You're wrong. Some service packs update the kernel.
Furthermore, the NT kernel is no longer a true Microkernel. A lot of stuff has been moved back into kernel space. So basically, the NT kernel is a Monolithic kernel with modules, just like the Linux kernel.
They are both upgraded in the same manner, ie. replaced with a new version.
The only deficiency the Linux kernel has w/regards to driver modules is that modules compiled for one version of the kernel won't necessarily work with another version. The kernel will complain, but you can force them to load.
Last I heard, the core kernel developers do not WANT to implement a method of making this easier, because that encourages binary-only modules. Some companies, eg. NVIDIA, are working around this by building their own source-based wrappers around binary modules. Installing these drivers is just as easy, sometimes easier, than installing drivers in windows.
Also, modules can be compiled against the existing kernel at any time. So instead of distributing binary drivers, drivers can be distributed as source, with a script to build and load them. This is often done completely transparently to the end user. This also often helps with stability and performance.
Why the hell are you always trolling here on/. about Linux when you know fuck all about it? Goddam you are an ignorant fucker.
For the record, you do not in fact need to recompile things everytime you add new devices. Distros come with pre-compiled kernels and modules, and precompiled kernels and modules are distributed quite frequently. Also, with some distributions, compilation is done automatically if you want.
That seems to me to be somewhat unethical to modify a link a reader submitted without disclosing the fact, especially while changing it to a paid link.
Rather hypocritical when you consider how much/. pushes stories about ethics w/regards to other businesses, eg. Microsoft's business practices.
Sure, it's a relatively minor thing, but still something to think about.
Frankly, I'm very surprised it has taken so friggin long for European countries to realize what a waste it is for them to continue dumping so much money into the American giant that is Microsoft. Germany has SuSe, so why has it taken them so long to switch to a cheaper local solution?
It's simple economics. Why send money out of the country when you don't have to? That is truly a testament to the power of Microsoft's monopoly.
Just proves that Americans assume the world revolves around them.
Please quit holding the idioacy of some against all Americans. We're really not as ignorant as some seem to think, at least in comparison to everyone else in the world.
Isn't stereotyping other people the sort of thing Americans get such a bad wrap for?
You are completely wrong, and I cannot believe this got modded up. Are you trolling? WTF?
Anyway, RedHat has had Alan Cox on staff for a while now. I'm sure they pay him well. And he does a lot of general kernel development/maintenance, not just RH specific stuff.
And he's not the only one. RH generally ships with kernels tailored with their own improvements, which are all released under the GPL.
RH created RPM, which is GPLed. They created a number of other tools for their distro that are ALL GPLed. A number of other Linux distros were originally based on RH Linux, which wouldn't have been possible if their distro was not almost 100% GPLed.
RH has contributed tons of GPLed code. A number of current OS projects started at RH. BTW, what "proprietary stuff" are you talking about?
Now IBM. IBM has contributed something like 10^6 lines of code to the kernel. And as someone else mentioned, a bunch of Java programming tools and other stuff, all released under the GPL.
You know, really, many of the "movers and shakers" in the OSS world these days are employed by companies like RH and IBM.
Look at your sig, you obviously have a chip on your shoulder...
Fucker...
Sorry... More seriously, what is so great about DirectX? I have used SDL, and it does everything necessary for games. Audio? Does it. Want/need advanced audio features, libsdl.org is a pretty decent one-stop shop. 2d video? Does that too. 3d graphics? SDL integrates OpenGL very nicely.
Performance? I get a couple more FPS in Linux than I do in Windows in games that have ports for both OSes.
First of all, we ALREADY have public Internet access in most libraries. Second, Internet access is cheap; it can be had for $10/month. Computers are cheap; a decent one can be had for $200, and there's always the option of picking up a used one. Taxing bandwidth would hurt the poor, unless you only tax bandwidth that rich people use.
Considering that over 50% of the U.S. population already has Internet access(since two years ago!), I think your solution is in need of a problem.
Suing for defamation is extremely difficult, even if you are 100% in the right. When you sue for defamation, the burden of proof is entirely on the person who brings the suit, and not only do you need to prove that the defamation has damaged you, you also have to prove that the defamation was comitted willingly and intentionally.
While Linus et al surely have had their reputations dragged through the mud, it would be very difficult to prove actual damages, and SCO's defense would simply be, "We beleive we are correct."
When thousands of lives are on the line, which would never be a good idea for something as distributed as the Internet, come back and make that query again.
If you have the option, study overseas, then work overseas. Just take a look at the industry in the States, we're fucked. The U.S. is going to potentially fuck open source, and on the other end of the spectrum Microsoft and other proprietary vendors are moving all their development overseas, to India, etc. That's what business is about in America these days, fucking ourselves...
If I didn't already have family, friends, and own a house here, I'd look into leaving. It just seems to me that the U.S. is on a slippery slope downhill. I think whatever your political viewpoint is, it's all downhill...
First of all, I was born in 79, and I am very much upset about any dictator who murders people.
Secondly... You're crazy. You say you admire the militant Palestinians...
If another country were to invade ours, and 35 years later you were firing at a schoolbus(which has been done a number of times!), even if I were on the same "side" as you, I'd kill you myself.
I truly hope those people who intentionally kill innocents aren't the ones you're supposedly admiring.
There IS a difference between terrorism and collatoral damage.
This is the nonsense rhetoric I and him were referring to, and it is absolutely ridiculous. The damage caused by the war was quite mild as far as wars go, and the number of dead was remarkably very few civilians, and the fact is, the naysayers predicted a lot more death and destruction than actually happened. "Impossible to overestimate" is ridiculous.
Furthermore, the Iraqi regime is responsible for far more deaths than were caused by the war, so for all this anti-war talk, within a year or two the war will actually result in a net reduction in the number of lives lost. And THAT is a fact. Just look up the number of deaths in Iraq that were the result of the Iraqi regime, and consider the torture and fear caused by the Iraqi leaders.
Oh sure, you can blame the U.N. sanctions for the deaths related to poor drinking water quality, but the starvation and malnutrition is purely the result of the regime abusing the food for oil program and generally not caring about their own populace. But now that the country is no longer controlled by a dangerous regime, things can be restored, and lives can be saved.
I'm not even saying the U.S. had pure intentions, but this cry me a river nonsense is ridiculous. Boo-fucking-hoo, people died. People always die. The actions of the U.S. will eventually result in far fewer deaths, so what's the problem? You don't like the current U.S. regime? Fine, but you're working the wrong angle.
And if you point out that the Iraqi people don't have electricity and running water currently... Yes, that is pissing me off too, so save it. The U.S. needs to get its act together and show the Iraqi people that they're making a good faith effort to improve their conditions. I don't care how much it costs, get it done! Otherwise, it casts a shadow on everything they've done up to this point. If you want heads to roll, it should be for that!
<snip - of course it's not fun... *rolls eyes*/>
For every israeli killed by a palestenian three palestenians are killed.
1. Most Israeli deaths are the result of suicide bombings, meaning at least one Palestinian dies in every attack.
2. The Palestinians are far weaker than the Israelis, therefore their attacks are far less effective.
3. The Palestinians have turned down every chance for peace, and the offers have been good compromises on the part of Israel, I've read them.
And I never said that I support the position of the U.S. w/regards to Israel, nor do I support the Israeli attacks on Palestinians, as they more often than not result in nothing but the deaths of innocent people. However, the Palestinians are FAR from blameless, and are in fact more to blame for the continuation of the violence than the Israelis are.
Now if you were to ask me who I feel the most compassion for in the whole mess, I'd say the innocent Palestinians, because there are many of them, and they're living in very poor conditions. But I feel it's their own leaders who are mostly to blame at this point.
Try looking at both sides of the issues, because there are two sides, and more often than not, the truth is somewhere in-between.
I'm sorry, but you're an asshat. The USSR didn't have an alternative to "our" system of doing things, they had forced labor, machine guns firing at their own soldiers, and 30 MILLION OF THEIR OWN COUNTRYMEN DEAD!
Do you have any idea what the USSR was planning after WWII. They were not a peaceful country, they were a country bent on conquest. Their government was not run by peace and sharing loving hippies. Russia was gunning for the world.
Next time, please pick another country to use as an example, preferably one that has qualms about murdering millions of people...
It's funny. The bulk of Slashdot will whine about bringing freedom to Iraq and now Iran's people, but I'm sure they'd have no problem if we invaded India to stop the influx of H1Bs.;)
Sadly, there is some truth to that... People bitch and moan about every action the U.S. government takes, even if it's trying to use non-violent means to avoid conflict, because the U.S. is incapable of doing anything decent, and we shouldn't mess with the brown people, etc... But if an American employs a brown person, even giving them a wage that is decent for their locale, then they're up in arms about taking jobs away from Americans.
Of course there's the flip side. There are many corporations that use what basically amounts to slave labor... Nike, Coka Cola, etc.
This is a very handy thing to fling out when you can't dispute somebodies facts or arguments in a rational way.
No. His point was that what he was responding to was nothing more than silly rhetoric, ie. he was responding in kind to something that wasn't "facts or arguments."
Re: Israel - the U.S. is currently working with both sides to resolve the situation, and whenever progress is made, militant Palistinians do everything in their power to prevent it. I'm not saying I always agree with U.S. policy regarding Israel... My point is just that you're comparing apples and oranges.
Please stop the insanity... people comparing the DMCA with Iranian policy...
Do you realize how absolutely INSANE that makes you appear to anyone who isn't a/. reader?
Yes, the DMCA is an attrocious law, and frankly I think many people deserve to spend the rest of their natural lives in jail for passing it, but come on, get some fucking priorities.
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And where do you get off comparing these guys to the KKK, one of the most morally bankrupt groups in the country?
Fucker...
Traditional Unixes are powerful, but difficult for the novice.
OTOH, Windows is so ugly, cluttered, and confusing, it is difficult for anyone to use.
1. open mouth
2. insert foot
3. wish you hadn't started to appear to be siding with SCO
Hmph.. If I ever need some serious Big Iron to run a Unix(-clone) on, I'll go with IBM or HP. I prefer companies who compete on technical merits.
Furthermore, the NT kernel is no longer a true Microkernel. A lot of stuff has been moved back into kernel space. So basically, the NT kernel is a Monolithic kernel with modules, just like the Linux kernel.
They are both upgraded in the same manner, ie. replaced with a new version.
The only deficiency the Linux kernel has w/regards to driver modules is that modules compiled for one version of the kernel won't necessarily work with another version. The kernel will complain, but you can force them to load.
Last I heard, the core kernel developers do not WANT to implement a method of making this easier, because that encourages binary-only modules. Some companies, eg. NVIDIA, are working around this by building their own source-based wrappers around binary modules. Installing these drivers is just as easy, sometimes easier, than installing drivers in windows.
Also, modules can be compiled against the existing kernel at any time. So instead of distributing binary drivers, drivers can be distributed as source, with a script to build and load them. This is often done completely transparently to the end user. This also often helps with stability and performance.
So you admit it...
Why the hell are you always trolling here on /. about Linux when you know fuck all about it? Goddam you are an ignorant fucker.
For the record, you do not in fact need to recompile things everytime you add new devices. Distros come with pre-compiled kernels and modules, and precompiled kernels and modules are distributed quite frequently. Also, with some distributions, compilation is done automatically if you want.
Please go away and die.
Sorry, I'm j/k :=)
Rather hypocritical when you consider how much /. pushes stories about ethics w/regards to other businesses, eg. Microsoft's business practices.
Sure, it's a relatively minor thing, but still something to think about.
It's simple economics. Why send money out of the country when you don't have to? That is truly a testament to the power of Microsoft's monopoly.
Please quit holding the idioacy of some against all Americans. We're really not as ignorant as some seem to think, at least in comparison to everyone else in the world.
Isn't stereotyping other people the sort of thing Americans get such a bad wrap for?
So now we are not only using traffic cameras to monitor people, but we are also using them to enforce accepted behavior?
<sarcasm>
Well, I for one am thankful that are great system is preventing people from grabbing their crotches...
</sarcasm>
As they say, un-fucking-believable...
Anyway, RedHat has had Alan Cox on staff for a while now. I'm sure they pay him well. And he does a lot of general kernel development/maintenance, not just RH specific stuff.
And he's not the only one. RH generally ships with kernels tailored with their own improvements, which are all released under the GPL.
RH created RPM, which is GPLed. They created a number of other tools for their distro that are ALL GPLed. A number of other Linux distros were originally based on RH Linux, which wouldn't have been possible if their distro was not almost 100% GPLed.
RH has contributed tons of GPLed code. A number of current OS projects started at RH. BTW, what "proprietary stuff" are you talking about?
Now IBM. IBM has contributed something like 10^6 lines of code to the kernel. And as someone else mentioned, a bunch of Java programming tools and other stuff, all released under the GPL.
You know, really, many of the "movers and shakers" in the OSS world these days are employed by companies like RH and IBM.
I know I know... Sorry :p
Aren't you invading France?
my apologies to any French readers, I honestly mean no offense.
Fucker...
Sorry... More seriously, what is so great about DirectX? I have used SDL, and it does everything necessary for games. Audio? Does it. Want/need advanced audio features, libsdl.org is a pretty decent one-stop shop. 2d video? Does that too. 3d graphics? SDL integrates OpenGL very nicely.
Performance? I get a couple more FPS in Linux than I do in Windows in games that have ports for both OSes.
Considering that over 50% of the U.S. population already has Internet access(since two years ago!), I think your solution is in need of a problem.
While Linus et al surely have had their reputations dragged through the mud, it would be very difficult to prove actual damages, and SCO's defense would simply be, "We beleive we are correct."
OTOH, there is nothing that says they will be doing this when you buy one, so I think they are still probably breaking SOME law.
When thousands of lives are on the line, which would never be a good idea for something as distributed as the Internet, come back and make that query again.
Cheers
If I didn't already have family, friends, and own a house here, I'd look into leaving. It just seems to me that the U.S. is on a slippery slope downhill. I think whatever your political viewpoint is, it's all downhill...
But that's just my opinion, and I could be wrong.
Secondly... You're crazy. You say you admire the militant Palestinians...
If another country were to invade ours, and 35 years later you were firing at a schoolbus(which has been done a number of times!), even if I were on the same "side" as you, I'd kill you myself.
I truly hope those people who intentionally kill innocents aren't the ones you're supposedly admiring.
There IS a difference between terrorism and collatoral damage.
This is the nonsense rhetoric I and him were referring to, and it is absolutely ridiculous. The damage caused by the war was quite mild as far as wars go, and the number of dead was remarkably very few civilians, and the fact is, the naysayers predicted a lot more death and destruction than actually happened. "Impossible to overestimate" is ridiculous.
Furthermore, the Iraqi regime is responsible for far more deaths than were caused by the war, so for all this anti-war talk, within a year or two the war will actually result in a net reduction in the number of lives lost. And THAT is a fact. Just look up the number of deaths in Iraq that were the result of the Iraqi regime, and consider the torture and fear caused by the Iraqi leaders.
Oh sure, you can blame the U.N. sanctions for the deaths related to poor drinking water quality, but the starvation and malnutrition is purely the result of the regime abusing the food for oil program and generally not caring about their own populace. But now that the country is no longer controlled by a dangerous regime, things can be restored, and lives can be saved.
I'm not even saying the U.S. had pure intentions, but this cry me a river nonsense is ridiculous. Boo-fucking-hoo, people died. People always die. The actions of the U.S. will eventually result in far fewer deaths, so what's the problem? You don't like the current U.S. regime? Fine, but you're working the wrong angle.
And if you point out that the Iraqi people don't have electricity and running water currently... Yes, that is pissing me off too, so save it. The U.S. needs to get its act together and show the Iraqi people that they're making a good faith effort to improve their conditions. I don't care how much it costs, get it done! Otherwise, it casts a shadow on everything they've done up to this point. If you want heads to roll, it should be for that!
<snip - of course it's not fun... *rolls eyes* />
For every israeli killed by a palestenian three palestenians are killed.
1. Most Israeli deaths are the result of suicide bombings, meaning at least one Palestinian dies in every attack.
2. The Palestinians are far weaker than the Israelis, therefore their attacks are far less effective.
3. The Palestinians have turned down every chance for peace, and the offers have been good compromises on the part of Israel, I've read them.
And I never said that I support the position of the U.S. w/regards to Israel, nor do I support the Israeli attacks on Palestinians, as they more often than not result in nothing but the deaths of innocent people. However, the Palestinians are FAR from blameless, and are in fact more to blame for the continuation of the violence than the Israelis are.
Now if you were to ask me who I feel the most compassion for in the whole mess, I'd say the innocent Palestinians, because there are many of them, and they're living in very poor conditions. But I feel it's their own leaders who are mostly to blame at this point.
Try looking at both sides of the issues, because there are two sides, and more often than not, the truth is somewhere in-between.
Cheers.
Do you have any idea what the USSR was planning after WWII. They were not a peaceful country, they were a country bent on conquest. Their government was not run by peace and sharing loving hippies. Russia was gunning for the world.
Next time, please pick another country to use as an example, preferably one that has qualms about murdering millions of people...
Sadly, there is some truth to that... People bitch and moan about every action the U.S. government takes, even if it's trying to use non-violent means to avoid conflict, because the U.S. is incapable of doing anything decent, and we shouldn't mess with the brown people, etc... But if an American employs a brown person, even giving them a wage that is decent for their locale, then they're up in arms about taking jobs away from Americans.
Of course there's the flip side. There are many corporations that use what basically amounts to slave labor... Nike, Coka Cola, etc.
Bleh, the whole world sucks, fuck it all :)
No. His point was that what he was responding to was nothing more than silly rhetoric, ie. he was responding in kind to something that wasn't "facts or arguments."
Re: Israel - the U.S. is currently working with both sides to resolve the situation, and whenever progress is made, militant Palistinians do everything in their power to prevent it. I'm not saying I always agree with U.S. policy regarding Israel... My point is just that you're comparing apples and oranges.
Do you realize how absolutely INSANE that makes you appear to anyone who isn't a /. reader?
Yes, the DMCA is an attrocious law, and frankly I think many people deserve to spend the rest of their natural lives in jail for passing it, but come on, get some fucking priorities.