im not sure but theres this
http://www.osnews.com/story.php/1737...d-by-LinuxBIOS
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The Future of Packaging Software in Linux
[ Saturday, 17 February 2007, kocio ]
http://polishlinux.org/linux/the-fut...ware-in-linux/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gavin
Me too, for what it is. The trouble is with it, is that 'official' NTFS-write support is experimental/beta, and I just can't risk my data on that. So using Ubuntu is kind of limited for me. Just a shame there isn't a single file system that is universal to all.
I do like the way that both Ubuntu, Mandriva and Gentoo happily recognised my NIC whereas Windows needs an additional driver off the mobo CD.
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NTFS-3G 1.0 Released
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 2007-02-21 16:50:56 UTC, submitted by Dominique
http://www.osnews.com/story.php/1732...G-1.0-Released
http://www.ntfs-3g.org/
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NTFS-3G Read/Write Driver
Updated: February 28, 2007
The NTFS-3G driver is an open source, freely available read/write NTFS driver for Linux and other operating systems. It provides safe and fast handling of the Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 and Windows Vista file systems. Most POSIX file system operations are supported, with the exception of full file ownership and access right support.
The purpose of the project is to develop, continuously quality test and support a trustable, feature rich and high performance solution for hardware platforms and operating systems whose users need to reliably interoperate with NTFS. Besides this practical goal, the project also aims to explore the limits of a hybrid, kernel/user space file system driver approach. Performance, reliability and feature richness per invested effort are being examined. The driver is in
STABLE status. Please see our test methods and testimonials on the
driver quality page. "
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Xaccers said:
The point is the players aren't legally capable of playing encrypted DVDs
Think of it like this, just because you can get in a car, turn it on and head down the street, if you don't have a license to do it, you can't do it legally.
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that might be true..., however if you have your own private road/track , you can drive that car on there as much as you like and no
unlawful act has taken place.
private road=fair use in most countrys consumer laws.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gavin
Again, what is the point of a HD if you can't write to it? Firstly, all my work is there, which can't be updated. Secondly its where all my storage space is. I can only download upto the limit of my ext3 petition which is about 20 gig
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[edit] sorry cobby, you got there as usual before me 8)
already gave you the stable windows filesystem but you can go the other way too.
http://verens.com/archives/2005/09/3...t3-in-windows/
http://www.fs-driver.org/index.html
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If you currently have Windows running and you realize that you need some files for your work which you have stored on an Ext2 volume of your Linux installation, you no longer have to shut down Windows and boot Linux!
Furthermore, Windows will now be able to handle floppy disks which have been formatted with an Ext2 file system.
Linux Ext3 volumes can also be accessed. To do that, please read the
FAQ section. "
http://search.virginmedia.com/result...for+windows&cr=
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Originally Posted by Gareth
Have been using ntfs-fuse for a while now, and not had any problems with it whatsoever. I'll probably switch to ntfs-3g some time but for now I've not had any issues with ntfs-fuse.
To get it working, you just create a directory, e.g. /media/Windows and then edit the /etc/fstab to point the NTFS partition to the new directory... add a couple more options (mine looks like this...
/dev/sda1 /media/Windows ntfs-fuse auto,user_xattr,umask=000 1 1) and it'll automatically be available when you next reboot.
If you want to restrict access to the NTFS partition to only certain users, it can be done too very easily.
I've yet to find a way, however, of getting my Windows installation to access my ext3 partitions in either RO or RW mode.  |
http://www.fs-driver.org/faq.html#acc_ext3
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as a side note regarding paying a licence to the patent holder of the software decoder, its wise to consider this.
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page11077.asp
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The Government remains committed to its policy that no patents should exist for inventions which make advances lying solely in the field of software.
Although certain jurisdictions, such as the US, allow more liberal patenting of software-based inventions, these patents cannot be enforced in the UK.
The test used to discern between patentable and non-patentable subject matter in the UK has recently been clarified by the courts, and is applied rigorously by the Patent Office.
Under this test, the true nature of the advance being claimed in a patent application must be determined, and if this advance lies solely in the field of software, or another non-technical field such as methods of doing business, the patent will not be granted.
If the advance being made by an invention does lie in a technical field, it must also be non-obvious and sufficiently clearly described for the invention to be reproduced before a patent will be granted by the Patent Office.
The recently published Gowers Review of Intellectual Property, an independent review commissioned by the Government, recommended that patent rights should not be extended to cover pure software, business methods and genes.
The Government will implement those recommendations for which it is responsible, and will therefore continue to exclude patents from areas where they may hinder innovation: including patents which are too broad, speculative, or obvious, or where the advance they make lies in an excluded area such as software."
in the case of hardware dvd players, the IP payment is for the hardware decoder inside the player, not any software that the hardware might include unless its in the US.