Heh. About a week ago, (with 0.9) Mozilla would crash every single time I loaded Slashdot. I found that it wouldn't crash if I went to another page first and then reloaded slashdot so that was my workaround until yeserday's milestone.
Weird eh?:)
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Wow, just tried that out. I love it!:)
Guess I'll never set eyes on Google's front page again...
It's still much faster overall on my K7 750... this might change someday, though, once they do less bugfixing and more optimizing
Some sites still don't work correctly with Mozilla (and vice versa). Some sites claim that I don't have [cookie, javascript, frame] support when I obviously do. Even after I disable junkbuster.
But since 0.8 I've used Mozilla as my primary browser without much disappointment.
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Hmm, very good point. I think far too many people who read slashdot are under the illusion that it is a community-controled environment. It is not, has never been, and was never claimed to be.
True, Malda accepts people's opinions and input, but when it comes right down to it, (and Malda has said this many times before) Slashdot is about what Mr. Rob Malda finds interesting. He has publicly stated too many times that those who don't like Slashdot's content should just go and find another website to first-post. Like Kiro5hin.
(Oh, and the new Freshmeat design has a way that you can "subscribe" to various projects and get sent an email each time there's a new release. It's extremely handy if you just want to watch a few projects.)
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um.. way WAY offtopic...
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Yes, pity, but that's what you get when you choose a server operating system. If you want a solid mailserver or webhost, you go with FreeBSD. If you want to play games, you go with Windows 98. If you want to play games and are a masochist, you go with Linux.
I wouldn't hold your breath for the PS1, at least. I once tried scouring the net for a software MP3 player for the PS1, to no avail. There are plenty of hardware players (that plug into the parallel port in the back), but none that can do it all in software.
I found at least one person who had tried writing a software MP3 player, first in C and then in assembly, but couldn't make it work because the CPU for the PSX runs at 33MHz and is much too slow to do the decoding in real time.
Therefore, the porting of emulators and such doesn't seem likely until you reach DC- and PS2-class hardware.
I rather like that idea, even though I am primarily a CLI guy when it comes to configuration. Not only would the modules be separate for each system/architecture, but such modules could theoretically be bundled with drivers provided by third-party hardware makers.
For example, everyone knows that when you install the latest new graphics card in Windows, that you can get to all of the driver settings and properties by clicking on the Display icon in the Control Panel.
Something similar to this could work with Gnome/KDE... thought I wouldn't be keen on tying users into specific categories (Display, Sound, Mouse, etc), I'd simply have all modules listed in the main tree. (GeForce DDR, SB Live!, etc)
The one last thing that will need to be addressed eventually is whether these utilities are going to be available to the users or only root?
Well, those of us with slower connections see your point. But I would imagine people with extremely quick net connections would prefer to have their newest, greatest, latest FreeBSD on a disc, due to the coolness factor of "owning" the latest release. It's probably better and easier to have the latest release specifically if you know or think you'll be doing a fresh install on any boxen soon.
But I see your point entirely.
As a sidenote, I just finished downloading Mandrake 8.0 (first disc) over a 28.8 modem... and the checksums don't match... *sob*.... Not an entirely big deal as long as it installs, since I'm going to buy the retail version as soon as it's on the shelves, but still...
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Ya know, that's a use that I hadn't thought of! Thanks, I'll have to keep that in mind...
Er, does anyone else notice that every time a new release of BSD, Linux, or Mozilla comes out, someone says this exact same thing? And their post usually is numbered less than #20 or so?
Hmm....
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About the games, (speaking for the palm at least) I think there are a couple of reasons for this:
1) Third-party Palm software is almost always shareware and/or crippleware. GOOD commercial games are few and far between. Open source ones are usually Galaga, etc.
2) The controls available on Palm devices are pretty much bordering on horrible. When you break it down, all you have is awkward directional control and a button or two. I think this is one major reason many people don't even try to make games for the Palm. If Palm (or some other clone company) were to throw in a D-pad somewhere, we'd probably see a few games. But alas, Palm wants to give the impression that their devices are for professional use, not gaming. So I can't see this coming along anytime soon. $300+ dollars for a handheld game machine is a little steep anyway...
Other factors include crap resolution, display blurriness, lack of decent sound support, etc. Once you evaluate all of your options, all that you really can program on these things is old atari-type games. The best game for Palms that I've seen so far is one called Zap2000. It's a vertical shooter with decent graphics, shareware versions are available everywhere.
What I'm waiting for is a decent (and free) Gameboy emulator. There is a crippleware one out there somewhere, but I hear its performance is pretty much in the "sucks badly" department.
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If I recall, there are some WinCE "palmtops" that will do powerpoint presentations at 640x480 via a VGA port dongle thingy...
I plan on doing just that. I'm a big fan of Mandrake and have been running their distros since 6.0, which is also the only one I've actually bought... so I figure since I've been using their product for so long and getting much enjoyment out of it, that I should probably pay them this time instead of just downloading the ISOs.
Question, however: How long does it usually take for places like CompUSA and Best Buy to stock a new Linux distro? I think I might call around town after lunch...
Yes, such is the utter irony of Qwest. Another tactic of their that practically screams of screwing custromers is this:
When you sign up with Qwest for a phone line, Qwest sells your phone number to telemarketers. They then have the balls to do a radio and television campaign to advertise their "new, innovative telemarketing blocking service" for the low, low price of some odd few dollars a month. Of course, all they really do is take your name off the list that they sell to the telemarketers.
I've read this whole thread and I haven't seen anyone else say this yet, so I'm going to.
Thank you, people from Red Hat for your input and patience in this/. thread. You took a quite a lot of criticism from some of the people here and responded professionally. While I'm not a user of the Red Hat distro, I appreciate all the work that you people put into it because it ultimately means better open source software for the rest of us.
note: I'm not trying to whore extra karma, I just haven't yet noted anyone else showing their appreciation for the fact that a couple RH employees have been so straight forward and open in this discussion.
If someone using Mandrake would correct me if i'm wrong, I'd appreciate it =)
Nope, you're pretty much exactly right. I think Mandrake is a great distribution, and I'm looking forward to seeing 8.0 in the stores really soon now. Both Gnome and KDE are available in Mandrake, however the distro doesn't seem to place more emphasis on one over the other. But I think if you just choose Newbie Install or whatever, it might put KDE in by default... In any event, I've never had any problems Gnome on Mandrake.
Exactly. I understand that synthetic diamonds are a dime a dozen, because they have an incredible demand in the tool-making industry for being the hardest substance known.
(Before I get trolls, let me note that don't actually make tools out of diamonds, rather they cover the abrasive or sharp ends of said tools with synthetic diamond sand...)
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I do believe the "feature" to disable right-clicking is a few bits of java code. Easy enough to turn off in most browsers.
Works For Me(tm).
In fact, renders the page very nicely.
Heh. About a week ago, (with 0.9) Mozilla would crash every single time I loaded Slashdot. I found that it wouldn't crash if I went to another page first and then reloaded slashdot so that was my workaround until yeserday's milestone.
Weird eh?
Wow, just tried that out. I love it!
Guess I'll never set eyes on Google's front page again...
I still keep 4.7x around for a few reasons...
It's still much faster overall on my K7 750... this might change someday, though, once they do less bugfixing and more optimizing
Some sites still don't work correctly with Mozilla (and vice versa). Some sites claim that I don't have [cookie, javascript, frame] support when I obviously do. Even after I disable junkbuster.
But since 0.8 I've used Mozilla as my primary browser without much disappointment.
Hmm, very good point. I think far too many people who read slashdot are under the illusion that it is a community-controled environment. It is not, has never been, and was never claimed to be.
True, Malda accepts people's opinions and input, but when it comes right down to it, (and Malda has said this many times before) Slashdot is about what Mr. Rob Malda finds interesting. He has publicly stated too many times that those who don't like Slashdot's content should just go and find another website to first-post. Like Kiro5hin.
(Oh, and the new Freshmeat design has a way that you can "subscribe" to various projects and get sent an email each time there's a new release. It's extremely handy if you just want to watch a few projects.)
um.. way WAY offtopic...
Yes, pity, but that's what you get when you choose a server operating system. If you want a solid mailserver or webhost, you go with FreeBSD. If you want to play games, you go with Windows 98. If you want to play games and are a masochist, you go with Linux.
I wouldn't hold your breath for the PS1, at least. I once tried scouring the net for a software MP3 player for the PS1, to no avail. There are plenty of hardware players (that plug into the parallel port in the back), but none that can do it all in software.
I found at least one person who had tried writing a software MP3 player, first in C and then in assembly, but couldn't make it work because the CPU for the PSX runs at 33MHz and is much too slow to do the decoding in real time.
Therefore, the porting of emulators and such doesn't seem likely until you reach DC- and PS2-class hardware.
Incorrect information is no uncommon on Slashdot
Neither is bad grammar.
the lack of such a feature is inexcusable.
Well then, I guess it's high time you break out your favorite code-writing software and go to town, eh?
(Sorry, but I have a low tolerance for people who make demands like this about open source software.)
I rather like that idea, even though I am primarily a CLI guy when it comes to configuration. Not only would the modules be separate for each system/architecture, but such modules could theoretically be bundled with drivers provided by third-party hardware makers.
For example, everyone knows that when you install the latest new graphics card in Windows, that you can get to all of the driver settings and properties by clicking on the Display icon in the Control Panel.
Something similar to this could work with Gnome/KDE... thought I wouldn't be keen on tying users into specific categories (Display, Sound, Mouse, etc), I'd simply have all modules listed in the main tree. (GeForce DDR, SB Live!, etc)
The one last thing that will need to be addressed eventually is whether these utilities are going to be available to the users or only root?
Well, those of us with slower connections see your point. But I would imagine people with extremely quick net connections would prefer to have their newest, greatest, latest FreeBSD on a disc, due to the coolness factor of "owning" the latest release. It's probably better and easier to have the latest release specifically if you know or think you'll be doing a fresh install on any boxen soon.
But I see your point entirely.
As a sidenote, I just finished downloading Mandrake 8.0 (first disc) over a 28.8 modem... and the checksums don't match... *sob*.... Not an entirely big deal as long as it installs, since I'm going to buy the retail version as soon as it's on the shelves, but still...
Ya know, that's a use that I hadn't thought of! Thanks, I'll have to keep that in mind...
Perhaps, but many of us can here sympathize with his desire to get the code exactly how he wants it before letting other muck around with it.
Er, does anyone else notice that every time a new release of BSD, Linux, or Mozilla comes out, someone says this exact same thing? And their post usually is numbered less than #20 or so?
Hmm....
About the games, (speaking for the palm at least) I think there are a couple of reasons for this:
1) Third-party Palm software is almost always shareware and/or crippleware. GOOD commercial games are few and far between. Open source ones are usually Galaga, etc.
2) The controls available on Palm devices are pretty much bordering on horrible. When you break it down, all you have is awkward directional control and a button or two. I think this is one major reason many people don't even try to make games for the Palm. If Palm (or some other clone company) were to throw in a D-pad somewhere, we'd probably see a few games. But alas, Palm wants to give the impression that their devices are for professional use, not gaming. So I can't see this coming along anytime soon. $300+ dollars for a handheld game machine is a little steep anyway...
Other factors include crap resolution, display blurriness, lack of decent sound support, etc. Once you evaluate all of your options, all that you really can program on these things is old atari-type games. The best game for Palms that I've seen so far is one called Zap2000. It's a vertical shooter with decent graphics, shareware versions are available everywhere.
What I'm waiting for is a decent (and free) Gameboy emulator. There is a crippleware one out there somewhere, but I hear its performance is pretty much in the "sucks badly" department.
If I recall, there are some WinCE "palmtops" that will do powerpoint presentations at 640x480 via a VGA port dongle thingy...
A direct link to the high school's site. (NOT the district site, as mentioned above.)
I plan on doing just that. I'm a big fan of Mandrake and have been running their distros since 6.0, which is also the only one I've actually bought... so I figure since I've been using their product for so long and getting much enjoyment out of it, that I should probably pay them this time instead of just downloading the ISOs.
Question, however: How long does it usually take for places like CompUSA and Best Buy to stock a new Linux distro? I think I might call around town after lunch...
Weird behavior is expected in Windows, so when UNIX does it, everybody just stares in awe...
Yes, such is the utter irony of Qwest. Another tactic of their that practically screams of screwing custromers is this:
When you sign up with Qwest for a phone line, Qwest sells your phone number to telemarketers. They then have the balls to do a radio and television campaign to advertise their "new, innovative telemarketing blocking service" for the low, low price of some odd few dollars a month. Of course, all they really do is take your name off the list that they sell to the telemarketers.
Of all the nerve...
I've read this whole thread and I haven't seen anyone else say this yet, so I'm going to.
Thank you, people from Red Hat for your input and patience in this
note: I'm not trying to whore extra karma, I just haven't yet noted anyone else showing their appreciation for the fact that a couple RH employees have been so straight forward and open in this discussion.
If someone using Mandrake would correct me if i'm wrong, I'd appreciate it =)
Nope, you're pretty much exactly right. I think Mandrake is a great distribution, and I'm looking forward to seeing 8.0 in the stores really soon now. Both Gnome and KDE are available in Mandrake, however the distro doesn't seem to place more emphasis on one over the other. But I think if you just choose Newbie Install or whatever, it might put KDE in by default... In any event, I've never had any problems Gnome on Mandrake.
Exactly. I understand that synthetic diamonds are a dime a dozen, because they have an incredible demand in the tool-making industry for being the hardest substance known.
(Before I get trolls, let me note that don't actually make tools out of diamonds, rather they cover the abrasive or sharp ends of said tools with synthetic diamond sand...)