Now if they bundled a mouse and keyboard with the Xbox version, it would *almost* replace my windows box. However, the lack of Half Life 2 and World of Warcraft, and whatever other good PC-only games come out in the future, would make me keep my PC around. And it isn't FUD, I actually have an Xbox:)
I say it's good. You get what you pay for, and if you don't like paying for things, there is an alternative called Linux:) But, seriously, MS should look into making a reduced "Gamers" edition of Windows.
This may seem like a troll, but it is truly not intended as such.
First of all, I'm a Linux user and have been for some time. I run a Gentoo box, and am fairly comfortable with all system administration tasks. I have tried out many Linux distros, as well as the BSDs. I also have a full time Windows box (I use "second-generation" hardware for my linux box) for running games. I like Linux, and I use it as my main system. But even I, a vocal supporter of Linux, cannot overlook that there are some flaws. I know that when I attach a new piece of hardware, there will likely be some googling for a howto or drivers, or a kernel recompile. I know that a lot of programs that Windows users can take for granted (like Skype) can be a day's work to have working correctly on Linux. Now, I put up with it because it is free, stable, and has an excellent variety of software. I am sure that the more user-friendly distros, like suse and mandrake, or fedora, have many problems solved. In my mind, these distros are giving up some of what I like about Linux. I guess it all boils down to what level of control do you want, and what kind of user-friendliness do you need. Maybe I'm missing something, but no OS or distro has both on the desktop.
I don't think it actually is for ricers, for the most part. It's just that on the website, it advertises that it is a bit faster. This leads an insane few to try and uncover every possible way of making it so. I'm a Gentoo user, and I can say that it's probably not the fastest. Sure I haven't tried my absolute hardest, but that's not what's important to me. I like Portage. It is robust for adding and removing packages, and it allows amazing control over what does and doesn't go into your compiled software. Do I want amaroK compiled with mysql support? Hmm, why not, I have a mysql database running. All these little things. I think Portage is the biggest thing that gentoo has contributed to the world, and, quite frankly, I'd like to see them port it to Linux at large, before they find other OSs.
In case I didn't make it clear, I'm not advocating complete and utter control and supervision, I'm just saying that parents shouldn't just let their children on "that intarweb thing" and leave them alone. At worst, try filtering software. They use it at my school with moderate success. Kids will always be able to get around any safeguard, so perhaps it's time to accept that they will see these things, and just try to prevent it from being a common occurrance.
bochs or qemu is also an option for emulation, and gambas is quite similar to VB (although I think direct ports are impossible). Sigh... there's still hope, I suppose...
Well, not litererly, but it does take some features and syntax from both, thus making it relatively easy to upgrade from JavaScript into a more powerful language.
If you're addicted to games, do what I do... have a gaming box running windows with all your games, and when you're ready to upgrade to your next gaming box, take the old one and convert it over to linux. Complete with a KVM switch, you now have a linux desktop for work, and a windows box for gaming:)
I encode all my CDs in ogg, and there is approximately one song in my collection that is still mp3 format. When I need to transfer stuff to my stupid non-ogg supporting MP3 player, I wrote a script. It's not like I will be able to hear the difference between a 192-bit ogg and a 128-bit mp3 any more than I could hear the difference between two different bitrate mp3s, on my crappy headphones and crappy MP3 palyer. It's not hard to avoid mp3s, people, *unless* you frequent filesharing networks... (I've stopped. I now get all of my music from allofmp3.com, which, despite the name, supports ogg, and is considered to be legal, i.e. reasonable doubt written all over it).
That is true, but, as far as I can see, it has experienced some impressive results, like Gmail (I believe that is what we are talking about, right?). The fact is that GUI programming, and even programming in general, can seem quite daunting to the beginner. Although I am an average-to-good C/C++ programmer, GUI still confuses me for the most part (I always have to refer back to the API, is that normal?). Combining JavaScript and its merits (easy-to-learn, basically a subset of Java and C), with (D)HTML and its merits (the starting point for a lot of programmers, myself included, since you see results fast and it's easy to learn, all "HTML is not a programming language" arguments aside). This could be quite interesting.
are you a retard??? it's the internet, and it can't possibly be "rated". How about parents watch for this sort of thing, instead of being morons. There's no reason why kids under, say, 9, should be allowed to surf the 'net alone.
Well, then I have to say that my experiences are quite different from yours. I've had a PS2 since the first day, still working. I had a PSX for many years, even taking it on a yacht (the salty air nearly *destroyed* my powerbook G3, just for a comparison). I've never had a problem with any of my sony stuff, and I am planning to buy a PSP.
I've seen people run Gentoo on much slower computers. They have something called *patience*. Or DistCC. If you have several computers, DistCC will reduce compilation times significantly, since it is able to share the load. Or you could just wait. Also, remember that OpenOffice doesn't *run* on many slower machines. Any machine that can run OpenOffice or KDE usably is one that can compile it in a decent time. Or, you could just be patient, or use binary packages (they are available for KDE, OO, GNOME, etc.)
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I would say this: if you need these things, buy a Mac. For this sort of thing, macs are down right affordable. I have heard some complaints about them, but overall the creative types seem to like them and use them. All the software you need is there, it's pretty, and it is loosely based on UNIX. I think that Linux should stop feeling threatened by Apple/OS X and act more like multiplatform OS X-lite (now, don't flame me, I'm a linux user, and it hurts to admit that Linux isn't perfect). Macs are close enough that we should hesitate to point people to them if they say, "linux doesn't have specialized piece of software X" because Mac, in many cases, will. Unless it's a game;)
Well, I think with organizations like Debian, it will always be free. And although the GPL allows you to charge money for your product, it is still free to be copied. Given that so many programs are warezed, copying any Linux distro that costs money will be commonplace (and legal, except with non-free software, like SuSE).
I know... I was getting emotional about deleting my City of Heroes account despite the fact I hadn't played in months. I was like, "but what if I want to play it and my precious superhero is dead?". But then I deleted it and it was off my mind. Now, to go buy World of Warcraft...
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The GPL ensures that Linux will never cost money itself, and commercial adoption means that innovation will come in the area of user-friendliness. I'm not militantly Free, and I think that this a good step to making Linux a viable competitor in all areas currently dominated by MS. I am considering converting my entire family to Linux (I'm currently the only linux user) or Mac OS X when Longhorn becomes the only option with a new computer, because it will be different enough that either way will be a struggle on my part. Linux is becoming polished enough by big corporations that it is becoming a very strong competitor to MS for everyone. OS X though, still reigns king in my mind for ease-of-use and polish (except for games:()
Well, it all depends on what game you play. I have read many a book, but I cannot find one that is as good as Final Fantasy VII. Half-Life 2 has a fairly good storyline as well. I think the moral of the story is that some games are better than some books. Final Fantasy VII is like a book, but interactive... how can you lose?
Your post is so incoherent that I strongly suggest school for you. Pay special attention to English class, and see if you can't find out how to use the shift key to type capital letters. Go to school whenever possible.
This was one of my biggest concerns! I mean, the universe could end tomorrow, and we'd be completely unprepared! I am so incredibly important that I must escape via a wormhole before the universe ends, so I may help... other such people... uh... get back to me.
The code ordered to be handed over was AIX, not Linux. I really don't give a crap whether SCO wins on this, because I don't use it, and, since it is commerical and closed-source, if it has copied code, IBM should be punished for it.
Having racial equality, a basic human right, denied, and working to change that is very different from ripping off movie studios (I actually don't condone that) or, if you believe them, record labels (I do support music downloading, for the record, and it is legal in Canada, where I live).
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perhaps he has used one at school/work? I haven't owned a mac (well, a powerbook with linux isn't quite a mac) but I still have used and like OS X.
Now if they bundled a mouse and keyboard with the Xbox version, it would *almost* replace my windows box. However, the lack of Half Life 2 and World of Warcraft, and whatever other good PC-only games come out in the future, would make me keep my PC around. And it isn't FUD, I actually have an Xbox :)
I say it's good. You get what you pay for, and if you don't like paying for things, there is an alternative called Linux :) But, seriously, MS should look into making a reduced "Gamers" edition of Windows.
First of all, I'm a Linux user and have been for some time. I run a Gentoo box, and am fairly comfortable with all system administration tasks. I have tried out many Linux distros, as well as the BSDs. I also have a full time Windows box (I use "second-generation" hardware for my linux box) for running games. I like Linux, and I use it as my main system. But even I, a vocal supporter of Linux, cannot overlook that there are some flaws. I know that when I attach a new piece of hardware, there will likely be some googling for a howto or drivers, or a kernel recompile. I know that a lot of programs that Windows users can take for granted (like Skype) can be a day's work to have working correctly on Linux. Now, I put up with it because it is free, stable, and has an excellent variety of software. I am sure that the more user-friendly distros, like suse and mandrake, or fedora, have many problems solved. In my mind, these distros are giving up some of what I like about Linux. I guess it all boils down to what level of control do you want, and what kind of user-friendliness do you need. Maybe I'm missing something, but no OS or distro has both on the desktop.
Some people these days...
I don't think it actually is for ricers, for the most part. It's just that on the website, it advertises that it is a bit faster. This leads an insane few to try and uncover every possible way of making it so. I'm a Gentoo user, and I can say that it's probably not the fastest. Sure I haven't tried my absolute hardest, but that's not what's important to me. I like Portage. It is robust for adding and removing packages, and it allows amazing control over what does and doesn't go into your compiled software. Do I want amaroK compiled with mysql support? Hmm, why not, I have a mysql database running. All these little things. I think Portage is the biggest thing that gentoo has contributed to the world, and, quite frankly, I'd like to see them port it to Linux at large, before they find other OSs.
In case I didn't make it clear, I'm not advocating complete and utter control and supervision, I'm just saying that parents shouldn't just let their children on "that intarweb thing" and leave them alone. At worst, try filtering software. They use it at my school with moderate success. Kids will always be able to get around any safeguard, so perhaps it's time to accept that they will see these things, and just try to prevent it from being a common occurrance.
bochs or qemu is also an option for emulation, and gambas is quite similar to VB (although I think direct ports are impossible). Sigh... there's still hope, I suppose...
Well, not litererly, but it does take some features and syntax from both, thus making it relatively easy to upgrade from JavaScript into a more powerful language.
If you're addicted to games, do what I do... have a gaming box running windows with all your games, and when you're ready to upgrade to your next gaming box, take the old one and convert it over to linux. Complete with a KVM switch, you now have a linux desktop for work, and a windows box for gaming :)
I encode all my CDs in ogg, and there is approximately one song in my collection that is still mp3 format. When I need to transfer stuff to my stupid non-ogg supporting MP3 player, I wrote a script. It's not like I will be able to hear the difference between a 192-bit ogg and a 128-bit mp3 any more than I could hear the difference between two different bitrate mp3s, on my crappy headphones and crappy MP3 palyer. It's not hard to avoid mp3s, people, *unless* you frequent filesharing networks... (I've stopped. I now get all of my music from allofmp3.com, which, despite the name, supports ogg, and is considered to be legal, i.e. reasonable doubt written all over it).
That is true, but, as far as I can see, it has experienced some impressive results, like Gmail (I believe that is what we are talking about, right?). The fact is that GUI programming, and even programming in general, can seem quite daunting to the beginner. Although I am an average-to-good C/C++ programmer, GUI still confuses me for the most part (I always have to refer back to the API, is that normal?). Combining JavaScript and its merits (easy-to-learn, basically a subset of Java and C), with (D)HTML and its merits (the starting point for a lot of programmers, myself included, since you see results fast and it's easy to learn, all "HTML is not a programming language" arguments aside). This could be quite interesting.
are you a retard??? it's the internet, and it can't possibly be "rated". How about parents watch for this sort of thing, instead of being morons. There's no reason why kids under, say, 9, should be allowed to surf the 'net alone.
Well, then I have to say that my experiences are quite different from yours. I've had a PS2 since the first day, still working. I had a PSX for many years, even taking it on a yacht (the salty air nearly *destroyed* my powerbook G3, just for a comparison). I've never had a problem with any of my sony stuff, and I am planning to buy a PSP.
I've seen people run Gentoo on much slower computers. They have something called *patience*. Or DistCC. If you have several computers, DistCC will reduce compilation times significantly, since it is able to share the load. Or you could just wait. Also, remember that OpenOffice doesn't *run* on many slower machines. Any machine that can run OpenOffice or KDE usably is one that can compile it in a decent time. Or, you could just be patient, or use binary packages (they are available for KDE, OO, GNOME, etc.)
I would say this: if you need these things, buy a Mac. For this sort of thing, macs are down right affordable. I have heard some complaints about them, but overall the creative types seem to like them and use them. All the software you need is there, it's pretty, and it is loosely based on UNIX. I think that Linux should stop feeling threatened by Apple/OS X and act more like multiplatform OS X-lite (now, don't flame me, I'm a linux user, and it hurts to admit that Linux isn't perfect). Macs are close enough that we should hesitate to point people to them if they say, "linux doesn't have specialized piece of software X" because Mac, in many cases, will. Unless it's a game ;)
Kind of renders (sorry about the pun) antialiasing and anisotropic filtering unnecessary, no?
Well, I think with organizations like Debian, it will always be free. And although the GPL allows you to charge money for your product, it is still free to be copied. Given that so many programs are warezed, copying any Linux distro that costs money will be commonplace (and legal, except with non-free software, like SuSE).
I know... I was getting emotional about deleting my City of Heroes account despite the fact I hadn't played in months. I was like, "but what if I want to play it and my precious superhero is dead?". But then I deleted it and it was off my mind. Now, to go buy World of Warcraft...
The GPL ensures that Linux will never cost money itself, and commercial adoption means that innovation will come in the area of user-friendliness. I'm not militantly Free, and I think that this a good step to making Linux a viable competitor in all areas currently dominated by MS. I am considering converting my entire family to Linux (I'm currently the only linux user) or Mac OS X when Longhorn becomes the only option with a new computer, because it will be different enough that either way will be a struggle on my part. Linux is becoming polished enough by big corporations that it is becoming a very strong competitor to MS for everyone. OS X though, still reigns king in my mind for ease-of-use and polish (except for games :()
Well, it all depends on what game you play. I have read many a book, but I cannot find one that is as good as Final Fantasy VII. Half-Life 2 has a fairly good storyline as well. I think the moral of the story is that some games are better than some books. Final Fantasy VII is like a book, but interactive... how can you lose?
Your post is so incoherent that I strongly suggest school for you. Pay special attention to English class, and see if you can't find out how to use the shift key to type capital letters. Go to school whenever possible.
This was one of my biggest concerns! I mean, the universe could end tomorrow, and we'd be completely unprepared! I am so incredibly important that I must escape via a wormhole before the universe ends, so I may help... other such people... uh... get back to me.
The code ordered to be handed over was AIX, not Linux. I really don't give a crap whether SCO wins on this, because I don't use it, and, since it is commerical and closed-source, if it has copied code, IBM should be punished for it.
Having racial equality, a basic human right, denied, and working to change that is very different from ripping off movie studios (I actually don't condone that) or, if you believe them, record labels (I do support music downloading, for the record, and it is legal in Canada, where I live).