They said in their test that the minimum requirements for a desktop system with sound and video was 64mb on a PII 400. Well, that's pretty true... I'm running Muse with X, encoding in real time both ogg and mp3 streams at the same time for an icecast server on a such machine. That's not an easy job for any computer. I'm impressed and I just keep thinking that Linux is the best solution most of the time.
When I first decided to switch to linux, I did it with RedHat. Then I quickly realised that it was hard to know exactly how things were working since the system wasn't transparent. A month after, a friend of mine introduced me to Slackware and I've kept using it since that time. In facts, Slackware is easy to use because you don't get what you don't want from it.
Why a prefer it beside other distros for real life applications ? In short: fast packaging system (installpkg and it's all done), clear install process (you know what you do) and not full of the last software gadgets.
I started with Slackware as a newbie and I didn't get much trouble as people tend to say !
Letting totalitarian governments "represent" the populations they control would make international representation less democratic, not more.
Is the actual international representation democratic ? US having control over the internet, that is now become a common property, is that democratic ? You say "totalitarian", don't you ? Well for me a totalitarian government is the one taking decision and having control over a lot of people thinking that it has the superiority to do it: god on it's side, science, money etc. That sounds familiar...
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They said in their test that the minimum requirements for a desktop system with sound and video was 64mb on a PII 400. Well, that's pretty true... I'm running Muse with X, encoding in real time both ogg and mp3 streams at the same time for an icecast server on a such machine. That's not an easy job for any computer. I'm impressed and I just keep thinking that Linux is the best solution most of the time.
When I first decided to switch to linux, I did it with RedHat. Then I quickly realised that it was hard to know exactly how things were working since the system wasn't transparent. A month after, a friend of mine introduced me to Slackware and I've kept using it since that time. In facts, Slackware is easy to use because you don't get what you don't want from it. Why a prefer it beside other distros for real life applications ? In short: fast packaging system (installpkg and it's all done), clear install process (you know what you do) and not full of the last software gadgets. I started with Slackware as a newbie and I didn't get much trouble as people tend to say !
Letting totalitarian governments "represent" the populations they control would make international representation less democratic, not more. Is the actual international representation democratic ? US having control over the internet, that is now become a common property, is that democratic ? You say "totalitarian", don't you ? Well for me a totalitarian government is the one taking decision and having control over a lot of people thinking that it has the superiority to do it: god on it's side, science, money etc. That sounds familiar...
But you still need to connect a cable to your pad. Not so wireless...