To put it another way, I've seen guys who know the process side of software engineering inside and out - but couldn't code their way out of a paper bag
Well, if I was stuck in a paper bag, I know I certainly wouldn't be able to "code" myself out of it.
Microsoft acknowledges the suckiness of their operating system, but chooses to cover up the issue by implying it is the fault of the open-source software underneath.
I use Gentoo as my primary distro, and I've found that it doesn't bring you as close to the underlying GNU/Linux system as it does acquaint you with shell and the custom Gentoo install/configure scripts.
Running Folding@Home and SETI@Home simultaneously would not do much better than just running Folding@Home. They both yield to higher-priority processes, so one of them would end up yielding to the other. I don't know about distributed.net, but I assume its similar.
whiteboxlinux.org
^^ Notice the extension. whiteboxlinux.net looks decidedly different... also, note the date of the comment you cited - December 1, 2004.
White Box Enterprise Linux is, appropriately, intended for use by enterprises, not home users. Seeing as enterprises generally favor stability and security over fancy features, it shouldn't come as a surprise that an enterprise-oriented distribution's package set consists of older, more thoroughly-tested software.
The biggest obstacle in WBEL seems to be (as mentioned above) the lack of support. It has more in common with RHEL than not; the biggest difference is the professional support offered by Red Hat (and not White Box). The fact that CentOS apparently dominates the niche (as proven by all of the advertisement in the comments here), therefore taking potential community members from WBEL, can't help much, either.
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Everything is up-to-date, and re-installs are rarely - if ever - necessary. Fedora Core users must wait for FC4 for KDE 3.4 and Gnome 2.10; Gentoo users just have to wait for the rsync update.
If (like me) you're runnning a personal computer (i.e. not a production server) and want the latest and greatest as soon as they come out, Gentoo is worth it.
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Microsoft acknowledges the suckiness of their operating system, but chooses to cover up the issue by implying it is the fault of the open-source software underneath.
I use Gentoo as my primary distro, and I've found that it doesn't bring you as close to the underlying GNU/Linux system as it does acquaint you with shell and the custom Gentoo install/configure scripts.
Chandler
Running Folding@Home and SETI@Home simultaneously would not do much better than just running Folding@Home. They both yield to higher-priority processes, so one of them would end up yielding to the other. I don't know about distributed.net, but I assume its similar.
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but aren't they essentially just trying to bring the GigaPet/Furby concept to bigger computers?
You must not understand digital graphics very well.
The higher the resolution/size of the image, the better. Formula below:
[Resolution of screen] ^ [Resolution of image] = [Quality in liters]
whiteboxlinux.org
^^ Notice the extension. whiteboxlinux.net looks decidedly different... also, note the date of the comment you cited - December 1, 2004.
White Box Enterprise Linux is, appropriately, intended for use by enterprises, not home users. Seeing as enterprises generally favor stability and security over fancy features, it shouldn't come as a surprise that an enterprise-oriented distribution's package set consists of older, more thoroughly-tested software. The biggest obstacle in WBEL seems to be (as mentioned above) the lack of support. It has more in common with RHEL than not; the biggest difference is the professional support offered by Red Hat (and not White Box). The fact that CentOS apparently dominates the niche (as proven by all of the advertisement in the comments here), therefore taking potential community members from WBEL, can't help much, either.
Everything is up-to-date, and re-installs are rarely - if ever - necessary. Fedora Core users must wait for FC4 for KDE 3.4 and Gnome 2.10; Gentoo users just have to wait for the rsync update.
If (like me) you're runnning a personal computer (i.e. not a production server) and want the latest and greatest as soon as they come out, Gentoo is worth it.
Chandler