--Look into Vmware. Seriously. If you have a modern computer with enough RAM (512MB+) you can run Server (free) to create/run VMs (Linux under Windows); or use Player (256MB-384MB+) to run existing VMs/appliances, etc. And their support forums are excellent.
--I'm a big vmware Workstation user (Linux hosts FTW) but that one's not free.
--The only downside is that (currently) Player and Server can't be concurrently installed on the same OS partition; but I get around this by triple-booting XP (Player), 64-bit Ubuntu (Workstation+Player) and 32-bit Ubuntu (Server.)
[[ If enough effort went in to make the whole thing easily patched in the field, then there's an excellent chance insufficient effort went in to making the thing right to begin with. I'm disliked intensely by some where I work now precisely because I don't take any crap from those who prefer the Im-lazy-fix-it-next-year route. ]]
I applaud your efforts. That's exactly what I thought when reading the/. article header: "Great, now we'll get even MORE crappy hardware as WELL AS crappy software!"
Average Joe end-user doesn't even like the idea of flashing his computer BIOS, cuz God knows if there's a power failure or glitch in the middle of the process, he's left with an expensive pile of junk.
While I'm an avid Linux user, I do tend more toward the "stable" releases - Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, Debian Stable/Testing rather than unstable, etc. You get older and a little more set in your ways, and things that were inconveniences before, start to get a lot more irritating. You Just Want It to WORK.
For all our sakes, I hope the manufacturers (continue to?) put enough effort into "doing things right before it ships" instead of taking shortcuts just so they can "beat competitors to market" and try to fix it later.
Yah; in RTFA, I did read the entire content of Theo's first two posts in response to the thread, and immediately realized he was being needlessly reactionary ( equiv == "asshole". )
Good prgrammer maybe - but he discredits himself with outbursts like this.
There is a RAM limit; I believe each Guest can access up to 3.6GB. However, having more RAM on the host means you can have more Guests (barring bottlenecks.)
I think it would sell if they came out with "Halo 2: The Untold Story" for the original Xbox. There are a few story sequences that come to mind:
o When Sarge Johnson gets in the Pelican, leaving MC to take out the lizard-snipers (" Outskirts " level ) -- Play as Sarge
o Level 9 "Regret" -- Miranda asks Johnson to meet her at the Library. -- Play as Sarge, then as Miranda
o Level 10, Marines fighting the Flood
o When the Arbiter gets in the transport (right before he gets "killed" by the head Brute - the humans are in the other transport and slightly ahead. This is where Miranda grabs the Icon and nearly falls. The humans have a whole battle sequence that Arbiter finds when he enters the last part of the level. -- Play as Miranda
o Access remote SCSI devices o Blank CDRW media o Write "cloned" images created from ' readcd -clone ' o Write multi-session CDs o Write Audio CDs o Write using "burnfree" buffer-underrun technology o Set different Write speeds o Overburn
D00d, with decent disk I/O you should be able to use -j6 even on a single-proc. Distcc also helps if you have other machines that can run the same compiler on your network.
--Virtual environments are where multi-core processors will really start to shine. One processor running the VM(s), other processor running the Host.
--I've ben running Vmware Workstation 5.x for a couple of years now on a 900MHz Amd Duron with 512MB RAM, Linux host (mostly Knoppix/Debian, but also Ubuntu.) Just upgraded to a Pentium-D 2.66Ghz dual-core with 2GB RAM, and it's night and day. Even with Gig Ethernet, the thing just flies.
--Trying out XUbuntu 64-bit ATM; seems pretty nice so far, altho I've only had the new box since Monday. Still have to test how well bzip2 runs; on the 900 it took HOURS for multi-gig files. Better off running gzip on $older-hw.
--I highly recommend anyone with a half-decent system spec try out Vmware Server; it's Free-as-in-beer and did well with a Win2kpro guest even on a dual-200MHz (yes, two hundred) box with 768MB RAM.
--Combine the SMG with the purple alien blaster for maximum damage (purple blaster should be in the Right hand so you can drop the SMG.) I call it the "Shredder".
Nobody would NEED overtime if the company paid a decent wage!!
I've seen the same thing firsthand working for a gas station. Paychecks were late, the hourly wage was hardly enough to live on, and people working 10-12 hour days.
We just rolled out over 10 Lenovo T60 laptops for a client.
--I was impressed with:
o How cool they ran o Battery life o Their implementation of the eraser-head mouse interface is the best I've seen on any laptop o The LCD Displays are nice o Wireless is built-in yet can be turned off via hardware switch o Gigabit Ethernet along with dual-core CPU
--Wasn't impressed with: o SATA hard drives (XP came out in 2001 - if you have to do a bare-metal (re)install of XP, first you have to F6 the SATA driver; and also make sure it's on your Bart CD.)
--All in all, a pretty nice, lightweight little laptop. But I wouldn't buy one personally without verifying that Linux was compatible with everything in it first, out of the box.
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( All war movies ) " Fire at will! "
//sucks to be Will... [g]
--Look into Vmware. Seriously. If you have a modern computer with enough RAM (512MB+) you can run Server (free) to create/run VMs (Linux under Windows); or use Player (256MB-384MB+) to run existing VMs/appliances, etc. And their support forums are excellent.
n .htmll Appliance VMs (dozens)
--I'm a big vmware Workstation user (Linux hosts FTW) but that one's not free.
http://www.vmware.com/products/free_virtualizatio
http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/index-r.htm
http://www.vmware.com/community/index.jspa (Forums)
http://easyvmx.com/ ( Create VMs for Player )
--The only downside is that (currently) Player and Server can't be concurrently installed on the same OS partition; but I get around this by triple-booting XP (Player), 64-bit Ubuntu (Workstation+Player) and 32-bit Ubuntu (Server.)
[[
/. article header: "Great, now we'll get even MORE crappy hardware as WELL AS crappy software!"
If enough effort went in to make the whole thing easily patched in the field, then there's an excellent chance insufficient effort went in to making the thing right to begin with.
I'm disliked intensely by some where I work now precisely because I don't take any crap from those who prefer the Im-lazy-fix-it-next-year route.
]]
I applaud your efforts. That's exactly what I thought when reading the
Average Joe end-user doesn't even like the idea of flashing his computer BIOS, cuz God knows if there's a power failure or glitch in the middle of the process, he's left with an expensive pile of junk.
While I'm an avid Linux user, I do tend more toward the "stable" releases - Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, Debian Stable/Testing rather than unstable, etc. You get older and a little more set in your ways, and things that were inconveniences before, start to get a lot more irritating. You Just Want It to WORK.
For all our sakes, I hope the manufacturers (continue to?) put enough effort into "doing things right before it ships" instead of taking shortcuts just so they can "beat competitors to market" and try to fix it later.
Yah; in RTFA, I did read the entire content of Theo's first two posts in response to the thread, and immediately realized he was being needlessly reactionary ( equiv == "asshole". )
Good prgrammer maybe - but he discredits himself with outbursts like this.
1. Upgrade $mobo, save $electricity
2. ???
3. Profit
Search the Vmware forums. Basically if your 64-bit processor supports hardware VT, you can run 64-bit guests.
r yID=1
h tml/wwhelp.htm
http://www.vmware.com/community/index.jspa?catego
There is a RAM limit; I believe each Guest can access up to 3.6GB. However, having more RAM on the host means you can have more Guests (barring bottlenecks.)
See:
http://pubs.vmware.com/server1/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/
--Check the Index under R (Ram).
--Honestly, if a VM requires more than 3.6GB RAM you probably should be running its functionality on a physical box.
I feel a great disturbance in Teh Force...
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http://mademelaugh.com/index.php?id_category=-1&d
Hello Dere Kitty!
I think it would sell if they came out with "Halo 2: The Untold Story" for the original Xbox. There are a few story sequences that come to mind:
r ipts/lv04_outskirts.html
o When Sarge Johnson gets in the Pelican, leaving MC to take out the lizard-snipers
(" Outskirts " level ) -- Play as Sarge
o Level 9 "Regret" -- Miranda asks Johnson to meet her at the Library. -- Play as Sarge, then as Miranda
o Level 10, Marines fighting the Flood
o When the Arbiter gets in the transport (right before he gets "killed" by the head Brute - the humans are in the other transport and slightly ahead. This is where Miranda grabs the Icon and nearly falls. The humans have a whole battle sequence that Arbiter finds when he enters the last part of the level. -- Play as Miranda
--Thanks to:
http://halosm.bungie.org/story/halo2_level_transc
Including Pitfall?! Aaagh, my childhood memories of the Atari 2600 are Teh Sc4rr3d...
[ wanders off with a hurt expression ]
When's the last time you tried typing ' man cdrecord '?
gracetime=#
Set the grace time before starting to write to # seconds.
Values below 2 seconds are not allowed.
> Linux 2.6 doesn't need cdrecord
--I beg to differ. Cdrecord has the ability to:
o Access remote SCSI devices
o Blank CDRW media
o Write "cloned" images created from ' readcd -clone '
o Write multi-session CDs
o Write Audio CDs
o Write using "burnfree" buffer-underrun technology
o Set different Write speeds
o Overburn
+1 Insightful ...especially if you've seen the Halo movie set to that song. If not, I can send you a copy. ;-)
D00d, with decent disk I/O you should be able to use -j6 even on a single-proc. Distcc also helps if you have other machines that can run the same compiler on your network.
--Try Ubuntu 64-bit with Workstation 5.5.2 - works for me.
/ release.1/
/ release.1/xubuntu-6.06.1-alternate-amd64.iso
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/6.06.1
--I used the alternate-amd64 iso:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/6.06.1
--Just be sure to check the vmware forums before diving in; there are some additional packages and libraries that have to be installed for Vmware.
--Virtual environments are where multi-core processors will really start to shine. One processor running the VM(s), other processor running the Host.
--I've ben running Vmware Workstation 5.x for a couple of years now on a 900MHz Amd Duron with 512MB RAM, Linux host (mostly Knoppix/Debian, but also Ubuntu.) Just upgraded to a Pentium-D 2.66Ghz dual-core with 2GB RAM, and it's night and day. Even with Gig Ethernet, the thing just flies.
--Trying out XUbuntu 64-bit ATM; seems pretty nice so far, altho I've only had the new box since Monday. Still have to test how well bzip2 runs; on the 900 it took HOURS for multi-gig files. Better off running gzip on $older-hw.
--I highly recommend anyone with a half-decent system spec try out Vmware Server; it's Free-as-in-beer and did well with a Win2kpro guest even on a dual-200MHz (yes, two hundred) box with 768MB RAM.
--Combine the SMG with the purple alien blaster for maximum damage (purple blaster should be in the Right hand so you can drop the SMG.) I call it the "Shredder".
Nobody would NEED overtime if the company paid a decent wage!!
I've seen the same thing firsthand working for a gas station. Paychecks were late, the hourly wage was hardly enough to live on, and people working 10-12 hour days.
It's tantamount to abuse of the workforce.
Sounds like a good party/coworker trick. :) "Hey man, I bet you a Dollar that this computer will reboot if I touch the monitor!"
" It compiles!! Ship it! "
-- Microsoft
" It's almost ready for Intel/Apple! "
" Tell the world to sign up for the beta! "
-- Vmware
" Sir, the 3D effects are fixed, but last night's build -- it's not compiling! "
" Delay it another year!!! "
-- Duke Nukem Forever Developers
--Hey, I dunno about you but part of me is still in love with Emma Bunton. ;-)
" Video killed the radio star... "
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Yah, ditto that.
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--Your ideas intrigue me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
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--Seriously tho; I submitted the link to your post as a Feature Suggestion to the Vmware forums; maybe they can implement this in software.
http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threa
We just rolled out over 10 Lenovo T60 laptops for a client.
--I was impressed with:
o How cool they ran
o Battery life
o Their implementation of the eraser-head mouse interface is the best I've seen on any laptop
o The LCD Displays are nice
o Wireless is built-in yet can be turned off via hardware switch
o Gigabit Ethernet along with dual-core CPU
--Wasn't impressed with:
o SATA hard drives (XP came out in 2001 - if you have to do a bare-metal (re)install of XP, first you have to F6 the SATA driver; and also make sure it's on your Bart CD.)
--All in all, a pretty nice, lightweight little laptop. But I wouldn't buy one personally without verifying that Linux was compatible with everything in it first, out of the box.
Plus, I heard that when Vista is finally ready to ship, it will arrive bundled with a FREE copy of Duke Nukem Forever!!
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