Maybe this can be a Good Thing for Third World countries. We still have the problem of pollution by nuclear waste, however.
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I just downloaded and untarred linux-0.01. If you then do an 'ls -l' you get September 17, 1991. Why didn't I do that before I posted my question?!
And you're right; LiGNUx look ugly.
When did Linux first appear?
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I tried to find the exact date Linus first put the Linux kernel on the net (I looked in ftp.nl.kernel.org) but I couldn't find it, only a (C) 1991 notice. Does anyone know at which date the 10th birthday of Linux is?
I have tried to fiend courses on various subjects (mainly micromechanics and semiconductors), but never found something good enough to recommend to anyone. I really don't understand people who say that you can learn from the Internet. Excercise: try to find some in-depth info about spiders. I think the 'Net is mainly useful if you want to know something about a place that you're visiting, or a product that you want to buy. And news, of course (/.)!
If I were a genetics company I would hire some people to `accidentally' drop seeds onto a few farmer's lands, and sue them (the farmers) after the seeds had grown to nice beautiful plants.
Yes. And now if you want a simple firewall or webserver and for some obscure reason you want to use Windows for that, it uses drivespace and memory for sound, music, and a lot of other things you don't need. One more reason to switch to another OS for your server.
I have the feeling that, with all the new knowledge about DNA and how life could have begun, within my lifetime people will be able to construct a living organism from scratch.
It's all about the `look and feel' of the thing. Where are the files located, how does the configuration work etc. With SW, you have to do almost all configuration by hand. You also have to install most software by hand. This gives you a great insight in how a UNIX system work. Other distro's have installation- and configuration programs, which people who don't want to know exactly what's going on in their system (or are already UNIX wizards) can use. You just pick what you like best. No need to start flame wars over which distro is the best:-)
I started with SW in 1995, with a 1.2.13 kernel. Friends of mine have tried other distro's, but all they did was convince me that SW is the best distro for me.
Keep up the good work, Patrick et al! We all love you.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think that's true. MS can make their own Linux distro with their own binary libraries if they want. They can also port the Office suite to Linux with binary libraries. Hell, they can even use their Install Wizard to replace GPL'd libraries with their own. How many Joe Sixpacks would notice that?
They don't necessarily have to be harsh. Suppose bacteria grow inside the pores of a rock, and then the pores get closed by clay or something else that dries and forms a hard coverage.
I can imagine bacteria traveling through space, buried inside some porous rock... This way they don't have to be exposed to the harsh conditions of space.
There are several good tutorials, the best is the book by Leslie Lamport. If you run Linux, you have also a lot of useful documentation sitting somewhere on your harddisk. Do a `locate tetex|less' and find out!
What about a feature that automatically iconifies all windows that are not active, after a few minutes. When the mousecursor moves from the window you work in to the desktop, all windows are brought back. This can be implemented now, and does the job, I think.
They will have to think very carefully about how to implement this because software that thinks for you can be really annoying. On the other hand, if the software can remove my Lynx window to help me focus on my work, that would be really nice:-)
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Maybe this can be a Good Thing for Third World countries. We still have the problem of pollution by nuclear waste, however.
I just downloaded and untarred linux-0.01. If you then do an 'ls -l' you get September 17, 1991. Why didn't I do that before I posted my question?!
And you're right; LiGNUx look ugly.
I tried to find the exact date Linus first put the Linux kernel on the net (I looked in ftp.nl.kernel.org) but I couldn't find it, only a (C) 1991 notice. Does anyone know at which date the 10th birthday of Linux is?
If you can combine this with software that evolves in a similar way, even better computers can be made, I think.
I have tried to fiend courses on various subjects (mainly micromechanics and semiconductors), but never found something good enough to recommend to anyone. I really don't understand people who say that you can learn from the Internet. Excercise: try to find some in-depth info about spiders. I think the 'Net is mainly useful if you want to know something about a place that you're visiting, or a product that you want to buy. And news, of course (/.)!
If I were a genetics company I would hire some people to `accidentally' drop seeds onto a few farmer's lands, and sue them (the farmers) after the seeds had grown to nice beautiful plants.
And in the process the whole earth is shaken by earthquakes and tidal waves...
Yes. And now if you want a simple firewall or webserver and for some obscure reason you want to use Windows for that, it uses drivespace and memory for sound, music, and a lot of other things you don't need. One more reason to switch to another OS for your server.
I'm not sure. I think I prefer to have a warm body of the opposite sex beside me.
It's ten times bigger than the kernel I started with -- 1.2.13!
I have the feeling that, with all the new knowledge about DNA and how life could have begun, within my lifetime people will be able to construct a living organism from scratch.
A few years ago the /. community was a lot more closed. Now people can say IE is better than Netscape without getting flamed to hell...
It's all about the `look and feel' of the thing. Where are the files located, how does the configuration work etc. :-)
With SW, you have to do almost all configuration by hand. You also have to install most software by hand. This gives you a great insight in how a UNIX system work. Other distro's have installation- and configuration programs, which people who don't want to know exactly what's going on in their system (or are already UNIX wizards) can use. You just pick what you like best. No need to start flame wars over which distro is the best
I started with SW in 1995, with a 1.2.13 kernel.
Friends of mine have tried other distro's, but all they did was convince me that SW is the best distro for me.
Keep up the good work, Patrick et al! We all love you.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think that's true. MS can make their own Linux distro
with their own binary libraries if they want. They can also port
the Office suite to Linux with binary libraries. Hell, they can even use their Install Wizard to replace GPL'd libraries with their own. How many Joe Sixpacks would notice that?
They don't necessarily have to be harsh. Suppose bacteria grow inside the pores of a rock, and then the pores get closed by clay or something else that dries and forms a hard coverage.
I can imagine bacteria traveling through space, buried inside some porous rock... This way they don't have to be exposed to the harsh conditions of space.
By the way, thanks for asking me before using the idea. There still are some decent people in the world!
Do whatever you want with it. Can you make fvwm2 do this? I would appreciate that :-)
There are several good tutorials, the best is the book by Leslie Lamport. If you run Linux, you have also a lot of useful documentation sitting somewhere on your harddisk. Do a `locate tetex|less' and find out!
What about a feature that automatically iconifies all windows that are
not active, after a few minutes. When the mousecursor moves from the
window you work in to the desktop, all windows are brought back. This
can be implemented now, and does the job, I think.
They will have to think very carefully about how to implement this :-)
because software that thinks for you can be really annoying. On the other hand,
if the software can remove my Lynx window to help me focus
on my work, that would be really nice
How come I only see this article in Lynx? When I use Netscape the first article is about the P4.
Does anyone know if there's a pinball game under Linux available?
I couldn't have said it better myself. Thanks!
I started with SW 3.0 and am now running 3.6. Everything works so why upgrade?