And consider that the drivers on the German Autobahn system (yes, there is more than one. It's kind of like the term "Interstate" here in the US) are, as a rule, better trained drivers. Driving school is mandatory over there.
I just got back from the year 2012 in my time machine and found out that IBM had upgraded the OS on this machine to the latest Beta of Windows Longhorn.
;) Now I know who's been leeching "Staying Alive" and sucking up all my bandwidth.
I wasn't just referring to users who end up with PC's used as zombies as a result of *really* bad stuff being distributed on p2p networks. Besides, I *like* asterisks. I could use underscores instead, though, if everyone preferred. I'm not _that_ picky.
hey, let's face facts. anyone who has no qualms about distributing crackz and warez and copyrighted items would certainly have none about distributing *really* bad stuff. perhaps it's not just the software at fault.
I'm a networking instructor at a technical college. I was the primary instructor for our Linux/UNIX offering, and found the "...Linux Bible" series by Christopher Negus invaluable. A hands-on approach, coupled with a textbook that could double as a reference for years to come. I still highly recommend this series to anyone wanting to learn Linux.
Which kernel are you using? I'm using the gaming kernel myself. I'm with you in that my response time is similar, but with everything I do... loading the desktop included.
With your hardware (not picking on you or "looking down" on it...I'm not a technosnob), you might want to try a more lightweight graphical environment, such as Fluxbox, WindowMaker, IceWM, or XFCE4. True, these are not actual desktop environments, but are definitely not as likely to eat up all your RAM. KDE is not well known for being easy on resources;).
Yup, I admit,it's a couple of weeks old. I've been offline for a little bit, and had just caught up on my reading. Saw the post at gentoo.org just last night, and thought I'd share the info. Very glad to see that it helped at least a couple of people.
I run Gentoo on my home computer exclusively (did I spell that right? No spell checker here;) ), and have found it to be "snappier" and more responsive than any other OS I've used. Including other distros. Anyone have benchmarks on various distros? That would be really good reading.
Second of all, gentoo LiveCDs aren't like knoppix or those other ones. Most of the time they are used to install a permanent gentoo installation. You just boot off of them to get to the first stage and to start compiling your gentoo system.
Apreche is mostly right here. For the most part, Gentoo LiveCDs are used as an installation media. However, you can get the Game CDs that have a full GUI, and I've personally found that the standard LiveCDs can be used to rescue a broken system in a pinch. I had to use one the other day to fix my borked RedHat server at work (my fault, I typo'd in grub.conf.)
And you can bet it's going to be freakin' awesome.
How the crap are we supposed to get our macro viruses to propogate now? Are they gonna integrate it as a "feature" in Word? Hope they do something to remedy this obvious oversight on their part. Tracking down viruses keeps me employed. My next post may be "Micro$oft cost me my job!"
S'pose I went off on a rant last post. I do find it curious, though, that Windows starts its life with a blue-screen setup. Maybe that should be a clue?
Trouble is, patches were available to fix those vulnerabilities for months. It's not just the software at fault here, folks. If lazy, half-ass, point-and-click "admins" (using the term very loosely here) don't bother to keep their systems up to date sh*t happens!
Problem with a gui-only environment is that it gives the false sense of "administration is easy" and allows glorified power users who don't know their @$$ from a hole in the ground to get jobs as administrators!
I'll get off the soap box now.
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And consider that the drivers on the German Autobahn system (yes, there is more than one. It's kind of like the term "Interstate" here in the US) are, as a rule, better trained drivers. Driving school is mandatory over there.
I just got back from the year 2012 in my time machine and found out that IBM had upgraded the OS on this machine to the latest Beta of Windows Longhorn.
;) Now I know who's been leeching "Staying Alive" and sucking up all my bandwidth.
I wasn't just referring to users who end up with PC's used as zombies as a result of *really* bad stuff being distributed on p2p networks. Besides, I *like* asterisks. I could use underscores instead, though, if everyone preferred. I'm not _that_ picky.
hey, let's face facts. anyone who has no qualms about distributing crackz and warez and copyrighted items would certainly have none about distributing *really* bad stuff. perhaps it's not just the software at fault.
keyboard...how quaint.
I'm a networking instructor at a technical college. I was the primary instructor for our Linux/UNIX offering, and found the "...Linux Bible" series by Christopher Negus invaluable. A hands-on approach, coupled with a textbook that could double as a reference for years to come. I still highly recommend this series to anyone wanting to learn Linux.
doubt it, but do we _really_ want the "Blue Screen Of Death" to be open source?
Which kernel are you using? I'm using the gaming kernel myself. I'm with you in that my response time is similar, but with everything I do... loading the desktop included.
With your hardware (not picking on you or "looking down" on it...I'm not a technosnob), you might want to try a more lightweight graphical environment, such as Fluxbox, WindowMaker, IceWM, or XFCE4. True, these are not actual desktop environments, but are definitely not as likely to eat up all your RAM. KDE is not well known for being easy on resources ;).
Yup, I admit,it's a couple of weeks old. I've been offline for a little bit, and had just caught up on my reading. Saw the post at gentoo.org just last night, and thought I'd share the info. Very glad to see that it helped at least a couple of people.
I run Gentoo on my home computer exclusively (did I spell that right? No spell checker here ;) ), and have found it to be "snappier" and more responsive than any other OS I've used. Including other distros. Anyone have benchmarks on various distros? That would be really good reading.
Apreche is mostly right here. For the most part, Gentoo LiveCDs are used as an installation media. However, you can get the Game CDs that have a full GUI, and I've personally found that the standard LiveCDs can be used to rescue a broken system in a pinch. I had to use one the other day to fix my borked RedHat server at work (my fault, I typo'd in grub.conf.)
Couldn't agree more, Apreche
How the crap are we supposed to get our macro viruses to propogate now? Are they gonna integrate it as a "feature" in Word? Hope they do something to remedy this obvious oversight on their part. Tracking down viruses keeps me employed. My next post may be "Micro$oft cost me my job!"
S'pose I went off on a rant last post. I do find it curious, though, that Windows starts its life with a blue-screen setup. Maybe that should be a clue?
Trouble is, patches were available to fix those vulnerabilities for months. It's not just the software at fault here, folks. If lazy, half-ass, point-and-click "admins" (using the term very loosely here) don't bother to keep their systems up to date sh*t happens! Problem with a gui-only environment is that it gives the false sense of "administration is easy" and allows glorified power users who don't know their @$$ from a hole in the ground to get jobs as administrators! I'll get off the soap box now.