Dude, you are so full of shit, your eyes are brown. Microsoft does NOT own Novell in part nor in whole. Microsoft paid Novell in a cross license/agree not to sue our customers deal. Novell Paid MS in the same deal, just a lot less.
MS thought they had a Tier 1 Linux vendor by the short hairs and sent press releases saying that Novell agreed that Linux infringed on their IP. Novell released their own stating "Go screw, no we don't" essentially.
Short of the MS apologist, Miguel, Novell has not agreed with MS in many ways, however they have worked on interoperability with contributions to SAMBA as well as Open Office, to allow better MS Office compatibility for macros and such.
Before you make yourself look EVEN STUPIDER, I suggest you stop talking.
This is likely a break of the EULA. I realize that with Nlite and similar things you can do this. The legality of it is suspect and the usability of it is as well.
I am familiar with what an X server is, however the actual X server does not take inordinate amounts of RAM. I discussed the desktop environment because it went around the made-up problem you presented, since X11 does not exactly take up huge amounts of RAM compared to what Windows XP or especially Vista does.
I also did not say it had to be open source. However, programs that modify components of Windows could get you into trouble at some point. If it WAS open source, or at least unrestricted, you would have no such problems.
You still have not shown how to get any "current" Windows install to go to 90MB or less and have it be functional. You CAN use third party applications within that constraint, including a web browser and word processor.
You won't be doing any video editing there, but I doubt that is the task at hand with 90MB.
The kernel itself can be pared down. Do you know anything or are you just spouting diarrhea of the keyboard? You can remove modules you do not use/need and even remove functions from the kernel, recompile it and voila.
Also, have you heard about XFCE? It is pretty full featured and uses a shitton less memory than windows. The only thing close to what you said being true is maturity of 3d drivers on linux is not where it should be. However, tell me how you can get a "functional" windows desktop, without violating any licenses, and have it work inside 90MB.
That is not how it works in the opensuse world. You must be confusing the F/OSS distributions with their enterprise counterparts.
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Not to sound too Monty Python-esque, but Brain Damage does not a cogent argument make. I did not prove nor disprove anything other than what was already stated. The deal equed out by Microsoft and Novell amounted to nothing more than "Feel Good" protection for Novell's customers, who may or may not have been clamoring for this type of assurance.
In any respect, Microsoft paid Novell more money as they probably felt that this would now be the death knell for Linux' claims of non infringement. Hovsepian, and Novell proper, disagreed with Microsoft's assertions. They are proponents for open source and people who deride Novell are often the most uneducated about the contributions that they themselves use, that were provided by Novell or their support of Open Source.
Get off your high horse. I dislike Miguel as well, as he is contrary to the above points, nearly becoming a full Microsoft apologist within the Linux community.
YES, these Linux users must be stopped. How dare they use SUSE, Gnome, KDE, etc. Novell still has their Edirectory, Zenworks, etc that are pretty decent products. They also sell (sort of, more like support) a very good Linux distro.
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how often does this bullshit have to be trotted out, only to make the poster (In this case, AC) look like a moron?
I agree that complaints need to be addressed. If something is broken, by all means, complain until it is fixed. However, do not complain if the mere fact that you are in an expansion and not "UberTron, killer of all things elite" anymore. I have complaints about WoTLK. Aside from issues in some dungeons with bad players, I have been able to solo things, at lower level, than I probably should have. Maybe some of it was my understanding of the game mechanics, I don't know.
I LIKE the idea, in some regards, that you are not allowed to use the flying mounts from the last expansion. I have found that my ability to fly right over areas has gone way up since I got mine. I could not afford an epic flying mount at the last expansion. I was a tank and my repair costs, plus enchant/gem costs were too high.
I got mine in about 2 weeks in the expansion and when I got to 77, I was able to get my gold up over 1K and get to flying. It gives you something to look forward to. You cannot simply have everything handed to you or it becomes meaningless. Would you rather if they made you use a "Cold weather flying mount" like a "Giant Snow Puffin" or something? Going on the ground means you may get the attention of monsters down there. You see things differently and I think that it adds something, albeit with some frustration. The overall, for me, was positive.
As for the bringing as many friends as you want to an instance, that is a bad dynamic. Those who do not have the ability to bring more will feel cheated and those who bring 9 or 10 will slam through it like a hot knife through butter. Maybe we want to play for different reasons, but I like to feel like I overcame something and beat it. I don't want to just EZMODE my ass through a dungeon where it is tuned for 5 but I brought 9. It is too hard to dynamically tune a dungeon for the amount you bring. It was hard enough for Blizzard to tune 25 and 10 man versions of content.
If you want a collection-fest of things that are handed to you, this is not the game. You could always go AFK in a few PVP battlegrounds and grab some welfare epics, though.
The problem, as presented, was a "Waaaaah" type of complaint. They complain, ad nauseum about a game that many many people enjoy. They want the game to give them everything up front. This is the same complaining I heard when KoToR came out: "WAAAAAAAH, I wants my light saber right now, why must I learn anything about the game, character, world, setting, and such. Just let me smash things"
Sure, that works for some people, but the others who want a game with a sense of immersion will be disappointed. If you don't like it, don't play it and move on.
The Warcraft franchise has done exceptionally well. WoW is still popular years after release with lots of paying customers. Sure, there are things worthy of complaining about, like queue times at launch, buggy quest lines or other issues as such. However, saying "I want the game to do this, and that, and not be WoW but something else is not helpful criticism. It is instead an approach of stale and nothingness towards a game that has an effect on people of somewhat immersing them in a pretend, fantasy world, and allowing them to view it, and interact with other players via typed and voice chat. If you don't like it, spend your money on something else. Don't complain, as many do, that they are not overpowered ubertoons that want to hack and slash through the game with ease, then complain it was too short and too easy.
Yes, this expansion is Wrath of the Lich King. It is not "Kill the Lich king in 24hrs or less" or "Lich King Tycoon." If you think that a badass like the Lich King will die in the first month, don't play WoW. You know nothing about it.
Actually, I spend time with my daughter just fine. See, she's only a few months old, so I play when she is sleeping. She does that quite a bit. This lets my wife sleep and I carry the monitor around to make sure she doesn't wake up or need anything. Then, after a couple of hours, I go to sleep.
I make her bottles, clothe, feed and change her. I play with her and watch her when I get home (My wife does too). I guess I COULD stand over her crib the entire time I am home, but that would be creepy, not let her sleep well, and would ensure the dozens of other things I do daily don't get done.
However, thanks for playing, failing and being beaten back to wherever you came from. Enjoy your fail.
Holy generalization, Batman. I guess the fact that my wife and I both work, have a daughter and a house we own means I can't possibly play wow in a casual raiding guild. Yes, it in fact, is casual. There is no pressure to raid, but if you go, you can have fun. If the raid goes long, we end it.
Maybe the game is not for you. However, if everything was easy, then it would mean nothing and not be a reward. Games like WOW work because they hit the reward center of the brain.
This expansion is Wrath of the Lich King. The previous one was The Burning Crusade. Did you walk in when TBC was released, press 2 buttons, kill Kil'Jaeden and walk away with a set of full gear, 10,000G and all the items you wanted?
Perhaps the game should have been like those flash banners. Maybe Blizzard should have waited 2yrs, then had you follow a scrolling Arthas with a giant boxing glove and smack him. After you hit him, you get full Tier 9 armor and your name is written forever on a scroll.
You cannot contract in any way that violates the law, however you SURE AS SHIT can sign away your rights. How do you expect people in the military to ever sign contracts? They remove the right for themselves to go as they please, to live where they wish, and to disobey orders without criminal prosecution for such. You can sign away your rights on many things.
You must have mistaken frequency for speed. The clock is not the speed of the processor at its tasks, but rather the frequency of the processor. Let the benchmarks speak for themselves.
As another poster mentioned, frequency is not indicative of performance. You can run 9Ghz over a copper wire. That doesn't make it fast, and 2.4Ghz phones are not faster than 900mhz phones. You should also study I/O speed, instructions per clock, memory latency, cache coherency, failed branch prediction penalties, pipeline depth and penalty for misses, etc.
A CPU can run at much lower clock and still rip apart another CPU depending on application specifics.
then you have to look at drivesnapshot. Drivesnapshot.de is the website, it isnt "cheap" but not expensive and worth EVERY penny. This plus the software at runtime.org for data recovery and you are set for $200
She and He are neither. McCain is a McCaininite. Palin is just a twit. What does she conserve? She doesn't adhere to the Constitution. She is simply a bible harpy who wants power and control. McCain is a panderer who will do and say whatever to have some power, because he is just power hungry. REAL conservatives want limited control from government.
I used support to mean two things, not interchangeably. One is the level of help received when calling about an issue and one is the level of "support" from 3d parties and vendors. When HP, Dell, Sun, Storagetek (sun also), EMC, 3par, Hitachi Data Systems, etc become on par for Ubuntu Server as they are for RH and SUSE then that is a different ballgame. I am not sure what type of support I would get from Canonical. I have had some spotty support from Red Hat and mostly better from Novell. Oracle is hit or miss. The perception, from management, at least, is that those who contribute the most to the kernel are likely to have a better grasp on its workings. Right or wrong, I know when push goes to shove, that RH or Novell have more interest, due to their partnerships. I have also said that I believe Canonical's support to be good, however I don't know if you have the same infrastructure in place to make the same type of moves that a RH or Novell would. I would like to be proven wrong, but I still don't see much about what Canonical brings to the table that is not already there.
Being an asshole doesn't win you points, either. The web servers should be load balanced. App servers should be clustered. However, if you only think the DB is the only critical system, you don't know what you are talking about. Many shops just license/support the whole shebang. Maybe you don't and maybe you have not worked in environments that do. I don't care. I don't care if they run Windows, CentOS, RHEL, SLES, Solaris, etc. However, the bulk get support when I work on them. It is management's decision.
Now, oh low UID guru, let me ask you. When you get a failed request on a machine, and you tell Oracle, IBM, Whomever that you are using "Puppy Linux" and they ask you for certain traps, logs and core dumps and then say "Unsupported client connections are unsupported" what do you do then?
Canonical has made SOME good decisions. I like the idea of a "safemode" graphical recovery in case X is borked. However, I think that OpenSUSE pisses on Ubuntu from a substantial height. It is my preference and I can choose what I wish. For servers, SLES, RHEL, CentOS (which should not really be a choice on its own, as it IS RHEL minus RH) and maybe (and begrudgingly) Oracle Linux, which is also mostly RHEL based.
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MS thought they had a Tier 1 Linux vendor by the short hairs and sent press releases saying that Novell agreed that Linux infringed on their IP. Novell released their own stating "Go screw, no we don't" essentially.
Short of the MS apologist, Miguel, Novell has not agreed with MS in many ways, however they have worked on interoperability with contributions to SAMBA as well as Open Office, to allow better MS Office compatibility for macros and such.
Before you make yourself look EVEN STUPIDER, I suggest you stop talking.
This is likely a break of the EULA. I realize that with Nlite and similar things you can do this. The legality of it is suspect and the usability of it is as well.
I also did not say it had to be open source. However, programs that modify components of Windows could get you into trouble at some point. If it WAS open source, or at least unrestricted, you would have no such problems.
You still have not shown how to get any "current" Windows install to go to 90MB or less and have it be functional. You CAN use third party applications within that constraint, including a web browser and word processor.
You won't be doing any video editing there, but I doubt that is the task at hand with 90MB.
The kernel itself can be pared down. Do you know anything or are you just spouting diarrhea of the keyboard? You can remove modules you do not use/need and even remove functions from the kernel, recompile it and voila. Also, have you heard about XFCE? It is pretty full featured and uses a shitton less memory than windows. The only thing close to what you said being true is maturity of 3d drivers on linux is not where it should be. However, tell me how you can get a "functional" windows desktop, without violating any licenses, and have it work inside 90MB.
That is not how it works in the opensuse world. You must be confusing the F/OSS distributions with their enterprise counterparts.
Not to sound too Monty Python-esque, but Brain Damage does not a cogent argument make. I did not prove nor disprove anything other than what was already stated. The deal equed out by Microsoft and Novell amounted to nothing more than "Feel Good" protection for Novell's customers, who may or may not have been clamoring for this type of assurance.
In any respect, Microsoft paid Novell more money as they probably felt that this would now be the death knell for Linux' claims of non infringement. Hovsepian, and Novell proper, disagreed with Microsoft's assertions. They are proponents for open source and people who deride Novell are often the most uneducated about the contributions that they themselves use, that were provided by Novell or their support of Open Source.
Get off your high horse. I dislike Miguel as well, as he is contrary to the above points, nearly becoming a full Microsoft apologist within the Linux community.
Now, bugger off.
Sincerely
Anarke Incarnate
YES, these Linux users must be stopped. How dare they use SUSE, Gnome, KDE, etc. Novell still has their Edirectory, Zenworks, etc that are pretty decent products. They also sell (sort of, more like support) a very good Linux distro.
how often does this bullshit have to be trotted out, only to make the poster (In this case, AC) look like a moron?
http://news.cnet.com/Microsoft,-Novell-spar-over-Linux-agreement/2100-7344_3-6137444.html
Now stop it already
Check out bakbone. They are a good lower cost backup solution
I agree that complaints need to be addressed. If something is broken, by all means, complain until it is fixed. However, do not complain if the mere fact that you are in an expansion and not "UberTron, killer of all things elite" anymore. I have complaints about WoTLK. Aside from issues in some dungeons with bad players, I have been able to solo things, at lower level, than I probably should have. Maybe some of it was my understanding of the game mechanics, I don't know.
I LIKE the idea, in some regards, that you are not allowed to use the flying mounts from the last expansion. I have found that my ability to fly right over areas has gone way up since I got mine. I could not afford an epic flying mount at the last expansion. I was a tank and my repair costs, plus enchant/gem costs were too high.
I got mine in about 2 weeks in the expansion and when I got to 77, I was able to get my gold up over 1K and get to flying. It gives you something to look forward to. You cannot simply have everything handed to you or it becomes meaningless. Would you rather if they made you use a "Cold weather flying mount" like a "Giant Snow Puffin" or something? Going on the ground means you may get the attention of monsters down there. You see things differently and I think that it adds something, albeit with some frustration. The overall, for me, was positive.
As for the bringing as many friends as you want to an instance, that is a bad dynamic. Those who do not have the ability to bring more will feel cheated and those who bring 9 or 10 will slam through it like a hot knife through butter. Maybe we want to play for different reasons, but I like to feel like I overcame something and beat it. I don't want to just EZMODE my ass through a dungeon where it is tuned for 5 but I brought 9. It is too hard to dynamically tune a dungeon for the amount you bring. It was hard enough for Blizzard to tune 25 and 10 man versions of content.
If you want a collection-fest of things that are handed to you, this is not the game. You could always go AFK in a few PVP battlegrounds and grab some welfare epics, though.
The problem, as presented, was a "Waaaaah" type of complaint. They complain, ad nauseum about a game that many many people enjoy. They want the game to give them everything up front. This is the same complaining I heard when KoToR came out: "WAAAAAAAH, I wants my light saber right now, why must I learn anything about the game, character, world, setting, and such. Just let me smash things" Sure, that works for some people, but the others who want a game with a sense of immersion will be disappointed. If you don't like it, don't play it and move on. The Warcraft franchise has done exceptionally well. WoW is still popular years after release with lots of paying customers. Sure, there are things worthy of complaining about, like queue times at launch, buggy quest lines or other issues as such. However, saying "I want the game to do this, and that, and not be WoW but something else is not helpful criticism. It is instead an approach of stale and nothingness towards a game that has an effect on people of somewhat immersing them in a pretend, fantasy world, and allowing them to view it, and interact with other players via typed and voice chat. If you don't like it, spend your money on something else. Don't complain, as many do, that they are not overpowered ubertoons that want to hack and slash through the game with ease, then complain it was too short and too easy. Yes, this expansion is Wrath of the Lich King. It is not "Kill the Lich king in 24hrs or less" or "Lich King Tycoon." If you think that a badass like the Lich King will die in the first month, don't play WoW. You know nothing about it.
Actually, I spend time with my daughter just fine. See, she's only a few months old, so I play when she is sleeping. She does that quite a bit. This lets my wife sleep and I carry the monitor around to make sure she doesn't wake up or need anything. Then, after a couple of hours, I go to sleep.
I make her bottles, clothe, feed and change her. I play with her and watch her when I get home (My wife does too). I guess I COULD stand over her crib the entire time I am home, but that would be creepy, not let her sleep well, and would ensure the dozens of other things I do daily don't get done.
However, thanks for playing, failing and being beaten back to wherever you came from. Enjoy your fail.
Maybe the game is not for you. However, if everything was easy, then it would mean nothing and not be a reward. Games like WOW work because they hit the reward center of the brain.
This expansion is Wrath of the Lich King. The previous one was The Burning Crusade. Did you walk in when TBC was released, press 2 buttons, kill Kil'Jaeden and walk away with a set of full gear, 10,000G and all the items you wanted?
Perhaps the game should have been like those flash banners. Maybe Blizzard should have waited 2yrs, then had you follow a scrolling Arthas with a giant boxing glove and smack him. After you hit him, you get full Tier 9 armor and your name is written forever on a scroll.
Stop paying, don't play, lower queue times for the next guy
You cannot contract in any way that violates the law, however you SURE AS SHIT can sign away your rights. How do you expect people in the military to ever sign contracts? They remove the right for themselves to go as they please, to live where they wish, and to disobey orders without criminal prosecution for such. You can sign away your rights on many things.
You must have mistaken frequency for speed. The clock is not the speed of the processor at its tasks, but rather the frequency of the processor. Let the benchmarks speak for themselves.
but....this goes to 11
Nah, just click "I Don't Agree" and back out of the license agreement. Then ask for a refund
EAL11+ means it goes to eleven. The others they go to 10, but this one goes to 11, so if you need that extra.....push off the cliff....
A CPU can run at much lower clock and still rip apart another CPU depending on application specifics.
then you have to look at drivesnapshot. Drivesnapshot.de is the website, it isnt "cheap" but not expensive and worth EVERY penny. This plus the software at runtime.org for data recovery and you are set for $200
She and He are neither. McCain is a McCaininite. Palin is just a twit. What does she conserve? She doesn't adhere to the Constitution. She is simply a bible harpy who wants power and control. McCain is a panderer who will do and say whatever to have some power, because he is just power hungry. REAL conservatives want limited control from government.
I used support to mean two things, not interchangeably. One is the level of help received when calling about an issue and one is the level of "support" from 3d parties and vendors. When HP, Dell, Sun, Storagetek (sun also), EMC, 3par, Hitachi Data Systems, etc become on par for Ubuntu Server as they are for RH and SUSE then that is a different ballgame. I am not sure what type of support I would get from Canonical. I have had some spotty support from Red Hat and mostly better from Novell. Oracle is hit or miss. The perception, from management, at least, is that those who contribute the most to the kernel are likely to have a better grasp on its workings. Right or wrong, I know when push goes to shove, that RH or Novell have more interest, due to their partnerships. I have also said that I believe Canonical's support to be good, however I don't know if you have the same infrastructure in place to make the same type of moves that a RH or Novell would. I would like to be proven wrong, but I still don't see much about what Canonical brings to the table that is not already there.
Now, oh low UID guru, let me ask you. When you get a failed request on a machine, and you tell Oracle, IBM, Whomever that you are using "Puppy Linux" and they ask you for certain traps, logs and core dumps and then say "Unsupported client connections are unsupported" what do you do then?
Canonical has made SOME good decisions. I like the idea of a "safemode" graphical recovery in case X is borked. However, I think that OpenSUSE pisses on Ubuntu from a substantial height. It is my preference and I can choose what I wish. For servers, SLES, RHEL, CentOS (which should not really be a choice on its own, as it IS RHEL minus RH) and maybe (and begrudgingly) Oracle Linux, which is also mostly RHEL based.