There is an incredible amount of desirepect shown in these posts for a brilliant and thoughtful. He deserves a holiday and a moment of silence. Much more than an obit and a two or three line article in Slashdot.
Read your history......
>In what package format should I set my >software?.tar.gz?.rpm? suse's format? Should I >include binaries for those that can't wait for a >good compile? For what systems should I include >binaries?
I can see your argument there
>How is my filestructure organised? Do I have >a/dev filesystem, or just a/dev >directory/partition? Am I using a ReiserFS, or >the ext2 filesystem? Should the startup appear >with bright "green" and "red" marks to indicate >that something is wrong? Or should I deny it all >together and have a nice "flashscreen" at >startup?
>What site should I get software from which I >havn't downloaded yet? Freshmeat? cdrom.com?
>Maybe this is all a bit redundant, but the Linux >community is losing standards. Most of them are >to blame by the distros however. We know that, >but we don't have the power to stop that. Any >clue?
But see, the beauty of *nix is that you can customize it however you want. I hate having to by a seperated distro for server, workstation, etc. I like being able to customize/optimize each machine to do exactly what I want to do. The right tool for the right job. Its up to the user, not the software giant.
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Deregulation.
There is an incredible amount of desirepect shown in these posts for a brilliant and thoughtful. He deserves a holiday and a moment of silence. Much more than an obit and a two or three line article in Slashdot. Read your history......
>In what package format should I set my >software? .tar.gz? .rpm? suse's format? Should I >include binaries for those that can't wait for a >good compile? For what systems should I include >binaries?
I can see your argument there
>How is my filestructure organised? Do I have >a /dev filesystem, or just a /dev >directory/partition? Am I using a ReiserFS, or >the ext2 filesystem? Should the startup appear >with bright "green" and "red" marks to indicate >that something is wrong? Or should I deny it all >together and have a nice "flashscreen" at >startup?
>What site should I get software from which I >havn't downloaded yet? Freshmeat? cdrom.com?
>Maybe this is all a bit redundant, but the Linux >community is losing standards. Most of them are >to blame by the distros however. We know that, >but we don't have the power to stop that. Any >clue?
But see, the beauty of *nix is that you can customize it however you want. I hate having to by a seperated distro for server, workstation, etc. I like being able to customize/optimize each machine to do exactly what I want to do. The right tool for the right job. Its up to the user, not the software giant.
I voted NOT to deregulate!