User: Something Witty Here

Re:Networked Media Player

On: HDTV Archiving on a Mac for Playback on TV?

There is the Roku HD-1000, aka Photobridge http://www.rokulabs.com/products/photobridge/index .php It runs Linux and there is some support for users to write their own software. However, the video output is analog only, there is no firewire support, turning it "off" only turns off the outputs so it is still burning electricity and keeping itself toasty warm, and there are quality/reliability issues. Oddly, I haven't found any similar products. Anyone know of any?

Re:/.ers unite...we do have a voice!

On: New Display Interface Standard in the Works

I would bet that ALL of us were Windows users in the early 90's/

And you would lose that bet.

Re:As a pilot

On: Musical Wings Reduce Aircraft Stall Risk

Trust me you don't want an airliner's computer to freeze with a BSoD

Gee, why not, it worked well for that Navy ship a few years ago...

Re:ARM port?

On: FreeBSD 6.0 to Target Wireless Devices

If you want support for ARM, try NetBSD.
You want toast with that?

A reply to multiple comments

On: Another Step Towards BSD on the Desktop

Face it, Linux has a head start and is enjoying far more corporate support (due partly to the fact that Linux is licensed GPLv2, which compells big companies to share back their improvements).

What is stopping someone from adding the GPL to one of the BSDs?

Anything that uses X-Windows will not get widespread user adoption.

What would you recommend replacing X-Windows with?

In order for ordinary end users to begin accepting BSD on the desktop, one key thing needs to be fixed: the Delete key. Seriously, it's a major function on the keyboard, and although there's backspace, there's no reason why the Delete key's true function (to delete text ahead of the character) isn't present.

Backspace is supposed to move the cursor back one space, hence the name. Useful for overstriking on typewriters and printing terminals and printers. Backspace is not supposed to be an erase key, although some people abuse it into that function.

Delete is supposed to be an erasing backspace. Note: back, not forward.

Emacs gets delete right, some web browsers get delete wrong.

I found one glaring omission was journaling file system support.

BSD normally uses FFS (fast file system), which has had "Soft Updates" for years.

http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceed ings/usenix99/mckusick.html http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceed ings/usenix2000/general/seltzer.html

Does Linux support FFS with Soft Updates?