$/sbin/queso beta.altavista.de 194.112.94.251:80 * Linux 2.0.35 to 2.0.9999:)
That should tell you all. It's great to see Linux used in a server you'd expect to run some other operating system. Maybe they should upgrade to Linux 2.2 sometime:-)
It's good that these things don't matter. Of course, ZDNet will get a hold of it and never let go, like they did when the LSA hoopla. In any case, these events are good for reassessing our identities as members of the community for Software Libre (as I prefer to call it).
Creative Labs is planning to support 3d drivers
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Don't forget that Creative Labs is planning to support 3D video drivers for all their products, including the Graphics Blaster Riva TNT. To find out more information from GGI developer Jon M. Taylor, check out his post to the GGI mailing list.
Oops - to honor GPL is to honor a copyright
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GNU Public License, "copyleft", is a form of creators' explicit expression of will over intellectual property, thus a form of copyright.
You are right about GPL being a copyright, but it's essentially a copyright designed to curtail the other copyrights by making its own little world without copyrights. In other words, as long as you are within the little world (release under GPL), copyrights don't really exist. GPL is there because other copyrights exist--if copyrighting weren't common, then GPL would definitely not exist.
Once you're done getting XAnim, MpegTV, and some other multimedia players, try out Plugger. It provides Netscape plug-in capability for the file formats used in XAnim, MpegTV, Timidity, splay, and mikmod. Especially good for those QuickTime videos embedded in the @Home video news section.
I don't understand why Open Source software is so different that normal software that would make it fail the acid test. So what if the source code is free? Consumers will still buy the product. There's more to a software product than the intellectual property, there's packaging, manuals, support, and name recognition. The GPL even says that your software doesn't have to be gratis. If I develop software under the GPL, sell the binaries on CD with manual for $500 with a 90-day support plan, and then sell the source for $1000 with extensive developer support, it's still following the licence. Of course, whoever buys the binaries and source can redistribute it. But who are companies going to trust--a noname redistributor or the actual developer of the product? It's all about name recognition.
That's because real people buy these horrid steeltraps called cars. And what's this about useless jewelry and aweful huge houses with grass? People should set their priorities straight.
I was using a stock Red Hat 5.2 system, and I didn't think about upgrading any software. The only things I have encountered so far are the use of ipchains for IP masquerading, and the open.so library needed for RealPlayer.
GPL good for Troll Tech's intentions
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The GPL would do good for what Troll Tech wants to do. Granted, important libraries such as GNU libc and the X libraries should be released under a more forgiving licence such as the LGPL, BSD-style, or X-style licence. But the GPL does good for libraries that you don't want proprietary developers to use without getting a special licence. Even Richard Stallman agrees with that (except for the "special licence" part of course).
Here's a test that would definitely get you some sort of certification:
They put you in a room with a computer running Linux, a case of beer, and a randomly selected piece of hardware on the table. The hardware isn't supported on Linux. Your task is to find out what the hardware does, insert it into the computer, and write a device driver for the device in the form of a kernel patch. You must also drink the entire case of beer. You have 30 minutes.
From a military point of view, Linux is a much better choice than the proprietary offerings. One of the most important features that they would be looking for is the source code, for security, stability, and the ability to customise the code for their applications. I don't think that the military should trust any of their mission-critical systems to proprietary software, for the same reason they wouldn't buy Jeeps or Humvees with the hood welded shut.
If any of you think that Open Source software should not be used in the killing of people, think about the fact that it's not Linux or OSS actually doing the killing. Guns don't kill people. People do. Not that killing people is any good, either.
I have to admit, this is good news for the Linux community. My first X Window-based MP3 player was x11amp, and I was never sure about its license. It's nice to see that they are participating in the Open Source phenomenon.
Currently, I use mpg123, and one of its frontends, GQmpeg. That combination really works well for me because of the 3DNow! support in the latest release of mpg123. The CPU is much less busy now. All things considered, there's nothing bad about this announcement.
I have a few SNES cartridges lying around. How can I make ROMs out of them and try out the emulator? I'm not into unauthorised copying, and I'd rather use what I have.
Hey everyone! I got Linux 2.2.0 from ftp.linuxberg.com--really fast site IMHO. make xconfig works great, which is good because I heard that it didn't work so well in 2.1 and 2.2-pre. Got the ipchains, PnP support (is that working?), joystick drivers, AWE32 synth, the whole works. The compiling is doing great so far.
I'll be writing a quick article on the release of Linux 2.2, along with some of the new features, and my experiences on 32 Bits Online (www.32bitsonline.com). I hope people will be able to get some useful information out of that. 32BO will also be hosting the kernel, although it'll probably be slow like most of the other servers. C'est la vie!
Anyway, I'd like to thank everyone in Linux development for taking their time (especially the volunteers) to work on Linux 2.2.
More like AMDinux, or LinMD... but by then, PC's won't have nearly as much impact on the market than smart single-purpose devices running eCos or something.
I love National Post because of my right-wing views, but NOT any racist or homophobic views whatsoever. I don't know when racism any kind of discrimination became associated with the right-wing ideal of freedom.
Maybe it's the confusion between being libertarian or being social conservative. Libertarians like me do not accept discrimination, and are simply seeking to uphold the ideal of freedom as the most important pillar of a working society. With freedom, life means nothing. On the other end, you get social conservatives such as Pat Buchanan who end up smearing the right-wing image for everybody.
You're right. OS/2 would do much better as a desktop operating system. Linux really needs to get the act together and settle on a standard desktop environment such as GNOME or KDE (OPTIONAL standard). To do well in the desktop, there needs to be a consistent interface between applications, much like the KDE or GNOME applications. And, of course, vendors will have to start bundling Linux with some of their desktop models.
One of the good things Linux has going on the desktop is the proliferation of applications that OS/2 might not necessarily have, such as the GIMP, Netscape 4.5, ApplixWare, and Corel WordPerfect.
There's only one criterion for employment, and that is the ability to do the job. That is a combination of technical skills, communication skills, attitude, and other acquired factors. It doesn't matter if the applicant is a man, a woman, from another country, or even some sort of smart robot. All that matters is, can the job be done?
In the USA, they have affirmative action, the silliest system of quotas where companies are pressured to hire minorities. What makes more sense is the system that we have in Canada, called employment equity. Employment equity works a different way; companies have to make sure that they are not -denying- employment -simply- because the applicant has a non-acquired factor such as gender, race, and 11 other factors determined by human rights.
Employment equity works especially well if it is combined with a good education program. Society needs to make sure that everyone has an equal opportunity to achieve success. Misconceptions about gender and race (e.g. the sillyness about what men and women can and cannot do) must be addressed.
I'm talking about the "Kosmic Loader Foundation," the name the KFMF used to be called. For many reasons, including avoiding postings to Slashdot calling people morons, they decided to change their names. This was way back in 1994.
I remember these guys for a long time now, ever since they were called KLF. They release some funky music, and their demos are great too. Help save KFMF--click on the banner ads, donate hardware and cash. KFMF is somewhat related to the Open Source movement in that their music is freely distributed and licenced.
If the QT4 streaming server and possibly the QT format were open source, you can forget about Real Networks. Maybe Apple is pulling a Microsoft--except they bundle source code with their product:-)
Anyway, I'm sick of having to wait for the new RealPlayer G2 to be available for Linux.
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194.112.94.251:80 * Linux 2.0.35 to 2.0.9999
That should tell you all. It's great to see Linux used in a server you'd expect to run some other operating system. Maybe they should upgrade to Linux 2.2 sometime
Kudos to Altavista's German server!
It's good that these things don't matter. Of course, ZDNet will get a hold of it and never let go, like they did when the LSA hoopla. In any case, these events are good for reassessing our identities as members of the community for Software Libre (as I prefer to call it).
Don't forget that Creative Labs is planning to support 3D video drivers for all their products, including the Graphics Blaster Riva TNT. To find out more information from GGI developer Jon M. Taylor, check out his post to the GGI mailing list.
GNU Public License, "copyleft", is a form of creators' explicit expression of will over intellectual property, thus a form of copyright.
You are right about GPL being a copyright, but it's essentially a copyright designed to curtail the other copyrights by making its own little world without copyrights. In other words, as long as you are within the little world (release under GPL), copyrights don't really exist. GPL is there because other copyrights exist--if copyrighting weren't common, then GPL would definitely not exist.
Once you're done getting XAnim, MpegTV, and some other multimedia players, try out Plugger. It provides Netscape plug-in capability for the file formats used in XAnim, MpegTV, Timidity, splay, and mikmod. Especially good for those QuickTime videos embedded in the @Home video news section.
Why don't they just include the necessary libraries to run Linux/MIPS applications on IRIX/MIPS? Like glibc, etc.
I don't understand why Open Source software is so different that normal software that would make it fail the acid test. So what if the source code is free? Consumers will still buy the product. There's more to a software product than the intellectual property, there's packaging, manuals, support, and name recognition. The GPL even says that your software doesn't have to be gratis. If I develop software under the GPL, sell the binaries on CD with manual for $500 with a 90-day support plan, and then sell the source for $1000 with extensive developer support, it's still following the licence. Of course, whoever buys the binaries and source can redistribute it. But who are companies going to trust--a noname redistributor or the actual developer of the product? It's all about name recognition.
That's because real people buy these horrid steeltraps called cars. And what's this about useless jewelry and aweful huge houses with grass? People should set their priorities straight.
I was using a stock Red Hat 5.2 system, and I didn't think about upgrading any software. The only things I have encountered so far are the use of ipchains for IP masquerading, and the open.so library needed for RealPlayer.
The GPL would do good for what Troll Tech wants to do. Granted, important libraries such as GNU libc and the X libraries should be released under a more forgiving licence such as the LGPL, BSD-style, or X-style licence. But the GPL does good for libraries that you don't want proprietary developers to use without getting a special licence. Even Richard Stallman agrees with that (except for the "special licence" part of course).
Here's a test that would definitely get you some sort of certification:
They put you in a room with a computer running Linux, a case of beer, and a randomly selected piece of hardware on the table. The hardware isn't supported on Linux. Your task is to find out what the hardware does, insert it into the computer, and write a device driver for the device in the form of a kernel patch. You must also drink the entire case of beer. You have 30 minutes.
From a military point of view, Linux is a much better choice than the proprietary offerings. One of the most important features that they would be looking for is the source code, for security, stability, and the ability to customise the code for their applications. I don't think that the military should trust any of their mission-critical systems to proprietary software, for the same reason they wouldn't buy Jeeps or Humvees with the hood welded shut.
If any of you think that Open Source software should not be used in the killing of people, think about the fact that it's not Linux or OSS actually doing the killing. Guns don't kill people. People do. Not that killing people is any good, either.
I have to admit, this is good news for the Linux community. My first X Window-based MP3 player was x11amp, and I was never sure about its license. It's nice to see that they are participating in the Open Source phenomenon.
Currently, I use mpg123, and one of its frontends, GQmpeg. That combination really works well for me because of the 3DNow! support in the latest release of mpg123. The CPU is much less busy now. All things considered, there's nothing bad about this announcement.
I have a few SNES cartridges lying around. How can I make ROMs out of them and try out the emulator? I'm not into unauthorised copying, and I'd rather use what I have.
Hey everyone! I got Linux 2.2.0 from ftp.linuxberg.com--really fast site IMHO. make xconfig works great, which is good because I heard that it didn't work so well in 2.1 and 2.2-pre. Got the ipchains, PnP support (is that working?), joystick drivers, AWE32 synth, the whole works. The compiling is doing great so far.
I'll be writing a quick article on the release of Linux 2.2, along with some of the new features, and my experiences on 32 Bits Online (www.32bitsonline.com). I hope people will be able to get some useful information out of that. 32BO will also be hosting the kernel, although it'll probably be slow like most of the other servers. C'est la vie!
Anyway, I'd like to thank everyone in Linux development for taking their time (especially the volunteers) to work on Linux 2.2.
I heard somewhere that the kernel got large enough that you can't use "make zImage" anymore, only "make bzImage". Can anyone confirm this?
More like AMDinux, or LinMD... but by then, PC's won't have nearly as much impact on the market than smart single-purpose devices running eCos or something.
I love National Post because of my right-wing views, but NOT any racist or homophobic views whatsoever. I don't know when racism any kind of discrimination became associated with the right-wing ideal of freedom.
Maybe it's the confusion between being libertarian or being social conservative. Libertarians like me do not accept discrimination, and are simply seeking to uphold the ideal of freedom as the most important pillar of a working society. With freedom, life means nothing. On the other end, you get social conservatives such as Pat Buchanan who end up smearing the right-wing image for everybody.
You're right. OS/2 would do much better as a desktop operating system. Linux really needs to get the act together and settle on a standard desktop environment such as GNOME or KDE (OPTIONAL standard). To do well in the desktop, there needs to be a consistent interface between applications, much like the KDE or GNOME applications. And, of course, vendors will have to start bundling Linux with some of their desktop models.
One of the good things Linux has going on the desktop is the proliferation of applications that OS/2 might not necessarily have, such as the GIMP, Netscape 4.5, ApplixWare, and Corel WordPerfect.
I can sure see FireWire replacing external SCSI, but internal SCSI will still be around. FireWire won't be replacing internal SCSI anytime soon.
There's only one criterion for employment, and that is the ability to do the job. That is a combination of technical skills, communication skills, attitude, and other acquired factors. It doesn't matter if the applicant is a man, a woman, from another country, or even some sort of smart robot. All that matters is, can the job be done?
In the USA, they have affirmative action, the silliest system of quotas where companies are pressured to hire minorities. What makes more sense is the system that we have in Canada, called employment equity. Employment equity works a different way; companies have to make sure that they are not -denying- employment -simply- because the applicant has a non-acquired factor such as gender, race, and 11 other factors determined by human rights.
Employment equity works especially well if it is combined with a good education program. Society needs to make sure that everyone has an equal opportunity to achieve success. Misconceptions about gender and race (e.g. the sillyness about what men and women can and cannot do) must be addressed.
I'm talking about the "Kosmic Loader Foundation," the name the KFMF used to be called. For many reasons, including avoiding postings to Slashdot calling people morons, they decided to change their names. This was way back in 1994.
I remember these guys for a long time now, ever since they were called KLF. They release some funky music, and their demos are great too. Help save KFMF--click on the banner ads, donate hardware and cash. KFMF is somewhat related to the Open Source movement in that their music is freely distributed and licenced.
If the QT4 streaming server and possibly the QT format were open source, you can forget about Real Networks. Maybe Apple is pulling a Microsoft--except they bundle source code with their product :-)
Anyway, I'm sick of having to wait for the new RealPlayer G2 to be available for Linux.