Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 10:38:29 -0700 From: Matt Olander <matt@offmyserver.com> To: "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@sitetronics.com> Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux on TechTV September 2, 7pm EDT (Live) Message-ID: <20030902103829.A9859@knight.ixsystems.net> In-Reply-To: <3F54D5B5.3060906@sitetronics.com>; from dodell@sitetronics.com on Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 07:39:01PM %2B0200 References: <20030902011548.I323@freebsdmall.com> <20030902095916.GC4079@pasternak.w.lub.pl> <20030902100447.B290@freebsdmall.com> <3F54D5B5.3060906@sitetronics.com>
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On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 07:39:01PM +0200, Devon H. O'Dell wrote: > Are you guys going to be able to get Flash 6 working on there? I think > that's just as much of a biggie as Java for the web-and-design-people > out there. And it certainly is eye candy. hrm. I don't know if I'll have time :( > I'm curious as to what a test of glxgears would yeild ;) steadies out at a whopping 1,000 frames per second or so! -matt > Java apps to show off... the best thing I can think of at the moment > would be Eclipse. It's not that fun to see, but it'd definitely be neat > to show off. I'll check out what there is in terms of Java apps. > > --Devon > > Murray Stokely wrote: > > >On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 11:59:16AM +0200, Michal Pasternak wrote: > > > > > >>I'd suggest the demonstration of Linux emulation - for example, by showing a > >>working Oracle installation or launching some Linux-only games. > >> > >> > > > >We may launch StarOffice 6 this time. Matt was working with the WineX > >guys trying to get some Windows games to load (people have done it in > >FreeBSD) but couldn't get them working. > > > > > > > >>I'd also suggest talking about Java. > >> > >> > > > >We're certainly going to talk about Java, and the new Java packages > >are loaded on the machine, but I'd like to "show it off". Any ideas > >about Java apps that we can show off? > > > >Something we want to do is use Konqueror & kmplayer to browse to > >apple.com/trailers and watch teasers in browser. > > > > > > > >>I'd also suggest talking about NVidia drivers. > >> > >> > > > >Yes, we have an NVidia card in our box and have the drivers working > >with hardware accel in X. > > > > > > > >>I'd also... man, there are so many topics. Hope you can get enough TV time > >>to show all those to the public. > >> > >> > > > >We won't have anywhere near enough time. > > > > - Murray > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Matt Olander (408)943-4100 Phone (408)943-4101 Fax www.offmyserver.com -- "Those who don't read have no advantage over those who can't" -Mark Twain
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