Hell yeah, I couldn't remember that name.. Deskmate kicked ass, I used to write songs on there, using the internal speakers. Deskmate was the shizzznit.
My first was a 286 Tandy from Radioshack. I used to play Space Quest 1 and Kings Quest 1 on it. I learned DOS using that box. Good times.. We sold it for 5 bucks at a garage sale, and somebody later tried to return it because it wouldn't boot into windows so they thought we ripped them off.
It seems like Osnews has been beating Slashdot to the punch lately. I usually see an article on osnews, then a few days later it pops up on slashdot (or slashdot takes the article from osnews alltogether).
When I was a kid, they used to have cameras on our school busses. Nobody was really sure whether they were 'on' or not. The bus drives used to use it as leverage so we didn't screw around.
About 2 years ago, I purchased an old Belkin Wireless AP. It's been running non-stop for the full two years, but about once a Night I have to reset it manually or else I cannot get any outgoing traffic to work.
From: Linus Torvalds To: Kernel Mailing List Subject: Linux v2.5.72 and a move to OSDL Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 21:35:09 -0700 (PDT)
Ok, I waited too long for 2.5.71, so here's a more timely 2.5.72 release.
It's extra timely largely because the hash list poisoning found some problems in the RPC code, making NFS break. Trond found and fixed the breakage, so 2.5.72 should work fine in an NFS environment too. Let's see if the list poisoning shows any other dodgy list users. Knock wood.
Also, Arnaldo has cleaned up a lot of the networking code to use the generic hash lists, instead of the old ad-hoc net-specific list walking code. That code has been tested pretty well, but please holler if you see something.
Changelog for other details appended.
The other big news - well, for me personally, anyway - is that I've decided to take a leave-of-absense after 6+ years at Transmeta to actually work full-time on the kernel.
Transmeta has always been very good at letting me spend even an inordinate amount of time on Linux, but as a result I've been feeling a little guilty at just how little "real work" I got done lately. To fix that, I'll instead be working at OSDL, finally actually doing Linux as my main job.
[ I do not expect a huge amount of change as a result, testament to just/how/ freely Transmeta has let me do Linux work. My email address will
change to "torvalds@osdl.org" effective July 1st, but everybody is
trying to make the transfer as smooth as possible, so we'll make sure
that there will be sufficient address overlap etc to not cause any
problems ]
OSDL and Transmeta will have a joint official (read: "boring". You should have seen the bio - that didn't make it - that I suggested for myself for it;) press-release about this tomorrow morning, but I just wanted to say thanks to Transmeta. It has been a special place to work for, and hello to OSDL that I hope will be the same.
Earlier today, when I saw "Bono to head RIAA" on the Drudge Report, I was shocked! But I didn't bother to RTFA. I always thought that Lars Ulrich from Metallica was next in line.
Microsoft Flooded my college with TONS of free software. The first day of class we all got free copies of VS6 (most of which appeared on ebay the following day ) In fact, in the CSE classes I've taken, I have not even heard the word Linux or Unix. Its all about the VS.
Does anybody know when the 2.6 kernel releases are coming out? I can't wait.
Sun Doesn't appeal to me
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Sun's Last Stand
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I think you can partially blame sun's (demise?) on their inability to attract younger developers. As a (younger) sysadmin, I didn't touch a sun box until I got into my first job. Even then I am concentrating on migrating everything over to Linux because it is what I know. I think the same applies in a lot of cases, especially with the younger-folk. How many teenagers do you see trying out Solaris? How many do you see trying out Linux? I would imagine that Linux would far exceed Sun.
When my boss asks me to recommend a server, I would most definetely recommend a Linux server over a Solaris box simply because I have far more experience with Linux than with Unix.
If any of you thought for a second that Microsoft would actually abide by the settlement with the DOJ you are on crack.
What incentive do they have to abide by it? What is the worst that will happen if they don't abide by it? They'll get taken back to court the DOJ, and I'm sure they'll settle again and continue doing what they are doing.
I personally have no problem with Microsoft, but If the DOJ is going to settle with them, they better be prepared to enforce the settlement.
I see the POS market as very tough to enter, especially the retail POS market. I've worked retail and found many companies still use out-of-date 10-15 year old computers. The IT departments are just plain stubborn and underfunded. I'm sure there are some great OSS POS systems out there, but its going to be very difficult to get some kind of foothold in the market.
At first when I read this headline, it scared me, especially with all the SCO stuff going on, its getting harder for me to explain to my bosses how the Linux licensing works and what is going on.
I am from Troy Michigan, Big Beaver airport closed a about 10 years ago to make way for a small industrial complex. I remember driving by it when I was a kid and looking at the planes.
Slashdot Mirror
What about the episode of Voyager where Tom Paris turns into a lizard after going warp 10!?
Hell yeah, I couldn't remember that name.. Deskmate kicked ass, I used to write songs on there, using the internal speakers. Deskmate was the shizzznit.
My first was a 286 Tandy from Radioshack. I used to play Space Quest 1 and Kings Quest 1 on it. I learned DOS using that box. Good times.. We sold it for 5 bucks at a garage sale, and somebody later tried to return it because it wouldn't boot into windows so they thought we ripped them off.
Didn't SCO allready patent this?
It seems like Osnews has been beating Slashdot to the punch lately. I usually see an article on osnews, then a few days later it pops up on slashdot (or slashdot takes the article from osnews alltogether).
When I was a kid, they used to have cameras on our school busses. Nobody was really sure whether they were 'on' or not. The bus drives used to use it as leverage so we didn't screw around.
About 2 years ago, I purchased an old Belkin Wireless AP. It's been running non-stop for the full two years, but about once a Night I have to reset it manually or else I cannot get any outgoing traffic to work.
All this talk of the mob in TSO makes me want to play it! It seemed boring and repetitive before, now only if they made a Vice City Online....
If they go out of Chapter 11, does that mean that my 175 shares of mandrake stock will be worth anything? It was doing okay, until they went bankrupt.
I've been out of the live music trading scene for almost a year now. What happened to SHN? Wasn't that a lossless compression?
You ought to get the deCSS code tattoed on your back.
From: Linus Torvalds
/how/ freely Transmeta has let me do Linux work. My email address will
;) press-release about this tomorrow morning, but I just
To: Kernel Mailing List
Subject: Linux v2.5.72 and a move to OSDL
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 21:35:09 -0700 (PDT)
Ok, I waited too long for 2.5.71, so here's a more timely 2.5.72
release.
It's extra timely largely because the hash list poisoning found some
problems in the RPC code, making NFS break. Trond found and fixed the
breakage, so 2.5.72 should work fine in an NFS environment too. Let's
see if the list poisoning shows any other dodgy list users. Knock wood.
Also, Arnaldo has cleaned up a lot of the networking code to use the
generic hash lists, instead of the old ad-hoc net-specific list walking
code. That code has been tested pretty well, but please holler if you
see something.
Changelog for other details appended.
The other big news - well, for me personally, anyway - is that I've
decided to take a leave-of-absense after 6+ years at Transmeta to
actually work full-time on the kernel.
Transmeta has always been very good at letting me spend even an
inordinate amount of time on Linux, but as a result I've been feeling a
little guilty at just how little "real work" I got done lately. To fix
that, I'll instead be working at OSDL, finally actually doing Linux as
my main job.
[ I do not expect a huge amount of change as a result, testament to just
change to "torvalds@osdl.org" effective July 1st, but everybody is
trying to make the transfer as smooth as possible, so we'll make sure
that there will be sufficient address overlap etc to not cause any
problems ]
OSDL and Transmeta will have a joint official (read: "boring". You
should have seen the bio - that didn't make it - that I suggested for
myself for it
wanted to say thanks to Transmeta. It has been a special place to work
for, and hello to OSDL that I hope will be the same.
Snif. I'm actually all teary-eyed.
Linus
Earlier today, when I saw "Bono to head RIAA" on the Drudge Report, I was shocked! But I didn't bother to RTFA. I always thought that Lars Ulrich from Metallica was next in line.
Maybe they'll get lucky and go the way of George W. Bush on the segway and take a fall.
Thanks for posting that link, it expressed my feelings about kenny G in words that I have a hard time expressing...
Microsoft Flooded my college with TONS of free software. The first day of class we all got free copies of VS6 (most of which appeared on ebay the following day ) In fact, in the CSE classes I've taken, I have not even heard the word Linux or Unix. Its all about the VS.
Last October Linus expected it to be released this month... I hope it doesn't get delayed anymore.
Does anybody know when the 2.6 kernel releases are coming out? I can't wait.
I think you can partially blame sun's (demise?) on their inability to attract younger developers. As a (younger) sysadmin, I didn't touch a sun box until I got into my first job. Even then I am concentrating on migrating everything over to Linux because it is what I know. I think the same applies in a lot of cases, especially with the younger-folk. How many teenagers do you see trying out Solaris? How many do you see trying out Linux? I would imagine that Linux would far exceed Sun.
When my boss asks me to recommend a server, I would most definetely recommend a Linux server over a Solaris box simply because I have far more experience with Linux than with Unix.
If any of you thought for a second that Microsoft would actually abide by the settlement with the DOJ you are on crack. What incentive do they have to abide by it? What is the worst that will happen if they don't abide by it? They'll get taken back to court the DOJ, and I'm sure they'll settle again and continue doing what they are doing. I personally have no problem with Microsoft, but If the DOJ is going to settle with them, they better be prepared to enforce the settlement.
I see the POS market as very tough to enter, especially the retail POS market. I've worked retail and found many companies still use out-of-date 10-15 year old computers. The IT departments are just plain stubborn and underfunded. I'm sure there are some great OSS POS systems out there, but its going to be very difficult to get some kind of foothold in the market.
At first when I read this headline, it scared me, especially with all the SCO stuff going on, its getting harder for me to explain to my bosses how the Linux licensing works and what is going on.
I am from Troy Michigan, Big Beaver airport closed a about 10 years ago to make way for a small industrial complex. I remember driving by it when I was a kid and looking at the planes.