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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:56 AM Original message |
Nearly every supercomputer (of the 500 most powerful) runs Linux |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yeah, labs love to use linux because of license costs |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Wow. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Well, a strange comparison |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
32. EXACTLY! The OS's were designed for 2 different markets. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
45. I don't know. NT 4.0 was a pretty fucking good server (SP4 at least) and not all that "friendly". |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Our windows 2003 servers stay up for months on end |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #48 |
103. I had a Win98 SE box go at least a year without a reboot. Had to move it. |
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HillWilliam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
75. /etc/printcap has been out of style for a few years now |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Amen |
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HillWilliam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #77 |
90. Step One would be to unscrew the inscrutible |
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Titanothere (198 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #77 |
94. I don't know what distro you're running... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #94 |
99. Xfree86config? |
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Titanothere (198 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 04:07 PM Response to Reply #99 |
108. some wounds take a long time to heal |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. What did I say that is not accurate? I have no axe to grind, people like you do |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. See #8. -nt |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I already responded to #8. #8 was posted long after you posted |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Well, gee, sorry for not refreshing the thread every 5 seconds. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I am still waiting for you to tell me what I said that wasn't true |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
55. That windows and linux are equally efficient |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. I said they were equally efficient? hmm...you might want to reread my post because I never said that |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 01:58 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. You are making a tacit accertion |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. What you are saying is simply not true. |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. see, and this is clearly just a matter of judgment |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. On SPARC, I hope? |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #68 |
74. Windows is not faster for any application? |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #74 |
102. I dont need beenchmarks |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:55 PM Response to Reply #102 |
105. I don't, I just wouldn't make that claim until I saw benchmarks |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Compiz? |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. well, i was really just being generous to his point |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. Microsoft doesn't do "supercomputer operating systems." |
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LLStarks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 01:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
47. Yup. Windows HPC is quite a miserable supercomputer operating system. nt |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
51. Actually, they do. And they're quite successful. They're just not used for the massive clusters. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Thank you for that information, great write up |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #51 |
67. The lightweight process model and IPC do lean more towards clusters than the VMS/Windows model |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #51 |
107. True.People familiar with capacity computing (web/database) often don't realize how different HPC |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 07:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
118. IMO ...that poster is a MS shill. MS is not beyond planting shills on blogs. |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Yes, labs in general love linux because of the license costs, but |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. The license cost IS attractive! |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Your post has sense. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I would love to see such benchmarks too |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Exactly bash Microsoft all you want but to pretend that license cost isn't relevent is silly. |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Source, source, source |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. DING! DING! DING! DING! - We HAVE A WINNER! |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:28 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Aaccess to source is nice, but you are suggestin applying a OS patch in these enviroments is trivial |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Are you really saying Microsoft's patch record is better than Red Hat's? |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. I don't know if Microsoft's is better than Red Hat's but red hat isn't free |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. No, but Debian is, and it's marginally better than Red Hat |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Is debian really better at releasing official patches that Microsoft? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Roughly a decade of being a sysadmin is my back up for it |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. These patches are not officially supported are they? And in your decade of being a sys admin.. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. There have always been Windows machines in every shop I've been at |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. That's why you have to test these types of patches before you apply them |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #54 |
63. Well, no, you really *don't* have to test Debian patches. That's the point. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #63 |
72. You really don't test patches on your linux machines before applying them? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. Of course I test patches |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. So debian actually supports your webserver, your SQL databases, etc? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. Yes, that's exactly right. Look at the "apt" network some time. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Very interesting. So any linux application you want to run on debian must be in a debian package? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Well, it depends on what you mean |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. But then Debian can no longer assume that patches won't break your application |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. Debian never said patches won't break a third-party app. That's why they are discouraged. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
109. A patch did that all by itself? |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. Agreed - that's the machine shop for the muscle car - and a team effort (with review and approval). |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
119. + Ding |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. +1 |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Err... I think it has more to do with their parallelization support |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. I haven't heard of beowulf but from what I've seen in this thread Windows has similar implementation |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #38 |
57. Its clear you just dont have the experience to even compare the two |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. No, I don't have experiance to compare server clusters as I clearly said in the post you replied to |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 02:00 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. I have worked with them before but do not now |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. MVS is better than windows? Sun is better than windows? you don't seem to know what better means |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. well, again, im talking about actual computing |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Computing of what exactly? |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #73 |
100. well, my appologies |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #100 |
104. No apologies needed, these types of discussions tend to get heated for some reason |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. I ordered a 10.2" netbook from HP that came with Linux INSTALLED! |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. I've been using Linux and BSD for about 12 years now |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. I used to work with BSD and System V at the same time. DAMN was that weird. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. I'm too lazy to set $PS1, so I just use different shells |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #44 |
96. Yeah, but then KDE came along,.... |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #30 |
112. FreeBSD here. Wifes box uses XP which has over 90 security updates. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'll be a happy camper |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. PCI wireless card, or what? -nt |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Um, my HP netbook came with their flavor of Ubuntu and it was as easy as any M$ box to connect. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
33. Err.. Linksys what? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Really depends on the chipset especially for wireless. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. There was a year or so that OpenBSD was very strong on wireless |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. Linksys/i.e. Cisco always wants to be difficult. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #34 |
56. Couldn't get the damn thing to install |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #56 |
97. Then dump the Linksys card and get a Netgear |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. Everyone I know who uses Linux spends most of their time |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
42. My Ubuntu 10.04 lets me do anything I do in Windoze |
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HillWilliam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #42 |
83. Same here |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #42 |
93. Can Ubuntu run photoshop? How about play call of duty? |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. GIMP works just fine. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #95 |
98. It probably would be fine for me if it supported CMYK |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #98 |
101. Check this out |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #101 |
106. Interesting |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #98 |
116. It does |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 09:03 AM Response to Reply #116 |
120. I use CMYK for designs that go to 4 color presses |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 04:20 PM Response to Reply #93 |
111. Dunno, but it runs World of Warcraft like a charm. |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. K&R |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
20. Microsoft doesn't do "supercomputer operating systems." |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Microsoft High Performance Computing 2008 |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
26. Imagine a beowolf cluster of those things! |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
78. HOT GRITS DOWN NATALIE PORTMAN'S NAKED AND PETRIFIED PANTS! Sorry, having a bad flashback here. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #78 |
115. +5, goatse |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. Shameless Ubuntu Plug here: |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
46. If I had a supercomputer I would not pay to see Microsoft naked. |
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RollWithIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
58. When supercomputers need commercial social use friendly operating systems |
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HillWilliam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #58 |
87. That's all I use |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
80. Yawn... |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
85. LOL....linux. Who gives a shit. Not an end user OS. Unix is popular also. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
88. People are kind of ignorant about the history of Unix and it shows. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
91. And 75 percent of critical business applications run on IBM mainframes |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
92. I use Windows 7 for work, because it's ultimately the cheapest. I use OSX at home, because it's |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
110. They should try it with OSX |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
113. Nice magnet post for pro MS shills. I'll keep my BSD box. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 05:33 PM Response to Reply #113 |
114. Poster discretion is advised. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 07:35 PM Response to Reply #114 |
117. What I don't get is why everyone is so pro Winsux when if the same standard was... |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
121. Linux sucks if you want to run games. |
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