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Linux News
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 10:19 am
by machinebacon
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
Re: Linux News
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 1:41 am
by ivanovnegro
I like the looks of that home brewed laptop.
Re: Linux News
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 2:50 am
by bones
Anyone have a VAX sitting around to donate to the OpenBSD folks?
http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=138934602108353&w=2
Pidsley? :)
Re: Linux News
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 7:38 am
by Verändert
VAX ? I wonder how many machines are still left outside of a museum.
Re: Linux News
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 9:25 am
by ivanovnegro
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)
Re: Linux News
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 9:55 pm
by ivanovnegro
Why Linux sucks:
http://linuxfonts.narod.ru/why.linux.is ... rrent.html
Somebody wants to make some very valid points. Enjoy.
Re: Linux News
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 11:23 pm
by bones
^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.
Re: Linux News
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 3:16 am
by machinebacon
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.
Re: Linux News
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 8:20 am
by paolo
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
Re: Linux News
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 5:01 pm
by hinto
Bitrot and atomic COWs: Inside “next-gen” filesystems
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2014 10:33 pm
by bones
Bitrot and atomic COWs: Inside “next-gen” filesystems:
http://arstechnica.com/information-tech ... lesystems/
Re: Linux News
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2014 11:54 pm
by ivanovnegro
Re: Linux News
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 12:15 am
by 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?
Re: Linux News
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:16 am
by bones
^Yeah, seriously. If it were me, I'd say "OK, screw VAX support." Really, who uses these, any more?
Re: Linux News
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 3:42 am
by machinebacon
Re: Linux News
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 5:00 pm
by jeffreyC
Can't get it to build SID currently, but easy and switching the system after installing is not hard.
Re: Linux News
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 10:07 am
by rhowaldt
Romanian Billionaire Saves OpenBSD
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 2:05 pm
by bones
Re: Linux News
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 2:20 pm
by ivanovnegro
^ Wtf.
Re: Linux News
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 5:12 pm
by bones
^I know, who knew Romania had billionaires! ;)