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Hopefully, this will prompt more developers to join efforts to create a feature rich gaming framework for *nix. SDL is a great start, but lags behind DirectX in a number of ways. I look forward to seeing this 2.0 release breathe new life/blood into this area of development.
The only criticism that I have is that the author did not mention the free (like beer, not like speech) MSDE when discussing the conversion of Access DBs. Nobody is going to purchase a SQL license for a single user app. I believe that MSDE is licensed (crippled) for up to 5 users. Aside from that, I didn't notice any other huge factual errors.
Which one of the codecs is "too little, too late"?
The way I see it, in a year, we're going to need a non-encumbered codec. Vorbis and Theora give us that. Creating wide-spread use of codecs doesn't take much. All you have to do is get tool vendors to make them the default codec in their drop-down boxes (GRIP, mencoder, EAC, etc...). Sooner or later, the world will catch on without even knowing it.
If it were not for the lacking DVArchive feature in TiVo, I'd pick up the DirecTiVo immediately. I'd actually get to watch my programs when and where I wanted to (on a plane, in my hotel room, etc). Having to rip out the HDD and de/trans -code the video is not my idea of a user friendly product.
I am trying to grasp why manufacturers don't open source their drivers, or in the case of NVidia, the hardware specs to their GPUs. The hear the same feedback from the SD community all the time, and it appears that there are two main arguments.
1: They can't OSS the driver cause there is propritary info (patented S3TC and such)
2: They can OSS and release their specs to projects like DRI as it would reveal stuff to the competition.
I say nonsense. These two arguments seem to equate OSS to GPL.
1: NV and ATI could make up their own OSS license. Lets call it the "We Need To Hide Stuff" license. They take their existing codebase and print it out. They then take a black magic marker to the printout and cross off all of the IP related stuff. They then scan the documents into Acrobat distiller and release it as a PDF. Add a statement that the code is their property under the WNTHS license and cannot be used by others, and all changes should be sent to NVidia. Problem solved. It's OSS.
2: I have never seen a processor designer "hide" their chip specs. Intel doesn't. AMD doesn't. What makes NV different? Unless they have unlicensed hardware in their product, there is no reason for them to hide what they have.
Most nat/fw/proxy's can be configured to work with h.323 without opening a bajillion ports to the world. The down side is that most methods only work for a single user at a time. Regardless, I would recommend the use of a gatekeeper on the edge somewhere to handle a multi-user h.323 environment. There are free ones (from openh323) and non-free ones (whitepine). There are even hardware based solutions, with features like multiple presence, conference management, and radius integration available.
I'm sorry, but your post infringes my "Actual Desktop" patent. Other patents in my IP portfolio include:
Actual Reality
Actual Chess
and "Voice over Air"
I run Gentoo and choosing to run 2.6 hasn't "broken" any of the 2.4 style modules that I use. ALSA still works, my NVidia driver still works (I needed the minion.de mod for a few of the releases). Is anyone able to point me to a module that broke between 2.4 and 2.6 that wasn't fixed with a three line patch?
While I agree with everything that you said, please replace Crate with any other brand (besides Peavey). Personally, I prefer a Vox AC30 for clean stuff, and a Marshall JMP 50 for dirty stuff. Fender twins and BFR's are nice, but I have not yet found enough of a use for them to justify adding one to the rehearsal area. To each their own though. The tan Crate twins are Fender knockoffs. Give a SFR twin reissue a try next time you hit your local shop. I am certain that you will be pleased. Tubes rule the audio arena.
I agree with all of the above, but as a gentoo fanboy I run Gentoo for two reasons
1: Portage
2: To update all the software on my system to something that was released less than 72 hours ago with one command (emerge world)
Of course this has absolutely wrecked my installation on a number of occasions, but I kind of like it. It keeps the skills sharp and lets you figure out how to solve problems that you never knew existed in linux (gnu/linux whatever).
Driving a Pinto wasn't dangerous... Crashing into the rear of a pinto was dangerous. You'd hit the back of the pinto, the gas tank would drop gas all over, and the pinto would roll forward. The car in back of the pinto would continue to roll and come to a nice stop over a lake of burning gasoline.
Loaded the minion 2.6 patched driver. Seems to work fine on my FX5600 KT333 using kernel AGPGART. Played some SMB in mupen64, RTCW, and NWN. I don't use any special features (twinview and TV-out) so I have a pretty vanilla config. Using renderaccel and cursorshadow
Gentoo with Gentoo-dev-sources with Accept "~x86".
I have never fully understood why distros come with both GUI environments. I realize that there is a lot of great software that one will miss out on either way, but users want simplicity.
I view Bruce's approach as being better than what Redhat has historically delivered (Gnome with half-assed KDE support). I would rather have KDE left out than finding broken features and diminished functionality after the install.
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Hopefully, this will prompt more developers to join efforts to create a feature rich gaming framework for *nix. SDL is a great start, but lags behind DirectX in a number of ways. I look forward to seeing this 2.0 release breathe new life/blood into this area of development.
Thank you for your time,
BBH
Now if only Burt would allow free distribution of his Canard blueprints, I'd be much happier. Heck, you can't even buy the things anymore.
N .h tml
http://users.chariot.net.au/~theburfs/longezMAI
Too lazy to figure out how to post a real link,
BBH
The only criticism that I have is that the author did not mention the free (like beer, not like speech) MSDE when discussing the conversion of Access DBs. Nobody is going to purchase a SQL license for a single user app. I believe that MSDE is licensed (crippled) for up to 5 users. Aside from that, I didn't notice any other huge factual errors.
Thank you for your time,
BBH
Which one of the codecs is "too little, too late"?
The way I see it, in a year, we're going to need a non-encumbered codec. Vorbis and Theora give us that. Creating wide-spread use of codecs doesn't take much. All you have to do is get tool vendors to make them the default codec in their drop-down boxes (GRIP, mencoder, EAC, etc...). Sooner or later, the world will catch on without even knowing it.
Thank you for your time,
BBH
If it were not for the lacking DVArchive feature in TiVo, I'd pick up the DirecTiVo immediately. I'd actually get to watch my programs when and where I wanted to (on a plane, in my hotel room, etc). Having to rip out the HDD and de/trans -code the video is not my idea of a user friendly product.
BBH
PS, your GUI rocks.
I am trying to grasp why manufacturers don't open source their drivers, or in the case of NVidia, the hardware specs to their GPUs. The hear the same feedback from the SD community all the time, and it appears that there are two main arguments.
1: They can't OSS the driver cause there is propritary info (patented S3TC and such)
2: They can OSS and release their specs to projects like DRI as it would reveal stuff to the competition.
I say nonsense. These two arguments seem to equate OSS to GPL.
1: NV and ATI could make up their own OSS license. Lets call it the "We Need To Hide Stuff" license. They take their existing codebase and print it out. They then take a black magic marker to the printout and cross off all of the IP related stuff. They then scan the documents into Acrobat distiller and release it as a PDF. Add a statement that the code is their property under the WNTHS license and cannot be used by others, and all changes should be sent to NVidia. Problem solved. It's OSS.
2: I have never seen a processor designer "hide" their chip specs. Intel doesn't. AMD doesn't. What makes NV different? Unless they have unlicensed hardware in their product, there is no reason for them to hide what they have.
Are there any other reasons that I am missing?
Thank you for your time,
BBH
Most nat/fw/proxy's can be configured to work with h.323 without opening a bajillion ports to the world. The down side is that most methods only work for a single user at a time. Regardless, I would recommend the use of a gatekeeper on the edge somewhere to handle a multi-user h.323 environment. There are free ones (from openh323) and non-free ones (whitepine). There are even hardware based solutions, with features like multiple presence, conference management, and radius integration available.
Thank you for your time,
BBH
I'm sorry, but your post infringes my "Actual Desktop" patent. Other patents in my IP portfolio include:
Actual Reality
Actual Chess
and "Voice over Air"
BBH
email=Intel
I love it when the brain and the hands don't connect
So when e-mail paid AMD for the rights to use the 64bit extensions, did they pay extra for AMD to keep quiet about it?
I run Gentoo and choosing to run 2.6 hasn't "broken" any of the 2.4 style modules that I use. ALSA still works, my NVidia driver still works (I needed the minion.de mod for a few of the releases). Is anyone able to point me to a module that broke between 2.4 and 2.6 that wasn't fixed with a three line patch?
BBH
See reason #2. I have found debian to be less "bleeding edge" than gentoo.
While I agree with everything that you said, please replace Crate with any other brand (besides Peavey). Personally, I prefer a Vox AC30 for clean stuff, and a Marshall JMP 50 for dirty stuff. Fender twins and BFR's are nice, but I have not yet found enough of a use for them to justify adding one to the rehearsal area. To each their own though. The tan Crate twins are Fender knockoffs. Give a SFR twin reissue a try next time you hit your local shop. I am certain that you will be pleased. Tubes rule the audio arena.
You left out the part about being prepared for, and accepting the consequences.
I agree with all of the above, but as a gentoo fanboy I run Gentoo for two reasons
1: Portage
2: To update all the software on my system to something that was released less than 72 hours ago with one command (emerge world)
Of course this has absolutely wrecked my installation on a number of occasions, but I kind of like it. It keeps the skills sharp and lets you figure out how to solve problems that you never knew existed in linux (gnu/linux whatever).
BBH
Driving a Pinto wasn't dangerous... Crashing into the rear of a pinto was dangerous. You'd hit the back of the pinto, the gas tank would drop gas all over, and the pinto would roll forward. The car in back of the pinto would continue to roll and come to a nice stop over a lake of burning gasoline.
Haywood Jablowmi
Dude, it's europe... It's called
"le crack"
No, You shut up!
When will they be available to the public? And how much? I want one.
Shurely you must know, considering you paid for them?
Loaded the minion 2.6 patched driver. Seems to work fine on my FX5600 KT333 using kernel AGPGART. Played some SMB in mupen64, RTCW, and NWN. I don't use any special features (twinview and TV-out) so I have a pretty vanilla config. Using renderaccel and cursorshadow
Gentoo with Gentoo-dev-sources with Accept "~x86".
Thank you for your time,
BBH
I have never fully understood why distros come with both GUI environments. I realize that there is a lot of great software that one will miss out on either way, but users want simplicity.
I view Bruce's approach as being better than what Redhat has historically delivered (Gnome with half-assed KDE support). I would rather have KDE left out than finding broken features and diminished functionality after the install.
RMS would make you say the "GNU General Public License"
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html
BBH
(There's always traffic in NYC, traffic at 2am on the Cross Island Parkway...WHY?!) Cause that's closing time! BBH
Yet another case of a CEO that doesn't understand the difference between theft and copyright infringment. BBH
Man oh man, I hope he ends up in jail. Club fed wouldn't be justice. I was hoping divorced and homeless.