Besides, IT is much better for the environment than a gas powered bike, especially in the dense population of cities.
I think IT is going to be a hit for those of us who live in cities, don't want a car, but sometimes grumble about walking across town to do (insert activity here).
This certianly won't replace cars, but it might partially replace public transportation systems. Funny how that wasn't really mentioned in the Time article.
There is no way that they reasonably anticipate you passing 13GB/day of traffic a day.
Then they shouldn't allow people to max out their internet connections, plain and simple.
Charge for anything over X megabytes/gigabytes per month. Lower the max speed of the download per connection. Raise the rates of those who continually use the connection.
If any of that happened, would you stick with cable internet? Probably not.
I'm also failing to see where the cable internet providers have a real complaint.
You pay them for a certiain amount of bandwidth. What's the difference between one legit PC using all the bandwidth all the time vs. ten PCs using 1/10th the bandwidth all the time? None.
Cable companies are just trying to justify a way to make more money. Granted, $4.95 a month isn't bad for a second real IP, but it's nothing compared to what I pay for static IPs, which is $14.95 a month for eight static IPs (five useable, ARIN registered) on my DSL setup.
If the cable companies are overselling their bandwidth capabilities, maybe they should just scale back the amount of bandwidth they sell to their customers, or charge more for current bandwidth?
All of these boards appear to be performing so close as to not make ANY difference in real world use to the end user. They're all fast.
None of the boards really shine over another in performance (there are a few that lag in some of the tests). I think now you really have to look at the total package (the mobo, included accessories and software), and the prices to make a fair comparison anymore. Tom did say a few things about what the boards came with, but neglected the average retail prices of the boards.
Overclockability needs to become a side note after the conclusion, or part of a different review. Stability, integrated stuff (like IDE RAID, SCSI, ethernet, USB 1/2, sound, slots, etc), BIOS features and cost are pretty much all I (and a lot of people I know) care about in a hardware review.
The nForce is nVidia's first attempt at a chipset for AMD systems. How long has VIA been making chipsets?
I think this is a really good showing for nForce.
I also think that Tom is starting to lose focus when it comes to what people really want. With processors as cheap as they are, there's not much point to overclocking anymore. If a board doesn't make it easy to nuke your processor, that shouldn't be held against the manufacturer. Stability should be the priority, not how fast you can run the board out of spec.
Books are great gifts, especially those that aren't related to computers. Unplug your mind for a bit and read some nice sci-fi or mythical fantasy, and let your imagination wander.
I've been using all three filesystems on various machines at work (XFS being on SGIs), and I have to say that ReiserFS seems to be much faster than Ext3, Ext3 is much easier to upgrade from Ext2 (very convenient), and XFS is just plain powerful. I can't compare XFS under Linux to the other Linux journaling filesystems, but I'm getting ready to see what it's like.
If XFS for Linux is anything close to the SGI version, XFS is going to beat the socks off of both Ext3 and ReiserFS.
I started at the bottom years ago, worked as a Help Desk tech for a university. Took care of Windows 3.11 machines and Macs.
Moved up to Help Desk manager after a couple years, and had a few pleebs under me for about a year.
The sysadmin at the time left for greener pastures, and I was offered the position. Never really messed with Unix/Linux before, but my boss was willing to help me out. It was great!
I have no degree, no formal training in anything related to computers. Experience really counts in this field of systems support, and I was able to recently land a new job for a scientific research company fairly easily. I now get to play with SGIs, IBM clusters, tons of Linux machines, and a handful of Alpha based machines.
It is not easy being a sysadmin sometimes, but I love it.
I had DSL before I moved, and it was great. Only down about 3 hours total over the course of two years (I kid you not).
Where I'm living right now has horrible dial-up, so there's no way I'd ever go back to a 56K modem. I'm lovin' my DSL setup right now.
I know lots of people who have cable modems back home and in my new area who experience all kinds of problems. I think cable internet service is giving broadband a bad name.
The XBox doesn't impress me, and its games do not impress me. "Hackability" is a pretty weak arguement to buy the hardware. You could spend the money on upgrading your home PC, which has the capability to do so much more than an XBox.
You know, when the GCC people scream at the top of their lungs that NO ONE should use 2.96 for ANYTHING, that kind of makes me suspicious about that version of GCC.
FUD? I'm not the idiot thinking that it's all peaches and cream using the stock GCC install from RedHat. GCC says to not use it, end of story.
Then you can install almost any major distro via the network. Slackware can install from an NFS served filesystem, RedHat can install via FTP. Don't know the options for the other distros...
Slackware rips on high end hardware. I've been playing with RedHat 7.2 on the same machine, and it's noticibly slower with all the disk thrashing that takes place.
Back to Slackware 8.0, and life couldn't be better.
For instance an outdated WUFTPD that ships with slack versus a current PROftpd anyone?
That's funny... Slackware 8.0 uses ProFTPD, not WU-FTPD.
Unlike you, I've tried the most recent version of RedHat, so I can safely say that I'm still not impressed with what RedHat 7.2 is offering over Slackware... A broken compiler comes to mind when I think about RedHat 7.1 and 7.2.
Patrick V. doesn't get enough credit for the great work he does putting out a quality Linux distro like Slackware.
Slackware is consistant, stable, and has a very small footprint when it comes to memory useage and disk useage. Its just much less complicated than other Linux distros, and much more efficient.
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Can't wait to tear one of these apart and start on my first Battle Mech.
:-/
Of course, if my Battle Mech can't go faster than 8mph, I'm dead meat.
I guess I'll have to figure out how to water cool the processing units and OVERCLOCK!
Now... Where did I leave that brochure on energy weapons...
Besides, IT is much better for the environment than a gas powered bike, especially in the dense population of cities.
I think IT is going to be a hit for those of us who live in cities, don't want a car, but sometimes grumble about walking across town to do (insert activity here).
This certianly won't replace cars, but it might partially replace public transportation systems. Funny how that wasn't really mentioned in the Time article.
I don't use RedHat, but I'm glad they're doing good! This benefits everyone who uses/promotes Linux.
IBM makes great hardware, RedHat is a nicely packaged OS based off of Linux. I think the two will get along just great!
Congrats to IBM and RedHat.
Sounds more like the poster didn't even read the article.
Then they shouldn't allow people to max out their internet connections, plain and simple.
Charge for anything over X megabytes/gigabytes per month. Lower the max speed of the download per connection. Raise the rates of those who continually use the connection.
If any of that happened, would you stick with cable internet? Probably not.
I'm also failing to see where the cable internet providers have a real complaint.
You pay them for a certiain amount of bandwidth. What's the difference between one legit PC using all the bandwidth all the time vs. ten PCs using 1/10th the bandwidth all the time? None.
Cable companies are just trying to justify a way to make more money. Granted, $4.95 a month isn't bad for a second real IP, but it's nothing compared to what I pay for static IPs, which is $14.95 a month for eight static IPs (five useable, ARIN registered) on my DSL setup.
If the cable companies are overselling their bandwidth capabilities, maybe they should just scale back the amount of bandwidth they sell to their customers, or charge more for current bandwidth?
All of these boards appear to be performing so close as to not make ANY difference in real world use to the end user. They're all fast.
None of the boards really shine over another in performance (there are a few that lag in some of the tests). I think now you really have to look at the total package (the mobo, included accessories and software), and the prices to make a fair comparison anymore. Tom did say a few things about what the boards came with, but neglected the average retail prices of the boards.
Overclockability needs to become a side note after the conclusion, or part of a different review. Stability, integrated stuff (like IDE RAID, SCSI, ethernet, USB 1/2, sound, slots, etc), BIOS features and cost are pretty much all I (and a lot of people I know) care about in a hardware review.
The nForce is nVidia's first attempt at a chipset for AMD systems. How long has VIA been making chipsets?
I think this is a really good showing for nForce.
I also think that Tom is starting to lose focus when it comes to what people really want. With processors as cheap as they are, there's not much point to overclocking anymore. If a board doesn't make it easy to nuke your processor, that shouldn't be held against the manufacturer. Stability should be the priority, not how fast you can run the board out of spec.
Books are great gifts, especially those that aren't related to computers. Unplug your mind for a bit and read some nice sci-fi or mythical fantasy, and let your imagination wander.
:-)
Relax your brain!
I've been using all three filesystems on various machines at work (XFS being on SGIs), and I have to say that ReiserFS seems to be much faster than Ext3, Ext3 is much easier to upgrade from Ext2 (very convenient), and XFS is just plain powerful. I can't compare XFS under Linux to the other Linux journaling filesystems, but I'm getting ready to see what it's like.
If XFS for Linux is anything close to the SGI version, XFS is going to beat the socks off of both Ext3 and ReiserFS.
Slackware for a distro.
OpenOffice for an office suite.
Mozilla for a browser.
KDE for a window manager.
There are plenty of examples of easy to use software for Linux. I use all of the above on a daily basis, and you'll hear no complaints from me.
...and it works great.
Congrats to the KDE team for putting together such a wonderful package of applications!
I've got it running on a Slackware 8 box with QT 2.3.2. Great stuff, no problems at all with the install.
What were you saying? ;-)
Seriously. 200 acres for the Army Corps of Engineers... That was in high school, though. :-)
Having the capability to teach yourself new tricks quickly is a definate "must have" for being a sysadmin.
I started at the bottom years ago, worked as a Help Desk tech for a university. Took care of Windows 3.11 machines and Macs.
Moved up to Help Desk manager after a couple years, and had a few pleebs under me for about a year.
The sysadmin at the time left for greener pastures, and I was offered the position. Never really messed with Unix/Linux before, but my boss was willing to help me out. It was great!
I have no degree, no formal training in anything related to computers. Experience really counts in this field of systems support, and I was able to recently land a new job for a scientific research company fairly easily. I now get to play with SGIs, IBM clusters, tons of Linux machines, and a handful of Alpha based machines.
It is not easy being a sysadmin sometimes, but I love it.
I had DSL before I moved, and it was great. Only down about 3 hours total over the course of two years (I kid you not).
Where I'm living right now has horrible dial-up, so there's no way I'd ever go back to a 56K modem. I'm lovin' my DSL setup right now.
I know lots of people who have cable modems back home and in my new area who experience all kinds of problems. I think cable internet service is giving broadband a bad name.
No.
The XBox doesn't impress me, and its games do not impress me. "Hackability" is a pretty weak arguement to buy the hardware. You could spend the money on upgrading your home PC, which has the capability to do so much more than an XBox.
GNU/Linus, because Stallman says so.
You know, when the GCC people scream at the top of their lungs that NO ONE should use 2.96 for ANYTHING, that kind of makes me suspicious about that version of GCC.
FUD? I'm not the idiot thinking that it's all peaches and cream using the stock GCC install from RedHat. GCC says to not use it, end of story.
Want X to work? This normally works great for me:
/root/XF86Config.new"
Log in as root.
Type, "XFree86 -configure"
Type, "XFree86 -xf86config
If X fires up and you get the generic X screen. Congrats. Copy that "XF86Config.new" file to "/etc/X11/XF86Config".
Type "startx".
Don't like what X has set up for you? Edit "/etc/X11/XF86Config" to your liking.
Done.
Then you can install almost any major distro via the network. Slackware can install from an NFS served filesystem, RedHat can install via FTP. Don't know the options for the other distros...
Good luck!
And it's peachy. :-)
Slackware rips on high end hardware. I've been playing with RedHat 7.2 on the same machine, and it's noticibly slower with all the disk thrashing that takes place.
Back to Slackware 8.0, and life couldn't be better.
That's funny... Slackware 8.0 uses ProFTPD, not WU-FTPD.
Unlike you, I've tried the most recent version of RedHat, so I can safely say that I'm still not impressed with what RedHat 7.2 is offering over Slackware... A broken compiler comes to mind when I think about RedHat 7.1 and 7.2.
Patrick V. doesn't get enough credit for the great work he does putting out a quality Linux distro like Slackware.
Slackware is consistant, stable, and has a very small footprint when it comes to memory useage and disk useage. Its just much less complicated than other Linux distros, and much more efficient.