Re: [Dng] Update from the Veteran Unix Admins

2014-12-22 Thread Aldemir Akpinar
On 22 December 2014 at 19:26, Jaromil wrote: > > > Dear Init Freedom lovers, > > Once again the Veteran Unix Admin collective salutes you! > > Thanks for the updates, it's delightful to hear that things are happening. On the mailing list we didn't have any discussions about these updates like

Re: [Dng] TPM

2014-12-22 Thread Joe Awni
Not wanting to be a TPM promoter or mailing-list-linguist, but i see even more problems with the writings on TPM here: I see rhetorical questions used fold uninformed opinations into an invagination of ignorance on this mailing list. ( ie: "What can it do in the right? Nothing...") Also, I see an

Re: [Dng] TPM

2014-12-22 Thread Isaac Dunham
On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 05:23:30PM -0600, T.J. Duchene wrote: > > On 12/22/2014 3:44 PM, Joe Awni wrote: > > > > > >IMO, the amplitude of potential TPM-nightmare scenarios should give a clue > >about the strength of the technology. > >IE: If it can do that in the "wrong-hands," what can it do in t

Re: [Dng] TPM

2014-12-22 Thread T.J. Duchene
On 12/22/2014 3:44 PM, Joe Awni wrote: IMO, the amplitude of potential TPM-nightmare scenarios should give a clue about the strength of the technology. IE: If it can do that in the "wrong-hands," what can it do in the right? Hi Joe! What can it do in the right? Nothing that can't be done

[Dng] TPM

2014-12-22 Thread Joe Awni
OK, at first i was a bit concerned that i would be off topic in the Packaging system thread, but i have read so much misinformed fear-mongering, that i decide to clear this up with it's own thread. First, let me be the first to say i am not the person to explain TPM technology or crypto primitives

Re: [Dng] Packaging system / TPM

2014-12-22 Thread T.J. Duchene
On Mon, 22 Dec 2014, T.J. Duchene wrote: While in these two cases, it isn't necessarily TPM, people using devices accept this control ideology blithely today with Apple iOS and Windows RT. Frankly, it turns my stomach. I suppose I should be a little more fair. I'm not sure about Apple, as

Re: [Dng] This mailing list now available via usenet.

2014-12-22 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 01:05:23PM +0100, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 09:12:09AM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > This mailing list is now available on gmane.org, a email-to-usenet > > bidirectional gateway. > > > > The archives have not yet been posted there. > > > > I would nee

Re: [Dng] Update from the Veteran Unix Admins

2014-12-22 Thread Christoph Lechleitner
Am 2014-12-22 um 18:26 schrieb Jaromil: Thanks for the huge update and all your efforts so far! > ## Human language translations > > Initiatives to translate the information around the Devuan project > have quickly and independently started and we are grateful to anyone > taking such initiative

Re: [Dng] Packaging system / TPM

2014-12-22 Thread Jaromil
On Mon, 22 Dec 2014, T.J. Duchene wrote: > An example of TPM gone bad would be the fact that you can structure > a computer system around TPM so that only the manufacturer, rather > than the actual owner of the device decides what software you can > use and how. > > While in these two cases, it i

Re: [Dng] Packaging system / TPM

2014-12-22 Thread T.J. Duchene
On 12/22/2014 12:05 PM, Joe Awni wrote: >Yep, also Poettering is a big fan and supporter of TPM, and stated on a >recent podcast (that was linked in this list I think) something along the >lines of "Once we all run systemd, TPM will finally work properly." TPM of >course is the continuation of

Re: [Dng] Regarding logo swirls

2014-12-22 Thread Alban Bernard
Hi, If by any chance this match any of the devuan expectations and requirements, I repost here a link to a logo based on the debian swirl with a "galaxy look" I made recently: http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/File:Devuan_swirl_logo.png The requirements for this design was: - fork the de

Re: [Dng] Packaging system

2014-12-22 Thread T.J. Duchene
If I might add my two cents on the whole issue of Lennart, systemd and package systems? While I do not believe in character assassination, I do critique. Please do not bother reading if you want short answers or polite remarks. On Lennart: Who cares what Lennart Poettering thinks? For that

Re: [Dng] Packaging system / TPM

2014-12-22 Thread Joe Awni
>Yep, also Poettering is a big fan and supporter of TPM, and stated on a >recent podcast (that was linked in this list I think) something along the >lines of "Once we all run systemd, TPM will finally work properly." TPM of >course is the continuation of the Clipper Chip, but dolled up to get the >

[Dng] Update from the Veteran Unix Admins

2014-12-22 Thread Jaromil
Dear Init Freedom lovers, Once again the Veteran Unix Admin collective salutes you! You are receiving this mail as an update on the progress of the Devuan.org project, born out of the Debianfork.org declaration to defend our growing community from the systemd avalanche. Today's update is quite

Re: [Dng] Devuan Fork and Fraud

2014-12-22 Thread Ayan George
On 12/22/2014 11:04 AM, Jaromil wrote: > > > There is a lot going on on this project and a new monthly press release > is almost ready now. We will address this in it too. If you have any > other reasonable suggestion on steps we can take to give peace of mind > to this man, please let us know an

Re: [Dng] Devuan Fork and Fraud

2014-12-22 Thread Jaromil
dear Ayan, On Sun, 21 Dec 2014, Ayan George wrote: > To be clear: I used "hate" as a rhetorical device. Although there is > a lot of sincere talk about giving choice, you have to admit that > there are quite a few posts from people who really dislike systemd (if > not hate it). This is true. A

Re: [Dng] This mailing list now available via usenet.

2014-12-22 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 09:12:09AM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > This mailing list is now available on gmane.org, a email-to-usenet > bidirectional gateway. > > The archives have not yet been posted there. > > I would need a copy of the archives in a suitable file format (such > as mbox) to put o

Re: [Dng] Packaging system

2014-12-22 Thread Martijn Dekkers
Yep, also Poettering is a big fan and supporter of TPM, and stated on a recent podcast (that was linked in this list I think) something along the lines of "Once we all run systemd, TPM will finally work properly." TPM of course is the continuation of the Clipper Chip, but dolled up to get the hard

Re: [Dng] Packaging system

2014-12-22 Thread Daniel Cegiełka
btw. very good summary of systemd: http://openwall.com/lists/owl-users/2014/12/21/2 Daniel ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [Dng] Packaging system

2014-12-22 Thread Christoph Lechleitner
Am 2014-12-22 um 12:07 schrieb Daniel Cegiełka: > 2014-12-22 12:01 GMT+01:00 Klaus Ethgen : >> So believe me, they will find a "reason" for adding systemd dependency >> to apt or aptitude. I doubt that. > yup. > > http://0pointer.net/blog/revisiting-how-we-put-together-linux-systems.html That

Re: [Dng] Packaging system

2014-12-22 Thread Daniel Cegiełka
2014-12-22 12:01 GMT+01:00 Klaus Ethgen : > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > Hi, > > Am Mo den 15. Dez 2014 um 17:23 schrieb Christoph Lechleitner: >> Am 2014-12-15 um 17:15 schrieb Francesco Il Parente: >> > >> >> Devuan will use apt/dpkg as debian does. >> > >> > of course bu

Re: [Dng] Packaging system

2014-12-22 Thread Klaus Ethgen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi, Am Mo den 15. Dez 2014 um 17:23 schrieb Christoph Lechleitner: > Am 2014-12-15 um 17:15 schrieb Francesco Il Parente: > > > >> Devuan will use apt/dpkg as debian does. > > > > of course but the apt and dpkg depencies on systemd, > > Neither

[Dng] Regarding logo swirls

2014-12-22 Thread Svante Signell
Hi, If the releases are going to be named after astrological objects, what about somebody making a stylized version of a spiral galaxy as logo: http://www.imsc.res.in/~indu/JM/2010/NovDec/Nebulae/NASA_-_Spiral_Galaxy_NGC_1300.jpg http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/fap/image/0508/MWart_spitzer_f50.jpg htt