Text 6374, 173 rader
Skriven 2006-06-20 23:13:59 av Ed Hulett (1:123/789.0)
   Kommentar till text 6369 av Maurice Kinal (1:140/13.1)
Ärende: installing Linux with eCS
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On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 23:27:26 +0000
"Maurice Kinal -> Ed Hulett" <1:140/13.1> wrote:

 MK> Hey Ed!

 MK> Jun 20 19:16 06, Ed Hulett wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 EH>> No, they aren't the only people who have the claim for the name
 EH>> "Linux". Linus Torvolds has that authority.

 MK> Which distribution does he use?

Good grief! Did you even read what I said?

 EH>> kernel.org isn't the only repository for Linux.

 MK> True but they are where it all starts for the rest of us Linux users.

Not necessarily.

 EH>> Alan didn't ask for your opinion on what constitutes Linux. He
 EH>> asked specifically if he could safely dual boot Linux and eCS
 EH>> (OS/2) and if his 40GB unallocated partition was large enough
 EH>> for it.

 MK> For sure.  I did answer that part other then the multibooting part as
 MK> I have no idea if eCS (OS/2) can multiboot with Linux.  I've never
 MK> used it.  Is it any good for anything that Linux can't do without it?

Then, why did you even bother? That was the entire point of his post.

 MK>>> I didn't say that, but that is the MOST honest Linux.  :-)

 EH>> Yes you did. And no it isn't.

 MK> I respectfully disagree and I know I am right.

Good grief.

 MK>>> The usual case.  So far nothing different about that.

 EH>> Then, what IS your problem?

 MK> I have no problem.  I know what Linux is.

So do the rest of us.

 EH>> Where, your house?

 MK> Yep.  Used to do it for other people as well but since then they
 MK> either discovered how to do it for themselves or went back to
 MK> windows.  I noticed quite a few of them returning computers to have
 MK> win98 reinstalled to them as they couldn't live with xp anymore.  I
 MK> found that really interesting.

I have a computer that dual boot XP and Linux and XP works just fine.

In order to be able to use computers one must remember that ALL OSes
suck and ALL hardware sucks. Once you realize that, you can stay sane
while wrangling with the technology.

 EH>> Slackware isn't the best by any stretch.

 MK> Yes it is.

That is entirely a matter of opinion.

 MK> Also the oldest still existing distribution which in
 MK> itself says something for it.

Well, there is also Yagsdrasl (sp?) that has been around for several
years.

 EH>> Your statement "...makes you superior..." shows just where your
 EH>> head is... in the clouds.

 MK> Always.  Where is yours?  ;-)

Mine is attached squarely between my shoulders.

 EH>> I'm sure they are all "superior" just like you. <yawn>

 MK> I am not superior.  Anything here that can claim superiority was
 MK> inherited.  Some of my tweaks are superior though.  I can prove it
 MK> too. Just ask anyone around here that has seen it.  They ALWAYS
 MK> oooooo and ahhhhhhh.  :-)

Good for them. I'm sure you're quite comfortable with your little amen
corner.

 EH>> www.kernel.org isn't the only source for Linux.

 MK> The main one.

You might think so.

 EH>> Good for you.

 MK> It has been and continues to be.

That's nice.

 EH>> And I didn't even compile a thing. Imagine that.

 MK> Sounds boring to me.

I have no problem with that. I prefer to be productive right off
without having to play with things.

 EH>> As I have said repeatedly, www.kernel.org isn't the only source
 EH>> for Linux. There are hundreds of distributions available.

 MK> The main one.  Without it argueably there would be no others.

If you say so.

 EH>> I suppose you think you are the only one right.

 MK> No but I am here.  The majority doesn't count, right or wrong, since
 MK> they can't or won't do anything here.

Where is "here?" You little world?

 MK>>> Good for them.  I wish them all the luck in the world.

 EH>> Sure you do.

 MK> Actually I do.  That was honest.  The more the merrier methinks,
 MK> whether I use them or not.  I think we all benefit from that.

Agreed.

 EH>> Most distros come with several packages to make the experience
 EH>> enjoyable.

 MK> Such as?

Multimedia apps, internet apps, office apps, graphics apps, etc.

 MK> I find I have to hack them to get what I want.  Mind you I
 MK> am not 'most' by no stretch of anyone's imagination, not even my own.

Good for you.

 EH>> Making the claim that it isn't Linux unless you get it from

 MK> Linux is the kernel.  That is all it is.  The rest is whatever it
 MK> wants to be and works on nonLinux systems too.  Check out the BSD's
 MK> and you will see much there that you will find in Linux
 MK> distributions.  Why is that so?

Of course you will. I didn't say anything to the contrary. You are
talking of the base core and I am talking about what is commonly
offered by the various distributions.

 EH>> There isn't much the average user can do with just the raw
 EH>> kernel.

 MK> The poor sods.  ;-)

They aren't you.

Ed

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