I know I shouldn't feed the trolls but sometimes I can't help myself.
a) Most people tend to compile a kernel "because they can". In the several years I've been using linux I've yet to have a single reason NOT to use the kernel supplied by my distro. YMMV
b) The average user who simply checks their email, browses the web, and composes a few office documents should have plenty of tools to do those tasks included in their distro of choice. The console comes in when installing new software in most cases. By your admission of being an "advanced" user you probably installed some software, which is why you needed the console. If you only used the programs included with the distro you could get by without the console.
c) See b above. If you are only using the programs provided by the distro you will have plenty of help files with each program. Man pages are additional sources of information, not the only source of information.
Since version 7.0, Slackware includes System V init compatibility. Many other Linux distributions make use of this style instead of the BSD style. Basically each runlevel is given a subdirectory for init scripts, whereas BSD style gives one init script to each runlevel.
The rc.sysvinit script will search for any System V init scripts you have in/etc/rc.d and run them, if the runlevel is appropriate. This is useful for certain commercial software packages that install System V init scripts and scripts for BSD style init.
I've tried every major distro available. One of the main reasons I settled on Slack was because of the init system. The beauty of the init is that it is NOT system v init, there's no tangled mess of symlinks in Slack. Just a few WELL COMMENTED init scripts.
(Noah enters, and begins working in his garden, digging)
God: (standing on a chair behind Noah, he rings a bell once) NOAH.
Noah: (Looks up) Is someone calling me? (Shrugs and goes back to his work)
God: (Ding) NOAH!!
Noah: Who is that?
God: It's the Lord, Noah.
Noah: Right... Where are ya? What do ya want? I've been good.
God: I want you to build an ark.
Noah: Right... What's an ark?
God: Get some wood and build it 300 cubits by 80 cubits by 40 cubits.
Noah: Right... What's a cubit?
God: Well never mind. Don't worry about that right now. After you build the ark, I want you to go out into the world and collect all the animals of the world, two by two, male and female, and put them into the ark.
Noah: Right... Who is this really? What's going on? How come you want me to do all these weird things?
God: I'm going to destroy the world.
Noah: Right... Am I on Candid Camera? How are you gonna do it?
God: I'm going to make it rain for a thousand days and drown them right out.
Noah: Right... Listen, do this and you'll save water. Let it rain for forty days and forty nights and wait for the sewers to back up.
God: Right...
Narrator: So Noah began to build the ark. Of course his neighbors were not too happy about it. Can you imagine leaving for the office at 7 AM and seeing an ark?
Neighbor: (enters whistling, with brief case) Hey! You over there.
Noah: What do you want?
Neighbor: What is this thing?
Noah: It's an ark.
Neighbor: Uh huh, well you want to get it out of my driveway? I've gotta get to work. Hey listen, what's this thing for anyway?
Noah: I can't tell you, ha ha ha.
Neighbor: Can't you even give me a little hint?
Noah: You want a hint?
Neighbor: Yes, please.
Noah: Well, how long can you tread water? Ha ha ha
Neighbor: There's one in every neighborhood. (Shakes head and leaves)
Narrator: Well Noah finally got the ark built. Then he had the task of gathering all the animals two by two.
Noah: Hey, anybody know how to tell the difference between a male and a female mosquito? (Looking in a box) I told your rabbits before, only two! (He puts box in boat) Whew, finally the last two animals are on board. Let's get this thing closed up before God asks me to do something else. I'm six hundred years old. I am getting too old for this sort of thing.
God: Noah!
Noah: I knew it. What do you want now?
God: You're going to have to take one of those hippos off and get another one.
Noah: Why?
God: 'Cause you got two males. You need a female.
Noah: I'm too tired to bring anything else on board. You change one of them.
God: Come on, you know I don't work like that.
Noah: But I'm sick and tired of this. I've been working all day everyday like crazy for months now, dawn to dusk. I'm tired of this.
God: Noah
Noah: Yeah?
God: how long can you tread water? Ha ha ha
Noah: Yeah, well I got news for you. You keep talking about this flood and I haven't seen a drop of rain. Meanwhile, the whole neighborhood is making fun of me. I told one of my friends I'd been talking to the Lord and he laughed so hard he wet his pants. Do you know I'm the only guy in town with an ark in his yard? People are picketing and calling the heath department, strangers walk up to me and say "How's it going, Tarzan?" I am sick and tired of all of this, you let me get a pregnant elephant . . . Do you give me
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I know I shouldn't feed the trolls but sometimes I can't help myself.
a) Most people tend to compile a kernel "because they can". In the several years I've been using linux I've yet to have a single reason NOT to use the kernel supplied by my distro. YMMV
b) The average user who simply checks their email, browses the web, and composes a few office documents should have plenty of tools to do those tasks included in their distro of choice. The console comes in when installing new software in most cases. By your admission of being an "advanced" user you probably installed some software, which is why you needed the console. If you only used the programs included with the distro you could get by without the console.
c) See b above. If you are only using the programs provided by the distro you will have plenty of help files with each program. Man pages are additional sources of information, not the only source of information.
There is a KDE program called Kompose which offers similar functionality on a KDE desktop.
Is this a Windows only feature, or do us linux users get to enjoy it also?
Usually it's better to check for DOM objects than user agent strings.
I WISH I only got 10 spam/day
Great we can get new episodes of Mystery Science Theatre 3000
Slackware will be just fine without your "promotion", thanks for playing.
If they send their security fixes upstream it may help debian.
I thought debian had over 1000 developers. Don't any of them do security?
That could be the most expensive slashdotting in history
I do tae kwon do and I was wondering how durable those shoes are
... the barter system. This newfangled electronic stuff just isn't working out.
Bush is just following in the footsteps of his hero
http://www.slackware.com/config/init.php
Since version 7.0, Slackware includes System V init compatibility. Many other Linux distributions make use of this style instead of the BSD style. Basically each runlevel is given a subdirectory for init scripts, whereas BSD style gives one init script to each runlevel.
The rc.sysvinit script will search for any System V init scripts you have in /etc/rc.d and run them, if the runlevel is appropriate. This is useful for certain commercial software packages that install System V init scripts and scripts for BSD style init.
I've tried every major distro available. One of the main reasons I settled on Slack was because of the init system. The beauty of the init is that it is NOT system v init, there's no tangled mess of symlinks in Slack. Just a few WELL COMMENTED init scripts.
You just got a Master's degree, and you come to slashdot for career advice?
How do I add that to the list of sayings in fortune?What, didn't you get the email from paypal to verify your account?
(Noah enters, and begins working in his garden, digging)
God: (standing on a chair behind Noah, he rings a bell once) NOAH.
Noah: (Looks up) Is someone calling me? (Shrugs and goes back to his work)
God: (Ding) NOAH!!
Noah: Who is that?
God: It's the Lord, Noah.
Noah: Right ... Where are ya? What do ya want? I've been good.
God: I want you to build an ark.
Noah: Right ... What's an ark?
God: Get some wood and build it 300 cubits by 80 cubits by 40 cubits.
Noah: Right ... What's a cubit?
God: Well never mind. Don't worry about that right now. After you build the ark, I want you to go out into the world and collect all the animals of the world, two by two, male and female, and put them into the ark.
Noah: Right ... Who is this really? What's going on? How come you want me to do all these weird things?
God: I'm going to destroy the world.
Noah: Right ... Am I on Candid Camera? How are you gonna do it?
God: I'm going to make it rain for a thousand days and drown them right out.
Noah: Right ... Listen, do this and you'll save water. Let it rain for forty days and forty nights and wait for the sewers to back up.
God: Right...
Narrator: So Noah began to build the ark. Of course his neighbors were not too happy about it. Can you imagine leaving for the office at 7 AM and seeing an ark?
Neighbor: (enters whistling, with brief case) Hey! You over there.
Noah: What do you want?
Neighbor: What is this thing?
Noah: It's an ark.
Neighbor: Uh huh, well you want to get it out of my driveway? I've gotta get to work. Hey listen, what's this thing for anyway?
Noah: I can't tell you, ha ha ha.
Neighbor: Can't you even give me a little hint?
Noah: You want a hint?
Neighbor: Yes, please.
Noah: Well, how long can you tread water? Ha ha ha
Neighbor: There's one in every neighborhood. (Shakes head and leaves)
Narrator: Well Noah finally got the ark built. Then he had the task of gathering all the animals two by two.
Noah: Hey, anybody know how to tell the difference between a male and a female mosquito? (Looking in a box) I told your rabbits before, only two! (He puts box in boat) Whew, finally the last two animals are on board. Let's get this thing closed up before God asks me to do something else. I'm six hundred years old. I am getting too old for this sort of thing.
God: Noah!
Noah: I knew it. What do you want now?
God: You're going to have to take one of those hippos off and get another one.
Noah: Why?
God: 'Cause you got two males. You need a female.
Noah: I'm too tired to bring anything else on board. You change one of them.
God: Come on, you know I don't work like that.
Noah: But I'm sick and tired of this. I've been working all day everyday like crazy for months now, dawn to dusk. I'm tired of this.
God: Noah
Noah: Yeah?
God: how long can you tread water? Ha ha ha
Noah: Yeah, well I got news for you. You keep talking about this flood and I haven't seen a drop of rain. Meanwhile, the whole neighborhood is making fun of me. I told one of my friends I'd been talking to the Lord and he laughed so hard he wet his pants. Do you know I'm the only guy in town with an ark in his yard? People are picketing and calling the heath department, strangers walk up to me and say "How's it going, Tarzan?" I am sick and tired of all of this, you let me get a pregnant elephant . . . Do you give me
I would LOVE to see them try enforcing against the phone companies.
It's be a shame if they had to break up the phone company or something.... oh wait.What's a rubric (in my best Bill Cosby voice)
After 3 years they really should have bumped the number more than that.
Have you ever used the Gimp?
Will it run on wine?
Using Tor can help you anonymize web browsing and publishing, instant messaging, IRC, SSH, and more.
Don't we have enough problems with script kiddies trying to SSH into our machines without making them anonymous?If you're gonna troll, choose a version of linux that was released a little more recently.