FreeBSD vs Linux on TechTV September 2, 7pm EDT (Live)

[Matt Olander]

On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 07:39:01PM +0200, Devon H. O'Dell wrote:
> Are you guys going to be able to get Flash 6 working on there? I think 
> that's just as much of a biggie as Java for the web-and-design-people 
> out there. And it certainly is eye candy.

hrm. I don't know if I'll have time  :(

> I'm curious as to what a test of glxgears would yeild ;)

steadies out at a whopping 1,000 frames per second or so!

-matt

> Java apps to show off... the best thing I can think of at the moment 
> would be Eclipse. It's not that fun to see, but it'd definitely be neat 
> to show off. I'll check out what there is in terms of Java apps.
> 
> --Devon
> 
> Murray Stokely wrote:
> 
> >On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 11:59:16AM +0200, Michal Pasternak wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>I'd suggest the demonstration of Linux emulation - for example, by showing a
> >>working Oracle installation or launching some Linux-only games.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >We may launch StarOffice 6 this time.  Matt was working with the WineX
> >guys trying to get some Windows games to load (people have done it in
> >FreeBSD) but couldn't get them working.
> >
> >  
> >
> >>I'd also suggest talking about Java.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >We're certainly going to talk about Java, and the new Java packages
> >are loaded on the machine, but I'd like to "show it off".  Any ideas
> >about Java apps that we can show off?
> >
> >Something we want to do is use Konqueror & kmplayer to browse to
> >apple.com/trailers and watch teasers in browser.
> >
> >  
> >
> >>I'd also suggest talking about NVidia drivers.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Yes, we have an NVidia card in our box and have the drivers working
> >with hardware accel in X.
> >
> >  
> >
> >>I'd also... man, there are so many topics. Hope you can get enough TV time
> >>to show all those to the public.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >We won't have anywhere near enough time.
> >
> >   - Murray
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