Actually, no, they now run on 2k (IIRC) most of the time, the _Open_BSD servers are their for when the Windows one's tank.
Oh, and 2001? isn't your article a bit dated...
And finally This Shows that hotmail is currently under IIS5.0. I'm no microsoft troll, but as someone said, they are 'eating their own dog food' on this one.
I think the problem with lossy compression isn't really whether you can here it straight off, I think the problem is that the distortions are magnified post production by all the tuning, and after that they become audible.
I'll agree though that if good portable players exist, then there's no reason not to use them.
DAT I can't say, since I've never looked into it as a medium, but Minidisc is out of the window for most things since it uses lossy compression IIRC.
That said IANASE(Sound Engineer)
Think of it like buying a locked in cell phone that costs very little. I'm not sure if this happens in the US. I'm based in the UK at present. These phones are cheap because the network provider (e.g. T-Mobile, Vodaphone, etc) knows that you will be locked into their service for evermore with that phone. Conversely, a non-subsidized phone will cost you much more.
Except that here (at least in France), these free hardware deals come with a catch: you may have to buy the subscription in order to get the hardware, but the seller is obliged, yes has to, give you the means to 'untaint' your perchase. So, once your subscription is up, you're free to do as you please with the hardware.
You know your shit, I know mine.
You can keep a linux box up and know all the tools to do so.
I can do so with windows.
Which is why I was proposing that we both help each other out in the area that we're most experienced in.
There wasn't any sarcasm in my last post, and I'm sorry you saw it that way, I'm always open to help and suggestions, and an exchange would have benefitted us both in getting troublesome machines to play fairly again..
Of course, if all you came here for was a flame fest, then I am truly sorry to have gotten in your way.
could you please post the output of ps -aux, uptime, uname -a and the result of the latest checkroot kit. (or send me it in an e-mail). Chances are you've either been rooted (in which case a reinstall is prudent, as it is for any compromised box under any operating system) or just had too much stuff running (in which case, a clean up of/etc/rc.d/ is all that's in order).
As for the stability problems, please also include the output of lsmod, so as to aide in the diagnosis.
Also if you have a list of tools to do the same to an XP box (ie diagnose and fix stability/load problems), I'd be really greatfull (since I end up redoing a lot of boxes to remove the crudge day to day use puts into the system). It would also put a lot of flame wars here on/. to rest if you could just tell us all how to rejuvinate our systems quickly, simply and without reinstalling.
And I'll add my mothers old XP Home box (Athlon XP 1500+, 256MB Ram) to the list.
Needed a reinstall as soon as we got it, since it wouldn't stop crashing, and after 18 monthes of very careful use (she used it for online teaching, so need top throughput, which means no spyware and the like) and maintenance by an MCSE no less, it's become virtually unusable slow, the only reason I haven't reinstalled it since I got my hands on the machine, is because I use it so really that it's not worth my time.
I see your point, though I personally disagree that it's the same problem as when you get an unstable Linux (you can fix a Linux, with windows, all you can do is wipe and reinstall).
What really bugs me though is that this NT5 kernel that everyone loves so much, has half a dozen services that should be in user space, and before I get flamed cause 'NT is a micro kernel' it isn't, it started out as one, but then they just shoved all and sundry into kernel space to improve performance. OK, it's not the DMM (Dangerous Memory Model, the plague of Win9x where every page of memory had a piece realmode addressable space in it, which is why anything could bring the system down with incredible ease), but still this isn't the kind of machine I'd want running a cluster. It's bad enough on servers.
>p.s. I don't know who marked you insightful. He needs his brains checked more often
Mabey it was someone who new about the holes in 2.4.x, x23?
Also, we're talking about a Suse 8.1 based distro here, not a RHEL based one, and since I think that Suse prefers upgrading kernels as opposed to back porting patches, especially in a stable branch, these concerns do appear valid.
The point is that almost all distro's have got the installers down to a fine art, and this one refuses point blank to install on 3 out of 4 machines, and botches the job on the last one.
Come on, if this was Windows we were talking about, they'd be no end of critisme(sp?).
I'd be interested too to find out how JDS2 performers once it's up and running, since we're talking about a corporate distro here, so installing is the Hell Desk geeks job, but still, this is the worst hardware support I've ever run across.
I've got my SO onto Mandrake, and haven't had any real problems, apart from a couple of quirks in OOo (the page numbering could be easier). And that was with her buying a printer (canon i850) and a scanner, without consulting me for compatibility...
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Depends, downloadable distros, I don't know, but the Mandrake Power Pack ships with NVidia working out of the box, accelerated and all.
One thing I have to admit, and I know the mods will hate this, but wine(X) just aren't really ready for normal use, you need a fair bit of know-how to pull using them off in quite a few cases.
As for installation and hardware compatibility, I'd be interested to know what you've been trying and what you're having trouble with (Digicams I know are a pain a lot of the time). It's just I haven't hit a major hardware bug in years, then again, I generally use fairly mainstream stuff (Pinnacle PCTV for instance).
I'm not going to mention WineX or VMWare here, because I know that there can be legitemate reasons for not using either.
OTOH I have a bit of trouble with the idea of someone alt-tabbing to and from a ut2004 onslaught to read stuff on the web, or keep an IRC session going. For me, games have always been an attention grabbing thing, and not something I can just leave and comeback to without loosing all the immersion you normally get, but mabey I'm just lousy at multitasking (chat-frag-chat-frag-chat-fragged-chat-frag?).
Now, I don't really see what you mean by Linux Power-use, because if I have to be franc, I could do anything I wanted to a Linux box through webmin, which I don't consider particularly advanced, once you've understood operating system concepts (that don't change in general from OS to OS).
And if you have any problems with getting dual boot working, just mail me, and I'll be happy to help out:).
Not flamming you understand, just trying to understand.
This an argument I never really understood. Sure, I like games, and have some hard drive space dedicated to XP home for this very purpose, but whenever I need to get any real work done, I boot Linux.
I mean seriously, for hard core gamers, who spend hours on end on a game, what is 30 secondes spent rebooting? It's what I do, though it is true that my Linux games get played more like that.
Anyone who cites this sort of excuse either only uses his/her computer for gaming (unlickly) or is just looking for an excuse.
Good question, especially since my Slacks (optimized for 80486) generally wipe the floor with other peoples Gentoos....
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The source is available as a RPM on the DVD (at least it was in 9.0) and is downloadable, the point is that unlike the/. crowd, the average user isn't going to compile kernel modules (or even most software), so development gear/headers + the kernel source is just excess bloat, and will probably only get used to compile a rootkit if/when the box gets compromised.
Before I get modded to hell and back, this is saying nothing about the security of Suse, it's just that a development suite is a liability if you don't actually require it.
As far as business are concerned, I'd say yes. All deployments for Linux thin client setups came after having first weaned them off OE/Office and on to their Free alternatives...
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Oh, and 2001? isn't your article a bit dated...
And finally This Shows that hotmail is currently under IIS5.0. I'm no microsoft troll, but as someone said, they are 'eating their own dog food' on this one.
I think the problem with lossy compression isn't really whether you can here it straight off, I think the problem is that the distortions are magnified post production by all the tuning, and after that they become audible. I'll agree though that if good portable players exist, then there's no reason not to use them.
DAT I can't say, since I've never looked into it as a medium, but Minidisc is out of the window for most things since it uses lossy compression IIRC. That said IANASE(Sound Engineer)
A poem that I heard on the BBC once (think it was on 'Tomorrow's World'):
Twinkle Twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
A red giant, or a shooting star?
No, just an advert for a little blue car...
Think of it like buying a locked in cell phone that costs very little. I'm not sure if this happens in the US. I'm based in the UK at present. These phones are cheap because the network provider (e.g. T-Mobile, Vodaphone, etc) knows that you will be locked into their service for evermore with that phone. Conversely, a non-subsidized phone will cost you much more.
Except that here (at least in France), these free hardware deals come with a catch: you may have to buy the subscription in order to get the hardware, but the seller is obliged, yes has to, give you the means to 'untaint' your perchase. So, once your subscription is up, you're free to do as you please with the hardware.
Fine, then all I have left to do is wish you a happy /. :-).
You know your shit, I know mine. You can keep a linux box up and know all the tools to do so. I can do so with windows.
Which is why I was proposing that we both help each other out in the area that we're most experienced in.
There wasn't any sarcasm in my last post, and I'm sorry you saw it that way, I'm always open to help and suggestions, and an exchange would have benefitted us both in getting troublesome machines to play fairly again..
Of course, if all you came here for was a flame fest, then I am truly sorry to have gotten in your way.
could you please post the output of ps -aux, uptime, uname -a and the result of the latest checkroot kit. (or send me it in an e-mail). /etc/rc.d/ is all that's in order).
/. to rest if you could just tell us all how to rejuvinate our systems quickly, simply and without reinstalling.
Chances are you've either been rooted (in which case a reinstall is prudent, as it is for any compromised box under any operating system) or just had too much stuff running (in which case, a clean up of
As for the stability problems, please also include the output of lsmod, so as to aide in the diagnosis.
Also if you have a list of tools to do the same to an XP box (ie diagnose and fix stability/load problems), I'd be really greatfull (since I end up redoing a lot of boxes to remove the crudge day to day use puts into the system). It would also put a lot of flame wars here on
And I'll add my mothers old XP Home box (Athlon XP 1500+, 256MB Ram) to the list.
Needed a reinstall as soon as we got it, since it wouldn't stop crashing, and after 18 monthes of very careful use (she used it for online teaching, so need top throughput, which means no spyware and the like) and maintenance by an MCSE no less, it's become virtually unusable slow, the only reason I haven't reinstalled it since I got my hands on the machine, is because I use it so really that it's not worth my time.
I see your point, though I personally disagree that it's the same problem as when you get an unstable Linux (you can fix a Linux, with windows, all you can do is wipe and reinstall).
What really bugs me though is that this NT5 kernel that everyone loves so much, has half a dozen services that should be in user space, and before I get flamed cause 'NT is a micro kernel' it isn't, it started out as one, but then they just shoved all and sundry into kernel space to improve performance. OK, it's not the DMM (Dangerous Memory Model, the plague of Win9x where every page of memory had a piece realmode addressable space in it, which is why anything could bring the system down with incredible ease), but still this isn't the kind of machine I'd want running a cluster. It's bad enough on servers.
>p.s. I don't know who marked you insightful. He needs his brains checked more often
Mabey it was someone who new about the holes in 2.4.x, x23?
Also, we're talking about a Suse 8.1 based distro here, not a RHEL based one, and since I think that Suse prefers upgrading kernels as opposed to back porting patches, especially in a stable branch, these concerns do appear valid.
The point is that almost all distro's have got the installers down to a fine art, and this one refuses point blank to install on 3 out of 4 machines, and botches the job on the last one. Come on, if this was Windows we were talking about, they'd be no end of critisme(sp?). I'd be interested too to find out how JDS2 performers once it's up and running, since we're talking about a corporate distro here, so installing is the Hell Desk geeks job, but still, this is the worst hardware support I've ever run across.
in that case use 2.4.26, old tree, stable. Seriously, doesn't 2.4.19 have some serious security bug (read local root exploit)?
I've got my SO onto Mandrake, and haven't had any real problems, apart from a couple of quirks in OOo (the page numbering could be easier). And that was with her buying a printer (canon i850) and a scanner, without consulting me for compatibility...
Depends, downloadable distros, I don't know, but the Mandrake Power Pack ships with NVidia working out of the box, accelerated and all.
Wasn't that shut down recently?
One thing I have to admit, and I know the mods will hate this, but wine(X) just aren't really ready for normal use, you need a fair bit of know-how to pull using them off in quite a few cases. As for installation and hardware compatibility, I'd be interested to know what you've been trying and what you're having trouble with (Digicams I know are a pain a lot of the time). It's just I haven't hit a major hardware bug in years, then again, I generally use fairly mainstream stuff (Pinnacle PCTV for instance).
I'm not going to mention WineX or VMWare here, because I know that there can be legitemate reasons for not using either.
:).
OTOH I have a bit of trouble with the idea of someone alt-tabbing to and from a ut2004 onslaught to read stuff on the web, or keep an IRC session going. For me, games have always been an attention grabbing thing, and not something I can just leave and comeback to without loosing all the immersion you normally get, but mabey I'm just lousy at multitasking (chat-frag-chat-frag-chat-fragged-chat-frag?).
Now, I don't really see what you mean by Linux Power-use, because if I have to be franc, I could do anything I wanted to a Linux box through webmin, which I don't consider particularly advanced, once you've understood operating system concepts (that don't change in general from OS to OS).
And if you have any problems with getting dual boot working, just mail me, and I'll be happy to help out
Not flamming you understand, just trying to understand.
This an argument I never really understood. Sure, I like games, and have some hard drive space dedicated to XP home for this very purpose, but whenever I need to get any real work done, I boot Linux. I mean seriously, for hard core gamers, who spend hours on end on a game, what is 30 secondes spent rebooting? It's what I do, though it is true that my Linux games get played more like that. Anyone who cites this sort of excuse either only uses his/her computer for gaming (unlickly) or is just looking for an excuse.
Nop, since said NVidia driver comes pre compiled for suse...
Good question, especially since my Slacks (optimized for 80486) generally wipe the floor with other peoples Gentoos....
The source is available as a RPM on the DVD (at least it was in 9.0) and is downloadable, the point is that unlike the /. crowd, the average user isn't going to compile kernel modules (or even most software), so development gear/headers + the kernel source is just excess bloat, and will probably only get used to compile a rootkit if/when the box gets compromised.
Before I get modded to hell and back, this is saying nothing about the security of Suse, it's just that a development suite is a liability if you don't actually require it.
First, Yast is GPLed; and seconde, if your too lazy to buy the distro, just do a ftp install...
No it isn't, because Evolution also works with OpenGroupware etc... so no reinforcement there.
As far as business are concerned, I'd say yes. All deployments for Linux thin client setups came after having first weaned them off OE/Office and on to their Free alternatives...