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A few days ago, someone was telling me about this great software for windows.

It allows you to freeze your hard disk partiton, so you can install any software, even knowing it is full of spyware, or virrii, then when you re-boot, your partiton is restored to before, and all ill efets un-done.

think of it as the system restore, but much better.

In Windows, this sort of thing is called "Great software"

a great addon... somthing you download from the internet, play with a free trial period, then opay for if you like it...



In Linux / UNIX, this functionality is built into the kernel...

its called the chroot system call.

Its a basic part of operating system functionality, that every operating sysdtem has...

but in windows, it is lacking, and you need a whole software suite with loads of bulk to emulate it.

chroot is a basic operating system security feature... windows keps promising security enhancements, but down in the heart of the OS, they lack even the most basic system calls.




SECONDLY.....
I Love the Design of UNIX / Linux.

Its so simple, yet elegant.. For example, you can backup the boot sector, or Master boot record with the copy command !!!!

Yet, this task is impossable in windows, you would need to get on the internet, and download some specialised software.. doing it with a simple copy command is just impossable...




THIRDLY......

I have am AMD64.. the processor runs at scaleable frequancies.. between 1Ghz and 2.4Ghz.

Sometimes i play Silent Hill on my playstation emulator.

Because Games like this always use 100% CPU, even though they dont ned it, my CPU gets hotter, and my cpu fan starts spinning... increaced noise.

In linux... i can use a very simple script that will...

1) change the cpu frequuency govenor from "On Demand" to "User controlled"
2) slow CPU frequancy, and CPU voltage
3) launch the game
4) wait for the game to finish running.
5) Return CPU frequency controll to "On Demand"

This entire script, which changes the processor voltage and frequancy, does everything using very basic commands, like copy, and echo...

Try changing your processor speed / voltage in windows in a script...

you cant, you need special 3rd party downloaded software.

try changing the cpu frequancy in windows with the very simple echo / copy commands...

Un-thinkable.

In windows... if there isnt a button you can click to do somthing,,, then you probably cannot do it.

Its all about design ladies and gebntleman...

Unix / Linux gives us things like the root file system, and mountable disks...

Windows gave you the 'C' drive....

LOL

goooo gentoo

well... thats my opinion anyways...

there will always be people who want high power operating systems...

abnd there will always be people who dont need power, and are happy just being able to do whatever there is a button in a start menu for

both are fine.. its up-to the individual...

I Want a powerfull operating system... i want a high level of access... i want few, small simple programs which can be piped together to complete larger complicated tasks...

i want a compiler

i want Unix / Linux.

My conclusion: Linux needs standardization, until then, it will receive a harsher defeat by Vista. I know people who are dying to get Vista as if it was the Harry Potter 7 release.

Linux Distro's need more standardisation,

but Linux itself is POSIX compliant. as are almost all operating systems.

Windows is no-where near POSIX standards, and doesnt seem to be attempting to work towards compliance.

Try to compile a complicated porgram like ffmpeg on UNIX.... then Linux, then solaris, then FreeBSD...

this is the power of posix compliance...

then try to compile it on windows.... you will see what i mean.

ok.. so if you study the image closly, their may be a tiny diferance... but is it worth buing a new graphics card.... not unless you have cash to burn

If I buy a new graphics card with DVI output I will see any quality improvement?

No.

I dont think you will see any diferance.

and sandwich a thick layer between the heatsink and the chip surface and then give it a shot..

THIN as possable

the purpose of that gell is to fill micro scratches on the metal that are invisible to the naked eye....

In a perfect world, there should be only the gell inside the miscro scraches.. and as close to possable metal to metal contact on the surface

a pea sized blob buffed onto each surface with your finger inside a sandwich bag works well.

Read the instruction manual.



Note: first time me and M^e disagreed on somthing... take a photo

Playstation 3 is shipping with linux pre-installed on the hard disk.. ( sold seperatly )what more needs to be said.

Its just a matter of being carefull with installing windows to only one partiton.I usually partiton my disk in linux with cfdisk ( a menu based alternatie to fdisk ) create linux partions, and leave some un-partitoned space on the disk for windows.when install windows first, allow windows to create a new partiton, in the space you left over, and install.The reason i say install windows first, is because windows will nuke your master boot record, replacing it with a boot loader only capable of booting windows.then when you install linux, allow linux to overwtiye the master boot record again.. ( linux will install grub, a boot loader capable of booting windows, linux, unix... whatever )

you cant JUST change the screen resolution in that config file, you must also set refresh rate.look in your monitor manual, their will be a table or screen resolutions / refresh rates.

< pointless angry ranblings. >
Their are a million on-line assembly tutorials...

every single one the same...

stick the write system call number into eax, the std-out number into ebx, a string into ecx, and a string length to edx, and interput 0x80.

HELLO world.... now you are an assembly expert..

Im going to kill the next person i see who rites such an empty tutorial
< / pointless angry ranblings >


Righty...

Im looking for a list of assembly instrucions, and maybe a line or two of comment to show their meaning..

i can guess most of them, but leal keps showing up in my test programs ( tutorials are all utterly usless, so im compiling c code, and making gcc dump the assembly code )

what does leal do ?

thanks.

e.g.

void funtction1() {	int A = 10;	A += 66;}

compiles to...

funtction1:	pushl	%ebp	#	movl	%esp, %ebp	#,	subl	$4, %esp	#,	movl	$10, -4(%ebp)	#, A	leal	-4(%ebp), %eax	#, tmp59	THIS LINE !!!	addl	$66, (%eax)	#, A	leave	ret

i understand nmostly everything,,, EXCEPT leal

I heard that the layout was to maximise typing speeds.the keys used most often (in the english language) are the most comfortable to reach.ALSO, trying to arange the keys so that both hands are always beeing used...one hand pushing a key while the oher hand was moving into position to take anouther key..e.g. "Hello World" == Right, Left, Right(Double L), Right, Left, Right, Left, Right, Left.Maybe there is a wikki somewhere

First off,,, chmod 777 is a security risk...Some web browsers will treat any executable file as a CGI script.(in other words, simple typing the url of an executable in the web browser will case the program to run)The problem here is most likely your web server configureation.The config file sets what is and what is not allowed.Some web browsers by default do not allow directory browsing, They will show a 403 error if you attenmpt to view a folder, instead of showing the contents of that folder.Read the config file, in most server config files, the documentation on how to edit the config file will be in comments inside the config file..its usualy as simple as setting somthing like "ALLOW_DIRECTORY_BROWSING=NO" to "=YES"Always Always check server config scripts, dont just assume that the default is the most secure.

lol.. Xbox's solution to everything.. "play around with the config file".. love it.Anyways, more specifically, increace your screen resolution, and check that the monitor is set to LCD / TFT and not CRT ( CRT == Cathode Ray Tube... the old type of tv's / monitors )Enjoy.....

Wireless ESSID:""

you MUST specify an ESSID.

Mode:Auto

set to Managed

Frequency=1 MHz

Strange, frequancy should be aroung 2.4Ghz.
set the channel to whatever your router is running on

Bit Rate:11 Mb/s

are you out of range ? slow down transmition power, and increace TX power.

i also have an rt2500 WLAN card, which vwesion drivers are you using ?

the alpha drivers running on the new stack are a little buggy, make sure you are using the latest version of the legacy betas, they are the most stable.


EDIT: What happens whan you use the RaConfig tool to connect to a network ?

RaConfig is the network config tool released by the chip manufacturer, they have windows AND linux versions available... the linux version has a slight bug though , make sure you ifconfig ra0 up bnefore running RaConfig

With an Un-secured wireless, people around you can.....1) steal your bandwidth2) read your incoming and outgoing pop3 / smpt email, and its passwords ( email passwords ar not encrypted, passed as plain text) and very few ISP provided email is tunneled through SSL.3) read your ftp passwords.4) generally, invade your privacyWith Secured wireless, they can still do all of the above, they just have to wait 30 minutes while they collect enough encrypted packets to reveal your router encryption key.i was considering useing wireless for my house, then, after performing all possable steps to increace my security, i managed to crack it in 40 minutes.so, my whole house is now cat-5'ed

You could disable the frame buffer.Many linux distro are now using the frame buffer by default, as it allows for differant esolutions, font sizes etc etc.either alter the vga= option to a lower resolution, or remove it all-together.after removing it, linux will use the default huge fonts on your video cards bios.EDIT:Ohh yea, i should probably mention where the vga is passed to the kernel too.....its set by your boot manager ( either lilo or grub )grub's config is usually in /boot/grub/menu.lstlilos is usually /etc/lilo.conf ( you need to re-reun lilo as root after altering its config file )i dont know the differant vga= codes for differant resolutions, but they are documented all over the web, google for em.

The filesystem is completely independant from hard drisk controller.
the hard disk controller just sees ones and zero's, it knows nothing of file-sytems.

in other words.... what yordan just said.
As for the state of Linux NTFS support...

Straight from the latest kernel source ( 2.6.16 ) available at kernel.org

This enables the partial, but safe, write support in the NTFS driver. │ │ │
│ The only supported operation is overwriting existing files, without │
│ changing the file length. No file or directory creation, deletion or │
│ renaming is possible. Note only non-resident files can be written to │
│ so you may find that some very small files (<500 bytes or so) cannot │
│ be written to. │
│ │
│ While we cannot guarantee that it will not damage any data, we have │
│ so far not received a single report where the driver would have │
│ damaged someones data so we assume it is perfectly safe to use. │
│ │
│ Note: While write support is safe in this version (a rewrite from │
│ scratch of the NTFS support), it should be noted that the old NTFS │
│ write support, included in Linux 2.5.10 and before (since 1997), │
│ is not safe.

pea.s.. sorry for the formatting.. copy and paste from console

As a computer nerd (and software developer) my solution is as follows...1) buy a GumStix computer. + etherStix addon2) hook it upto hom broadband3) install SMTP and POP3 mail servers, along with spam assasin.4) register for a free dynamic domain name.There you have it, a home mail server, as secure as you can make it,the size of a stick of chewing gum, running of a couple of AA bateries. ( no need to worry about your power bill, like when you have an old 286 running as a mail server.

Im my experiance, it works, but the "found new hardware" wizzard will go insane.graphics will fall back to VESA (16 colours, very low resolution)and hard drive controllers will fall back to generic drivers.make sure you have a hard copy of all drivers yhr new computer needs, just insace windows98 does not have a driver for your network card / modem.download the drivers you need before switching.backup all moortant data.and then manually remove all un-needed drivers, and install al the new ones.In my experiance, it can work, but its risky, and stability may become an issue..its a risk, better to just re-install.

Xgl and compiz (the cool efects) runs fine on my Nvidia GeForce 4 MX 440 AGP 4X (quite old card) with little noticable performance hits.

However, there does seem to be some wasted CPU cycles when wathing DVD's on XGL...

possably a bug that wil be worked out.

For anyone interested in testing Xgl and Compiz on a live CD without messing up your current install, (and has a nVidis Ge-Force 2 or newer ( or ATI of similar age or newer )

take a look at karoraa.

http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

make sure you get the Xgl version, the regual one is just a stable gentoo distro.

(not that gentoo doesnt kick *bottom* )

If only Bill Gates was eatinh at her restaurant.I was watching a TV program about the worlds richest people.Bill Gates is only leaving 0.02 % of his fortune to his children after he dies, with the rest going to charity.0.02% is still more than anyone could spend in a life time, and the rest will be great for those in need..maybe if he went to her restaurant, he could have given her maybe 0.0005%..then she COULD have retired :oMicrosoft may be hartless when it comes to crushing the competiton, but where it really matters, starving kids, bills a saint.

Emulating windows Kernel API'son linux is the very very last desperate thing you should do.

always always always Linux drivers are better than emulated windows drivers, for stability, features and performance.

 

BOOM.... [url=http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

edit: site seems to be down right now.... oops.

 

 

The Belkin USB wireless nEtwork card uses a RA-link chip (specific chip is rt2570 ) which is also the driver module name.

 

RA_Link aer very linux fiendly and have released full driver source code for the windows kernel, and there is currently a project working on maintining the Linux version.

 

I have the PCI version in my linux box.. the rt2500.

 

Currently, this driver is not yet in the linux kernel for trivial reasons...

 

The driver has its own in-built 802.11x stack ( a bi-product of porting from windows )

 

So you will need to download , compile and install this driver for yourself.

 

Remove everything ndis-wrapper, and get the native linux version.

 

The Guys on the forum are great, and you should find all the info, and how-to's on their site.

 

Alternativly... post here, its quite simple to compile and install, i can probably help.

 

edit:

Hopefully thats "guru" enough for you

have a look at DynDNS.orgthey provide a free DNS domain name, that even works on ISP that use Dynmaic (changing IP's)It quite usefull.If your router supports DynDNS, then your router can auto update your DNS account every time your ISP changes it,if not, then you can install the dynDNS software onto your computer, when will update your account when you re-boot.at one point i had registered qwijibow.homeLinux.net, (no-longer used)

wire up one wireless router normally, pluging your modem into thw rieless routers WAN socket.and wire the second wireless routers WAN socket into the first wireless routers LAN socket.You may need to configure static routing on the second Wireless AP.

Don't mean any offense, but just meant to say that you can't run a house AND recharge the fuel cell using power from the fuel cell itself. You CAN'T even recharge the fuel cell itself even if you use the power you obtained from the fuel cell directly to recharge it

thats what i said...
only i said it by talking about the universal rule.. "you dont get somthing for nothing"

and then poked fun at you for talking about thermo dynamics.

Uh ... that's not counting the losses due to energy transmission. In effect, it'll take MORE energy to obtain the hydrogen+oxygen than the energy that is obtained from the fuel cell (2nd Law of Thermodynamics).

i was mearly stateing that Water + X = hytrogen + oxygen, and hydrogen + oxygen = water + X.
where both X's are equal.

Its like saying Velocity = Distance / time, without taking into account for lorenz contraction and time dialation.

I bet you sit in the corner at parties and correct people's speach when they say things like " me and you" instead of "you and I"

stop showing off your thermo-dynamics when im preaching simple chemistry

hehe.

Man, you sold me completely. I'll be trying that the moment I get home and get the sucker downloaded. You're just making the few minutes more I'm stuck here at work all the more painful haha.
Glad to see more initiative being taken as far as interfaces are concerned, let's get some fresh blood into the ring.

My description doesnt even begin to cover the wongerfull ness that is the Jelly Wobble... LOL.
even the contens of the windows are warped and stretched.

running OpenGL screen savers, or glxGears (or even a DVD) in a window, and wobbling it about looks soo danm cool.

I dont have any Longhorn (or whatever its called now) Alpha tests... But ive read the reviews, and seen the screen shots.

And Xgl along with compiz seems to be far more impressive, and inovative than MS's new Desktop.

Windows and Linux are great a differant things, but in linux, the things that make it great have always been hiden away in the kernel, or somwhere else where you just cant SEE it.

Now, linux is gaining some eye candy, and user-friendly innovative features that windows just doesnt have.

We have all seen our mums looking fora web-page on a desktop with 15 differant IE's running,

To be able to just hit F12, and have a zoomer-out re-aranged set of windows,,, such a simple idea, but only just being used.




ANWAYS.. i said i was tring to get Xgl onto my normal install...

So far, ive un-masked Xorg-7.0-r1 ( X11R7 ), and even without Xgl working yet, plain old X11R7 is looking quite nice, i think the better anti-aliasing came from standard X rather than the Xgl

having a little trouble with xgl on the amd64, but i suppose i was just asking for it attempting to install ALPHA code with a tutorial intended for 32bit.