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by xxqs 14y ago
I'm currently using two types of devices: -- 10" Acer AspireOne netbooks. They are cheap, and Ubuntu works flawlessly (true before 12.04) -- ALIX boards from pcengines.ch. They are even cheaper, and low-power, and with RS-232 console port.
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by xxqs 14y ago
hmm. I saw somewhere it was characterized as highly hackable
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by xxqs 14y ago
nice specs, I would put Debian on it and use as a portable network analyzer. I'll probably do so as soon as it's available in my country
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by xxqs 14y ago
a patchset for non-Intel CPU support was around for years, and you guys completely ignored its existence. As well as all the critics towards non-word-aligned data structures and in-memory presentation. how about redesigning the whole produc
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by xxqs 14y ago
David, you're also isolated from silly talks and silly pop music which most of us have to hear around. Also I have no doubt in your career, as you have to be stronger than others to compensate for your challenge. just trying to find positiv
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Slideshow: Voice Applications and Open-source Software(txlab.files.wordpress.com)
1 points by xxqs 14y ago|0 comments
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by xxqs 14y ago
cool, this might be good for slideshows, especially on IT topics. I used Ubuntu font in my latest slideshow, and it looked quite well
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by xxqs 14y ago
Yay finally a multi-user tablet!
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by xxqs 14y ago
I'd say mid-Summer at best that you can order one and get it within reasonable time
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by xxqs 14y ago
any idea when they plan to start shipping the hardware? I couldn't find much information
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by xxqs 14y ago
great, this could be useful for mobile applications which require more control on graphics access performance. Like Augmented Reality and such. Also might be useful for app-dedicated installations. For example, a set of educational games fo
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by xxqs 15y ago
I'm using timeanddate.com since long time, and plan to continue to do so:) Love their multi-zone meeting planner. Also lots of useful details, such as when the next daylight savings shift is going to happen in a particular location.
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by xxqs 15y ago
can't wait till we get a native Ubuntu tablet. Canonical says they are in the talks with hw vendors.
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by xxqs 15y ago
01:34 here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoOeU1aya0o :) I've got an Illy cafe machine at home :)
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by xxqs 15y ago
and yes you're certainly right that BDB is embedded into the application process. Then any slight memory corruption may destroy the database and lockup the whole service. We've seen that, especially with graphics libraries. But BDB offers t
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by xxqs 15y ago
I use exclusive locks where multiple processes concur for data access, and these locks guarantee the data consistency. For example, the GUI engine may eventually start cleaning its old cache, and the exclusive lock prevents other GUI proces
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by xxqs 15y ago
the FAQ mentions that you target x86_64 architecture. Does the server work on i386? also, I hope it's doing proper memory alignment and endiannes independence? (because Mongo sucks on that)
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by xxqs 15y ago
Did you compare the performance with (local) BerkeleyDB? Also, is there a locking mechanism? I'm the author of Torrus (torrus.org), and BerkeleyDB stability and non-network nature are quite painful. But I'm relying on its speed, concurrent
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by xxqs 15y ago
I keep my alarm about 10 meters from my bed, and I got up and put it for 20 minutes later... about 4 or 5 times this morning. Can't remember for sure :)
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by xxqs 15y ago
well, that too, of course. So Ubuntu rules anyway :)
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by xxqs 15y ago
for a non-technical user, this is a security flaw. You buy a tablet, activate it with your gmail account, and next thing is your private email is exposed to your party guests.
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Security flaw in Android (by design)(plus.google.com)
8 points by xxqs 15y ago|4 comments
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by xxqs 15y ago
if I try to think as a typical Windows sysadmin, I would just use Windows. For those guys, ReactOS is not bringing any benefit, and they will for sure work with a product that they know already. They would only see ReactOS as a source of un
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by xxqs 15y ago
simply because there are less boring things :)
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by xxqs 15y ago
a project of this scale needs proper funding, otherwise it would take forever (which actually seems to be the case). the guys are building a competition to Microsoft. Some may do it for the pleasure of doing that, but I see it as a dead-end
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by xxqs 15y ago
ok, name it "motivation" instead of Business case. for GNU Emacs, the motivation is completely clear: it's a tool for developers, and some of those developers contribute and make it better for everyone. For ReactOS... ok, someone seems to h
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by xxqs 15y ago
:-) actually 1998 voids your argument for "building a kernel from scratch". It's not any more a new kernel in fact :) see my other comment in this thread about the business case. Without a business case, any exciting project would eventual
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by xxqs 15y ago
(thanks for not pulling down my karma :)) I am in fact an open-source developer, but there's some business case behind each of my project. I just don't see a business case behind ReactOS. I know about WINE (never used it though), and it mak
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by xxqs 15y ago
excuse me for answering with a question to a question, but why would you need a new kernel? There's BSD, there's this list here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_real-time_operating_sys... , there's GNU Hurd... why do you need another
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by xxqs 15y ago
Qooxdoo framework is not on the list, and I guess a few more too.

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