http://dobbscodetalk.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Multithreaded-I-O.html&Itemid=29
-- Daniel
P.S. "It really seems barbaric in our digital age that we all have
motors and levers and gears and spinning things in our boxes." Those
damned spinning things!
Daniel Keep wrote:
http://dobbscodetalk.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Multithreaded-I-O.html&Itemid=29
Reddit too:
http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/8a2y9/walter_bright_multithreaded_io/
Daniel Keep:
> http://dobbscodetalk.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Multithreaded-I-O.html&Itemid=29
Is this an improvement of the DMD backend? Now I'm curious: isn't DMD a legacy
backend? If this is true, isn't improving it a waste of time, and time is
better spent improving something like
dennis luehring schrieb:
dennis luehring schrieb:
bearophile schrieb:
Daniel Keep:
http://dobbscodetalk.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Multithreaded-I-O.html&Itemid=29
Is this an improvement of the DMD backend? Now I'm curious: isn't DMD a legacy
backend? If this is true, isn't improv
bearophile schrieb:
Daniel Keep:
http://dobbscodetalk.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Multithreaded-I-O.html&Itemid=29
Is this an improvement of the DMD backend? Now I'm curious: isn't DMD a legacy
backend? If this is true, isn't improving it a waste of time, and time is
better spent im
dennis luehring schrieb:
bearophile schrieb:
Daniel Keep:
http://dobbscodetalk.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Multithreaded-I-O.html&Itemid=29
Is this an improvement of the DMD backend? Now I'm curious: isn't DMD a legacy
backend? If this is true, isn't improving it a waste of time, an
bearophile wrote:
Daniel Keep:
http://dobbscodetalk.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Multithreaded-I-O.html&Itemid=29
Is this an improvement of the DMD backend? Now I'm curious: isn't DMD a legacy
backend? If this is true, isn't improving it a waste of time, and time is
better spent impr
bearophile wrote:
Is this an improvement of the DMD backend? Now I'm curious: isn't DMD
a legacy backend? If this is true, isn't improving it a waste of
time, and time is better spent improving something like LLVM? (I am
not trying to offend anyone here, I am just curious).
Those changes were t
Hello Daniel,
http://dobbscodetalk.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Multithreade
d-I-O.html&Itemid=29
-- Daniel
P.S. "It really seems barbaric in our digital age that we all have
motors and levers and gears and spinning things in our boxes." Those
damned spinning things!
Some sort of
BCS wrote:
> Hello Daniel,
>
>> http://dobbscodetalk.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Multithreade
>> d-I-O.html&Itemid=29
>>
>> -- Daniel
>>
>> P.S. "It really seems barbaric in our digital age that we all have
>> motors and levers and gears and spinning things in our boxes." Those
>> damne
Hello Brad,
Careful.. that rule of thumb applies to compute bound use of threads.
I did qualify that as "after the files are loaded".
BCS wrote:
> Hello Brad,
>
>> Careful.. that rule of thumb applies to compute bound use of threads.
>>
>
> I did qualify that as "after the files are loaded".
>
In the current impl, after files are loaded, it's all one thread still. :)
Brad Roberts wrote:
BCS wrote:
Hello Daniel,
http://dobbscodetalk.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Multithreade
d-I-O.html&Itemid=29
-- Daniel
P.S. "It really seems barbaric in our digital age that we all have
motors and levers and gears and spinning things in our boxes." Those
damned
Robert Fraser:
> Compilers seem like they'd be easier to parallelize than other
> applications...
Because compilers are (almost) pure functions :-)
This is less silly than it sounds.
Bye,
bearophile
I always thought people who would need to reinstall their windows to keep it
clean were like the ones that didn't know how computers works.
I haven't reinstalled my windows box in like 6 years and it doesn't startup
any slower then before.
If only you keep to the simple things like: ccleaner, aut
I'm not really sure about this, but doesn't running the error check tool
clean the cache?
Also, microsoft bootvis.
Saaa wrote:
I'm not really sure about this, but doesn't running the error check tool
clean the cache?
I have no idea.
Saaa wrote:
I always thought people who would need to reinstall their windows to keep it
clean were like the ones that didn't know how computers works.
I haven't reinstalled my windows box in like 6 years and it doesn't startup
any slower then before.
If only you keep to the simple things like:
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Christopher Wright wrote:
> Saaa wrote:
>>
>> I always thought people who would need to reinstall their windows to keep
>> it clean were like the ones that didn't know how computers works.
>> I haven't reinstalled my windows box in like 6 years and it doesn't
>> st
== Quote from Jarrett Billingsley (jarrett.billings...@gmail.com)'s article
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Christopher Wright
> wrote:
> > Saaa wrote:
> >>
> >> I always thought people who would need to reinstall their windows to keep
> >> it clean were like the ones that didn't know how comp
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 3:31 PM, dsimcha wrote:
>
> Yeah, I've always wondered why some people put so much emphasis on the 10% of
> computer security that's highly technical in nature when 90% of the problem of
> computer security is between the keyboard and the chair.
>
ComputerIlliterateFriend:
"Christopher Wright" wrote in message
news:grd5rq$f7...@digitalmars.com...
> Saaa wrote:
>> I always thought people who would need to reinstall their windows to keep
>> it clean were like the ones that didn't know how computers works.
>> I haven't reinstalled my windows box in like 6 years and
Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 3:31 PM, dsimcha wrote:
Yeah, I've always wondered why some people put so much emphasis on the 10% of
computer security that's highly technical in nature when 90% of the problem of
computer security is between the keyboard and the chair.
Comp
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:
>> ComputerIlliterateFriend: Hey Jarrett, can you come over and fix my
>> computer?
>> Jarrett: What's it doing?
>> CIF: It's popping up all sorts of dialog boxes telling me I need to
>> get Spyware Aweseom Remover and stuff, and it's run
Jarrett Billingsley Wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu
> wrote:
>
> >> ComputerIlliterateFriend: Hey Jarrett, can you come over and fix my
> >> computer?
> >> Jarrett: What's it doing?
> >> CIF: It's popping up all sorts of dialog boxes telling me I need to
> >> get Spy
== Quote from Andrei Alexandrescu (seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org)'s article
> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 3:31 PM, dsimcha wrote:
> >> Yeah, I've always wondered why some people put so much emphasis on the 10%
> >> of
> >> computer security that's highly technical in nat
"superdan" wrote in message
news:grdoag$1hd...@digitalmars.com...
> Jarrett Billingsley Wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu
>> wrote:
>>
>> >> ComputerIlliterateFriend: Hey Jarrett, can you come over and fix my
>> >> computer?
>> >> Jarrett: What's it doing?
>> >> CI
superdan wrote:
Jarrett Billingsley Wrote:
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:
ComputerIlliterateFriend: Hey Jarrett, can you come over and fix my
computer?
Jarrett: What's it doing?
CIF: It's popping up all sorts of dialog boxes telling me I need to
get Spyware Aweseo
> I desperately wish my computer-illiterate family members would move
> off of Windows as well, since it would eliminate basically every tech-
> support call I field from them. Perhaps I've simply had good luck with
> other OSes, but Windows is the only one I've had regular problems with.
Maybe
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 4:22 PM, superdan wrote:
> Jarrett Billingsley Wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu
>> wrote:
>>
>> >> ComputerIlliterateFriend: Hey Jarrett, can you come over and fix my
>> >> computer?
>> >> Jarrett: What's it doing?
>> >> CIF: It's popping up a
Except this has actually happened to me, modulo a couple details.
Three or four times.
You should install noscript or maybe better: sandboxie
Sean Kelly wrote:
As for programming specifically... I made a deliberate shift away from
Windows years ago because it's a nightmare to develop for (aside from
Visual Studio, which is a great debugging environment). Best move I
ever made.
Yah, I too remember my Windows-only days the way I'd rem
>
> Yah, I too remember my Windows-only days the way I'd remember a temporary
> disability. (I recall to this day: any little thing I wanted to do, I'd
> start off a wizard in Dev Studio. It was kind of a surprise for me to find
> out that all those programs had been written, along with plenty m
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Saaa wrote:
>
> Except this has actually happened to me, modulo a couple details.
> Three or four times.
> You should install noscript or maybe better: sandboxie
/facepalm, I'm not talking about getting viruses, I'm talking about
dealing with morons who don't reali
On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:53:56 -0400, Jarrett Billingsley
wrote:
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 3:31 PM, dsimcha wrote:
Yeah, I've always wondered why some people put so much emphasis on the
10% of
computer security that's highly technical in nature when 90% of the
problem of
computer security
Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Saaa wrote:
Except this has actually happened to me, modulo a couple details.
Three or four times.
You should install noscript or maybe better: sandboxie
/facepalm, I'm not talking about getting viruses, I'm talking about
dealing with
>>
>> Except this has actually happened to me, modulo a couple details.
>> Three or four times.
>> You should install noscript or maybe better: sandboxie
>
> /facepalm, I'm not talking about getting viruses, I'm talking about
> dealing with morons who don't realize that going to bad sites make
> th
grauzone wrote:
Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Saaa wrote:
Except this has actually happened to me, modulo a couple details.
Three or four times.
You should install noscript or maybe better: sandboxie
/facepalm, I'm not talking about getting viruses, I'm talking a
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
grauzone wrote:
Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Saaa wrote:
Except this has actually happened to me, modulo a couple details.
Three or four times.
You should install noscript or maybe better: sandboxie
/facepalm, I'm not talking about ge
grauzone wrote:
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
grauzone wrote:
Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Saaa wrote:
Except this has actually happened to me, modulo a couple details.
Three or four times.
You should install noscript or maybe better: sandboxie
/facepalm, I'm not
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
grauzone wrote:
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
grauzone wrote:
Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Saaa wrote:
Except this has actually happened to me, modulo a couple details.
Three or four times.
You should install noscript or maybe better: sa
Warning: semi-rant ahead. Feel free to ignore. :)
Sean Kelly wrote:
> My
> Windows machine is now used exclusively for playing games. I have no
> intention of ever using Windows for anything else again. Games are
> the only thing the other OSes lack compared to Windows anyway.
Winamp. More
Ignoring the rant way of putting things this is exactly my experience :D
plus: I'd ike to be able to run every tiny indiegame out there.
>
> Warning: semi-rant ahead. Feel free to ignore. :)
>
> Sean Kelly wrote:
>> My
>> Windows machine is now used exclusively for playing games. I have no
>> i
Daniel Keep wrote:
Warning: semi-rant ahead. Feel free to ignore. :)
[...]
Windows is a pain in the arse, and there isn't a day that goes by where
I don't wish I could get rid of it from my life. But the fact is that
it's STILL better than Linux.
Andrei said that Windows is for users, and u
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:
> Daniel Keep wrote:
>>
>> Warning: semi-rant ahead. Feel free to ignore. :)
>
> [...]
>>
>> Windows is a pain in the arse, and there isn't a day that goes by where
>> I don't wish I could get rid of it from my life. But the fact is tha
Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
It's not. It's actually quite simple to keep a clean Windows box.
You _don't go to dangerous websites or download screensavers like the
thousands of twits who don't understand computers or malware_. I got
my first virus in ten years of using Windows last December, and
Hello Bill,
Overall I would prefer to program under Unix (although I'd still
like to keep the Visual Studio debugger :-P), but to do user things
under Windows. Problem is those user-things sort of happen
intermittently throughout the day,
My solution is to have a windows desktop and a linux s
Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Saaa wrote:
Except this has actually happened to me, modulo a couple details.
Three or four times.
You should install noscript or maybe better: sandboxie
/facepalm, I'm not talking about getting viruses, I'm talking about
dealing with
Hello Jarrett,
Before that, I was running an install of XP that hadn't been modified
for close to four years, which had run in two different computers. My
laptop is coming up on its four year mark as well.
I have a XP install that's comeing up on 6 or 7 years old. It's just now
starting to h
Daniel Keep wrote:
Windows is a pain in the arse, and there isn't a day that goes by where
I don't wish I could get rid of it from my life. But the fact is that
it's STILL better than Linux.
What I've found about Windows is it consistently renders things better
on the same display. In other w
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
Daniel Keep wrote:
Warning: semi-rant ahead. Feel free to ignore. :)
[...]
Windows is a pain in the arse, and there isn't a day that goes by where
I don't wish I could get rid of it from my life. But the fact is that
it's STILL better than Linux.
Andrei said that
BCS wrote:
I have a XP install that's comeing up on 6 or 7 years old. It's just now
starting to have problems (of the BSOD type). That said, it doesn't
/have/ a net connection so...
My main XP dev machine is 7 years old now. I've reinstalled XP from
scratch 3 times, once because I got rootki
Walter Bright wrote:
> Daniel Keep wrote:
>> Windows is a pain in the arse, and there isn't a day that goes by where
>> I don't wish I could get rid of it from my life. But the fact is that
>> it's STILL better than Linux.
>
> What I've found about Windows is it consistently renders things better
Walter Bright wrote:
Daniel Keep wrote:
Windows is a pain in the arse, and there isn't a day that goes by where
I don't wish I could get rid of it from my life. But the fact is that
it's STILL better than Linux.
What I've found about Windows is it consistently renders things better
on the sa
Christopher Wright wrote:
This is all assuming that you turned on subpixel rendering in Linux.
Yes, I turned it on .
Check out Portable Ubuntu for Windows:
http://portableubuntu.sourceforge.net/index.php
I haven't done any extensive testing yet, but the short session I had
yesterday worked just fine.
Daniel Keep wrote:
Warning: semi-rant ahead. Feel free to ignore. :)
Sean Kelly wrote:
My
Windows machi
Olli Aalto:
> Check out Portable Ubuntu for Windows:
> http://portableubuntu.sourceforge.net/index.php
I have just started using it few days ago:
- First of all graphics seems very slow. If I run the update manager it shows a
little window that asks me the password, and it darkens the screen. S
grauzone:
>The free fonts suck, and I still use some Microsoft fonts on Linux.<
Have you tried my version of Inconsolata? :-)
http://www.fantascienza.net/leonardo/ar/inconsolatag/inconsolata-g_font.zip
Bye,
bearophile
grauzone:
> Will try later. Success depends from how well freetype renders it at low
> resolutions.
I use it as my default programming font on my Ubuntu (for Python, D, etc), it's
nonproportional. But I use it at high enough sizes, to spot bugs better.
Bye,
bearophile
Why does everyone think "Ubuntu" when talking about Linux? I find the
Ubuntu desktop almost as annoying as the Windows one. Even worse, Ubuntu
feels like a Windows clone. Most of this is because it uses GNOME by
default.
If you really want to use Linux, don't use a crappy desktop environment
bearophile wrote:
grauzone:
Why does everyone think "Ubuntu" when talking about Linux?
I am ignorant about this topic, but I think the answers to your questions are:
1) Because it's one of the very few distros that seem designed by people that
care a bit about ergonomics, usability studies, u
bearophile wrote:
grauzone:
The free fonts suck, and I still use some Microsoft fonts on Linux.<
Have you tried my version of Inconsolata? :-)
http://www.fantascienza.net/leonardo/ar/inconsolatag/inconsolata-g_font.zip
Will try later. Success depends from how well freetype renders it at low
grauzone:
> Why does everyone think "Ubuntu" when talking about Linux?
I am ignorant about this topic, but I think the answers to your questions are:
1) Because it's one of the very few distros that seem designed by people that
care a bit about ergonomics, usability studies, user interfaces, etc.
Walter Bright wrote:
Daniel Keep wrote:
Windows is a pain in the arse, and there isn't a day that goes by where
I don't wish I could get rid of it from my life. But the fact is that
it's STILL better than Linux.
What I've found about Windows is it consistently renders things better
on the sa
grauzone wrote:
Why does everyone think "Ubuntu" when talking about Linux? I find the
Ubuntu desktop almost as annoying as the Windows one. Even worse, Ubuntu
feels like a Windows clone. Most of this is because it uses GNOME by
default.
If you really want to use Linux, don't use a crappy desk
grauzone wrote:
I'm not expecting anything from Linux GUIs anymore. Seriously, Linux on
the desktop sucks. God, does it suck!
What standard are you holding it against? The Mac GUI is snappier, but
overall the Mac is still not as stable as Ubuntu. I don't miss anything
from the Windows GUI.
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
grauzone wrote:
Why does everyone think "Ubuntu" when talking about Linux? I find the
Ubuntu desktop almost as annoying as the Windows one. Even worse,
Ubuntu feels like a Windows clone. Most of this is because it uses
GNOME by default.
If you really want to use Li
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
grauzone wrote:
I'm not expecting anything from Linux GUIs anymore. Seriously, Linux
on the desktop sucks. God, does it suck!
What standard are you holding it against? The Mac GUI is snappier, but
First, I didn't ever use a Mac. Hell, these things even require spe
bearophile wrote:
grauzone:
Will try later. Success depends from how well freetype renders it at low
resolutions.
I use it as my default programming font on my Ubuntu (for Python, D, etc), it's
nonproportional. But I use it at high enough sizes, to spot bugs better.
The font rendering is ve
grauzone:
> The font rendering is very very ugly. At which point size/DPI is this
> font supposed to be displayed?
I use it at about this size, and I find it the most readable among all the ones
I have tried so far:
http://www.fantascienza.net/leonardo/ar/inconsolatag/two_inconsolata_20090213.pn
bearophile wrote:
grauzone:
The font rendering is very very ugly. At which point size/DPI is this
font supposed to be displayed?
I use it at about this size, and I find it the most readable among all the ones
I have tried so far:
http://www.fantascienza.net/leonardo/ar/inconsolatag/two_incons
Saaa wrote:
Yah, I too remember my Windows-only days the way I'd remember a temporary
disability. (I recall to this day: any little thing I wanted to do, I'd
start off a wizard in Dev Studio. It was kind of a surprise for me to find
out that all those programs had been written, along with plent
grauzone wrote:
> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> grauzone wrote:
>>> I'm not expecting anything from Linux GUIs anymore. Seriously, Linux
>>> on the desktop sucks. God, does it suck!
>>
>> What standard are you holding it against? The Mac GUI is snappier, but
>
> First, I didn't ever use a Mac.
Walter Bright wrote:
...
> I find myself more and more switching back and forth between the two for
> specific tasks (I use a KVM switch to go back and forth).
Have you ever tried virtualbox? It has a seamless mode, which tears out
windows apps in the virtual instance and make them behave just a
On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:36:11 -0400, Daniel Keep
wrote:
I desperately wish my computer-illiterate family members would move
off of Windows as well, since it would eliminate basically every tech-
support call I field from them. Perhaps I've simply had good luck with
other OSes, but Windows i
On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:02:34 -0400, Steven Schveighoffer
wrote:
The only thing it lacks is iTunes (yeah, screw you, I like iTunes :)
The probability of iTunes on Linux just got a whole lot higher
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/macworld/20090407/tc_macworld/itunesisdrmfreeaddsvariablepricing_1
only thing it lacks is iTunes (yeah, screw you, I like iTunes :) and it
There are lots of iTunes clones. Maybe you should try to get used to one
of them?
(Personally, I'm still looking for a decent music player, now that xmms
got removed from Debian. xmms was very crappy, but useable.)
On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:56:34 -0400, grauzone wrote:
only thing it lacks is iTunes (yeah, screw you, I like iTunes :) and it
There are lots of iTunes clones. Maybe you should try to get used to one
of them?
I'm sorry, but I'm ignorant of such issues. Do they allow downloading
music from
Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
VMs have nothing to do with multiboot. I have Ubuntu in a Sun
Virtualbox on my desktop and it's wonderful. It's fun to watch an OS
start in a window. I can also share a folder across the boundary; the
clipboard works seamlessly; input grabbing is nearly seamless. An
Walter Bright wrote:
Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
VMs have nothing to do with multiboot. I have Ubuntu in a Sun
Virtualbox on my desktop and it's wonderful. It's fun to watch an OS
start in a window. I can also share a folder across the boundary; the
clipboard works seamlessly; input grabbing i
Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:56:34 -0400, grauzone wrote:
only thing it lacks is iTunes (yeah, screw you, I like iTunes :) and it
There are lots of iTunes clones. Maybe you should try to get used to
one of them?
I'm sorry, but I'm ignorant of such issues. Do they al
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Walter Bright
wrote:
> Lutger wrote:
>>
>> Have you ever tried virtualbox? It has a seamless mode, which tears out
>> windows apps in the virtual instance and make them behave just as if you
>> started them under linux. It's very pleasant, you don't have to switch
>
Lutger wrote:
Have you ever tried virtualbox? It has a seamless mode, which tears out
windows apps in the virtual instance and make them behave just as if you
started them under linux. It's very pleasant, you don't have to switch
anything anymore and just run those windows userthings next to yo
On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:26:21 -0400, Christopher Wright wrote:
Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:02:34 -0400, Steven Schveighoffer
wrote:
The only thing it lacks is iTunes (yeah, screw you, I like iTunes :)
The probability of iTunes on Linux just got a whole lot higher
grauzone wrote:
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
grauzone wrote:
I'm not expecting anything from Linux GUIs anymore. Seriously, Linux
on the desktop sucks. God, does it suck!
What standard are you holding it against? The Mac GUI is snappier, but
First, I didn't ever use a Mac. Hell, these things
Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:02:34 -0400, Steven Schveighoffer
wrote:
The only thing it lacks is iTunes (yeah, screw you, I like iTunes :)
The probability of iTunes on Linux just got a whole lot higher
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/macworld/20090407/tc_macworld/itunesisd
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
sudo apt-get install virtualbox
That's too hard for me. Can you make it easier?
Don wrote:
(My pet
hate is the way Windows copied the 'folder' idea from the Mac as an
analogy for a directory structure,
I agree. It is especially annoying when trying to help someone with
their Windows box, and you say "go to this directory" and they say
"what's a directory"?
I learned t
On 2009-04-07 16:55:05 -0400, Walter Bright said:
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
sudo apt-get install virtualbox
That's too hard for me. Can you make it easier?
alias please="sudo apt-get"
then
please install virtualbox
--
Michel Fortin
michel.for...@michelf.com
http://mich
Walter Bright wrote:
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
sudo apt-get install virtualbox
That's too hard for me. Can you make it easier?
apt://virtualbox-ose
You would still need your administrator password,
and to have "apturl" installed (http://apturl.net)
and it doesn't handle virtual packages ve
Walter Bright wrote:
Don wrote:
(My pet hate is the way Windows copied the 'folder' idea from the Mac
as an analogy for a directory structure,
I agree. It is especially annoying when trying to help someone with
their Windows box, and you say "go to this directory" and they say
"what's a dire
Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
BTW, does anyone know how to
make nautilus NOT pop up a new window when you open another folder?
That drives me nuts!
I don't know if this works on Fedora, because I suspect it may be an
Ubuntu-specific feature, but, in a Nautilus window:
Edit -> Preferences -
On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:55:51 -0400, Lars Kyllingstad
wrote:
Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
BTW, does anyone know how to make nautilus NOT pop up a new window when
you open another folder? That drives me nuts!
I don't know if this works on Fedora, because I suspect it may be an
Ubuntu-spec
Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:56:34 -0400, grauzone wrote:
>
>>> only thing it lacks is iTunes (yeah, screw you, I like iTunes :) and it
>>
>> There are lots of iTunes clones. Maybe you should try to get used to one
>> of them?
>
> I'm sorry, but I'm ignorant of such is
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
sudo apt-get install virtualbox
Highly recommended.
Ok, gave it a try. The install worked. So, I set up a virtual box per
instructions, and tried to boot my netbsd CD in it. (netbsd because it's
small so I can get a quick test.) I get this message (copied from the
I saw another 'fix' on another forum that listed some commands to
rebuild the vbox. That dies with compilation errors.
Walter Bright wrote:
I saw another 'fix' on another forum that listed some commands to
rebuild the vbox. That dies with compilation errors.
What happens is that the release in the apt repository lagged behind
updates in the kernel. You may want to go to www.virtualbox.org and
install the late
On 09.04.2009 03:53, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
Walter Bright wrote:
I saw another 'fix' on another forum that listed some commands to
rebuild the vbox. That dies with compilation errors.
What happens is that the release in the apt repository lagged behind
updates in the kernel. You may want
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
Walter Bright wrote:
I saw another 'fix' on another forum that listed some commands to
rebuild the vbox. That dies with compilation errors.
What happens is that the release in the apt repository lagged behind
updates in the kernel. You may want to go to www.virtualb
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