Antivir is pretty good. I use it in command-line mode on my computer to make sure that I don't unwittingly pass viruses on to other computers in the LAN. It is extremely fast but I only run it in on-demand mode (did not compile in dazuko/FAM daemon support).
Yes, but you know what the browser-as-a-quasi-OS means: more content can be put online. This reduces the cost of distribution to near zero, allows for ads to be dynamically placed in the "free" versions of the products (more ad revenue), and allows for pay-per-use subscriptions to the program.
It's pretty much nothing but good for the providers, but there are ups and downs for the consumers:
Good things
1. You can use the programs from any Internet-connected computer, not just your own.
2. Your computer does not need to be very fast to run the programs- it is in effect a thin client, so you can have some cheap old machine run as fast as a $5000 rig.
3. You always have the latest and greatest programs automatically.
4. If you can stand the ads, you can get previously expensive apps for little or no money.
Bad things
1. You must have a good Internet connection to run your apps at all. Those of us who live out in the boonies and have dial-up are screwed. Same goes for laptops that are out of Wi-Fi range.
2. You cannot buy one version of a program once and use it for a long time (i.e. buying Office 98 and still using it today). There is a forced upgrade cycle and lock-in because you must continually pay just to open your own files. This is a BIG disadvantage, one that is a fatal error in my book. I'll stick with the *nix apps too.
I remember getting a Compaq with a AMD K6-2 at 500MHz in late 1999, but it certainly wasn't the fastest chip then. I remember that was a PIII-700 or better.
Hey, Honda Civics are *great* cars. Mine ( though not really low-end as Civics go ) actually has a pretty kicking engine.
I hope yours is a Civic Si because the base ones pretty well suck. The top engine choice in a 2005 Civic is 127hp out of a engine of less than 1700cc. They might be okay cars, but the engines are not that powerful or fast. Even the Si with its 200hp has little torque, and it's all the way up in the rev range.
If I have to have a little engine, it better be blown WELL. That means no laggy hack job of a turbo. Or just give me a bigger engine, like a six-cylinder or a small-displacement V8.
The condition is called Asperger Syndrome. It is characterized by the affected individuals having normal or better-than-normal intelligence but below-average social development. It prevalence is estimated at between 3.6 and 7.1 per 1000.
Oh, and it is more prevalent in females than males, and there is no cure as it is a form of high-level autism.
Well, aren't some of the 500GB 7200rpm drives just about as fast in the I/O department as the Raptor is? The only difference is the Raptor's seek time is 4.6ms and an average 7200rpm drive's is low-to-mid 8s. But for $350, you can almost get that 500GB drive and get roughly the same performance but 350 more GB.
The Raptors would make more sense if they were larger drives (320GB?) and could really take advantage of the increase in RPM. But now, they fight the small/less-dense platter part of the transfer equation and and up being very expensive per GB compared to other drives.
I have always used GRUB and my USB keyboard works fine. I'd either check in the BIOS to make sure that legacy USB devices are enabled or get a cheap little USB -> PS/2 adapter to use.
Most people I know that have a UNIX-like box run Linux. In almost all distributions, the user runs as an unprivileged user but has sudo rights. I happen to be in this case and never have to do anything that requires real root access. I bet most people have a similar case too.
You;re pretty much right. Yes, most of us here likely use Linux or MacOS X, but few are big-time "M$-bashers." It is analogous to people who belong to a certain political party or religion- a handful of members are zealots but most don't define themselves solely by it.
Yes, I use Linux (SuSE 10.0) and have for a while. I started using it because XP gave me a whole lot of BSODs and I was sick of it. I did not want to get a new computer, so I gave Linux a shot. It works pretty well and even though the BSOD issue in XP has been fixed on my machine, I still use Linux because I personally like how it works better then XP does. But I don't push it on other people at all- if they ask about it, I will gladly help them but not until then.
Use vga=XXX at the boot: line on install. I type in boot:vga=795 to get 24-bit 1280x1024 and it has ALWAYS worked for me no matter the distro and ensures that everything is set up well for the graphics.
I think you're right. I may not like the Chinese government but they're certainly pretty shrewd and smart. They own Lenovo and yes, it would be royally stupid to mess with the formula that allows IBM ThinkPads to sell for about a 20%+ premium over comparable x86 laptops. But however nice the Lenovo ThinkPads are, I will stick with companies that are not owned by Beijing.
And if there ever WAS any hint of a suit, they'd just not install any by default and put a little note to look in Synpatic (or YaST, urpmi, yum, or Sourceforge) for media players in the "multimedia" menu.
Very easy fix. I bet even MSFT could do something like that, except for the automatic package manager deal.
I thought that in the new America, you have the right TO be offended by anything. Everybody has to watch their words SO closely nowdays to not have somebody somewhere get offended because they thought you alluded to something that referred to something that might offend one person.
There sure as heck are HP Linux printer drivers. HP has theirs for my printer (PSC 2110) on SourceForge's hpofficejet page. But they are usually built into the distro to begin with. Google HPAIO, HPLIP, or PTAL and you'll see.
You should set them up with their own user account and NOT let it into the admin group. That way, they will just get errors when they have NO sudo available. The very worst they could do is erase their own account. Then you can set it back up, no harm no foul.
The elementary school I went to from K-3 had nothing but Apple II's in it. (The computers were about ten years older than I was at the time!) We were taught how to run things off of disks, and for a few of us, we were taught very basic BASIC, such as "print," "plot," etc. My family had an IBM PS/1 80268 at home and even though it had a very rudimentary GUI, I used the command line to launch solitaire and Jeopardy. It also had a BASIC editor and I made little text-based games and such with it.
So that's where I "cut my teeth" and why I feel comfortable using a command line. Yes, I do like a good GUI, but I also like a command line to do certain things or to tweak things that the GUI tools might balk at.
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Antivir is pretty good. I use it in command-line mode on my computer to make sure that I don't unwittingly pass viruses on to other computers in the LAN. It is extremely fast but I only run it in on-demand mode (did not compile in dazuko/FAM daemon support).
Yes, but you know what the browser-as-a-quasi-OS means: more content can be put online. This reduces the cost of distribution to near zero, allows for ads to be dynamically placed in the "free" versions of the products (more ad revenue), and allows for pay-per-use subscriptions to the program.
It's pretty much nothing but good for the providers, but there are ups and downs for the consumers:
Good things
1. You can use the programs from any Internet-connected computer, not just your own.
2. Your computer does not need to be very fast to run the programs- it is in effect a thin client, so you can have some cheap old machine run as fast as a $5000 rig.
3. You always have the latest and greatest programs automatically.
4. If you can stand the ads, you can get previously expensive apps for little or no money.
Bad things
1. You must have a good Internet connection to run your apps at all. Those of us who live out in the boonies and have dial-up are screwed. Same goes for laptops that are out of Wi-Fi range.
2. You cannot buy one version of a program once and use it for a long time (i.e. buying Office 98 and still using it today). There is a forced upgrade cycle and lock-in because you must continually pay just to open your own files. This is a BIG disadvantage, one that is a fatal error in my book. I'll stick with the *nix apps too.
I remember getting a Compaq with a AMD K6-2 at 500MHz in late 1999, but it certainly wasn't the fastest chip then. I remember that was a PIII-700 or better.
Hey, Honda Civics are *great* cars. Mine ( though not really low-end as Civics go ) actually has a pretty kicking engine.
I hope yours is a Civic Si because the base ones pretty well suck. The top engine choice in a 2005 Civic is 127hp out of a engine of less than 1700cc. They might be okay cars, but the engines are not that powerful or fast. Even the Si with its 200hp has little torque, and it's all the way up in the rev range.
If I have to have a little engine, it better be blown WELL. That means no laggy hack job of a turbo. Or just give me a bigger engine, like a six-cylinder or a small-displacement V8.
The condition is called Asperger Syndrome. It is characterized by the affected individuals having normal or better-than-normal intelligence but below-average social development. It prevalence is estimated at between 3.6 and 7.1 per 1000.
Oh, and it is more prevalent in females than males, and there is no cure as it is a form of high-level autism.
Well, aren't some of the 500GB 7200rpm drives just about as fast in the I/O department as the Raptor is? The only difference is the Raptor's seek time is 4.6ms and an average 7200rpm drive's is low-to-mid 8s. But for $350, you can almost get that 500GB drive and get roughly the same performance but 350 more GB.
The Raptors would make more sense if they were larger drives (320GB?) and could really take advantage of the increase in RPM. But now, they fight the small/less-dense platter part of the transfer equation and and up being very expensive per GB compared to other drives.
Bill's biggest threat is accidentally getting hit with one of Steve Ballmer's Famous Flying Chairs.
I have always used GRUB and my USB keyboard works fine. I'd either check in the BIOS to make sure that legacy USB devices are enabled or get a cheap little USB -> PS/2 adapter to use.
"Why does it ship with a crappy OS like Microsoft Windows, and the 32bit version at that?
So you can download and burn Linux.
Most people I know that have a UNIX-like box run Linux. In almost all distributions, the user runs as an unprivileged user but has sudo rights. I happen to be in this case and never have to do anything that requires real root access. I bet most people have a similar case too.
It's Slashdotted. Same result with Konqueror 3.5 on Linux.
Well, with people like Paige Laurie in the family, that does not surprise me...
You;re pretty much right. Yes, most of us here likely use Linux or MacOS X, but few are big-time "M$-bashers." It is analogous to people who belong to a certain political party or religion- a handful of members are zealots but most don't define themselves solely by it.
Yes, I use Linux (SuSE 10.0) and have for a while. I started using it because XP gave me a whole lot of BSODs and I was sick of it. I did not want to get a new computer, so I gave Linux a shot. It works pretty well and even though the BSOD issue in XP has been fixed on my machine, I still use Linux because I personally like how it works better then XP does. But I don't push it on other people at all- if they ask about it, I will gladly help them but not until then.
Use vga=XXX at the boot: line on install. I type in boot:vga=795 to get 24-bit 1280x1024 and it has ALWAYS worked for me no matter the distro and ensures that everything is set up well for the graphics.
I think you're right. I may not like the Chinese government but they're certainly pretty shrewd and smart. They own Lenovo and yes, it would be royally stupid to mess with the formula that allows IBM ThinkPads to sell for about a 20%+ premium over comparable x86 laptops. But however nice the Lenovo ThinkPads are, I will stick with companies that are not owned by Beijing.
I need to figure out what classes to take next semester, can anybody help me?
And if universities are cutting engineering courses, maybe by 2007 you will be in hot demand! Just in time for me to graduate!
And if there ever WAS any hint of a suit, they'd just not install any by default and put a little note to look in Synpatic (or YaST, urpmi, yum, or Sourceforge) for media players in the "multimedia" menu.
Very easy fix. I bet even MSFT could do something like that, except for the automatic package manager deal.
I thought that in the new America, you have the right TO be offended by anything. Everybody has to watch their words SO closely nowdays to not have somebody somewhere get offended because they thought you alluded to something that referred to something that might offend one person.
Huh, I didn't know that /. let people self-moderate now.
In that case, I award myself +5, Just Because I Feel Like It.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. This is SLASHDOT- we are supposed to just make facts up, not actually know real ones!
Nah, we'd send Steve Ballmer as our emissary to throw chairs at the EU heads.
There sure as heck are HP Linux printer drivers. HP has theirs for my printer (PSC 2110) on SourceForge's hpofficejet page. But they are usually built into the distro to begin with. Google HPAIO, HPLIP, or PTAL and you'll see.
You should set them up with their own user account and NOT let it into the admin group. That way, they will just get errors when they have NO sudo available. The very worst they could do is erase their own account. Then you can set it back up, no harm no foul.
The elementary school I went to from K-3 had nothing but Apple II's in it. (The computers were about ten years older than I was at the time!) We were taught how to run things off of disks, and for a few of us, we were taught very basic BASIC, such as "print," "plot," etc. My family had an IBM PS/1 80268 at home and even though it had a very rudimentary GUI, I used the command line to launch solitaire and Jeopardy. It also had a BASIC editor and I made little text-based games and such with it.
So that's where I "cut my teeth" and why I feel comfortable using a command line. Yes, I do like a good GUI, but I also like a command line to do certain things or to tweak things that the GUI tools might balk at.