The biggest problem I have with these people is they provide no service. No value has been added to the product, they merely showed up early to get an account name.
This kind of thing happens outside of the Internet as well. Ticket scalpers basically run on the same principal. Buy tickets so people can't get them, then come back later and charge more than they are worth.
I believe however, that Gentoo is even better suited to this task. A fix in the source is a fix for every distro, where as a fix in a package fixes only a single release of a single distro.
I don't understand what you are saying here.
You do realize that Debian packages are compiled on the build servers, right? When the package maintainer changes the source, the package is rebuilt, and now you have a fixed package for everyone.
If your point is that Libranet may use different source packages from Debian, and a fix in a Debian package won't be a fix in a Libranet package, then a Gentoo spinoff can have the exact same problem. Unless this spinoff distro uses the same source repository as Gentoo, but that is akin to Libranet installing packages from Debian proper.
For example, when I installed Debian I wanted ext3 support from the get-go and I booted the installer with the bf24 option (this booted a 2.4 kernel instead of the defualt 2.2 kernel). Unfortunately, the dhcp-client package included on the CD did not work with the 2.4 kernel. This was easily fixed by replacing dhcp-client with pump (an alternative dhcp client).
It was easy fix, but only if you already knew about the bug.
After reading your post and following your links, I have come to the conclusion that you are talking nonsense. The google link is to the definition of the word possible and the eicar link is to some sort of file for testing antivirus programs. No proof that your claim is in any way possible.
How can you write a single piece of code that runs on different architectures with different instruction sets? i386 machine code will look like garbage to a PPC machine. Please mod the parent down, it's just rubbish.
There are concept drawings of Robosaurus from 1988, but I can't find info on when it was actually built. If it does predate the Simpsons, then not by much.
Page caches are wonderful. When you load an application (like Firefox), you're not just getting the web browser. You're firing up a large chain of shared objects/DLLs that support the widgets, I/O, and components of the application. All of these components must be read into memory anyhow for program operation, so the kernel tends to just leave it in there for future use (the page cache).
That's very useful. Unless you are like me and you launch mozilla once when you log in and just leave it running in its own workspace. I do the same with evolution, and xchat, and gaim, and xmms... A page cache that speeds the launching of applications really doesn't help me. Its more important for me that the applications respond quickly when I go back to using them.
You make it sound like Linus makes decisions about the kernel that everyone is forced to follow. Linus only makes decisions about his branch of the kernel. That branch just happens to be the defacto standard because lots and lots of people respect Linus and his decisions.
If he ever started making some completely wacko decisions, kernel developers would fork the source and release a different kernel.
As much as I did not like the article (never said what sound card, didn't explicity say how he tried to fix the problem, never mentioned whether he just tied turning up the volume in alsa mixer), he did eventually say what "XYZ" was. Xandros 2.0 Deluxe. He also tried 8 other distros.
That's a big problem with the article. He did not exacly say what card. We just know it's a card built into a mainstream intel motherboard.
He also didn't go into much detail as to how he tried to fix the problem. Xandros tech support told him to manually change some config files, and after that, X stopped working. He also went to newgroups and was generally told to install an older sound card.
It sounds as if he got a card that might need a little tweaking to get working, but he received some bad tech support. It's really hard to tell since he never specified what card.
Red Hat does many good things for the Open Source community. I never said otherwise. That is not what my post was about. Geck expressed an opinion and the original post twisted it into something extreme and untrue.
I did not pick up that sort of attitude from the article. I gathered that his message was simply this: It would be better for the entire community if Red Hat used the 2.6 kernel so that the linux communities resources can be spent moving forward with the new kernel.
You may or may not agree with that, but don't go stretching his argument to an extreme. That's just false.
From the commentary on TTT DVD set, it seems that transferring dailies with hard drives was never planned. The large data pipe stopped something around a mile short of Peter Jackson's hotel room. So they probably chose to use the iPods as an easy solution because they are small. And when you are done using it as a transfer device, hey, you've got an iPod. =)
And AMD should profit MUCH more from 64 bit than g5:
G5 runs the same, only in 64 bit (more memory/cache bw required)
As someone mentioned before, you are talking about recompiling the applications with optimizations for the 64-bit processors. To say that the G5 will see little benefit is wrong. The design of the G5 is radically different from previous PPC chips. Especially the logic that groups instructions for simultaneous execution.
Also, the modern x86 processors have logic to help ease the problem of a limited register set. It's called register renaming. I am not sure the extra registers will have a profound effect on the performance.
Well, you're really only a distributor if you've been distributing the linux kernel, not just any free software.
You are right about this being SCO vs. anyone who have ever done GPL software. Or anyone who has even touched Linux for that matter. They seem to be ready and willing to sue anything that moves and breathes.
But what if it can be shown that the SCO execs knew that these lawsuits were bull? They inflated their stock price with lawsuits they knew would fail and bring the company down. Couldn't that be something you could get them on?
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The biggest problem I have with these people is they provide no service. No value has been added to the product, they merely showed up early to get an account name.
This kind of thing happens outside of the Internet as well. Ticket scalpers basically run on the same principal. Buy tickets so people can't get them, then come back later and charge more than they are worth.
You do realize that Debian packages are compiled on the build servers, right? When the package maintainer changes the source, the package is rebuilt, and now you have a fixed package for everyone.
If your point is that Libranet may use different source packages from Debian, and a fix in a Debian package won't be a fix in a Libranet package, then a Gentoo spinoff can have the exact same problem. Unless this spinoff distro uses the same source repository as Gentoo, but that is akin to Libranet installing packages from Debian proper.
Why? Because the parent post is largely unrelated to the topic as well as making claims with absolutely no facts to back them up.
The old installer did have its quirks.
For example, when I installed Debian I wanted ext3 support from the get-go and I booted the installer with the bf24 option (this booted a 2.4 kernel instead of the defualt 2.2 kernel). Unfortunately, the dhcp-client package included on the CD did not work with the 2.4 kernel. This was easily fixed by replacing dhcp-client with pump (an alternative dhcp client).
It was easy fix, but only if you already knew about the bug.
After reading your post and following your links, I have come to the conclusion that you are talking nonsense. The google link is to the definition of the word possible and the eicar link is to some sort of file for testing antivirus programs. No proof that your claim is in any way possible.
How can you write a single piece of code that runs on different architectures with different instruction sets? i386 machine code will look like garbage to a PPC machine. Please mod the parent down, it's just rubbish.
Well, so has The Simpsons.
There are concept drawings of Robosaurus from 1988, but I can't find info on when it was actually built. If it does predate the Simpsons, then not by much.
Does anyone else think the creator of this beast has been watching The Simpsons?
OK, you are mirroring an article served by ibm.com. You think they have a shortage of bandwidth? You are also not posting anonymously.
Stop being a karma whore. This is not the first time you needlessly put up a mirror.
No, he confused nothing. Read this post for a little explanation on why it may not be such a good idea to use testing.
And what's the list price of the 49G+? $175. For a calculator. Buy a handheld instead.
You can't forget the favortie physics snafu from 70's TV shows:
- Car drives off cliff and explodes before hitting the ground.
You make it sound like Linus makes decisions about the kernel that everyone is forced to follow. Linus only makes decisions about his branch of the kernel. That branch just happens to be the defacto standard because lots and lots of people respect Linus and his decisions.
If he ever started making some completely wacko decisions, kernel developers would fork the source and release a different kernel.
So, not only do they fly, but I got one to fly 577.2 ft.
Don't these names just sound stupid? The leading 'L' just doesn't flow like the 'i' does. I think it has to do with the consonant sound.
LPhoto... ellfoto... elf oto?
LSongs... ellsongs... else ongs?
If they were going to make a cheesy ripoff of the Apple names, they could have at least thought up more pleasing sounding names.
As much as I did not like the article (never said what sound card, didn't explicity say how he tried to fix the problem, never mentioned whether he just tied turning up the volume in alsa mixer), he did eventually say what "XYZ" was. Xandros 2.0 Deluxe. He also tried 8 other distros.
That's a big problem with the article. He did not exacly say what card. We just know it's a card built into a mainstream intel motherboard.
He also didn't go into much detail as to how he tried to fix the problem. Xandros tech support told him to manually change some config files, and after that, X stopped working. He also went to newgroups and was generally told to install an older sound card.
It sounds as if he got a card that might need a little tweaking to get working, but he received some bad tech support. It's really hard to tell since he never specified what card.
Red Hat does many good things for the Open Source community. I never said otherwise. That is not what my post was about. Geck expressed an opinion and the original post twisted it into something extreme and untrue.
You may or may not agree with that, but don't go stretching his argument to an extreme. That's just false.
The paragraph that was pure speculation and had no basis in fact? Yes. I read it.
From the commentary on TTT DVD set, it seems that transferring dailies with hard drives was never planned. The large data pipe stopped something around a mile short of Peter Jackson's hotel room. So they probably chose to use the iPods as an easy solution because they are small. And when you are done using it as a transfer device, hey, you've got an iPod. =)
Also, the modern x86 processors have logic to help ease the problem of a limited register set. It's called register renaming. I am not sure the extra registers will have a profound effect on the performance.
Well, you're really only a distributor if you've been distributing the linux kernel, not just any free software.
You are right about this being SCO vs. anyone who have ever done GPL software. Or anyone who has even touched Linux for that matter. They seem to be ready and willing to sue anything that moves and breathes.
But what if it can be shown that the SCO execs knew that these lawsuits were bull? They inflated their stock price with lawsuits they knew would fail and bring the company down. Couldn't that be something you could get them on?