The beauty of the Linux community is that people can work on whatever the hell they want. Why should I care if someone wants to write a program using Mono? People writing software should use whatever tools they think would be best. And I'd guess that the people complaining about Java not being GPL aren't the same people using Mono. Stop trying to lump all open source users/developers into one group. People use it for different reasons.
No way on Earth would I work hard to pay for content that I couldn't use how I want. I buy things so I can use them, not to make you rich. Once the content production community stops (I know it isn't everyone but it's enough to be a major problem) trying to sell content that can't be used, we will finally be able to embrace the spending of money we all truly want. Until then, the Pirate Bay will live on in some form or other.
I really wish programs would just leave everything in memory and let the operating system page it out as it needs to. I have 4 Gb of memory and even with 'preload' set to prefetch everything, I'm still only using 1 Gb right now (it was around 200 Mb before I installed preload). And Ubuntu doesn't start swapping until it needs to, so no swap used.
Agreed. I use Wikipedia constantly while working on my Computer Science degree. While the teacher is rambling about the traveling salesman problem, I can read all about it, and hear about other people's interesting solutions (my favorite is this, where you replace two paths and check if the new path is shorter).
I really don't understand why we have textbooks at all in CS. If I want theory, there's Wikipedia. If I want documentation, you can look at the language/library documentation.
Just to clarify, there is a 32 bit compatibility layer for Linux, and while you usually don't need it, certain programs still aren't being released as 64 bit binaries. It's really not a point for either OS as Windows 7 64 bit does this too (and I think Vista does, but I've never installed it).
But it will make it valid to make ads saying something like "Microsoft is trying to convince you to use Internet Explorer, but it doesn't even support HTML 5. Get {Firefox, Opera, etc.}!". And that sort of publicity could force Microsoft to actually support something useful for once.
It's not detailed at all. All it says is Google supports Theora but doesn't plan to use it (no problem there), and that Safari is afraid of hidden patents, and I think if that were the case, people would probably be suing Google already.
Yeah seriously. I can understand why people would buy Viagra online - you need a prescription, but why would you possibly buy something that you can just grab off the shelf of any store?
It seems like they're trying to compare a software company to software. Open source projects can't compete with Google because they're just pieces of software. The real comparison is between companies that use open source and companies that don't, and like they mentioned in the summary, Google uses open source.
I don't see the problem with W3C specifying formats that should be included though. Google can use whichever format it wants, but all browsers that support the and tags should be able to deal with vorbis and theora. That way if someone wants to use the tag, they have a format that will always be supported. If Safari and Chrome want to add more codecs that's even better, but not including it because they don't plan to use it themselves is stupid.
I'm pretty sure there aren't any 100% reliable file systems. It wouldn't be hard to find one more reliable than FAT. In fact, I think that's the whole point of newer file systems (except the new fancy "look at me I'm really fast until I delete all of your data" filesystems).
In Ubuntu you just tell it where to put your NTFS partition and it deals with it for you (and if you think it's too complicated to know which partition is which, consider that you can always go the Windows way and just wipe the hard drive and only use one partition).
That's a graphics card though. It's likely that they're using a more general purpose CPU:
The microwulf (first cluster I could find data for) performs at 58.34 Mflops/Watt, so 58.34 Mflops/Watt * 65 Megawatts = 3,770 teraflops
The most efficient computer on the Green500 gets 536.24 Mflops/W so 536.24 Mflops/W * 65 Megawatts = ~ 34,083 teraflops
And of course, that's assuming they don't have lights or heat..
I think it's because you need to be on the same subnet to play Starcraft on a LAN, so you're only working with IP addresses 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.255.
Yeah but the having an internet connection thing is the problem. When I have LAN parties it's usually a bunch of computers and a massive switch. And it's really nice not having to deal with internet lag..
A couple things:
1. Ubuntu contains a complete functional operating system for normal people. It has a browser, a couple media players, an instant messenger, solitaire, and an office suite. That's really all most people use. It may not seem like it to you, but that's because you're on Slashdot. The only thing any of my friends would have problems with is lack of Windows games, and that's unrelated to anything about how big or complete the install is.
2. Ubuntu updates are massive because the entire system is updated (and it comes with a lot of stuff that updates frequently). If Windows updated all of your programs (and your programs actually had updates), you'd be looking at similarly sizes.
3. When you're talking about UI inconsistency you shouldn't be comparing all Linux programs. KDE (qt) and Gnome (GTK) are going in different directions. However, the default Ubuntu install is very consistent (all GTK programs).
As for install size. I dual boot Windows XP and Ubuntu 9.04. It's hard to tell how much disk space Windows is using (because of installed games, my documents folder, etc), but my entire Linux partition has 3.5 Gb used with every program I need. Windows Vista uses ~15 Gb and doesn't even come with an office suite (and Office 2007 takes over a gigabyte of space).
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The beauty of the Linux community is that people can work on whatever the hell they want. Why should I care if someone wants to write a program using Mono? People writing software should use whatever tools they think would be best. And I'd guess that the people complaining about Java not being GPL aren't the same people using Mono. Stop trying to lump all open source users/developers into one group. People use it for different reasons.
I would download a car..
No way on Earth would I work hard to pay for content that I couldn't use how I want. I buy things so I can use them, not to make you rich. Once the content production community stops (I know it isn't everyone but it's enough to be a major problem) trying to sell content that can't be used, we will finally be able to embrace the spending of money we all truly want. Until then, the Pirate Bay will live on in some form or other.
I really wish programs would just leave everything in memory and let the operating system page it out as it needs to. I have 4 Gb of memory and even with 'preload' set to prefetch everything, I'm still only using 1 Gb right now (it was around 200 Mb before I installed preload). And Ubuntu doesn't start swapping until it needs to, so no swap used.
Agreed. I use Wikipedia constantly while working on my Computer Science degree. While the teacher is rambling about the traveling salesman problem, I can read all about it, and hear about other people's interesting solutions (my favorite is this, where you replace two paths and check if the new path is shorter).
I really don't understand why we have textbooks at all in CS. If I want theory, there's Wikipedia. If I want documentation, you can look at the language/library documentation.
Conversely, I'm entirely willing to pay to watch a movie, but I hate movie theaters.
Just to clarify, there is a 32 bit compatibility layer for Linux, and while you usually don't need it, certain programs still aren't being released as 64 bit binaries. It's really not a point for either OS as Windows 7 64 bit does this too (and I think Vista does, but I've never installed it).
But it will make it valid to make ads saying something like "Microsoft is trying to convince you to use Internet Explorer, but it doesn't even support HTML 5. Get {Firefox, Opera, etc.}!". And that sort of publicity could force Microsoft to actually support something useful for once.
Unfortunately, when Half-Life came out, having a story actually WAS innovative.. And some companies still haven't caught on.
Based on my experience with LAN parties, anything that isn't bolted to the ground is "portable".
It's not detailed at all. All it says is Google supports Theora but doesn't plan to use it (no problem there), and that Safari is afraid of hidden patents, and I think if that were the case, people would probably be suing Google already.
I realized after writing this that it sounds like I'm advocating theft of Tamiflu, but I meant why buy it online..
Yeah seriously. I can understand why people would buy Viagra online - you need a prescription, but why would you possibly buy something that you can just grab off the shelf of any store?
It seems like they're trying to compare a software company to software. Open source projects can't compete with Google because they're just pieces of software. The real comparison is between companies that use open source and companies that don't, and like they mentioned in the summary, Google uses open source.
I don't see the problem with W3C specifying formats that should be included though. Google can use whichever format it wants, but all browsers that support the and tags should be able to deal with vorbis and theora. That way if someone wants to use the tag, they have a format that will always be supported. If Safari and Chrome want to add more codecs that's even better, but not including it because they don't plan to use it themselves is stupid.
I'm pretty sure there aren't any 100% reliable file systems. It wouldn't be hard to find one more reliable than FAT. In fact, I think that's the whole point of newer file systems (except the new fancy "look at me I'm really fast until I delete all of your data" filesystems).
In Ubuntu you just tell it where to put your NTFS partition and it deals with it for you (and if you think it's too complicated to know which partition is which, consider that you can always go the Windows way and just wipe the hard drive and only use one partition).
That's a graphics card though. It's likely that they're using a more general purpose CPU:
The microwulf (first cluster I could find data for) performs at 58.34 Mflops/Watt, so 58.34 Mflops/Watt * 65 Megawatts = 3,770 teraflops
The most efficient computer on the Green500 gets 536.24 Mflops/W so 536.24 Mflops/W * 65 Megawatts = ~ 34,083 teraflops
And of course, that's assuming they don't have lights or heat..
I think it's because you need to be on the same subnet to play Starcraft on a LAN, so you're only working with IP addresses 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.255.
Yeah but the having an internet connection thing is the problem. When I have LAN parties it's usually a bunch of computers and a massive switch. And it's really nice not having to deal with internet lag..
Windows XP is still significantly faster than Vista and 7, but fresh installs of Vista and 7 completely blow Vista out of the water.
That seems to be why there's an emergency stop built in..
Ubuntu automatically installs all of the codecs you need. It's annoying, but codecs aren't included for legal reasons, not space concerns.
And I forgot I was in HTML mode..
A couple things: 1. Ubuntu contains a complete functional operating system for normal people. It has a browser, a couple media players, an instant messenger, solitaire, and an office suite. That's really all most people use. It may not seem like it to you, but that's because you're on Slashdot. The only thing any of my friends would have problems with is lack of Windows games, and that's unrelated to anything about how big or complete the install is. 2. Ubuntu updates are massive because the entire system is updated (and it comes with a lot of stuff that updates frequently). If Windows updated all of your programs (and your programs actually had updates), you'd be looking at similarly sizes. 3. When you're talking about UI inconsistency you shouldn't be comparing all Linux programs. KDE (qt) and Gnome (GTK) are going in different directions. However, the default Ubuntu install is very consistent (all GTK programs). As for install size. I dual boot Windows XP and Ubuntu 9.04. It's hard to tell how much disk space Windows is using (because of installed games, my documents folder, etc), but my entire Linux partition has 3.5 Gb used with every program I need. Windows Vista uses ~15 Gb and doesn't even come with an office suite (and Office 2007 takes over a gigabyte of space).