Today is a great day to watch dl.tv, I am really excited. Last weeks episode was really great too, I have been on vacation so I have been missing a bunch of episodes, but am glad to be back!

hey I just got my first mac and I was wondering if there is an app that will let me play the live shows. Thanks alot

A big hi to everyone @ dl.tv from Dubai.

Can't wait to get the show on the road...
They've even got Linux stuff in the show this week.
I must be in heaven lol.

No preshow rants?!

Hey guys..my video is like slo-mo while the audio is perfect...maybe tis road runner but its pretty bad...i hope road runner in ohio is finally giving us 7 mbps haha otherwise..server issues

Yay! It's Thursday and I'm ready for another fine-blended edition of DL.TV! I hope this episode doesn't cost me money, lol! I bought that Lexie Barnes laptop case from yesterday's show, lol! It's just what I've been looking for! I watched Patrick's review of it over and over today, lol, and every time I saw that bag I liked it more and more! This is something I can carry every day as a briefcase with or without a laptop in it. I have a couple shoulder bags that are just too bulky to lug around every day. This one looked sleek and well-padded; and, it's on sale, lol! So, hopefully tonight's ep will be free again, lol! ;-)

Nope, I use Adelphia and some crappy wifi and I'm having problems with the stream. It just stopped totally for a minute and came back.

Well all its dead on road runner mates....Fix it parick norton ur my hero haha, yall should send me a t-shirt as im a dj and can advertise for you all haha email me at admin@pcplanet.org for the tee shirt!!! haha
please fix the stream?
im never in stalling vista :) lol
Pat-

Why does patrick keep checking the connection on the left side of his laptop? did it last show every 30 seconds and he is doing the same this show. ;-)

Whats that shirt Patrick always wears?

I think it'll be back up, but what robert was doing with xgl looked insane. It is definantly better than vista.

uh-oh! Good luck guys!

You guys killed the video. Now when I press play it plays the same 10 second clip every time.

Feed died, didnt even get to see the pretty stuff...

Lost connection!

NOooooooooooooo!

Well, that was highly amusing!

Stream is present but, there's no content being uploaded. Yeah!

UHH-HOO!! No Feed!!!

Say, Newtek ought to use DL.TV as a reference for how great their Tricaster is...

FYI, I've used the Video Toaster from Newtek at our church. I'm not impressed. Give me a REAL switcher any day!

Someone or something went boom! the tri-caster doesent like you guys does it??

I think the tricaster got messed up. Hey, it's live.

nt;

I keep being able to watch the last 12 seconds of show before it died.

dang-it. connection died.

This is great - The position Patrick is frozen in is awesome!

The feed is most certainly dead. Everytime I hit play it plays a short clip from "Did our tricaster 'splode?" for about 5 seconds then dies.

Yeah, I've tried XGL on pretty low-end cards (integrated intel crap) and managed to get the cube effect and expose working, pretty damn cool stuff I tell you.

BTW yeah it's funny how the feed just died, hope it'll be back on soon

YAY! It works again!

THERE HERE AGAIN

Yeah coudl some one fix the fix haha and get me one of patricks rugby polos or sumthing while ur at it mates. also Id love for someone to show me how I can run OS x linux and xp pro on my trusty dell 9200 ispiron at the sameee tiem with paralells..heck id pay sum 1 for that its that worth it, and someone eneds to show me where to get a hacked battery for my ipod Video!!!!!!!!!!11 the dang thign lasts like 5 horus without the backlight..and with..omg its like 30 mins

Pat

This is why real broadcasters do not rely on the Tricaster... Give me Grass Valley any day!

I just got it back! Woot!

Yay, the feed is back.

IT CRASHED AGAIN

I have XGL running on Suse 10.1 on a dual 1Ghz 512MB system. Man is it sweet. Enough where i am thinking of blowing away my x64 for Suse on my main pc.

Too bad the tricaster is upset.

I guess I'm not the only one down. . .took a break to go the the potty and came back to a dead connection.

This is fnuny...THEY KILLED THE FEED!!!

Oh man, i think some one else just exploded, i half expected this!

I think that monkey is casuing troble!

Y'know, this always seems to happen when I manage to show up for the live feed. ^_^;;;; Maybe it's related to the way teams I like always lose when I can manage to afford to go to the Ballpark.

Awww, seems like there might not be a show live tonight, darn

Noooooooo... I think they stopped streaming it.

Its gone again!!!

I hope someone makes a screen cap of Robert's expression right now.

I hope someone makes a screen cap of Robert's expression right now.

Boy, Patrick looked pretty sheepish when he gave the order to reboot the server. I wonder if he knew they were still live.

thanks for the heads up with the second crash. this time i didn't have to restart my x-server. Good luck getting everything back up

It done gone Bust. I don't think they realized they were broadcasting again. I was hoping for some secret juicy info :)

@MIKE ACTUALLY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT USES A TRICASTER(OR SO THEY HAVE SAID a WILE BACK)

Yup, technology is great isn't it. Once again, we are left out in the cold.

I am kind of sorry I waited to watch this. Argh!

Each time I reload, I hear Patrick say something about feeding it locally. Anyone else seeing that?

It keeps playing the same thing over and over where Patrick says that they will run it locally.

Dang IT!! They came back for a few min. Then..AWW noo Down again!!

poor Patrick, he looks really stressed.
We love you, man.

We had a tricaster at school for doing our school news and it used to freeze up all the time while using it. We didn't do the show live so we had no problems when running the show but while editing it was a problem.

All I heard was someone in the back saying, ohh no the hard drive just crashed lol, not good.

Roberts facial expression priceless.

OMG, Does anyone else see the expresson on Robert's face as the stream stopped. It's Priceless.

google Ricky jay he is a slight of hand artist known for using playing cards as a deadly weapon... sorta. He was on a mythbusters episode

I don't mind waiting for my favorite show. Thank you guys so much for taking the time to troubleshoot the xgl problem. I know it must be frustrating that it doesn't work, but I will still hang on here, and don't worry too much if you guys ultimately think it's not going to work, and just continue. Hopefully another time we will get it working if not today. =)

Pay you bill guys :P

IT HAS TO BE ATT

Patrick didnt seem very nice and happy like he always is when the the died..

There goes my SCHOOLS OUT dl,tv live show...

The first time I actually remember it's on live and tune in and the only part I see is Roger saying the drive has crashed and they'll have to stop.

I think it's time to bring out Norton's Hammer ...

I stop streaming and started again for 11 seconds.
Note to self. Patrick is not a happy camper. He's sort
like a 4x4 driver stuck in the ditch without a wench or a "come-a-long".

Argh!

One of the rare times I am actually able to watch a live show and they have crashing problems. Oh well.

Didn't it remind you when Ralphy on the Simpsons heart broke, and you saw it in slow motion? lol

Anybody else got the live stream working?

"Our Tricaster, the box that streams the show, is having server technical difficulties. We're going to have to pull the live stream. Our apologies to our live viewers, but the show will be available as usual for download Friday, June 22nd.
Patrick"

So, it is officially dead by now, won't get back apparently until tomorrow.

See, this is what you get when you use MS to run your servers, there, I said it

It's time to get rid of that ghetto equipment you guys are using. 75% of the live shows have some type of problem.

Yeah man, it's half past midnight here and i rarely get a chance to sit and watch the show live

Our Tricaster, the box that streams the show, is having server technical difficulties. We're going to have to pull the live stream. Our apologies to our live viewers, but the show will be available as usual for download Friday, June 22nd.

Somebody post when thier back up

Guess il download it tommarrow :Sigh: :/

I loved what Patrick said during the first bust. "Folks if you're watching right now, we seem to have lost control of our tricaster from newtek, and we'll get back to you in just one second on that." Great plug for Newtek!

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/7876/heronsface9li.png

Priceless

thanks for the heads up man. i'll look forward to downloading it tomorrow.

PAT: Friday, June 22nd Tomorrow is Friday the 23rd..Sorry man

ty THAT AIN'T COOL, REMEMBER THE SHOW IS FREE, SO ACCEPT A FEW PROMBLEMS FROM TIME TO TIME!

"sever" ta da word you wanted?

n da morning then -- till then = g'day

STOP PLAYING with the connection on the side of the laptop and this may not happen. ;=)

Oh well, and it was looking like a good show too. At least it'll be available tomorrow! (It will, right?)

Patrick really, REALLY, looked upset, and I've seen him upset at previous crashes too. I hope you don't take it out on your crew Patrick, they have done a wonderful job so far. Good job crew!

Oh, and Trent, I don't think it was an XGL problem, it was a problem with the Tricaster. Just thought I'd clear up some misconceptions :)

I would enjoy sitting in the "studio" observing the crew in action. It must be disheartening to stop because of a technical failure ... then restart ... then stop ... then restart but, broadcast locally (straight to disk).

Ah, mov'in on.

Stuff happens - it involves the flow of electrons - it has to break sometime.

TO BED!

> I hope someone makes a screen cap of Robert's expression right now.

I was thinking of doing that, but I couldn't get media player to go full screen. Wonder if they are doing something with MS DRM.

Rob had a pretty damn good pucker going though.

I think every show should end with either Patrick or Robert taking a piece of tech that has messed up their week and whacking it with a hammer.

That's all folks, tune in tomorrow for the download.

They look sad don't they

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/2444/dltv72crash4kj.jpg

If they were an hour late, I wouldn't mind. If they just give up, that would bug me.

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/7876/heronsface9li.png

I couldent get it to go fullscreen without loosing frames O_o So i just did a print screen and paint-i-fied it.

I decided to send Nettek a thank you letter for their great product. Boy, can I be sarcastic. I sure hope DL.TV just spends the money on a real switcher and other associated equipment. I wish I had the power to get our church to ditch the Video Toaster we have.

I love you seattle good night.

GG all.

PATRICK: Nothing yet on the Part 2 stream..

Back up check link at top!

You have convienced me not to buy one. I will stick to the rotary switch to go from camera to camera to external input. Keeps a lot of money in the bank also. so what if I can't fade -- who needs to? I don't see that much magic on any show. not needed if you have content

Yay! It's up again. I'm recording with SDP again.

Nevermind!! WORKING GOOD!! You Guys are too good.. Sorry for the folks who cut out early.. Patients :o)

HORRAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ahh sneezes, i hate them too =]

I'm not set up to capture video. However, this was a good reminder why I usually just wait for the RSS feEd.

Patricks and Roberts expressions are priceless!

Can't wait to modify the images and post them.

Ah, fair use act, is a beatiful thing.

Looks like Tricaster did it again

Hey, it's annoying to hear robert talking while patrick
has an interesting story.

Hey Guys!! Great show Man!!!

Great show guys. Thanks for sticking it out!! Good luck with the Tricaster.

Wow! Thanks for all the effort guys for getting the streem back online. That's going out of the way just for little ol' us.

AVS is the place everyone should go with an interest in TVs, Audio, Cable, Sat ... should head to.

They have local area TV threads as well, so that if something goes wrong you can find out if it's just you or not. This came in very useful today when TWC had a peculiar problem across the country.

You'll also find the engineers from some of your local stations hanging out and posting occasionally.

UK Peeps should head over to AVForums.com for a similar experience.

AudioHolics.com
oh yea also hometheatermag.com is also good for audioreviews etc.
uh oh, another hardware crash day? hmmmm. i guess i'll have too wait until friday.
everyone have a good weekend.

This is not a "norm" for TriCaster like any piece of electronics things do happen but NewTek prides itself on providing excellent Technical support and warranty service. If you are having a problem with any NewTek product you should send their tech support an email at techg@newtek.com with your phone number and they will take good care of you. Most RMAs have turn around time of 24 hours. They also ship the unit back to you in the same way they received it so if you ship it overnight the ship it back overnight.

"the show will be available as usual for download Friday, June 22nd."

What year would that be? when next does june 22 fall on a friday. ain't this yeat

Posted by: Glynne
Thursday, June 22, 2006 7:41 PM

I decided to send Nettek a thank you letter for their great product. Boy, can I be sarcastic. I sure hope DL.TV just spends the money on a real switcher and other associated equipment. I wish I had the power to get our church to ditch the Video Toaster we have. "

Glynne,

If you are having problems, I'll personally help your church out! VT[4] is a great product and if configured correctly, runs flawlessly.. Many of the pro-sports arenas across the country use VT[4] during EVERY game.. It's also used on Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight and the Insider...

Give me a call and I'll get my team in action to help you out..

philip Nelson
NewTek
Vice-President
Sales & Video Marketing
210.370.8266 - Direct Phone
pnelson@newtek.com

Wow, I heard you people have great customer support. But, I didn't imagine you people coming out with something like that. I'll definitely start using you guys a lot more.

I appreciate the comment.. We are FANATICAL about our customer service. It's 10:34pm here in San Antonio and I already have MULTIPLE staffers here jumping to action to get the DLTV guys back in the saddle. :)

Just got off the phone with Patrick Norton and it seems like all will be well. :)

If anyone here needs something from NewTek, please call me! You have my contact info above.

Later,
Philip Nelson
NewTek

mmmmmmmm... XGL taste even better than Cod or Salmon!

Hey guys whats up with all the remotes on your table? Either review them or give them to the monkey hangin' on the wall! But please get them out of your way.

XGL IS THE SICK

Oho, can't wait to watch this show. You guys should leave Suse running on the desktop behind you instead of Vista :D.

Just wondering what brand of drive that keeps crashing on this system? Does the Tricaster have a UPS with line conditioning on it? Why does the show have to be live, is it the thrill of what can go wrong kind of like NASCAR? Sounds like it time to build a new system with new parts.

BTW I love the show and haven't missed a downloaded episode. You guys keep me laughing, thank you for all your hard work.

Lee,
I have a P4 running at 2.0 GHZ, with the same graphic card you have it it also runs perfectly with the glass.

If youu have a laptop with an integrated intel i915 or i810 video chip and Ubuntu Linux you can run Compiz and Aiglx with almost no problems and good frame rates. Just check the Ubuntu forums.

Has anybody had the same problem I am having... 3mins into show the episode justs hangs. No fast forword. Using VLC.

Going to try MPEG 4 download

So, does it just start? No opening sequence? Nothing like that? It jsut starts with them taking about the Tricaster?

Desktop Eyecandy + Linux = a pretty useless OS.

Stop wasting time with Linux crap. It's not a part of most people's digital life.

If you don't like it, fast forward through it. I for one, and I know there are many more out there, actually requested they do more stuff about non-XP OS's and such even though as you pointed out they aren't "part of most people's digital life"

On that note I'm sure most people that watch this show have at least one system that runs Unix/Linux in one form or another.

Thank you philip, I have passed your contact info to the powers that be. As I'm just a volunteer at the church. Though I'm not convinced software can replace the reliability of hardware based solutions. Though software can possibly provide more flexibility and cheaper solutions. I guess that is the real trade off between software and hardware solutions, reliability vs. flexibility/cost. There is also the advantage of revenue stream, Selling upgrades, software support. When you buy hardware you own it free and clear. OOPS! Sorry about the rant.

All my computers have ran or are running some form of linux. I found the Linux segment very intresting.

does anyone know an easy step-by-step site that can show a super newbie how to get XGL working on Suse?

I just started playing with linux last winter and I wouldn't call it useless at all. I've tried probably a dozen different linux distro's and there are some that are a real pain to get working, but the top 5 or so that are on distrowatch.com all seem to install & work pretty well (Ubuntu, SuSE & Mepis are my favorites).

Maybe linux isn't a part of "most" people's digital life; however, if Windows was never advertised and was never talked about on any news programs would it have become a part of our digital lives?

I've installed Vista beta 2, and was less than impressed with it's eye candy compared to Xgl's. But, the more noticeable thing to me after installing Vista beta was that I couldn't do anything productive with my computer until I put a bunch of software on it that costs $$$. With most linux distros I get dozens of useful programs included and can download thousands more quality programs at NO COST.

Besides, what can you do with Windows that you CAN'T do with Linux? I use both and so far, other than the limited gaming support on Linux, haven't found anything I can't do.

Visit http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/17174.html if you are using an Nvidia card. Or go to www.opensuse.org and search their forums.

Its pronounced SOO-ZUH for god sake... not Soose, Soozie, or any other pronounciation.... SOO-ZUH!

Linux IS a part of our digital lives, most just don't know it. If you surf the web at all then you are using linux via many of the web sites that are hosted on linux servers! Without linux much of the world wide web wouldn't be there.

YAWN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

In the usual business structure, a source, Nike say, creates something, a distributer, Sears say, buys it from them, and makes it available to its customers who reimburse Sears for the item and all the distribution costs.

In the Internet world, Google, Yahoo, and others create something, Verison, say, pays no money for it at all, and makes it available to their customers who reimburse Verison for the all the distribution costs but not the cost of the item since Verison got it for free.

If Sears, Wall Mart, and other major distributors baned together and told a source that it would have to pay for having them as its distributors, they would be engaging in extortion, and would be subject to severe penalties since this is a criminal offense.

However, when Verison, AT+T, and other major Internet distributors ban together and request that their, free, sources have to pay for having them as distributors, people actually take them seriously!

Teddy Roosevelt must be spinning.

So now everyone has a 3-D interface, but all they are is a distraction. I realize those "cool guy" effects are kind of neat, but wouldn't the time used on creating l33t-braggx0r desktops be used improving stuff that actually NEEDS improvement? All 3 major desktop OSes still have plenty of REAL short comings, but rather than fixing any of them, this next 2-5 yrs looks to be the generation of "smoke and mirrors".

For the most part I agree with you on this; however, there a couple of features on the Xgl 3D interface that I found DO make my everyday use of my OS quicker and more productive.

1) Windows draw much faster.
2) Window transparency allows me to constantly monitor one app while actually using another (without Alt-Tabbing).
3) The Scale mode (F11) makes it quick and easy to find the right window when I've got more than 3 or 4 open at a time.
4) The Zoom feature (Super/Windows Key + scroll wheel) is extremely useful in that it works with ANY/ALL apps and is faster than using the zoom feature that is built into some apps.
5) The cube itsself is very useful when multitasking & switching between apps & screen layouts. For instance, I can have my web browser full screen on one desktop, my web editing software full screen on another desktop and the Gimp layed out for editing images on a third desktop... then I just press Control-Alt-L/R to switch between them while I build my websites. That's not just a "cool guy" effect for me, that's better productivity!

Instead of just complaining about what they are not focusing on, how about suggesting what kinds of improvements you would like to see made?

What happened to the new set you guys were building? If I remember right, we only got a 30 minute episode like a month ago because you were building a set. There hasn't been any news or info given on this lately and i'm kind of interested as to what is going on where that is concerned.

Xgl is nothing special when compared to the BumpTop desktop interface:
http://honeybrown.ca/Pubs/BumpTop.html

I've used SuSE quite a bit in the past, but had been playing with Ubuntu's Dapper release lately. I'm glad I caught the dl.tv eps regarding OpenSuSE and XGL. I just installed it, and man, does it look pretty. I'd say it's a bit too early to try without an Nvidia card, ATI support is sketchy. Also, the better vid card, the snappier the performance.

I can't get the water to start. I push Shift+F9 but all that happens is performance goes down the tubes. I have an nVidia 6600 LE (yes LE stands for Least Efficient, my computer store cheaped me out of the 6600 GT). Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

I give it a 9 for physics coolness, but a normal file browser is much more efficient for dealing with files than trying to emulate a real-world messy desktop. What kind of a hit does it have on normal system performance? And how does it improve efficiency? Looks a bit tedious to me.

In case anyone is wondering, Xgl is not exclusive to SuSE. You can get it running on most linux distros, i've done it on both Ubuntu and Mepis as well. Just search the user forums of whatever distro you are using for Xgl. Also, make SURE you have 3D working before you try to install Xgl.

I hope you guys don't edit this out again.

AVSforum is 50% bottomfeeders (cheap bastards), 20% industry shills, and the rest are cool AV enthusiasts/geeks. They have lots of good info, but so much filtering and so much $$$ influenced BS and AVS sponsored shills in the background.
I recommend you add the new Pioneer to your comparison, Robert, and please quit raising your voice to jump into the conversation over Patrick.
I would do the comparison out of the box and then after standardizing them. Look for pixel response. The Panasonic and LG panels have slow black to white to black image retention. The Pioneers are better, but have noise issues. Some units do an aweful job at 720P vs 1080P even though 720P is closer to their Native rate. To be extra thorough I would tell us if the units accept a 1:1 pixel mapping.
I would also appreciate you guys going over a little more more hardware in your episodes, but that's just me.
Great work BTW. Please, please, please don't turn into product shills unless you really like them.

Which paid services offers better than 128 mp3 streams, ex. mp3 pro or 192 or better?

"Besides, what can you do with Windows that you CAN'T do with Linux? I use both and so far, other than the limited gaming support on Linux, haven't found anything I can't do."

- Work for a big-boy company.
- Get support from mature, knowledgeable people instead of the "lol u n3wb. rtfm imo" crowd
- Drag & Drop installation of my projects (props to Apple for giving MS this idea)
- gaming
- books that aren't written for operating system programmers

It's interesting to note that DL.TV's parent company, Ziff Davis, collects and shares personal information about it's registered users. And any information that is garnered from other companies is added to your personal information retained by Ziff Davis.

Sounds an aweful lot like AT&T to me.....I won't be holding my breath until I hear Patrick chastize his own employer for doing the same things he chastised AT&T about.

I'm bummed you didn't show some of the actual useful Xgl features.

I have been using Xgl and compiz for approx 5 months now and it would be very difficult if someone were to take it away from me now, in fact I may even shed a tear.

Some of the useful features that I use everyday are:
1. Scale. Similar to the expose in Mac. I end up with a lot of windows open all the time and the scaler makes it easy to find the one I need. Also when you invoke the scaler you, if one of the windows is actively doing something you still are able to see what is going on in that window, for example if you had a video playing you would still see it going on or an active web page that is changing content. Very nice
2. The cube. yes multiple desktops have been around for ever in X but with the cube it's just more fun :)
3. Alt+tab. highlights the window that you tab to which makes it easier to find the window you are after
4. Another cube feature. Pressing ctrl+alt+down unfolds the cube so you can see the current, the next and previous workspaces at the same time and then left or right arrow to get to that workspace.
5. The zoom feature. The zoom feature would have made it a lot better during your show so that we could have seen what you were trying to show us rather than trying to zoom the camera in on the monitor.
6. View in all viewports. They need to name this one better but you can right click on any title bar and make that window viewable in all workspaces. For example I make my Gaim chat window viewable in all workspaces which makes it easier to maintain the conversation.

Just a few thoughts

Gotta love MS fanboys, they assume anything beyond their little personal sphere of knowledge is not worth anything.

Windows installation is the *worst* I have ever seen, you double click somthing and files get spread all around your hard drive, some not even removed when you try to uninstall, what is even worse is, the files often get put into system directories!, its like some kind of nightmare, except people think this is normal.

Your l33t speak sounds very much like Gamers to me, not really anything to do with OS discussions.

Rest was just drivel.

The more the penguin humpers yack, the more his point gets justified.

Keep it up!

None of your responses really address my question: "Besides, what can you do with Windows that you CAN'T do with Linux?"

- Work for a big-boy company.

WHO YOU CHOOSE TO WORK FOR DOESN'T REFLECT THE DIFFERENCE IN CAPABILITIES BETWEEN OS'es.

- Get support from mature, knowledgeable people instead of the "lol u n3wb. rtfm imo" crowd

OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE NEVER BEEN ON THE UBUNTU FORUMS. THERE I DON'T EVEN USUALLY HAVE TO ASK A QUESTION, BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS USUALLY ALREADY WRITTEN A "HOW TO" OR HAD IT ANSWERED. WINDOWS HELP HAS ALWAYS BEEN USELESS TO ME, THE ONLY WAY TO GET TRUE KNOWLEDGEABLE HELP ON WINDOWS IS TO PAY MICROSOFT FOR IT, OR SEARCH THE NET TO GET YOUR ANSWERS.

- Drag & Drop installation of my projects (props to Apple for giving MS this idea)

NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN BY THIS? PROJECTS FOR WHAT?

- gaming

I ALREADY MENTIONED THIS MYSELF.

- books that aren't written for operating system programmers

ANOTHER POINT THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DIFFERENCES IN CAPABILITIES BETWEEN OS'es.

So, do you have any points (other than gaming) for what you can do as a matter of productivity and daily work on Windows that you can't do on Linux? I'm not against Windows or it's capabilities, in fact i'm in it writing my response. I just don't see any valid reasons that you've given to put Linux down.

I initially started looking into Linux because I believe Microsoft's prices are getting out of hand. However, once I started using Linux I realized that it is actually a very capable and viable OS, especially given all the free open source software that is available along with all of the advances that it has made in the last year or so.

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One word to sum up episode 72

BORING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I was just wondering when the new DL is going to be online, it is June 23 right?.

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They usually post it at about 1 EDT or 10 PDT, kinda a nice time for me though b/c its 12 noon CDT so I can download it and watch it over my lunch break

Also, has anyone noticed that the requirements for Glass for Vista are acutally quite low? I've got it running on an old system wonderfully with an Athlon 2500+ and a GeForce FX 5500