Read anything Carmack has had to say about the open source world and you'll see that your cynicism may be a bit misplaced here.
I'm not some fanboy, but I appreciate the fact that id will always release their games on Linux, despite the fact that it's not cost-effective to do so.
It isn't entirely "out of the kindness of their hearts," but more like "it's the right thing to do."
They know that, and act accordingly. Your points are valid, but they're not the entire picture.
Seriously, the whole underlying argument here is that these independent artists lost their recordings.
Look, if you're dumb enough to only have 1 copy of a recording, and dumb enough to only have that recording in mp3 format, and dumb enough to entrust that one copy to a free internet service, then hey, you've just learned a valuable lesson.
Yes, it sucks that bands lost this one service that hosted their songs for free, but there are many, many others out there. Just pick one.
Oh, and keep archival copies of everything you record on various media in various locations. Especially if you've got original multi-track stuff, never *ever* leave the studio without your own copy.
Has IBM never heard of Crossover Office? Part of my job requires me to use Excel every day. I tried using the OOO spreadsheet program, but the formulas I was using in the spreadsheet (nothing beyond addition and division) weren't moving back and forth properly, and our customers use Excel.
I have a shortcut to Excel on my Gnome toolbar. It's that simple.
If you've got a turbonet or some other sort of lan adapter in your TiVo, then yes, it will. If you hit the forum that the page I listed links too, there's tons of help on the setup.
There are even windows binaries for mplayer so you can watch the stuff on your windows machines too, so pretty much anywhere on your lan you can watch whatever is on your tivo.
What we've done is set up teamspeak on all hte machines in the house, all connected to an internal server.
The laptops have mics and speakers built in, and mics for the desktops are easy enough to come by. They're all set up for push-to-talk, and communications throughout the house is simple.
I was thinking of getting an intercom system when it hit me that I already have machines in most rooms in the house, and with teamspeak, it doesn't matter what OS each machine is running, and it's free...
Has anyone yet released a Doom/Heretic/ROTT/Whatever old-school game with tcp-ip support for joining games mid-way through, or are they all still set up so everyone has to be present when the game starts?
The fact that they take so much time to properly configure for gaming (if it even can be configured) and the absence of a "unified" device interface (Windows has DirectX, what does the linux side have that's universal/standard?) is a big reason why games aren't targetted for the platform.
I realized that the only thing I was keeping Windows around for was Enemy Territory.
Oh, look, ET for Linux. Whaddaya know?
It's only outclassed b ecause games aren't ported to it. And games aren't ported to it because there's no money in doing so.
Loki's gone, he was the last hope for Activision ports. I've been looking for other games to play in linux, and I'm finally playing SOF, but SOF2 wasn't ported because Loki went under and Activision decided that was it for linux.
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...a launch problem, or a design problem?
Read anything Carmack has had to say about the open source world and you'll see that your cynicism may be a bit misplaced here.
I'm not some fanboy, but I appreciate the fact that id will always release their games on Linux, despite the fact that it's not cost-effective to do so.
It isn't entirely "out of the kindness of their hearts," but more like "it's the right thing to do."
They know that, and act accordingly. Your points are valid, but they're not the entire picture.
Seriously, the whole underlying argument here is that these independent artists lost their recordings.
Look, if you're dumb enough to only have 1 copy of a recording, and dumb enough to only have that recording in mp3 format, and dumb enough to entrust that one copy to a free internet service, then hey, you've just learned a valuable lesson.
Yes, it sucks that bands lost this one service that hosted their songs for free, but there are many, many others out there. Just pick one.
Oh, and keep archival copies of everything you record on various media in various locations. Especially if you've got original multi-track stuff, never *ever* leave the studio without your own copy.
and someone has finally invented the Toaster.
It has compiled on every system I've wanted to use it on, and is a quick way to get a good look at who's connected and what they're up to.
Check it out here.
Great, there are people like you. Now recognize that there are people who aren't like you, and this thread can be done with.
Has IBM never heard of Crossover Office? Part of my job requires me to use Excel every day. I tried using the OOO spreadsheet program, but the formulas I was using in the spreadsheet (nothing beyond addition and division) weren't moving back and forth properly, and our customers use Excel.
I have a shortcut to Excel on my Gnome toolbar. It's that simple.
If you've got a turbonet or some other sort of lan adapter in your TiVo, then yes, it will. If you hit the forum that the page I listed links too, there's tons of help on the setup.
There are even windows binaries for mplayer so you can watch the stuff on your windows machines too, so pretty much anywhere on your lan you can watch whatever is on your tivo.
Check out TiVo-mplayer, and turn your TiVo into a media server for your entire lan...
With 802.11G, you can watch the stuff anywhere now. Pretty sweet.
What we've done is set up teamspeak on all hte machines in the house, all connected to an internal server.
The laptops have mics and speakers built in, and mics for the desktops are easy enough to come by. They're all set up for push-to-talk, and communications throughout the house is simple.
I was thinking of getting an intercom system when it hit me that I already have machines in most rooms in the house, and with teamspeak, it doesn't matter what OS each machine is running, and it's free...
Has anyone yet released a Doom/Heretic/ROTT/Whatever old-school game with tcp-ip support for joining games mid-way through, or are they all still set up so everyone has to be present when the game starts?
Ah, memories of Kali...
Download has been faster, for me at least, from the BitTorrent link @ idsoftware.com.
...when it comes to potholes.
Just imagine driving that thing through Midtown...
Basically, there's a box of drives, a box of cards, a box of cables, and a box of miscellaneous crap.
That's all well and good, now I just need a system to organize these thousands of CDRs I've burned over the last 5 years. What a mess.
I've already patented it.
I am not clever enough for a witty sig, sorry. Also, don't spell good[well].
Fabulous.
Now tell the one that doesn't suck.
...anyone with half a brain cell was not really surprised.
Film @ eleven.
1. professional graphics editing (photoshop/illustrator)
Both run perfectly in Wine.
2. hardware compatibility for bizarre or legacy devices
True that. I'm still trying to get my USB phoneline network device to run in Linux, but it looks like it'll never work.
3. microsoft word
All of Office runs perfectly well under Wine.
That said, I'd still keep a Windows machine around simply for gaming if I wasn't playing Enemy Territory, Battle for Wesnoth and Vega Strike.
Everyone seems to have jumped on the TightVNC bandwagon. Personally, I use zvnc, which has zebedee encryption built-in.
Sure, you could tunnel VNC, but why bother if you don't have to?
The fact that they take so much time to properly configure for gaming (if it even can be configured) and the absence of a "unified" device interface (Windows has DirectX, what does the linux side have that's universal/standard?) is a big reason why games aren't targetted for the platform.
We have SDL
The native NWN client is great, even on hardware that couldn't run it in Windows.
id games have never been an issue either. They all run flawlessly, I don't know what that guy is talking about. Then again, neither does he.
I realized that the only thing I was keeping Windows around for was Enemy Territory.
Oh, look, ET for Linux. Whaddaya know?
It's only outclassed b ecause games aren't ported to it. And games aren't ported to it because there's no money in doing so.
Loki's gone, he was the last hope for Activision ports. I've been looking for other games to play in linux, and I'm finally playing SOF, but SOF2 wasn't ported because Loki went under and Activision decided that was it for linux.
Wasn't Half Life the first big game that required a unique key for each player that was submitted back to the mothership before allowing online play?
Sounds like Activation to me.
ack, I meant the 917.
Get a 914, you pansy.