LinuxBBQ

A place to drop in links that usually would end somewhere in the Random Internet Section, or not being worth to give an own topic. So, this place is for news around Linux, FOSS and the whole crap :)

To start off:
CentOS is now officially part of RedHat: http://www.redhat.com/about/news/press- ... oin-forces

Bunnie's Novena, a completely open-source laptop: http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=3597

A new Linux-based OS for (smart)phones will be launched in March: http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/fi ... omo-468572

I like the looks of that home brewed laptop.

Anyone have a VAX sitting around to donate to the OpenBSD folks?

http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=138934602108353&w=2

Pidsley? :)

VAX ? I wonder how many machines are still left outside of a museum.

To fill the new section with Linux bits:

http://linux-website-screenshots.tumblr.com/

The best Linux hits from the 90s, 00s and today. Join the party. Lalalala.

Arch (2002)

Why Linux sucks:

http://linuxfonts.narod.ru/why.linux.is ... rrent.html

Somebody wants to make some very valid points. Enjoy.

^Well, certainly lots of valid points. Since messing around with the BSDs, I'm finding there are many things that seem much better than Linux, such as fonts and general "wholeness" and integration (if these make sense), and some things that are more challenging, such as video drivers and Flash. Overall, though, I have to say I do really like the BSDs. But of course I like Linux, too.

Well, many things I completely agree with, independently of the GUI/console stuff.

! Linux security/permissions management is a bloody mess: PAM, SeLinux, Udev, HAL (replaced with udisk/upower/libudev), PolicyKit, ConsoleKit and usual Unix permissions (/etc/passwd, /etc/group) all have their separate incompatible permissions management systems spread all over the file system. Quite often people cannot use their digital devices unless they switch to a super user.

Word.

bones wrote:^Well, certainly lots of valid points. Since messing around with the BSDs, I'm finding there are many things that seem much better than Linux, such as fonts and general "wholeness" and integration (if these make sense), and some things that are more challenging, such as video drivers and Flash. Overall, though, I have to say I do really like the BSDs. But of course I like Linux, too.

I agree with you

Bitrot and atomic COWs: Inside “next-gen” filesystems:

http://arstechnica.com/information-tech ... lesystems/

Spotify discuses systemd in Debian. Really?

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepor ... bug=727708

bones wrote:Anyone have a VAX sitting around to donate to the OpenBSD folks?

http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=138934602108353&w=2

Pidsley? :)

Maybe this explains their $20k electric bill?

http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=31515

This is also interesting: http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/vax/a ... 0_100.html

Seriously? They need another 72 MHz machine with 128M memory?

^Yeah, seriously. If it were me, I'd say "OK, screw VAX support." Really, who uses these, any more?

http://live-systems.org/build/

Can't get *any* easier.

machinebacon wrote:http://live-systems.org/build/

Can't get *any* easier.

Can't get it to build SID currently, but easy and switching the system after installing is not hard.

China OS! http://beta.slashdot.org/story/196991

^ Wtf.

^I know, who knew Romania had billionaires! ;)