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UserLinux Proposal (And Analysis) Now Available
Lucky writes "Bruce Peren's idea for UserLinux was much discussed on Slashdot some weeks ago; however, there was no formal proposal. Linuxworld is running an analysis of the proposal and links to the first draft."
this is just the Bruce Perens Full Employment proposal.
And my question is who really gives a shit about UserLinux, or anything relating to Linux for that matter? Linux is really a niche operating system for people too cheap to pay for Solaris or Windows. It doesn't even have the stability and security of one of the BSD operating systems. Linux has a history of high-profile machines being compromised, including four machines operated by the Debian project, and a Gentoo rsync server. And by using Linux, you risk getting sued by SCO. How could anyone choose Linux over the other, superior, operating systems available?
my name is...who? my name is...Bruce Perens hi, my name is
huh? my name is...what? my name is...Bruce Perens
Excuse me
Can I have the attention of the class for one second
hi kids, do you like Slashdot and the Beanies?(yeah yeah yeah)
wanna see me stick ASCII birds on the end of my penis? (uh huh)
wanna copy me and do exactly like i did? (yeah yeah)
try 'sid=k22320inchfan and get fucked up worse than my site is?
MySQL's dead weight, it crashes more often than rail freight
but i cant figure out which one out of Taco and Hemos i wanna imitate (umm)
and RMS said (Bruce Perens you a freebaser)
uh uh (then what's wit' that fucken beard, man you never heard of a razor)
well since age two i felt like i'm someone new
'cuz i hung my original GNU from the top of the Slashdot Cruiser
got told off and ripped the Slash code off
and made myself technocrat net so the world can hear me blow my load off
i'll smoke a fat pound of grass and talk out my ass
and delete any l33t troll who never got modded down fast
come here slut (Perens wait a minute that's my girl, dog)
i dont give a fuck, God sent me to piss the world off
hi, my name is...
what? my name is...who? my name is...Bruce Perens hi, my name is huh? my name is...
what? my name is...Bruce Perens
my stockbroker wanted me to make a quick killin'
thanx a lot, now I'm sittin on a pot of VA Linux stock that used to be worth a million
so i smacked him in his face with a hammer, slammed his balls in a scanner
and beat him so badly he's fucked up like Taco's grammer
walked in Slashdot, had my jacket fastened up
flamed my impersonator and stuck my dick in a plastic cup
extra-terrestrial, runnin' over pedestrians, in a green SUV
while they screamin (shit that's the Cruiser!)
ninety-nine percent of my life i was trolled to
i just found out Eric Raymond does more dope than i do (damn)
i told her i'd grow up to be a famous slashbot
become quite rich when the ipo dust has settled and spend it all on crack rocks.
you know you blew up when the geeks rush your stands
and try to touch your hands like some screamin anime fans
this guy at the Geek Compound asked me for my autograph (dude, can I get your autograph?)
so i signed it 'Dear Emmett, Thanks for the support, craphound.
'hi, my name is...
what? my name is...who? my name is...Bruce Perens
hi, my name is huh? my name is...
what, my name is...Bruce Perens
stop the backup tape, this kid needs to be locked away (get him)
Linus, don't just stand there, get the MPAA!
i'm not ready to leave, it's too scary to die
i'd rather be carried inside a Slashdot Cruiser and buried alive
am i comin or goin? i can barely decide
i just smoked a bunch of Drano crystal, dare me to drive? (go ahead)
all my life i was very boring
i ain't had a woman in years, my wrists ache from Karma whoring
clothes rip like the Sultan of Swat
i spit when i talk, my name ends in a dot (no it doesn't)
when i was little i used to masturbate quite an amount
(how you gonna keep on posting mom I bitchslapped your account!)
I lie awake and night and think "Is my asshole bigger than the guy in that goatsex link?"
and shoot myself in the ass till its pink (bang) till i'm sick
and by the way when you see Fascdot, tell him that i slit his PRick
hi, my name is...what? my name is...who? my name is...Bruce Perens hi, my name is
huh? my name is...what, my name is...Bruce Perens
Using Debian to start with is a very bad decision. Everything in Debian is extremely out of date, starting with the most important packages and moving on. There isn't even a package for Perl 5.8, which has been out for a long time. Security in Debian is a joke seeing as four of their servers were recently rooted. If you use the stable branch of Debian, everything is insanely out of date. Unfortunately, it's also the only way to get security updates. Debian is nothing but a mess, and should be avoided at all costs.
If UserLinux is to be successful, they need to start with a better distro such as Redhat Enterprise Linux or SuSe.
-1, is that the best you pussy moderators can do?!!!
Why start with Debian at all, though? Why not start from a better distribution such as SuSe, Mandrake, or Redhat Enterprise Linux? Debian has a history of trouble and should be avoided.
First of all, Debian is extremely user-unfriendly. If nothing else, it has a reputation of being next to impossible to install. If you can get it that far, there are no simple tools to use and maintain the system with, unlike the other distributions I suggested.
Second, Debian is extremely out of date. Even if you use unstable, packages such as Perl 5.8 are not available. And Perl 5.8 has been out for a long time. If you want software that was new two years ago, then Debian is the way to go. Otherwise, you're wise to choose a different distribution.
Third, Debian only applies security updates if you use the stable branch. This means that if you want to be confident that your computer is secure, you have to run even more out of date software. For most people, this is clearly unacceptable.
And fourth, the Debian project itself has a horrible record of security. Just recently, four of its machines were compromised. They weren't hit through some unknown exploit, but because a user sent an unencrypted password over the network. Use of encrypted passwords has been standard for some time around, and if the maintainers of the distribution can't practice basic security measures on their own machines, I can't trust their software running on mine.
I'm sorry, but if you don't pick a better distribution to start with, UserLinux will never take off. Debian is just not the way to go.
Debian is so far behind the times that it has become something of a joke. Probably no other distribution suffers as much bit rot as Debian. Roll up your sleeves and fix it.
I must say, you don't lack for hubris.
Id Rather have a NUDE NATALIE PORTMAN statuate, covered in HOT GRITS.
Dumb Fuckers.
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