It would be nice if someone would fix top or whatever subsystem needs fixing to reflex actual memory usage. Unfortunately I have this gut feeling that even then Mozilla will be one big fatty...
Maybe that is because open source software is by nature public instead of private? Sure there are tons of groups that start a project and it goes nowhere but I'm sure this happens outside of open source too. It's just nobody ever hears about it...
If free software can power my server I'm impressed. It looks like KDE2 will make a *nix desktop actually usable to many and include a great browser.
Saying that 5% of open source software is good while the remaining 95% is crap is stupid. You should be grateful for the open source software that makes it into the usable stage. Talk about looking a gift hourse in the mouth...
Opera runs on Win32, Linux, Mac, etc... On Linux and Win32 it runs very well - no experience with the Mac version.
You can get a free copy of opera at opera.com but it has ads. Sure it is payware but it has very good features like:
a) small memory foot print
b) good dhtml support (so far it has rendered all the sites unlike mozilla, yes I'm aware that the sites are crap but hey, least I can use them)
c) fast!
I don't know why people talk about Mozilla's rendering being so quick. If you compare it to IE 5/5.5, Konqueror, or Opera it seems to be about the same speed...
Perhaps if it was easy to add buttons... I tried to find some documentation on the current skin stuff but all I came across was old outdated documentation...
Have a link perhaps so I can finally add my home button back (and no, I don't want to use the friggin personal tool bar for one button)...
Amen - some people get so up tight about overclocking. They don't take the time to read about moderate overclocking (ie pushing a Celeron CPU from a 66Mhz FSB to a 100Mhz FSB - all your components like PCI bus still at regular specifications except your cpu)... Instead they focus on the people who spend hundreds of dollars because they enjoy the hobby and of course the "effects of overclocking" which boil down to a little extra heat in reality. Nobody likes to have an unstable system. You can easily have a stable system if you go with the flow, keep the buses within reasonable specs (I stay at spec), and don't try to push a CPU that can't do it. If a CPU works for a large percentage of people (see the db at overclockers.com) and yours doesn't - tough shit, go buy another...
The people who buy the expensive cooling gear are the nuts - the rest of us are just cheap and like getting something for nothing (or $15 for a better fan/heat sink combo like the Golden Orb and a little silicon grease).
Plus it is so much easier to write your CGI scripts on your palm using a stylus than on a PC with a keyboard! Bravo! Who will be the first to post slash to python and run it on their palm?
The name Pippy was formed by appending the suffix ".PY" to the acronym PIP (Python In Palm). The name is reminiscent of Pippi Longstocking, a female fictional character of small stature, enormous strength, and unbounded free spirit.
If your Microsoft optical mouse dies (any of the models I think) give them a call and they will replace it for free. There is a known problem with the mouse cord where it exits the mouse (the wire is cheap and it breaks, easy to fix if you're handy with a soldering iron).
I don't think it is odd that they don't post - if they did it would probably mess up the whole discussion (like that is possible) and we'd have moderator wars with their posts going up and down. There are too many raging fans out there!
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Ugh! It just hit me and I was up to date but not with debian.org but a mirror.
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I've compiled both 2.4.1 and 2.4.2 just fine with Debian unstable. I am completely up to date though - are you?
JWZ was frustrated by vgetty but that was some time ago. You should try it now... The hard part is finding a compatible modem (esp. if you want caller id/voice/fax/etc). I happened to get a Rockwell 33.6 Kbps modem that has caller id support and works just fine with vgetty for voice (not for fax though supposedly but I haven't tried it). Probably the easiest modem to get right now would be one of the USR ones (just get the right model).
vgetty itself was easy to setup and get going. I didn't have any problems at all really... Plus you can customize it with a perl to script how answering should be done (supposedly). They are working on scripting vgetty for more control on actions based on caller id so I'm not sure what the status at this exact point in time is...
ACPI support is spotty in the linux kernel (at least in 2.4.x).
You're forgetting that the processor on this thing isn't the same as those that go in laptops. These appear to be regular desktop CPUs so you don't get speedstep or any of that other stuff that helps reduce power usage (of course all of them have that low power while idle mode)....
Have you guys tried up2date? Actually it sounds like your aren't on a 7.x release of RH (and I don't blame you) but when you get 7.1 try up2date. It's pretty swell. Sounds like the this carpet thing might have it beat though.
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It would be nice if someone would fix top or whatever subsystem needs fixing to reflex actual memory usage. Unfortunately I have this gut feeling that even then Mozilla will be one big fatty...
If free software can power my server I'm impressed. It looks like KDE2 will make a *nix desktop actually usable to many and include a great browser.
Saying that 5% of open source software is good while the remaining 95% is crap is stupid. You should be grateful for the open source software that makes it into the usable stage. Talk about looking a gift hourse in the mouth...
You can get a free copy of opera at opera.com but it has ads. Sure it is payware but it has very good features like:
a) small memory foot print
b) good dhtml support (so far it has rendered all the sites unlike mozilla, yes I'm aware that the sites are crap but hey, least I can use them)
c) fast!
I don't know why people talk about Mozilla's rendering being so quick. If you compare it to IE 5/5.5, Konqueror, or Opera it seems to be about the same speed...
Good question... Anyone know?
Have a link perhaps so I can finally add my home button back (and no, I don't want to use the friggin personal tool bar for one button)...
What is that about "no intrusion notices" and configuring Opera correctly? What exactly are you talking about?
Amen - some people get so up tight about overclocking. They don't take the time to read about moderate overclocking (ie pushing a Celeron CPU from a 66Mhz FSB to a 100Mhz FSB - all your components like PCI bus still at regular specifications except your cpu)... Instead they focus on the people who spend hundreds of dollars because they enjoy the hobby and of course the "effects of overclocking" which boil down to a little extra heat in reality. Nobody likes to have an unstable system. You can easily have a stable system if you go with the flow, keep the buses within reasonable specs (I stay at spec), and don't try to push a CPU that can't do it. If a CPU works for a large percentage of people (see the db at overclockers.com) and yours doesn't - tough shit, go buy another...
The people who buy the expensive cooling gear are the nuts - the rest of us are just cheap and like getting something for nothing (or $15 for a better fan/heat sink combo like the Golden Orb and a little silicon grease).
So it looks like those jerks who brought slashdot.NET/COM have it made, eh?
Nick forgot to mention apt-cache which would have helped him quite a bit there on looking for proper package names...
Plus it is so much easier to write your CGI scripts on your palm using a stylus than on a PC with a keyboard! Bravo! Who will be the first to post slash to python and run it on their palm?
Where did the name Pippy come from?
The name Pippy was formed by appending the suffix ".PY" to the acronym PIP (Python In Palm). The name is reminiscent of Pippi Longstocking, a female fictional character of small stature, enormous strength, and unbounded free spirit.
Don't just toss 'em!
I don't think it is odd that they don't post - if they did it would probably mess up the whole discussion (like that is possible) and we'd have moderator wars with their posts going up and down. There are too many raging fans out there!
Ugh! It just hit me and I was up to date but not with debian.org but a mirror.
I've compiled both 2.4.1 and 2.4.2 just fine with Debian unstable. I am completely up to date though - are you?
vgetty itself was easy to setup and get going. I didn't have any problems at all really... Plus you can customize it with a perl to script how answering should be done (supposedly). They are working on scripting vgetty for more control on actions based on caller id so I'm not sure what the status at this exact point in time is...
You're forgetting that the processor on this thing isn't the same as those that go in laptops. These appear to be regular desktop CPUs so you don't get speedstep or any of that other stuff that helps reduce power usage (of course all of them have that low power while idle mode)....
http://www.general.uwa.edu.au/u/toivo/kpackage/
What the heck you talking about? Or you just trolling through?
Have you guys tried up2date? Actually it sounds like your aren't on a 7.x release of RH (and I don't blame you) but when you get 7.1 try up2date. It's pretty swell. Sounds like the this carpet thing might have it beat though.
Jeez, just goes to show once someone gets free advertising from /. everyone else will try to jump right in.
Yeah but no specs on those "T" cards yet... Kinda leaves us hanging, doesn't it?
Why doesn't this guy post the specs for the little "T" cards he whipped up? Ah well...
The T86's are down to ~ $1k USD. See ubid.com and pricegrabber.com.