When KDE is ported to windows, I wonder if they will simply make kdelibs work so you can run KDE apps? Or will they let kdesktop run as an explorer replacement (explorer replacement are possible in XP. Dunno about vista)? That would go a long way towards making windows work at usable speeds.
Of course your RAM has llamas. You viewed a webpage with my sig in then typed it into a terminal.
However, it's worrying how many llamas can't be explained that way, isn't it?
I've seen Linux machines using the nv (rather than the binary nVidia) driver where smooth scrolling, etc. is very jerky and torn. I don't know exactly why that is, but cards do 2D acceleration as well you know.
I know, I know. However, performance is not THAT badly affected, and I feel people are more likely to try it, because everyone knows cat isn't going to write random data across the memory or something, whereas not everyone knows what strings does.
Well, they could provide MPEG and tell Linux users to go and buy a codec for it. Better then telling them to buy a Mac. But in any case, I don't believe it is illegal, at least in the EU, to use Free MPEG decoders.
Things like the network getting unplugged and plugged in again happen even without hibernation. It's handled pretty much the same. No system actually simply saves the RAM to disk and powers down; things like graphics hardware state get saved first for example. I believe that applications simply see the network get disconnected and reconnected, which they should be able to handle really.
The Curses version of the official Bittorrent client (you use Unix, of course:-). For me, it's by far the best client to leave on overnight, because it's far more stable than any X-based torrent client (your X might be more stable than mine. I use nvidia drivers). I run it in a screen session, and I've never seen anything go wrong in many many days of running time.
Unlike the 'console' version, It provides a nice display of current upload and download rates and a progress bar. It doesn't seem to support multiple torrents, but you can always run another instance in another screen window.
I'm not sure about what kind of unattended and imaging utilities are available for 98
I wasn't suggesting doing an actual install of 98. I was suggesting taking an actual disk image (i.e. bit for bit copying the disk to a file on another disk, ignoring the filesystem) with something like dd. The dates wouldn't be reset, because they are stored in the FAT, which we would have copied along with everything else when making the image. The image could be significantly compressed, because nearly all of it would be empty space as the disk would only have 98 and a few usage tracks on it, and so would probably fit on a DVD easily, along with a small Linux distro (all the tools needed exist for Linux and could be scripted). The CD could boot, securely erase the drive, then write the image. It could be totally automated. The only problem would be that it would lack signs of recent usage, but you could probably solve that by setting the clock back and acting like you don't know how to change it. Remember, you're a 98 user:-)
Also, I don't understand what you mean about internet history. That might apply when reinstalling windows, but we are talking about doing low-level things including destroying the file system completely. theory, the disk would end up looking bit-for-bit pretty much like it did when the image was taken. There are techniques that can sometimes discover what data was on a physical section of a disk before the current data, but they require disassembly of the drive and expensive kit, and can be avoided to some extent by overwriting multiple times (shred, one of the utilities used in boot and nuke type disks, does this on Linux. It can write special patterns designed to destroy traces, repeat several times, write random data, then write zeros. The disk ends up looking like a new blank disk.
I'm not a terrorist or anything, I'm just very careful with any disk I think might have my credit card details on it.
Last time this discussion came up on/., someone suggested secure erase, fill with porn, insecure erase. They stop looking after they find what you were trying to hide.
Thing about that is that it's pretty obvious that the drive has been wiped. I wonder if anyone has made a DVD which could securely erase a drive and then install an image of a small (by modern standards) OS like Windows 98? You could create an image which looks used, with a few documents, browser history, etc. Maybe even some deleted files for any analysis to turn up. In a short amount of time, you could probably really make it look like the machine had been used as a 98 box for a while. (Plenty of idiots buy much nicer hardware than they need).
Prompt-criticality accidents on the scale of the one that killed Slotin probably do not cause major heating of the air. If they did, the room would still be hot after the event, and sudden air movements would be observed due to uneven heating. It is more likely that the reported "heat wave" is caused by direct stimulation of nerve endings by the radiation or by the general tissue damage it causes.
Also, Slotin was exposed to strong gamma radiation for under a second. Litvinenko was exposed to internal alpha radiation for several days. The dosages are hardly comparable.
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When KDE is ported to windows, I wonder if they will simply make kdelibs work so you can run KDE apps? Or will they let kdesktop run as an explorer replacement (explorer replacement are possible in XP. Dunno about vista)? That would go a long way towards making windows work at usable speeds.
Of course your RAM has llamas. You viewed a webpage with my sig in then typed it into a terminal.
However, it's worrying how many llamas can't be explained that way, isn't it?
Heh. You beat me to it.
Sorry for typo. Obviously, I meant the port to Qt 4.0.
It should also be pointed out that the port to QT is expected to very noticeably improve performance.
When was the last time a new version of Microsoft Windows came out with a faster user interface?
I've seen Linux machines using the nv (rather than the binary nVidia) driver where smooth scrolling, etc. is very jerky and torn. I don't know exactly why that is, but cards do 2D acceleration as well you know.
How much graphics functionality is left out?
Enough to prevent HD videos playing smoothly? Enough to prevent smooth scrolling looking nice?
Aren't certain Sun Microsystems implementations of SPARC doing pretty well in terms of performance per watt, compared to x86?
In fact, aren't almost all x86 processors spectacularly bad at power consumption, with the exception of Intel's Core 2 sub-architecture?
I know, I know. However, performance is not THAT badly affected, and I feel people are more likely to try it, because everyone knows cat isn't going to write random data across the memory or something, whereas not everyone knows what strings does.
Well, they could provide MPEG and tell Linux users to go and buy a codec for it. Better then telling them to buy a Mac. But in any case, I don't believe it is illegal, at least in the EU, to use Free MPEG decoders.
Ogg Theora?
And even if you think it is illegal to watch MPEG on Linux in the EU, the crime would be committed by the veiwer, not the broadcaster.
Here is the link, for those who don't want to give him any ad revenue.
Well, fuck you, John McCain.
Sleep is what caffeine is for.
Things like the network getting unplugged and plugged in again happen even without hibernation. It's handled pretty much the same. No system actually simply saves the RAM to disk and powers down; things like graphics hardware state get saved first for example. I believe that applications simply see the network get disconnected and reconnected, which they should be able to handle really.
Heh. I wonder if it's possible to have a working bash session with all output doing this (fullscreen and green-on-black, of course)?
But xeyes isn't useless...
The Curses version of the official Bittorrent client (you use Unix, of course :-). For me, it's by far the best client to leave on overnight, because it's far more stable than any X-based torrent client (your X might be more stable than mine. I use nvidia drivers). I run it in a screen session, and I've never seen anything go wrong in many many days of running time.
Unlike the 'console' version, It provides a nice display of current upload and download rates and a progress bar. It doesn't seem to support multiple torrents, but you can always run another instance in another screen window.
I agree that they will have to, because it seems likely that if they don't, Linux will have DX10 (through Cedega or something similar) before XP.
Not the same project AFAIK, but this was on Slashdot a while ago: Augmented Reality Quake.
Also, I don't understand what you mean about internet history. That might apply when reinstalling windows, but we are talking about doing low-level things including destroying the file system completely. theory, the disk would end up looking bit-for-bit pretty much like it did when the image was taken. There are techniques that can sometimes discover what data was on a physical section of a disk before the current data, but they require disassembly of the drive and expensive kit, and can be avoided to some extent by overwriting multiple times (shred, one of the utilities used in boot and nuke type disks, does this on Linux. It can write special patterns designed to destroy traces, repeat several times, write random data, then write zeros. The disk ends up looking like a new blank disk.
I'm not a terrorist or anything, I'm just very careful with any disk I think might have my credit card details on it.
Last time this discussion came up on /., someone suggested secure erase, fill with porn, insecure erase. They stop looking after they find what you were trying to hide.
AFAIK, CPU hotplugging is for special hardware, and always involves more than one CPU.
Not exactly. An install CD is also bootable. A LiveCD gives you a full usable environment in RAM.
Thing about that is that it's pretty obvious that the drive has been wiped. I wonder if anyone has made a DVD which could securely erase a drive and then install an image of a small (by modern standards) OS like Windows 98? You could create an image which looks used, with a few documents, browser history, etc. Maybe even some deleted files for any analysis to turn up. In a short amount of time, you could probably really make it look like the machine had been used as a 98 box for a while. (Plenty of idiots buy much nicer hardware than they need).
A few nitpicks:
Prompt-criticality accidents on the scale of the one that killed Slotin probably do not cause major heating of the air. If they did, the room would still be hot after the event, and sudden air movements would be observed due to uneven heating. It is more likely that the reported "heat wave" is caused by direct stimulation of nerve endings by the radiation or by the general tissue damage it causes.
Also, Slotin was exposed to strong gamma radiation for under a second. Litvinenko was exposed to internal alpha radiation for several days. The dosages are hardly comparable.