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« Reply #30 on: 9 April 2004, 22:50 »
Mandrake 10 should be faster than 9...and KDE is slow, that's probably part of it.
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« Reply #31 on: 10 April 2004, 01:48 »
it really doesnt matter how fast longhorn is going to be. Its gonna slow down after you intstall programs anyway. I mean windows xp starts out fine but about 2 - 6 weeks later the system is so clogged up with BS that it runs like an ugreased motor. Remeber this is microsoft, their history of screw ups kinda speaks for itself.
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« Reply #32 on: 13 April 2004, 16:32 »
re: min specs for longhorn....
 i'm running longhorn 4053 on my test machine.
it runs more than adequately on a pentium 2 450Mhz, with 256MB RAM. it takes a while to boot up (3-4 mins) but i can reduce that by disabling WinFS. As for the claims of 3Ghz, thats probably just the result of incestuous backscratching between intel and MS. hope this info is useful
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« Reply #33 on: 14 April 2004, 06:57 »
You are right about computers not making much progress in speed because of these bloated OSes. That is why I ran Win98SE for as long as I did. It crashed a shitload, but less privacy concerns involved and greater speed given my computer kept me with it. When I double click a folder, it opened immediately. Win2kPro, hah, I must wait half a second for a folder to open. Why? All the graphic shit they put in it. Faster computers every day, but being bogged down by shit I don't need.

Thank God for Mandrake. The Mandrake GUI (KDE) gets faster with new releases while Windows gets slower.

It is only going to get worse though. Man, I am just going to laugh at all the useless graphic shit they have in Long&hardHorn.

P.S.: Yeah, I turned off the graphic shit in Win2k. Still doesn't compare to 98 or KDE with the same specs.
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« Reply #34 on: 17 April 2004, 00:18 »
Isnt there a law that says noone can have a commercial monopoly over anything. Microsoft would be considered a monopoly wouldent it? I would happily convert to Linux, but none of my favorite programs would be compatible. If linux had that compatibility issue worked out i would convert instantly!

BTW Trickslider: I'll be willing to buy that test version off of you  
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« Reply #35 on: 17 April 2004, 00:32 »
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Topdawg2050: I would happily convert to Linux, but none of my favorite programs would be compatible. If linux had that compatibility issue worked out i would convert instantly!


What kind of programs are we talking about?
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« Reply #36 on: 17 April 2004, 08:05 »
He could only be talking about games. Either that, or some special custom made company program. Just about everything I need works with Linux, except games.
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« Reply #37 on: 17 April 2004, 08:44 »
quote:
Originally posted by Topdawg2050:
Isnt there a law that says noone can have a commercial monopoly over anything. Microsoft would be considered a monopoly wouldent it? I would happily convert to Linux, but none of my favorite programs would be compatible. If linux had that compatibility issue worked out i would convert instantly!

BTW Trickslider: I'll be willing to buy that test version off of you      


What actually happened with splitting MS?  Why did it not happen?
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« Reply #38 on: 17 April 2004, 21:02 »
It didn't happen because the US government sucks. Maybe there will be a chance of it happening again if the US gov't stops sucking.
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« Reply #39 on: 17 April 2004, 11:09 »
quote:
Originally posted by PseudoRandom Dragon:
You are right about computers not making much progress in speed because of these bloated OSes. That is why I ran Win98SE for as long as I did. It crashed a shitload, but less privacy concerns involved and greater speed given my computer kept me with it. When I double click a folder, it opened immediately. Win2kPro, hah, I must wait half a second for a folder to open. Why? All the graphic shit they put in it. Faster computers every day, but being bogged down by shit I don't need.

Thank God for Mandrake. The Mandrake GUI (KDE) gets faster with new releases while Windows gets slower.

It is only going to get worse though. Man, I am just going to laugh at all the useless graphic shit they have in Long&hardHorn.

P.S.: Yeah, I turned off the graphic shit in Win2k. Still doesn't compare to 98 or KDE with the same specs.

im pretty sure theres some kind of menu where you can adjust the time between double clicking and opening a file
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« Reply #40 on: 17 April 2004, 19:39 »
ha ha OK sure. Have fun finding it.
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« Reply #41 on: 18 April 2004, 01:00 »
quote:
Originally posted by PseudoRandom Dragon:
He could only be talking about games. Either that, or some special custom made company program. Just about everything I need works with Linux, except games.


Not *ALL* games. OpenGL and Quake III Arena-based games usually work, like MOHAA, Unreal Tournament, Battlefield, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, etc.

And of course, gmaes that are made for Linux and Windows: UT 2004. Very easy to install btw. Just open a console, cd to your CD/DVD-ROM, do su, enter "sh linux-installer.sh" and the rest should be pretty straight forward.

Actually, UT 2004 is a pretty good example how easy it is for game developers to make a Linux and Windows version in one package.
The only thing that's different are the binaries. The Windows version is using Direct3D and the Linux version uses OpenGL + SDL, which makes it look just as good as the Direct3D version.
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« Reply #42 on: 18 April 2004, 10:39 »
quote:
Originally posted by PseudoRandom Dragon:
ha ha OK sure. Have fun finding it.

it was on the screen savers like last summer or so.

but how many preferences could there be in windows?
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« Reply #43 on: 18 April 2004, 20:55 »
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Originally posted by PseudoRandom Dragon:
ha ha OK sure. Have fun finding it.


Using the TweakUI power toy, it's in the Mouse settings. Otherwise, it's in the registry at

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\
in the key named MenuShowDelay

Set to zero for no delay. Higher numbers for longer delay.
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« Reply #44 on: 19 April 2004, 00:05 »
lol that is not what I was talking about. TuneUP utilites does that anyway. I was taling about the delay in actually opening up folders.
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