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  1. Re:Grub by lmfr · · Score: 2, Informative · on ZFS On Linux - It's Alive!
    Yes, if you can mount it, you can boot from it, with the proper initrd/initramfs.

    As for the maintainer for sysvinit, the lsm tells you that. Or you could go with the maintainers of your distribution.

  2. Re:Know what i dont wanna hear tonight? by AndroidCat · · Score: 1 · on Mars Swings Unusually Close to Earth

    Don't worry, that's just a piece of Xenu's R6, according to L. Ron Hubbard.

  3. Cistron Radius by caldroun · · Score: 1 · on Radius w/ MySQL?

    I have been using Cistron for 2 years now, atleast.
    Cistron Radius
    RPMS for Cistron with MySQL

  4. Re:..Any comments from non-USians out there? by Koos · · Score: 1 · on On the Reliability of DSL Providers...
    For the Netherlands, the local-loop monopoly KPN started with their ADSL service mxstream (correct pronounciation unknown) around last March, in a number of cities. Standard subscription is 512 kbit down/64 kbit up, fast is 1024 kbit down/128 kbit up.

    They offer ISP-choice and you have to sign up via your ISP. Since then they have been plagued by disconnections up to an entire weekend, routers needing resetting and sucky software.

    Technically you need to setup a PPTP connection with the ADSL network and then go to the mxstream web portal and select Internet access from the great portal with services. Ofcourse people started writing scripts to automate this. According to rumors (!) the url's to log in get changed from time to time so people have to see the great (..) stuff available other then IP access and cannot use autologin scripts.

    A large Dutch provider, Cistron is building their own Telco/adsl network where getting an ADSL connection means they take over the local loop and you don't have to deal with KPN anymore. Speed isn't rate-limited, meaning a theoretical 8 mbit downstream could happen (2 mbit guaranteed) and 1 mbit upstream.

    Since KPN decided to skip my phone exchange, I am waiting for Cistron. Cistron is looking very good sofar, but I actually have to see them connect large amounts of customers.

  5. Re:Futurama! by gvonk · · Score: 1 · on The World's Largest Game Of Tetris

    Yep, I have that one... By the way, if you guys want to see ALL of the FR episodes, as well as all of South Park, FAmily Guy, and a bunch others, go to http://www.taverne.cistron.nl/site.htm Not spam, I just happen to go there all the time to get stuff I wanna see..

  6. No problem... Caldera has done worse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on TurboLinux Releases "Potentially Dangerous" Clustering Software?
    With Caldera OpenLinux came a small prioritary module called nkfs. The Caldera prioritary closed source Netware NDS/file server browser then used the nkfs module to function. Since the source code was not provided this locked users of the nkfs module into whatever version of the kernel they had the nkfs module available for. However, in the end Caldera found keeping up with changes in the kernel file system code between major versions of the kernel to be prohibitive. Hence, Caldera decided it would be to their advantage to the approx. 3000 lines of the nkfs module under the GPL. The Netware NDS browser remains close source and while nkfs remains seprate from the offical kernel distribution the world of Linux continues on.

    Well, how does TurboLinux differ from the situation above? Well...

    • TurboLinux figured out from the *beginning* that it was to their advantage to release their module under GPL. Caldera's distribution went through several revisions before they decided to make the source code available.
    • The size modification to the kernel is smaller! NKFS was 2940 lines of code, IP_CS is 2781 lines of code
    • IP_CS is better broken up into approx 60 functions whereas NKFS is only broken into approx 50 functions.
    • The header files for NKFS has only two lines of comment explaining the purpose of the data structures. The IP_CS header file has comments next to every variable and function defined.
    • The NDS browser uses RSA code which is under patent and US export control which means that Caldera probably will never release the entire source code (if any) of the program which uses the NKFS module. TurboLinux has indicated that as newer versions of the cluster server daemon comes out that they will release the source code to the older versions.
    • NKFS has never been a part of the offical kernel source distribution and Caldera has never indicated that they will try to submit it for being included. IP_CS is also presently not part of the offical kernel source distribution but TurboLinux appears to be interested in submitting it for being included in future major versions of the kernel.
    • The November 1999 Linux Journal lists Caldera's website as having had approx 10,000 visits whereas TurboLinux was listed as having less than 2,000. It seems clear that Caldera has five times the influce in pushing a prioritary fork.
    Based on what I have seen, if TurboLinux's handling of the IP_CS module was going to create a major kernel fork, then Caldera should have created such a situation long ago. Yet, history has shown that the main kernel distribution still has popularity even when competting with close source additives. The fact that Caldera has knowledgebase calls sbout using NKFS with kernel newer than they support is a good indication that users are willing to push vendors of prioritary additions to support the offical kernel rather than allowing the vendor dictate an alternative kernel. I think history has already spoken on this specific "fork fear" and it is a large strech to take TurboLinux's activities as the start of such a fork.

    So why are we getting so upset over the fact that George Weiss of Gartner Group Inc. has "fork fears"?! Isn't this the same G. Weiss that in January had fears about the "chaotic nature of the [Linux] market." He goes on to state "... best practices would entail putting in place practices to discourage, if not ban, code hacking when using Linux." Does this guy really understand Linux? The fact is that being able to code hack linux is one of it's biggest advantages. Another advantage is the growing number of non-standard modules. For example: you get better performce with INN v2 if you have rawfs, your not going to get far on the network with a Madge token ring card unless you have loaded the non-standard Madge kernel module driver and if you want to really fork from standard kernel method just put a distribution together based around the results of the GGI Project or RTLinux. Non-standard kernel patches and modules have been around for a long time and IP_CS is no different. History has shown that the main Linux kernel can survive this "problem." So, hand a spoon to Mr Weiss' "fork fears" and enjoy what TurboLinux is providing under GPL.

  7. Don't forget PenguinPlay, GGI and GSI by BeanThere · · Score: 1 · on Metroworks release Cross Platform Game Framework

    PenguinPlay games SDK (probably the API that compares most closely to DirectX) at http://sunsite.auc.dk/penguinplay/.

    GGI (General Graphics Interface, compares to DirectDraw, Direct3D and DirectInput portions of DirectX) at http://www.ggi-project.org/.

    GSI (General Sound Interface) at http://wouters.www.cistron.nl/gsi/gsi.ht ml.

    All these projects could use some help from any of you out there with a bit of free time.