If I were doing it, I'd keep a list of default services machines tend to have if they're of X distro, as well as a list of any nonstandard responses the services give.
nmap has a nice way of telling you what versions of the kernel might be running, but that's all I've got.
Bioware's not totally shitty about Linux; after all, there's a Linux Neverwinter Nights port.
I agree with your point, though - Blizzard gets quite nasty when asked about Linux. It's funny, though, because their games run well under Wine, since their 3D games usually have OpenGL options.
Disclaimer: I haven't bought any Blizzard games since Frozen Throne, because I'm pissed at their lack of Linux support.
Gentoo seems to add unnecessary patches to the kernel that break things. I've had at least three cases in which using a vanilla kernel instead of gentoo-sources fixed the problem that was being experienced by the Gentoo user.
The problem is that Gentoo doesn't add patches to fix known kernel bugs, they add patches to resolve user problems.
Guess what that does to stability.:)
Debian packaged kernels, like msot of Debian's stable branch, are very...stable, in contrast.
Reverse-engineered backward compatibility, it looks like.
Either that, or they're wasting a hell of a lot of hardware just for 16 color support.:D
It sounds like they've come up with an intelligent way of taking advantage of the emulation craze without resorting to illegal methods, all the while making a nice product for gamers.
I like it, if only because...dude, wireless NES controllers.
This was noted on there awhile ago. WGA checks for Wine's registry key, and initially, demonstrated the behavior initially noted; that is, claiming non-valid Windows.
A bit after WGA was initially released, however, the WGA authentication dialog started accepting WINE-generated WGA codes with no explanation.
I don't know if WGA still checks for WINE, but if it does, it's something Microsoft can disable on their end quickly and easily, any time they want.
This isn't newsworthy, and it's not even news. The above comments about how WINE is being checked for were noted in the first March issue of WINE's newsletter, and the fact that Microsoft began accepting WINE-generated WGA validations was noted a few issues thereafter, though Google can't seem to find it.
The type of repairs being planned have never been conducted by astronauts on a spacewalk before.
How is this noteworthy at all? There are infinitely more repairs that haven't been done by astronauts on a spacewalk than have. It's not all that unusual; hell, cleaning off a mysterious stain on the outside of the craft would apply.
Yes, but they note that that code is not ready for public consuption.
By contrast, Deer Park's alpha 2 comes pretty close to passing (only a few things are mispositioned), and that's public code. I'd imagine that beta 1 will probably be a bit better, and we may see it passing by the end of the year.
In any event, it's mostly academic, but not quite as academic as you might think...a lot of weird stuff happens when browsers don't quite comply.
I prefer mine, which not only tells them their browser sucks ass, but it also correctly checks for most major browsers, and informs them that they are outdated.
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That'd be a bitch to do, off the top of my head.
:)
If I were doing it, I'd keep a list of default services machines tend to have if they're of X distro, as well as a list of any nonstandard responses the services give.
nmap has a nice way of telling you what versions of the kernel might be running, but that's all I've got.
Also, mod parent offtopic.
Oh dear.
This angers and concerns me. If I see no Linux port, they won't see my money.
Bioware's not totally shitty about Linux; after all, there's a Linux Neverwinter Nights port.
I agree with your point, though - Blizzard gets quite nasty when asked about Linux. It's funny, though, because their games run well under Wine, since their 3D games usually have OpenGL options.
Disclaimer: I haven't bought any Blizzard games since Frozen Throne, because I'm pissed at their lack of Linux support.
Gentoo seems to add unnecessary patches to the kernel that break things. I've had at least three cases in which using a vanilla kernel instead of gentoo-sources fixed the problem that was being experienced by the Gentoo user.
:)
The problem is that Gentoo doesn't add patches to fix known kernel bugs, they add patches to resolve user problems.
Guess what that does to stability.
Debian packaged kernels, like msot of Debian's stable branch, are very...stable, in contrast.
Seconding. Gentoo user of vanilla sources straight from kernel.org, and the gentoo sources are a lot more unstable than the vanilla sources.
I use vanilla sources regularly, and haven't experienced any problems as a result. I recommend them to all of my Linux friends, too.
Ah, so you have to decrypt and reburn your DVDs before it will copy them...tricky...
If DVD+RW DL discs existed, that would be perfect.
UK-hosted proxy services experienced an enormous upsurge in business...
I'm guessing the authentication is one-way - I think Nintendo was concerned at the time with pirate cartridges, not systems.
Fortunate for us, in this case.
Not emulation.
:D
Reverse-engineered backward compatibility, it looks like.
Either that, or they're wasting a hell of a lot of hardware just for 16 color support.
It sounds like they've come up with an intelligent way of taking advantage of the emulation craze without resorting to illegal methods, all the while making a nice product for gamers.
I like it, if only because...dude, wireless NES controllers.
This was noted on there awhile ago. WGA checks for Wine's registry key, and initially, demonstrated the behavior initially noted; that is, claiming non-valid Windows.
A bit after WGA was initially released, however, the WGA authentication dialog started accepting WINE-generated WGA codes with no explanation.
I don't know if WGA still checks for WINE, but if it does, it's something Microsoft can disable on their end quickly and easily, any time they want.
This isn't newsworthy, and it's not even news. The above comments about how WINE is being checked for were noted in the first March issue of WINE's newsletter, and the fact that Microsoft began accepting WINE-generated WGA validations was noted a few issues thereafter, though Google can't seem to find it.
The type of repairs being planned have never been conducted by astronauts on a spacewalk before.
How is this noteworthy at all? There are infinitely more repairs that haven't been done by astronauts on a spacewalk than have. It's not all that unusual; hell, cleaning off a mysterious stain on the outside of the craft would apply.
Yes, but they note that that code is not ready for public consuption.
By contrast, Deer Park's alpha 2 comes pretty close to passing (only a few things are mispositioned), and that's public code. I'd imagine that beta 1 will probably be a bit better, and we may see it passing by the end of the year.
In any event, it's mostly academic, but not quite as academic as you might think...a lot of weird stuff happens when browsers don't quite comply.
Some distros, and wine config tools (I think winecfg may do this, but don't quote me on that), make a drive that maps to /, so...
I prefer mine, which not only tells them their browser sucks ass, but it also correctly checks for most major browsers, and informs them that they are outdated.
That, too, I believe, is being worked on, with all the dialog and wm rewrites.
Ding.
You and me both, buddy.
I know female wardrivers.
That's all I'm saying.
The memory leaks are, in fact, fixed.
I've been using DP Alpha 2 since it came out, and it's absurdly sweet.
Suggesting you submit a patch for that, then. :P
I beg to differ. Deer Park is far faster and more stable than previous versions.
Go try that instead of the 1.0 series if you have complaints about speed.
Yeah, but they're gonna lose some cash when the rabid fanboys who happen to not use Windows won't buy their kludge.
They'd still call it a breach of DMCA because you reverse-engineered the closed-source software in order to patch it.
Yes, I know that's full of shit, but that's something like what they'd claim.
...because the license on the MP3s says it's illegal to redistribute them.
Not that that's stopping me from using that torrent, of course. Some licenses are just stupid.
A lot of large labs that I've seen run Windows 2000, and this functionality is useless, as the toolkit is only for Windows XP.
My lab, for instance, has approximately 100 terminals running Windows 2000...and none of them can benefit from this.
Great job, too late, Microsoft.
I know a lot of weird people.
:D
I mean, a LOT of weird people.
And you're wrong. I'm none of those.