Re: Preempt Kernel and Nice

2003-09-12 Thread Muli Ben-Yehuda
On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 01:21:19AM +0300, Shaul Karl wrote: What are specjbb and volanomark, what gets increased idle time and what is wrong with that? specjbb and volanomark are benchmarks. I parse increased idle time as the scheduler thinks things are idle even when they shouldn't be.

Re: [OT] Digital Cameras and Linux

2003-09-12 Thread John Rabkin
On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 07:35:29PM +0300, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: Hi, I am considering getting a digital camera (for amateur, not professional, use), with the obvious requirement that it will interact flawlessly with my Linux computers (desktops and laptop). I've searched TFW, found some

Re: [OT] Digital Cameras and Linux

2003-09-12 Thread David Howard
On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 19:35, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: Hi, I am considering getting a digital camera (for amateur, not professional, use), with the obvious requirement that it will interact flawlessly with my Linux computers (desktops and laptop). [snipped] Info relevant to makes and models

Re: [OT] Digital Cameras and Linux

2003-09-12 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Geoffrey S. Mendelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Also without going into the physics of it here (this is a linux group after all), a two million pixel camera is all that you need. As you know perfectly well, Geoff, I am a physicist by training. ;-) Is the 2Mpx number anything deeper than

Re: [OT] Digital Cameras and Linux

2003-09-12 Thread Alex Shnitman
On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 12:18, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: Geoffrey S. Mendelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Also without going into the physics of it here (this is a linux group after all), a two million pixel camera is all that you need. As you know perfectly well, Geoff, I am a physicist by

GIMP [was Re: [OT] Digital Cameras and Linux]

2003-09-12 Thread Shlomi Fish
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Official Flamer/Cabal NON-Leader wrote: Quoth Geoffrey S. Mendelson: GIMP is an excelent photo editor. Photoshop is better because there are more features, more commercial plug-ins and better documentation. For Photoshop has more features than GIMP? From when? FYI, out

Re: [OT] Digital Cameras and Linux

2003-09-12 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: Also without going into the physics of it here (this is a linux group after all), a two million pixel camera is all that you need. As you know perfectly well, Geoff, I am a physicist by training. ;-) Yes, and I would gladly discuss the subject with anyone at any

Re: [OT] Digital Cameras and Linux

2003-09-12 Thread linux-il
Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: Geoffrey S. Mendelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I found that the best way to use a digital camera is to treat the memory cards as film. You buy several of them acording to your needs and replace one when it gets full. What's wrong with dumping files onto a hard

Re: [OT] Digital Cameras and Linux

2003-09-12 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Alex Shnitman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In any case, you haven't yet said anything about your budget... I think more information in that direction would help a lot. It is somewhat stretchable: I would very much prefer to get something under $300, but if a somewhat higher price gets me a

Re: [OT] Digital Cameras and Linux

2003-09-12 Thread Boaz Rymland
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's going to be an ad, but they earned it - Go to Jugend Brothers (pronounced Yugend) at 5 Hayarkon St. in Tel-Aviv. They are a pro shop and their prices are fair and their advice is good (I could have bought my camera there for almost the same price as abroad, only

Re: [OT] Old Hardware

2003-09-12 Thread Lior Kaplan
After a few talks with people, I thought it would be nice to publish what I want and what I can give: My wish list: 1. A socket 370 processor. 2. A slot 1 processor. 3. SDRAM memory cards. 4. ATX power supplier. My just-come-and-get-it list: 1.1 * mini case + 200WAT power supplier. 2.1*