Re: [luau] Fedora: Taking Screenshots During Installation
On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 09:01, Hawaii Linux Institute wrote: > Fedora will officially debut Nov. 3. (I suspect the traffic will be > completely jamed, and I don't know whether RHN subscribers will be able > to dl it from RedHat Network?) http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2003-October/msg04157.html Unfortunately due to non-technical reasons the release must be delayed to Wednesday or Thursday-ish, depending on the "export process" whatever that means. It might have something to do with US export approval. On the bright side a few technical fixes were allowed into the distribution due to the delay. > > During the installation, if you want to take screenshots, press > shift-print_screen. The screenshots will be saved in > /root/anaconda-screenshots/ . Enjoy! > > The following question is for Warren, "father" of Fedora- How much will > it cost to set up a Fedora (and Fedora only) mirror? I only worked on a small part of the overall system. I invented the name, but otherwise Fedora is an international community that involves many people. As for mirroring, it costs nothing but your own hosting resources. You have your own server and bandwidth? E-mail me directly and I can get you setup. Warren
Re: [luau] cron vs. anacron, xinetd useful?
On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 03:07:10PM -1000, Tom_Gordon/RISE/[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You can see a list of ENABLED depended services by running this: > > grep -li disable.*=.*no /etc/xinetd.d/* RH's chkconfig will also list xinetd enabled services if xinetd is enabled: chkconfig --list | grep ' on' or combine that with non-xinetd service listings: chkconfig --list | grep '[:]on' Trick or treat! -Vince
[luau] RedHat vs. SUSE
The following is a comment about RedHat vs. SuSE. It contains some very valid points. However, for me (and probably for a good portion of the population on our islands), RH9 was the only distro is fully unicode-compatible (UTF-8), and this pretty much settles the preference issue. (I don't know whether SuSE 9 is unicode compatible, but I would assume it will take at least one iteration to make things right--Red Hat started the unicode migration in version 8. wayne) "I switched from RH 9.0 to SuSE 9.0 Pro because of a few concerns/frustrations with Redhat. (1) Difficulty with configuring access to the Windows network at my workplace, (2) RH's failure to recognize my new box's graphics card (Radeon 9200), (3) Redhat's shift in emphasis/philosophy away from developing and supporting directly Linux for the "average user". "So far SuSE 9.0 is doing well on the above concerns plus many others. YaST is overall an excellent way to control bootloader configuration, important for someone like me who messes with several OSes. (RH does not make it so easy.) Or network access/configuration. And many other issues. I am browing our Windows network with no problems. And SuSE 9.0 has supposedly added excellent support for accessing numerous dialup ISP's - a feature I admit I have not had cause to try yet. (Our family uses Netzero, which normally one cannot access under Linux.) "Installation was not as easy/smooth as Redhat. Choosing software packages is a bit clumsy the way YaST is set up - I had to search for Evolution, Mozilla, GAIM and then "check" them for installation. I prefer Redhat's partitioning - although I admit SuSE does give more control. (Primary or extended? Ah!) My new Athlon box had trouble reading the software packages on the DVD - had to use the regular CD's, which defeats the whole point. And I am still having trouble getting it to work on my DELL Inspiron 8200 laptop, my main machine - so far SuSE boots to a blank screen. That's not very helpful and pretty much hoses the reason I bought it. "That having been said, SuSE is still excellent. It seems much faster than pokey RH 9.0, much much better selection of software packages (Pingus!!! OpenOffice.org 1.1! KDE 3.1! and so on!), hardware detection/compatibility is stronger (whither Fedora?!?). Redhat (now Fedora) can learn some lessons - but frankly the reverse is also true. At least I didn't get a blank screen when using RH 9.0 on my laptop."
Re: [luau] cron vs. anacron, xinetd useful?
If a tree falls in the woods and noone is around to hear it, does it fall? You'd probably know when a service you use is no longer available. If you don't know you need it then you don't need it. Check what depends on xinetd.d. You can see a list of ENABLED depended services by running this: grep -li disable.*=.*no /etc/xinetd.d/* This looks for all xinetd.d configs that are enabled. You can also check out the directory to see which services are disabled that depend on it too. Using redhat-config-services will keep you save in that it knows how these dependencies work (usually) and will warn you. Tom If I turn off xinetd, and later it turns out I need it, how would I know?
[luau] cron vs. anacron, xinetd useful?
I'm locking down a newly installed redhat 9, and thinking of updating the "Linux service descriptions" page on the mplug wiki. If I have my machine on all the time, I should use cron always, never anacron, right? If I turn off xinetd, and later it turns out I need it, how would I know? ta! TB
[luau] Fedora: Taking Screenshots During Installation
Fedora will officially debut Nov. 3. (I suspect the traffic will be completely jamed, and I don't know whether RHN subscribers will be able to dl it from RedHat Network?) During the installation, if you want to take screenshots, press shift-print_screen. The screenshots will be saved in /root/anaconda-screenshots/ . Enjoy! The following question is for Warren, "father" of Fedora- How much will it cost to set up a Fedora (and Fedora only) mirror?
