with KDE 4, You never NEED to use the cli but you can do everything from the cli if you want to. OpenSuSE OpenSuSE Guide helps you to a good start.
Ubuntu is imho the Windows of the Linux world, they do much noise and the do very much to look nice and shiny...
Racks are built for air flow from front to back, you'll need to turn the boards 90 unless you remove the side panels...
No, you do not want to alternate airflow, you want a hot side and a cool side, it makes cooling easier. If you can, try to vent the hot air out instead of cooling it down, it is cheaper than cooling it down.
Btw. did you consider putting 4 or 5 boards vertically in 2 rows behind each other ?
...the big problem now is the lack of software.
Yes we have MS Office substitutes but they are only about 85% replacements for MS Offiice, they need to be superior just like Linux is superior.
We need:
MS Project replacement
Financial software replacement
Risk management software replacement (this is a tuff one, there are only 3 or 4)
MS Dynamics AX/NAV replacement
No, I don't buy the Photoshop crap... GIMP and Inkscape are good replacements.
I am fully aware of that, but this can be said about every evolving technology in history. When Apple is ready with ARM based Macs 90% of everything will be done in a cloud. It is easier (and cheaper) for everyone so it will go that way, believe it or don't.
The biggest problem here is that people believe in the "universal global cloud" sales bullshit... well, guess what: session virtualisation is also a cloud. Yes, your Citrix XenApp, XenDesktop, VDI or RDP are also cloud solutions.... and yes, a 8-way, 128-core server with a Tesla accelerator card and 512 GB RAM outperforms ANY desktop PC.
No I'm not buying the advertising crap... I see the future... and guess what: It looks surprisingly like the past.
"To switch from Intel to ARM on PC's will be suicide as performance in PC's far outweigh any negligible benefits in power savings. People using Macs are designers, programmers and heavy users. "
You don't see the obvious fact that the software businesses are switching to cloud based applications.
Adobe has their application suite in the cloud (no it is not perfect... YET).
Microsoft has their main application suite in the cloud (no it is not perfect... YET)
Google ?
Games ? Most computing for online games is done in the cloud, the PC is only displaying it.
Personal Computers are rapidly becoming Cloud Terminals....
Mobility requires low power consumption so a move from Intel to ARM in laptops was predictable.
We may also end with high end dual CPU solutions where where an ARM chip and another chip are
working together just like graphic card does in laptops.
The server denying the request id not th server that should have provided the data and when you are censoring you do not want people to know that the data is censored. The most appropriate http response is then "2xx The request has been processed by other server than intended due to illegal content on intended server"
Icons work because we have learned what the symbol means not because the symbol makes sense. Red Cross and the biohazard sign are examples of this. If you change the symbol you have to learn everybody the meaning of the new symbol instead of just learning children the meaning of the old one. Furthermore you don't have any guarantee that the shiny new symbol will be meaningful in a couple of years.
You buy yourself a brand new car... but the car has Good Year tires and you prefer Michelin tires, what do you do ? You sell Good Year tires and buy Michelin tires. You buy a brand new PC... you do not want Windows so you sell... oh wait... you can't sell your Windows, can you... got the point. As long as the anti competitive and almost illegal practice continues nobody will try to put anything else on a brand new PC.
"If you want to use a browser (which is the prime example of client software) on a server you are an idiot" No sir, You are. A Terminal Server or XenApp Server do have the need for all kind of user software including a browser. Before you speak you probably should ask yourself: "What do we try to do here".
Who was speaking of a large network here ? The Windows 7 is a pita (but far better than Vista) in stand alone mode. We don't do Windows clients in our corporate network... far too much work to maintain, we use Linux and OS X, Windows applications are running on 4 large Citrix XenApp servers. I'm maintaining 4 servers instead of 120 PC, I must be stupid.
"The real question is, can Windows 7 run properly?" Nope, it keeps asking me for admin password all the time....and on Windows servers it became next to impossible to use a browser.
You are looking at the wrong end of the problem, the client is not the real problem... The real problem is the infrastructure which is expensive to obtain and maintain. Skype runs servers in almost all countries, servers that provides SkypeOut and SkypeIn calls for a local fee, a free alternative would need that kind of service too.
Nope... 802.11n may either run on 2.4GHz (b/gn) or 5GHz (an) but needs dual radios to run on both frequencies on the same time. True dual band AP's are quite expensive, even switchable band AP's cost much more than b/gn AP's: a Zyxel NWA-3166 has a list price of USD 200.
We could ship bulk cargo in containers, it would need some modifications but lot less than those folding containers: we just need to be able to tilt the container so the door is at the top, fill it with bulk cargo, close the doors and tilt back... and mark it "DANGER! BULK CARGO" so nobody opens the door.
No! Flash stinks, it's a CPU hog. The biggest problem with iOS not having flash is addressed by Adobes solution. Flash games ? Fuck games, if the game developer want his game out on iOS device he have to do it the right way: make an app.
Because Fax provides something nothing else (except telex) can: a point 2 point communication which guarantees either instant delivery or instant information that delivery is impossible. Fax is also considered a "Legal Document" in almost all countries... email is not (and should not be).
E-mail has a 48 hour period where you can't know whether your mail has been received or not...
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with KDE 4, You never NEED to use the cli but you can do everything from the cli if you want to.
OpenSuSE
OpenSuSE Guide helps you to a good start.
Ubuntu is imho the Windows of the Linux world, they do much noise and the do very much to look nice and shiny...
Racks are built for air flow from front to back, you'll need to turn the boards 90 unless you remove the side panels... No, you do not want to alternate airflow, you want a hot side and a cool side, it makes cooling easier. If you can, try to vent the hot air out instead of cooling it down, it is cheaper than cooling it down. Btw. did you consider putting 4 or 5 boards vertically in 2 rows behind each other ?
...is as good and innovative as you think it is marketing will not be needed until you've got about 30% of the available market.
Restore the backup. IBM and Asus ask you to save a copy of the previous BIOS before the upgrade and they also provide a restore utility.
Nope, it is in fact far more interesting how a computer gamer like him found and married a girl from RL.
Oh, that they already missed back in 1998, the case of the USS Yorktown... http://gcn.com/articles/1998/07/13/software-glitches-leave-navy-smart-ship-dead-in-the-water.aspx
The problem is as always: the smart old guys has retired and the new guy need to show that he can do better than the old guy.
Yes we have MS Office substitutes but they are only about 85% replacements for MS Offiice, they need to be superior just like Linux is superior.
We need:
No, I don't buy the Photoshop crap... GIMP and Inkscape are good replacements.
I am fully aware of that, but this can be said about every evolving technology in history. When Apple is ready with ARM based Macs 90% of everything will be done in a cloud. It is easier (and cheaper) for everyone so it will go that way, believe it or don't.
The biggest problem here is that people believe in the "universal global cloud" sales bullshit... well, guess what: session virtualisation is also a cloud. Yes, your Citrix XenApp, XenDesktop, VDI or RDP are also cloud solutions.... and yes, a 8-way, 128-core server with a Tesla accelerator card and 512 GB RAM outperforms ANY desktop PC.
No I'm not buying the advertising crap... I see the future... and guess what: It looks surprisingly like the past.
You don't see the obvious fact that the software businesses are switching to cloud based applications.
Personal Computers are rapidly becoming Cloud Terminals.... Mobility requires low power consumption so a move from Intel to ARM in laptops was predictable. We may also end with high end dual CPU solutions where where an ARM chip and another chip are working together just like graphic card does in laptops.
Well Nokia invented the SmartPhone (the Communicator) about 10 years before anybody else.
The server denying the request id not th server that should have provided the data
and when you are censoring you do not want people to know that the data is censored.
The most appropriate http response is then "2xx The request has been processed by other server than intended due to illegal content on intended server"
...Compaq Concerto from 1994 running Windows for Pen Computing ?
...has been known for centuries. Biometric do not work like stupid politicians want it work.
Icons work because we have learned what the symbol means not because the symbol makes sense. Red Cross and the biohazard sign are examples of this.
If you change the symbol you have to learn everybody the meaning of the new symbol instead of just learning children the meaning of the old one.
Furthermore you don't have any guarantee that the shiny new symbol will be meaningful in a couple of years.
You buy yourself a brand new car... but the car has Good Year tires and you prefer Michelin tires, what do you do ? You sell Good Year tires and buy Michelin tires.
You buy a brand new PC... you do not want Windows so you sell... oh wait... you can't sell your Windows, can you... got the point.
As long as the anti competitive and almost illegal practice continues nobody will try to put anything else on a brand new PC.
"If you want to use a browser (which is the prime example of client software) on a server you are an idiot"
No sir, You are. A Terminal Server or XenApp Server do have the need for all kind of user software including a browser.
Before you speak you probably should ask yourself: "What do we try to do here".
Who was speaking of a large network here ? The Windows 7 is a pita (but far better than Vista) in stand alone mode.
We don't do Windows clients in our corporate network... far too much work to maintain, we use Linux and OS X,
Windows applications are running on 4 large Citrix XenApp servers.
I'm maintaining 4 servers instead of 120 PC, I must be stupid.
"The real question is, can Windows 7 run properly?" ...and on Windows servers it became next to impossible to use a browser.
Nope, it keeps asking me for admin password all the time.
Tits or GTFO!
You are looking at the wrong end of the problem, the client is not the real problem... The real problem is the infrastructure which is expensive to obtain and maintain.
Skype runs servers in almost all countries, servers that provides SkypeOut and SkypeIn calls for a local fee, a free alternative would need that kind of service too.
Nope... 802.11n may either run on 2.4GHz (b/gn) or 5GHz (an) but needs dual radios to run on both frequencies on the same time.
True dual band AP's are quite expensive, even switchable band AP's cost much more than b/gn AP's: a Zyxel NWA-3166 has a list price of USD 200.
...did have 789 on the top row but this was changed to 123 to make danish phones like phones around the world (and to match the DTMF layout).
I still have an at least one phone with 789 on the top row.
We could ship bulk cargo in containers, it would need some modifications but lot less than those folding containers: we just need to be able to tilt the container so the door is at the top, fill it with bulk cargo, close the doors and tilt back... and mark it "DANGER! BULK CARGO" so nobody opens the door.
No! Flash stinks, it's a CPU hog.
The biggest problem with iOS not having flash is addressed by Adobes solution.
Flash games ? Fuck games, if the game developer want his game out on iOS device he have to do it the right way: make an app.
Because Fax provides something nothing else (except telex) can: a point 2 point communication which guarantees either instant delivery or instant information that delivery is impossible. Fax is also considered a "Legal Document" in almost all countries... email is not (and should not be).
E-mail has a 48 hour period where you can't know whether your mail has been received or not...