Re: [DNG] Please, inform users about the current 'health' of Devuan.
Many thanks Aitor and Ed for your concern and understanding. Rest reassured that Devuan keeps its integrity, we will grow healthy from all difficulties, learning to avoid them in the future. I believe the devuan conference talk that Katolaz left us so far contains very good hints on the reasons why Devuan cannot be easily compromised, by design, or should I say, by its minimalist design. the provisional video is here and we are still working to fix the audio (right now only right channel works) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43DkuBxvJuc ciao ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] Please, inform users about the current 'health' of Devuan.
Quoting aitor_czr (aitor_...@gnuinos.org): > Which book (originally written in english and in plain language, > discarding Charles Dickens and so on) should i carry to a deserted > island in order to improve my english? So, so, many choices. > Roald Dahl springs to mind... Any among you has read Roald Dahl's > "Tales of the Unexpected"? Dahl is a surprisingly good choice. He was an ethnic Norwegian (possibly explaining his deadpan sense of humour) from Cardiff, Wales, by the way.[1] Perhaps you have a weakness, as I do, for English-language writers with foreign-language backgrounds, in which case Vladimir Nabokov and (especially) Joseph Conrad might also be your cup of tea and could not be bettered as a model for English prose. Try Conrad's _Lord Jim_. Although written in 1899-1900, its language still seems very fresh and modern, to my (admittedly pedantic) ear. Getting back to works by native (and contemporary) speakers of English, try non-fiction author John McPhee, e.g., a collection of three long essays collected in a single volume as _The Control of Nature_. The individual pieces can still be read online at https://www.newyorker.com/ , for free, and the quiet effectiveness of McPhee's descriptive writing style will knock your socks off. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/the-control-of-nature (Listadmins, please pardon this brief digression into Devuan Book Club. I won't do it often.) [1] My Tante Bjorg warned me to never trust those Norwegians, though. -- Cheers, Rick Moen "vi is my shepherd; I shall not font." r...@linuxmafia.com -- Psalm 0.1 beta McQ! (4x80) ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] Please, inform users about the current 'health' of Devuan.
On 19/4/19 12:41, Antony Stone wrote: "replacement for" IMHO. Antony. Which book (originally written in english and in plain language, discarding Charles Dickens and so on) should i carry to a deserted island in order to improve my english? Roald Dahl springs to mind... Any among you has read Roald Dahl's "Tales of the Unexpected"? Cheers :) Aitor. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] Please, inform users about the current 'health' of Devuan.
On Friday 19 April 2019 at 12:34:46, aitor_czr wrote: > On 19/4/19 12:20, aitor_czr wrote: > > as well as a replacement to sysvinit [*] > > Runit, s6, OpenRC or whatever you want :) > > Aitor. > > [*] replacement of..., better said? "replacement for" IMHO. Antony. -- "I estimate there's a world market for about five computers." - Thomas J Watson, Chairman of IBM Please reply to the list; please *don't* CC me. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] Please, inform users about the current 'health' of Devuan.
On 19/4/19 12:20, aitor_czr wrote: as well as a replacement to sysvinit [*] Runit, s6, OpenRC or whatever you want :) Aitor. [*] replacement of..., better said? ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] Please, inform users about the current 'health' of Devuan.
Hi, On 19/4/19 11:03, Edward Bartolo via Dng wrote: Following the last crises in the Administration of Devuan, as a user of Devuan who appreciates init freedom, I am worried. Is the crises over or not? What about the void created by katolaZ? I still hope to see KatolaZ around. He really has created a void in the project. I offer myself to cooperate. The fact that there are business entities who want init freedom is something of a blessing. I congratulate Jaromil for having the charisma of recognizing decisional errors: that is a quality of good leaders. One of the favorite quotes of Richard Stallman is: "We are humans, and we make mistakes". And yes..., we must learn from our mistakes and we must forgive the mistakes of others in the same way that we also need to forgive ourselves. With regard to the init freedom, Jaromil did such question to all the caretakers in the First Devuan Conference. I wanted to add my opinion, but the question was only directed towards the caretakers. So, i'll give here my opinion: any risky decision (as well as a replacement to sysvinit) should be taken in a devuan derivative and not in the devuan operanting system per se,which is a base to build upon. Cheers, Aitor. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
[DNG] Please, inform users about the current 'health' of Devuan.
Following the last crises in the Administration of Devuan, as a user of Devuan who appreciates init freedom, I am worried. Is the crises over or not? What about the void created by katolaZ? The fact that there are business entities who want init freedom is something of a blessing. I congratulate Jaromil for having the charisma of recognizing decisional errors: that is a quality of good leaders. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
