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  1. Release Highlights

     

        * Support for GeForce 6200 with TurboCache™ GPUs

        * Improved OpenGL workstation performance.

        * Added support for XRandR rotation; see Appendix W in the text README.

        * Added ExactModeTimingsDVI X config option to give explicit control over the mode timings used on Flat Panels.

        * Added Xorg dlloader support.

        * Changed driver behavior such that PAT (Page Attribute Table) is used where possible instead of MTRRs.

        * Added a workaround for an X server bug with PCI-E GeForce 6800 and GeForce 6600; a fix has been provided to XFree86 and XOrg.

        * Fixed stability problems on x86_64 PCI-E systems.

        * Fixed 2D rendering corruption on certain older GPUs.

        * Improved compatibility with Linux 2.6 kernels.

        * Fixed compatibility problems with some SWIOTLB em64t systems.

        * Fixed a bug that triggered error messages of the form: "ioctl32(doom.x86:6747): Unknown cmd fd(16) cmd(c0384642){00} arg(ffffc75c) on /dev/nvidiactl"

        * Fixed NvAGP incompatibility with recent Linux 2.6 kernels.

        * Improved interaction with the udev filesystem.

        * Improved performance of PCI cards on Linux 2.6 systems.

        * Updated documentation. Please see the text README file

     

    They run excellent on Gentoo as well.

  2. Well, you can read the changelogs at kernel.org and find out what's different. The nitro patch makes your kernel faster, more responsive, increases performance in games and adds new features. Go to the Gentoo forums and read about all the new features.

  3. I fully agree Cybr.

    Linux is way better. I've just finished installing Solaris 10 and tested it a little. The first boot was slow but after that, it's as fast as a normal Linux boot ~ 1 minute to the gdm screen. The default desktop is JDS3 which is GNOME + Solaris theme. I still haven't managed to get Sound and Networking going.

    One surprizing thing is speed. Although it is compiled for i386 it runs quite fast.

    I don't know if I will keep it ..... only if I get sound and networking going. ...... maybe.

  4. LILO cuz I use Reiser4 and I really understand this bootloader :D and I'm too lazy to learn Grub. :P

     

    Yes ... there would be one more argument ... I don't like the way Grub sounds ... LILO is more pleasant to the ear :lol2: .

     

     

     

    Paul, please give me some hints on how to make LILO look cool. I'd also need some nice themes for it.

  5. I understand the risks, but you see, this is a friendly network. I know all the people who are part of it and since they all use Windows and therefore SMB/CIFS I have to use the same thing. NFS would proabably be great but it's not possible.

     

    I've used LinNeighbourhood before .... it's quite ugly but if there's nothing better I'm forced to use it again.

  6. Samba browsing is a nightmare in Linux.

     

    I'm a GNOME user and Nautilus does a poor job at it. It asks for the user name, pass and domain name for every share even though there is no user/pass required. And besides this it is very slow and sometimes it won't even display the contents of a share. Why can't it browse the network as smooth as Windows (this is one of the few windoze strong points) ?

     

    SMB4K works more or less but sometimes it causes locks and I have to restart X.

     

    xfsamba just sucks.

     

    I really need a working alternative to this.

     

    :help:

  7. I'm really fed up with those lamers and their stupid software patents. Why don't these software patents supporters go home and shoot themselves thus ending their useless life and sparing us of their pathetic existence ?

     

    No offence to the Polish people but right now Poland is behaving like a bitch, switching sides

    with the uber lamers.

     

    :furious3:

  8. Running as root is not such a tragedy. Yes, yes maybe it is unsafe but as long as I'm connected to the Internet through a Linux server and I have a firewall installed on my box I don't feel unsafe at all. I always update my software and open only the necessary ports. A hacker would have to hack my Server first, then find some 0 day exploit that will work on my Desktop computer. He would also have to map the network which I'm part of which consists of 30 PCs. And out of those 30 PCs he would have to choose mine. BTW 29 of those use Windows which is far more easier to hack. The chances for me to get 0\/\/n3d are quite low as you can see. The idea is that I can afford to run everything as root.

     

    Oh, and there is this little dose of insanity you need to have to do dangerous things like running everything as root, using Reiser4 or other bleeding edge stuff.

  9. Ubuntu isn't going to run out of $. Without going into details, I know that wink.gif Ubuntu is just debian unstable with tweaks and increased stability. It rose so fast because of the $ being put into it. How often have we said that it all linux needs is some good backing marketing? wink.gif If you want to try it gnoppix and ubuntu colaborated so get a gnoppix livecd. Free, and free shipping if you don't wanna download and burn it.

     

    If Linux received the funds winblows gets for development it would put Gates out of bussiness real soon.

  10. I think this is the problem:

     

     

    other=/dev/hda1  
    label="windows"

     

    This is your Windows partition as far as I can tell and it probably is NTFS

     

     
    boot=/dev/hda1  

     

    You are trying to put the bootloader on the Windows partition. That will never work, I think.

     

    Change boot=/dev/hda1 to boot=/dev/hda (to put the bootloader in the MBR) or boot=/dev/hda7 (to put lilo on your Linux partition).

     

    Then run lilo -v or lilo -cv (if you want it to boot faster).

     

    I always put the bootloader in the MBR. I never had any trouble with it there.

     

    I hope this helps. ;)

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