. It's not just
Flash, but also Skype, for example.
Other than that you'll get a stable and nice OS, much better than
Linux in some regards, not so point-n-click (no GUI manager for
wireless connections, for example), but transparent and predictable.
I am thinking about changing my OS to OpenBSD
And you're lucky if you don't need Unicode. For me that's a big
show-stopper on a desktop machine. Once OpenBSD gets UTF-8, there
won't be just any reason for me not to use it on a laptop. All my
hardware (Thinkpad X200s) is supported, all the apps I need are there.
It's just that I don't
Ilya Ilembitov ilembi...@gmail.com wrote:
And you're lucky if you don't need Unicode. For me that's a big
show-stopper on a desktop machine. Once OpenBSD gets UTF-8, there
won't be just any reason for me not to use it on a laptop. All my
hardware (Thinkpad X200s) is supported, all the apps I
czark...@gmail.com wrote:
Ilya Ilembitov ilembi...@gmail.com wrote:
And you're lucky if you don't need Unicode. For me that's a big
show-stopper on a desktop machine. Once OpenBSD gets UTF-8, there
won't be just any reason for me not to use it on a laptop. All my
hardware (Thinkpad
VICTOR TARABOLA CORTIANO vt...@c3sl.ufpr.br wrote:
By the way, my friend and I were thinking about implementing Unicode in
OpenBSD's userland, as part of a plan to learn encoding and C since we
are Computer Science/Engineering students. Is there any work going on on
this?
Abel Abraham Camarillo Ojeda acam...@the00z.org wrote:
NTFS: http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvsm=127784940712724w=2
Just use Linux.
% ls -1 /usr/src/sys/ntfs
CVS
TODO
ntfs.h
ntfs_compr.c
ntfs_compr.h
ntfs_conv.c
ntfs_ihash.c
ntfs_ihash.h
ntfs_inode.h
ntfs_subr.c
ntfs_subr.h
ntfs_vfsops.c
On 18 Jun, 2010, at 11:38 AM, Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote:
The only thing I've pretty much given up on is flash. No big loss
since removing the flashplayer plugin means firefox will crash
slightly less often and you're spared a lot of the less useful ads.
Slightly? I can't think of the last
with
the factory standard OS. That said, you get an OS that is far nicer.
cheers
bruce
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 06:26:33AM -0500, Chris Bennett wrote:
Jean-Francois wrote:
Hello All,
I am thinking about changing my OS to OpenBSD on my laptop, which
is standard x86.
It would be used as internet
On Fri, 18 Jun 2010, Jacob Meuser wrote:
yeah, greasemonkey + youtube without flash auto is *way* better
than swfdec or gnash for watching/downloading videos.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/50771
Really?
This never worked for me, it aways ended up in:
HQTube needs updating, it is no
On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 08:57:07AM +0200, Antoine Jacoutot wrote:
On Fri, 18 Jun 2010, Jacob Meuser wrote:
yeah, greasemonkey + youtube without flash auto is *way* better
than swfdec or gnash for watching/downloading videos.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/50771
Really?
This
On Sat, 19 Jun 2010, Jacob Meuser wrote:
On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 08:57:07AM +0200, Antoine Jacoutot wrote:
On Fri, 18 Jun 2010, Jacob Meuser wrote:
yeah, greasemonkey + youtube without flash auto is *way* better
than swfdec or gnash for watching/downloading videos.
Hello All,
I am thinking about changing my OS to OpenBSD on my laptop, which is standard
x86.
It would be used as internet browser, mail client, multimedia, pciture video
, etc ...
My question is simple, is OpenBSD convenient enough for a daily usage ?
What are the experiences about
my OS to OpenBSD on my laptop, which is standard
x86.
It would be used as internet browser, mail client, multimedia, pciture video
, etc ...
My question is simple, is OpenBSD convenient enough for a daily usage ?
What are the experiences about that ?
Just to be sure, as of today, is ntfs
Search the archives.
Jean-Francois wrote:
Hello All,
I am thinking about changing my OS to OpenBSD on my laptop, which is standard
x86.
It would be used as internet browser, mail client, multimedia, pciture video
, etc ...
My question is simple, is OpenBSD convenient enough for a daily usage ?
What
:22PM +0200, Jean-Francois wrote:
Hello All,
I am thinking about changing my OS to OpenBSD on my laptop, which is standard
x86.
It would be used as internet browser, mail client, multimedia, pciture
video
, etc ...
My question is simple, is OpenBSD convenient enough for a daily usage
Simple answer: it can. I'm using OpenBSD as a desktop OS for my T40 and I'm
able to do anything I need.
2010/6/18 Jussi Peltola pe...@pelzi.net
Search the archives.
Jean-Francois wrote:
Hello All,
I am thinking about changing my OS to OpenBSD on my laptop, which is standard
x86.
I thought from your previous postings you already do all this and more.
It would be used as internet browser, mail client, multimedia, pciture video
, etc ...
It is perfect
Chris Bennett ch...@bennettconstruction.biz writes:
OpenBSD will take an older laptop that crawls under Windows and make
it pleasantly useful.
And it will make even newer laptops more useful to some of us.
The only thing I've pretty much given up on is flash. No big loss
since removing the
OpenBSD is absolutely fine for browser, mail and pictures. Once you install
gnome, the GUI will generally be the same as most other gnome desktops.
Flash and NTFS are sticking points. Neither work particularly well.
I've had variable experiences with VLC for video - it lost sync on earlier
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Peter Kay syllops...@syllopsium.co.uk wrote:
I've had variable experiences with VLC for video - it lost sync on earlier
releases of OpenBSD and VLC but may have improved.
Best part about VLC issues is that - you can use mplayer! And if you
mplayer issues, you
Hello All,
I am thinking about changing my OS to OpenBSD on my laptop, which is standard
x86.
It would be used as internet browser, mail client, multimedia, pciture
video
, etc ...
There is software for multimedia manipulation that run on OpenBSD.
See if they are good for you.
My
The only thing I've pretty much given up on is flash. No big loss
since removing the flashplayer plugin means firefox will crash
slightly less often and you're spared a lot of the less useful ads.
Well, one can still try Gnash or Swfdec.
If one just wants to see videos on Youtube, one can
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 4:04 PM, VICTOR TARABOLA CORTIANO
vt...@c3sl.ufpr.br wrote:
My question is simple, is OpenBSD convenient enough for a daily usage ?
What are the experiences about that ?
I use OpenBSD exclusively as an desktop and I can do everything I want.
Same here. OpenBSD
VICTOR TARABOLA CORTIANO wrote:
The only thing I've pretty much given up on is flash. No big loss
since removing the flashplayer plugin means firefox will crash
slightly less often and you're spared a lot of the less useful ads.
Well, one can still try Gnash or Swfdec.
If one just wants to
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 02:31:52PM -0700, Noah Pugsley wrote:
VICTOR TARABOLA CORTIANO wrote:
The only thing I've pretty much given up on is flash. No big loss
since removing the flashplayer plugin means firefox will crash
slightly less often and you're spared a lot of the less useful ads.
,
I am thinking about changing my OS to OpenBSD on my laptop, which is standard
x86.
It would be used as internet browser, mail client, multimedia, pciture
video
, etc ...
My question is simple, is OpenBSD convenient enough for a daily usage ?
What are the experiences about
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 11:12:44PM +, Jacob Meuser wrote:
And yt or youtube-dl from ports. Also, the greasmonkey scripts or
whatever for firefox work great for youtube, vimeo and a few others.
yeah, greasemonkey + youtube without flash auto is *way* better
than swfdec or gnash for
On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 12:06:00AM +, Matthew Szudzik wrote:
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 11:12:44PM +, Jacob Meuser wrote:
And yt or youtube-dl from ports. Also, the greasmonkey scripts or
whatever for firefox work great for youtube, vimeo and a few others.
yeah, greasemonkey +
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