Excuse my poor paint drawing:
Installed it under a VM. Ignoring the "look" as clearly aero/glass whatever wasn't working, I am kind of ambivilent about it. Don't see much to excite me apart from the fact that despite only allocating half my RAM space to the OS in the VM, and not being able to get it to recognise my graphics card or the correct NIC (a result of the VM environment), it seems to be quite a lot quicker than Vista at doing things like installs. Quite wierd really considering its theoretically running on a slower machine than my full Vista install is.
So if there is that much of a performance increase over Vista I would be insterested in the final release version, despite initial impressions that the GUI has taken as step backwards in terms of finish, (can anyone else see yet another step towards making it look like Linux with the taskbar?
), but that could just well be the downgraded card it's using in the VM environment.
So if there is that much of a performance increase over Vista I would be insterested in the final release version, despite initial impressions that the GUI has taken as step backwards in terms of finish, (can anyone else see yet another step towards making it look like Linux with the taskbar?
), but that could just well be the downgraded card it's using in the VM environment.When you originally tried the installation are you sure it wasn't telling you that it was going to install the root to 100% of the partition? I seem to recall a warning along those lines if you don't create swap and et3 partitions too. Installing Linux on to just a root partition isn't the recommended way, hence the warning IIRC.
As John says, you really need to have a basic understanding of partitions, (which you obviously do as you've managed to partition your windows drive), then upon install of Linux you will need to allocate space from your unallocated partition space to / "root" /swap and /ext3 for the rest. There is a drop down list where you can choose the partition types in the install wizard under manual.
I've always chosen 2-4GB for the root partition and made the swap partiton the 1.5x to 2x my physical memory and filled the remaining with the file system.
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Hmm I wouldn't go that route.. I've tried it a couple of times and it's always been problematic for me. I'd go the clean install route, especially as Linux is so damn quick to install compared to Windows.
If you're really used to Windows layout etc. I would suggest Kubuntu, it's the same as ubuntu but with a KDE desktop which is very similar to Windows, (but obviously different too).
Xubuntu, Ubuntu, Kubuntu are all exactly the same operating system, the only difference between them being the choice of desktop and applications loaded with the distro, (a lot of which are tied to the desktop chosen).
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.I have to say that is one thing I find incredibly annoying with Windows. The damn OS keeps interupting what I am doing by bringing tasks that I've got working in the background in to the foreground whenever they finish. I lost count decades ago at the number of times I've clicked on something that was in the background when I've been trying to type an email or document or something in the foreground and Windows forces the background task in to my face ! I HATE IT !! MS Please if you change one thing about your OS change that .. it drives me up the wall !!!
I wasn't aware of that. In that case, like you said I wouldn't chance it.
Everything is just that bit more manic in the FOX vs FBM. It has a lot more grip but you have to be much more careful with the throttle. You need to be a better driver to get the best times out of the FOX vs the FBM. That's pretty much why FBM is more popular.
Replacing FBM with FOX in SS1 would be a nightmare IMO. SS1 is enough of a crash fest as it is at times. God knows what it would be like with all the extras spining going on in a FOX.
Replacing FBM with FOX in SS1 would be a nightmare IMO. SS1 is enough of a crash fest as it is at times. God knows what it would be like with all the extras spining going on in a FOX.
True not 100% definitive but I still believe more accurate of current performance than the overall stats, for some people at least.
Thanks once again, more than I was hoping for.
If you're running Vista you can use the built in disc management to repartition your existing drive and create a new partition where you can install a second OS. Not sure how happy Windows 7 will be to co-exist with Vista it might mess up Vistas version of the MBR (called something else but I forget what) and you might have trouble if/when you want to remove Windows 7 from your machine.
Otherwise if you have XP you'll need a copy of a partitioning software to safely partition your exising hard drive.
Great thanks Sam. But where exactly has this change been made? I can't seem to find anything on the CTRA website and when on line $stats gives the same info as before for me.
Edited - don't worry I found it. It's on the CTRA page of the individual drivers who are currently in the monthly stats page. Looks good, thanks again.
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That would be even better. Thanks.
Well I was actually thinking more in terms of time, but I wasn't sure if the system would support such as system. Also it wouldn't be an equal comparison if based on time as has already been aluded to some people do a lot more laps than others in a day/week.
Maybe something along the lines of the number of laps that the average frequency user would achieve in a week?? I think a week is a good period as there would be no motivation to drive well if you can have a good/poor days driving and it has no impact on your stats. Well that's my way of thinking anyway.
Change to Yellow Flag stat calculation suggestion
It just occurred to me that the current Yellow Flag stats as displayed on the CTRA homepage aren't necessarily indicative of that drivers current Yellow Flag performance.
The current calculation just simply takes a straight percentage of total yellow flags against total laps. Given that generally people improve as they gain experience I think that the current system seems to inaccurately indicate that such drivers are worse than they really are.
Therefore I would like to propose a simple adjustment to the calculation which would more accurately reflect a drivers recent driving stats ie.
Restrict the yellow flag calculation to the last 100 laps driven.
In fact it occurs to me now that the same could be said of the % race finish calculation, which again would be more accurate if restricted to recent performance.
This would have the added bonus, (I feel), of allowing the CTRA admins to get a better impression of recent driving behavior when having to make borderline decisions about actions to take on reports.
The current calculation just simply takes a straight percentage of total yellow flags against total laps. Given that generally people improve as they gain experience I think that the current system seems to inaccurately indicate that such drivers are worse than they really are.
Therefore I would like to propose a simple adjustment to the calculation which would more accurately reflect a drivers recent driving stats ie.
Restrict the yellow flag calculation to the last 100 laps driven.
In fact it occurs to me now that the same could be said of the % race finish calculation, which again would be more accurate if restricted to recent performance.
This would have the added bonus, (I feel), of allowing the CTRA admins to get a better impression of recent driving behavior when having to make borderline decisions about actions to take on reports.
Punk Rock died in 1978. Any band since doesn't have any valid claim on the Genre.
Yeah, who are we to dare to think for ourselves !
They should, should they? why exactly??
All I know is that if I could ever afford a new Boxster S, I'd be pretty damn happy I could. IF I were the kind of person that worried about the car that get's parked next to mine, (and I'm not and never have been), I'd be a lot more worried about how I'd look when somebody parked their 911 next to my secondhand Focus.
But as I said, I'm not concerned about such things, because I don't define or value myself according to the things I own. What would be the point? There is always going to be someone richer than you, with a flashier more expensive car than you. Worrying/caring about it is pretty pathetic if you ask me.
Be prepared to be disapointed then, MS has a habit of releasing final versions that bear little relation in terms of functionality and performance to their beta software.
As for Linux, I tried Kubuntu a year or so ago (7.1 IIRC) and whilst I quite liked it in many ways I found it frustratingly lacking in surprising ways.
For example:
a) It didn't have a video player that supported many windows media files built in. Getting one installed that did was no easy point n click job, requiring compiling etc to get working.
b) Despite all my efforts I just couldn't get a webcam to work reliably, and webcam support was generally not well dealt with.
c) Certain things that are native in Windows drivers, (such as 3D graphic support), require complicated installation techniques that should rightly remain the purview of software developers not desktop OS users.
It's for c) alone that Linux will never truely challenge Windows for desktop OS market share. It's also something that will never be resolved in Linux until the decision is made to choose a single distro to champion the Linux cause.
Nothing new sadly. But if you can handle foreign language films here's a few I'd recommend (If you haven't seen them already):
Maria full of grace
Cidade de Deus
Central do Brasil
Old Boy
Them (2007 - also known as Ils)
and a film I literally couldn't watch in some parts (and I'm a horror fan !):
Dans ma Peau
Not that great acting, but really wierd and sick in places.
Pretty much all MS products are predominantly just a visual make over of their previous product with maybe one or two small tweaks underneath sold as major product changes for a shed load of extra cash to "upgrade". At least that has been my experience.
Huh? you honestly think that ads version is better than the original?
Oh dear
PSML.. yeah like you wouldn't love to be able to afford one??
I laugh every time I hear this statement. I'm sure all the people with £40k burning their pocket give a damn about what people who have to scrape up for a second hand Focus think.
Mine has both, (I believe - though I could be wrong), as do most/all VAG Turbo engines.
Not an issue with the mixture so much as the absolute amount of fuel. Swap out a recirculating DV with an atmospheric one and you "loose" the mass of air that should have been redirected back to the inlet, therefore you have less air/fuel mix entering the engine and a subsequent drop in power. You pretty much wont find anyone recommending using an atmospheric DV on a car designed with a recirc one, (except those people that think its more important to sound cool than have performance :shrug
. Certainly no reputable tuner of turbocharged VAG engines will anyway.Why on earth would anyone want their car to sound like a bus/lorry anyway? never mind the mating call of a frog/duck
Only review I can find of that particular model isn't particularly glowing:
http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/tele ... ,39030218,49298952,00.htm
Also take a look at the Samsung owners thread below, (covers the model in question), seems Samsung have had some quality issues. I'd be cautious personally.
http://www.avforums.com/forums ... -558-s-owners-thread.html
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