stderr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Browsing Distrowatch.org remind me of that feeling i get lurking > inside the 'Handyman' stores.
Heh! :D > I saw that guy before you. drooled all over that board, surfing p0rn > sites! Yeah, all while there's that sign saying "Porn is *not* allowed" plastered all over the mon... > Knoppix rocks, period. but whoppix owned me, first time i laid my eyes > on her. Still on my hundredth mb using dialup :-) I'll check it out, thanks! :D I myself am getting teh sarge netinst, trying it out on a qemu chroot... > That is another reason. (binary clock applet ?) I totally forgot that! Well, that indeed counts... > But of course there are also reasons for just about any ordinary users > at home to keep their workstations running at all times as well. (with > minimal impact on one's power consumption in mind) Sample: In my area, > even with several internet providers at present, peak hours still takes > a toll on your online efficiency. I wont bother to try to connect and > surf during those hours. Not unless if needed on other matters. If you > wan't a satisfieble online experience, sneak out early during the 2-6 AM > period. But me, and most other people love to snore during those hours. Same here, except I don't mind hacking in broad daylight, or in the dead of night. > I setup everything as cron tasks. Modem automaticaly dial during those > period. Connect ... update time, virus and other security signatures, > download/upload emails, download/upload newsgroup postings, news > headlines, blogs from iraq:) , strip some pre-selected articles, > download daily cartoon strips, check for available update packages in > deb archive ... Disconnect. The whole operation usually took 30 > mins. most of the time. Auto-disconnecting and redial if detecting an > idled line. That would be about less than 10 pesos of internet > experience everyday. And that's a whole lot of material. Too much > entertainment and info early morning, while enjoying your coffee. > Cartoon strips is really getting a lot of share, I love cartoons :D Wow, cron tasks, that's nice! Reminds me of another aspect of *nix I've yet to see for myself. Currently I have my rountine fetching mail and apt-qupdate manually... > Morning, I leave the house. But anybody in the household could just as > easilyl use their accounts on this machine if they need to, by just > turning on the monitor. I could also just as easily login to my machine, > just about anywhere. By contacting the house, and ask someone to > reconnect the extra wire dangling beside the modem. (I still can't get > mgetty to answer the phone after a configured number of tries). I think you may have to use a different init-string... > You could think of any other reasons for uptimes on anyones box and not > just servers. That is why power management in Linux kernel.. althoug > very nice features, still a little bit of a risky venture involved to > get hardware and configuration working .. is just about important than > any other features. Very important for a good setup routine, present on > every distro. The power saving feature using cpu frequency scaling in > the kernel is a promising one. Underclocking your system on the fly, to > save power and without shutting down the system, is very nice. Yep. CPU scaling and software suspend are very promising features, and I hope they stabilize RSN... As for me, I haven't delved into that, only into athcool... -- ZAK B. ELEP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- <http://zakame.spunge.org> 1024D/FA53851D 1486 7957 454D E529 E4F1 F75E 5787 B1FD FA53 851D -- Running Debian GNU+Linux testing/unstable. GnuPG signed mail preferred. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
