Opinions about freebsd 7.x ?

Hi All,
I am currently a very happy 11 year Arch / RHEL / fedora user but always looking for a new challenge. So I am thinking about switching my desktop pc / home server from Arch64 to FreeBSD.
I read a lot of stories here about people switching to arch from gentoo or the bsd's but are there those that run freebsd as well or switched from gnu/linux to *BSD?
I am interested in any and all opinions about freebsd and what you believe are it's (dis)advantages over linux. Package wise it seems to be on par with Arch apart from compiz and flash.
Is the "whole operating system" thingy just a gimmick or does it offer (performance) advantages over a linux kernel + packages?
I recently tried pcbsd7 and apart from sucky fonts it was not any less userfriendly then linux, although it does not offer the awesome pacman package manager of course, the PBI system seemed to work fine. But I'd think I'd rather go with freebsd 7.1 + kde 4.1.x then pcbsd (although they do have a cute KDE theme there for what it is worth).
apart from being more geeky does freebsd offer anything over pcbsd?
stefan

floke wrote:
The last time I tried PCBSD the whole system locked up when I tried to access my wi-fi through the kde network applet, forcing a hard reset. This after literally 5 minutes of use
Rock solid my arse.
PC-BSD tries to bring FreeBSD to the masses through more automation and wider compatibility. It's based on FreeBSD's prerelease branch, and they also use their own kernel among other changes. Naturally it's not going to be as stable as raw FreeBSD.
The main reason I don't use FreeBSD full time is nVidia's lack of amd64 drivers. An nv rep said "There are no plans to support FreeBSD amd64 at this point in time, but customer requests will certainly help prioritize future projects." but there still isn't one 24 pages and 4 years later. I hate open-ended statements like this that string you along.. Personally in situations like this I'd rather they have just said "no" even if the door weren't really 100% shut

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     Does anyone have experience with or opinions about the free McAfee security suite offerd by At&t U-Verse? I would also ask the same about OpenDNS, which seemed to work fine on my old Mac. Thanks

The McAfee product is much worse than useless.
This is a comment on OpenDNS and other public domain-name system (DNS) services, such as Google DNS. You should use such a service if it solves a problem for you, and not if it creates problems you don't already have. To summarize:
1. Using public DNS will probably not make your network faster, and may make it slower.
2. It will probably not stop your browser from being redirected when you try to connect to a valid web address.
3. It will not make you safer from malware attacks.
4. It could cause confidential information to be compromised.
5. It has other privacy implications that you should be aware of.
A DNS server resolves the human-readable "domain name" of an Internet host, such as www.apple.com, to the numerical address by which that host can be reached. The process is analogous to looking up a phone number by name. There is no chance that changing the DNS server you use will have any effect on a network problem not related to name resolution.
There are two valid reasons why you might want to use a public DNS service:
The DNS servers provided by your ISP are misconfigured (perhaps deliberately) or don't perform well.
You have a use for the filtering controls provided by OpenDNS and others.
Although some DNS services are touted as responding faster than others, there will be no noticeable difference if your ISP is delivering what you pay for. Most likely, the difference in response time among the DNS servers available to you is on the order of a hundredth of a second or less. But under some conditions, public DNS will significantly slow down network performance. Here is a case in point.
A content-distribution network (CDN), such as the one used by Apple to deliver software updates and iTunes content, relies on the location of the DNS server to optimize performance. If your query goes to a distant server, you may get slow downloads of Apple content, among other things. From the report of a test carried out by a networking consultant:
We listed 9 CDNs that would benefit from supporting/using edns-client-subnet, and only two actually support edns-client-subnet: CDN77 and ChinaCache. Others, including Akamai, Internap and CDNetworks, do not currently. This really is too bad, because from the performance data we collected, it is clear these CDNs deliver (much) worse performance currently in many countries to Google DNS and OpenDNS users.
Another reason often given for using public DNS is to avoid "redirection," that is, false results from a query for a valid domain name. Ethical ISP's do not intentionally redirect valid DNS queries, though it might happen unintentionally because of a misconfiguration; for example, because the address of a network host has recently changed, or because of a "poisoning" attack on the DNS server. Note that many ISP's may, and OpenDNS certainly will, redirect invalid queries to ad sites, in violation of published standards for DNS.
Recently, a few low-quality commercial ISP's such as "CenturyLink" have taken to deliberately redirecting DNS queries for some domains, such as search engines. Do not tolerate this practice. If your ISP is doing it, then you should demand that the redirection be stopped, or else switch to another ISP.
Some ISP's have been said to route all DNS queries to their own name servers, regardless of where the queries were directed—another intolerable practice. I haven't heard that any commercial ISP is now doing this, but if yours is, you won't be able to use a public DNS service, even if you change the network settings on your computer or router.
Of course, if your Internet access is provided by an employer or institution, rather than by a commercial ISP, then you have to take whatever you get.
The claims on the OpenDNS website that it blocks malware attacks such as "Flashback" are false advertising. A DNS service does not and cannot block anything. All it can do is to selectively refuse to answer queries. It's trivial for a malware attacker to evade such controls. It's just as easy to evade the parental controls offered by OpenDNS. Nevertheless, you may find those control features useful, despite their limitations. Here is an example of an ASC user who had undesirable results from OpenDNS content filtering.
There is one limited exception to the rule that OpenDNS and Google DNS don't improve performance. The "prefetching" performed by modern web browsers, including Safari, may confuse some DNS servers, with the effects described in this Apple Support article. The article suggests testing OpenDNS, Google DNS, or another third-party DNS service as a possible way to overcome the problem.
If you need to switch DNS providers because of a misconfiguration of your ISP's servers, the change will most likely only need to be temporary. The problem may be resolved automatically within a matter of hours.
If you're considering whether to use public DNS, such as OpenDNS, on a long-term basis, you should take into account the privacy implications. As a user of the free service, you are not an OpenDNS customer, and the service provider—a for-profit corporation—doesn't have a contract with you. The marketers to whom OpenDNS sells access and information are its customers.
OpenDNS will know, and store, the address of every Internet server you use from now on. This is from its privacy policy:
When you use our Services, OpenDNS stores certain DNS, IP address and related information about you to improve the quality of our Service, to provide you with Services and for internal business and analysis purposes.
Concerning personal information, the policy states:
...[I]t is disclosed to entities that perform marketing services on our behalf or to other entities with whom we have joint marketing agreements...
You can't opt out of those disclosures. Read the privacy policy carefully and draw your own conclusions. The privacy policy of Google DNS seems to be somewhat more benign, but again, you should judge for yourself.
That's not the worst of it, though. The practice of hijacking nonexistent domains followed by most public DNS services could result in leaking confidential information to a hacker:
For example, consider the "same origin trust model" used for Web cookies. If you're holding a cookie for GOOGLE.COM and you can be fooled into following a link to KJHSDFKJHSKJHMJHER.GOOGLE.COM, and the resulting NXDOMAIN response is remapped into a positive answer to some advertising server, then you're going to send your cookie to that advertising server when you send your HTTP GET request there. Not such a bad thing for a GOOGLE.COM cookie, but a real problem for a BANKOFAMERICA.COM cookie.
NXDOMAIN remapping is not something that only happens when you randomly mistype a domain name. It can be exploited deliberately by malicious links placed on any web page. In the case of OpenDNS, the result would be that a cookie intended for another server would be sent to the OpenDNS web server instead. A rogue OpenDNS employee, or anyone who managed to break into the web server, might then be able to impersonate you on another website. If this scenario seems far-fetched, it's the stuff that network exploits are made of.
See also a brief, and somewhat outdated, critique of OpenDNS on a Harvard Law School blog, with a response from the company's founder.

Need opinions about using methods in-line

Hello fellow SDNers,
I have this piece of code where i use functional method as operand, string formatting options in-line et al. A friend of mine says it's not too descriptive.
cl_demo_output=>display_text( |Laufzeit: { lcl_calc_laufzeit=>main(
im_date_from = p_begda
im_date_to = p_endda )-count ALIGN = LEFT } Monat(e)| ).
Is Too-little is just too confusing?
I like in-line data declarations, functional methods because i feel they are more intuitive.
What are your ideas/opinions about it?
BR,
Suhas

Hi Suhas,
when i was starting with C-programming, i was impressed by what you could achieve with just so little of actual coding.
I thougt it was quite cool, when I managed to squeeze whole programs into just a few lines, using heavily nested ternary operators and for-loops.
Well, they did what they where meant to do, but when after a while i had to alter one only gradually, it took me some time to rethink, what i myself had created not so long ago.
Imagining how someone else would try to follow my line of thought, i came to the conclusion, that it was not so desireable, to squeeze the last bit of efficiency out of the characters that built the source-code, but that it could be far better, to enfold it, make it bigger, even less elegant, but allthemore easier to understand.
Why do i tell you this?
I seem to recognize a bit of the fascination, i felt myself, in your code sample. Letting you beeing carried away by possibility alone, does not necessarily lead to the best results on the long run.
Back to your question - i'm afraid, your friend was right.
You can do better, without loosing to much.
Truth be told, i haven't done too much in the line of string templates and nested method calls yet.
I have to admit, i'm challenged even to follow, what your sample exactly does. Nevertheless, i will dig in and discover whatever it may provide for me .
Best regards - Jörg

What are peoples opinions about streaming videos on website i.e. justintv for example. is there are hight risk fr a mac? I have just purchased my first mac and am tempted but don't want to compromise my new mac

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Opinions about the Mac Mini

Hey!
I wanna know if Mac mini is good performance.
I would like to use it mainly for Web Design (Photoshop) and Video Editing (less than Web Design though)
What's your opinions about it.

Hello,
The Mac Mini is a great computer. And, it is capable of doing everything you are asking about.
But, you will potentially find it less pleasurable to use for intensive graphics work than an iMac.
The Mac Mini uses an Integrated Video system that borrows it's memory from the system's memory. So, it's performance is going to be lower when compared to the iMac.
This primarily affects things being drawn to the screen, not the processing of information / graphics data.
So, you won't find a problem in terms of crunching information and producing stuff. But, you may observe in some situations that the video / pictures being displayed on the screen may lag a bit.
But, you'll usually only notice that in something with a high frame-rate (such as animations) or in 3D drawing or animation.
Otherwise, it's a perfectly fine computer.
It's price is a bit high for the lower performance it offers in comparison to the iMac systems. So, if you really want the best performance and the most for your money, then look towards the iMac.
But, if the performance of the Mac Mini is acceptable to you, and you already have a large monitor that you like, then the Mini may be a good buy for you.
My main complaints are that the CoreDuo model has rather humble specs compared to the iMac and it costs $800 before you add the additional memory that you will definitely want.
The iMac starts at $1299, but comes with a monitor built-in, a much faster microprocessor, a significantly larger hard drive, and a dedicated graphics controller with it's own memory. So, you really get a good deal for your money.
So, the way I see it, the Mini is an excellent computer, but hardly a deal when you compare what you get for your money.
The iMac costs a bit more, but you get a lot for your money.
And, you can always buy a refurbished iMac from Apple, and get the price as low as $1099.
Apple Certified Refurbished Products
Either way you go, you'll get a great computer. You just need to decide how much computer you want for your money.
If you want a system with a large (and fast) hard drive, a fast graphics card, fast processor, and large screen, then go with the iMac.
If you just want a computer that will get the job done, and have your own monitor already, then the Mac Mini may be a good purchase for you.
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This means that you will need more memory (to hold the translated code). It also means that the performance of those programs will be slower. So, you'll want the fastest processor you can get (or afford) to help off-set the reduced performance.
Basically, Rosetta is a translator that converts PowerPC code to run on Intel processors. This translated code is stored in memory while you are using the program, and therefore requires more memory to operate. So, you'll observe a decrease in performance if you start running low on memory. So, you'll want as much memory as you can get (1 GB or 2 GB would be preferable).
Additionally, running in Rosetta is slower. So, you'll want a faster processor to help speed things up a bit when using older PowerPC programs.
It has been said that Photoshop will run acceptably on the iMac, but it is noticeably slower. I could only imagine that it would be even slower on the Mac Mini due to it's slower processor.
I hope this helps.

Any opinions about OpenGL4Java?

Any opinions about OpenGL4Java? I want to make a 3D game in Java using OpenGL. OpenGL is for C++, but there is a package or something called OpenGL4Java (I think it is put out jau software, ore soemthing like that, I don't have time to look it up now. Anyway, does anybody have any opinions about it?
And for all those who say that a good game cannot be done in Java, take a look here:
http://www.cosm-game.com/
It looks good for Java. Too bad it is only an online game.
Virum

Do you have any evidence for that?
That sounds really accusative, but I'm genuinely
interested in seeing some comparisons between the two
environments.I assume you are talkin about Java3D and OpenGL?
If so yes, I can give some evidence. My uncle knows a pofessional that has been working with graphics programming since he was twelve. I think he is somewhere around 29, but I don't know. Anyweay he uses uses OpenGl quite a bit, and he waas the one who told me that OpenGL gave much more control (it has direct access to hardware) than Java#D. Java#D may have now reached OpenGL's speed, but I don't think it has yet. ANyway, I want the control OPenGL gives you.
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Opinions about MHP solutions (head-ends, middlewares) ...

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http://www.topower.com.tw/home/atx12v_320p4.htm
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Off topic : get some opinions about my personal project

Hi:
This time I want something different. I hope I don't do anything wrong when I ask for your opinions. Please, sorry my grammar.
I make a magazine by my own. My fiance help me with the contents and some articles (technical articles and short histories), but the rest are my own design. This is a personal proyect, not comercial (for now) and I do it like for exploring options and ideas.
I'm sure I make lot of mistakes but I'm sure I do something good nevertheless. So, if you can tell me my mistakes and successes, I'll really thank a lot.
You can download the PDF (it's a little heavy, 207Mb) from our blog (http://virtualmagazineonline.blogspot.com/p/descargas.html). We have an account in Issuu but it's a free one, and have many limitations, by example, we must had to split the file in three parts, and the crossword do not work normally. In the blog you will found 2 editions of my project. The one I want opinions is the second number, May 2013 (Virtual Magazine N° 2 Mayo 2013)
So that's all. Again, sorry my grammar.
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I am looking for a program to convert photos to cross stitch patterns and have found only a few that will work on a mac.
My wife would be interested - can you provide a link?
Good place to look for software:
http://www.macupdate.com/
And for free alternatives to some popular software packages:
http://alternativeto.net/
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Hallo, In all cases I am referring to good quality photo paper of course.
Matt paper print at 260 ppi
Gloss paper print at 300 ppi
But gloss paper with inkjet nozzle distribution of 1440 (Base Level) then print using 360 ppi because that is 1/4 of 1440. This being based on a minimum of four inks.
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All of this said, the proof is in the pudding. The advice that's been given in the other posts is correct. Make some prints of several images at differing resolutions, look at them and judge for yourself. Choose what looks best. Don't obsess too much about the math.

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Brian,
I have owned and used DVKitchen for about a year now. It is a fine piece of software which allows you to see quickly the impact on your encoded video of various bit rates as well as a simple approach to encoding video for multiple devices.
The only problem that i have had with DVKitchen has been in taking a long (approximately 50 minute) ProRes 422 encoded movie and transcoding it to h.264. I have never been able to get this to work without DVKitchen crashing. I have tried this on several ProRes 422 encoded movies and the result is always a crash of DVKitchen which occurs usually after 30 minutes or so of encoding. I have experienced this problem only with Pro Res 422 transcodes. I reported it to tech support at DVKitchen, but they claimed to see no problems in transcoding Pro Res 422 movies, but the problem has been a consistent one for me on both my Mac Pro and my Macbook Pro when doing transcodes of ProRes 422 video.
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Opinions about if Mac Mini 2011 works ok with VGA monitors

Hi Community,
I have a old HP PC, I want to buy my first Mac Mini and used the keyboard, mouse and VGA monitor (Mod. HP Pavillion mx50) that I have.
Before I purchase the new Mac Mini 2011 and Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter, I would like to know if it works ok with my old components, specially with the VGA monitor? I've read on this Community there some persons have monitors problems.
I don't want spend my money and then have problems with the Mac Mini.
Thanks in advance,

MiniDisplayPort-VGA adapters. Available in the online store, at Apple stores, or at BestBuy/MicroCenter/Fry's. Plugs into the Thunderbolt port.
Usually works without issue. But then I use monitors made by LG and Samsung. Others use lesser known brands or models know to have quirks and encounter issues.
Some things to watch for:
Soem adapters have too much plastic coveing the "connection plate", and the cable cannot seat fully. If you just look at one that has too much plastic, you will know what I am talking about.
VGA signals from Macmini are not strong enough to get through mutliple adpaters. If you want a VGA signal, buy 1 VGA adapter. If you want a DVI signal, buy only 1 DVI adapter. Do not get a DVI adaper, than add a mid-line converted to change the DVI adapter to a VGA port.
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Opinions About New High Resolution Displays

Does anyone have an opinion about the MacBook Pro's new high resolution display option. The price doesn't seem to be that big of a deal. My concern is that the higher number of pixels for the same screen area will mean smaller text display. Am I correct about this?

Yes, you're correct about the text getting smaller, however that may not be the case for much longer. What I'm speaking of is the resolution independent ui in Leopard - where your ui can still remain the "regular" size that you're used to, but everything is still at a higher resolution...
ummm don't really know how to explain it any better - take a look at this wiki article - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution_independence
So I personally wont even think about upgrading till Leopard comes out - I used 1920x1200 displays on some laptops in the past, and everything is WAY too small for comfortable use.

I'd like to read your opinions about a method.

Hi everyone.
Just want opinions.
If someone tells u that its only going to use the method , what kind of asserts would u use?
They told me that , i must use asserts, but i already have an assert in the main (which is not going to be used by them)
They have their own main to test.
So do i use the same assert in the method , the same that i used in the main method?
here is the method :
public static boolean temMaisAlgarismosDoQueAMediaDosAlgarismos(final int number) {
// the only assert that can be used here is
assert 0 < number : number ;
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Can't use an assert for the return value , cuz its a loigical (true or false).
Need opinions.
Thank you
Josh

ok here is the method.
Insert a number which will be passed as a parameter .
if the the number of digits is greater than the media of the same digits, return true else false.
e.g : 132 --> Media = 2 number of digits : 3 so return true. simple.
Can i use another assert beside that one?.
public static boolean temMaisAlgarismosDoQueAMediaDosAlgarismos(final int number)
     //Assertion: If (numero <= 0) "Error"
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          int numero_auxiliar = numero;
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          while (number_aux > 0){
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          sum += digit;
          if(number >= 0) count++;
          media =(int) (sum / count);
          if(count > media)
               return true;
          else
               return false;
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