At 08:46 AM 5/2/2007, you wrote:
Short answer: No
A couple weeks ago I installed Sabayon on a machine and it
actually finished in around an hour I think. Then I rebooted as
per the instructions and watched it just hang. A few days later
I took Ubuntu 7.04 and had it installed in 20 minutes.
I al
On Thu, 2007-05-03 at 09:11 -0700, Bob Miller wrote:
> roger wrote:
>
> > My USE Flags are a mile long. ;-) lol
>
> Here's what mine looked like when I stopped using Gentoo last year.
I'm always second guessing due to compile times, and the frequency and
non-frequency of updates.
Gentoo is grea
roger wrote:
> My USE Flags are a mile long. ;-) lol
Here's what mine looked like when I stopped using Gentoo last year.
USE_local=""
USE_local="$USE_local distribution" # [app-misc/workrave]
USE_local="$USE_local mpeg4"# [app-pda/gtkpod]
USE_local="$USE_local wxw
On Thu, 2007-05-03 at 08:02 -0700, Mr O wrote:
> You like taking 'granite' for granted. That's completely unfair
> to the shale and pumice you know.
sorry. i like the idea of stoning people for taking things for
granted. ;-)
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You like taking 'granite' for granted. That's completely unfair
to the shale and pumice you know.
--- roger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 19:00 -0700, Mr O wrote:
> > And maybe an option to compile/install packages with needed
> USE
> > flags? Yeah, because USE flags can bec
On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 19:00 -0700, Mr O wrote:
> And maybe an option to compile/install packages with needed USE
> flags? Yeah, because USE flags can become a PITA if you don't
> want any bloat. My USE flags are restricted to mostly multimedia
> and with no gnome and KDE stuff.
>
> Granite eh?
Must be the name of the new milestone release ;)
On 5/2/07, Mr O <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
Granite eh?
--- roger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Granite, I think Gentoo could easily & should deploy a binary
> distro ...
...
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And maybe an option to compile/install packages with needed USE
flags? Yeah, because USE flags can become a PITA if you don't
want any bloat. My USE flags are restricted to mostly multimedia
and with no gnome and KDE stuff.
Granite eh?
--- roger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Granite, I think G
On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 11:42 -0700, larry price wrote:
> http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/05/01/13147.aspx
>
> http://www.ubuntu.com/news/dell-to-offer-ubuntu
>
> I for one welcome our new direct to consumer overlords.
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On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 08:46 -0700, Mr O wrote:
> Short answer: No
>
> A couple weeks ago I installed Sabayon on a machine and it
> actually finished in around an hour I think. Then I rebooted as
> per the instructions and watched it just hang. A few days later
> I took Ubuntu 7.04 and had it insta
On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 07:24 -0700, Ben Barrett wrote:
> I remember hearing that increasing numbers of users are loading
> and using gentoo from binaries (not recompiling)... is that still the
> case, gentoo-heads?
I have three pentium3 boxes (including a laptop). My 2xP3/1GB RAM box,
I use for co
2, 2007 8:07 AM
> To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Linux hits the mainstream (Dell to
> offer Ubuntu)
>
> >
> > Basic test. Try to use a web page containing streaming
> media. Ubuntu
> > fails, Slackware fails, ... etc. Basically t
Short answer: No
A couple weeks ago I installed Sabayon on a machine and it
actually finished in around an hour I think. Then I rebooted as
per the instructions and watched it just hang. A few days later
I took Ubuntu 7.04 and had it installed in 20 minutes.
I see no reason Dell can't preload at
>
> Basic test. Try to use a web page containing streaming media. Ubuntu
> fails, Slackware fails, ... etc. Basically these are distros trying to
> mimmick ease of install like Windows.
>
I do it everyday in Ubuntu.
Oh...you meant legally? Yeah, that's a little harder.
> Mandrake succeeds in
I remember hearing that increasing numbers of users are loading
and using gentoo from binaries (not recompiling)... is that still the
case, gentoo-heads?
ben
On 5/2/07, larry price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 5/2/07, roger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
>
> Gentoo is another winner, but bein
On 5/2/07, roger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Basic test. Try to use a web page containing streaming media. Ubuntu
fails, Slackware fails, ... etc. Basically these are distros trying to
mimmick ease of install like Windows.
I watch more youtube than I should on Ubuntu,
Automatix2 handled mo
Other distro's have "alternate sites", like Debian, Fedora, etc...
and can indeed support the streaming media you mention.
HOWEVER: have you found any that support the media you mention,
out of the box?! Hardly any users will find the alternate sites, and/or
figure out how to enable that suppor
On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 14:13 -0700, Patrick R. Wade wrote:
> larry price wrote:
> > http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/05/01/13147.aspx
> >
> > http://www.ubuntu.com/news/dell-to-offer-ubuntu
> >
> > I for one welcome our new direct to consumer overlords.
>
> something tells me they are
larry price wrote:
> http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/05/01/13147.aspx
>
> http://www.ubuntu.com/news/dell-to-offer-ubuntu
>
> I for one welcome our new direct to consumer overlords.
I wonder how much money changed hands. It'd be great if this deal
makes Canonical profitable...
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larry price wrote:
http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/05/01/13147.aspx
http://www.ubuntu.com/news/dell-to-offer-ubuntu
I for one welcome our new direct to consumer overlords.
something tells me they are unhappy with either Vista's pricing or its
hardware requirements; expect a quiet
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