gavinatkinson - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Thank you! (Score 2) 125

by gavinatkinson on Sunday November 02, 2014 @06:15PM (#48296347) Attached to: OpenBSD 5.6 Released

FreeBSD developers don't use their own operating system; they run it in a Virtual machine on their Macs, and it shows.

Not true. I'm using it right now.

Suspend/resume has been broken there since 2008, and drivers for any recent Intel graphics adapter will not run (you cannot switch from Xorg to a console and back) properly.

Not true, I can suspend/resume just fine, thanks. Your comment about not being able to switch between X and console suggests your knowledge is at least two years out of date. It was true for a short while in -CURRENT (the development branch) but never the case in a -RELEASE version.

FreeBSD devs do not care about their OS; OpenBSD devs actually use their system.

Also easily provably not true.

Comment Re:Thank you! (Score 1) 125

by gavinatkinson on Sunday November 02, 2014 @06:09PM (#48296309) Attached to: OpenBSD 5.6 Released

FreeBSD has no wireless support for rare WiFi chipsets such as Intel's Centrino

That's odd, because pretty much every laptop I have has a Centrino Wifi chipset, and it works fine. The laptop I'm using right now is FreeBSD and has a Centrino wifi chipset, the Intel Wireless-N 105. Associated with 802.11n as well, with no problems. Can OpenBSD do 11n yet?

Submission + - Sinclair ZX Spectrum FAILS latest radio noise rules SHOCK (theregister.co.uk)

Submitted by wisewellies on Thursday December 13, 2012 @10:42AM

wisewellies writes: Ben clearly has way too much spare time on his hands, but he decided to see just how well an antiquated ZX Spectrum would hold up to modern EMC requirements. His blog is a good read if you're looking for something to do while pretending to work!

From the blog: 'This year is the 30th anniversary of one of my favourite inventions of all time, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. A few weeks ago, I finally bought one: a non-working one on eBay that I nursed back to health. Fortunately there was very little wrong with it. Unfortunately it’s a 16K model, and a fairly early one at that, which won’t run much software in its native state. This probably accounts for its unusually pristine condition.

We took half an hour in the chamber to perform an approximate series of EN55022 measurements, to check its radiated emissions against today’s standard. The question is, what have we learned as an industry since 1982? Does a 30-year-old computer, that embodies Sinclair’s mastery of cost-engineering and elegant design like nothing else, pass modern legislation that would render it saleable?'

Submission + - Slashdot and Hacker News raise $43,200 for the FreeBSD Foundation in three days! (blogspot.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 13, 2012 @09:21AM

An anonymous reader writes: The FreeBSD Foundation has posted blog article article talking about the remarkable surge in donations they've received in the last three days following a recent Slashdot article reporting on weak fundraising this year. Deb Goodkin reports that the FreeBSD Foundation, as with many non-profits, receives more than 50% of its annual funds at the end of the US tax year, but that the Foundation has never seen this rate of donations before, and will hit a new record for unique donors this year. She comments that it was Slashdot readers that made the difference! She does, however, appeal for further donations noting that they have a long way to go on their full goal.

Submission + - ITU will decide if 911 or 112 becomes official emergency number (yahoo.com)

Submitted by maijc on Thursday December 13, 2012 @09:14AM

maijc writes: The International Telecommunication Union will determine the standard emergency phone numbers for new generations of mobile phones and other devices. AP reports that member states have agreed that either 911 or 112 should be designated as emergency phone numbers. 911 is currently used in North America, while 112 is standard across the EU and in many other countries worldwide.

Slashdot Top Deals