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Comment 3d Internet Monopoly ? (Score 1) 477

I'm thinking they may be doing this the challenge the other 3d internets...

i.e :-
http://code.google.com/apis/o3d/ (google/mozilla)

Seeing as they they still control 90% of the world pc's (when will the people wake up ?) they could easily create a 3d net api that relied on DirectX - locking people into i.e...

Comment Re:The major problem I have with Vista (Score 1) 414

Looks like WarlordIV works (at least in windowed mode) in wine.

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=4395
Also the last review was written with a older version ... It may now completely work.

One massive advantage of Linux is that old hardware (that support exists for - which is most..) keep getting support. (it is very rare to drop a driver in the kernel just because it is old hardware.)

Comment Re:Linux audio (Score 1) 374

Although I have dabbled with OSS4 in the past with success, Alsa is the way to go to have an easy life and working sound.

I run Archlinux (Alsa) and Ubuntu (Pulseaudio), All issues I have with sound (i.e quakelive) occur only with Ubuntu, there are always work a rounds/fixes, etc - due to pulseaudio. Arch linux everything generally just works... Just try quakelive on a non pulseaudio system - it just works ....

Installing the alsa-oss package usually ensures that ALL oldere games / apps work (as far as I have tried)

Comment Re:First rule of TOR - disable all plugins (Score 1) 83

You run tor locally in conjunction with privoxy (to disguise DNS requests) - you could set up your network proxy so that every thing goes through tor.

Not everything is compatible however - i.e FTP - protocols not compatible will just not work (if you have setup your entire network to use the tor/privoxy proxy).

To be safe try about:plugins (in firefox) to ensure that no plugins are available.

Comment Commodore CDTV Press release (Score 1) 176

I was one of the few people in the galaxy to own a CDTV - possibly the most unpopular system ever (CD32 is so much better), this machine can semi be blamed for Commodore's demise.

"CDTV will truly change the way people learn and are entertained. It's the real new media of the nineties." Nolan Bushnell, CDTV Project Manager

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