I'm glad you were able to solve your problem with Circuit City with the help of your cell phone. I try not to return things myself to avoid this kind of trouble. Instead I just buy my stuff off eBay or from a local mom & pop store. Then if I don't want it anymore, I can always sell it on eBay without hassles from big retailers.
No, even if all PCs become DRM-laden, Apple (which I wouldn't be surprised if they go to DRM in their Macs in the next seven years) will not be the only "general computer" manufacturer around. There is Pegasos PPC from Genesi who is catering to the Linux PPC workstation crowd. And you can still buy Sun workstation computers too. And there are many other manufacturers making computers like this. These manufacturers probably won't ever add DRM to restrict the people that buy these machines. So if Apple never includes DRM (which I doubt, with their interest in pleasing the RIAA with iTunes, and I think they want to please the MPAA too) they will still not be the only company around making DRM-free machines.
Off-duty fraternization? I never thought of doing that! I thought everyone went home and read Slashdot and emerged ebuilds like I do. No wonder I don't have a wife.:(
Just because you are using Gentoo now and you think Suse is too "n00b" for you, it doesn't mean it is "crappy." You and me like *BSD or Solaris instead of Linux altogether, or Debian, Gentoo, or Slackware, that is great for us and serves us well. But Suse is still good for person across the street that just sends e-mail and reads online news, and wants something relatively easy to use, but without the hassle of spyware. You don't want to teach them how to use something like Gentoo do you?
Where is the profit for Novell? I presume Novell will still charge for the media and support of course, but is that enough? I think a non-profit organization should be created to continue the develop of Suse (susa). Now that Mandrake is gone (Mandriva,) an opensource beginner-friendly dsitribution ought to help fill the gap. Disclaimer: I use the *BSDs on servers and Debian, Gentoo and Slackware on the desktop, but Suse may be a good option others.
I mean a more powerful CPU that can handle proper encryption, rather than some proprietary encryption that has not been well tested and is easy to crack.
Have proper encryption between hand set and the transmitter/receiver. This may make hand sets more expensive, as a small computer in both the headset and the transmitter/receiver unit would be required, but it should eliminate this problem.
What is this new trend to post a reply that is relavent to the previously posted story in the thread for the next story? Is this a new attempt to troll?
I am tired of hearing about people basically volunteering to audit software and find problems, and then get accused for it. Lets go after the crackers that just read securityfocus for the latest exploit, and then exploit it so they can "vandalize." UNIX (the kind under the UNIX trademark) had many weaknesses that made it luaghably insecure in its day, but dedicated hackers (not crackers, I mean skilled creators) found many vulnerabilities, which of course were fixed and UNIX (including the *BSD derivatives and branded UNIX such as Solaris) has become quite secure today thanks to this. I apprieciated the effort of those who contributed their findings. There is a difference between reporting a broken safe lock in a bank, and exploiting it to obtain the contents (robbery.) This ignorance irritates me.
Is it possible by the time IE7 is released (and Vista's explorer for that matter) will default to MS content, and provide no way short of "cracking" to have something other than this site as the home page of Internet Explorer 7. A search bar that can't be turned off on the top of the page that only works with their own MSN search engine. Maybe they will have a clippy in the form of a "wizard" or something that is there to "remind" you about Microsoft's own version of different services provided by Google. Like this:
*User goes to www.google.com
Microsoft Helper: A superior search engine is provided by Microsoft, search.msn.com. Would you like to use MSN Search instead?
*User clicks No.
Microsoft Helper: WARNING: Using a third party search engine is dangerous because illegal content or viruses could be contracted. Are you sure you want to use a third party search engine?
*User clicks Yes
Microsoft Helper: Would you like MS Helper to tell you about superior iterations of third party services you use?
*User clicks No
Microsoft Helper: Too bad, I'm going to do it anyway. Have a nice day, and remember to use MSN Search.
That wording sounds dangerously ambiguous. This seems to make bit torrent illegal as it can be used to circumvent purchasing the software (I also realize it is intended for legal things.) But where does the liability lie? If I write a program that I intend people to use legally, and they used it to circumvent some DRM, am I liable. If I include "do not use this program for circumvention of copyright protection measures," does that mean I could put that ona file sharing p2p client and not have the RIAA/MPAA after me?
Non-UNIX users? You mean non-X Window users. I use Linux on the desktop, and *BSD on the server, both are not approved to use the UNIX trademark, but they will run X Window and provide the highlight to copy, middle button (or left+right click emulation.) Educate yourself before posting again.
If you have hand tremors, a precise mouse is horrible. It pisses me off when the mouse cursor is shaking, so I have to keep my hand off the mouse, even with my less precise wheel mouse.
Could Intel be funding the construction of this generator as a drop-in replacement for our current source of electricity? With this, Intel should be able to get a system to POST with the new Pentium V. Disclaimer: I have a 3.8 GHz Precott on my Gentoo machine.
It appears from here that how Monad is going to be released (i.e. with Longhorn, with IIS,.net, or something) is not known yet. Personally, I am unfamiliar with VMS (I am only familiar with ksh, bash) but nonetheless, I plan to familiarize myself with Monad. Maybe later on a ksh-like shell could run atop MSH? I hope MSH will be ready in time for Windows Vista release.
Suse didn't worked on your main computer, and another Linux distribution did? Can't you just figure out what hardware you need, and recompile the kernel in SuSE?
What do you mean by that? If you mean will it work with X.org for 2D, then probably the answer is yes. If you mean doing OpenGL stuff, then maybe. My 32 MB ATI Radeon in my Mac Mini will do OpenGL, and so will my 32 MB nVidia card in my 3.0 GHz P4 will do OpenGL.
Will I have sound?
I have sound on all my desktop machines, be it an old ISA SoundBlaster card, or the AC'97 chipset that comes on alot of boards. Even my Mac Mini has sound, only difference is the mixer doesn't work yet.
Will it take 2 weeks and constant forum trolling to find solutions to my problems?
I have never had to ask a question on a forum to get something working in years. With a Google search or a man page I usually can solve my problem. Please don't troll forums.
Will I have a consitant interface that doesn't change from one area of the OS to another?
Why do you need that? I use icewm with a custom theme. X is not going to push a certain interface on the applications. That is the job of the window manager. That is a feature IMHO. And, applications can look like whatever they want, using any Xlib wrapper (that is what qt or gtk do) they want. I write my applications and use Xlib directly. Interface consistency is overrated. If you want that, put OS X on a Mac Mini.
Will I have all of the creature-features I'm used to in Windows?
I have used WINE to run many Win32 applications on my 3.0 GHz P4, and they run smoothly, even Internet Explorer. However, that was just for fun. I have found I would rather just use native applications. So you may find you are like me and the only X applications you need are icewm, rxvt (app dev, file management can all be done from terminal, and I prefer it that way) and firefox.
I'm still partially on the Linux bandwagon, but my last series of experiences left me a little less excited.
This may sound strange, but I wasn't excited either when I tried distributions like RedHat 9 (this was a while ago) and mandrake. In fact, I decided to forget Linux and go for FreeBSD (*BSD is not Linux.) Since then, I have discovered Slackware, Debian, and Gentoo are best for desktop use, and * keep *BSD on the server. Perhaps you should try Debian or Slackware? I am able to get everything I want working with these distributions. But keep in mind you will probably end up recompiling your kernel, but that isn't as hard as it sounds. I hope this helps.
Well, my laptop has 64 MB of RAM. My desktop machines have 256 MB (all Gentoo Linux machines, except for one Debian) My servers only have 512 MB (which is okay for NetBSD + NFS Apache/PHP), but that may change.
I had Mandrake (9.2 IIRC) on my laptop (I would have installed Gentoo, or Slackware, but the broadband connection was out and my CDs were scratched badly.) There were packages available via a subscription, and there was urpmi. Urpmi was adequate for getting packages installed. However, the graphical Mandrake installer requires alot of RAM, and hardware was not supported out of the box. APM, sound, etc. were not well supported, even though it is a common laptop (Dell Latitude.) At one point, urpmi "broke" the system (I can't remember the details) and I ended up just putting Slackware on it. Will the new Mandriva distribution use urpmi, if not, could it be similar to apt?
What about 64-bit chips? These Pentium 4-based Macs are 32-bit, I was hoping Apple would be heading in the direction of 64-bit like they started to do with G5. Are they going to use Xeon chips in the high end machines, perhaps?
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I'm glad you were able to solve your problem with Circuit City with the help of your cell phone. I try not to return things myself to avoid this kind of trouble. Instead I just buy my stuff off eBay or from a local mom & pop store. Then if I don't want it anymore, I can always sell it on eBay without hassles from big retailers.
No, even if all PCs become DRM-laden, Apple (which I wouldn't be surprised if they go to DRM in their Macs in the next seven years) will not be the only "general computer" manufacturer around. There is Pegasos PPC from Genesi who is catering to the Linux PPC workstation crowd. And you can still buy Sun workstation computers too. And there are many other manufacturers making computers like this. These manufacturers probably won't ever add DRM to restrict the people that buy these machines. So if Apple never includes DRM (which I doubt, with their interest in pleasing the RIAA with iTunes, and I think they want to please the MPAA too) they will still not be the only company around making DRM-free machines.
I just donated $1.00 USD to your friend...
Off-duty fraternization? I never thought of doing that! I thought everyone went home and read Slashdot and emerged ebuilds like I do. No wonder I don't have a wife. :(
Another good point why SuSE isn't "crappy." Which bolsters my point.
Sorry I misunderstood you. So you run *BSD, commercial UNIX, or Windows instead of Linux?
Just because you are using Gentoo now and you think Suse is too "n00b" for you, it doesn't mean it is "crappy." You and me like *BSD or Solaris instead of Linux altogether, or Debian, Gentoo, or Slackware, that is great for us and serves us well. But Suse is still good for person across the street that just sends e-mail and reads online news, and wants something relatively easy to use, but without the hassle of spyware. You don't want to teach them how to use something like Gentoo do you?
Where is the profit for Novell? I presume Novell will still charge for the media and support of course, but is that enough? I think a non-profit organization should be created to continue the develop of Suse (susa). Now that Mandrake is gone (Mandriva,) an opensource beginner-friendly dsitribution ought to help fill the gap. Disclaimer: I use the *BSDs on servers and Debian, Gentoo and Slackware on the desktop, but Suse may be a good option others.
I mean a more powerful CPU that can handle proper encryption, rather than some proprietary encryption that has not been well tested and is easy to crack.
Have proper encryption between hand set and the transmitter/receiver. This may make hand sets more expensive, as a small computer in both the headset and the transmitter/receiver unit would be required, but it should eliminate this problem.
What is this new trend to post a reply that is relavent to the previously posted story in the thread for the next story? Is this a new attempt to troll?
I am tired of hearing about people basically volunteering to audit software and find problems, and then get accused for it. Lets go after the crackers that just read securityfocus for the latest exploit, and then exploit it so they can "vandalize." UNIX (the kind under the UNIX trademark) had many weaknesses that made it luaghably insecure in its day, but dedicated hackers (not crackers, I mean skilled creators) found many vulnerabilities, which of course were fixed and UNIX (including the *BSD derivatives and branded UNIX such as Solaris) has become quite secure today thanks to this. I apprieciated the effort of those who contributed their findings. There is a difference between reporting a broken safe lock in a bank, and exploiting it to obtain the contents (robbery.) This ignorance irritates me.
Is it possible by the time IE7 is released (and Vista's explorer for that matter) will default to MS content, and provide no way short of "cracking" to have something other than this site as the home page of Internet Explorer 7. A search bar that can't be turned off on the top of the page that only works with their own MSN search engine. Maybe they will have a clippy in the form of a "wizard" or something that is there to "remind" you about Microsoft's own version of different services provided by Google. Like this:
*User goes to www.google.com
Microsoft Helper: A superior search engine is provided by Microsoft, search.msn.com. Would you like to use MSN Search instead?
*User clicks No.
Microsoft Helper: WARNING: Using a third party search engine is dangerous because illegal content or viruses could be contracted. Are you sure you want to use a third party search engine?
*User clicks Yes
Microsoft Helper: Would you like MS Helper to tell you about superior iterations of third party services you use?
*User clicks No
Microsoft Helper: Too bad, I'm going to do it anyway. Have a nice day, and remember to use MSN Search.
That wording sounds dangerously ambiguous. This seems to make bit torrent illegal as it can be used to circumvent purchasing the software (I also realize it is intended for legal things.) But where does the liability lie? If I write a program that I intend people to use legally, and they used it to circumvent some DRM, am I liable. If I include "do not use this program for circumvention of copyright protection measures," does that mean I could put that ona file sharing p2p client and not have the RIAA/MPAA after me?
I never called it X-Windows. I called it X Window, short for X Window System.
Non-UNIX users? You mean non-X Window users. I use Linux on the desktop, and *BSD on the server, both are not approved to use the UNIX trademark, but they will run X Window and provide the highlight to copy, middle button (or left+right click emulation.) Educate yourself before posting again.
If you have hand tremors, a precise mouse is horrible. It pisses me off when the mouse cursor is shaking, so I have to keep my hand off the mouse, even with my less precise wheel mouse.
Could Intel be funding the construction of this generator as a drop-in replacement for our current source of electricity? With this, Intel should be able to get a system to POST with the new Pentium V. Disclaimer: I have a 3.8 GHz Precott on my Gentoo machine.
OpenBSD (or something else) running on firewalls. Then eventually home servers brought to the masses.
It appears from here that how Monad is going to be released (i.e. with Longhorn, with IIS, .net, or something) is not known yet. Personally, I am unfamiliar with VMS (I am only familiar with ksh, bash) but nonetheless, I plan to familiarize myself with Monad. Maybe later on a ksh-like shell could run atop MSH? I hope MSH will be ready in time for Windows Vista release.
Suse didn't worked on your main computer, and another Linux distribution did? Can't you just figure out what hardware you need, and recompile the kernel in SuSE?
Well, my laptop has 64 MB of RAM. My desktop machines have 256 MB (all Gentoo Linux machines, except for one Debian) My servers only have 512 MB (which is okay for NetBSD + NFS Apache/PHP), but that may change.
I had Mandrake (9.2 IIRC) on my laptop (I would have installed Gentoo, or Slackware, but the broadband connection was out and my CDs were scratched badly.) There were packages available via a subscription, and there was urpmi. Urpmi was adequate for getting packages installed. However, the graphical Mandrake installer requires alot of RAM, and hardware was not supported out of the box. APM, sound, etc. were not well supported, even though it is a common laptop (Dell Latitude.) At one point, urpmi "broke" the system (I can't remember the details) and I ended up just putting Slackware on it. Will the new Mandriva distribution use urpmi, if not, could it be similar to apt?
What about 64-bit chips? These Pentium 4-based Macs are 32-bit, I was hoping Apple would be heading in the direction of 64-bit like they started to do with G5. Are they going to use Xeon chips in the high end machines, perhaps?