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CRUX PPC Goes 2.0
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For me, I feel that effort would be better spent on something like Debian, rather than yet another distro... especially for something like PPC.
If the goal is to provide a free software drop-in replacement for OS X, then as a community we should concentrate our efforts on one distro...
I'll plead ignorance when it comes to Gentoo, but I don't like the idea of a lot of compiling - I'm sure there are ways to not have to compile everything, but then I think 'Why bother, when there is Debian'
I'm not a Debian developer, but I like how apt works. It works consistently well, and is considerably better than something like Software Update or Windows Update.
It's always cool to see people doing new stuff however, and the Crux people should be congratulated for this.
In case you were wondering...
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CRUX PPC Goes 2.0
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CRUX PPC is a lightweight GNU/Linux distribution targeted at experienced Linux users. The primary focus of this distribution is "keep it simple", which is reflected in a simple tarball-based package system, BSD-style init scripts, and a relatively small collection of trimmed packages.
Debian PPC still available folks. apt is the only way to fly when it comes to package management, I feel.
Um... it *so* doesn't validate. It's full of entities because they've not escaped ampersands correctly, uses various deprecated attributes and doesn't appear to offer a correct encoding string.
What makes GNU/Linux, GNU/Linux is that it's the GNU operating system, which is more than tools - it's actually their project to create a free Un*x, with the Linux kernel, which is why you could also call it just 'GNU' if you wanted - though that would not give credit to Linus et al's work.
Um, free software is not about price. You can quite easily sell a GPL product and give the source code to the people who PAY you for it.
You can't stop them giving your GPL program away though, however you could only give away new versions of the source to people who've paid you, or you could use a license key and web activation for the binaries.
You could even make a license key style system for your compile job, or tie your product to a hardware dongle.
On the mozilla site itself, they say it can be used as a primary browser, but don't rely on it for mission critical stuff.
The web is mission critical?
Relying on a public infastructure full of infected and unpatched computers operated by people who didn't realise they needed to install things on their computers to make them keep working? Ouch.
I've not had all that much experience with BSD, but I'd say that packaging always seemed quite difficult, for me coming from a Debian GNU/Linux background.
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if Linux gets ported to the Xbox2
;)
If? When GNU/Linux gets ported to the XBOX2...
GNU is a project to create a free Unix-like but non-Unix copy OS.
Linux is a kernel that powers GNU.
Therefore, Unix as an OS is different from Linux as a kernel.
Is anyone denying Linux is anything more than a kernel, now?
Given that Linux is the kernel used on GNU/Linux, and given that GNU's Not Unix, I'd say not.
Um, I'd reckon Jeff submitted it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashvertisement
That's a real nice story :)
For me, I feel that effort would be better spent on something like Debian, rather than yet another distro... especially for something like PPC.
If the goal is to provide a free software drop-in replacement for OS X, then as a community we should concentrate our efforts on one distro...
I'll plead ignorance when it comes to Gentoo, but I don't like the idea of a lot of compiling - I'm sure there are ways to not have to compile everything, but then I think 'Why bother, when there is Debian'
I'm not a Debian developer, but I like how apt works. It works consistently well, and is considerably better than something like Software Update or Windows Update.
It's always cool to see people doing new stuff however, and the Crux people should be congratulated for this.
CRUX PPC is a lightweight GNU/Linux distribution targeted at experienced Linux users. The primary focus of this distribution is "keep it simple", which is reflected in a simple tarball-based package system, BSD-style init scripts, and a relatively small collection of trimmed packages.
Debian PPC still available folks. apt is the only way to fly when it comes to package management, I feel.
That's what I'm talking about.
Slashdot is standard compliant... in Japan !
Um... it *so* doesn't validate. It's full of entities because they've not escaped ampersands correctly, uses various deprecated attributes and doesn't appear to offer a correct encoding string.
Linux *is* the kernel. GNU/Linux is the operating system. :)
Single Sign On works, I think, only the user will need to have their username/password saved in Firefox.
This is exactly what Open Source is about
Open Source? Ugh.
I think the parent's point was that lots of half-arsed distros only tend to flood the minds of people who are coming to free software and GNU/Linux.
I think UserLinux could be really good for this, even it's not GNUserLinux.
What makes GNU/Linux, GNU/Linux is that it's the GNU operating system, which is more than tools - it's actually their project to create a free Un*x, with the Linux kernel, which is why you could also call it just 'GNU' if you wanted - though that would not give credit to Linus et al's work.
Thanks Steve
Um, free software is not about price. You can quite easily sell a GPL product and give the source code to the people who PAY you for it.
You can't stop them giving your GPL program away though, however you could only give away new versions of the source to people who've paid you, or you could use a license key and web activation for the binaries.
You could even make a license key style system for your compile job, or tie your product to a hardware dongle.
All ways that could be expanded on.
...NIH seems to be the National Institutes of Health.
On the mozilla site itself, they say it can be used as a primary browser, but don't rely on it for mission critical stuff.
The web is mission critical?
Relying on a public infastructure full of infected and unpatched computers operated by people who didn't realise they needed to install things on their computers to make them keep working? Ouch.
Please use Coraled URL's, they will last much longer.
;)
Coral seems hosed at the moment actually!
RAM prices keep the price down. If they sold the machine with a more decent amount of RAM, they'd not be able to offer it at the price they do.
I have developed a program to download Google to my hard disk. I have two (yes, two) ISDN lines, so I'll be fine to support the web for a week or so.
This is that sequl. It's not a drive in, it's a theater, but yeah... it's very dumb.
The sequel was basically designed to be a rehash of the original. It's mostly just flashbacks.
GARBAGE DAY!
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
Review here.
No speakers? Apart from the iMac, the eMac, and all their laptops, right? ;)
What really makes the ultimate BSD?
I've not had all that much experience with BSD, but I'd say that packaging always seemed quite difficult, for me coming from a Debian GNU/Linux background.
Apple would probably blow them out of the water though.
According to the license, you can't run OS X on a non-Apple computer.