Don't build a PC, re-use old hardware and keep it out of landfills.
Efficiency in new PCs has it's place, but it is nothing compared to the benefits of re-using old hardware which can be perfectly good for most tasks as long as you arent in love with Microsoft Bloat, ExXxtreme edition.
Same here, my ubuntu box is on nearly 24/7 and it is pretty amusing that my system is more secure than Turner Broadcasting even though I haven't spent a dime on software in years. I would love to see how much money in fees and lost productivity Symantec milked out of that corporation only to let this happen.
it doesn't even have a real name yet, except for term 'video games'
Actually, it's called 'machinima' and even if it does rise to a prominence and quality comparable to video, it is just as likely that mainstream machinima will also be find itself under the umbrella of the mafiaa.
The problem was that the nvidia driver has 2 parts, the driver part, and a kernel module that interfaces between the kernel and the driver.
They couldn't make the driver itself a kernel module, because kernel modules are considered derivatives of the kernel and would therefore be GPL.
So, when you install a new driver you need to install, or compile, the interface shim so that it matches the kernel version and the driver version.
For future reference, people "in the know" in #ubuntu and on the ubuntuforums tend to recommend not using Automatix, it can break your install in subtle and irreversible ways and is generally more trouble than it is worth in the long run.
For good guides on installing the nvidia drivers check out wiki.ubuntu.com, and if you want a more automated method check the "envy" script.
I leave my CDs out at school in my dorm room and any of my room mates could walk up can take them. Just because they are on my desk does not mean I'm leaving them out for people to copy. Is that making them available. Someone breaking in and stealing my CDs or mp3 player is that making it available? That's theft. The record labels don't care about theft, it just helps them sell more copies of the same albums. What does worry them is people not having to buy Cool Hand Luke on a different format every ten years.
When it comes to the law, nothing is understood.
System76 actually has a support forum at ubuntuforums.org
There are quite a few testimonials and other user impressions on the service and hardware and you can post questions and problems which will be read by system76.
I've been a roll-my-own person for quite a while now, it's half the fun, but if I was going to buy a complete system from somewhere else, I would buy from these guys.
You can already do this from places like System 76
Sure, it's not a huge company like Dell, but they have support and warranties and after having dealt with the Dell's belonging to my family members, I can't imagine the support being any less useful than Dell.
The most wonderful irony is that when i quote Orwell to illustrate my opinion of what this means, *I'm* the criminal.
Did you not pay for your copy of 1984?
I agree with you completely, but I'm not so confident that WMTs ignorance will be reflected strongly in lost marketshare. If you look at Windows, AOL, iTunes, et cetera, consumers are bound and determined to make ignorant uninformed choices when it comes to tech.
So you dont care about mortal kombat and in 1938 nobody cared about gypsies and jews.
Is censorship for no good reason alright when it doesn't inconvenience you?
I lived in germany for a while when I was younger, and it seems to me that they try and ignore what happened as much as possible.
The history of the civil rights movement, the civil war, japanese-american internment camps, the indian wars, are all discussed freely over here.
When I was in germany I only heard one mention of it, a friend quietly mentioned to me while we were walking down the street, that he has seen photos of a swastika hanging here, as he pointed to a flagpole in a yard.
I see a lot of the same thing in what I read coming out of Japan. Theres lots of talk about the american occupation and all the hardships of the japanese people and the 2 bombs that killed a few hundred thousand, but no talk of the occupation of asia which killed millions.
The stigma of WWII will stick around as long as people try and ignore what happened and keep on going with things like this censorship.
They clamp down on violent games by using government censorship?
It makes you wonder how much of a lesson they really learned from the failures of national socialism.
So if I put boards with nails in them in the street in front of my house to stop people driving up and down the street in the middle of the night, are people with loud stereos at fault when some mailman loses a couple tires, or was I being an asshole?
Just because someone has a reason to do something doesn't mean it is OK or that we should support them for reaming us.
Every moronic theory in the history of moronic theories has been justified with 'common sense'.
There was even an attempt to get pi changed to just 3 in order to simplify math.
I'll take reasoning over common sense any day.
I would like to know why an article claiming to assess the state of laptop linux in 2005 only reviewed SuSE 9.1
With SuSE being the most laptop-friendly distribution out there, you would think they would make an effort to get the latest version of it. They did give 9.1 high marks so I'm not too upset, but 9.2 adds even more improvements.
That's exactly how ive been viewing the whole situation. The EU is behaving exactly how the early United States did until the federal government asserted its power in the Civil War.
I still doubt that this will lead to civil war in europe, but the parallels are amusing.
Tabbed browsing?
This guy is probably using Internet Explorer (or the telephone!)
Anyway, I read this as "I had a certain outcome to produce and had to fiddle with the configuration until it looked favorable to the people who are paying me."
Of all the games in TFA Guild Wars is probably the only one I will buy. 3 are automatically disqualified because of being published by SOE. Anyone who plays Everquest will probably understand why, even if they dont agree with my personal boycott.
Guild Wars game play is very innovative and you can read about that in the article, but the most impressive thing to me is how good the game looks. Arenanet has managed to make extremely good looking graphics run even on lower end video cards. Anyway, im in the Beta now and I cant wait for the release. Maybe Ill see some Slashdotters there?
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Don't build a PC, re-use old hardware and keep it out of landfills.
Efficiency in new PCs has it's place, but it is nothing compared to the benefits of re-using old hardware which can be perfectly good for most tasks as long as you arent in love with Microsoft Bloat, ExXxtreme edition.
Same here, my ubuntu box is on nearly 24/7 and it is pretty amusing that my system is more secure than Turner Broadcasting even though I haven't spent a dime on software in years.
I would love to see how much money in fees and lost productivity Symantec milked out of that corporation only to let this happen.
I knew which they were referring to without reading the summary, let alone the article.
I suspect you did as well, isn't that good enough?
Actually, it's called 'machinima' and even if it does rise to a prominence and quality comparable to video, it is just as likely that mainstream machinima will also be find itself under the umbrella of the mafiaa.
The problem was that the nvidia driver has 2 parts, the driver part, and a kernel module that interfaces between the kernel and the driver.
They couldn't make the driver itself a kernel module, because kernel modules are considered derivatives of the kernel and would therefore be GPL.
So, when you install a new driver you need to install, or compile, the interface shim so that it matches the kernel version and the driver version.
For future reference, people "in the know" in #ubuntu and on the ubuntuforums tend to recommend not using Automatix, it can break your install in subtle and irreversible ways and is generally more trouble than it is worth in the long run.
For good guides on installing the nvidia drivers check out wiki.ubuntu.com, and if you want a more automated method check the "envy" script.
That's theft. The record labels don't care about theft, it just helps them sell more copies of the same albums.
What does worry them is people not having to buy Cool Hand Luke on a different format every ten years.
When it comes to the law, nothing is understood.
System76 actually has a support forum at ubuntuforums.org There are quite a few testimonials and other user impressions on the service and hardware and you can post questions and problems which will be read by system76. I've been a roll-my-own person for quite a while now, it's half the fun, but if I was going to buy a complete system from somewhere else, I would buy from these guys.
You can already do this from places like System 76
Sure, it's not a huge company like Dell, but they have support and warranties and after having dealt with the Dell's belonging to my family members, I can't imagine the support being any less useful than Dell.
Did you not pay for your copy of 1984?
I agree with you completely, but I'm not so confident that WMTs ignorance will be reflected strongly in lost marketshare.
If you look at Windows, AOL, iTunes, et cetera, consumers are bound and determined to make ignorant uninformed choices when it comes to tech.
"...it has to be possible to ban propaganda..." No, it isn't, it shouldn't, and if it is then everything unpopular becomes propaganda.
So you dont care about mortal kombat and in 1938 nobody cared about gypsies and jews.
Is censorship for no good reason alright when it doesn't inconvenience you?
I lived in germany for a while when I was younger, and it seems to me that they try and ignore what happened as much as possible. The history of the civil rights movement, the civil war, japanese-american internment camps, the indian wars, are all discussed freely over here. When I was in germany I only heard one mention of it, a friend quietly mentioned to me while we were walking down the street, that he has seen photos of a swastika hanging here, as he pointed to a flagpole in a yard. I see a lot of the same thing in what I read coming out of Japan. Theres lots of talk about the american occupation and all the hardships of the japanese people and the 2 bombs that killed a few hundred thousand, but no talk of the occupation of asia which killed millions. The stigma of WWII will stick around as long as people try and ignore what happened and keep on going with things like this censorship.
They clamp down on violent games by using government censorship? It makes you wonder how much of a lesson they really learned from the failures of national socialism.
So if I put boards with nails in them in the street in front of my house to stop people driving up and down the street in the middle of the night, are people with loud stereos at fault when some mailman loses a couple tires, or was I being an asshole? Just because someone has a reason to do something doesn't mean it is OK or that we should support them for reaming us.
Every moronic theory in the history of moronic theories has been justified with 'common sense'. There was even an attempt to get pi changed to just 3 in order to simplify math. I'll take reasoning over common sense any day.
Victoria Telpiscorei
That's just about the least ethical thing I've heard this week.
If I wanted to cook, would I be eating popcorn?
With SuSE being the most laptop-friendly distribution out there, you would think they would make an effort to get the latest version of it. They did give 9.1 high marks so I'm not too upset, but 9.2 adds even more improvements.
You get a gold-plated Rolls Royce, as long as you pay for it.
That's exactly how ive been viewing the whole situation. The EU is behaving exactly how the early United States did until the federal government asserted its power in the Civil War. I still doubt that this will lead to civil war in europe, but the parallels are amusing.
Is Google > Beagle? Who cares? SuSE > All!
Tabbed browsing? This guy is probably using Internet Explorer (or the telephone!) Anyway, I read this as "I had a certain outcome to produce and had to fiddle with the configuration until it looked favorable to the people who are paying me."
Of all the games in TFA Guild Wars is probably the only one I will buy. 3 are automatically disqualified because of being published by SOE. Anyone who plays Everquest will probably understand why, even if they dont agree with my personal boycott. Guild Wars game play is very innovative and you can read about that in the article, but the most impressive thing to me is how good the game looks. Arenanet has managed to make extremely good looking graphics run even on lower end video cards. Anyway, im in the Beta now and I cant wait for the release. Maybe Ill see some Slashdotters there?