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Comment Re:This article is a load of PR bullsh*t (Score 1) 102

From TFA [1]:

Apache's position is much stronger when considering only Active Sites — it retains an absolute majority of 52.3%, and second place is held by nginx (14.4%), rather than Microsoft (11.3%). By excluding much of the automatically-generated content present on the internet, the Active Sites metric better reflects web server market share amongst human-maintained web sites. (emphasis by me)

[1] http://news.netcraft.com/archi...

Comment Re:This article is a load of PR bullsh*t (Score 5, Interesting) 102

Please mod parent up.

What a load of PR bullshit this article is. If people actually care reading the netcraft results [1], you will see that in ACTIVE WEBSITES the Microsoft webserver is falling below 12% during the last two years, while Apache has been well over 50%, despite all other webservers gaining place (Nginx for example).

[1] http://news.netcraft.com/archi...

Comment Re:A cat (Score 1) 800

There's nothing worse than seeing an animal suffer, even if that animal is considered by many to be vermin.

That's why the car ethics algorithm, besides heading into the cat, need to accelerate as well. :D

[Disclaimer: Although I dislike cats as a pet, I respect them as animals and would never (and have never) hurt them.)]

Comment Re: How much RAM? (Score 1) 197

Aha, the UI was in Portuguese. I thought the language depended on your login and was not hard-coded into the blog, guess not!
Regarding not being able to leave a comment there, can you provide more info? I checked through all the settings and everything seems fine. You just need a Google or OpenID login.

The keyboard (YAMAHA PSR E-333) has a generic USB MIDI connection (no wave audio, just midi), it works perfectly with the usbmidi kernel module and is shown as a bidirectional MIDI device in ALSA. I can record MIDI events from the keyboard using (for example) Rosegarden and also use the keyboard as a general midi output (instead of timidity++). For someone who just started messing with this, I find it pretty cool.
By the way, since ALSA is also used in Linux/ARM, I expect that it will work the same way.

I was wondering if I could actually use my phone (since it has a MHL connection) instead of a beagleboard/cubepc/raspi. The thing is I need both the HDMI and USB ports but they are both in the same connector : \

Comment Re: How much RAM? (Score 1) 197

I was not planning creating one but maybe that would be cool. I'll setup something tonight then,. I'll drop the link here, maybe you guys have some good ideas.

Basically I want rosegarden and timidity to work. I didn't check yet if rosegarden can be built for ARM. Timidity can be built for ARM.
Regarding the distribution, I'm going to create something dedicated using Gentoo.

  Then I'll need to find a good input device. I thought about using a cheap resistive touch panel over the LCD. But maybe that's not the best. A mouse is out of the question.

Comment Re:A tablet isn't a PC. That's the point. (Score 1) 246

What part of "using another completely different OS." didn't you understood? :P

I completely "understanded" [sic] exactly what you said,

I see what you did there :)

and you confirmed what I presumed, that at least *most* of your "powerful skills" (super elite k00l p0werful skillz) would be there on OS X too.

The kernel reference was not to make me look l33t but rather make the distinction that I could hack Linux (the kernel) but not the OSX's kernel. However I just did a quick read and now realize than Darwin's kernel was opensourced by Apple..
Still, I cannot do other goodies as getting my Linux disto to run everywhere, including my router and toaster. - LOL

Comment Re:A tablet isn't a PC. That's the point. (Score 1) 246

right now, the problem is getting the processing power of a mid-range laptop into a tablet form factor is very expensive, or even not possible. you think that will last forever, especially considering the r&d that is going into miniaturizing components for phones and traditional tablets?

The way I see it, the problem is not really the miniaturization of components or even the available processing power. It is the energy storage technology (more specifically the maximum energy density) which is not quite on par with the power rating of our electronic devices :)
But I agree with you, we have seen quite a few novel approaches right here on /. Maybe...

Comment Re:A tablet isn't a PC. That's the point. (Score 1) 246

The pro is a regular PC which comes with comes with an uncrippled version of windows 8 and can have other operating systems installed if you with.

That is interesting, did not know that. I thought all of them were Windows RT. Well, with the prices down, one day if I ever find the need to get a tablet, I'll also consider the surface pro, given that Linux is supported well enough on it. : )

Comment Re:A tablet isn't a PC. That's the point. (Score 1) 246

Besides that, I developed powerful skills by using GNU/Linux which would be lost by using another completely different OS.

What "powerful skills"? Obviously this won't convince you, but I *presume* you're talking about CLI stuff like scripting/programming/regular expressions, etc. You can do all of that in Mac OS X too, with 'real UNIX' alongside the GUI.

What part of "using another completely different OS." didn't you understood? :P

OSX is similar enough I should be fine with it, even other *BSD flavors. By powerful skills, yes I was referring to CLI, scripting, etc.. AND also being able to patch up software as required, even the kernel (yes I do have drivers and patches accepted in kernel.org, I'm not talking it out of my ass).
But to be honest, I'm really tuned into Gentoo Linux - sometimes its painful to work on anything else. : ) That's why I have Gentoo boxes everywhere, at work, in the laptop, in the server, *heck* even inside the little Intel NUC at my parent's place (they love it). At some point even inside my router :P

Comment Re:A tablet isn't a PC. That's the point. (Score 1) 246

I've been using GNU/Linux exclusively

no curiosity or interest in using latest version of Windows.

Where do you work?? Asking for a friend...

I work in a private research laboratory, the OS and development tools are up for me to choose. Though you make it sound like it is that hard to find a company which uses non-windows boxes - it is not. For example, I have plenty of friends using Linux at work, though, the most common type of job where you find Linux is software development for service systems and of course, system administration.
So no, I am not living inside my own distorted reality field if that is what you are wondering.

If the surface or Windows RT were such great devices, then explain me the ridiculously low sales?

Are we talking about the device or the operating system? The device never had a market at its initial price point.

Sorry I was talking about the device.

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