Are the two most egregious bugs in previous versions fixed? (For my purposes, nothing but Linux-2.0 + glibc-2.0 are important).
css1 -- has not worked stably or reliably in any version of NetScape-4.x. It worked briefly on Navigator-4.6 but mostly gets ignored. Some may say it is dead, as far as I can see, it has simply not worked reliably on *any* Linux browser that is otherwise useful.
All work on my web site has ceased until I get a browser that will recognize and properly support css1. Then I can use HTML-4.0 for all new pages and gradually convert old pages to HTML-4.0. If it breaks IE, that's fine. If M$ can't or won't implement industry standards that are several years old working, that's their (and their foolish customers') problem, not mine. I, for one, do not care at all about XSL, nor for the moment about XML; and all my pages are and will remain Java-free.
Java junk -- Java and JavaScript are inherently insecure on the InterNet. I have no use for sites that insist that I enable one or the other to view it. I will not run any browser that does not let me disable them.
NetScape-4.5 has disable options, but the JavaScript button, at least, does not work. The ideal browser, for me, would not in any way depend on Java, would use plug-ins for it and simply ignore all Java stuff if the plug-ins were not present.
The following discussion assumes a "day" of 24 hours and a "week" of 7 days. The numbers would be quite different if you are consdering a 40 hour "work week'.
99 % isn't so hot. that would be about 15 min/day downtime.
I have had Linux running on one box or another for an estimated 35,000 hours (yes, that's about 7,000 hours/year of a total of some 8,000 hours in a year). In all that time, I cannot recall one time when it was down except for hardware failures, power failures, or because I wanted it down for some administrative reason. Now that's reliability.
I think part of M$'s problem is over-integration. While I have not had to reboot the entire system, having to restart X is a not too unusual occurrence. (Say once or twice a month.) Of course I can do this without taking down the kernel or any daemons.
In WinDog's case, however, it's all one piece. Image Server, Window Manager, Desktop Manager are all of a piece with the kernel. So, if anything is this chain fails, the whole system comes down.
Could someone tell me what this is. Is linux some kind of poor mans Windows?
No, you might say that Linux is what the real power users use.
It happens to be cheaper (possibly much cheaper) than any of the "offerings (the kind you can't refuse) from microSnot, but that's the least of it.
It is more flexible, more reliable, and will do more than the M$ "products".
Re: CMYK Support - no but who cares
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On Tuesday January 05, @04:29 nick wrote:
Actually, a lot of people care. My roommate for one - he's assistant art director for a small ad agency in Cambridge, MA and he has told me a number of times that they've looked at the GIMP and the only reason they don't use it is b/c it has no CMYK support. [snip]
Are you trying to tell me that one can get good CMYK (aka subracttive color) on any PC monitor driven by any PC video card using any software? I would think one would need the likes of a carefully calibrated SGI box for that. Now there's a thought, GIMP on SGI!
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- css1 -- has not worked stably or reliably in any version of NetScape-4.x. It worked briefly on Navigator-4.6 but mostly gets ignored. Some may say it is dead, as far as I can see, it has simply not worked reliably on *any* Linux browser that is otherwise useful.
- Java junk -- Java and JavaScript are inherently insecure on the InterNet. I have no use for sites that insist that I enable one or the other to view it. I will not run any browser that does not let me disable them.
"> Buz Cory at buzco.ddns.orgAll work on my web site has ceased until I get a browser that will recognize and properly support css1. Then I can use HTML-4.0 for all new pages and gradually convert old pages to HTML-4.0. If it breaks IE, that's fine. If M$ can't or won't implement industry standards that are several years old working, that's their (and their foolish customers') problem, not mine. I, for one, do not care at all about XSL, nor for the moment about XML; and all my pages are and will remain Java-free.
NetScape-4.5 has disable options, but the JavaScript button, at least, does not work. The ideal browser, for me, would not in any way depend on Java, would use plug-ins for it and simply ignore all Java stuff if the plug-ins were not present.
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99 % isn't so hot. that would be about 15 min/day downtime.
I have had Linux running on one box or another for an estimated 35,000 hours (yes, that's about 7,000 hours/year of a total of some 8,000 hours in a year). In all that time, I cannot recall one time when it was down except for hardware failures, power failures, or because I wanted it down for some administrative reason. Now that's reliability.
I think part of M$'s problem is over-integration. While I have not had to reboot the entire system, having to restart X is a not too unusual occurrence. (Say once or twice a month.) Of course I can do this without taking down the kernel or any daemons.
In WinDog's case, however, it's all one piece. Image Server, Window Manager, Desktop Manager are all of a piece with the kernel. So, if anything is this chain fails, the whole system comes down.
The present numbers (about 2 hrs after the above post) show:
NT 250 req/sec (68 % faster than Linux) [not 680 % faster]
Linux 195 req/sec. [not 1950 ]
These numbers may not be correct, but at least they are realistic and consistent.
So, where's the spec? How 'bout a URI, someone.
While we are at it, how 'bout a URI (or RFC #) for IPv6?
Once you fix this, you might want to post a notice back to this forum that it is fixed.
It is also a good idea, if you want people to be able to reach you, to give out your e-mail address broadly.
No, you might say that Linux is what the real power users use.
It happens to be cheaper (possibly much cheaper) than any of the "offerings (the kind you can't refuse) from microSnot, but that's the least of it.
It is more flexible, more reliable, and will do more than the M$ "products".
Are you trying to tell me that one can get good CMYK (aka subracttive color) on any PC monitor driven by any PC video card using any software? I would think one would need the likes of a carefully calibrated SGI box for that. Now there's a thought, GIMP on SGI!
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