So, in summary, you're saying other distros are better than Debian because they don't call it GNU/Linux?
Tell me something. Did you actually try it?
So the Debian project has some principles. So what? I just want to have a distribution that will make it really easy to keep the system up to date. Debian does that part really well.
Seriously, give it a spin. You might end up liking it.
As this topic was pretty new, it was light on well-rated replies. I decided to take a look at all the posts rather than just the nicely rated ones.
For those reading this and maybe getting the urge: Don't. It's not worth it. I've yet to see a better example of just why the karma system is A Good Thing (TM).
Back to the topic, happy (almost) birthday Debian. You're still the favourite over here.
Picture yourself getting grabbed on the parking lot of your employer, and thrown into jail, while people are searching your home. Imagine being in jail for 5 weeks, without people telling you why.
After enduring this, how much trust would you still have in the 'justice' system? So now someone comes up and says 7 years if you say this and that, or we'll land you a terrorist conviction which will add at least 20 years to whatever the judge sees fit. Now, what would you do?
You'd ask for a butt plug with a lock on it, and take the 7 years, that's what!
There was a story on slashdot yesterday about a guy who ran a website that contained anti-government hate speak and linked to sites that explained how to make bombs. He cut a plea for a 1 year sentence for operating the site, fearing they'd slap the terrorism charge on him aswell.
I'm genuinely amazed Americans are still able to sing the "land of the free" part in their national anthem. America may be a lot of things, but when it comes to freedom you've still got a long way to go.
Reminds me of a website that talks about the 6 levels of DEC support. Where the Field Service Engineer enters the server room, observing the flames coming out of the system cabinets and saying: "AH, HA! This looks like a software problem."
So you now have a calculator with considerable horsepower, a graphical screen, USB, IrDA and an SD slot. And all of this is for the calculation of big formulae?
What would be a practical application for such a beast?
Which areas are likely to prefer this machine over a regular PC and/or PDA?
The virtual terminals thing happened to me too.
Turns out that in the "Input Device Support" section, you must have "Input devices" compiled in. I had it set to module, and unfortunately that doesn't cut it.
Once you've set that, enter the "Character devices" section. At the top there will now be a "Virtual terminal" item which you can select. Once you've done that, you'll get the familiar scrolling of kernel messages.
I didn't get any compile errors, but then I went into the top level makefile (2.6.0-test1/Makefile) and changed all "gcc" and "g++" entries (3 total) to gcc-2.95/g++-2.95 which could account for something. You can also run "make V=1" to get the old, verbose output so you might get a better idea of what's causing the problem.
The dependencies thing I'm still working out myself. I suspect it's why the sound's not working yet.
In all, I'm quite pleased with 2.6.0-test1's performance on my system.
I just read twice about how "some RISC chips" don't have multiplication instructions, even though most do nowadays
Well, it might just be me but when "most do", some don't. You're basically saying that he's right, and should be modded down for it?
I'll grant that there might be a negative slant towards RISC in this article, but trolling? Nah.
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Tell me something. Did you actually try it?
So the Debian project has some principles. So what?
I just want to have a distribution that will make it really easy to keep the system up to date. Debian does that part really well.
Seriously, give it a spin. You might end up liking it.
For those reading this and maybe getting the urge: Don't. It's not worth it.
I've yet to see a better example of just why the karma system is A Good Thing (TM).
Back to the topic, happy (almost) birthday Debian. You're still the favourite over here.
After enduring this, how much trust would you still have in the 'justice' system? So now someone comes up and says 7 years if you say this and that, or we'll land you a terrorist conviction which will add at least 20 years to whatever the judge sees fit. Now, what would you do?
You'd ask for a butt plug with a lock on it, and take the 7 years, that's what!
There was a story on slashdot yesterday about a guy who ran a website that contained anti-government hate speak and linked to sites that explained how to make bombs. He cut a plea for a 1 year sentence for operating the site, fearing they'd slap the terrorism charge on him aswell.
I'm genuinely amazed Americans are still able to sing the "land of the free" part in their national anthem. America may be a lot of things, but when it comes to freedom you've still got a long way to go.
You might wanna rethink your proposal...
Here's the link: The Six Stages Of Field Service Support
For the copy-paste impaired...
What would be a practical application for such a beast?
Which areas are likely to prefer this machine over a regular PC and/or PDA?
Oh, GOD I hope he'll use the Chewbacca defense.
Turns out that in the "Input Device Support" section, you must have "Input devices" compiled in. I had it set to module, and unfortunately that doesn't cut it.
Once you've set that, enter the "Character devices" section. At the top there will now be a "Virtual terminal" item which you can select. Once you've done that, you'll get the familiar scrolling of kernel messages.
I didn't get any compile errors, but then I went into the top level makefile (2.6.0-test1/Makefile) and changed all "gcc" and "g++" entries (3 total) to gcc-2.95/g++-2.95 which could account for something. You can also run "make V=1" to get the old, verbose output so you might get a better idea of what's causing the problem.
The dependencies thing I'm still working out myself. I suspect it's why the sound's not working yet.
In all, I'm quite pleased with 2.6.0-test1's performance on my system.
Cooper
I just read twice about how "some RISC chips" don't have multiplication instructions, even though most do nowadays
Well, it might just be me but when "most do", some don't. You're basically saying that he's right, and should be modded down for it?
I'll grant that there might be a negative slant towards RISC in this article, but trolling? Nah.