I see a total sum of 0% that is attributed to either Linus Torvalds or Linux. So why call it Linux when that is such a misrepresented name?
Why not come up with a name that envelops all the percentages on Tom's list. Or why not just call it "Redhat" or "Suse" as opposed to "Redhat Linux". This naming scheme would rely on the the vendor and less on the actual contents, which I think would be a good strategy in differentiating the distributions.
If the Free Software Foundation wants credit, let them package their own distribution and call it "GNU Linux", or just "GNU". It seems this is their ultimate goal anyways. GNU is not Unix. And GNU is not Linux either. Joseph Elwell.
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I want to be able to turn off the text on the left. You know, "faq hof code awards slashNET older stuff rob's page submit story book reviews user account ask slashdot advertising supporters past polls cachedot features topics about jobs BSI " All of those little words end up taking up SO much of the window space.
You say, "If you have a fairly INTERESTING question (and I'm not talking anything related to FAQ) then I'll hold your question until I can fit it in." What does "until I can fit it in" mean? Are there restrictions on the number of Ask Slashdot posts in a given time frame?
Also, I think it's interesting to note that Clifton is seemingly the sole critique of "INTERESTING". Is anyone else offended by this setup? I'll concede that questions that can be answered by the FAQs shouldn't be addressed by Ask Slashdot, but other questions could be of value to more than just Clifton and the ordeals he is surrounded by.
By way of Datazone's post it seems clear to me that I am not alone in wondering why posts we have submitted to Ask Slashdot have been ignored.
Maybe it's time to open Slashdot a little more. Would it be possible to allow web access to those posts/suggestions that are weeded out?
you know when you hit the track list on your cd player on your computer, and the names of the songs appear - along with the artist and album title? Well, none of that data is actually stored on the cd. All of that is gotten from a CDDB. There is a number (or some similar defining characteristic) on your cd that CDDB looks up for you and retrieves that info. Joseph Elwell.
That's my uptime running redhat 5.2 The only reason that machine has ever gone down was because of power outages. Anyways, I think this anonymous coward is probably one of the many people in the linux community that think poorly of redhat because it has made linux easy (yet still stable and secure) enough for even a windows95 user.
If these people would take the time to examine the redhat distribution you would find a solid distribution of packages. Joseph Elwell.
This sounds like a poor argument on behalf of a "warezer" to try to encourage UltHLE to continue to build on their emulator so that Jonathon LaCour - whose warezer name is "Panix", can play all the cool n64 roms that don't work on UltHlE yet. This argument is pathetic. His conclusion is that he respects the designers but they should not have released the emulator because they are naive. That's so egotistical. Joseph Elwell.
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I see a total sum of 0% that is attributed to either Linus Torvalds or Linux. So why call it Linux when that is such a misrepresented name?
Why not come up with a name that envelops all the percentages on Tom's list. Or why not just call it "Redhat" or "Suse" as opposed to "Redhat Linux". This naming scheme would rely on the the vendor and less on the actual contents, which I think would be a good strategy in differentiating the distributions.
If the Free Software Foundation wants credit, let them package their own distribution and call it "GNU Linux", or just "GNU". It seems this is their ultimate goal anyways. GNU is not Unix. And GNU is not Linux either.
Joseph Elwell.
I want to be able to turn off the text on the left. You know,
"faq
hof
code
awards
slashNET
older stuff
rob's page
submit story
book reviews
user account
ask slashdot
advertising
supporters
past polls
cachedot
features
topics
about
jobs
BSI "
All of those little words end up taking up SO much of the window space.
This was also posted on linuxgames.com on the 11th, a day before the slashdot article.
So, I guess the betatesters got emails already? Because I didn't. doh!
Joseph Elwell.
You say, "If you have a fairly INTERESTING question (and I'm not talking anything related to FAQ) then I'll hold your question until I can fit it in." What does "until I can fit it in" mean? Are there restrictions on the number of Ask Slashdot posts in a given time frame?
Also, I think it's interesting to note that Clifton is seemingly the sole critique of "INTERESTING". Is anyone else offended by this setup? I'll concede that questions that can be answered by the FAQs shouldn't be addressed by Ask Slashdot, but other questions could be of value to more than just Clifton and the ordeals he is surrounded by.
By way of Datazone's post it seems clear to me that I am not alone in wondering why posts we have submitted to Ask Slashdot have been ignored.
Maybe it's time to open Slashdot a little more. Would it be possible to allow web access to those posts/suggestions that are weeded out?
you know when you hit the track list on your cd player on your computer, and the names of the songs appear - along with the artist and album title? Well, none of that data is actually stored on the cd. All of that is gotten from a CDDB. There is a number (or some similar defining characteristic) on your cd that CDDB looks up for you and retrieves that info.
Joseph Elwell.
2:04am up 56 days, 11:19, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
That's my uptime running redhat 5.2 The only reason that machine has ever gone down was because of power outages.
Anyways, I think this anonymous coward is probably one of the many people in the linux community that think poorly of redhat because it has made linux easy (yet still stable and secure) enough for even a windows95 user.
If these people would take the time to examine the redhat distribution you would find a solid distribution of packages.
Joseph Elwell.
I use sendmail because linuxconf will generate all your configuration files for you. It even does virtual hosts. So grab sendmail and linuxconf:
http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/
This sounds like a poor argument on behalf of a "warezer" to try to encourage UltHLE to continue to build on their emulator so that Jonathon LaCour - whose warezer name is "Panix", can play all the cool n64 roms that don't work on UltHlE yet.
This argument is pathetic. His conclusion is that he respects the designers but they should not have released the emulator because they are naive. That's so egotistical.
Joseph Elwell.
Go to http://www.netscape.com/download/archive/index.htm l Joseph Elwell.