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Jon Frisby wrote in
to plug his Linux Based and Linux Focued Job Search Engine
Brain Power.
gr0k sent us a
goofy rap by Netmaster 10baseT
which you might enjoy, but then again, you may not. I laughed outloud.
I was also unable to maintain enough beat to rap along.
Mr. Black sent us a link to
Stairway to Middle Earth:
a page that tracks Tolkein/Zeppelin References. Believe it or not.
Hans sent us a link to
Stormtrouper Costume HOWTO.
Suddenly my fashion sense seems award winning.
And finally, Adam Wright wrote
in to send us an amusing anecdote: "Some people claim
that RedHat Linux 5.2 is not easy to install. Well, my
roommate Andy Burchett,
has decided to prove those poor lost souls wrong. He installed
RH5.2 with his nose. Yes, he used his nose to type ALL
stuff for the installation. The installation was started
at 10:47pm EST, and was concluded at 11:24pm EST. Andy
encourages all Linux users to try using their Linux in new
and different ways."
I will be receiving copies of that rap tune in my mailbox for weeks... *ugh* Still, it's pretty funny.
Sounds like he has way too much free time...
Wait a minute... is he the guy that's always spamming me? I got three this morning!
How did he get the CDrom in the drive (assuming it was a cd install)? Is there an open source(tm)
nose installation tool available? Where do I find the howto?
He's lucky he didn't have to type any of the following chars: ~!@#$%^&*()_{}|:"?
:)
That would be a bitch with only one nose.
I bet he didn't use his nose when he had to reconfigure X :)
You rock, dude! When are you playing in my town??
Just got the "Variety Pack" and tried to install 5.2. After going through the entire installation, it hangs (hard!) on the Xconfigurator. It finds the Virge/VX card, then goes through the "it's normal for the screen to blink". Blinks once, comes back, blinks twice, don't come back at all. Time for the reset button. Happened three times so far. Anyone else see this, or is it time for me to get a G200?
Up above the page with the rap stuff on it, there are some really funny pages. His 'bored' photos and bogus diplomas are priceless.
Just for fun I installed RH5.2 using my only erect penis! No joke!
And on the 2 configurations I used, RedHat had problems, while FreeBSD 2.2.8 didn't.
(one of the boxes was a 486 with a video card, SMC Ethernet and a BusLogic 542 card.)
So, IMNSHO, claims of Redhat being hard, well, Its harder than FreeBSD.
I just read that to my Chinese girlfriend. She says he must have a real sharp nose and that a chinese guy wouldnt be able to do it :).
Actually she installed Debian 1.3 by herself with floppys/ftp before I was around, but using her hands of course.
There ain't no fuckin way my cuz is gonna lay up in a casket with no retaliation.
Look up in the sky, its a muthafuckin slug.
The nigga that died for the garden bloc gang, did time for the garden bloc and ended up stuck in muthafuckin casket, but I don't be givin' a fuck.
Redhat is easy when you're installing it on a desktop but try it on a laptop. It picked up all my hardware fine. Everything was going great until I tried to setup X windows. I can't seem to find a monitor configuration for a 12.1 Active Matrix screen. I heard that I could manually input the Vertical and Horizontal Frequency. But the only people that would know that information would be the manufacturer. And UMAX has the worst tech support line I have ever seen. I can't seem to get in contact with anyone there. I know its not my graphics board since it's a S3 Virge MX which is supported by X windows. Any suggestions ?
Send me an email at: baseri@mnsinc.com
I love Linux as much as the next geek, and have installed RedHat many times. I find it easiest to install while drunk and/or stoned personally. I dislike the RedHat install a great deal, and it must handicap my brain in order to deal with it. I constantly get script errors (Want me to try to keep getting %s?) etc. RedHat just isn't all that. If only Slackware was glibc2, the world would be a better place.
no one raps like the master.
Man, somebody who has an electric drum set or one of those audio studios for a peecee should rap that tune into an MP3.
Anyone with alot of spare time on their hands and is really interested in the Lord of the Rings should check out http://www.middle-earth.com
Fuck Ajit Pai
Someone starts up a web site documenting (with *hard* evidence, hah hah) the various _other_ appendages that can be used to install RedHat 5.2 ...
; -- the corruption of government starts with its secrets. a truly free people keep no secrets. --
Ahh..I remember seeing the SVGA package being installed and thinking "WTF is this?". I'll give that a shot tonight.
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
Plato seems wrong to me today
That was really funny. A perfect start to a Friday.
I got electro-magnets in my TCP.
ROTFL!!!!
"shop smart:shop s-mart" ash
Install begin at 10:12, first BSoD at 10:46 ... ahem ... you know ... the mouse thing
The tricky part was
It'd be nice to see a page that relates various other bands to Tolkien (without all the stretching of coincidences (Hey...they mentioned Elves...it must be Tolkien related).
:)
Gee...Blind Guardian's "Nightfall in Middle Earth" would take a few pages itself
So don't use XConfigurator. Just because redhat provides you with a particular tool doesn't mean you have to use it. I personally avoid XConfigurator like the plaque. I have never been able to use it. It doesn't give you enough flexibility and whenever I try to change the resolution / color depth settings with it it segfaults. So don't use it. Linux is about choice. If one thing doesn't work try something else. In this case, use xf86Config. You'll have a better chance of getting things working.
"No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare."
--James Madison
I had that problem too, But it is fixed in XFree-3.3.3, so you can use the SVGA Server with it. Also if you specify the chipset detection i think, you can get the 3.3.2.3 SVGA server to work with a ViRGE card.
--
-- Knowledge shared is power lost. -- Aleister Crowley
We want CAD models for the costumes!
No proprietary file formats of course.
What about IGES?
Damn. I haven't seen that in about 6 months, but it's still funny each time I read it.
-mickey
Now THAT's a challenge!
Remember those indestructable keyboards from Atari 400's and Sinclairs...
Sigh... when OS's used Kb not Mb...
The BBC Micro had a key called Shift Lock, which was similar to Caps Lock, except that it applied to all keys, not just letters. It was generally considered nothing but a nuisance, but at last, there seems to be a use for it.
-- Ed Avis ed@membled.com
Typing with an elbow is impossible.
Hope you are reporting this as a bug to Red Hat - it's good to see the workarounds for installing semi-manually, but it's better if the install program just works.
Let's see him come install it on my computer, and I'll even let him use my hands. I've been totally frustrated trying to get X to work under RH 5.2 with my STB Velocity 4400. I once got it working in 8 bit mode, but when I tried to up the color depth, I lost it. And yes, I was using the newest version of XFree86, but I'm not a Linux guru by any stretch of the imagination.
I'll even let him use his hands.
When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout. --Robert A. Heinlein
Hmmmm.... I wonder how long it would have taken him to install *without* just using his nose?
Hi... I'm Larry... the shivering chipmunk... brrrrr!... I'm cold... I need a sweater...
I think someone listened to too much M.C. Hammer back in the day...
"Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana." --Groucho Marx
I missed the part in LotR where that happened :).
Seriously, its cool somebody came up with a website that covers Zep/Tolkien connections. I'd caught the obvious reference in "Ramble On" as a fan of both, but I didn't know that Jimmy Page and the gang were as into it.
Not so related, but I've always hoped the trilogy would be turned into a live action movie, I'm not a big fan of that hack Return of the King movie.
I really don't think people that say it's hard to install are talking about typing complexity/difficulty.
I *am* having a bitch getting RedHat up and going - well, X.. so do ya wanna help me (using only your nose) get this damn Creative Labs Voodoo Banshee working with X?
i had a problem with the red hat install when i deleted all my partitions and tried just putting linux alone on my machine...when it went to boot the kernel from the disk it would hang...but when i have a windows partition on my disk it works fine and dandy...=\, for now i'm stuck with windows on my machine...
your one fsckin' sick bastard...
I live in the same building as Andy, and I know him to do some strange things, but wow, this has topped 'em all!
:-)
Definately a 7.5 on my weird-stuff-o-meter.
No, really, please don't. :)