Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-14 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Sat, May 09, 2020 at 08:05:48PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT ├─sda1 8:10 512M 0 part /boot/efi ├─sda2 8:20 244M 0 part /boot What's the best way to increase the size of /boot ? First,

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-11 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 11 May 2020 11:21:35 -0500 David Wright wrote: > On Mon 11 May 2020 at 10:27:48 (-0400), Celejar wrote: ... > > Yes. FDE including boot is doable, but it takes more work (and isn't > > necessarily worth it, depending on the threat model - see above): > > I don't encrypt root because

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-11 Thread David Wright
On Mon 11 May 2020 at 10:27:48 (-0400), Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 11 May 2020 07:36:27 -0400 Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Sat, May 09, 2020 at 10:05:40PM -0700, Will Mengarini wrote: > > > * Rick Thomas [20-05/09=Sa 20:05 -0700]: > > > > [...] died for lack of space in /boot [...] > > > > > >

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-11 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 11 May 2020 07:36:27 -0400 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, May 09, 2020 at 10:05:40PM -0700, Will Mengarini wrote: > > * Rick Thomas [20-05/09=Sa 20:05 -0700]: > > > [...] died for lack of space in /boot [...] > > > > Long ago I stopped bothering with a separate /boot, and behold, I yet

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 11 mai 20, 01:09:46, David Christensen wrote: > On 2020-05-10 23:12, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Du, 10 mai 20, 12:30:29, David Christensen wrote: > > > > > > As for using GRML, I have never heard of it. The Debian Installer can get > > > the job done. That said, I have about a half

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-11 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sat, May 09, 2020 at 10:05:40PM -0700, Will Mengarini wrote: > * Rick Thomas [20-05/09=Sa 20:05 -0700]: > > [...] died for lack of space in /boot [...] > > Long ago I stopped bothering with a separate /boot, and behold, I yet > live. ISTR the Debian installer doesn't default to creating one

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-11 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-05-10 23:12, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Du, 10 mai 20, 12:30:29, David Christensen wrote: As for using GRML, I have never heard of it. The Debian Installer can get the job done. That said, I have about a half dozen machines and have been feeling the need for installation and deployment

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-11 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-05-10 15:53, Rick Thomas wrote: On Sun, May 10, 2020, at 12:30 PM, David Christensen wrote: As for using GRML, I have never heard of it. The Debian Installer can get the job done. GRML [1] says: "Grml is a bootable live system (Live-CD) based on Debian. Grml includes a

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 10 mai 20, 12:30:29, David Christensen wrote: > > As for using GRML, I have never heard of it. The Debian Installer can get > the job done. That said, I have about a half dozen machines and have been > feeling the need for installation and deployment automation. I have heard of > Puppet

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 10 mai 20, 04:03:29, Rick Thomas wrote: > On Sun, May 10, 2020, at 3:22 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Du, 10 mai 20, 02:02:45, Rick Thomas wrote: > > > So... Here's another question: > > > > > > Why is the default size of /boot, as created by the installer, so > > > small? Disk (even

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-10 Thread elvis
Old ways die hard, disk space is cheap! these days On 10/5/20 1:53 pm, The Wanderer wrote: On 2020-05-09 at 23:36, Andy Smith wrote: Hi Rick, On Sat, May 09, 2020 at 08:05:48PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: What's the best way to increase the size of /boot ? There is no easy way. If you boot

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-10 Thread elvis
On 11/5/20 8:53 am, Rick Thomas wrote: On Sun, May 10, 2020, at 12:30 PM, David Christensen wrote: As for using GRML, I have never heard of it. The Debian Installer can get the job done. GRML [1] says: "Grml is a bootable live system (Live-CD) based on Debian. Grml includes a collection

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-10 Thread Tom Dial
On 5/10/20 03:07, Rick Thomas wrote: > On Sun, May 10, 2020, at 1:17 AM, David Christensen wrote: >> On 2020-05-09 22:05, Will Mengarini wrote: >>> * Rick Thomas [20-05/09=Sa 20:05 -0700]: What's the best way to increase the size of /boot? >>> By creating a reliable backup and

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-10 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sun, May 10, 2020, at 12:30 PM, David Christensen wrote: > As for using GRML, I have never heard of it. The Debian Installer can > get the job done. GRML [1] says: "Grml is a bootable live system (Live-CD) based on Debian. Grml includes a collection of GNU/Linux software especially

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-10 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-05-10 02:07, Rick Thomas wrote: On Sun, May 10, 2020, at 1:17 AM, David Christensen wrote: On 2020-05-09 22:05, Will Mengarini wrote: * Rick Thomas [20-05/09=Sa 20:05 -0700]: What's the best way to increase the size of /boot? By creating a reliable backup and reformatting the disk

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-10 Thread David Wright
On Sun 10 May 2020 at 16:30:56 (+0200), Sven Hartge wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > > If the answer is many, you could shrink some of them by rebuilding > > their initrd.img files with MODULES=dep, which could reduce each > > kernel's size from ~40M to <10M. > > While this will reduce this

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-10 Thread Sven Hartge
David Wright wrote: > If the answer is many, you could shrink some of them by rebuilding > their initrd.img files with MODULES=dep, which could reduce each > kernel's size from ~40M to <10M. While this will reduce this initrd size, you should also mention the consequences of doing this: It

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-10 Thread David Wright
On Sat 09 May 2020 at 20:05:48 (-0700), Rick Thomas wrote: > I recently did a "apt update ; apt upgrade" and it died for lack of space in > /boot when trying to install the latest kernel. > > I purged a couple of old kernel packages (still present in the 'stable' repo, > so they weren't

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-10 Thread rhkramer
On Sunday, May 10, 2020 05:07:24 AM Rick Thomas wrote: > > > * Rick Thomas [20-05/09=Sa 20:05 -0700]: > > >> What's the best way to increase the size of /boot? > Yeah, that's probably what I'll do. Fortunately, it's an amd64 machine, so > I'll be able to use GRML to do the work. Enjoy!

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-10 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sun, May 10, 2020, at 3:22 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 10 mai 20, 02:02:45, Rick Thomas wrote: > > So... Here's another question: > > > > Why is the default size of /boot, as created by the installer, so > > small? Disk (even SSD) is cheap enough these days that the default > > size

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 10 mai 20, 02:02:45, Rick Thomas wrote: > So... Here's another question: > > Why is the default size of /boot, as created by the installer, so > small? Disk (even SSD) is cheap enough these days that the default > size could be as much as a GB without great pain. > > Has this been

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-10 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sun, May 10, 2020, at 1:17 AM, David Christensen wrote: > On 2020-05-09 22:05, Will Mengarini wrote: > > * Rick Thomas [20-05/09=Sa 20:05 -0700]: > >> What's the best way to increase the size of /boot? > > By creating a reliable backup and reformatting the disk to > > the new format. I've

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-10 Thread Rick Thomas
So... Here's another question: Why is the default size of /boot, as created by the installer, so small? Disk (even SSD) is cheap enough these days that the default size could be as much as a GB without great pain. Has this been thought about by the PTBs? Was there a discussion of possibly

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-10 Thread Will Mengarini
* Rick Thomas [20-05/09=Sa 20:05 -0700]: > [...] died for lack of space in /boot [...] Long ago I stopped bothering with a separate /boot, and behold, I yet live. ISTR the Debian installer doesn't default to creating one either. If you really want a bastion filesystem for booting, I suggest it

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-10 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-05-09 22:05, Will Mengarini wrote: * Rick Thomas [20-05/09=Sa 20:05 -0700]: What's the best way to increase the size of /boot? By creating a reliable backup and reformatting the disk to the new format. I've never found it to be cost-effective to try anything else. +1 I don't

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-10 Thread Rick Thomas
> Consider the time you've spent posing this question, waiting for the > answers, and reading them. Dump and reload might've finished already. True, but I wouldn't have learned half so much and wouldn't have had a third so much had so much fun learning it! Stay safe!

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-10 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sat, May 9, 2020, at 9:10 PM, Charles Curley wrote: > On Sat, 09 May 2020 20:05:48 -0700 > "Rick Thomas" wrote: > > > Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > > /dev/mapper/debian--vg-root ext4 30G 9.9G 19G 36% / > > /dev/sda2

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 09 mai 20, 22:05:40, Will Mengarini wrote: > * Rick Thomas [20-05/09=Sa 20:05 -0700]: > > [...] died for lack of space in /boot [...] > > Long ago I stopped bothering with a separate /boot, and behold, I yet > live. ISTR the Debian installer doesn't default to creating one > either.

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-09 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, 09 May 2020 20:05:48 -0700 "Rick Thomas" wrote: > Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/mapper/debian--vg-root ext4 30G 9.9G 19G 36% / > /dev/sda2 ext2 248M 78M 158M 34% /boot Odd. That should be good for more

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-09 Thread The Wanderer
On 2020-05-09 at 23:36, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi Rick, > > On Sat, May 09, 2020 at 08:05:48PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: >> What's the best way to increase the size of /boot ? > > There is no easy way. If you boot into a live/rescue environment and > run parted you *may* be able to shrink your

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-09 Thread Andy Smith
Another thought that is maybe a little outside the box: If your BIOS supports booting from USB or media slot then you could maybe make a new boot partition on one of those devices and switch to booting from that from now on. Ties up a USB or media slot forever of course, but possibly an

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-09 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Rick, On Sat, May 09, 2020 at 08:05:48PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > What's the best way to increase the size of /boot ? There is no easy way. If you boot into a live/rescue environment and run parted you *may* be able to shrink your LVM and grow your /boot but it's a procedure fraught with

Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-09 Thread Rick Thomas
I recently did a "apt update ; apt upgrade" and it died for lack of space in /boot when trying to install the latest kernel. I purged a couple of old kernel packages (still present in the 'stable' repo, so they weren't obsolete) to make enough space and tried again. Worked this time, but I

Re: FROM LAST APRIL, I almost got it right! Was: Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-12-05 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 05:29:28PM +0100, Nigel Henry wrote: Don't know, but Jumping Jackflash has got a nice ring to it. A credit to the Stones, and every time you boot, the login screen shows an animated version of Mick Jagger, and a few words from the tune. Remember Start me up from

Re: FROM LAST APRIL, I almost got it right! Was: Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-12-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/11/29 David Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I wish that Henrietta Hippo would have been the code name for Hardy Heron. http://www.hollywoodinvestigator.com/newzoorevue.htm I still vote that 9.10 should be Komatose Kubuntu. KDE has been largely ignored by Canonical devs, relative to XFCE and

Re: FROM LAST APRIL, I almost got it right! Was: Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-12-05 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/05/08 07:09, Dotan Cohen wrote: [snip] Note that this post is _not_ critical of Canonical's commitment to Gnome! I rather appreciate Canonical's contributions to Gnome and Linux in general. However, as a KDE brat, I feel left out :) If Kubuntu weren't marketed as an official Ubuntu build

Re: FROM LAST APRIL, I almost got it right! Was: Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-12-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/12/5 Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 12/05/08 07:09, Dotan Cohen wrote: [snip] Note that this post is _not_ critical of Canonical's commitment to Gnome! I rather appreciate Canonical's contributions to Gnome and Linux in general. However, as a KDE brat, I feel left out :) If Kubuntu

FROM LAST APRIL, I almost got it right! Was: Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-11-29 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
Cybe R. Wizard [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Everyone piped up: [...] I hereby propose the Jibbering Jackalope. Cybe Do I get a prize for coming so close to reality, something I usually try to avoid? Cybe R. Wizard -- Nice computers don't go down. Larry Niven, Steven Barnes

Re: FROM LAST APRIL, I almost got it right! Was: Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-11-29 Thread Kent West
Cybe R. Wizard wrote: Cybe R. Wizard [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Everyone piped up: [...] I hereby propose the Jibbering Jackalope. Cybe Do I get a prize for coming so close to reality, something I usually try to avoid? Cybe R. Wizard Not all of us keep up with Ubuntu (I

Re: FROM LAST APRIL, I almost got it right! Was: Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-11-29 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Cybe R. Wizard wrote: Cybe R. Wizard [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Everyone piped up: [...] I hereby propose the Jibbering Jackalope. Cybe Do I get a prize for coming so close to reality, something I usually try to avoid? Cybe R.

Re: FROM LAST APRIL, I almost got it right! Was: Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-11-29 Thread Nigel Henry
On Saturday 29 November 2008 16:57, Kent West wrote: Cybe R. Wizard wrote: Cybe R. Wizard [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Everyone piped up: [...] I hereby propose the Jibbering Jackalope. Cybe Do I get a prize for coming so close to reality, something I usually try to avoid?

Re: FROM LAST APRIL, I almost got it right! Was: Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-11-29 Thread David Fox
On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 8:29 AM, Nigel Henry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't know, but Jumping Jackflash has got a nice ring to it. A credit to the Stones, and every time you boot, the login screen shows an animated version of Mick Jagger, and a few words from the tune. I wish that Henrietta

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-13 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:41:21 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Andrew, I loved Flying Circus! No, you didn't! Well, now you're just contradicting. To argue, one has to take up a contrary stance. -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly obvious is

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-13 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 21:15:05 -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 12:50:14AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 12:13:29 -0500, Kent West wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: Is this the right room for an argument?

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-13 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 12:19:15PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 21:15:05 -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 12:50:14AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 12:13:29 -0500, Kent West wrote: Florian Kulzer

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-13 Thread Mike Bird
On Sun April 13 2008 03:19:15 Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 21:15:05 -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 12:50:14AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 12:13:29 -0500, Kent West wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: Is

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-12 Thread Curt Howland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 11 April 2008 10:10:22 pm Mark Allums wrote: The problems with waste are slowly being solved, even without breeders.    But you make a good point.  However, I would prefer it if the breeders were in the arid Southwest deserts, and not

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-12 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 08:18:33PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: ... As for everyone else why are we having this crap discussion AGAIN. only a matter of time. real traffic is down, OT is up... flame wars a comin' A signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-12 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 08:36:26 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 08:18:33PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: ... As for everyone else why are we having this crap discussion AGAIN. only a matter of time. real traffic is down, OT is up... flame wars a comin' Is

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-12 Thread Kent West
Florian Kulzer wrote: Is this the right room for an argument? HA-H! I loved Flying Circus! -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-12 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
Andrew Sackville-West [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: [...] only a matter of time. real traffic is down, OT is up... flame wars a comin' A Andrew, since it's OT time, tell me more about your International. I am currently restoring a 1948 IH KB1, myself. Parts and reliable information are hard

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-12 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 12:13:29 -0500, Kent West wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: Is this the right room for an argument? HA-H! I loved Flying Circus! No, you didn't! -- Regards,| http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-12 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 02:25:49PM -0500, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: Andrew Sackville-West [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: [...] only a matter of time. real traffic is down, OT is up... flame wars a comin' ... Andrew, since it's OT time, tell me more about your International. I am currently

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-12 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 12:50:14AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 12:13:29 -0500, Kent West wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: Is this the right room for an argument? HA-H! I loved Flying Circus! No, you didn't! Well, now you're just contradicting. A

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-12 Thread Marc Shapiro
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 12:50:14AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 12:13:29 -0500, Kent West wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: Is this the right room for an argument? HA-H! I loved Flying Circus! No, you

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-12 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 05:45:01PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 08:36:26 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 08:18:33PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: ... As for everyone else why are we having this crap discussion AGAIN. only a

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Christopher Judd
On Thursday 10 April 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/10/08 13:51, Andrei Popescu wrote: [snip] It *is* a pain. Friends in Western NY also say that milk about $3/gal. Come on guys, it's not fair. You are complaining about 3$/gal for milk and gas? What about Europe, where we pay

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/11/08 07:40, Christopher Judd wrote: On Thursday 10 April 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/10/08 13:51, Andrei Popescu wrote: [snip] It *is* a pain. Friends in Western NY also say that milk about $3/gal. Come on guys, it's not fair. You

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread David Fox
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Andrew Sackville-West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey! I'm almost poor, ignorant of many things, and often boorish, but I'll *never* drink cheap beer, you insensitive clod! You know, thunderbird isn't just a web browser. :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/11/08 08:18, David Fox wrote: On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Andrew Sackville-West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey! I'm almost poor, ignorant of many things, and often boorish, but I'll *never* drink cheap beer, you insensitive clod!

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday 11 April 2008 06:16:21 am Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/11/08 07:40, Christopher Judd wrote: On Thursday 10 April 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/10/08 13:51, Andrei Popescu wrote: [snip] It *is* a pain. Friends in Western NY also say that milk about $3/gal. Come on guys,

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/11/08 10:03, Paul Johnson wrote: On Friday 11 April 2008 06:16:21 am Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/11/08 07:40, Christopher Judd wrote: On Thursday 10 April 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/10/08 13:51, Andrei Popescu wrote: [snip] It *is* a

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Damon L. Chesser
Paul Johnson wrote: On Friday 11 April 2008 06:16:21 am Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/11/08 07:40, Christopher Judd wrote: On Thursday 10 April 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/10/08 13:51, Andrei Popescu wrote: [snip] It *is* a pain. Friends in Western NY

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 08:54:20AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/11/08 08:18, David Fox wrote: On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Andrew Sackville-West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey! I'm almost poor, ignorant of many things, and often

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Rich Healey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/10/08 13:51, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 04:04:30PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/06/08 15:51, Paul Johnson wrote: On Sunday 06 April 2008 05:03:13 am Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/06/08 02:20, Nate Duehr

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/11/08 13:02, Kevin Mark wrote: [snip] Thunderbird is a brand of cheap alcohol mostly drunk by winos --bums. It Shame on you for insinuating such a mean thing about the Differently Drinking - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA We

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday 11 April 2008 08:17:56 am Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/11/08 10:03, Paul Johnson wrote: On Friday 11 April 2008 06:16:21 am Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/11/08 07:40, Christopher Judd wrote: On Thursday 10 April 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/10/08 13:51, Andrei Popescu wrote: [snip]

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday 11 April 2008 08:23:19 am Damon L. Chesser wrote: Paul Johnson wrote: On Friday 11 April 2008 06:16:21 am Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/11/08 07:40, Christopher Judd wrote: On Thursday 10 April 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/10/08 13:51, Andrei Popescu wrote: [snip] It *is* a

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday 11 April 2008 11:29:02 am Rich Healey wrote: pfft. i pay $1.60 AUD a litre for diesel. Petrol prices ar buggered everywhere.. which makes me wonder.. why iraq? wasn't freedom.. and based on evidence sure as bloody hell wasn't oil! Worst yet, the way the whole thing was

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Damon L. Chesser
Paul Johnson wrote: On Friday 11 April 2008 08:23:19 am Damon L. Chesser wrote: Paul Johnson wrote: On Friday 11 April 2008 06:16:21 am Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/11/08 07:40, Christopher Judd wrote: On Thursday 10 April 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/10/08

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Damon L. Chesser
Paul Johnson wrote: On Friday 11 April 2008 11:29:02 am Rich Healey wrote: pfft. i pay $1.60 AUD a litre for diesel. Petrol prices ar buggered everywhere.. which makes me wonder.. why iraq? wasn't freedom.. and based on evidence sure as bloody hell wasn't oil! Worst yet, the way

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/11/08 15:19, Paul Johnson wrote: On Friday 11 April 2008 08:17:56 am Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/11/08 10:03, Paul Johnson wrote: [snip] Depends on the country. In France, they pay less taxes, and with those taxes they get college and

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/11/08 15:20, Paul Johnson wrote: [snip] We saw what happens under Reagan. It degenerates into the libertarian dystopia we're approaching now. I hate it when I agree with you... - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA We want... a

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/11/08 15:40, Damon L. Chesser wrote: [snip] your knowledge of Linux is very good. Your knowledge of economics is not as good. The fact that China is sucking up all the oil they can buy on the free market has nothing to do with

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 02:41:00PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/11/08 13:02, Kevin Mark wrote: [snip] Thunderbird is a brand of cheap alcohol mostly drunk by winos --bums. It Shame on you for insinuating such a mean thing about the Differently Drinking the soberly impaired? A

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 04:01:43PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/11/08 15:19, Paul Johnson wrote: Just because he's dead now doesn't mean he didn't have good ideas that worked wonders, contrary to what Rush thinks.

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/11/08 17:40, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 04:01:43PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/11/08 15:19, Paul Johnson wrote: Just because he's dead now doesn't

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Mark Allums
Paul Johnson wrote: Health care would be a big one. And taxes are much lower here, and the torte system so different, and people so much more eager to sue. Depends on the country. In France, they pay less taxes, and with those taxes they get college and healthcare at no extra charge. We

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday 11 April 2008 01:40:05 pm Damon L. Chesser wrote: The fact that China is sucking up all the oil they can buy on the free market has nothing to do with $100/barrel, does it? You are confusing correlation with causation. China's been industrializing for the last 20 years now. Oil

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 06:22:10PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: That just violates basic economic principals, setting the price below the balance of supply and demand, especially given we're talking about an international commodities market and thus don't have the aboslute authority to make

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday 11 April 2008 02:01:43 pm Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/11/08 15:19, Paul Johnson wrote: On Friday 11 April 2008 08:17:56 am Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/11/08 10:03, Paul Johnson wrote: [snip] Depends on the country. In France, they pay less taxes, and with those taxes they get

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday 11 April 2008 01:33:00 pm Damon L. Chesser wrote: It does? News to me. Again, study your history, longest un-interrupted economic growth in the history of the US. Reagan was still starring in movies or acting as the president of the labor union he was a member of during much of

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday 11 April 2008 05:19:08 pm Mark Allums wrote: Paul Johnson wrote: Health care would be a big one. And taxes are much lower here, and the torte system so different, and people so much more eager to sue. Depends on the country. In France, they pay less taxes, and with

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/11/08 21:01, Paul Johnson wrote: On Friday 11 April 2008 01:33:00 pm Damon L. Chesser wrote: It does? News to me. Again, study your history, longest un-interrupted economic growth in the history of the US. Reagan was still starring in

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/11/08 21:12, Paul Johnson wrote: On Friday 11 April 2008 05:19:08 pm Mark Allums wrote: Paul Johnson wrote: Health care would be a big one. And taxes are much lower here, and the torte system so different, and people so much more

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/11/08 20:37, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 06:22:10PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: That just violates basic economic principals, setting the price below the balance of supply and demand, especially given we're talking

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday 11 April 2008 07:17:19 pm Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/11/08 21:01, Paul Johnson wrote: On Friday 11 April 2008 01:33:00 pm Damon L. Chesser wrote: It does? News to me. Again, study your history, longest un-interrupted economic growth in the history of the US. Reagan was still

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/11/08 21:30, Paul Johnson wrote: On Friday 11 April 2008 07:17:19 pm Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/11/08 21:01, Paul Johnson wrote: On Friday 11 April 2008 01:33:00 pm Damon L. Chesser wrote: It does? News to me. Again, study your history,

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Steve Lamb
Paul Johnson wrote: Eliminating all corporate tax breaks would be a good idea, as well: After World War II, corporations accounted for nearly 40% of US tax revenue, today it's less than 5%. You are an idiot. Yes, corporate taxes are paid by corporations who pass the the bill onto

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Mike Bird
On Fri April 11 2008 20:18:33 Steve Lamb wrote: You are an idiot. Yes, corporate taxes are paid by corporations who pass the the bill onto individuals. It was 0% before and its 0% now. Individuals paid it then and individuals pay it now. You just want it back because it's a secret tax

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Steve Lamb
Mike Bird wrote: You're mistaken Steve. Individuals pass on their tax costs to corporations in the form of higher wage demands. Individual income tax should be zero. Corporations should be taxed on their profits in order to pay for the infrastucture and military necessary for corporations to

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Mark Allums
Ron Johnson wrote: If only Canada had a nice place to dump spent nuclear fuel the way China France doesn't have problems with spent nuclear fuel, because they use breeder reactors. We should, too. The problems with waste are slowly being solved, even without breeders. But you make a good

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday 11 April 2008 08:52:10 pm Steve Lamb wrote: Mike Bird wrote: You're mistaken Steve. Individuals pass on their tax costs to corporations in the form of higher wage demands. Individual income tax should be zero. Corporations should be taxed on their profits in order to pay for

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-11 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday 11 April 2008 10:10:22 pm Mark Allums wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: If only Canada had a nice place to dump spent nuclear fuel the way China France doesn't have problems with spent nuclear fuel, because they use breeder reactors. We should, too. The problems with waste are slowly

Re: Fwd: Re: [Somewhat More OT] Closed source software Was [Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]]

2008-04-10 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:14:00 +1200 Chris Bannister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Chris, On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 03:51:07PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: The Prisoner - Patrick McGoohan. Congratulations. 10pts Cheers, Chris. -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly obvious is

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-10 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 04:04:30PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/06/08 15:51, Paul Johnson wrote: On Sunday 06 April 2008 05:03:13 am Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/06/08 02:20, Nate Duehr wrote: [snip] What a deal! I bet ALL of the concerned parents will be sending BOTH the difference

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-10 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/10/08 13:51, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 04:04:30PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/06/08 15:51, Paul Johnson wrote: On Sunday 06 April 2008 05:03:13 am Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/06/08 02:20, Nate Duehr wrote: [snip]

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-10 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thursday 10 April 2008 11:51:24 am Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 04:04:30PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/06/08 15:51, Paul Johnson wrote: On Sunday 06 April 2008 05:03:13 am Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/06/08 02:20, Nate Duehr wrote: [snip] What a deal! I

Re: Fwd: Re: [Somewhat More OT] Closed source software Was [Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]]

2008-04-09 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 03:51:07PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 02:44:53 +1200 Chris Bannister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Chris, No man is an Island. I'm not a number I'm a free man! 10pts for the program and the actor. The Prisoner - Patrick McGoohan.

Re: Fwd: Re: [Somewhat More OT] Closed source software Was [Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]]

2008-04-09 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 09:56:32AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: /The Prisoner/, Patrick McGoohan. Google makes this kind of thing too easy. Ooops -1000pts -- Chris. == If you are not subscribed, ask to be CC'd as the Policy of this list is to reply to the list only. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

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