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New NetBSD Port, NetBSD/Iyonix
agent dero writes "Gavan Fantom of NetBSD, has imported a new port into the NetBSD source tree, the new NetBSD/iyonix port.
The IYONIX pc is an ARM-based desktop machine. It offers virtually silent operation, low heat, and all the other odds and ends offered by a modern PC. NetBSD is one port closer to a NetBSD/toaster port."
Well, almost. The toaster was actually a peripheral, but my friend actually put an EPROM on board the toaster, which stored toast settings and the like. I don't know the details, but the project involved some pretty low level NetBSD stuff. I remember the EPROM actually contained some ASCII that, when piped down to the machine - my friend's desktop - contained Python scripts that gave output to the screen, such as "Your toast is ready." Slightly off-topic, I know.
--"As the cum jerked violently onto her tender feet, the owner of the cock was losing consciousness. The intense orgasm brought about by the light caress of her soft arched feet, only on the head of his cock, was too much. She barely knew what she was doing. Just casually - ignorantly - strocking a cock with her foot, feeling mildly sexy, and reading a magazine, 'til her legs were covered in a sexy cosmetic. O, how she loved the smell of several layers of stale cum on her sexy, unwashed legs and feet and pink painted toes. She went 'round to the shops in see-through high-heels, her legs still stripping with cum, the smell of old cum between her toes overpowering. She needed this. It was her life." - Peter S. Cunningham, hidden in Rot-13 in the index page of his UNIX Reference For Modern Architectures, 1993
~~~ LinSux ~~~
(brought to you by FreeBSDrules inc.)
LinSux, our brand new distro, is based on *every* existing Linux distribution. Indeed, as the name suggests, it's based on the very *common denominator* of all of them.
Since we felt that the other Linux OS's weren't patchworked enough, we decided to assemble an OS out of pieces coming from every possible Linux distribution. Why? Well, cos we totally *love* chaos & anarchy. To tell the truth, it's because in a chaotic environment our hacking lameness, poor designing skills & shallow academic computer-science background (if any...) have a fat chance of getting unnoticed.
But let's review our achievements. This is the main one:
We modified the Linux IP stack, and we managed to make it up to 0.025% slower than the original.
This is, indeed, an amazing result: until the last minute, we weren't very confident this was actually possible. Let me take the chance to thank all the people involved in this long and costly process: guys, that would have been impossible without your efforts, thank you so much. There isn't really room enough for all your names, but I wanna let you know that your sacrifices proved the point: even the most hopeless task is within reach when you have faith. There'll always be a place in my heart for all of you.
Last but not least: we felt that around Linux there wasn't enough political crap.
The fact concerned us a lot, and we decided to take action: now, our license requires you to declare explicitly that you're a lamer, and that you hate the following:
1) proprietary software;
2) people who have ideas and use them to get rich;
3) Bill Gates.
Sorry Linux users, declaring it implicitly is no longer enough.
Oh, btw... we sincerely hope you'll never take a look at our code. :-D
But, should it happen, remember that cleanness, performance, solidity and reliability are booooring!
The LinSux developers team
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