Yes very nice, but my ip was originally assigned to norway, and MS believes i am norwegian (even though i'm from Denmark). This means i get a lot of norwegian results i didn't ask for, and i can't disable it!!! I can change the language in the "settings" bar, but i can't change my localization!!
MS, why oh why couldn't you check my browser language? Why couldn't you give me a choice of my own?
Oh wait.. that's right.. not your style. Google, i'm a' commin' home!
I have a really hard time understanding all the problems with the debian installer. Sure, the old installer didn't have a fancy gtk interface (the new one doesn't either, yet). Sure, there's no real autodetection of hardware, but fact is, it doesn't take a phD to use it.
Most of the drivers is already in the preshipped kernel, and its not really hard to locate your network card amongst the modules. With the network running, you can have an install ready in 20 minutes. The menu's are straightforward, all the options needed to get a base system running is there, what more can you ask for?
Sure, the sound might not be working out of the box (remember to add yourself to the group), or some devices might not be in the kernel shipped with the installer (and you can't expect anyone to be able to work modconf, even though its pretty friendly). But who wants to be running the shipped kernel anyway? First thing to do after installing should be grabbing a new kernel and compiling it.
Can you expect users to be able to configure and compile their kernel themselves? My answer would be: YES. Alot of people not familiar to linux and other unix-like systems are setting up boxes to be their routers/gateways these days. These are boxes connected directly to the internet. And with a non-recent kernel, getting a local user == getting root. So if you're reading slashdot, using linux, and running the kernel shipped with your distro a long time ago, now is the time to learn how to get it up to date. I'm willing to bet that any computer-illiterate can run through a kernel compilation in 20-30 mins.
In my experience, a lot of small businesses rent time on university supercomputers to do some heavy simulation. But i also know of several small companies that run their own clusters. With x86-based hardware at a relativly low cost, i think that is evolving to be much more common in the near future.
I don't see any major changes in this list compared to the one that has been up for almost 6 months. Only a couple of the computers on top25 has been been build this year.
I'm certainly looking forward to see some new top placements in the near future (anyone know of something which might appear soon?).
btw. the server isn't too fast, even when it's not slashdotted.
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Yes very nice, but my ip was originally assigned to norway, and MS believes i am norwegian (even though i'm from Denmark).
This means i get a lot of norwegian results i didn't ask for, and i can't disable it!!! I can change the language in the "settings" bar, but i can't change my localization!!
MS, why oh why couldn't you check my browser language? Why couldn't you give me a choice of my own?
Oh wait.. that's right.. not your style. Google, i'm a' commin' home!
I have a really hard time understanding all the problems with the debian installer.
Sure, the old installer didn't have a fancy gtk interface (the new one doesn't either, yet). Sure, there's no real autodetection of hardware, but fact is, it doesn't take a phD to use it.
Most of the drivers is already in the preshipped kernel, and its not really hard to locate your network card amongst the modules. With the network running, you can have an install ready in 20 minutes.
The menu's are straightforward, all the options needed to get a base system running is there, what more can you ask for?
Sure, the sound might not be working out of the box (remember to add yourself to the group), or some devices might not be in the kernel shipped with the installer (and you can't expect anyone to be able to work modconf, even though its pretty friendly). But who wants to be running the shipped kernel anyway? First thing to do after installing should be grabbing a new kernel and compiling it.
Can you expect users to be able to configure and compile their kernel themselves? My answer would be: YES.
Alot of people not familiar to linux and other unix-like systems are setting up boxes to be their routers/gateways these days. These are boxes connected directly to the internet. And with a non-recent kernel, getting a local user == getting root. So if you're reading slashdot, using linux, and running the kernel shipped with your distro a long time ago, now is the time to learn how to get it up to date.
I'm willing to bet that any computer-illiterate can run through a kernel compilation in 20-30 mins.
Buy locally produced products.
Well yeh, but what if you're from Denmark?
In my experience, a lot of small businesses rent time on university supercomputers to do some heavy simulation. But i also know of several small companies that run their own clusters. With x86-based hardware at a relativly low cost, i think that is evolving to be much more common in the near future.
I don't see any major changes in this list compared to the one that has been up for almost 6 months. Only a couple of the computers on top25 has been been build this year. I'm certainly looking forward to see some new top placements in the near future (anyone know of something which might appear soon?). btw. the server isn't too fast, even when it's not slashdotted.