Re: [LUAU] httpd version?
--- Dave Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the extensive suggestions. On 6/28/06, Julian Yap [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fedora is focussed on being very cutting edge and developer driven. If you are installing a permanent server, I'd recommend the Linux distribution CentOS I actually installed this first, but it had a problem with my monitor or graphics card and I punted. FC5 had no problem. Hi Dave, Yeah, I had graphics problems with the latest 4.3 CDs where it hangs on install. There's an issue with ATI Rage XL video cards which is a popular server video card, especially on SuperMicro hardware. More details: http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=3447 A work around is to install in text mode. You can also install in graphical mode using 4.2 CDs or if you want a small download, look for the CentOS 4.2 Server CD. 4.x releases are all the same, except the point releases are cumulative updates. So when you perform a 'yum update' on a 4.2 install, there will be more updates to download. No big deal. ~ Julian
[LUAU] the backlash against Apple has started, enabled by Ubuntu (*)
First Mark Pilgrim, now Cory Doctorow: Mac guru and software developer Mark Pilgrim recently switched to Ubuntu Linux after becoming fed up with proprietary Mac file- formats and the increasing use of DRM technologies in the MacOS. I've been a Mac user since 1984, and have a Mac tattooed on my right bicep. I've probably personally owned 50 Macs, and I've purchased several hundred while working as an IT manager over the years. I'm about to make the same switch, for much the same reasons. http://www.boingboing.net/2006/06/29/mark_pilgrims_list_o.html I was just contemplating moving the 12 G4 PowerBook, (which ever increasingly seems to struggle with MacOS) to kubuntu. The reverse-engineered Broadcom driver (Airport Extreme card) is included in Dapper Drake (6.06): https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx? action=showredirect=WifiDocs%2FDevice%2FAirportExtreme Sun just called this morning to collect their try-n-buy T2000 back. (Sigh... I was so hoping that they'd forgotten it.) I'm sure they'll be amused (assuming they look) to see that its running Ubuntu instead of Solaris. Sure was fun to see linux probe and enable 32 CPUs (8 threads x 4 cores). Jim (*) sad that Kubuntu doesn't get more mention, since its obviously superior, but hey, thats the way the brand cookie crumbles.
Re: [LUAU] the backlash against Apple has started, enabled by Ubuntu (*)
On 6/29/06, Jim Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sure was fun to see linux probe and enable 32 CPUs (8 threads x 4 cores). How did that run? Are there any applicaitons you found that could make use of '32' processors? You can't get blood from a rock, but it seems like if a bunch of apps could have a dedicated 'CPU' it would be quicker responding. -M
Re: [LUAU] the backlash against Apple has started, enabled by Ubuntu (*)
On 6/29/06, Matt Darnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/29/06, Jim Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sure was fun to see linux probe and enable 32 CPUs (8 threads x 4 cores). How did that run? Are there any applicaitons you found that could make use of '32' processors? You can't get blood from a rock, but it seems like if a bunch of apps could have a dedicated 'CPU' it would be quicker responding. -M The try-n-buy applicatoin asks this question: Is your application multi-threaded with low floating point content? Anyone know what 'low floating point content' is? -M
Re: [LUAU] the backlash against Apple has started, enabled by Ubuntu (*)
On Thu, 29 Jun 2006, Matt Darnell wrote: The try-n-buy applicatoin asks this question: Is your application multi-threaded with low floating point content? Anyone know what 'low floating point content' is? Generally that means it doesn't do a lot of complex mathematical calculations.
Re: [LUAU] the backlash against Apple has started, enabled by Ubuntu (*)
On Jun 29, 2006, at 1:15 PM, Matt Darnell wrote: On 6/29/06, Jim Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sure was fun to see linux probe and enable 32 CPUs (8 threads x 4 cores). How did that run? Like a raped ape. 'make -j' flies. Are there any applicaitons you found that could make use of '32' processors? mysql, and then I had to force it, but... for your application, I just happen to know (because I've got two friends in the top of V***ge) that V***ge is using T1000s and T2000 for their VOIP forwarding/routing. (SIP Express Router, not unlike your company.) You can't get blood from a rock, but it seems like if a bunch of apps could have a dedicated 'CPU' it would be quicker responding. Or a bunch of threads in one app, assuming that there isn't a lot of thread-interdependency. Jim
Re: [LUAU] the backlash against Apple has started, enabled by Ubuntu (*)
On Jun 29, 2006, at 1:17 PM, Matt Darnell wrote: On 6/29/06, Matt Darnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/29/06, Jim Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sure was fun to see linux probe and enable 32 CPUs (8 threads x 4 cores). How did that run? Are there any applicaitons you found that could make use of '32' processors? You can't get blood from a rock, but it seems like if a bunch of apps could have a dedicated 'CPU' it would be quicker responding. -M The try-n-buy applicatoin asks this question: Is your application multi-threaded with low floating point content? Anyone know what 'low floating point content' is? Does your C/Java code contain a lot of float or double variables? Does it do a lot with them? If you're running Python, perl or PHP its a bit more difficult to check. Jim
