On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:58:35 +0200, Torsten wrote in message <201010201358.35298.tors...@t3r.de>:
> > Hi All, > > > > I would just like to drop a note here, announcing that FSWeekend, > > the largest flight simulation event in Europe is coming up again. > > As in previous years, the event will be organized in the Aviodrome, > > the aviation museum at Lelystad (EHLE) airport, in the Netherlands. > > This year, the event will be held on Saturday 6, and Sunday > > November 7. Last week, I signed us up for having a booth again, and > > have already received confirmation that we're welcome. Last year we > > had one of the larger booths, and a pretty good show. I certainly > > hope to be able to improve upon that one. > > > > In addition to FSWeekend, a number of people, most notably Willie > > Flemming, have coined the idea of organizing a developer meeting / > > conference to coincide with FSWeekend. I am supportive of that > > idea, but unfortunatly lack the resources to assist in organizing > > such an event. However, speaking from past experience I do know > > that such meetings are typically a lot of fun, and I would most > > definitely welcome anybody who would like to join or participate in > > such an event. > > > > In any case, if you happen to be around and have some time > > available, please stop by for a quick chat with one of our booth > > staff members, and share your FlightGear experience with us. > > > > Hope to see you all in large numbers! :-) > > > > Cheers, > > Durk > I am very proud to announce that German hardware vendor Thomas-Krenn > AG has sponsored a workstation to help us present the latest and > cooles features of FlightGear at this year's FSWeekend. The machine > specs are, well, insane: > > dual Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5690 @ 3.47GHz, total of 24 cores ..2 cpus x 6 cores/cpu x 2 threads/core = 24 threadsss, ;o) 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' will mention "ht" on the 24 "flags" lines. A wee hint that FG should run on more than one thread? ;o) > 12GB RAM ..this will do for running FG from ram disk, just try it, e.g. off a Knoppix style Live-CD, boot it with "toram", then do the " aptitude update ;aptitude install flightgear \ ;aptitude clean ;fgfs & " dance and _enjoy_. ;o) > four nvidia GTX460 with 2GB RAM each. > enough harddrive space, sound, DVD, etc., etc. > > http://www.t3r.de/flightpics/ThomasKrenn-workstation1.jpg > http://www.t3r.de/flightpics/ThomasKrenn-workstation2.jpg > http://www.t3r.de/flightpics/ThomasKrenn-workstation3.jpg > (how many DVI adaptors do you count? Yes, eight!) ..and 4 VGA too. A dozen screens to make a nice igloo? ;o) > We met the nice guys of Thomas-Krenn AG at this year's LinuxTag where > we were almost booth neighbours. Durk, Martin and I visited the their > headquarter a few weeks ago. We received a very warm welcome and had > the oppertunity to visit the entire company. > > If you are in the need for professional server- or workstation > hardware, you might want to consider visiting > http://www.thomas-krenn.com/ and support our supporters. ..and they sell 18 screen setups... ;o) > If you were still looking for an excuse to fly into Amsterdam and > visit FSWeekend, this machine definitely is one! > > Cheers, Torsten -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
