I went Christmas shopping in the Apple Store in Palo Alto a few weeks, and an Apple guy pulled me out of line because I only had a couple of small things. No muss, no fuss, and I didn't spend more and 15 seconds in line; the whole checkout took **maybe** a minute, including him going and getting a bag for me.
I started using 2.6 when it first came out, rolling my own kernels from vanilla and sticking them on my Slackware box. Personally, I have had very few issues. The only hardware I had to disable in the kernel was some sensors that used the i2c stuff (on a Asus A7N8X mobo), but that was fixed in 2.6.3 (I think that was the version...). IMO, rolling your own from vanilla 2.6 is a good, stable solution. Getting that triple-digit uptime you seek is not an issue, unless the power goes out.;-)
I'm a "country geek", grew up on a dairy and was introduced to computers at a young age by my mom who was a school teacher. I think I never thought of the computer as a toy, rather as a tool with infinite possibilities; and that's what I want my kids to think.
I've got two boys, 4 and 1, who LOVE to be outside because (I believe) that my wife and I model that behavior. We spend all our fee time hiking, camping, mountain biking, at the beach, taking in outdoor festivals (ROTR, etc), and the like. Yeah my four year old thinks daddy's computers are neat, he knows how to use the web to look ar Nick Jr.com and a huge archive of bug pictures he loves, but it's not an obsession (yet). I do want them to think that UNIX is cool, but I would be much happier if they picked up the djembe first.
My goal is to keep things as they are, with the computer supporting their offline activities. Video games.. not sure yet, but if they're inside more than out I'll throw the damn thing out the window. Instead I hope to get them hooked on music, my oldest is already trying the guitar and we've got some small drums for the kids as well. My wife and I both play, and the kids dance, sing, and join in. Additionally, I try to keep my geekly activities confined to work and/or after the kids go to bed; again the whole modeling thing.
I'm also lucky, my employer lets me work a VERY flexable schedule, I'm in @ 7 and home by 4. (I live 5 miles from work) This allows me to spend some time in the mornings with them, as well as most of the afternoon. I can also work 4x10 if I please to give me some added weekend time. Ask your employer abut this, it's been a great boon to both my marriage and family life.
Look at FreeBSD, -STABLE and -CURRENT tags for any given release simply let one know whats up. You can upgrade to -STABLE, and get all your bug/security fixes without worrying about throwing off the system. If you do feel adventurous, you can for -CURRENT... BUT it contains new stuff and should not be used in production. I think Linux needs similar levels of distinction.
Try the HP ProLiant DL line (or similar). Grab an Opteron or EM64T box, drop in RHEL AS4 (or another 64-bit distro), and your rollin! Of course, you can always call Sun. I've got a SunFire V20z which is rockin' with FreeBSD, OTOH don't write off the UltraSPARC...
I went with a 'sleeve' for my iBook by InCase, which I throw in my regular backpack, a Lowe Alpine. I like the combo of a slim 'laptop condom' that I can take on its own in a pinch, with a rugged outdoor daypack. I started this in college and now take it to work every day, I wouldn't have it anyway else!
The tape drive is now fixed... So I grabbed all of our outdated backups and some hammers, rounded up the staff, went outside, and we vented some stress.;-)
I just inherited aN HP 3000 running MPe/iX, nasty. Went to retrieve some files from tape, both tape drives were shot. Ate the tapes, with years of work. The last other full backup was 9/03... Ouch. Our vendor is coming to fix the drives, but I'm looking elsewhere long term. (Especially killing the HP 3k!)
Go back to a school (pick one) and take some networking courses. Usually, if they have (for example) Cisco stuff, they will most likely have a bunch of older stuff laying around in a back room. Ask around, you can usually round up some extra equipment and put together an after hours lab for your personal use. JC's are an ideal place to look for this, because its CHEAP to take their classes.
Funny, I too just moved (to Socal) and am dealing with the headache known as Verizon. $29/mo for 1500/384... But getting the service turned on and working is a joke, at best. I miss PacBell. (Never thought I would say that!)
I know its wierd to say, but yes I think SBC can really do this. After their recent network upgrades I changed packages to a 6000/640 plan. Cost? $45/mo At a distance of ~8000 feet I could reliably do 5200/550 at about any time of day. The only drawback was a dynamic IP, but Afraid.org helped out wiht that one.
...is that the Finder has been completely rewritten from the ground up using Cocoa. Going from 10.2.x -> 10.3 feels like a hardware upgrade. (Like the jump from 10.1 -> 10.2) I would say $130 is well worth it for this one.
This year at WWDC this happened all this time. Take 3500 Mac developers with laptops and wireless and add zero-conf IM and you get instant mass discussions. Plus Apple threw in free Sights...;-)
see the "activity monitor" screenshot? look at #799... i love zombie processes! either that or its some paraniod-bound drm module. =) either way i cant wait to install panther @ wwdc!!! see ya'll there!
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I went Christmas shopping in the Apple Store in Palo Alto a few weeks, and an Apple guy pulled me out of line because I only had a couple of small things. No muss, no fuss, and I didn't spend more and 15 seconds in line; the whole checkout took **maybe** a minute, including him going and getting a bag for me.
...that breaks the camel's back; and thats one hell of a straw!
I started using 2.6 when it first came out, rolling my own kernels from vanilla and sticking them on my Slackware box. Personally, I have had very few issues. The only hardware I had to disable in the kernel was some sensors that used the i2c stuff (on a Asus A7N8X mobo), but that was fixed in 2.6.3 (I think that was the version...). IMO, rolling your own from vanilla 2.6 is a good, stable solution. Getting that triple-digit uptime you seek is not an issue, unless the power goes out. ;-)
I'm a "country geek", grew up on a dairy and was introduced to computers at a young age by my mom who was a school teacher. I think I never thought of the computer as a toy, rather as a tool with infinite possibilities; and that's what I want my kids to think.
I've got two boys, 4 and 1, who LOVE to be outside because (I believe) that my wife and I model that behavior. We spend all our fee time hiking, camping, mountain biking, at the beach, taking in outdoor festivals (ROTR, etc), and the like. Yeah my four year old thinks daddy's computers are neat, he knows how to use the web to look ar Nick Jr.com and a huge archive of bug pictures he loves, but it's not an obsession (yet). I do want them to think that UNIX is cool, but I would be much happier if they picked up the djembe first.
My goal is to keep things as they are, with the computer supporting their offline activities. Video games.. not sure yet, but if they're inside more than out I'll throw the damn thing out the window. Instead I hope to get them hooked on music, my oldest is already trying the guitar and we've got some small drums for the kids as well. My wife and I both play, and the kids dance, sing, and join in. Additionally, I try to keep my geekly activities confined to work and/or after the kids go to bed; again the whole modeling thing.
I'm also lucky, my employer lets me work a VERY flexable schedule, I'm in @ 7 and home by 4. (I live 5 miles from work) This allows me to spend some time in the mornings with them, as well as most of the afternoon. I can also work 4x10 if I please to give me some added weekend time. Ask your employer abut this, it's been a great boon to both my marriage and family life.
That's my 2 cents...
My 2 cents -> I just left the uni world for private after 5 years, it was the best thing I ever did.
Bottom line? Seek work elsewhere.
Whoops... The link should be http://www.led-zeppelin.com/EMpeter.html
My hope is that this will free up some Led Zeppelin footage, but I don't think the ghost of Peter Grant would let that happen.
Look at FreeBSD, -STABLE and -CURRENT tags for any given release simply let one know whats up. You can upgrade to -STABLE, and get all your bug/security fixes without worrying about throwing off the system. If you do feel adventurous, you can for -CURRENT... BUT it contains new stuff and should not be used in production. I think Linux needs similar levels of distinction.
Try the HP ProLiant DL line (or similar). Grab an Opteron or EM64T box, drop in RHEL AS4 (or another 64-bit distro), and your rollin! Of course, you can always call Sun. I've got a SunFire V20z which is rockin' with FreeBSD, OTOH don't write off the UltraSPARC...
I'm running Apache 2 and PHP 5 under FreeBSD 5.3 with no problems (that I know of...). Whats all the ruckus about?
/usr/ports/lang/php5-extensions
# cd
# make install clean
I went with a 'sleeve' for my iBook by InCase, which I throw in my regular backpack, a Lowe Alpine. I like the combo of a slim 'laptop condom' that I can take on its own in a pinch, with a rugged outdoor daypack. I started this in college and now take it to work every day, I wouldn't have it anyway else!
The tape drive is now fixed... So I grabbed all of our outdated backups and some hammers, rounded up the staff, went outside, and we vented some stress. ;-)
I just inherited aN HP 3000 running MPe/iX, nasty. Went to retrieve some files from tape, both tape drives were shot. Ate the tapes, with years of work. The last other full backup was 9/03... Ouch. Our vendor is coming to fix the drives, but I'm looking elsewhere long term. (Especially killing the HP 3k!)
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Go back to a school (pick one) and take some networking courses. Usually, if they have (for example) Cisco stuff, they will most likely have a bunch of older stuff laying around in a back room. Ask around, you can usually round up some extra equipment and put together an after hours lab for your personal use. JC's are an ideal place to look for this, because its CHEAP to take their classes.
Funny, I too just moved (to Socal) and am dealing with the headache known as Verizon. $29/mo for 1500/384... But getting the service turned on and working is a joke, at best. I miss PacBell. (Never thought I would say that!)
I know its wierd to say, but yes I think SBC can really do this. After their recent network upgrades I changed packages to a 6000/640 plan. Cost? $45/mo At a distance of ~8000 feet I could reliably do 5200/550 at about any time of day. The only drawback was a dynamic IP, but Afraid.org helped out wiht that one.
NOTE: Computer Information Systems != Management Information Systems
That's my major at CSU Chico. It does involve a lot of coding, BUT it requires almost no math or science classes.
So what about Slackware (among others)? IMHO this survey is biased towards a few major distros.
...is that the Finder has been completely rewritten from the ground up using Cocoa. Going from 10.2.x -> 10.3 feels like a hardware upgrade. (Like the jump from 10.1 -> 10.2) I would say $130 is well worth it for this one.
How does it feel to be slashdotted?
next they'll have lcds on them with advertisements. ugh. ill just walk to the bar myself, or in my neck of the woods the kegarator.
This year at WWDC this happened all this time. Take 3500 Mac developers with laptops and wireless and add zero-conf IM and you get instant mass discussions. Plus Apple threw in free Sights... ;-)
see the "activity monitor" screenshot? look at #799... i love zombie processes! either that or its some paraniod-bound drm module. =) either way i cant wait to install panther @ wwdc!!! see ya'll there!