This is my humble request to those who understand code to port this file system to Linux. Reason being that on my Mythbuntu box, deleting and accessing large video files makes my system choke. It it worse when I delete the last remaining video since I have to reboot the system.
I say all this because I know Apple stuff is pretty well refined and I know for a fact that ZFS beat all native Linux file systems according to some benchmarks on operations with large files exceeding 3.7GB. There were reports that ZFS could copy the entire Linux kernel source code in only 3 seconds! Amazing, but not good with software or hardware raid.
As I write this, I am reminded that there could be license issues with ZFS source code but hope none of this stuff prevents a gifted slashdotter from porting this ZFS bugger to Linux. I am eagerly waiting.
Couldn't agree with you more. That is why when I hear politicians talking of people surviving on a dollar or less and thinking that life is so bad, I get very angry.
As a system admin in my former 3rd world country, I used to be paid about US$620 a month and that was decent dough! I had two cars, a live-in maid who I used to pay about US$11 per month and a three bed-room flat I used to rent at US$85 per month. I used to get "free" food from my parents. Life was good but dollar-wise, I was starving.
The poor in America have an astronomically better chance of escaping poverty than the poor in most of the rest of the world. Many of them do. The ones that don't aren't motivated to try, typically.
How is this possible when the government still maintains the minimum wage which when worked for at 40 hours a week, the worker is guaranteed to be in the "poverty class" of the population?
'We are doing something patriotic, if you will, after all we are and there are poor children in America.
That's one fact I did not know about America and specifically the USA. I thought America was a place where everybody was rich. Its government was always funding a significant portion of my country's budget and building schools and hospitals.
That's what I believed till I came here. I saw what capitalism can be. The rich get richer and the poor have almost no chance of escaping poverty's grip! All in America.
I also saw something: America is rich in what I call material prosperity...that is, infrastructure and all supporting services; but beyond that, people (most of them) are really hurting and living from hand to mouth. Sadly, our politicians are doing us no good at all. Corruption is rife in America and incompetence is reaching terrible levels.
The other sad fact is that the situation will get worse before it gets better.
I should have said the US is telling half truths. I am sure junk from the Chinese blown satellite does not constitute even ½ of 1% of the debris in space, which debris was overwhelmingly produced by the US and the Soviets.
Debris from the anti-satellite missile test by the Chinese military last year threatens the integrity of more than 800 operating satellites, half of them belonging to the US.
One wonders whether the US has taken down all "space junk" it has created since it first launched satellites. Of course not . But here we are blaming the Chinese!
Space junk has been a problem since the sixties. Let's be real. The US is always engaged is an attitude of self righteousness which is wrong.
I urge the Chinese to move forward with their plans and "catch up" with the US if in fields they are behind. The US should understand that space is no-longer its domain alone. There are other players that are catching up fast.
I am having doubts as to whether Hubble was worth it. My gut feeling tells me that the monies used in the entire Hubble project would have changed lots of American lives in a big positive way. What have we got out of it that is worth all those billions spent so far? Can somebody convince me?
While nobody reasonable party derives happiness from confusion, I would like Microsoft to understand that it (Microsoft) is entitled to its own opinions but not it's own "facts." Just wanted to make that absolutely clear.
It's good that these flaws have been noted but what saddens me is that nothing might be done. This is what happens in 3rd world countries. Do not laugh. This is serious business.
After that, we go to those same 3rd world countries "teaching" them about how to serve the common man through democracy, accountability and the rule of law. Very sad indeed.
Do you know that a fish starts rotting at the head? Or do you know that if Redhat adopted KDE, the CEO (the Chief Executive Officer) would be the first person to get the "heat" from inquisitive minds? Have you been under a rock or something?
The answer to "Who Owns Your Social Data?" is in the question itself. It's like asking..."Who owns your shirt?" Of course me. I repeat...I own my property. Period.
I am getting disappointed with the way Slashdot frames questions. The other day, they ran http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/03/1347236 whose contents in my opinion were not in sync with the title. May be these Slashdot folks need a refresher course.
I just wanted to know whether he'd switch Redhat to apt and.deb in the near future, and whether he sees a significant role for KDE in Redhat's core business plans. In my opinion, Redhat should switch to apt and KDE.
While the GUI could use some fine tuning for regular computer users, Linux is still an excellent OS for the people who are willing to take the time to learn how to use it.
It is that GUI I see when I first run OpenOffice.org that puts me off. While the Windows version is acceptable, the Linux version is not inviting to the eyes at all.
Apple's BSD derived OS is uniform where as for Linux, a distro from one company is not the same when compared to another.
On the other hand, Linux will not grow unless the issue of software and versions changes. Often times, one has to struggle to make software work. I recently gave up on trying to get my TV remote control working on Linux (Mythbuntu 7.10). The card works fine. Even after following all the manuals on the internet, I failed!
I was installing the Hauppauge PVR-150, which by the way, is "supported" out-of -the-box! Not for the remote though. On installation, Linux will inform you that it has detected and loaded the modules to make the remote work though it does not!
I suggest the following, let the Linux platform get a set of hardware to support and support them well...from printers of every class, to scanners, TV cards and all the hardware one can think of...just one example from each class...then brag about those. When this happens, one can expect to install a particular piece of hardware and have it work flawlessly.
Linux zealots should also realize that people install and expect software/hardware to work...not to fidget with configuration files for the whole day.
This is where Apple beats us all. Get a software, install using a particular install method and see it working.
For Linux, it's a debate covering versions involving the kernel, associated packages, windowing systems, and whether it will be RPM, DEB or TAR packages. This is not to forget the distro involved
Overall, it's a mess in the Linux world. The results as shown in the introductory piece are not at all surprising to me.
I am inclined to conclude that Firefox is not as secure as first thought. Of late, I have seen more security related bugs on Firefox than Windows Internet Explorer. I hope I am wrong.
I wonder how many bugs have not been discovered yet.
The previous limit was 50 users. Microsoft's partners expect the changes to go a long way toward making Windows Web Server 2008 more competitive with the LAMP stack, against which Microsoft has been making headway in recent months. Emphasis mine.
Back to the topic...I think Microsoft wants to claim bragging rights having come from very far behind when compared to Apache.
The article talks about something else!
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The headline says "RTF vs OOXML" so one would think that the writer is outlining the weaknesses and strengths of the two. But the linked article appears to show how the RTF failed to solve interoperability problems or concerns in its time.
My suggestion: Get a better title for the slashdot piece. How about "OOXML will not work just like RTF failed."
It's particularly expensive to build a native product for Linux, due to the different metaphors which different GUI's expose.
There is surely more variables to consider when building for Linux. But this can be remedied. Have you heard of platform independent software? I know you have.
What about delving into open source and letting the installer figure out what environment the software is being installed on. This is not that expensive as the code is open, and available.
It comes down to one thing: Google's products are intended to be profitable, not primarily to serve an ideology.
So you want us to believe that releasing products at the same time would make Google less profitable? You make me laugh. What about being the first in a particular market?
...Meanwhile, the search giant is pushing open source in every way it can....
That statement refers to Google. While I recognize Google's contribution to Open Source by the mentioned means, I would not give it that much credit.
Why is it that Picasa still does not run natively on Linux?
Why is it that one cannot specify ODF as among the file formats available for search, http://www.google.ca/advanced_search?hl=en despite the fact that ODF has been in existence for several years and some estimates put the number of ODF documents on the web in greater numbers as compared to Microsoft's OOXML?
Why is it that new products appear for the closed Windows platform before thet appear for the open Linux platform? They should appear simultaneously. [Emphasis mine].
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...Will Redhat or Ubuntu bite KDE coded using the latest QT? I doubt it myself as I know GPL v3 appears to take more freedom away from developers.
With this news, I am more interested in what the pundits say about this development. What does this really mean for the little Joe User?
Anyone used Galacta, http://takegame.com/shooter/htm/galacta.htm? I loved this game.
Yes...Form Motor Company. It was created by Slashdot and is a few hours old! Most of its manufacturing is in the USA.
I say all this because I know Apple stuff is pretty well refined and I know for a fact that ZFS beat all native Linux file systems according to some benchmarks on operations with large files exceeding 3.7GB. There were reports that ZFS could copy the entire Linux kernel source code in only 3 seconds! Amazing, but not good with software or hardware raid.
As I write this, I am reminded that there could be license issues with ZFS source code but hope none of this stuff prevents a gifted slashdotter from porting this ZFS bugger to Linux. I am eagerly waiting.
As a system admin in my former 3rd world country, I used to be paid about US$620 a month and that was decent dough! I had two cars, a live-in maid who I used to pay about US$11 per month and a three bed-room flat I used to rent at US$85 per month. I used to get "free" food from my parents. Life was good but dollar-wise, I was starving.
How is this possible when the government still maintains the minimum wage which when worked for at 40 hours a week, the worker is guaranteed to be in the "poverty class" of the population?
That's one fact I did not know about America and specifically the USA. I thought America was a place where everybody was rich. Its government was always funding a significant portion of my country's budget and building schools and hospitals.
That's what I believed till I came here. I saw what capitalism can be. The rich get richer and the poor have almost no chance of escaping poverty's grip! All in America.
I also saw something: America is rich in what I call material prosperity...that is, infrastructure and all supporting services; but beyond that, people (most of them) are really hurting and living from hand to mouth. Sadly, our politicians are doing us no good at all. Corruption is rife in America and incompetence is reaching terrible levels.
The other sad fact is that the situation will get worse before it gets better.
I should have said the US is telling half truths. I am sure junk from the Chinese blown satellite does not constitute even ½ of 1% of the debris in space, which debris was overwhelmingly produced by the US and the Soviets.
One wonders whether the US has taken down all "space junk" it has created since it first launched satellites. Of course not . But here we are blaming the Chinese!
Space junk has been a problem since the sixties. Let's be real. The US is always engaged is an attitude of self righteousness which is wrong.
I urge the Chinese to move forward with their plans and "catch up" with the US if in fields they are behind. The US should understand that space is no-longer its domain alone. There are other players that are catching up fast.
I am having doubts as to whether Hubble was worth it. My gut feeling tells me that the monies used in the entire Hubble project would have changed lots of American lives in a big positive way. What have we got out of it that is worth all those billions spent so far? Can somebody convince me?
While nobody reasonable party derives happiness from confusion, I would like Microsoft to understand that it (Microsoft) is entitled to its own opinions but not it's own "facts." Just wanted to make that absolutely clear.
These flaws were discovered at least 4 years ago http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2003/10/60713. Like I said, nothing was done!
After that, we go to those same 3rd world countries "teaching" them about how to serve the common man through democracy, accountability and the rule of law. Very sad indeed.
Do you know that a fish starts rotting at the head? Or do you know that if Redhat adopted KDE, the CEO (the Chief Executive Officer) would be the first person to get the "heat" from inquisitive minds? Have you been under a rock or something?
I am getting disappointed with the way Slashdot frames questions. The other day, they ran http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/03/1347236 whose contents in my opinion were not in sync with the title. May be these Slashdot folks need a refresher course.
I just wanted to know whether he'd switch Redhat to apt and .deb in the near future, and whether he sees a significant role for KDE in Redhat's core business plans. In my opinion, Redhat should switch to apt and KDE.
It is that GUI I see when I first run OpenOffice.org that puts me off. While the Windows version is acceptable, the Linux version is not inviting to the eyes at all.
On the other hand, Linux will not grow unless the issue of software and versions changes. Often times, one has to struggle to make software work. I recently gave up on trying to get my TV remote control working on Linux (Mythbuntu 7.10). The card works fine. Even after following all the manuals on the internet, I failed!
I was installing the Hauppauge PVR-150, which by the way, is "supported" out-of -the-box! Not for the remote though. On installation, Linux will inform you that it has detected and loaded the modules to make the remote work though it does not!
I suggest the following, let the Linux platform get a set of hardware to support and support them well...from printers of every class, to scanners, TV cards and all the hardware one can think of...just one example from each class...then brag about those. When this happens, one can expect to install a particular piece of hardware and have it work flawlessly.
Linux zealots should also realize that people install and expect software/hardware to work...not to fidget with configuration files for the whole day.
This is where Apple beats us all. Get a software, install using a particular install method and see it working.
For Linux, it's a debate covering versions involving the kernel, associated packages, windowing systems, and whether it will be RPM, DEB or TAR packages. This is not to forget the distro involved
Overall, it's a mess in the Linux world. The results as shown in the introductory piece are not at all surprising to me.
I wonder how many bugs have not been discovered yet.
Why do they continue to quote Netcraft when http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/200712/index.html has always put Apache ahead of windows? Is it that Netcraft is more of an authority than Security Space.
Back to the topic...I think Microsoft wants to claim bragging rights having come from very far behind when compared to Apache.
My suggestion: Get a better title for the slashdot piece. How about "OOXML will not work just like RTF failed."
In a simple ceremony I married my sweet heart with whom we'd been together for 8 years. That was an achievement I guess.
There is surely more variables to consider when building for Linux. But this can be remedied. Have you heard of platform independent software? I know you have.
What about delving into open source and letting the installer figure out what environment the software is being installed on. This is not that expensive as the code is open, and available.
So you want us to believe that releasing products at the same time would make Google less profitable? You make me laugh. What about being the first in a particular market?
...Meanwhile, the search giant is pushing open source in every way it can....That statement refers to Google. While I recognize Google's contribution to Open Source by the mentioned means, I would not give it that much credit.
Why is it that Picasa still does not run natively on Linux?
Why is it that one cannot specify ODF as among the file formats available for search, http://www.google.ca/advanced_search?hl=en despite the fact that ODF has been in existence for several years and some estimates put the number of ODF documents on the web in greater numbers as compared to Microsoft's OOXML?
Why is it that new products appear for the closed Windows platform before thet appear for the open Linux platform? They should appear simultaneously. [Emphasis mine].