I hate recompiling my kernel, it always takes me a number of attempts until everything works.
Unless you are adding new hardware or compiling a kernel for a new machine you should not be having this problem. Once you have a working kernel, save the config. When compiling a newer kernel, drop the saved config into the root of the new kernel tree as.config. Then just:
make oldconfig
You should only be prompted for options that are new in the kernel.
The tree has been kept in sync with XFree86, through the release of their version 4.4 with the exception of changes to their files that contain their new version 1.1 license.
X.org seems to be closer to XFree86 4.4 than it is to 4.3. Switching to a new x-server is a big deal. Especially on Debian where you have to make sure it is stable on all 11 architectures. I just don't forsee X.org in unstable until after Sarge is released.
It is? I haven't seen anything about it. Changing X servers would be a bit deal. I would not be surprised if the debian team waits until the next stable release before brining X.org into unstable.
The fact is that on my home machine, in Windows 2000, I have more free RAM and faster boot up times _with_ IE loaded (if nothing else as a desktop/file manager), than in KDE _without_ Konqueror loaded.
Why in the world are you using boot time as a measure of performance? It's only an accurate measure of your computer's workload if most of your time is spent rebooting [insert favorite windows crashing joke here]. All you have done is measure OS and program load time, which can greatly differ from machine to machine, of the same OS, depending on what services are run.
In my computing experience, I rarely reboot or launch applications. Reboots only come with kernel upgrades. I rarely launch applications because I normally just leave my apps running in different workspaces. If you are going to compare, use a useful measure.
You are missing the point. This thread is about dual-booting Linux with Windows.
The reason you do all the fancy partitioning is so that Fedora can boot alongside another operating system. If your little OSX trick won't set things up for another OS, then what was your point? It's easy to partition OSX on a single-boot system?
Windows normally won't boot if it is not on the primary master drive. To get it to boot from a secondary drive you have to use the map command in grub to trick it into thinking it is on the primary master drive. You can find more details about it in the GRUB manual.
Read the story summary! It says the subpoena is from last year, but it is not moot. From the FSF link in the summary:
As the SCO lawsuit drags on, we will have to make some tough decisions about how to answer this subpoena. We are certain that we will not produce all the material requested
That is dated Tuesday, May 18. No information has been delivered. I have no idea why the parent post was modded +5.
If the special edition 'improvements' he added to the original trilogy were really making Star Wars into what he wanted it to be thirty years ago, you can see that trend: adding useless scenes with robot antics, Han stepping on Jabba's tail, and loads of other childish slapstick crap like that.
I am usually the last person to defend George Lucas, I think he is severely overrated. But Han stepping on Jabba's tail was not added in by choice, it was a necessity if the scene were to be added in at all.
That scene was originally shot with some tubby guy acting the role of Jabba. The scene was never completed for the original film, probably because it was too expensive (or too late) to build Jabba and reshoot the scene with the puppet. Come 20 years later, Lucas wants to put this scene back in, and it can be done now by just drawing over the original actor with a digital Jabba. But there is one problem, at one point in the scene Han walks around behind the guy playing Jabba. So the choice was to either have Han walk through Jabba's tail (not an option), have him step on Jabba's tail, or leave the scene out completely.
I know that this article was written tongue-in-cheeck, but it is much too late to complain about Episode III now. With only one year before release the movie is in post-production now. It's much too late to fire Lucas and the director or the writer. Also much too late to dump any of the actors. All that is left is editing and special effects.
If the writing and acting performances are not better in this edition of Star Wars, no amount of special effects or editing will save it.
OK Mr. Troll. Then don't use an alpha media player. Use mplayer, or xine, or totem, or one of the many other media players that work.
I have no idea why I even bothered replying to this.
But he complained about this being a problem with Linux. Like it or not, when he says Linux that encompasses both hobby and commercial distributions alike.
Also, one of the distros was Debian. Run completely by a community of volunteers. I'd classify that as a free and hobbyist distro.
Except he gave no link or mention of what thread in the forum his posted his answer. Personally, I don't want to go wading through the entire discussion from the original artice just to find out what hardware he was using. The parent poster is right, he could have very briefly listed the specs for his sound card.
For example, I've got a USB joystick. Plugging it in will automatically cause a module called "joydev" to be installed. Unplug the joystick while a process has the/dev/js0 file opened and then you're stuck- the module can never be removed, because "joydev: Device or resource busy". Plug the joystick back in, and it connects to/dev/js1./dev/js0 will never become usable again, until I reboot.
What about killing the process that had/dev/js0 open?
What I find most offensive is how the press release attatches the names of Richard Stallman, Dennis Ritchie, and Andrew Tanenbaum to their crazy study. It is done in such a devious way, from the press release:
Brown's account is based on extensive interviews with more than two dozen leading technologists including Richard Stallman, Dennis Ritchie, and Andrew Tanenbaum.
Nowhere does it say that RMS, Ritchie, or Tanenbaum agreed with or endorsed the conclusions in the report. They merely happened to get interviewed, but it is very easy for the casual observer to take the next step and connect the interviewee's opinions with the findings in this farce of a report.
I wish I had mod points, because you are exactly right. One of the first things the articles says is, "The GNOME file manager, Nautilus, no longer allows users to navigate through folders as one might use a Web browser or Windows Explorer." That is 100% false.
If you are going to write for a major publication, and if you are going to write a huge rant, at least have your facts right. At least make it look like you really tried out the interface. The author did not and he will no be misleading the many people who read his article.
For the amount of colors used in these graphs, I don't quite see how there would have been much difference in image quality between GIF and PNG. Using PNGs instead of GIFs would have been a minimal gain, if any at all.
But a proponent of free and open source software in general. Every show they have a "free file" which is some free (as in beer, but often as in speech as well) piece of software.
I have only recently started watching TechTV, and I think TSS and X-Play are the best shows on the network. It's good to see them survive.
Graphics can be used to enhance the gameplay. A lot of first person shooters now make you rely on stealth and cunning instead of running into a room with guns blazing. With more detailed graphics you can get subtle hints of an enemies whereabouts from the environment. Casting shadows. Diturbing branches or bushes, or other parts of their environment.
Subtle cues like these were not possible years ago. The graphic detail just was not available in real time.
He is saying the transister count is not quite comparable. The GPUs transistor count is (probably?) including the on-chip caches. They then compared it to an Intel CPU with a huge cache, and then ignored the cache when giving a transistor count.
It also says if the mail was sent from someone else to you, or sent from you to someone else.
You mean kind of like the "to" and "from" fields you see in every other email service/application? This is in no way an impressive feature.
The real features of gmail is the google search capability and the storage space (which you mentioned). The interface is also fast and driven by javascript. Expanding or collapsing a message in a conversation is instant, there is no page reload.
There are also other nice touches like keyboard shortcuts for keyboard navigation. And clicking on a mispelled word after using their spellcheck will bring down a menu of suggested corrections.
I also wanted account and ended up getting one for free. All it took was patience and some nudging of my friends. If you work or know people in the tech industry, there is a decent chance that a little polite prodding would have led you to someone with gmail invites.
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It is? I haven't seen anything about it. Changing X servers would be a bit deal. I would not be surprised if the debian team waits until the next stable release before brining X.org into unstable.
In my computing experience, I rarely reboot or launch applications. Reboots only come with kernel upgrades. I rarely launch applications because I normally just leave my apps running in different workspaces. If you are going to compare, use a useful measure.
You are missing the point. This thread is about dual-booting Linux with Windows.
The reason you do all the fancy partitioning is so that Fedora can boot alongside another operating system. If your little OSX trick won't set things up for another OS, then what was your point? It's easy to partition OSX on a single-boot system?
Windows normally won't boot if it is not on the primary master drive. To get it to boot from a secondary drive you have to use the map command in grub to trick it into thinking it is on the primary master drive. You can find more details about it in the GRUB manual.
What's wrong with using the command prompt at some point to install software?
apt-get install mozilla-firebird
or
yum install samba
Really, is that so bad?
So, as funny as it sounds... the customer actually did have a few "extra features" activated.
That scene was originally shot with some tubby guy acting the role of Jabba. The scene was never completed for the original film, probably because it was too expensive (or too late) to build Jabba and reshoot the scene with the puppet. Come 20 years later, Lucas wants to put this scene back in, and it can be done now by just drawing over the original actor with a digital Jabba. But there is one problem, at one point in the scene Han walks around behind the guy playing Jabba. So the choice was to either have Han walk through Jabba's tail (not an option), have him step on Jabba's tail, or leave the scene out completely.
I know that this article was written tongue-in-cheeck, but it is much too late to complain about Episode III now. With only one year before release the movie is in post-production now. It's much too late to fire Lucas and the director or the writer. Also much too late to dump any of the actors. All that is left is editing and special effects.
If the writing and acting performances are not better in this edition of Star Wars, no amount of special effects or editing will save it.
OK Mr. Troll. Then don't use an alpha media player. Use mplayer, or xine, or totem, or one of the many other media players that work. I have no idea why I even bothered replying to this.
But he complained about this being a problem with Linux. Like it or not, when he says Linux that encompasses both hobby and commercial distributions alike.
Also, one of the distros was Debian. Run completely by a community of volunteers. I'd classify that as a free and hobbyist distro.
Except he gave no link or mention of what thread in the forum his posted his answer. Personally, I don't want to go wading through the entire discussion from the original artice just to find out what hardware he was using. The parent poster is right, he could have very briefly listed the specs for his sound card.
That's exactly why it's not a funny joke. You were waiting for it. The joke was obvious.
A good joke throws in an unexpected twist. It's witty, that's what makes it funny. To make an Allah joke about someone using the name alaa is boring.
I wish I had mod points, because you are exactly right. One of the first things the articles says is, "The GNOME file manager, Nautilus, no longer allows users to navigate through folders as one might use a Web browser or Windows Explorer." That is 100% false.
If you are going to write for a major publication, and if you are going to write a huge rant, at least have your facts right. At least make it look like you really tried out the interface. The author did not and he will no be misleading the many people who read his article.
For the amount of colors used in these graphs, I don't quite see how there would have been much difference in image quality between GIF and PNG. Using PNGs instead of GIFs would have been a minimal gain, if any at all.
But a proponent of free and open source software in general. Every show they have a "free file" which is some free (as in beer, but often as in speech as well) piece of software.
I have only recently started watching TechTV, and I think TSS and X-Play are the best shows on the network. It's good to see them survive.
Oh boy do I! That Adam Sessler is so hot!
Graphics can be used to enhance the gameplay. A lot of first person shooters now make you rely on stealth and cunning instead of running into a room with guns blazing. With more detailed graphics you can get subtle hints of an enemies whereabouts from the environment. Casting shadows. Diturbing branches or bushes, or other parts of their environment.
Subtle cues like these were not possible years ago. The graphic detail just was not available in real time.
You're missing the point.
He is saying the transister count is not quite comparable. The GPUs transistor count is (probably?) including the on-chip caches. They then compared it to an Intel CPU with a huge cache, and then ignored the cache when giving a transistor count.
The real features of gmail is the google search capability and the storage space (which you mentioned). The interface is also fast and driven by javascript. Expanding or collapsing a message in a conversation is instant, there is no page reload.
There are also other nice touches like keyboard shortcuts for keyboard navigation. And clicking on a mispelled word after using their spellcheck will bring down a menu of suggested corrections.
Personally, I think you wasted $20.
I also wanted account and ended up getting one for free. All it took was patience and some nudging of my friends. If you work or know people in the tech industry, there is a decent chance that a little polite prodding would have led you to someone with gmail invites.