Posted by
michael
on from the thanks-for-all-the-fish-screensavers dept.
Nirbo writes "FreeBSD switches to X.Org, The 'HEADSUP' can be found here, and on the -x11, -current, and -ports mailing lists. Very good news for those FreeBSD users who have either changed to X.Org in anticipation, or have been waiting in hope for this momentous change."
What modem do you have? Some software modems (aka winmodems) are recognized, but given a non-standard serial port name in/dev. Couple that with pppd frontend clients that are too stupid to look for them...
A little nosing through your/dev and the configs for your pppd frontend should get it working.
-- Any sufficiently advanced influence is indistinguishable from control.
Debian GNU/BSD port status?
by
The_Dougster
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Whats the word on Debian's port to the BSD kernel? Mainly I just like the feature-rich Debian platform and I don't give a rat's ass what kernel it runs on. Hell, even Debian/Hurd is a pretty sweet system if you can manage to get it work.
I, for one, would definately give Debian/BSD a spin around the block once its somewhat usable. Right now the Hurd is way more advanced than the BSD port.
The reason I don't currently use BSD is because of games. I am one of those 3L337 linux gamer dudes who not only has managed to get linux installed, but rather I have lots and lots of kickass games for it. Some I compile from CVS, some I buy, some run under Wine. Fact is, if I can move a game from Win2k to Linux, I do it. The only games I still have on Win2k are a couple Baldur/Icewind games and Fallout Tactics. The rest of the ones that don't work in Wine suck anyways and I never play them.
I am experimenting with Gentoo though. I'm currently rebuilding in the background in a chrooted environment from Debian. Trying to get a stable system, although I think it really might be the new Nvidia drivers that are causing the problems.
Gentoo is pretty cool, but its no Debian. It seems well suited to being a Linux gaming platform though. Its toolchain is great and it is highly optimized. Wine (compiled from CVS) on Gentoo runs faster than native windows does, whereas wine (compiled from CVS) runs like crap in Debian.
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Re:*BSD is dying
by
Anne+Thwacks
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It may have been dead one, but now its the UNDEAD [cue blood curling screams and creaking doors]
Be afraid, be very afraid, indeed ye trolls, quake in your very boots, for hordes of undead BSD zombies will haunt you day and night, and not only that, probably serve your web pages and host your e-mail too!
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emerge -e world
It's not that hard. Yea OK, it might take a while on slower systems, but it's not hard or "system breaking".
I'm not a prophet or a stone-age man,
I'm just a mortal with potential of a super man.
What modem do you have? Some software modems (aka winmodems) are recognized, but given a non-standard serial port name in /dev. Couple that with pppd frontend clients that are too stupid to look for them...
/dev and the configs for your pppd frontend should get it working.
A little nosing through your
Any sufficiently advanced influence is indistinguishable from control.
Whats the word on Debian's port to the BSD kernel? Mainly I just like the feature-rich Debian platform and I don't give a rat's ass what kernel it runs on. Hell, even Debian/Hurd is a pretty sweet system if you can manage to get it work.
I, for one, would definately give Debian/BSD a spin around the block once its somewhat usable. Right now the Hurd is way more advanced than the BSD port.
The reason I don't currently use BSD is because of games. I am one of those 3L337 linux gamer dudes who not only has managed to get linux installed, but rather I have lots and lots of kickass games for it. Some I compile from CVS, some I buy, some run under Wine. Fact is, if I can move a game from Win2k to Linux, I do it. The only games I still have on Win2k are a couple Baldur/Icewind games and Fallout Tactics. The rest of the ones that don't work in Wine suck anyways and I never play them.
I am experimenting with Gentoo though. I'm currently rebuilding in the background in a chrooted environment from Debian. Trying to get a stable system, although I think it really might be the new Nvidia drivers that are causing the problems.
Gentoo is pretty cool, but its no Debian. It seems well suited to being a Linux gaming platform though. Its toolchain is great and it is highly optimized. Wine (compiled from CVS) on Gentoo runs faster than native windows does, whereas wine (compiled from CVS) runs like crap in Debian.
Clickety Click
Be afraid, be very afraid, indeed ye trolls, quake in your very boots, for hordes of undead BSD zombies will haunt you day and night, and not only that, probably serve your web pages and host your e-mail too!
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