Welcome to my blog
May 23rd, 2006 by Nicholas Petreley
I have a lot of things to say in this new blog, but I am currently neck deep in finishing up my work on the Ultimate Linux Box issue. I hope to get back here later today to post something on the AM2, since the embargo on the NDA (non-disclosure agreement) has expired today. You'll have to wait for the details, but let me summarize my take on the AM2 in these words: Drink lots of liquids before you attempt to read my writeup, because you're going to lose a lot of drool.
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blog? what blog? Almost a
On June 19th, 2006 Anonymous (not verified) says:
blog? what blog?
Almost a month now...is it me, or is LJ becoming increasingly pointless?
> or is LJ becoming
On June 20th, 2006 Anonymous (not verified) says:
> or is LJ becoming increasingly pointless?
Well, maybe they're just really behind on stuff. I hope that's all it is. LJ is my second favorite Linux site, after LWN.
Article?
On May 27th, 2006 Anonymous (not verified) says:
Where's the article, or the blog, or whatever?
I wonder if something
On June 8th, 2006 Anonymous (not verified) says:
I wonder if something happened to Nick? Both varlinux.org and petreley.com are down, which is sort of ominous.
Nick is a good guy, but
On June 8th, 2006 Anonymous (not verified) says:
Nick is a good guy, but working for SSC is another story. I hope he found a better gig.
where did linuxgazette.com go?
On May 24th, 2006 Anonymous (not verified) says:
Since no one at LJ answers emails, thot I'd try here. linuxgazette.com resolves to linuxjournal.com- did it go away? Did the DNS get mistakenly borken?
not answering reader
On May 26th, 2006 Anonymous (not verified) says:
not answering reader questions is a good way to lose readers.
Why I no longer subscribe
On June 5th, 2006 Anonymous (not verified) says:
I don't think LJ understands
On June 9th, 2006 Anonymous (not verified) says:
I don't think LJ understands this here modern world yet. You know, with two-way communications and all that. :)
Just a Socket change
On May 23rd, 2006 Rao (not verified) says:
Hi, from what i have read on toms hardware and few other sites. What i discern is that theres is not much of a significant change.
Bump in cpu frequency.
DDR2 - Cant perform at Max.
And the performance is just gradual improvement. So theres nothing much drool about. Unlike the coming slew of processors from intel just around the corner.
I would say there's one
On June 6th, 2006 Patsoe (not verified) says:
I would say there's one thing to drool over: Pacifica. Hope LJ will do an article on Xen with AM2 CPUs soon!
Not just a socket change
On June 6th, 2006 Patsoe (not verified) says:
I would say there's one thing to drool over: Pacifica. Hope LJ will do an article on Xen with AM2 CPUs soon!
I don't like Nicolas, maybe
On June 3rd, 2006 Anonymous (not verified) says:
I don't like Nicolas, maybe I ll just stop buying LJ.
Down on someone, not up on them...
On June 3rd, 2006 Dr. Scott S. Jones (not verified) says:
I am curious why you don't care for Nick. He's a helluva writer and has tremendous insight. You are certainly welcome to have your opinions about Mr. Petreley or any other writer, just as I can speak up and praise him or others too.
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On June 3rd, 2006 Not the same Anon (not verified) says:
Yeah, he *is* a good writer, it he could just give up the gnome-bashing and put down the flame-thrower. I don't even *like* gnome, yet I find Nick's constant (and sometimes immature) bashing to be tiresome. Hopefully he has turned over a new leaf at LJ..
Gnome bashing
On June 6th, 2006 Paul Hubert (not verified) says:
I'll admit I'm not a big fan of humor, unremitting sarcasm -or- bashing. However, I first ran across Nick's skills reading InfoWorld when he took over their test center and appreciated him greatly.
As to Gnome bashing, however, I don't feel so badly about THAT because I've been in forums where there was considerable KDE bashing. And, I know it's likely VERY silly, but I really HATE that stupid bare footprint Gnome has used! Ugh. Keep your toes OFF my system! :-)
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Tit for tat?
On June 19th, 2006 ucntcme says:
So it's OK to bash GNOME becuase people bash KDE? I'd hope we could outgrow that immaturity. Especially in a professional organization.
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