On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 5:52 AM, David Crayford <dcrayf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 20/07/2015 9:37 PM, John McKown wrote: > >> Thanks for the pointer. This is a "on my own" project which has been put >> on the "back burner". I'm fighting a hardware upgrade issue at home right >> now. I think the SATA interface on the motherboard of one of my systems is >> getting flaky. And the old, IDE, CD-ROM has gone totally silent, along >> with >> the main HD getting a lot of read errors. So I put in some more memroy, a >> 512 MiB SSD, and 2 (older) SATA HDs I had laying around; ordered new PCIe >> SATA controller & DVD burner. I did a fresh install of RedHat Fedora on >> the >> SSD. Now in the process of re-installing all the software. Whew! Not easy >> for a man with arthritis. >> > > Looks like a good build. Just out of interest why do you favor RedHat > Fedora? Versus what other distribution? RH was one of the first available. When I first tried, and failed, there was mainly only Slackware. I couldn't get that installed on my XT. I don't remember what else was available when I first got RedHat. I do remember that I had to pay for it and got access to RHN for updates. This was long before Fedora. I guess that I've stayed with RH simply because I'm used to it. I have also "dabbled" with OpenSUSE, on a laptop, and Linux Mint. For some reason, I never even tried Ubuntu (yes, Mint is an offshoot) or Debian. I definitely am not going DIY. The only thing RH has done, lately, which has been irritating was going with systemd. I'm learning it, but I really understood SYSTEM V init. And I agree with the philosophical argument that systemd violates the "pristine" UNIX motto of "do _one_ thing and to it _well_". systemd is trying to do way too much, IMO. -- Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted. Yoda of Borg, we are. Futile, resistance is, yes. Assimilated, you will be. He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
