This is BIG news for Slackware fans, and Pat did a great job as allways... Kernel 2.6.21.5 by default, latest KDE, Xorg 7.2, Compiz, Apache 2.2.4, PHP 5, HAL and Dbus, udev, gcc-4.1.2, and many other great software.
Updated versions of the Slackware package management tools make it easy to add, remove, upgrade, and make your own Slackware packages.
Who thought that we will see Compiz and HAL in Slackware?:) due to its conservatorism over the years.
To all the people who want to hack TiVo or submit patches... as Linus said, there are other companies that produce tivo-like equipment, and allow modifications, support them buying their products, and let TiVo with the merchendise in the stores.
If you buy a car...let`s say a Mercedes, you think they will cover the warranty if you modify the car? You bought it because you liked it as it is, if you want to chip tune it, you are on your own!
Many of us turns to be programmers and hackers of the tivo box, but if it was to allow mdifications I guess nobody cared. They respected the GPLv2, in the manual they even printed the licence. You buy a TiVo box because you like it as it is, otherwise you buy something else! You want acces to the hardware? Maybe make a clone? There must be a business part of all this, and from this perspective TiVo didn`t do anything wrong!
If we want to change something, maybe it is time to support those companies that sell devices that we like, hack, improve, and maybe, TiVo will be forced by business to comply to market.
Folks, don`t fool yourself, Linux is GPL and will stay GPL(v2). Linus is very clear on this, and the man has good reasons, if linux was BSD, it never be what it is today. BSD is everyone for himself and encourages branches not merging. GPL(v2) is the guardian of pure linux evolution. Binary modules should however find their place on linux, but there are drawbacks which are normal
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This is BIG news for Slackware fans, and Pat did a great job as allways... Kernel 2.6.21.5 by default, latest KDE, Xorg 7.2, Compiz, Apache 2.2.4, PHP 5, HAL and Dbus, udev, gcc-4.1.2, and many other great software. Updated versions of the Slackware package management tools make it easy to add, remove, upgrade, and make your own Slackware packages. Who thought that we will see Compiz and HAL in Slackware? :) due to its conservatorism over the years.
To all the people who want to hack TiVo or submit patches... as Linus said, there are other companies that produce tivo-like equipment, and allow modifications, support them buying their products, and let TiVo with the merchendise in the stores. If you buy a car...let`s say a Mercedes, you think they will cover the warranty if you modify the car? You bought it because you liked it as it is, if you want to chip tune it, you are on your own! Many of us turns to be programmers and hackers of the tivo box, but if it was to allow mdifications I guess nobody cared. They respected the GPLv2, in the manual they even printed the licence. You buy a TiVo box because you like it as it is, otherwise you buy something else! You want acces to the hardware? Maybe make a clone? There must be a business part of all this, and from this perspective TiVo didn`t do anything wrong! If we want to change something, maybe it is time to support those companies that sell devices that we like, hack, improve, and maybe, TiVo will be forced by business to comply to market.
Folks, don`t fool yourself, Linux is GPL and will stay GPL(v2). Linus is very clear on this, and the man has good reasons, if linux was BSD, it never be what it is today. BSD is everyone for himself and encourages branches not merging. GPL(v2) is the guardian of pure linux evolution. Binary modules should however find their place on linux, but there are drawbacks which are normal