Yea I agree, it's also losing all of its publicity momentum. I do wonder if steamOS will be a success, as I'm not particularly convinced about it.
As a Linux user I have very little interest in it and kinda wished they didn't tried though I can at least see advantages in getting gaming/performance specific patches they want into the system or say binary drivers or such. So small advantages. But I wish/hope other distributions pick them up too and I don't really like this favourism of Ubuntu and Debian developers.
I run Steam in Fedora now and ran it in openSUSE before and I don't want to have to switch to a limited distribution for compatibility reasons or so. I would prefer if Steam ran on all the big ones and if they need a common platform that it simply installed a bunch of packages needed to have all that (or recommended that they was installed.)
IMHO I think and have always thought the reason for Valve doing it in the first place is that they are scared about all the vendor specific stores which is poping up (of which they are one and one of the bigger ones but there could exist an even bigger more obvious choice) - As iTunes store, Google Play, whatever Microsoft calls their / Live.
_If_ Microsoft made a successful game delivery platform / sold all software signed through their own store Valve would have much less left.
If they rolled and had their own OS and people actually used it that would be less of a problem for them.
By now and since the Steam machine reveal GMG have started their own software with a similar purpose as Steams in that it keep track of your friends and let you upgrade your games and such but connected to their store which use all DRM free content. Since I want everything in one place that may not prevent me from using Steam but it's sure a more attractive option from a technical stand point. And as said the reason most of us prefer Steam over say Desura or something such is that it's biggest and (possibly?) have the most content (most popular if nothing else) - It's not something you can take for granted though.
Linux didn't made much sense for the consumer anyway.
This must be somewhat disturbing for Valve. Then again I doubt many individuals was asking for a Steam specific OS.
Disturbing because if it all released at the same time then at least they'd have some hype now you'll just have small gaming PCs where you either get Windows and kinda all games or the Steam one which only run a small part of all the titles.
Yay! Which one are you going to pick?... Oh and the Windows one run the software you're used too as well.
.... it's surely just a bunch of superstitious nonsense......
Oh yeah, that (what I said before) and with scientific evidence it carries some interest and use whereas as a religious scripture it's totally useless.
I bought some Lego for a ~2 year old. Sure he only uses it as any other toy car. Except maybe he get to know to take care of it a little more and have also said "I'm sorry, it wasn't my intention" on multiple occasions when he's managed to make some bricks come lose.
With a difference being that many of the other cars likely isn't much cheaper but will just be a bunch of cars and there's a shit load of those and if you where going to try to "sell" them you could likely more or less just give them away whereas there likely is a demand for the Lego pieces (and more so if it's still complete I guess) since it still work (cars may or may not I guess, wheels not turning, angled axes(?), missing bits, worn off paint, angled wind shields,..)
" I guess conservative now means, cut spending on social programs and science, cut taxes for the rich, reduce environmental regulation, increase military spending, increase the deficit."
I've booted Live CDs of both flavours of Linux Mint and I have nothing against Linux Mint. I just haven't made a decision for what is better and imagine I'd be able to use both Unity and Gnome 3 shell if I tried it out enough / bothered learning how to use them. I would likely end up using Gnome 3 of the four though Cinnemon, MATE and LXDE and such will of course be familiar from the beginning.
I use KDE, Enlightenment och Razor-Qt (not now waiting for LXDE-Qt.)
I know Ubuntu have side-stepped somewhat from Debian and maybe they end up getting the same with systemd for instance soon.
I'd still consider both Ubuntu and Linux Mint Debian derivatives.
Both Fedora and Linux Mint covered by more popular derivatives of Redhat and Debian.
Here in Sweden some idiots don't say "suftplatta" (browsing pad) which it obviously doesn't have to be used as but which I suppose was the most common early use but rather say "padda" (toad) which of course would make little sense for one not iPad branded.
Then again one shouldn't really bother about idiots all that much.
Because this is available now and Broadwell isn't?
Also when Broadwell is released you know what? There will still be better processors released in the future! So better wait until the very best one is released..
Reason to get this is that 1) it exist now and 2) it's better than the last. Number two could actually be an argument to get what was released last if you think that provides a better value.
Obviously if you already have a decent machine and can wait / have a processor from before the refresh then you likely don't have to rush out and get this one but can wait a little longer. But if you want a PC now then Broadwell isn't an option because it's not here.
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Yea I agree, it's also losing all of its publicity momentum. I do wonder if steamOS will be a success, as I'm not particularly convinced about it.
As a Linux user I have very little interest in it and kinda wished they didn't tried though I can at least see advantages in getting gaming/performance specific patches they want into the system or say binary drivers or such. So small advantages. But I wish/hope other distributions pick them up too and I don't really like this favourism of Ubuntu and Debian developers.
I run Steam in Fedora now and ran it in openSUSE before and I don't want to have to switch to a limited distribution for compatibility reasons or so. I would prefer if Steam ran on all the big ones and if they need a common platform that it simply installed a bunch of packages needed to have all that (or recommended that they was installed.)
IMHO I think and have always thought the reason for Valve doing it in the first place is that they are scared about all the vendor specific stores which is poping up (of which they are one and one of the bigger ones but there could exist an even bigger more obvious choice) - As iTunes store, Google Play, whatever Microsoft calls their / Live.
_If_ Microsoft made a successful game delivery platform / sold all software signed through their own store Valve would have much less left.
If they rolled and had their own OS and people actually used it that would be less of a problem for them.
By now and since the Steam machine reveal GMG have started their own software with a similar purpose as Steams in that it keep track of your friends and let you upgrade your games and such but connected to their store which use all DRM free content. Since I want everything in one place that may not prevent me from using Steam but it's sure a more attractive option from a technical stand point. And as said the reason most of us prefer Steam over say Desura or something such is that it's biggest and (possibly?) have the most content (most popular if nothing else) - It's not something you can take for granted though.
Linux didn't made much sense for the consumer anyway.
This must be somewhat disturbing for Valve. Then again I doubt many individuals was asking for a Steam specific OS.
Disturbing because if it all released at the same time then at least they'd have some hype now you'll just have small gaming PCs where you either get Windows and kinda all games or the Steam one which only run a small part of all the titles.
Yay! Which one are you going to pick? ... Oh and the Windows one run the software you're used too as well.
He continues to show himself to be a very smart man.
Clearly he's working with real products and not in the media industry.
You was replying to the wrong post. Guess it was for the grand parent post.
Boho.
Polluters get to pay for their pollution?!
(Purchasers of goods and services which require pollution of the planet.)
HOW UNFAIR!
Why so anonymous? It's not like you was wrong.
Hopefully you just lack a user and the reason isn't that you're too afraid to post as yourself.
.... it's surely just a bunch of superstitious nonsense......
Oh yeah, that (what I said before) and with scientific evidence it carries some interest and use whereas as a religious scripture it's totally useless.
Even in a script of superstitious nonsense some idea may be of value.
Fasting is a requirement by the god or for some other reason?
You're (sadly?) free to buy Canadian Mega Bloks which cost slightly less but doesn't hold together as well instead.
(Is the colors worse too? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...)
I don't know how comparable American Kre-O is.
I'm not sure you get massive savings anyway.
I bought some Lego for a ~2 year old. Sure he only uses it as any other toy car. Except maybe he get to know to take care of it a little more and have also said "I'm sorry, it wasn't my intention" on multiple occasions when he's managed to make some bricks come lose.
With a difference being that many of the other cars likely isn't much cheaper but will just be a bunch of cars and there's a shit load of those and if you where going to try to "sell" them you could likely more or less just give them away whereas there likely is a demand for the Lego pieces (and more so if it's still complete I guess) since it still work (cars may or may not I guess, wheels not turning, angled axes(?), missing bits, worn off paint, angled wind shields, ..)
" I guess conservative now means, cut spending on social programs and science, cut taxes for the rich, reduce environmental regulation, increase military spending, increase the deficit."
What have it meant before really?
The same + be a religious idiot?
And Russia have taken control over so many countries lately .
With this cool video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
I'll shut up about what it contain =P
Summary should had said 1024 was 1k.
Which would had made total sense both from Google and the summary.
Too bad I screwed up too. ONLY IN CANADA DO PRICES START AT 0!
Damnit. Guess I should had thought myself.
The shame. And at first post too :(
I'm still waiting for a Wikipedia e-book reader at $42. (Trying to save my reputation.)
1024 fits in 10 bits. No need to have 1kB of RAM for that.
The text string? Should fit in 6 bytes with a trailing 0.
I've booted Live CDs of both flavours of Linux Mint and I have nothing against Linux Mint. I just haven't made a decision for what is better and imagine I'd be able to use both Unity and Gnome 3 shell if I tried it out enough / bothered learning how to use them. I would likely end up using Gnome 3 of the four though Cinnemon, MATE and LXDE and such will of course be familiar from the beginning.
I use KDE, Enlightenment och Razor-Qt (not now waiting for LXDE-Qt.)
I know Ubuntu have side-stepped somewhat from Debian and maybe they end up getting the same with systemd for instance soon.
I'd still consider both Ubuntu and Linux Mint Debian derivatives.
Both Fedora and Linux Mint covered by more popular derivatives of Redhat and Debian.
If you want KDE and if Linux Mint don't use it why don't you use openSUSE?
I would expect both dists to be excellent.
And what matters are likely still Debian, Redhat, openSUSE and Slackware or more used derivates of those =P
Did they fix the update printing out diffs based on Mint's modifications of some configuration files and one needs to choose the conflict resolution?
How should they fix it?
I think that is straight from Debian.
Not saying it's worse but I wonder how much extra energy is used to make one of these vs a regular plane.
Here in Sweden some idiots don't say "suftplatta" (browsing pad) which it obviously doesn't have to be used as but which I suppose was the most common early use but rather say "padda" (toad) which of course would make little sense for one not iPad branded.
Then again one shouldn't really bother about idiots all that much.
Or, with just a small amount of risk, you can get one for free soon after they are released...
How you figure?
Steal one?
Quite possibly, but by then, the memory modules will cost you an arm and a leg! (Or an x86 and a leg?)
You'd likely get at least half the large components of the computer together with it (motherboard, ram and possibly graphics card.)
Better yet, why get this *now* when you can wait til the price drops after the next iteration hits.
If you wait ten years you can possibly get one from someone for free!!
Because this is available now and Broadwell isn't?
Also when Broadwell is released you know what? There will still be better processors released in the future! So better wait until the very best one is released ..
Reason to get this is that 1) it exist now and 2) it's better than the last. Number two could actually be an argument to get what was released last if you think that provides a better value.
Obviously if you already have a decent machine and can wait / have a processor from before the refresh then you likely don't have to rush out and get this one but can wait a little longer. But if you want a PC now then Broadwell isn't an option because it's not here.