Darkelve

Does anyone here still remember the 'classic' adventures/rpg's like Kinq's Quest, Space Quest, Gabriel Knight, ... that seem to be lost? Darn you, 3D FPS! I ban thee to thy uncreative grave!!

Hey, hey don't get wrong impression about me. I'm a guy, and the girl in the avatar is my favourite Indonesian artist, I'm crazy about her. it's OOT now, sorry. Oh... well it doesn't matter. She's still pretty ;) Good taste.

Seems like it yeah... Note that you can still buy the different products Winerack consists of, well you can still buy them seperately. Does not matter which distro: Mandrake, SuSe, Red Hat, Lindows, Xandros, Debian, ... I think there are packages for all of those.

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Mandrake 10.0 CE, where CE stands for 'Confusing' Edition

I sent a customer request, by mail, to the SuSe presales people. You can find more information in this thread: http://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?sho...topic=12952&hl= Basically, Wine rack packages three products from 2 companies: A ) Codeweavers 1. Crossover Office: for M$ productivity applications 2. Crossover Plugin: for those pesky proprietary browser-plugins (windows media, quicktime, ...) B ) Transgaming 1. WineX and Point2Play (bundled, I believe) You could get a discount on getting both Crossover OFfice and plug-in, I think, because they are the same company. The nice thing about WineRack was that it allowed you to but all three products (in SuSe RPM format) at a discount. I say WAS, since they don't seem to sell it any longer (see the thread above).

You forgot 'Adventure'; as in 'pure' adventure, 'quest'. Like King's quest, Leisure Suit Larry, Monkey Island, ... Some say the distinction between 'Adventure' and RPG has faded, but I don't agree. You can mostly still determine whether a game is RPG or Adventure. Exceptions are probably games like Quest for Glory or Morrowind. But I resent the notion that the border between RPG and adventure *just because* all (popular) games are using a 3D game world at this moment. RPG's are cool though. B)

Follow-up: I changed the Sound/IO method in the Control Center to 'Alsa'. Now when I play music in Xine, the sound is good (like it should be - I didn't try this before the alsa change however). But when I start Xmms or Noatun now, I get no sound! The slider moves and the changing volume is displayed (bars), but I get no sound...

Say, wait, then didn't they beat SuSe on it? At least these guys were saying their distro would be the first official retail/commercial distro with kernel 2.6 to hit the shelves this year. But, now that Mandrake Official is out, this isn't true? Or is it? Not that it really matters, but it's an interesting nugget of information nevertheless.

Hey, I am currently trying the 30-day demo version of Xandros. However, due to some screen freezes and other weird behaviour I decided to reinstall it. Windows addiction I guess :unsure: My sound used to sound GREAT, but now there is distortion on the background, and sometimes the sound 'chips' (I think, a short interruption, making a sound like you can expect from gliding your finger over a guitar). How can I see what module I use for sound in Xandros and how can I change it to the i810_audio (Intel 810 audio?). Is this a problem with the module, with the sound server, or possibily with the chipset (nforce)?? Any tips for solving and/or troubleshooting this. As already a few weeks have passed, I would appreciate a quick response; so I can test it before my trial is over... Darkelve P.S. I already tried this, but it still doesn't work: http://support.xandros.com/kb-view.php?topic=21

Well, I got my answer. I'm slightly disappointed about it though. I had to wait nearly two weeks to get it, which isn't that bad I suppose, but the answer itself is, well... really SHORT! Then again, I also have moments when I just want to answer customer emails as fast as possible just to get rid of the DAMN HEAP lying around.

No I don't mind. If you really wanted to, you could find out for yourself anyway. We're hosted at Dedigate: http://www.dedigate.com/index.html (physically: Level3). And yes, they do stay up to date with patches and always nicely contact us when there's a critical patch (meaning: downtime) to be deployed. Also, it is not like it is Mission-critical (like e.g. hospitals or power plants) but of course we'll look real bad when down or hacked.

Erm... no, we're using Windows2000 server... it's on a rented 'dedicated' server, so it's not really my task/responsibility to secure it, but when running through the analyzed log files for the server, I could not help but wondering... I would have steered for an Apache server indeed, but before I arrived there was already a website (www.buzzy.be) being developped which used asp as the server-side scripting language and evilM$ SQL for the database. When considering our hosting options, this was a big bummer and of course weighed on the decision to use Apache or IIS. Ironically, the stuff we use internally, is mostly developped in Java! So it would have made sense to choose JSP over ASP to allow for easy integration between internal and hosted applications... the IT guys just never thought of it (Remember, this is from a company that did not even have a webmaster until august of 2003). I think the guys at the hosting company are doing a good job though, as to my knowledge the total downtime over the last 6 months must be lower than 30 minutes. It hasn't been hacked either, but I guess you just cannot be too cautious/well informed.

I know little about security, but when analyzing our visitor behaviour I found some strange lines under the section 'referral errors'. Output posted below. What I think this is, is people trying to launch a DOS command shell by entering a malformed URL. Close, or no cigar? Also, how can I find out more about this or evaluate how serious these attempts are? The server is quite popular, last month we had 223 466 unique sessions. It's probably nothing, it is just that I am concerned over the fate of our webserver. Also, I am getting weird 'visited pages' like: /inbox/username/read.php We are running Lotus Notes at work. Could this be because they consulted the site from within the Notes 'browser'? Darkelve 404:/winnt/system32/cmd.exe 162 26.34% 500:/msadc/..%5c../..%5c../..%5c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe 19 3.09% 500:/scripts/..%5c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe 16 2.60% 500:/PBServer/..%5c..%5c..%5cwinnt/system32/cmd.exe 16 2.60% 500:/_vti_bin/..%5c..%5c..%5c..%5c..%5c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe 16 2.60% 500:/Rpc/..%5c..%5c..%5cwinnt/system32/cmd.exe 16 2.60% 500:/msaDC/..%5c..%5c..%5c..%5cwinnt/system32/cmd.exe 15 2.44% 500:/msadc/..%5c..%5c..%5c..%5cwinnt/system32/cmd.exe 14 2.28% 500:/scripts/..%5c..%5cwinnt/system32/cmd.exe 8 1.30% 500:/scripts/..%5c%5c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe 5 0.81%

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/13/ivdr_iodata/ What does this mean for Linux?

Hipop_Man, I'm afraid you're out of luck here. Unless the device clearly stated it should work with Linux, there are probably no drivers for it. At least none I could find via google. What is your brand? I had a Intel Pro/Wireless USB 2011b USB adapter, and without any drivers for it, it is just a dead weight. So I purchased a wireless router instead to plug into my ethernet connection, which is much more convenient to setup and use. Perhaps there is a *slight* chance this will work with another driver, but probably not. Before buying any hardware, you should always check Linux hardware databases, for Mandrake it is e.g. http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/hardware.php3 Oh, and this link: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/ Yes it takes some effort in advance, but it will save you a lot of headaches and frustration afterwards if you do so. Darkelve P.S. 892.11B Wireless: anyone on the board know what kind of a standard this is?

It is also relevant that Mandrakesoft bungled the order. AS I KEEP SAYING ... MANDRAKE IS RESPONSIBLE NOT ONLY FOR LOOSING POTENTIAL MANDRAKE USERS BUT ALSO POTENTIAL LINUX USERS ... Once again they bungle the delivery .. (no surprise there) then they round it off with the 'official support' .... And all of this for a great product !!! I agree, this article is VERY interesting. I think these people are also open to our feedback, which is why I think somebody should reply. As you said: makes you wanna cry, doesn't it... ;(

Did you try launching it from a command line? You usually get more feedback when it fails if you do. Alternatively, does it work when you use the command line (no GUI)? See this thread: http://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?sho...t=0entry48314

First, read the information in the FAQ: http://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?sho...t=0entry35670 Next, your question has already been extensively covered here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/sh...threadid=158157 I will suggest the same a one person in this thread: "The traditional solution still applies: Have a fat32 partition for read/write and read from all the ntfs partitions you like." Create a partition and format it as Fat32. Still seems to be the best option IMHO. Darkelve

I disagree. I agree the INTENT was certainly to be fair, accurate and all that, but there are several misconceptions about Linux throughout the article. In the minds of the persons trying it out, as well as in some of the conclusions the author reaches. Misconceptions like this one keep living on in the real world and in the mainstream media. Like that old urban legend that just won't die. When you are talking about Linux I think it is good to have the whole perspective. Linux just does not enjoy the luxury windows does in terms of e.g. hardware/OEM support, collection of available applications etc. But to make a comparison on that basis is not objective. Also, good points Gowator.

I spent some time on a reply to this article. While I think the author's intentions are good, a lot of the FUD/myths keep living on. I think there are a lot of good points in there, but please feel free to use it or improve on it. Darkelve ------------------------------------ Dear 'The Star' I would like to take a moment to respond to your article called 'Penguin's dream: Go mainstream'. While I appreciate the fact that a subject like this is covered in mainstream media, there are still a couple of points that are, in my humble opinion, unfair. First of all, you made non-technical people install Linux on a computer. Linux installs of late are no more difficult than Windows installs. However, on most PC's, Windows is already pre-installed. Of course Windows will hold an advantage like this. For your information, there are PC's available with a pre-installed Linux distributions, e.g. from HP. See http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF...-f9-337529.html. Or laptops from LinuxCertified: http://www.linuxcertified.com/ Secondly, only one 'flavor' of Linux is used for the test. What flavor of Windows were your testers using? Windows 2000, Windows 98? Windows XP, Windows 95? Further, there are an incredible number of different Linux distributions available, which allow for more choice. When someone who desires to have a computer with Linux installed, they STILL have to pay for the windows license, EVEN when the system comes without any OS installed. I ask you: where is the choice in that? A couple of other distro's worth considering would be SuSe, Xandros or Lindows. Thirdly, many of the advantages of using Linux only become apparent after a longer time of using it. You just cannot use it for a couple of days and then have seen everything it has to offer. The fact that the order arrived late, and accompanied by another persons invoice; and the fact that Mandrake has financial problems -from which they are recovering- makes perhaps for an interesting bit of information, but tells more about the purchasing process than about the quality of the distro itself. I will be cautious to say this, but dual-boots normally work very well and if it did not for Casey, this is probably due to a mistake on his part. In normal circumstances, at startup, you are given an option to choose between the different installed operating systems. Next, the problem of accessing certain websites. Linux, or any included browser, is not to blame. Konqueror uses Khtml as a rendering engine, which is the *same* as Apple's Safari browser. Which means many Apple users also would not be able to visit the website. Many websites are 'only' tested against IE, which may alienate a lot of users using a different product, such as Konqueror, Mozilla, Opera, Safari, ... Then, the following statement: "Linux crashed less than Windows". If properly installed, it *should not* crash at all. Linux systems are known to run without crashing for months, even years. And a crashing application never brings down the Operating System. Again, it is unfair to judge Linux by its support for whatever hardware the user has lying around. A smart shopper always checks if the product he is going to buy is compatible with what he is going to use it for. Do you just grab batteries out of the rack, put them in your watch at home and then complain when they do not work? Why should it be any different for buying hardware? The fact that Linux supports such a huge variety of hardware, without (a lot) of vendor support, is an amazing feat by itself. Of course, you might get away with that if everyone is using the *same* watch. Notice a trend here? I am further surprised by the fact that Mr. Palmer spotted the 'what do you want to do'-menu, but missed the thematical menu structure which takes up the top half of the menu box. It goes against years of computer experience, yes: Windows experience. Personally, I am tired to hear again and again that 'Windows' is a synonym for 'better' whenever compared to something else. There are a lot of things in Windows that do not make sense either, but we have just gotten used to them. Next point. Taste is a subjective thing. In Linux, it is easy to tailor your system exactly* to your liking. If one does not like the icons, wallpaper, colors, window decoration, or whatever component in e.g. KDE, a simple trip to www.kde-look.org would give you more choice than you can shake a stick at, for free. When it comes to asking questions, I have to disagree again. I found there are a LOT of places to get helpful information on the web. Responses are usually very quick and to the point. Several persons really get out of their way to help solving a problem. Some helpful forums I can think of are LinuxQuestions.org and Mandrakeusers.org. As a final point, Linux users are *not* hippies. I know that is not what was said litterally, but one could easily misunderstand. the Linux/Open Source community is a worldwide community consisting of many different nationalities, personalities and professions. I will resume my conlusions now: 1. It is unfair to compare a yet-to-be installed Linux distro with a pre-installed version of Windows. 2. The article ignores there are many different flavors of Linux, as there are several 'flavors' (versions) of Windows 3. It is not really fair to compare years of Windows experience with a couple of weeks of Linux experience. 4. A lot of websites are only tested with Internet Explorer in mind. This is hardly the fault of the web browsers. Open Source browsers, like Mozilla, tend to have far better support for standards anyway. Should Explorer choose to follow those standards, we would now be able to e.g. use transparency on different layers with the PNG format on our websites. See following links: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/pngopacity/ http://www.petitiononline.com/msiepng/petition.html 5. Logistics have nothing to do with the functionality of the distribution itself. 6. Linux almost never crashes. It might if you are tweaking a lot at the lower levels, but then again doing that suggests you know what you know what you are doing. Which, of course, goes the same for Windows. 7. If you shop smart when buying hardware, you will probably never experience any problems at all. Having hardware lying around and expecting it to 'just work' is not a very objective attitude. 8. A lot of the 'ease-of-use' in Windows comes from elimination of choices. Of course it would be easier for everyone if there was just one vendor of watches. But would it also be a better sitution to be in? Further, for those time you actually *want* choice, you are often left high and dry. Want to do online banking but don't want to use the bug-ridden, virus-prone Internet Explorer? Well, chances are, if you use another, safer, web browser, you cannot do your online banking anymore! This due to ignorance on the part of the banking company by testing for IE only. 9. The Linux community is very responsive and helpful, usually providing responses to a 'standard' (non-specialized) question the day itself! 10. The Linux community does not consist of hippies. It does also not consist only of programmers, although there are a lot of those. There is a place for everyone and co-operation, community building and contributing are an essential part of this. As a final note, an exquisite resource for debunking several Linux myths -by numbers- can be found here: http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html Yours sincerely, x

Desire, This is part of a larger article, see: http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentSe...ist974814650296

Thanks, DragonMage, I wrongly assumed PS2 worked the same as Nes (with Roms). So it is with the disks huh. Well, nothing wrong with playing something you own, even if it is on a machine it was not intended to play.

I don't think there is a native version of final fantasy. It also does not (yet) seem to work fine with WineX: http://www.transgaming.com/dogamesearch.ph...&order=working) Perhaps you could play it by using a PS2-emulator for Linux, e.g. http://www.pcsx2.net/ and a Rom image. However, for that to be legal, you have to own an original disk of final fantasy for the PS2. You seem very interested in games. Unfortunately, availability of Games on Linux still holds a lot of room for improvement. I would suggest you check out WineX if you want to play (some) windows games and SDL if you would like to program them. As for me, whenever I see a game I find interesting and consider buying, I first contact the developer to ask if there is a Linux version, or does it work under WineX. Darkelve