[gentoo-user] [OT] good alternative to Firefox extension "Ghostery"

Hi, with one of the latest updates the Firefox plugin/extension "Ghostery", which blocks trackers mutated: Before all setting were handled local, now everything can only be done by creating an account at https://www.ghostery.com. This is definitely a move I dont want to support -- especially

[gentoo-user] Re: beegfs goes opensource!

Andreas K. Hüttel gentoo.org> writes: > > U... nothing about what license it is released under > Just read the web page, it's there. > "The BeeGFS client module is licensed under the GPLv2. All other BeeGFS > components are licensed under the BeeGFS EULA." So how does that work on a

Re: [gentoo-user] Help installing skype

On Thursday 25 Feb 2016 13:23:52 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 25/02/2016 03:05, allan gottlieb wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 24 2016, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> A finite subset of this package.use file will let skype install, > >> followed of course by > >> emerge skype. > >> > >> I arrived at this list the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: beegfs goes opensource!

On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 12:48:21 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: > > Excellent point about the license. Did the license stop zfs folks > > from enjoying zfs? I know the zfs license stops some commercial folks > > from deploy/using zfs. And zfs is not a routine choice in the > > installation docs for

Re: [gentoo-user] beegfs goes opensource!

Am Freitag, 26. Februar 2016, 16:47:12 schrieb Tanstaafl: > On 2/25/2016 5:03 PM, James wrote: > > Long awaited. > > > > This smoking hot (many HPC scientist agree) distributed file > > system will surely rock the cluster, container and Hi Performance > > Computing

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: using package.provided

On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > Yes, which is what I recommended. Don't block 4.1.x security/bugfix patches. > Just block 4.2 and above. > ++ 4.1 is a longterm series, so if your goal is minimum disruption you can stay on it until Sep 2017. I

[gentoo-user] Re: using package.provided

On 26/02/16 18:47, Harry Putnam wrote: First off, thanks to all posters for the excellent input Nikos Chantziaras writes: On 25/02/16 05:55, Harry Putnam wrote: I'd like to stay on kernel-4.1.6, rather than keep installing the newest version at each upgrade. I'd

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: beegfs goes opensource!

On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 12:48 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2/26/2016 12:04 PM, James wrote: >> Excellent point about the license. Did the license stop zfs folks >> from enjoying zfs? I know the zfs license stops some commercial folks >> from

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: beegfs goes opensource!

On 2/26/2016 12:04 PM, James wrote: > Excellent point about the license. Did the license stop zfs folks > from enjoying zfs? I know the zfs license stops some commercial folks > from deploy/using zfs. And zfs is not a routine choice in the installation > docs for

[gentoo-user] Re: beegfs goes opensource!

On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 10:47:12 -0500 Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2/25/2016 5:03 PM, James wrote: > > Long awaited. > > > > This smoking hot (many HPC scientist agree) distributed file > > system will surely rock the cluster, container and Hi

[gentoo-user] Re: Attic (cvs) -> ???(git)

On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:43:05 + (UTC) James wrote: [ about aprospos ] > Looks like an alias to 'whatis'? 'whereis' still one of my favorite > little tools. It queries the whatis database differently depending on how it's called. Think of the whatis database as

[gentoo-user] Re: beegfs goes opensource!

Tanstaafl libertytrek.org> writes: > U... nothing about what license it is released under, and they want > personal info from you to download the source... > I'm not sure this is anything to jump up and down about yet... agreed. bummer. Sometimes it takes time for the folks that put up

[gentoo-user] Re: using package.provided

First off, thanks to all posters for the excellent input > Nikos Chantziaras writes: > On 25/02/16 05:55, Harry Putnam wrote: >> I'd like to stay on kernel-4.1.6, rather than keep installing the >> newest version at each upgrade. > > I'd instead recommend putting > >

[gentoo-user] Re: Attic (cvs) -> ???(git)

walt gmail.com> writes: > Have you noticed that you can find lots of stuff with 'apropos' that > doesn't actually have a 'man' page? Here's an example: # equery belongs apropos * Searching for apropos ... app-shells/bash-completion-2.1_p20141224-r1

Re: [gentoo-user] beegfs goes opensource!

On 2/25/2016 5:03 PM, James wrote: > Long awaited. > > This smoking hot (many HPC scientist agree) distributed file > system will surely rock the cluster, container and Hi Performance > Computing worlds. [1] Now if I were only smart enough to get this > puppy into

Re: [gentoo-user] using package.provided

Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 03:39:22 -0600, Dale wrote: > Mine here is in: /etc/portage/package.mask It's been there for a long time. Maybe they are moving things again to something new but it works here. >>> Things that override global settings in make.conf,

Re: [gentoo-user] using package.provided

On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 03:39:22 -0600, Dale wrote: > >> Mine here is in: /etc/portage/package.mask It's been there for a > >> long time. Maybe they are moving things again to something new but > >> it works here. > > Things that override global settings in make.conf, like package.mask, > > go

Re: [gentoo-user] using package.provided

Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:47:32 -0600, Dale wrote: > >> Mine here is in: /etc/portage/package.mask It's been there for a long >> time. Maybe they are moving things again to something new but it works >> here. > Things that override global settings in make.conf, like