If you check out the source code, it is briently designed as it is. Go take a peek at lxr.linux.no (linux source crossed referenced) you will realize that the tree is fine as it is.
Also, to save yourself some bandwidth, use kernel patches, they are easily installed, and fit in 600K.
(To install a patch, if that is your problem, take the patch in bzip2 format and put it in/usr/src then just type:
bzcat | patch -p0)
You would get the same upgrade result that you would have gotten with a full download....
I think you need some time away from your computer or something. He is everything you said (to a lesser extend), but, you looked like you were asking him out or something....
I have to agree with you. It seems that the guy was already pissed about Linus a while ago, and now, he replys by saying something like this.
I also think that Linux being free software, it should have a certain aliance with gnu (even if we don't always call it gnu/linux), because, after all, it's just the same comminity. The anti-microsoft community...
if somebody wants to use your printer to send you a fax, why wouldn't they just telnet into your box and just use lpr.... E-mailing gifs is another easy solutions for people with the inferior OS (and this would have a better resolution and cost much less anyway).
printing over tcp-ip local networks is one thing, but, printing over the internet, that's weak.
Anyways, if somebody wants to use my printer, they have to come at my house anyway to pick up the paper. And if they want to send me a a message by printing it, they can just telnet into my box and use lpr.... In all other cases, I DON'T WANT THEM TO USE MY PRINTER!!!!
I think the whole concept of this new protocol is (a) stupid, (b) useless, (c) a way for some guy to have his name on some crappy new internet protocol...
I think that there is a fondamental diffrence between the two that we have seemed to have forgoten lately.
Sure, commercial software has to meet deadlines and stuff, but, it meets peoples needs. For example, just imagine your grandma recompiling a kernel or something.
The advantage to it is that it is, most of the time easier to use and configure.
On the other side, free software tends to be more "fun" to play with, and, sometimes, it just doesn't work right.
The point is, it shouldn't just be about giving the sources away or not, it should be about getting an easy to install package that does the job right the first time and that can be configured to the exact user's needs (for an example, I use gnumeric, and I am french speeking. Unless I play with the sources for a couple of days, I will never get it to work in french...)
I've always wondered. If nerves are organic (I am not having any doubts), and if muscle reacts to the neurotransmeters (pardon my poor english), why do nerves allow electricity to pass throw, and why do muscle still contract (even on dead people).
As you all know, one day we will all plug some chip directly to our brain. Untill then, I think every body part we have should be used for the human interface with the machine.
I don't know about you guys, but I write ovec 8000 lines of code every week, and I've pretty much used all possible shortcuts on my keyboard.
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If you check out the source code, it is briently designed as it is. Go take a peek at lxr.linux.no (linux source crossed referenced) you will realize that the tree is fine as it is.
/usr/src then just type:
Also, to save yourself some bandwidth, use kernel patches, they are easily installed, and fit in 600K.
(To install a patch, if that is your problem, take the patch in bzip2 format and put it in
bzcat | patch -p0)
You would get the same upgrade result that you would have gotten with a full download....
Papi
Hmmm,
I think you need some time away from your computer or something. He is everything you said (to a lesser extend), but, you looked like you were asking him out or something....
Papi
I think everybody should hate a text editor that takes 124M tar.gzipped.
Ok, it has niffty features like reading mail, but, if I want to read my mail, I use pine.
Vi is the wave of the future (actually, it was, in the early days of UNIX, but anyway...)...
Papi
I have to agree with you. It seems that the guy was already pissed about Linus a while ago, and now, he replys by saying something like this.
I also think that Linux being free software, it should have a certain aliance with gnu (even if we don't always call it gnu/linux), because, after all, it's just the same comminity. The anti-microsoft community...
Papi
OK,
if somebody wants to use your printer to send you a fax, why wouldn't they just telnet into your box and just use lpr.... E-mailing gifs is another easy solutions for people with the inferior OS (and this would have a better resolution and cost much less anyway).
Papi
OK,
printing over tcp-ip local networks is one thing, but, printing over the internet, that's weak.
Anyways, if somebody wants to use my printer, they have to come at my house anyway to pick up the paper. And if they want to send me a a message by printing it, they can just telnet into my box and use lpr.... In all other cases, I DON'T WANT THEM TO USE MY PRINTER!!!!
I think the whole concept of this new protocol is (a) stupid, (b) useless, (c) a way for some guy to have his name on some crappy new internet protocol...
Papi
Hey,
I think that there is a fondamental diffrence between the two that we have seemed to have forgoten lately.
Sure, commercial software has to meet deadlines and stuff, but, it meets peoples needs. For example, just imagine your grandma recompiling a kernel or something.
The advantage to it is that it is, most of the time easier to use and configure.
On the other side, free software tends to be more "fun" to play with, and, sometimes, it just doesn't work right.
The point is, it shouldn't just be about giving the sources away or not, it should be about getting an easy to install package that does the job right the first time and that can be configured to the exact user's needs (for an example, I use gnumeric, and I am french speeking. Unless I play with the sources for a couple of days, I will never get it to work in french...)
Papi
PS: Excuse my poor english
Hey,
I've always wondered. If nerves are organic (I am not having any doubts), and if muscle reacts to the neurotransmeters (pardon my poor english), why do nerves allow electricity to pass throw, and why do muscle still contract (even on dead people).
Papi
PS: Bonjour du québec tabarnak!!!!
As you all know, one day we will all plug some chip directly to our brain. Untill then, I think every body part we have should be used for the human interface with the machine.
I don't know about you guys, but I write ovec 8000 lines of code every week, and I've pretty much used all possible shortcuts on my keyboard.
This actulally provides me with 2 more. Cool.
papi