Check out catalyst. It allows you to build your own stage taballs for Gentoo. You can even build the binary GRP packages to your specs and it will automatically arrange for the packges to be burnable to more than one CD. Talk about flexibility. You can cook your Gentoo up how ya like.
What I really want to know is what they have planned for April Fools this year. I do not see how they will ever be able to top last year.
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"why doesn't the XFree group revert ot the old one?"
Let's not please. Have you seen how fast the latest Linux 2.6.3 kernel is? Now imagine combining that with the speed of the latest KDE 3.2.0. What ingredient is still missing? A forked, reworked, optimized Xserver perhaps? Please Xfree group, for the love of God, keep the license as it is.
Well even if the developers had taken the time, I don't see how it would have done much good. How in the name of f#%k is Aunt Tilley supposed to know her printer location is http://127.0.0.1:631/dev/lp0? How am I supposed to know it? And $DEITY help Aunt Tilley if she later buys a usb printer. What is the printer location then,/dev/usblp0 or/dev/usb/lp0? I don't know and neither does Aunt Tilley. I suppose now she and I both have to cd/dev/ && ls to see what we can find, although I don't think it fair to expect Aunt Tilley to think to do that. ESR is right on this one.
Someone please thank Mr. Collins for the article and tell him I am still listening to Body Slam!
The splashscreen is unnecessary. Splashscreens exist for apps that take time to load, providing feedback to the user that the app is loading. Kontact is not in that category of app.
KDE is not slow. Only those who have not yet tried 3.2.0 could make such a statement. I understand why this meme is out there, since I myself wouldn't touch KDE with a 10 foot pole in the 2.x days. It was slow as molasses then. Do remember, Apple distributed the changes they made in KHTML back to Konqueror. The difference in speed is amazing.
As far as bloat, KDE is as bloated or as svelte as you make it. DO_NOT_COMPILE is your friend. For those on binary distributions, try Debian, which lets you pick and choose exactly which KDE apps are installed, allowing just as much choice as DO_NOT_COMPILE.
Oh you mean instead of new features like the wallet, which saves passwords for websites and kopete, providing the same functionality of Mozilla? Or perhaps you mean instead of new features like Kontact, which has your mail, addressbook, calendar and user-set rdf news feeds all in one place, and opens so fast you don't have time to view the splashscreen?
Perhaps its just me, but I am quite pleased with new features, not to mention the speed.
(continued from previous post due to Slashdot word count filter)
Europe thought Darl lost his mind He tried suits there of the same kind But Germany said Your scam is now dead Don't let the door hit your behind.
Darl's case was completely absurd With years 'for a ruling occurred It was Darl that I cursed Asking which would come first The end of this case or the Hurd?
Finally with the court's backing Which Groklaw was certainly tracking The discovery phase Began in a haze Since SCO's facts were so lacking.
Just seventeen files we could see How much smaller could Darl's facts be? In court we were glad His case truly had Much bigger holes than goatse.
Darl's game was just mostly extortion Without facts, why pay him a portion? We needed a basis To give to Darl's cases A retroactive abortion
Novell finally opened some doors Telling Darl, "This code is not yours, Now don't have a fit, But you do not own shit" Me thinks Novell just karma whores.
How foolish was Darl to be trying These cases with nothing but lying Within a short term Judge Wells will confirm That SCO is dying.
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There once was a man named McBride Who brought a great case to be tried His stock was a hit As Darl talked his shit But the code he continued to hide.
To lawyers McBride was a debtor Who sought to sue users by letter He sued IBM With facts few and thin A five year old could have done better.
Darl's *nix was the first in his deal The clones that came after he'd steal The clones were his perks Or derivative works Like prior art on the wheel.
The press was the court Darl first chose Didio just brought it new lows One could not but wonder Whose sheets they were under Since both were just Microsoft hoes.
Darl claimed stolen code when he sued With millions of lines he'd include He must have deceived Since no one believed He could count to twenty one when nude.
To be purchased was Darl's major plan Then retire and keep up his tan IBM said, "Fuck off, You won't be playing golf But homeless, beside a trash can."
McBride only wanted a fee For Linux , which always was free His whole case was hinging On Linux infringing On SCO's useless IP.
Darl wanted these fees forever For hatching a plan he thought clever With news so infernal While hacking the kernel Linus said "what the fuck ever."
Who understood Darl's attack? Surely he smoked the best crack We were mostly appalled Ninety-three called Wanting their UnixWare back.
In Vegas Darl said it would be A display of infringing IP Boy Wonder McBride Pitched all truth aside What he showed was all BSD.
Darl sued everyone that he could With contracts he misunderstood Not even a shrink Could teach him to think These lawsuits just made him sport wood.
(post to be continued in following post due to Slashdot wordcount filter, sorry)
Yeah, don't underestimate the US court system, and the fact the he who has the bigger wallet will most likely win. I think we know who that is in this case.
Web sites want hits. More hits means more ad revenue. Link to an article written by someone you KNOW will inflame your readers and the hits go through the roof. Mission accomplished.
Goatse Linux - Filling the biggest holes in your operation Schlafly Linux - We never go down Jackson Linux - Great for Kids Vaigara Linux - Uptimes Like You Have Never Seen
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Check out catalyst. It allows you to build your own stage taballs for Gentoo. You can even build the binary GRP packages to your specs and it will automatically arrange for the packges to be burnable to more than one CD. Talk about flexibility. You can cook your Gentoo up how ya like.
What I really want to know is what they have planned for April Fools this year. I do not see how they will ever be able to top last year.
"why doesn't the XFree group revert ot the old one?"
Let's not please. Have you seen how fast the latest Linux 2.6.3 kernel is? Now imagine combining that with the speed of the latest KDE 3.2.0. What ingredient is still missing? A forked, reworked, optimized Xserver perhaps? Please Xfree group, for the love of God, keep the license as it is.
Well even if the developers had taken the time, I don't see how it would have done much good. How in the name of f#%k is Aunt Tilley supposed to know her printer location is http://127.0.0.1:631/dev/lp0? How am I supposed to know it? And $DEITY help Aunt Tilley if she later buys a usb printer. What is the printer location then,
Someone please thank Mr. Collins for the article and tell him I am still listening to Body Slam!
With Bush & Ashcroft in? Don't make me laugh.
Oh my, which one our corporate overlords were offended this time?
You BLASPHEMER! Emerge TFM immediately!
The splashscreen is unnecessary. Splashscreens exist for apps that take time to load, providing feedback to the user that the app is loading. Kontact is not in that category of app.
KDE is not slow. Only those who have not yet tried 3.2.0 could make such a statement. I understand why this meme is out there, since I myself wouldn't touch KDE with a 10 foot pole in the 2.x days. It was slow as molasses then. Do remember, Apple distributed the changes they made in KHTML back to Konqueror. The difference in speed is amazing.
As far as bloat, KDE is as bloated or as svelte as you make it. DO_NOT_COMPILE is your friend. For those on binary distributions, try Debian, which lets you pick and choose exactly which KDE apps are installed, allowing just as much choice as DO_NOT_COMPILE.
Oh you mean instead of new features like the wallet, which saves passwords for websites and kopete, providing the same functionality of Mozilla? Or perhaps you mean instead of new features like Kontact, which has your mail, addressbook, calendar and user-set rdf news feeds all in one place, and opens so fast you don't have time to view the splashscreen? Perhaps its just me, but I am quite pleased with new features, not to mention the speed.
So when does it replace Bitkeeper for the kernel?
Darl has but one innovation
Ill conceived litigation
It's a shame he can't find
Work made for his kind
But who'd pay him for masturbation?
Syllables, man, syllables. The stucture is like this:
8
8
5
5
6-8
Although your suggested term definitely gives a preferred feel.
(continued from previous post due to Slashdot word count filter)
Europe thought Darl lost his mind
He tried suits there of the same kind
But Germany said
Your scam is now dead
Don't let the door hit your behind.
Darl's case was completely absurd
With years 'for a ruling occurred
It was Darl that I cursed
Asking which would come first
The end of this case or the Hurd?
Finally with the court's backing
Which Groklaw was certainly tracking
The discovery phase
Began in a haze
Since SCO's facts were so lacking.
Just seventeen files we could see
How much smaller could Darl's facts be?
In court we were glad
His case truly had
Much bigger holes than goatse.
Darl's game was just mostly extortion
Without facts, why pay him a portion?
We needed a basis
To give to Darl's cases
A retroactive abortion
Novell finally opened some doors
Telling Darl, "This code is not yours,
Now don't have a fit,
But you do not own shit"
Me thinks Novell just karma whores.
How foolish was Darl to be trying
These cases with nothing but lying
Within a short term
Judge Wells will confirm
That SCO is dying.
I. Warranty - The above poem and/or limericks come with no warranty, express or implied, and hereinafter, shall be referred to as "the work," and is offered to the public under the terms of the General Chewbacca License.
II. Waiver
(a)The work may be copied and/or redistributed, provided all rights to sacrifice your first born child, in either Gatlinburg or Pidgenforge TN, to the great god Tyreeq, Bestower of Hyperbole to All, are waived.
(b)Should you not waive that right, you may distribute the work to any computer, having no more than 35 processors, except on the last day of every other odd-numbered leap year, when the processor limit is 34, but only if such computer should be infected with at least one Microsoft Outlook Virus. Those fortunate enough to thank their lucky stars they have a *nix box, may run the required Microsoft Outlook Virus via Wine, but not Bochs, FreeDOS, or VMWare, thus infecting their fake_windows drive to meet the term of the license, set out in section II(b).
III. Distributees - The work may be distributed to other distributees on the following conditions:
(a) the distributee is still breathing
(b) the distributee exhibits enough brain activity to accept the license
(c) the distributee's first name is not a silly typo, like "Darl"
VI. License Rejection - Should you not accept this license, you may still distribute the work, but only if you write on the back windshield of your personal vehicle, in bright yellow shoe polish, "FOR GOD'S SAKE! ONE LEGGED HAMSTERS RUN FASTER THAN UNIXWARE!" and then drive said vehicle in rush hour once a day for an hour, in the community in which you reside, for seven successive business days and only if the weather is precipitation-free, as in speech and/or beer.
V. License Violations - Violations of the rights outlined in the General Chewbacca License will be vigorously pursued and all intellectual property rights will be vigorously defended, using the full extent of the law to insure such rights are protected, including, but not limited to, utilizing the services of Rent-A-Drop-Out Security Firm, Inc., to seek out license violations in the jurisdictions in which the violator or violators, may reside.
VI. Special Exemptions - Perl programmers shall be exempt from all terms of the General Chewbacca License, except section II(a), provided they do not show the author, nor ask the author to review, the resulting hieroglyphics generated by their coding skills.
VII. Mass Distribution - For those who accept the license to copy and redistribute the work, there shall be a limit of 1,000 copies for any given individual. To remove the limit and allow unlimited copies, you must agree to, and complete, the following terms:
(a) You must acquire an employment applica
There once was a man named McBride
Who brought a great case to be tried
His stock was a hit
As Darl talked his shit
But the code he continued to hide.
To lawyers McBride was a debtor
Who sought to sue users by letter
He sued IBM
With facts few and thin
A five year old could have done better.
Darl's *nix was the first in his deal
The clones that came after he'd steal
The clones were his perks
Or derivative works
Like prior art on the wheel.
The press was the court Darl first chose
Didio just brought it new lows
One could not but wonder
Whose sheets they were under
Since both were just Microsoft hoes.
Darl claimed stolen code when he sued
With millions of lines he'd include
He must have deceived
Since no one believed
He could count to twenty one when nude.
To be purchased was Darl's major plan
Then retire and keep up his tan
IBM said, "Fuck off,
You won't be playing golf
But homeless, beside a trash can."
McBride only wanted a fee
For Linux , which always was free
His whole case was hinging
On Linux infringing
On SCO's useless IP.
Darl wanted these fees forever
For hatching a plan he thought clever
With news so infernal
While hacking the kernel
Linus said "what the fuck ever."
Who understood Darl's attack?
Surely he smoked the best crack
We were mostly appalled
Ninety-three called
Wanting their UnixWare back.
In Vegas Darl said it would be
A display of infringing IP
Boy Wonder McBride
Pitched all truth aside
What he showed was all BSD.
Darl sued everyone that he could
With contracts he misunderstood
Not even a shrink
Could teach him to think
These lawsuits just made him sport wood.
(post to be continued in following post due to Slashdot wordcount filter, sorry)
Yeah, don't underestimate the US court system, and the fact the he who has the bigger wallet will most likely win. I think we know who that is in this case.
Web sites want hits. More hits means more ad revenue. Link to an article written by someone you KNOW will inflame your readers and the hits go through the roof. Mission accomplished.
Goatse Linux - Filling the biggest holes in your operation
Schlafly Linux - We never go down
Jackson Linux - Great for Kids
Vaigara Linux - Uptimes Like You Have Never Seen
So download from Freenet.
Xfree license sucks
Netcraft confirms no usage
Xfree is dying.
You struggle counting
Your school was public I guess
Did you graduate?