when installing many NT systems to upgrade a hospitial. Personally, I won't go there if I'm shot. But, that Linux cluster is up to this very day without a reboot performing critical storage and access control for CAT scan images. On the other hand the NT clusters (if you can call it true clustering) are constantly having parts of them rebooted.
Whatever, don't believe this stuff. It's just FUD and the media looking for conflict.
Eros -- I know what every file on my box is there for..... Do you?
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The immediate effects of this will be bartending bots pouring drinks for Drunks stumbling to the bar, lead by their sonar mapping, bi-pedal guide bot.
Thank god for University research, or we wouldn't have the advances in drunkology that we do today. hic-up. hic-up
Check out netmar.com. I heard about them on Slashdot about 3 months ago when the latest Star Wars trailer came out. The owner created a mirror on his server and told everyone they could download, but asked that they consider throwing some business his way.
I have a client that needed a website and the price was right so I went for it. They have been a great company so far. The high points of what they offer are 1) Unlimited bandwidth. 2) They will install anything you want. Perl modules, Tomcat, PHP, etc. They already have Postgresql and Mysql on the systems. 3) Linux based. 4) $8/month -- I shit you not. 5) I haven't received a single piece of spam from them -- period.
I got one of these a few months ago because of the acking pains in my wrists from .... typing yeah, typing and I can personally attest to the quality of this product. All day long a move my head along and the cursor follows. I never have pains in my wists anym Aahhh!, FUCK my neck. SOBs Damnit HELP, HELP!
What is up with all the bitching about intrusive ads and whatnot? I thought everyone here was running Mozilla or some other highly evolved web broswer that can block most advertisements? I have been doing it since the features where put in place and never had a problem with bad advertising -- except when Slashdot runs a story that is really a thinnly veiled ad for some dumpass company's product nobody cares about.
SPAM? Is the Slashdot audience so retarded at this point that setting up a spam filter is considered too techi?
Call me a flammer if you want, but these are NOT, I repeat NOT DIFFICULT to setup.
You didn't check jack, straight from the Release Notes:
For print daemon alternatives, the choices are LPRng and CUPS. The configurations for LPRng and CUPS are completely separate. If you switch from one printing system to another, you will have to reconfigure your printers.
Next time RTFM!
Since you didn't leave an email. I'll say it here. That was the most insightful writting most men who read slashdot could read about relationships. I found out the very same things, but you expressed them perfectly.
Thanks
First off it disappoints me that these types of questions get posted here considering this was answered a little over two weeks ago with this article on Slashdot itself. Linux Clusters Explained But, hey what are you going to do?
The reason why I can see this coming up on Slashdot is because there really isn't a definitive guide out there that you can just kick back and read. \tangent\You would actually have to look. You know with a search engine or something. That's right "King Monkey" search engines exist.\/tangent\
Dun Dun DUN!!! That is until now. According to O'Reilly's site http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/clusterli nux/, they have a book in the works. And it should be out in August sometime.
But hey, don't let that stop anyone from actually searching for the information.
Okay, okay I'll stop picking on King Monkey and Cliff. We all love Slashdot anyhow.
Here is the link to get you started: http://www.khronos.org/SIGFAQ.htm
Do the names Khronos and OpenML have any significance?
Khronos is the Greek root word for time. As the specification tackles integrating different media types, a critical element is synchronization of the media. Open signifies a cross-platform, cross-OS, initiative. ML or Media Language, emphasizes the synergy with the existing OpenGL standard, and helps to amplify an industry wide, non-proprietary approach.
Well, that last part sounds like a ray of hope for getting an open source implementation going in Linux. But, it sounds like the license is still be hashed out.
Another interesting part of the FAQ:
Who will define and maintain the OpenML specification?
The Khronos Group will retain this responsibility as well as license and distribute the OpenML SDK and reference implementations.
Acutally, that is were it gets a little scary. It sounds like now they are a little confused about whether it will be close or not. Also in the FAQ it states that the project will incorparate QuickTime??? Maybe as a binary plugin or something. And if you really want to 'what if' you can start thinking/hoping/praying that Apple's going to open source that one again. But, don't anyone hold your breath.
Well, everyone cross your fingers that this will be open and take off.
First off I think it was spelled eXistenZ not ExistenZ. They made a strong point of that in the movie. But, now I'm just being picky.
(Warning Spoilers)
Secondly, yes it was a good movie but, anyone who has ever read quite a bit of scifi could have told you that it would end with a game within a game plot. IMHO the only thing really new it brought to the table was the bio weapons spin.
The Matrix on the other hand had everyone going into the movie wondering if this film was going to live up to the hype and allow them to suspend disbelief. Like, in the previews the characters could in fact leap across buildings.
Plus, The Matrix's storyline seems a bit more tightly woven then eXistenZ. Lets not forget to mention the new cool special effects in the movie and music to help boost the whole film. In short The Matrix had more to offer the viewer.
As for the movie "The Cube". I agree with the others that it really should have been an outer limits show instead of a movie. I mean who really didn't know that the cubes were moving once they saw the grid on the outside of the cube. It just looked too much like a rubics cube for anyone to resist writting that into the plot.
The movie Pi was actually really good. There's not really much more to say about it. The film speaks for itself.
And finally the movie Dark City. This is one of those movies were you start to watch thinking it might be worth your time, but they drag the suspense on for so long that you begin wondering why and the hell you care anyhow. And once the end comes it didn't deliver the thill you expected.
Part of what made The Matrix so cool was that throughout the previews and the beginning of the movie they had already told you enough for you to put it together. But, something about didn't allow your brain to make the connection. And once you sat down and watched the film they didn't spend 2 and a 1/2 hours telling you it's all in a computer and leaving the film ten minutes afterward.
My 2 cents
May day May day over
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I'm having trouble with my Slashdot filters over.
I know I specified in my preferences that I never wanted to ever even hear Junky Katz's name ever again. But for some strange reason he keeps popping up now and again.
And BTW, being a geek. The one thing that in rages me nowadays is Junky Katz suposedly being a voice for geeks.
In the future I'll just politely ask that any mention of Katz be in a separate post.
Thanks
If you go checkout www.slota.com it will show in the motherboards section all the different kinds of motherboards for the Althon. In there you will find a mention of Tyan producing a dual Althon motherboard by the first quarter of next year. I'm waiting for the same thing. :)
Actually, the website as a whole is pretty good. But, double check AMD's website. They should have information and especially warnings about the motherboards, power supplys, and memory types.
I ended up making the mistake of grabbing a MSI motherboard and a 700 Althon for my father. MSI's website (www.slota.com has links to the manufactor's sites if available, you won't find them otherwise) advertises the motherboard for Althon's 650 and higher. This isn't the case. Currently, only the Biostar and the Gigabyte board take a 700. Just double check and everything should be ok.
BTW, if you need a place to order the motherboards. Try, www.thechipmerchant.com they are pretty reliable, have four types of Althon MBs, and they have some great support.
Good LuckIf everyone is going to start talking about security and Linux. I think you should all consider a few points first.
Many people say that Linux is less secure than any *BSD. This is really a half-truth. Yes, you will probably find more security holes in a Linux system then say an OpenBSD system. Why? Well, isn't Linux a bleeding edge operating system.
Infact I bet the majority of you are using a distrobution that has many packages that were in beta or developement when they were burnt on that cdrom. Infact it's hard to find a distro now a days that doesn't come with over half the software being the developement version and not the stable one.
And if a recall correctly isn't OpenBSD a bit more strict about what it bundles? And when I mean strict, I mean strict in a *BSD sense. If you want a little more bleeding edge you may want to try FreeBSD.
The point is that Linux only seems insecure because of the wide practice in using developement packages and not stable ones. Also Linux/OpenSource developement is starting to become so wide that of course with more software people are going to find more bugs. This is a good thing.
And the last point should be that with the Linux vs. Windows battle. Every trip-up that Linux has, is going to make HEADLINES. Just consider this part of the price of taking on the top dog.
Okay, I don't claim to hate *BSD or know everything there is to know about *BSD or Linux.
But, this article was completely full of statements with no numbers or facts to back any of it up. Infact it seems to want to trash Linux pretty bad by claiming to be much better in all the aspects mentioned in the article.
First, off the comment about *BSD fragmentation and being so aged it's useless? Personally, I've never heard such rumors. And if I did, I wouldn't go taking them for face value. If you think that everything you read on the net is true. You have bigger misconceptions then these.
And I don't think Linux is slower in any regard or truely fragmented. I do however think that some distrobutions have gotten sloppy though. And in turn performance isn't what it should be. Once again this isn't a problem. Surely with all the distros out there one should be able to suit your needs. Choice is good.
The author also mentions all the applications out there for *BSD. Well, I'd bet the majority of the *BSD people out after installing *BSD run out for KDE or GNOME or some other major piece of GPL'ed software. So even though I don't think it's wrong of them to use GCC for there needs(isn't that what it's there for). I do think it is wrong of the *BSD communities to complain about the GPL license. By now most people should know this is a personal prefrence and nobody is going to change anyone's mind.
And here is a quote ment to start a flame war.
"But many are simply curious about why a new user would choose Linux over FreeBSD, despite FreeBSD's technical superiority."
Well, that statement should have flushed the last of the credibility this author had left. Obivously, he is bias and this just adds to the rest of the FUD he is spreading. Once again, these are all his personal opinions and not facts. He seems to have made these opinions public to confuse newbies and put down Linux.
The author also mentions that some scripts he wrote broke when upgrading. And that upgrading the to glibc was a pain. I guess he was expecting progress to be held up because he wrote a few scripts and didn't like upgrading his compiler. Next time I'm sure they will check in with him first. Once again I think that this is a common mistake of expecting everything to be hand feed. Even though it's software that is in *developement*.
The only problem I have with *BSD? Well, I can tell you that I'm not fond of the licensing. And I'm definately sick of these *BSD vs. Linux wars going on. And that I'm starting to become a little disappointed in Slashdot's choice of articles lately. But, don't think I don't love you anymore Rob. I do appreciate this site, thanks(to everyone at Slashdot and Andover).
Conclusion:
Don't give this article a second thought. Don't go flaming this guy. If you feel the need to correct him. *BE POLITE*
Yeah Abe I was just wondering if you have been a huge asshole all your life naturally or if you had to work at it?
And how long can you live with yourself knowing that every night you look in the mirror, that you are nothing more than a fake who couldn't "hack" his way out of a paperbag? Let alone "crack" any system for that matter.
Infact I wass also wondering if you have ever written a lick of productive code in your life? I mean I got chills up and down my spin when I was watching you masterfully work that promo Macintosh they gave the cast.
Do you have all the posters from the movie "hackers" or are you still missing the one with low-tech?
Hey, and I'm wondering how your factory Linux box that was mentioned is doing? I'm sure that you are the master of GNOME operating or KDE clicking.
One joke deserves another.
Before you go around throwing out statements like that. I'd like to know of an actual real-world stituation that happened like this? If so then, it's the clients fault for not knowing how to work their computer. And if they need help they should purchase a support contract.
If the commercial app is broken than that is again the fault of the client to choose to go with a closed source app.
And since when did Linux give a crap about a commercial product enough to not allow progess with libraries or anything?
Okay I know this may sting a bit. But, alot of what is said in that article is also true. I still don't think that hundreds or even tens of people have changed their motives for developing for Linux just because of an IPO.
The author seems to think that this is corrupting when it was meant to be supporting and a sign of goodfaith.
After all RedHat does 100% own it's very existence to the OSS community. And RedHat knows it, so they did the right thing. Even if it wasn't the original motive for the programming and RedHat wasn't under official obilgation to do so.
So will Linux be market/money driven? Well, no I don't think so... Look at the big players that are involved in Linux up to their neck like IBM. Who would have thunk it 2 years ago. Everyday, I see on LinuxToday 4 or 5 companies pledging support for Linux. And Linux in my opinion hasn't lost it's soul.
If anything it is changing the way others think about software. Not the other way around. Did you ever think that all the many hardware vendors today would even ever think about open sourcing their drivers?
Linux has been the underdog all along. And once again I think that people are under estimating it. Linux will survive commercializm. And come out stronger because of it. The Linux community will see to that by their every choice of what software they run.
Just my 2 cents.
No, I didn't know. Thanks for the line. :)
Of course there are plenty of free TT fonts. If anyone out there ever used a damn search engine they would find more they anyone could desire.
:P
First off, check with the experts on what looks good. And one of those people in the Linux world is Tigert. His webpage is tigert.gimp.org and it's pretty clean and simple. Look under Misc. Links and you will find several really great pages to get great looking TT fonts. Especially, that AcidFonts page.
If you want more after that then you are just nuts.
And if you want tt fonts in Linux. Just grab xfstt and install it. It literally takes something like 5 minutes. No fuss, no muss, it's just all good. For those of you that still don't believe in search engines. Go to freshmeat.net and use it's little search function. It will point you right to it.
And for a quick question. Since xfstt is working so great for me. Why, bother worrying about freetype?
Okay about a year ago I got Windows completely off my computer. Only to find out that I was just another victim of CDPD (Conplusive Descent Playing Disorder). For weeks I had violent shakes, mood swings, and I developed a twitch. Fortunately, I have been able to surpress the rage of no Descent game play after I had such a bad shake that I drove my car into a light pole. Thankfully putting me in a coma for the rest of the withdrawal.
But now that this news has come about I fear it's all going to happen all over again.
I'll lose my job. Start failing classes. My wife will leave me. The dog will probably die from myself forgetting to feed it. The cops will start coming over again questioning why I'm screaming bloodly murder at the computer at 2am in the morning. Fools, they won't even know what I mean by dogfight. I'll need another trashcan for all the keyboards I'll be spinning through. I'll have to get new skin graphed on my fingers. And eyeball sprayers to keep me from blinking and missing one frame.
I've even thought of ways to covert my car to be able to strife and have quad level 6 lasers. Lord knows I pray for the ability to pass out smart mines to tailgators.
Curse you Descent! Curse this love/hate relationship! AAAAAAHHHAHAAAA, must frag, must frag!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eros, apologizes in advance for all the bad grammar, spelling, and generally insane mumblings.
I just mailed $20 out to help make up for the welching losers out there that haven't paid up.
Obivously, I didn't need to do this, but even more obivously I didn't do it for the sick jerks not paying their debt.
I did it because I have been feeling the need to help the OSS community at least a little. Since I do use their software everyday at home and work.
I use to contribute a lot, but with work and school. It's come down to sleep or code. (Yes, I know most would say code. But, if I get any less sleep I'll start falling asleep while driving.)
So this is the answer. Or at least one of them. All the time I hear newbies asking how can they help if they don't know how to program.
Well, sending even $5 to help others give webspace to OSS projects isn't a bad choice. Especially, if you are stressed for time.
Helping make documentation is another one that most people can do with even bits and pieces of spare time.
Reporting bugs is one that more people should do. It's not that hard. It doesn't take that much time. No really it doesn't, you can fill out some bug reporting information quickly to help others to make a better product for everyone.
Even feedback helps!!! Make a few suggestions politely. And don't forget that it won't kill you to send a few quick emails to some developers saying, "Thank you for taking your time to make such a great product for everyone to enjoy." They will probably like the fact that someone took the time to exercise some manners and say thank you.
Please, add to this list and exercise a few of these suggestions. Help make the OSS world a better place.
Eros, apologizes in advance for any spelling mistakes and/or run on sentences. Please, refer to the paragraph mentioning sleep.
First thing.... These tests where much better but they still manage to miss the mark.
.htaccess files on commonly accessed files nested five directories deep. Not .htaccess file .htaccess files as possible. This
.htaccess file that is already slowing things down also has
:)
Ok, just in case anyone still thinks these tests are worth a shit. I'd like to clearify that this is pure and unadulterated shit. There now that the
childish remarks are through. I'll do some intelligent speaking.
First off, I don't doubt this to be shit from the get go. I'm an MCSE (my work paid for it) and I know the insane amount of system reasources it
takes to run a NT Server alone. Yes, I know how to properly configure an NT Server right down to the streamlining of the registry. Plus, we have
all been through the multiple restarts and memory that applications won't let go of after using it. Not to mention all the swapping and overhead
processing. Don't get me started with IIS 4.0.
There is a new bug found almost on a daily basis that spells doom for these servers. Plus, IIS 4.0 doesn't have near the amount of features and
configuration possiblities as Apache does. Next Apache needs someone who knows it inside and out to configure it. This is due to Apache's
extreme flexiablity.
Say that average joe smith sets up his Apache server and uses
uncommon with big sites where management is broken up. Well, for every request on the document Apache will check with each
per directory. So if this file is accessed 100 times. Apache will check 500 times for the rights to that file.
Because it will check the root to the next directory to the next. And merge the config files it finds along the way. Making Apache check 5 times
per document requested. But, on the up side if you need infinately specific rights to files. This is a god send that can be reduced by placing
commonly requested documents near the root of the (don't fork the directories too much)server. And using as few
is why you should try to place as much configuration as possible in the gobal configuration files and preferrably in the server configuration file. I'll
explain the last part of that last sentence next.
When Apache is looking into what the rights are for a requested file. It checks certain files in certain orders. And within those files it checks it
against the directives in the order they are placed in the config file. Meaning if that same
the most requested file in the directory near the bottom of the config file. It will take longer. Maybe not whole seconds longer. But, enough on
heavy sites to make an impact.
These are just two of the many configuration tips for Apache a person can pick up when they rtfm (Read The Fucking Manual)and even reading
the source.
And all the rest of the way IIS doesn't have as flexiable a rights system. Nor does it handle dynamic pages as well as Apache. Infact IIS 4.0 will
work fine if it isn't that compilcated a site, the pages are static, and the machine is so big it won't ever see a processor load near 100%.
Apache has that complete control rights system. It handles dynamic pages bueatifully. And doesn't freak when heavy loads hit. It will just keeps
chugging away.
As for file serving? I can't say. I'm not anywhere near an expert at samba. But, I do know that my Linux box boots faster, handles heavier loads
better, and memory management is bueatiful. And to make another remark.
RedHat should not be the version of Linux they are pitting against NT. Sorry, this isn't a direct RedHat sucks type deal. It's a use Slackware or
something and so you can minimize the system to do only what it is suppose to do. And recompile everything to be optimized with the systems
hardware. Maybe not even Slackware. Just something streamlined. Redhat is actually a great system for the home user. That's the way they
seem to be heading nowadays. And I applaud them for it. My it's now easy enough for my mother to use it.
Personally, once again you can look at the source of the tests and wonder why the outcome is the same. These companies are heavily dependent
on Microsoft products. And some have been funded by Microsoft. Mindcraft even did there tests in Microsoft's labs. Of course they aren't going
to say anything bad about Microsoft.
The real test should be here is X amount of dollars. Put, together the best system you can. Linux would kick the fucking shit out of MS. For the
amount of the software alone you could put together a Beawolf cluster that would crush any NT Enterprise 4-way SMP box. I know, I tried this
before when installing many NT systems to upgrade a hospitial. Personally, I won't go there if I'm shot. But, that Linux cluster is up to this very
day without a reboot performing critical storage and access control for CAT scan images. On the other hand the NT clusters (if you can call it
true clustering) are constantly having parts of them rebooted.
Whatever, don't believe this stuff. It's just FUD and the media looking for conflict.
Eros -- I know what every file on my box is there for..... Do you?