Comments for Switching to Shrike

Comment from Dusty on 2003-09-24

2003-09-24T09:36:18Z

Topstyle Pro on Linux would be such a blessing...]]>

Comment from Scott Johnson on 2003-09-24

2003-09-24T13:22:50Z

Here is that 54g driver you've been looking for. :)]]>

Comment from Ronaldo on 2003-09-24

2003-09-24T17:13:11Z

Can you point me to some info on enabling anti-aliased fonts on X? Having some trouble with that :-)]]>

Comment from Mario Spina on 2003-09-24

2003-09-24T17:27:27Z

I'm looking for the same driver. Unfortunately the chipset in the Linksys w54g (wpc54g) card is not from Atheros but from Broadcom . Broadcom is refusing to release specifications for Linux dev. Too bad� I guess we will have to buy another card. ]]>

Comment from Nick Bradbury on 2003-09-24

2003-09-24T19:32:54Z

Sorry, Brad - a Linux version isn't in the cards.

Porting TopStyle to Kylix isn't as straightforward as you might think due to the number of Win32 API calls I use, not to mention the fact that I rely on the IE and Mozilla ActiveX controls. Plus, some of the third-party controls I'm using don't have Kylix versions.

More important, though, is the fact that supporting more than one OS is time-consuming. I have enough trouble just supporting Windows users!

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Comment from Todd G on 2003-09-24

2003-09-24T22:38:36Z

I actually find the industrial design of the Cinema displays pretty crappy - they take up a huge amount of space and are not too adjustable. Then there's the price.

I "settled" for a DELL UltraSharp 2000FP 20-inch Flat Panel, which after following a discussion filled with gaming geeks and others who know too much about this stuff, learned was actually a Samsung panel. Sure it's a big ugly Dell-black beast, but 1600x1200 for way cheaper is great.

Has all the stuff you mentioned too - DVI/analog, S-video, etc. $799 at the moment at Dell SOHO. Note to plug it into a Mac you'll need an ADC->DVI adaptor, around $30. Still cheaper than a Cinema!

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Comment from Scott Johnson on 2003-09-24

2003-09-24T22:47:51Z

Sorry gang, when I posted earlier, I wasn't intending to imply that the madwifi driver was for the LinkSys cards. I was merely trying to point out that there IS an 802.11g solution for linux. Sam Leffler has done some great work in making this happen.]]>

Comment from Dave on 2003-09-24

2003-09-25T01:18:40Z

I'm just waiting for better support for the ATI Radeon 9700 Pro and my ASUS TV Tuner card and I'm in business with RH9.

I actually use it on another box to act as my router/firewall/fileshare.

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Comment from Roshambo on 2003-09-25

2003-09-25T20:20:51Z

I'm switching from Mandrake 9.1 (Bamboo) to Redhat 9 today as well. Mandrake much more liberal of a distro, but frankly their graphics are driving me crazy. The whole thing feels like a WinAmp skin (like Linux in general, actually) and I'm really not in the mood to modify the bootloader images and what not. Plus Mandrake's KDE has been crashing on me several times a day. Redhat 9 is a good release.]]>

Comment from Matt on 2003-09-25

2003-09-26T01:12:06Z

Have any of you Redhat 9ers have run into problems importing TrueType fonts. I have tried to install several fonts into RH9 and it tends to crash.

I'm also a JEdit fan, but I find that performance tends to degrade faster on RH9 than Win2k (maybe the JDK?). Curious to see what others may be experiencing . . .

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Comment from Justin on 2003-09-27

2003-09-27T07:30:33Z

Gotta agree with the maintenance point. I find that, with Linux, INSTALLING is really easy. So if you can install anti-aliased fonts (using your example) out of the bag, it's ultra easy. But then if they come out as a new feature and you need to ADD them.. it gets super complex.

SuSE has, for one, gone to some lengths to make upgrading and installing new things as easy as the initial setup though, so there's hope yet..

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Comment from Claude on 2003-09-30

2003-09-30T13:20:30Z

Good move Brad. I hope I will have the courage to switch my home working machine to Linux. 19 days left...

For the last 4 years or so, I have been hoping to switch to Linux. But over these years, I kept upgrading windows.

I just installed Mandrake 9 and installation was really really easy. I now have to get by the fact that the GUI (KDE) is slower than XP, I have to learn basic Linux tricks, and figure out how to talk to my familly Windows machine.

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Comment from sean on 2003-10-01

2003-10-01T19:49:06Z

On my home machine I am Windows free. I use Debian Linux, so installing most applications is a snap, and upgrading them is even simpler. I love my Debian.

Claude:
GUI slower? When I use KDE it is much faster than any Windows machine, but Debian is less bloated than Mandrake. I recently decided to ditch Gnome & KDE for FluxBox http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/, which can't get any faster, but I am a minimalist.

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Comment from sean on 2003-10-01

2003-10-01T20:02:36Z

Also, you can run Photoshop under linux using WINE.
http://lindows.prodigydigital.com/tutorials/photoshop7.html
Where you see 'lindows' imagine 'linux' and ignore any 'click-n-run' mess. Lindows may claim to be a whole new OS, but it is really just another version of Linux.
Random screenshot from the fluxbox archive, with Photoshop running: http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/zoom.php?shots/rojaro_fluxbox.jpg]]>

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