Yes, I knew of the freebsd layer, but If I were to purchase a macbook the first thing I would do is remove MacOS. I've used it a little and I don't really like it (KDE on the other hand, I do like.)
Thanks for the answers guys! That's the kind of thing I was looking for. Decent and reliable hardware seem to be the hallmarks.
Seems to be a lot of 'hype' about the Macbooks... What's the big deal that makes them so attractive? Nobody I know has used one, and the last Mac I extensively used was the Color Classic II (i've used eMacs and iMacs intermittantly, but rarely)
I'm not very happy with my aging HP laptop, and I'm starting to look at options.
I would like to use Linux, but I can also deal with FreeBSD. Windows/MacOS is out of the question for me (windows at home dual-boot for games and synthesizing, thats all)
When the computer can parsed a Captcha better than a human can... it means that we need to move on to something else. What that else is (do NOT mention kitten-captcha) I don't know.
That is defiantly something that can be quieted. Also, I'm sure using special low-friction surfaces (and maybe channels instead of just going around) can easily increase efficiency. How far, I'm not sure... I'm NOT an aerospace engineer.
Note that winecfg usually puts '/' as a driveletter for wine... so theoretically a virus from wine can propagate through your filesystem. Or at least the parts you have access to... which is still a pain in the ass.
The problem is mostly Repositories maintenance... lots of packages you need to leave the 'official' tree to find, but the repositories that put the extra stuff usually don't follow up with the proper dependencies.
Also, from my experience, RPM systems (especially YUM) seem to be much slower than the deb/APT system.... I like to call.deb mirrors 'repositories' and.rpm mirrors suppositories.
Emphasis mine. Doesn't sound like design error so much as a lack of reading before installing.
The alternate install CD allows you to perform certain specialist installations of Ubuntu. It provides for the following situations:
* creating pre-configured OEM systems;
* setting up automated deployments;
* upgrading from older installations without network access;
* LVM and/or RAID partitioning;
* installing GRUB to a location other than the Master Boot Record;
* installs on systems with less than about 192MB of RAM.
What's possibly even more funny, is when my father had issues with his DSL.
The end result of the troubleshooting with the DSL provider (sounds like horizon...) was that every device on his LAN had a class A IP address, and no firewalling and/or NAT. I'm still not sure how that managed to happen.
Yes, just imagine a network-attached storage device, a printer, a PC, AND a wireless router... all having their very own WAN IP addresses and full range of ports for the kiddies to play with. That got fixed REAL quick when I came over.
I have an HP Pavilion dv5730us - it is a desktop replacement.
I left it running 24/7* for over a week doing nearly continuous 100% cpu usage (video encoding) - not a single problem.
Of course, it was never very good as a laptop anyways (power management issues) but the thing keeps chugging away even at the point of being hot to the touch.
It has had stretches of not actually being powered down (reboots don't count) for over a month. Those reboots were all usually my fault (i have a habit of breaking things...) or reboots into windows for various reasons.
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Verified by VISA isn't even enforced. The merchant has to participate, which is so uncommon that I eventually gave up and removed it from my accounts.
Yes, I knew of the freebsd layer, but If I were to purchase a macbook the first thing I would do is remove MacOS. I've used it a little and I don't really like it (KDE on the other hand, I do like.)
Thanks for the answers guys! That's the kind of thing I was looking for. Decent and reliable hardware seem to be the hallmarks.
Seems to be a lot of 'hype' about the Macbooks... What's the big deal that makes them so attractive? Nobody I know has used one, and the last Mac I extensively used was the Color Classic II (i've used eMacs and iMacs intermittantly, but rarely)
I'm not very happy with my aging HP laptop, and I'm starting to look at options.
I would like to use Linux, but I can also deal with FreeBSD. Windows/MacOS is out of the question for me (windows at home dual-boot for games and synthesizing, thats all)
You realize that popcon only works for packages that have been installed through the APT system?
In windows the equivalent would be to track things installed with the add/remove programs wizard...
When the computer can parsed a Captcha better than a human can... it means that we need to move on to something else. What that else is (do NOT mention kitten-captcha) I don't know.
There is the issue: noisy motor.
That is defiantly something that can be quieted. Also, I'm sure using special low-friction surfaces (and maybe channels instead of just going around) can easily increase efficiency. How far, I'm not sure... I'm NOT an aerospace engineer.
This was built in a shed, by a civillian.
If the military threw money and talent at it, i'm sure it could be made very quiet.
http://www.debian.org/ reports 4.0 as stable.
You should try it on a modern multi-core system! It's screaming fast! (usually)
That is to say, occasionally boots WINDOWS
I have 2 computers, one desktop and one laptop.
The desktop boots linux, but occasionally runs linux for some applications developed by shortsighted companies.
The laptop is linux-only.
There, you just met someone with linux on their PC.
Grow up.
The problem is that a blood cell does not have a nucleus and cannot multiply - they are specialized cells...
Note that winecfg usually puts '/' as a driveletter for wine... so theoretically a virus from wine can propagate through your filesystem. Or at least the parts you have access to... which is still a pain in the ass.
The problem is mostly Repositories maintenance... lots of packages you need to leave the 'official' tree to find, but the repositories that put the extra stuff usually don't follow up with the proper dependencies.
... I like to call .deb mirrors 'repositories' and .rpm mirrors suppositories.
Also, from my experience, RPM systems (especially YUM) seem to be much slower than the deb/APT system.
Sorta, look for "unreal tournament loki installer" on google.
I'm certain there is a service you can terminate to stop that, just like in XP for the firewall/updates/virus warnings.
Er, the friggin thing lets you wire the "rack" and the "rack" devices are actual programs that you can enter and edit!
You call that a lack of features?
Basically a not as pretty version of "Reason" where you make your own devices. Plus some other things that are nice.
What's possibly even more funny, is when my father had issues with his DSL.
The end result of the troubleshooting with the DSL provider (sounds like horizon...) was that every device on his LAN had a class A IP address, and no firewalling and/or NAT. I'm still not sure how that managed to happen.
Yes, just imagine a network-attached storage device, a printer, a PC, AND a wireless router... all having their very own WAN IP addresses and full range of ports for the kiddies to play with. That got fixed REAL quick when I came over.
On that note that slow-ass javascript floating threshold bar is annoying! Especially how i have to close it TWICE!
Get rid of it or let us turn that damn thing off! (however the realtime collapsing and expanding threads is awesome.
So, somebody attaches a visualization to an incredibly complex natural system. Surprise surprise, the image appears fractal.
Wake me up when they find the differential equations governing DNA.
I have an HP Pavilion dv5730us - it is a desktop replacement.
I left it running 24/7* for over a week doing nearly continuous 100% cpu usage (video encoding) - not a single problem.
Of course, it was never very good as a laptop anyways (power management issues) but the thing keeps chugging away even at the point of being hot to the touch.
It has had stretches of not actually being powered down (reboots don't count) for over a month. Those reboots were all usually my fault (i have a habit of breaking things...) or reboots into windows for various reasons.
Your welcome. Back when I was an in-store tech at Staples that CD saved quite a few customers their Pictures and iTunes collections :P
No recognition for the software used though, sadly.
http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page - smaller, faster, more "fix-it" related.
That said, DSL does indeed kick ass.