Why should I use Gentoo? Really. Is there some huge feature comparison matrix for all the different distros? Is there really any major innovation between distros?
wrong count - here's total num of Gentoo packages
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Gentoo Linux Reloaded
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Ummm... That's not really a good measure of how many packages Gentoo has. Its off by at least a count of x2 times. Basically, it is the count of all tar.gz or.bz2 files ever downloaded with lots of duplication (e.g., kdebase-3.0.2.tar.gz and kdebase-3.0.3.tar.gz). Remember, unless you clean up the downloaded files manually they stay there until eternity. In addition, one package may comprise of 10.tgz or.bz2 files.
A better measure is:
my@my: pts/2: -> qpkg | wc -l
2532
So, in fact, there are 2532 packages in the Gentoo portage system as of yesterday.
Just out of curiosity, I have the following number of ebuilds installed.
my@my: pts/2: -> qpkg | grep ' \*' | wc -l
380
Since I tend to clean out the distfiles directory very religiously, here's my count of files in that directory.
On a personal note, please help out Daniel Robbins, if you can. No affiliations. However, until a few weeks ago he was in need of alternate sources of income. A posting on slashdot should do the trick.
First a caveat. The Gentoo install is not for the faint of heart. In most cases, right off the bat you've to compile a kernel. Most large compiles take a day. kde can take a day to compile. mozilla takes the usual hour or so. If you can look past all that, it is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
I'll give you a simple way to BSOD. Any Win2000 installation before SP3, any WinNT4 and WinXP instatlation before SP1 can be made to crash by printing a particular sequence of characters. Its called the CSRSS Backspace bug.
The CSRSS Backspace Bug is a bug in the Win32 subsystem server process (csrss.exe) in Windows NT. It is particularly notable for several reasons:
It crashes the entire operating system.
One does not have to have administrator privileges in order to trigger it.
One does not even need to execute programs in order to trigger it.
one word, PC-Pine. I haven't see anything else more user-friendly than that. No viruses to be afraid of. Remote/secure access via IMAP/SSL. You are able to navigate with your keyboard. Handles attachments. Here's Why Some People Think Pine is for Wimps (and Why They're Wrong). Now, if only PC-pine had threaded view of messages (like mutt). Note, the Unix version of pine has a patch which lets you view threaded view of mail, but PC-pine being closed source, we cannot benefit from that patch.
or better yet, use internet junkbuster which is open source, cross-platform and uses regular expressions (you can cover a lot of lines with one regular expression) in its block file.
Its true... I don't come to slashdot to catch up on funny punch lines. I would much rather go here. Lately,/. has become a place for people to tickle their funny bone. Its a contest for who can come up with the funniest response? I already see people lining up to repond to this post in the funniest possible way.
* multiple simultaneous logins
* integrated zip file support (on a side note, does anyone know how to exclude.zip files when searching within folders. XP decides to open each and every.zip file by uncompressing it first and then searches inside them)
* integrated CD writing support
That junkbuster is very different from this junkbuster. The latter is an almost complete rewrite, far more features and open source. See if you can contribute or just help to test it.
and is much more powerful than Guidescope (which Junkbuster recommends for use under Windows).
Please don't confuse Junkbuster/Guidescope www.junkbusters.com with the open source variant of junkbuster which is a cross-platform product and has been rewritten almost completely from scratch (even though some similarities still peek through).
I am a developer for the open source junkbuster, and we need more people to test our alpha product shameless plug.
The junkbuster project has been revived as well. It is a proxy software with a lot of desirable features. The code is alpha quality but some of the features are:
perl regexps for matches
content filtering
header crunching (outgoing/incoming)
aiming to be cross platform
open source
The documentation is a little lacking but we want a stable product first.
I would absolutely despise PPPOE if I had to manually initiate a connection every time I wanted to do something, but having your router connect on demand for your entire home network mostly eliminates the pain.
If you use RASPPPoE (the most trouble-free PPPoE software that I have encountered in the last year and a half) for initiating your dialup connection via software, then at least, for win9x and win2k you can have it dialed automatically. The readme file explains that under "advanced features".
Having technology at their disposal doesn't make it easier for students to cheat, its the method of testing which makes it easier. It all depends on how the exams are structured. I still sweat at the thought of taking an open book exam where the last person slips the exams underneath the teacher's locked door. And yes, I did go to a pretty decent school.
On the other other hand, notes from previous courses (called the word) were used frequently at that institution as well.
... they don't help you get out of a jam. They are great for learning about a topic from scratch and to build concepts. Where most books in general lack is the mapping to reality. That's when deja used to come in handy. groups.google is adequate in some respects but the interface is not as efficient and the archive is not that big. Oh how I wish that google would have left the old deja interface intact for now.
There is a great deal pf Philip worship on./ and I can understand this: I used to think like you. However I have met the guy and have used the ACS extensively and worked with many people who know Philip better than myself, and it is painfully apparent that although he has a great web presence and writes convincingly, he's nothing more than a self important, arrogant prick.
And that was the reason why you had to post as an AC.
Phillip may be a hacker (and a bad coder) but you can't deny the fact that the guy has the courage to make his ideas (about software development) public in a very helpful and nurturing manner.
I work for a small company and like any other software consulting/services company we are trying to weather the storm. However, senior management at my company, still thinks of ArsDigita product line as the model for our flagship product. I tend to fully agree with them.
So he knew that he was giving control away, so he knew that the VCs will change things around. He tried to tell them what they were doing wrong. My gut feeling tells me that Greenspun is right.
A previous post mentioned measurement of employee productivity as the best measure of their work ethics. I know this is slightly off topic, but in case of telecommuting (or virtual offices), the employer can only monitor employee access of network resources when the employee is VPN'ed to the corporate network. I certainly don't want my boss making assumptions about what I do at home all day when I am not connected to the corporate network.
Again, it comes back to being lucky enough to have bosses which know that being at home enables me to work more efficiently. I am not constantly interrupted by hallway conversations. I am able to string together longer spans of undivided attention when at home.
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Try Distro Watch.
A better measure is:So, in fact, there are 2532 packages in the Gentoo portage system as of yesterday.
Just out of curiosity, I have the following number of ebuilds installed.Since I tend to clean out the distfiles directory very religiously, here's my count of files in that directory.
On a personal note, please help out Daniel Robbins, if you can. No affiliations. However, until a few weeks ago he was in need of alternate sources of income. A posting on slashdot should do the trick.
Here's the actual email sent to the gentoo-announce mailing list. A personal request from Daniel Robbins
Do help out the guy, if you can.
Disclaimer, I have never met the guy, or contacted him via electronic or any other media.
First a caveat. The Gentoo install is not for the faint of heart. In most cases, right off the bat you've to compile a kernel. Most large compiles take a day. kde can take a day to compile. mozilla takes the usual hour or so. If you can look past all that, it is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
:-)
Here are the promised helpful links.
Gentoo Home Page
Gentoo x86 install instructions
Gentoo FAQ
Gentoo Desktop Guide
Gentoo Forums
Gentoo Bugzilla
That should keep you busy for a week, at least.
My wife and I are both in IT. Her lifelong dream (I'm skeptical about the idea) is to ditch programming all together and open up a flower shop.
Who needs the stress of programming jobs these days? BTW, the flower shop would also have a coffee shop inside where people could sit and enjoy.
So, in the real world, the idea seems a little risky. However, given the current question, I would do that in a heartbeat.
The CSRSS Backspace Bug is a bug in the Win32 subsystem server process (csrss.exe) in Windows NT. It is particularly notable for several reasons:
- It crashes the entire operating system.
- One does not have to have administrator privileges in order to trigger it.
- One does not even need to execute programs in order to trigger it.
If you don't believe me, then check it out for yourself. BTW, M$ has fixed this in Win2k SP3 and WinXP SP1 but since WinNT4 will have no more Service Packs, this is a permanent bug in WinNT4.This (logarithimic chart) indicates that Caldera stock has been in a steady decline (not unlike (linear chart) some of the other Linux vendors).
Its called Integrated Installaion. Here's the procedure:
1. You extract the service pack files using the "/x" parameter (Installing from a Network Drive)
2. Use update.exe with the "-s" flag (Using Command-Line Switches with Update.exe) to point to the full path of where you're about to burn the CD from:
update.exe -s:c:\path\to\cd\contents
Bart's way to create bootable CD-Roms has loads of information on making bootable CDs.
one word, PC-Pine . I haven't see anything else more user-friendly than that. No viruses to be afraid of. Remote/secure access via IMAP/SSL. You are able to navigate with your keyboard. Handles attachments. Here's Why Some People Think Pine is for Wimps (and Why They're Wrong) . Now, if only PC-pine had threaded view of messages (like mutt). Note, the Unix version of pine has a patch which lets you view threaded view of mail, but PC-pine being closed source, we cannot benefit from that patch.
Solaris may be stable, but fast it is not, IMO. The term Slolaris comes to mind.
or better yet, use internet junkbuster which is open source, cross-platform and uses regular expressions (you can cover a lot of lines with one regular expression) in its block file.
Its true... I don't come to slashdot to catch up on funny punch lines. I would much rather go here. Lately, /. has become a place for people to tickle their funny bone. Its a contest for who can come up with the funniest response? I already see people lining up to repond to this post in the funniest possible way.
* multiple simultaneous logins .zip files when searching within folders. XP decides to open each and every .zip file by uncompressing it first and then searches inside them)
* integrated zip file support (on a side note, does anyone know how to exclude
* integrated CD writing support
Can somebody explain the history of uucp style email addresses?
Please don't confuse Junkbuster/Guidescope www.junkbusters.com with the open source variant of junkbuster which is a cross-platform product and has been rewritten almost completely from scratch (even though some similarities still peek through).
I am a developer for the open source junkbuster, and we need more people to test our alpha product shameless plug.
Check out SVG in Cocoon 2 which uses Batik for generating SVG graphics. Cocoon2 is an XML/XSLT framework.
- perl regexps for matches
- content filtering
- header crunching (outgoing/incoming)
- aiming to be cross platform
- open source
The documentation is a little lacking but we want a stable product first.If you use RASPPPoE (the most trouble-free PPPoE software that I have encountered in the last year and a half) for initiating your dialup connection via software, then at least, for win9x and win2k you can have it dialed automatically. The readme file explains that under "advanced features".
Life isn't that bad even with software PPPoE
Having technology at their disposal doesn't make it easier for students to cheat, its the method of testing which makes it easier. It all depends on how the exams are structured. I still sweat at the thought of taking an open book exam where the last person slips the exams underneath the teacher's locked door. And yes, I did go to a pretty decent school. On the other other hand, notes from previous courses (called the word ) were used frequently at that institution as well.
... they don't help you get out of a jam. They are great for learning about a topic from scratch and to build concepts. Where most books in general lack is the mapping to reality. That's when deja used to come in handy. groups.google is adequate in some respects but the interface is not as efficient and the archive is not that big. Oh how I wish that google would have left the old deja interface intact for now.
And that was the reason why you had to post as an AC.
Phillip may be a hacker (and a bad coder) but you can't deny the fact that the guy has the courage to make his ideas (about software development) public in a very helpful and nurturing manner.
I work for a small company and like any other software consulting/services company we are trying to weather the storm. However, senior management at my company, still thinks of ArsDigita product line as the model for our flagship product. I tend to fully agree with them.
So he knew that he was giving control away, so he knew that the VCs will change things around. He tried to tell them what they were doing wrong. My gut feeling tells me that Greenspun is right.
Regardless of who wins, its a lose-lose.
As the article points out clearly, in the future, support is where Oracle will make their money.
Again, it comes back to being lucky enough to have bosses which know that being at home enables me to work more efficiently. I am not constantly interrupted by hallway conversations. I am able to string together longer spans of undivided attention when at home.