The absolute best feature that Konqueror has that beats all others hands down is the autoscroll. Hold shift hit Arrow-Down. And the screen starts to slide. I use this all the time and no other browser has it. (Or maybe they do and I don't know the shortcut.) Either way, go Konqueror!
I think the main problem with it is that it can be hell to setup. When I got a brand new computer at home (to be my file/web/myth/SQL server) I decided to use LDAP and make all 5 of my computers use it. There is a lot to say for having a great frontend (Active Directory). I haven't read this article yet, but I sure as hell plan on doing so because I went through 3 or 4 days of hell trying to get the whole thing configured right and I never really did understand if the tree came out right or not. In the end I was using Debian Testing on that machine and a aptitude dist-upgrade ended up destroying its ability to work so everyone go moved back to the standard passwd/shadow method.
Dual-WAN is hardly unheard of and quite popular with the company I work for. However it isn't called dual-WAN. Its called failover. We get it with even the lowest end SonicWALLs (TZ 170 enhanced). On the other hand, now that you have your Dual-WAN to your ONE firewall, what do you do when that goes out? Dual-WAN is pretty stupid if your talking about making sure a T-1 is redundant, you want Dual routers with failover.
I do wear a tie at work, although we are mostly in the business of taking care of software we do replace hardware pretty frequently. Fortunately I am also enlightened enough to put on a tieclip as well towards the bottom of the tie. It is quite effective at keeping the tie out of the case that I'm working on.
haha, not only that, but the best part about getting spyware companies involved in Linux computers would be that maybe someone could finally start making programs that are cross distro compatible:-D
You could be right, but think of it this way, if your computer is involved in a DDOS, your main method of attack is sending as many SYN packets as your processor and upload will allow, so if your sending 1000SYN packets to every ACK then the network card says HELL NO! and the attack is ceased
THATS NOT DRM AT ALL. Thats the hardware not being able to have two overlays at once, if you wanted to put it on both screens at once, you would need to turn off hardware acceleration, which would increase cpu usage, but you could view it on both
not difficult at all, but as they say who wants to go CLI to fix sound, also when i installed freebsd 5.4 release last week kldload snd_driver didn't do anything for me and I ended up recompiling it.
I think it's going to be great for Apple. They are probably going to get a lot of people who want to try out "this Apple thing" and it's probably going to cost a little extra than getting that that cheapo POS from Dell, but if they don't like the Apple OS, they can always just revert to Windows. Also, those crazy Linux guys:-) can also buy an Apple machine and dual boot, or even triple boot, or if they get MOL working as well for Intel as they did for PPC (I don't really know how well they got it working) they can just run OS X inside Linux for development, testing, or gaming(HOPES!).
That statement is a bit unkind, however since its a corporation its probably quite true. I think what they really mean though is since it has linux they expect people to go out and buy large hard drives for it, on the order of 120 - 300 gigs, and that would add $150 - $300 to the cost of the console immediately and really who is going to pay the 300 for the console, and then another 300 for the hard drive all at once, that would defiantly scare away a lot of the average Joes looking to buy one of the newest consoles
I for one am completely shocked that this piece of mostly vaporware would be underfunded and unable to come to the market.
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If I recall correctly, Blu-Ray has come out with some kind of coating for their disks that makes them highly resistive to being scratched or otherwise maimed unless you really really want to mess them up. There was even an article on it previously on Slashdot, but I can't be bothered to look it up
Its true that to switch because its "adequate" is a poor enough reason, however 100% of the people I know (very limited sample though) do not own microsoft word or excel, so having something adequate that kinda works with it is better than having nothing, (save for compyright infringment)
I agree with the other people who responded to this post. The older hardware really isn't being left behind at all. I have a Celeron 400 MHz computer and not only do I have no problems running it as a server, but I let my sister use it for her desktop computer and she can still play XVID movies and I get a full featured server. The key is to make sure you have ram (256 MB for me). BTW my sister uses either gnustep or xfce which are semi light on memory
So many comments and Almost/All of them are negative, we should form a coalition as it were to beat the ever living crap out of people with them, and if we ever saw it happening, it would be like... OH, that guy reads./, lets go help
I agree it does make sense to have an open BIOS, but its not necessarily about running a free system. From what I can remember BIOS is basic input output system, it has more or less completely outlived its usefulness as this and now is a huge hinderance to the x86 platform. Look at all the insane things that Apple can do with Open Firmware/Open BIOS (one of the two ?) Target disk mode anyone?
Its pretty funny considering that when I read that post I was thinking to myself... its a complete joke and Microsoft is never going to give up, but I looked at my watch to check the date and how far a way the 30th was and it took me just a little too long to realize that the 30th was NEVER going to happen
i dont think that that is the only reason, although it seems like a commonly mis-informed one, several times i have been out looking for T-1 T-3 and up serveices, and many backbone providers offer large discounts on use if you have only a limited amount of upload as compared to the download they allow
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The absolute best feature that Konqueror has that beats all others hands down is the autoscroll. Hold shift hit Arrow-Down. And the screen starts to slide. I use this all the time and no other browser has it. (Or maybe they do and I don't know the shortcut.) Either way, go Konqueror!
I think the main problem with it is that it can be hell to setup. When I got a brand new computer at home (to be my file/web/myth/SQL server) I decided to use LDAP and make all 5 of my computers use it. There is a lot to say for having a great frontend (Active Directory). I haven't read this article yet, but I sure as hell plan on doing so because I went through 3 or 4 days of hell trying to get the whole thing configured right and I never really did understand if the tree came out right or not. In the end I was using Debian Testing on that machine and a aptitude dist-upgrade ended up destroying its ability to work so everyone go moved back to the standard passwd/shadow method.
Dual-WAN is hardly unheard of and quite popular with the company I work for. However it isn't called dual-WAN. Its called failover. We get it with even the lowest end SonicWALLs (TZ 170 enhanced). On the other hand, now that you have your Dual-WAN to your ONE firewall, what do you do when that goes out? Dual-WAN is pretty stupid if your talking about making sure a T-1 is redundant, you want Dual routers with failover.
Our president assures us that this is both not a problem, and not happening.
I do wear a tie at work, although we are mostly in the business of taking care of software we do replace hardware pretty frequently. Fortunately I am also enlightened enough to put on a tieclip as well towards the bottom of the tie. It is quite effective at keeping the tie out of the case that I'm working on.
Actually that is part of Windows Shadow Copy and exists in XP or 2003, I don't remember which right now. I believe it just needs to be turned on.
I don't know if anyone has noticed this, but if you look at this picture http://www.pcper.com/images/reviews/195/specs_2.jp g the video card is longer than the motherboard, man that gave me a laugh
Love the verbiage
haha, not only that, but the best part about getting spyware companies involved in Linux computers would be that maybe someone could finally start making programs that are cross distro compatible :-D
You could be right, but think of it this way, if your computer is involved in a DDOS, your main method of attack is sending as many SYN packets as your processor and upload will allow, so if your sending 1000SYN packets to every ACK then the network card says HELL NO! and the attack is ceased
THATS NOT DRM AT ALL.
Thats the hardware not being able to have two overlays at once, if you wanted to put it on both screens at once, you would need to turn off hardware acceleration, which would increase cpu usage, but you could view it on both
This just in... Pr0n does make you blind... Temporarily at least
not difficult at all, but as they say who wants to go CLI to fix sound, also when i installed freebsd 5.4 release last week kldload snd_driver didn't do anything for me and I ended up recompiling it.
Yea, but does it come with the sound driver installed, or do you still have to recompile the kernel for it
I think it's going to be great for Apple. They are probably going to get a lot of people who want to try out "this Apple thing" and it's probably going to cost a little extra than getting that that cheapo POS from Dell, but if they don't like the Apple OS, they can always just revert to Windows. Also, those crazy Linux guys :-) can also buy an Apple machine and dual boot, or even triple boot, or if they get MOL working as well for Intel as they did for PPC (I don't really know how well they got it working) they can just run OS X inside Linux for development, testing, or gaming(HOPES!).
That statement is a bit unkind, however since its a corporation its probably quite true. I think what they really mean though is since it has linux they expect people to go out and buy large hard drives for it, on the order of 120 - 300 gigs, and that would add $150 - $300 to the cost of the console immediately and really who is going to pay the 300 for the console, and then another 300 for the hard drive all at once, that would defiantly scare away a lot of the average Joes looking to buy one of the newest consoles
I for one am completely shocked that this piece of mostly vaporware would be underfunded and unable to come to the market.
If I recall correctly, Blu-Ray has come out with some kind of coating for their disks that makes them highly resistive to being scratched or otherwise maimed unless you really really want to mess them up. There was even an article on it previously on Slashdot, but I can't be bothered to look it up
Its true that to switch because its "adequate" is a poor enough reason, however 100% of the people I know (very limited sample though) do not own microsoft word or excel, so having something adequate that kinda works with it is better than having nothing, (save for compyright infringment)
I agree with the other people who responded to this post. The older hardware really isn't being left behind at all. I have a Celeron 400 MHz computer and not only do I have no problems running it as a server, but I let my sister use it for her desktop computer and she can still play XVID movies and I get a full featured server. The key is to make sure you have ram (256 MB for me). BTW my sister uses either gnustep or xfce which are semi light on memory
So many comments and Almost/All of them are negative, we should form a coalition as it were to beat the ever living crap out of people with them, and if we ever saw it happening, it would be like ... OH, that guy reads ./, lets go help
I agree it does make sense to have an open BIOS, but its not necessarily about running a free system.
From what I can remember BIOS is basic input output system, it has more or less completely outlived its usefulness as this and now is a huge hinderance to the x86 platform. Look at all the insane things that Apple can do with Open Firmware/Open BIOS (one of the two ?) Target disk mode anyone?
Its pretty funny considering that when I read that post I was thinking to myself... its a complete joke and Microsoft is never going to give up, but I looked at my watch to check the date and how far a way the 30th was and it took me just a little too long to realize that the 30th was NEVER going to happen
With the amount of harddrives you are going through, you have to wonder if your using the harddrives for data or for batting practice
i dont think that that is the only reason, although it seems like a commonly mis-informed one, several times i have been out looking for T-1 T-3 and up serveices, and many backbone providers offer large discounts on use if you have only a limited amount of upload as compared to the download they allow