Can't say I've tested it, but I expect ARMA 2 not to work well or at all in Wine... and I'd like to see a VM that could run it well and proper as well. There are other games in that same 'basket' I would expect.
But, now games are the only thing for me left to stick in a dedicated Windows install. As I wrote elsewhere, all my music production junk works perfect in vbox now.
Games are the last bastion for a seperate Windows install.
The audio stuff (Reason, FLStudio) etc work perfectly well under VirtualBox now.
You need to use ASIO4ALL to get asio working, but once done and fiddled with... hah! 10ms audio latency in a freakin' virtual machine! That is just so awesome to me!
When I tested (was vbox 2.x) I could play Quake 3 in a WinXP (32-bit) VM at over 60fps consistently (1024x768x32, everything on and up excepting anti-aliasing)
Unfortunately I know next to nothing about the registry, so what you are telling me doesn't mean a whole lot to me... but I did not think to consider inter-process communication.
I suppose you can point a finger at Microsoft for not catching and handling that kind of thing, but that problem is only specific to 32/64 boundaries - if the whole system was 64 bit, then the problem wouldn't manifest.
Basically this is the whole 16->32 situation again. 16-bit lost, and we moved on to 32 bit. Why everyone wants to fight the same (losing) battle again is beyond me.
If your user-land level stuff is breaking under a 64-bit kernel, "You're Doing It Wrong"
The only thing that I'm aware of is funky pointer-math voodoo, which you should NOT be even considering touching unless you are deep down in the hardware.
So, point your fingers firmly at the commercial software vendors for this problem.
It has a neat feature in the bios, where you select a floppy drive OR USB key, and it will format it for a BIOS update. You download the bios update, place it on the drive, and reboot. You hit a magic key combination, and the BIOS updates itself.
No OS needed beyond putting the file on the drive.
This is the way to go. If you are at the point where this wouldn't work, well the board is bricked past DOS being useful anyways....
My point, is relying on an OS to update the bios is just retarded. I'm glad someone's figured that out.
In order of occurrence: 1. Is in a non-latin character set (I speak/read English only) 2. Has worse grammar then a 4th grader with learning disabilities 3. IM 'invite' spam 4. "Nigerian" scams
1 is obviously not a problem - I couldn't read it if I wanted to. 2 is fairly obvious - there are few people I communicate with that are like that, and even fewer that I would do business with. 3 - I don't chat, so this is both obvious and pointless. 4 - No, I will not help you collect your funds, piss off.
So, in my case I get very little spam that makes me think before I send it to the filters. I think I get one spam-like thing, and I deliberately went out of my way to get it, and it's one that's hard to forget.
The thing is that there are plenty of non-music things for ringers.
For instance, I used to use the alarm noise from Thief 1 and Thief 2... quite distinct, but still 'fits' a phone. Albeit, 20 archaic sounding phones going off at once.
Looking at the charts, and looking in a few other places, it is clear to me that OSSv4 is the way to go.
So, when does this start to happen? I tried this a few months ago, and I had to patch my kernel and do all sorts of other things that ended up hosing sound completely (since I'm not a developer, asking me to do developer-ly things is trouble).
When will it be a simple switch in the kernel config, or a simple matter of installing a package in the major distros?
Except that is a completely invalid comparison, and you know it.
For that matter, if you take a real close look, I'm sure you can see where a clutch pedal could be mounted, should your vehicle have a manual version. Mine has a big plastic footrest in that spot, but if I rip that off, I can CLEARLY see where a clutch pedal would be mounted.
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No, not really.
Can't say I've tested it, but I expect ARMA 2 not to work well or at all in Wine... and I'd like to see a VM that could run it well and proper as well. There are other games in that same 'basket' I would expect.
But, now games are the only thing for me left to stick in a dedicated Windows install. As I wrote elsewhere, all my music production junk works perfect in vbox now.
Well, since this is not a programming error, a fix from you should be easily forthcoming :P
The other argument, is you should probably read the documentation before you go running amok with it - at least where data loss might be concerned.
Games are the last bastion for a seperate Windows install.
The audio stuff (Reason, FLStudio) etc work perfectly well under VirtualBox now.
You need to use ASIO4ALL to get asio working, but once done and fiddled with... hah! 10ms audio latency in a freakin' virtual machine! That is just so awesome to me!
Interestingly enough, both WIndows 7 and VirtualPC come from Redmond, WA.
You should try it on a processor with virtualization extensions. Muuuuch better.
Gaming isn't the only thing that uses OpenGL.
3D content creation comes to mind (blender, maya, 3dstudio, etc)
But, as well, some audio programs I've used can use it for their UI (flstudio...)
http://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/emulators/virtualbox/
I'm fairly certain thats 2.x
I don't think everything works under freebsd though.
Try running the VM with RDP (from vbox, not from windows itself) and connect to that.
While the normal SDL output of vbox won't scale, most RDP clients will.
Since you are (probably) doing this over localhost, crank that shit up and it should work just fine :D
When I tested (was vbox 2.x) I could play Quake 3 in a WinXP (32-bit) VM at over 60fps consistently (1024x768x32, everything on and up excepting anti-aliasing)
Host system:
Amd Phenom II X4 (4x 3.0ghz), nVidia 9800 GTX+
So, yes it could be faster. But it's not all that slow either.
I hope to test out vbox 3.x - I'm assuming it will be better.
I can't wait for the days where when Wine fails, you can just fire up a VM!
Relying on a wrap-around/overflow possibly.
Unfortunately I know next to nothing about the registry, so what you are telling me doesn't mean a whole lot to me... but I did not think to consider inter-process communication.
I suppose you can point a finger at Microsoft for not catching and handling that kind of thing, but that problem is only specific to 32/64 boundaries - if the whole system was 64 bit, then the problem wouldn't manifest.
Basically this is the whole 16->32 situation again. 16-bit lost, and we moved on to 32 bit. Why everyone wants to fight the same (losing) battle again is beyond me.
No, thats not what he is saying.
He's saying that if you create the folder, and then try to put stuff into said folder from a WinXP share, you get permissions denied.
Note, that he is still performing the operation as the Administrator that created the folder in the first place.
In addition...
If your user-land level stuff is breaking under a 64-bit kernel, "You're Doing It Wrong"
The only thing that I'm aware of is funky pointer-math voodoo, which you should NOT be even considering touching unless you are deep down in the hardware.
So, point your fingers firmly at the commercial software vendors for this problem.
Ah, I have not read that. I've read the the Hobbit and the trilogy, only.
Hrm. I stand corrected.
No shit:
...and I left my prohibited lighters and matches at home like a good sky-traveller.
Your sig...
It's "Uruk-hai" not "Olog-hai"
Sorry, seen your sig a dozen times and it just -=bugs=- me.
I just got a new Biostar MB for my server.
It has a neat feature in the bios, where you select a floppy drive OR USB key, and it will format it for a BIOS update. You download the bios update, place it on the drive, and reboot. You hit a magic key combination, and the BIOS updates itself.
No OS needed beyond putting the file on the drive.
This is the way to go. If you are at the point where this wouldn't work, well the board is bricked past DOS being useful anyways. ...
My point, is relying on an OS to update the bios is just retarded. I'm glad someone's figured that out.
The hardness scale doesn't take into account the pressure that a bladed edge can exert on the material.
Glass cutters put quite a lot of pressure into a small area...
The better idea is to only bother with units and input/output. Store everything internally as the computer-friendly metric system.
This is the Matrix on a small scale.
Imagine that big plug really being a bundle of tiny fiber optic jacks...
Fortunatly, 90% of my spam is obvious.
In order of occurrence:
1. Is in a non-latin character set (I speak/read English only)
2. Has worse grammar then a 4th grader with learning disabilities
3. IM 'invite' spam
4. "Nigerian" scams
1 is obviously not a problem - I couldn't read it if I wanted to. 2 is fairly obvious - there are few people I communicate with that are like that, and even fewer that I would do business with. 3 - I don't chat, so this is both obvious and pointless. 4 - No, I will not help you collect your funds, piss off.
So, in my case I get very little spam that makes me think before I send it to the filters. I think I get one spam-like thing, and I deliberately went out of my way to get it, and it's one that's hard to forget.
The thing is that there are plenty of non-music things for ringers.
For instance, I used to use the alarm noise from Thief 1 and Thief 2... quite distinct, but still 'fits' a phone. Albeit, 20 archaic sounding phones going off at once.
They probably won't be, but I know I will.
Keep that shit music to yourself. Phones should sound like phones.
Looking at the charts, and looking in a few other places, it is clear to me that OSSv4 is the way to go.
So, when does this start to happen? I tried this a few months ago, and I had to patch my kernel and do all sorts of other things that ended up hosing sound completely (since I'm not a developer, asking me to do developer-ly things is trouble).
When will it be a simple switch in the kernel config, or a simple matter of installing a package in the major distros?
Which is great, but it's not so great if you are trying to produce audio.
When I plug my guitar in, I can notice a latency greater than 5ms. And greater than 25ms, it drives me insane.
Compare that to what I get with PluseAudio (usually): 100-150ms. No thank you.
Except that is a completely invalid comparison, and you know it.
For that matter, if you take a real close look, I'm sure you can see where a clutch pedal could be mounted, should your vehicle have a manual version. Mine has a big plastic footrest in that spot, but if I rip that off, I can CLEARLY see where a clutch pedal would be mounted.