Linux-Advocacy Digest #495, Volume #25 Fri, 3 Mar 00 20:13:11 EST
Contents:
Re: Giving up on NT (Peter Ammon)
Re: Darwin or Linux (Re: The decline of VA Linux) ("Jonathan Hendry")
Re: I can't stand this X anymore! (Michael Gu)
Re: prepare Income Tax under Linux? (Arthur)
Re: I can't stand this X anymore! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Giving up on NT ("Christopher Smith")
Re: prepare Income Tax under Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Darwin or Linux (Re: The decline of VA Linux) (John Jensen)
Re: I can't stand this X anymore! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux is it's own worst enemy. (Mark S. Bilk)
Re: 64-Bit Linux On Intel Itanium (was: Microsoft's New Motto (5X3)
Annual Linux Showcase - Call for Papers (Moun Chau)
Re: Blatant Plug: Sexiest Geek Alive - Go Linux - Go Me! ("Chris Hubick")
Re: A Plague of "Chads" (was: Clarification of the word "communism" ("Boris")
Re: Giving up on NT (Mike)
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From: Peter Ammon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject: Re: Giving up on NT
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 18:25:53 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mike Timbol wrote:
>
> In case anyone actually cares, the reason for this (on Windows) is that
> the 256 colors are not a fixed set of colors -- programs are allowed to
> change the color palette to something more suitable to their needs.
>
> In general, there are 16 "fixed" colors, which are supposed to be the
> same in any color palette. These are the colors that are usually used
> for the icons.
>
> I'm not sure how the Mac works, because there's no guarantee that the
> 256 colors in one icon are going to be the same 256 colors used in the
> other icons. On the other hand, maybe the 256 colors on the Mac are
> fixed, and can't be changed, which means all the icons *would* use
> the same palette.
Icons can use any 256 colors, and they are displayed using their closest
approximation with the colors available on the current palette.
-Peter
--
The Shame Eliminator: http://shameeliminator.cjb.net
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From: "Jonathan Hendry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject: Re: Darwin or Linux (Re: The decline of VA Linux)
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 17:32:24 -0600
John Jensen wrote in message <89ognh$ndq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I'm sure that enough people will like the Mac as a product that Apple
>factories will humm for some time, but I find it hard to get excited about
>that. I find it much more interesting when the Chinese, the American NSA,
>and Swedish phone companies are choosing the same open soruce OS.
Or it could be that BSD-based OSes aren't as hyped, so you don't
*hear* about who's using them.
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From: Michael Gu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: I can't stand this X anymore!
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 23:39:25 GMT
Well, I think I sort of understand the relationship between X and window
managers. My biggest complain is that the font display on ANY X windows
system just doesn't look right, and it break things. I don't know the details
of how X works, but it appears to me that X does not have any font defined,
that is, X application will not be able to anticipate a certain result on
different X systems.
Consider such a senario, a application like to create a area of a size just
to fit in certain text. And the application does not want a dynamic sized
area, because the area is part of a pixel based layout. Now, if the
application does not know the exact size of the font, how can it achieve such
a goal. I have seen countless applications that either have a botton that
does not have all characters displayed, or the botton is truncated because it
exceeds the frame border and all sorts of bad displays.
Besides, the font on X windows are so bad, it wastes display resource. Why,
because it need more pixels to achieve the same result.
And I don't think any widgets or window manager can do anything to help that!
So, I believe X need to include a basic set of font as part of its standard,
if my speculation of the way it works is correct, otherwise, you will always
see broken bottons, truncated texts, and ... frustrating users.
Jim Gettys wrote:
> Thanks for the flame and troll... It is soooo helpful.
>
> BTW, I agree with you about Motif and CDE. I'm very happy that Motif
> and CDE are very close to dead.
>
> The X Window System, however, is NOT a GUI: it is a system for building
> GUI's. This is not spitting hairs, and you really need to understand
> the difference. Some of the more recent GUI's/toolkits built on top of
> X, such as Gnome/GTK+ and/or KDE/Qt, along with some of the recent window
> managers, are getting towards seriously usable by mere mortals, much to
> my surprise and gratification. People are finally beginning to use X
> the way we origininally intended.
>
> If you don't like what is on your screen (e.g. Motif and CDE), change
> it.
>
> You can get a view of what is possible by visiting www.themes.org.
> - Jim Gettys
>
> --
> Jim Gettys
> Technology and Corporate Development
> Compaq Computer Corporation
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Arthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: prepare Income Tax under Linux?
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 15:28:54 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jon Claerbout wrote:
> Mike Marion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : Jon Claerbout wrote:
> :> I tried Intuit,
> :> but they tell me to make pdf work as as a Netscape plug-in.
> :> I did not succeed with that.
> : If all you need to do is view a pdf after clicking the link, netscape works
> : fine.
> : Go to Edit->Preferences->Navigator->applications
> : New...
> : desc: PDF file
> : MIMEType: application/pdf
> : Suffixes: pdf
> : Application: <pathtoacroread> %s
>
> : You should then be able to click a pdf link,
> : and it'll fire off acroread to read it.
> : Note: an example application line would be:
> : /usr/local/bin/acrocread %s
> The tax software says it needs a plug in,
> not simply a file download and fire off an acroread job.
>
> Probable problem is the dynamic linking of netscape and pdf
> use different libraries.
>
> Thanks guys, I guess I'll have to rent a Windoze
> machine for a couple days.
acroread 4 comes with a plugin so you can read PDF's inline
in Netscape. The instructions are in INSTGUID.TXT that
comes with acroread 4. If it doesn't automatically
set up the plugin in NS, the only thing that's different
from Mike's instructions above is that the Application
should be nppdf.so. Read the instructions though - the
plugin is in a weird subdirectory.
You can probably get it off of Adobe's site, or it comes
with SuSE 6.3 (and is automatically installed if you
install acroread and netscape).
Arthur
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: I can't stand this X anymore!
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 23:52:12 GMT
On Fri, 03 Mar 2000 23:39:25 GMT, Michael Gu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Well, I think I sort of understand the relationship between X and window
>managers. My biggest complain is that the font display on ANY X windows
>system just doesn't look right, and it break things. I don't know the details
>of how X works, but it appears to me that X does not have any font defined,
>that is, X application will not be able to anticipate a certain result on
>different X systems.
X looks like crap no matter what you do to it. Installing pirated True-type
fonts from Windows helps, but it still lacks the smoothness that Windows
has and even more so that Mac has.
When I have to look at a screen all day, especially a 19inch state of the
art monitor/video card combination it better look good. X hurts my eyes and
while the themes are nice the meat and potatoes (the applications) look
horrible in my opinion.
>Consider such a senario, a application like to create a area of a size just
>to fit in certain text. And the application does not want a dynamic sized
>area, because the area is part of a pixel based layout. Now, if the
>application does not know the exact size of the font, how can it achieve such
>a goal. I have seen countless applications that either have a botton that
>does not have all characters displayed, or the botton is truncated because it
>exceeds the frame border and all sorts of bad displays.
Take a look at the wonderful help system in Corel. It is a state of the art
help system that blows Windows away in that it actually offers help that
helps. Unfortunately, it looks like shit and there is no way of re-sizing
the left side of the screen.
Wordperfect also looks like shit under Corel, boxy crappy looking fonts and
this was pointed out in the otherwise favorable reviews of Corel Linux.
>Besides, the font on X windows are so bad, it wastes display resource. Why,
>because it need more pixels to achieve the same result.
It also seem sluggish to me, even running a Matrox G400. Dragging Windows
around produces "shadows" and remanent's of destroyed Windows. Sucks if you
ask me. It lacks crispness. I am talking about
kde/Windowmaker/Enlightenment and worst of all Gnome/Enlightenment.
>And I don't think any widgets or window manager can do anything to help that!
>
>So, I believe X need to include a basic set of font as part of its standard,
>if my speculation of the way it works is correct, otherwise, you will always
>see broken bottons, truncated texts, and ... frustrating users.
See the above. Putting Linux side by side with other OS's is a real joke as
far as display is concerned. Sure the themes look nice but what happens
when you launch the applications?
Boxy, fuzzy and generally cheap looking.
>Jim Gettys wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the flame and troll... It is soooo helpful.
>>
>> BTW, I agree with you about Motif and CDE. I'm very happy that Motif
>> and CDE are very close to dead.
>>
>> The X Window System, however, is NOT a GUI: it is a system for building
>> GUI's. This is not spitting hairs, and you really need to understand
>> the difference. Some of the more recent GUI's/toolkits built on top of
>> X, such as Gnome/GTK+ and/or KDE/Qt, along with some of the recent window
>> managers, are getting towards seriously usable by mere mortals, much to
>> my surprise and gratification. People are finally beginning to use X
>> the way we origininally intended.
>>
>> If you don't like what is on your screen (e.g. Motif and CDE), change
>> it.
>>
>> You can get a view of what is possible by visiting www.themes.org.
>> - Jim Gettys
>>
>> --
>> Jim Gettys
>> Technology and Corporate Development
>> Compaq Computer Corporation
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Christopher Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject: Re: Giving up on NT
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 09:53:20 +1000
"Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>
> Todd wrote:
> > By the way, there is an option for this in Properties-FX.
> >
> > Also, most people are using True Color or 16-bit color these days as
video
> > cards can support these modes easily with full acceleration.
> >
> > So, NT can display more than 16 colors in icons.
> >
> > > As for speed. Basically there is very little. NT is slower the 95.
> >
> > Not according to the benchmarks that measure graphics and business
> > performance.
> >
> > Just recently, benchmarks that measured 98/NT and 2000 came out, do you
want
> > to know what scored highest? 2000.
> >
> 2000 is hardly a fast system though. My Linux system boots in less time
> thanks to the modifications I made to my kernel build.
There's not many kernel modifications you can make the would signficantly
reduce boot time. Unless you originally had some funcky driver with a very
long timeout.
[chomp]
> > Again, how much memory are you using? Did you check the performance
monitor
> > in NT? Is your system even configured correctly? I doubt it, given
your
> > "expert's" false information.
> NT shouldn't need 64mb of ram to run "properly". No OS can justify such
> needs. Linux and BeOS can run in 16mb of ram and comfortably in 32mb.
Linux+KDe or GNOME needs 64MB to run comfortably.
[chomp]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: prepare Income Tax under Linux?
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 23:55:40 GMT
I've run both TurboTax and Tax-Cut under Windows with no problems and I
don't have Netscape on my machine. Why does he have to jump through all
kinds of hoops to run a program?
I slapped the CD in and away it went.
Typical Linux. It takes 10 operations to do what is sooooooo very simple
under Windows.
Running programs for instance.
What a shame...
On Fri, 03 Mar 2000 15:28:54 -0800, Arthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Jon Claerbout wrote:
>
>> Mike Marion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> : Jon Claerbout wrote:
>
>> :> I tried Intuit,
>> :> but they tell me to make pdf work as as a Netscape plug-in.
>> :> I did not succeed with that.
>
>> : If all you need to do is view a pdf after clicking the link, netscape works
>> : fine.
>> : Go to Edit->Preferences->Navigator->applications
>> : New...
>> : desc: PDF file
>> : MIMEType: application/pdf
>> : Suffixes: pdf
>> : Application: <pathtoacroread> %s
>>
>> : You should then be able to click a pdf link,
>> : and it'll fire off acroread to read it.
>
>> : Note: an example application line would be:
>> : /usr/local/bin/acrocread %s
>
>> The tax software says it needs a plug in,
>> not simply a file download and fire off an acroread job.
>>
>> Probable problem is the dynamic linking of netscape and pdf
>> use different libraries.
>>
>> Thanks guys, I guess I'll have to rent a Windoze
>> machine for a couple days.
>
>acroread 4 comes with a plugin so you can read PDF's inline
>in Netscape. The instructions are in INSTGUID.TXT that
>comes with acroread 4. If it doesn't automatically
>set up the plugin in NS, the only thing that's different
>from Mike's instructions above is that the Application
>should be nppdf.so. Read the instructions though - the
>plugin is in a weird subdirectory.
>
>You can probably get it off of Adobe's site, or it comes
>with SuSE 6.3 (and is automatically installed if you
>install acroread and netscape).
>
>Arthur
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From: John Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject: Re: Darwin or Linux (Re: The decline of VA Linux)
Date: 4 Mar 2000 00:03:53 GMT
Jonathan Hendry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: John Jensen wrote in message <89ognh$ndq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
: >I'm sure that enough people will like the Mac as a product that Apple
: >factories will humm for some time, but I find it hard to get excited about
: >that. I find it much more interesting when the Chinese, the American NSA,
: >and Swedish phone companies are choosing the same open soruce OS.
: Or it could be that BSD-based OSes aren't as hyped, so you don't
: *hear* about who's using them.
Is sharing at the character-based OS level sufficient for excitement?
Besides, I think BSD OSes running X11 have more in common with Linux than
they do MacOS X.
John
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: I can't stand this X anymore!
Date: 4 Mar 2000 00:19:17 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Michael Gu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Consider such a senario, a application like to create a area of a size just
>to fit in certain text. And the application does not want a dynamic sized
>area, because the area is part of a pixel based layout. Now, if the
>application does not know the exact size of the font, how can it achieve such
>a goal. I have seen countless applications that either have a botton that
>does not have all characters displayed, or the botton is truncated because it
>exceeds the frame border and all sorts of bad displays.
X applications are free to specify their fonts (family, size, etc.)
if they don't want to use the default font. GUI toolkits usually include
resource mechanism for specifying different fonts for different parts of
the GUI.
--
Ken Lee, http://www.rahul.net/kenton/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark S. Bilk)
Subject: Re: Linux is it's own worst enemy.
Date: 4 Mar 2000 00:27:59 GMT
This is just Steve/keymaster the homophobic fundamentalist
again, in another of his 1000 disguises. One of his two
previous posts complains about "profanity". The headers
also confirm it.
Steve (or whatever your name is), doesn't "Thou shalt not
bear false witness" apply to you?
Why don't you buy a couple of gay porno magazines and have
a nice time with yourself. You know you want to. It's
natural, and fantasies are completely safe.
You need to start merging all your different personalities
together, and the first step is to admit that they exist,
and let them get to know each other. You have to stop
spending all your time fighting with other people -- post-
ing this crap under so many different names to get attention.
Even if you're getting paid to do it, you'd better quit,
because it isn't good for you. Your propaganda has no
effect anyhow, now that your cover is blown and we know
it's coming from one person.
If you feel like talking, e-mail me your phone number, and
I'll give you a call. I don't have any negative feelings
toward you. I'd really like to help.
Mark
In article <89palo$36p$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
proculous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I notice that the Linux advocacy group seems to have much more traffic
>than any of the Windows advocacy groups. Simple reason is that Windows,
>along with the Mac sell themselves and don't need a band of loonytunes
>around to wave the flag. Now that Linux has become somewhat of the
>darling of the computer press the chips are out on the table for
>prospective users and supporters to try and decide for themselves if
>Linux is worth the fuss.
>
>My opinon is that Linux in and of itself fizzles and burns out on the
>launchpad before it even gets into orbit. Joe computer user weaned on
>Windows needs a hell of a lot more than a free operating system in
>order to even consider switching from Windows. Why should he switch?
>Graphics? Doubtful considering X-Windows blurry, distorted and hard on
>the eyes method of displying fonts.Don't tell me about rendering for
>Titanic I know the entire story. Linux was like the GroundsKeepers at a
>ballgame. Necessary, but nobody comes to see them.
>Free Web Access? Try again. Most of those free CD's that come in the
>mail don't work with Linux. AOL has a huge user base and to the best of
>my knowledge does not work with Linux. Multimedia? Sure, you can run an
>obsolete version of RealPlayer if you wish. DVD? maybe in the future.
>Scanners and printers that ordinary folks can afford (non postscript or
>in the case of scanners non scsi), that by the way work great under
>Windows, not to mention all the free software like Adobe for instance
>that comes with most of them. Easy one stop GUI mail/news programs?
>Network kits that install right out of the box so the clueless can
>install them and have a simple home network up in minutes? Try again.
>Hardware support for today's hardware not some 5 year old soundboard?
>Mixed bag.
>Ease of use? Well Linux with a good gui like Gnome is certainly easy
>enough to used if it pre-loaded. The problem arises when the user wants
>to update.
>This lib, that lib all around the lib we go. It's like a fsking library
>merry-go-round only the names keep changing. Oh you didn't know that
>XYZ.lib is part of the ABC.lib package? Silly you for not reading, and
>reading,and reading and then reading some more. Then you find that
>ABC.lib has some requirements of it's own and back you go. All I want
>to do is instal a friggin program, and don't give me that RPM crap
>because 7 times out of 10 (and yes I did count) I never seem to have
>what is needed. This is a pure waste of time.
>
>Ok so binary files are the answer. Or are they? Do you have the right
>kernel version? Are you able to edit makefiles to change SMPCheck and
>other housekeeping checks just so the damm thing works? Seen vi lately?
>
>beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeppppppppppp....What the fsk is that awful
>beeping? Do people actually use this garbage?
>
>Anyway, that's my rant. One only needs to try Linux to see how much it
>lacks for normal folks. Keep it in the geek realm where it can fester
>and provide joy and enlightenment.
>
>Linux is as doomed as the Titanic when it comes to normal folks. Leave
>it in some geeks server farm where it belongs, and rightfully so.
>
>PROCULOUS
>
>
>
>
>--
>I love my kernel. I really do. I hate my girlfriend.I love only Linux.
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (5X3)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.unix.advocacy
Subject: Re: 64-Bit Linux On Intel Itanium (was: Microsoft's New Motto
Date: 4 Mar 2000 00:41:54 GMT
In comp.os.linux.advocacy Eric Remy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <89nr09$aqi$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (5X3)
> wrote:
>>> Ah, amazing! A driver takes down an OS. And remind me
>>> which (non-mainframe) OS won't go down by installing
>>> a buggy driver?
>>Ahh..so now its non-mainframe.
>>
>>Inferno (Purgatory) springs immediately to mind.
> I'm confused here. Let's take a pathological case. I write a disk
> device driver for Inferno, or any other OS. I put in a major bug: every
> time a command is received from the OS, there's a 1/10 chance that the
> driver will tell the disk to do a low-level format of the entire drive.
> How does any OS survive this? I can't think it would be too happy to
> find its swapped bits are all now zeros.
Purgatory (sort of a client for inferno, think of it as a cross between
an Xterminal and NeXTStep) can be utterly diskless. Once its booted,
a drive failing on its host machine will have no effect...
Inferno may fail (depending on the setup of the hardware its running on)
if it loses a drive, but theres an enormous difference between a buggy
device driver making the kernel panic and a buggy device driver
legitimately and independantly bringing down a piece of hardware...
p0ok
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Moun Chau)
Subject: Annual Linux Showcase - Call for Papers
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 00:29:34 GMT
4th Annual Linux Showcase and Conference, Atlanta
October 10 - 14, 2000
Cobb Galleria
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
http://www.linuxshowcase.org
Sponsored by USENIX, the Advanced Computing Systems Association, and the
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We are currently seeking submissions for Technical White Papers,
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===============================================================
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Registration material available: July 2000
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Final papers due (for all tracks/workshops): August 24, 2000
===============================================================
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From: "Chris Hubick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Blatant Plug: Sexiest Geek Alive - Go Linux - Go Me!
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 01:00:44 GMT
I thought this was a Linux advocacy group???
Contestant 5??? I mean, sure, she's cute, but come on!
To quote her bio:
>I know anything there is to know about Windows 9x.
> Favorite OS: Windows 95B, Dos is fun in it's own way :o)
> Certifications: MCP, working towards my MCSE
>We need to be accepted and not looked at strangely
> because our homes are filled with PC Magazine issues,
> computer hardware, and Microsoft Certified Press books.
Is that the geek you want to represent you???
I don't thinks so!
Pick me! http://www.sexiestgeekalive.com/bios.html?12
---
Chris Hubick
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.hubick.com/
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:WoGv4.2009$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> No way! Now number... 5 :-)
>
> Chris
>
> > I love free software. I thus love Linux. We are just at the start
of
> > the information revolution...years from now computers will permeate
> > every aspect of our lives. The computing platform for the next
> > millenium must be based on free and open software.
> >
> > The plug:
> >
> > Unfortunately, not everyone sees it this way. I am one of twelve
> > finalists for the Sexiest Geek Alive contest. Of the twelve I am
one of
> > three who is not Microsoft certified. Being a lover of Linux, I
would
> > hate to see the crown go to someone who has sold their soul to Bill.
> >
> > So vote for me: http://www.sexiestgeekalive.com/bios.html?12
> >
> > Thanks for your support! :-)
> >
> > ---
> > Chris Hubick
> > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > http://www.hubick.com/
> >
> >
>
>
> ==================================
> Posted via http://nodevice.com
> Linux Programmer's Site
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From: "Boris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: A Plague of "Chads" (was: Clarification of the word "communism"
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 01:08:20 GMT
> I called him a liar several times -- and proved it.
You are a liar yourself. If paranoid idiot can be called a liar.
Boris
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From: Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject: Re: Giving up on NT
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 01:08:45 GMT
Christopher Smith wrote:
>
> "Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> >
> > Todd wrote:
> > > By the way, there is an option for this in Properties-FX.
> > >
> > > Also, most people are using True Color or 16-bit color these days as
> video
> > > cards can support these modes easily with full acceleration.
> > >
> > > So, NT can display more than 16 colors in icons.
> > >
> > > > As for speed. Basically there is very little. NT is slower the 95.
> > >
> > > Not according to the benchmarks that measure graphics and business
> > > performance.
> > >
> > > Just recently, benchmarks that measured 98/NT and 2000 came out, do you
> want
> > > to know what scored highest? 2000.
> > >
> > 2000 is hardly a fast system though. My Linux system boots in less time
> > thanks to the modifications I made to my kernel build.
>
> There's not many kernel modifications you can make the would signficantly
> reduce boot time. Unless you originally had some funcky driver with a very
> long timeout.
You can start by reducing the module count from the default around
450-500 to around 60-70 which is what I did, set it to compile with
optimizations for your processor (not much of a big deal here though)
and nixing any hardware/software support that you don't need. I took out
things like scsi and ethernet support since I don't use either of them.
My system now boots about 5-10 seconds faster just because of that.
However I also took some things out of the startup as well.
--
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but you want me to be like you
and that is not being myself
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