"Don't buy cheap hardware or anything newer than a year old. If you want bleeding-edge new stuff, stick with Windows or Mac OS."
Actually, my brand new hardware works out of the box in most new linux distro's.
Windows on the other hand fails to find chipset driver (no sound, no dma on harddrives), display adapter, neither of the two network cards or the wireless (latest ubuntu to my surprise had my wireless network working in the install) and was locked to 60hz.
I have no networking, and I need service pack 1 for my wireless to get functional. That means I needed a second computer, record a cd of that and move it over that way. I also need to install a gigantic file without DMA on, which is INCREDIBLY slow.
Ease of use is great... when it works, but in my experience it breaks FAR too easily.
Whats the overhead on WOW? I know in testing versions the overhead when running 32bit applications was ridiculus, unlike linux where there is no overhead whatsoever.
it's rediculusly easy to for example rsync that to another system.
And different hardware config's isn't a problem on linux.
You could simply start rsyncd on the main box and livecd in, partition, format, rsync, install grub and be done. I do that fairly often, it doesn't take too long. Hell if you need it any faster you could make a custom livecd that auto installs, even auto partitions if your that desperate at having it go fast;)
it has some massive flaws.
If a user drops offline, there is no way of finding out if a message goes through or not. I have a friend with a bad internet connection, and he looses about a fair percentage of the messages I send him...
That's one thing I miss in every network I've activly used, it could take a checksum of the message recieved and reply "Got message ", and if the checksum is wrong, resend the message.
The news should be ati pulls the 3.7.1 drivers because.. well, they sucked (no offence ati, but I guess you know, since you pulled em). Theese drivers are two months old..
I've spent quite a lot of time thinking about this. Wouldn't building one "base" package, without any extra features. And then supplying binary diff's for extra features be a possible scenario. Yeah, I think it'd need some new features here and there for this to be possible, but in many scenarios 99% of the built libraries are unchanged by a --with-package.
>If Win2k or XP are unstable, your computer is a >piece of shit. Your poor choices in hardware >arent Microsoft's responsibility; stop buying >Packard Bell.
I repair a LOT of computers, and you have no idea how often I've had to turn off ACPI. To remove that during install you have to use undocumented stuff (press f5 when it says press f6 to install third party drivers).
3) It's Windows. Forget "drivers" without a dozen driver install disks...
>A. d00d, turn off the 8-track; drivers come on >CD's these days >B. Again, get out of the 60s. On Win2k/XP you >rarely need drivers which arent provided >(especially XP).
yeah, and those are really easy to use when your booting from cd...
4) It's Windows. Forget "Source code".
>A. I beg to differ [iht.com] >B. See statements regarding #1.
let me get this straight, your backing up a "windows does not release source code" with the source code leak?.....
And your forgetting an important point here, anyone ever tried to install windows on a computer and then for example switch chipset/motherboard?
Making a generic windows install is as far as I know impossible. Most will work on one hardware configuration and fail horribly if you try it on another. (or you'll end up with 10 of one device in the device manager or something charming like that).
>If Win2k or XP are unstable, your computer is a >piece of shit. Your poor choices in hardware >arent Microsoft's responsibility; stop buying >Packard Bell.
I repair a LOT of computers, and you have no idea how often I've had to turn off ACPI. To remove that during install you have to use undocumented stuff (press f5 when it says press f6 to install third party drivers).
3) It's Windows. Forget "drivers" without a dozen driver install disks...
>A. d00d, turn off the 8-track; drivers come on >CD's these days
>B. Again, get out of the 60s. On Win2k/XP you >rarely need drivers which arent provided >(especially XP).
yeah, and those are really easy to use when your booting from cd...
4) It's Windows. Forget "Source code".
>A. I beg to differ [iht.com]
>B. See statements regarding #1.
let me get this straight, your backing up a "windows does not release source code" with the source code leak?.....
And your forgetting an important point here, anyone ever tried to install windows on a computer and then for example switch chipset/motherboard?
Making a generic windows install is as far as I know impossible. Most will work on one hardware configuration and fail horribly if you try it on another. (or you'll end up with 10 of one device in the device manager or something charming like that).
I actually do that;), well, not rent the nextdoor apartement.
Drilled a hole in the wall and put the computer in a storage room. Very practical, it makes absolutly no noise (that I can hear from where I'm sitting anyway).
And the extension cables didn't cost much..
WineX and wine atm emulates directx, anyone know why they don't work on lower level api calls instead, so you could download and install MS-DX instead of half coded emulated dx?
I searched on it and came up with this thread:
http://www.winehq.com/hypermail/wine-devel/2003/08/0578.html
while I don't have the skills or time to start doing that myself, SOMEONE, get it done:p
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WoW was made with a mac port, this means the 3d engine is opengl, linux has opengl.
Making a directx game work is a LOT harder than an opengl game.
http://lwn.net/Articles/204543/
This is fixed in the driver nvidia has marked stable.
> The last couple of years I am finding it extremely hard justifying upgrades.
;)
Yeah I've had that problem as well, I've decided virtualization is going to be my next excuse
heh, if they look in my attic they will find a bunch of cd's, but they'll also find a bunch of computers that can read them ;)
"Don't buy cheap hardware or anything newer than a year old. If you want bleeding-edge new stuff, stick with Windows or Mac OS."
Actually, my brand new hardware works out of the box in most new linux distro's.
Windows on the other hand fails to find chipset driver (no sound, no dma on harddrives), display adapter, neither of the two network cards or the wireless (latest ubuntu to my surprise had my wireless network working in the install) and was locked to 60hz.
I have no networking, and I need service pack 1 for my wireless to get functional. That means I needed a second computer, record a cd of that and move it over that way. I also need to install a gigantic file without DMA on, which is INCREDIBLY slow.
Ease of use is great... when it works, but in my experience it breaks FAR too easily.
"First, you need some kind of SDK to write software for a console..."
Hasn't sony said that PS3 will run linux? And they've also said a lot of times that it's a "computer" and not a gaming machine.
Whats the overhead on WOW? I know in testing versions the overhead when running 32bit applications was ridiculus, unlike linux where there is no overhead whatsoever.
your obviusly new to slashdot
it's rediculusly easy to for example rsync that to another system. And different hardware config's isn't a problem on linux. You could simply start rsyncd on the main box and livecd in, partition, format, rsync, install grub and be done. I do that fairly often, it doesn't take too long. Hell if you need it any faster you could make a custom livecd that auto installs, even auto partitions if your that desperate at having it go fast ;)
it has some massive flaws. If a user drops offline, there is no way of finding out if a message goes through or not. I have a friend with a bad internet connection, and he looses about a fair percentage of the messages I send him... That's one thing I miss in every network I've activly used, it could take a checksum of the message recieved and reply "Got message ", and if the checksum is wrong, resend the message.
The news should be ati pulls the 3.7.1 drivers because.. well, they sucked (no offence ati, but I guess you know, since you pulled em). Theese drivers are two months old..
I've spent quite a lot of time thinking about this. Wouldn't building one "base" package, without any extra features. And then supplying binary diff's for extra features be a possible scenario. Yeah, I think it'd need some new features here and there for this to be possible, but in many scenarios 99% of the built libraries are unchanged by a --with-package.
>If Win2k or XP are unstable, your computer is a >piece of shit. Your poor choices in hardware >arent Microsoft's responsibility; stop buying >Packard Bell.
I repair a LOT of computers, and you have no idea how often I've had to turn off ACPI. To remove that during install you have to use undocumented stuff (press f5 when it says press f6 to install third party drivers).
3) It's Windows. Forget "drivers" without a dozen driver install disks...
>A. d00d, turn off the 8-track; drivers come on >CD's these days
>B. Again, get out of the 60s. On Win2k/XP you >rarely need drivers which arent provided >(especially XP).
yeah, and those are really easy to use when your booting from cd...
4) It's Windows. Forget "Source code".
>A. I beg to differ [iht.com]
>B. See statements regarding #1.
let me get this straight, your backing up a "windows does not release source code" with the source code leak?.....
And your forgetting an important point here, anyone ever tried to install windows on a computer and then for example switch chipset/motherboard?
Making a generic windows install is as far as I know impossible. Most will work on one hardware configuration and fail horribly if you try it on another. (or you'll end up with 10 of one device in the device manager or something charming like that).
*fixed, damn I hate html default, heh*
>If Win2k or XP are unstable, your computer is a >piece of shit. Your poor choices in hardware >arent Microsoft's responsibility; stop buying >Packard Bell. I repair a LOT of computers, and you have no idea how often I've had to turn off ACPI. To remove that during install you have to use undocumented stuff (press f5 when it says press f6 to install third party drivers). 3) It's Windows. Forget "drivers" without a dozen driver install disks... >A. d00d, turn off the 8-track; drivers come on >CD's these days >B. Again, get out of the 60s. On Win2k/XP you >rarely need drivers which arent provided >(especially XP). yeah, and those are really easy to use when your booting from cd... 4) It's Windows. Forget "Source code". >A. I beg to differ [iht.com] >B. See statements regarding #1. let me get this straight, your backing up a "windows does not release source code" with the source code leak?..... And your forgetting an important point here, anyone ever tried to install windows on a computer and then for example switch chipset/motherboard? Making a generic windows install is as far as I know impossible. Most will work on one hardware configuration and fail horribly if you try it on another. (or you'll end up with 10 of one device in the device manager or something charming like that).
>Of course, all these claims of gentoo's speed have never been backed up.
Gentoo performance benchmarks
that link is there in the left menu on gentoo.org in RED COLOR.
http://www.linuxhardware.org/nvclock/
"GeforceFX support is still a bit problematic. GeforceFX 5600 (and perhaps 5700) overclocking is starting to work."
I actually do that ;), well, not rent the nextdoor apartement.
Drilled a hole in the wall and put the computer in a storage room. Very practical, it makes absolutly no noise (that I can hear from where I'm sitting anyway).
And the extension cables didn't cost much..
There is one huge diffrence, upgrading to windows 2000/xp will cost you, and it'll cost you a lot. Upgrading to fedora is free...
http://slashdot.org/articles/03/12/02/1536227.shtm l :), supposingly it's real easy to install, and works on kernel 2.4 and 2.6.
Yeah, that's what I noticed aswell.
What worries me is something like the cellphone companies uses. This cell phone is real cheap, but you have to be on one specific isp.
I'd really hate to see microsoft only computers beeing sold...
'Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.'" genius quote, that's defenatly my new sig ;)
remove the ' ' in between 08 and /, no idea why that's added, but I can't seem to post without that showing up..
WineX and wine atm emulates directx, anyone know why they don't work on lower level api calls instead, so you could download and install MS-DX instead of half coded emulated dx?
8 /0578.html :p
I searched on it and came up with this thread:
http://www.winehq.com/hypermail/wine-devel/2003/0
while I don't have the skills or time to start doing that myself, SOMEONE, get it done
I think this paint a worryingly (it's a word now) exact picture of the US today. You can tell people how to build a bomb, but not how to copy a dvd.