Am I reading the numbers wrong, or are 80574 servers (6.3% of the exposed total) still using Linux 1.2.xx?! C'mon, what's it going to take before they upgrade?
Is this is a bad thing? No way! Linux has upgrades at least once a week, meaning that there is always some new cutting edge feature being worked on. Not all the upgrades are critical however - you don't HAVE to go to 2.2.7 if 2.2.6 or even 2.0.36 is working fine for you. With NT however there is a large amount of time between each update, meaning that problems often go unadressed for an extended period of time. Also when Microsoft releases a service pack it usually makes a huge change to some aspect of the system, and most everyone MUST upgrade to it sooner or later. I would much rather use Linux's frequent updates than be stuck with an inadequate product.
Not too long ago, there was an ac patch almost daily. Now THAT is bleeding edge!
Using precompiled kernels from RPMs is usually risky at best. You end up with a kernel that has alot of stuff you don't need and lacks a few things that may be useful to you. I'd recommend downloading the kernel source and reading the documentation to find out what dependicies are needed if you don't already know. Those can be installed as RPMs just fine, and I'm pretty sure 5.9 has them all. Once you do that, compile the kernel yourself. It isn't difficult at all, just do the following from the directory you untarred it to: make menuconfig make dep ; make clean ; make bzImage You will then have a nice new kernel that you can move to your/boot directory and add into/etc/lilo.conf. As long as you only select what you need in menuconfig it should be just fine on your 486.
I think that even if the people at Red Hat are turning into money hungry meglomaniacs, it can't be denied that they have done alot to support the Linux community. Red Hat has invested monies into a number of important projects and also helped with getting recognized by the general public. Besides, no matter what Red Hat does there is no way that they can take total control of the Linux community thanks to the GNU license and efforts by other distributions.
I discoved the DFC only a few weeks ago (thanks to hinkle the stinkle) and it is without a doubt the funniest thing I have ever experienced. It is proof that when many sick minds come together they can come up with some truly wacked out shit!
Too bad some people don't get DFC, it must be a genetics thing. From what I've seen, the Pokey Gene and the DFC Gene must not be too far apart...
It's not all that awful, but it still has alot of the problems that Navigator has. Well, that and it's not especially stable on Linux or Windows (haven't tried Macintosh).
Overall, while M4 is not a very fantastic release, it does show that the Mozilla project is still promising despite what some people may say in light of recent political problems. I say, three cheers for Mozilla, may you one day be quicker and more stable than MSIE!
Microsoft isn't really out of line here. Charging $10 - $15 for an update, which is basically the cost of media and shipping, isn't totally unreasonable. As the CNN story said, almost all of the updated features in Win98-2 are already available freely online (through Windows Update). The main feature which can't be downloaded currently is the internet connection sharing thing, but a similar product in the store costs way more than $10.
In short, saying that you have to buy the Win98-2 upgrade to have a current Windows setup is like saying that you have to go to the store and buy the latest boxed version of Red Hat (approx $45) every time a new kernel or other major feature is available.
This might be something blindingly obvious that I'm just really stupid to be missing, but where do we find out what our default score is? I didn't see anything about it on the "user account" pages, but I could very well have looked past it.
If it isn't anywhere yet, be sure to credit me for the great idea.:) (j/k)
Too bad that User Friendly / Segfault / BeDope thing was all a joke, because Leonard Crabs could have saved them for sure! (And even if he didn't, Illiad would get a free burrito!)
Is it just me, or does alot of that shredded stuff end up looking like something from Superbad?
...unless it gets torn apart by hacker kiddies. I hope Salon has some very knowledgable people working for them because a default RH5.2 setup has more security holes than I care to think about. Not that NT is any more stable, but a "Popular web site switches to Linux, gets hacked" story would not be a good thing.
Jesus didn't die on Easter, Jesus died on Good Friday and was resurrected on Easter. Also, Pokey has been "dead" since Tuesday. If you believe in this conspiracy though, there may be some clues hidden in the POKEY AND THE JEWISH CARPENTER strip.
WHY DON'T YOU MAKE LIKE AN ITALIAN... AND GET OFF MY SHIP!
Actually, according to the article, it sounds like Apple did put most of the money forward for this. The main trick in the event, sponsored by the school and Apple computers, was finding enough structural support to keep the sculpture together. I think it's rather cheesy of them, sort of like the giant iMac balloons they paid to have placed on top of many school buildings.
I think this would possibly be the best thing to ever happen to Windows. Different distributions of Windows challenging each other in the market place would no doubt lead to stronger and quicker development within the OS. Then again, they might also splinter apart and end up existing as entirely different operating systems if no standards are held among them. In the end it could end up that you need entirely different applications and such depending on if you use MS Windows 98, MS Windows NT, IBM Windows, Apple Windows, RedHat Windows, NUTTYX Windows, etc. This would no doubt lead to confusion amongst the consumers and make them end up buying Microsoft Windows anyways.
That's all well and good, but I'm sure Rob doesn't have extra crash just laying around to throw into a new server. Besides, it really can't be tested on another server since the/. load levels wouldn't be there.
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I loved MST3k as much as the next person, but c'mon, it's been around for 10 years or so now. The cancellation isn't just because of the SciFi channel, Best Brains said they felt it was about time to wrap it up too. I'm sure if there were enough complaints Best Brains might try to find another channel that would buy it, but it seems unlikely that anyone would want to since it has never proven to be very profitable in terms of ratings and advertising.
Why not put in the option to specify not only the lowest Score you want to see, but also the highest Score you want to see! That way, you can set it to only show those between -6 and 0 and enjoy all of the flames without having to put up with those stupid insightful comments that (*ugh*)stick to the topic.
What is it that makes commercial software and free software different? The answer is obvious. Commercial software is produced by a team of paid professionals for market sale to turn a profit. Free software, on the other hand, is created by programmers who work without compensation for the benefit of the community.
Obviously, a game like Zelda 64 has never been created as free software. Hundreds of people were employed for months doing various tasks to create the finished product. This is obviously a massive investment for Nintendo, and they would not want to 'give away' the result of their work. Games such as Zelda have always been commercial ventures and there has never been a free software project of the same scope.
The typical problem with such projects in the free software community is trying to coordinate a large number of people to dedicate themselves to working on the project. Skilled programmers are not enough, we also need skilled leaders to keep everyone involved in the project on task. This is much more important for us than it is for the commercial community, because it is money that keeps people dedicated to the project.
Could there be a free software project on the scope of Zelda 64? Hell yeah. There have been many massive projects like this before, and they all have 2 or 3 individuals driving the developers and keeping things coordinated. Free software games on the other hand are usually chaotic in their development, resulting in programmers becoming disgruntled and abandoning the project. Once we overcome this, anything will be possible. Anything.
I invented Linux! Well, I didn't actually write any of the code per se, and I've never played a roll of any sort in the development. But I did tell someone about Linux once, and that's gotta count for something eh?
So if you really like Linux and want to support the free software movement, VOTE MOOSET!
Of course if they DID make a iMac in all five colors, that would either be really cool looking or really gay looking. An opaque iMac in the Apple II color would be quite nifty though...
That's one pretty slick looking icon, but what about our heritage!?! C'mon, you'd really choose that iMaccy glossy lookin' thing over the beautiful rainbow colors of the IIe era logo?! Everyone is insane, I tells ya! Everyone!
I'm not exactly an expert on the subject, but as I recall Star Wars takes place in a "galaxy far far away". This cute page is obviously a joke, but it should be pointed out that in another galaxy they wouldn't see our star patterns and therefore wouldn't be controlled by the same astrological forces as we are.
In many of the RedHat RPM archives you can find some.i686.rpm files, which I had assumed are optimised somehow for the P2. I don't know the what was used to compile them or anything like that, but I would assume it is pgcc.
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Am I reading the numbers wrong, or are 80574 servers (6.3% of the exposed total) still using Linux 1.2.xx?! C'mon, what's it going to take before they upgrade?
Not too long ago, there was an ac patch almost daily. Now THAT is bleeding edge!
Using precompiled kernels from RPMs is usually risky at best. You end up with a kernel that has alot of stuff you don't need and lacks a few things that may be useful to you. I'd recommend downloading the kernel source and reading the documentation to find out what dependicies are needed if you don't already know. Those can be installed as RPMs just fine, and I'm pretty sure 5.9 has them all. Once you do that, compile the kernel yourself. It isn't difficult at all, just do the following from the directory you untarred it to: /boot directory and add into /etc/lilo.conf. As long as you only select what you need in menuconfig it should be just fine on your 486.
make menuconfig
make dep ; make clean ; make bzImage
You will then have a nice new kernel that you can move to your
I think that even if the people at Red Hat are turning into money hungry meglomaniacs, it can't be denied that they have done alot to support the Linux community. Red Hat has invested monies into a number of important projects and also helped with getting recognized by the general public. Besides, no matter what Red Hat does there is no way that they can take total control of the Linux community thanks to the GNU license and efforts by other distributions.
Maybe the Quickies should just use a Chips and Dips inspired icon anyways, and ditch the iVac...
Many of the Amazon reviews were also posted to the alt.fan.spinnwebe newsgroup. If your server doesn't get it, you can check it out on Deja News.
Too bad some people don't get DFC, it must be a genetics thing. From what I've seen, the Pokey Gene and the DFC Gene must not be too far apart...
Overall, while M4 is not a very fantastic release, it does show that the Mozilla project is still promising despite what some people may say in light of recent political problems. I say, three cheers for Mozilla, may you one day be quicker and more stable than MSIE!
In short, saying that you have to buy the Win98-2 upgrade to have a current Windows setup is like saying that you have to go to the store and buy the latest boxed version of Red Hat (approx $45) every time a new kernel or other major feature is available.
If it isn't anywhere yet, be sure to credit me for the great idea. :) (j/k)
Is it just me, or does alot of that shredded stuff end up looking like something from Superbad?
...unless it gets torn apart by hacker kiddies. I hope Salon has some very knowledgable people working for them because a default RH5.2 setup has more security holes than I care to think about. Not that NT is any more stable, but a "Popular web site switches to Linux, gets hacked" story would not be a good thing.
Jesus didn't die on Easter, Jesus died on Good Friday and was resurrected on Easter. Also, Pokey has been "dead" since Tuesday. If you believe in this conspiracy though, there may be some clues hidden in the POKEY AND THE JEWISH CARPENTER strip.
WHY DON'T YOU MAKE LIKE AN ITALIAN... AND GET OFF MY SHIP!
Actually, according to the article, it sounds like Apple did put most of the money forward for this. The main trick in the event, sponsored by the school and Apple computers, was finding enough structural support to keep the sculpture together. I think it's rather cheesy of them, sort of like the giant iMac balloons they paid to have placed on top of many school buildings.
I think this would possibly be the best thing to ever happen to Windows. Different distributions of Windows challenging each other in the market place would no doubt lead to stronger and quicker development within the OS. Then again, they might also splinter apart and end up existing as entirely different operating systems if no standards are held among them. In the end it could end up that you need entirely different applications and such depending on if you use MS Windows 98, MS Windows NT, IBM Windows, Apple Windows, RedHat Windows, NUTTYX Windows, etc. This would no doubt lead to confusion amongst the consumers and make them end up buying Microsoft Windows anyways.
That's all well and good, but I'm sure Rob doesn't have extra crash just laying around to throw into a new server. Besides, it really can't be tested on another server since the /. load levels wouldn't be there.
Rest in peace, SoL.
They call me Dr. Mooset
Obviously, a game like Zelda 64 has never been created as free software. Hundreds of people were employed for months doing various tasks to create the finished product. This is obviously a massive investment for Nintendo, and they would not want to 'give away' the result of their work. Games such as Zelda have always been commercial ventures and there has never been a free software project of the same scope.
The typical problem with such projects in the free software community is trying to coordinate a large number of people to dedicate themselves to working on the project. Skilled programmers are not enough, we also need skilled leaders to keep everyone involved in the project on task. This is much more important for us than it is for the commercial community, because it is money that keeps people dedicated to the project.
Could there be a free software project on the scope of Zelda 64? Hell yeah. There have been many massive projects like this before, and they all have 2 or 3 individuals driving the developers and keeping things coordinated. Free software games on the other hand are usually chaotic in their development, resulting in programmers becoming disgruntled and abandoning the project. Once we overcome this, anything will be possible. Anything.
So if you really like Linux and want to support the free software movement, VOTE MOOSET!
Of course if they DID make a iMac in all five colors, that would either be really cool looking or really gay looking. An opaque iMac in the Apple II color would be quite nifty though...
That's one pretty slick looking icon, but what about our heritage!?! C'mon, you'd really choose that iMaccy glossy lookin' thing over the beautiful rainbow colors of the IIe era logo?! Everyone is insane, I tells ya! Everyone!
Still, it's a cute page...
In many of the RedHat RPM archives you can find some .i686.rpm files, which I had assumed are optimised somehow for the P2. I don't know the what was used to compile them or anything like that, but I would assume it is pgcc.
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