04-09-2013
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Originally Posted by
Corona688
You are describing BSD... License restrictions = pretty much nil. You see features and even code from BSD in many, many places.
well BSD it is then
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Originally Posted by
Corona688
"TOSS" implies everything else is "(Fake)OSS". Pick another acronym that doesn't insult the world, I think..
I''ll think about that, TBH i never even considered that, I just typed it as is was in my head
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Originally Posted by
Corona688
If you're not writing a new kernel from scratch, you're not making a new operating system, just a new distribution.
no, the kernel will be written too with an emphasis on hyper performance (well so i say now)
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Corona688
There is some open hardware out there, but all the really complicated stuff, like video cards, blur the line between hardware and software heavily, to the point that they couldn't release source if they wanted to -- too many industry secrets. Even inside processors these days there is 'code' (microcode) that you cannot access or control.
not really interested in specialized hardware I'm wanting more of a generic system that can be ported to other arch
BTW: thankies for the quick reply Corona
Edit:
@Corona: after thinking a while FOSS could be referred to as (Fake)OSS due to my opinion on OSS
[ot]
no offense & thank God for the Edit function[/ot]
Last edited by donkey42; 04-09-2013 at 04:34 PM..
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ppmtopgm
ppmtopgm(1) General Commands Manual ppmtopgm(1)
NAME
ppmtopgm - convert a portable pixmap into a portable graymap
SYNOPSIS
ppmtopgm [ppmfile]
DESCRIPTION
Reads a portable pixmap as input. Produces a portable graymap as output. The output is a "black and white" rendering of the original
image, as in a black and white photograph. The quantization formula used is .299 r + .587 g + .114 b.
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QUOTE
Cold-hearted orb that rules the night
Removes the colors from our sight
Red is gray, and yellow white
But we decide which is right
And which is a quantization error.
SEE ALSO
pgmtoppm(1),ppmtorgb3(1),rgb3toppm(1),ppmdist(1),ppm(5),pgm(5)
AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 1989 by Jef Poskanzer.
10 April 2000 ppmtopgm(1)