[PLUG] outdoor cat5e/cat6 sources in town?

2014-09-24 Thread Russell Senior
Anybody have pointers on where to find decent quality outdoor (uv-rated, not burial) ethernet cabling in town? Personal Telco needs a new box, but needs a few hundred feet in the next few days. The last batch (thanks Jason!) came on a spool, which was a little troublesome to pull from, so a pull

Re: [PLUG] Such a thing as a "single user" Linux?

2014-09-24 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 10:54:41 -0700 Neal dijo: >If you want to run on an actual 386/486 Not to hijack this thread, but if anyone needs a genuine 486 Dx2, I found one just today while cleaning out a closet. Free to a loving home. :) ___ PLUG mailing lis

Re: [PLUG] Such a thing as a "single user" Linux?

2014-09-24 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 24 Sep 2014, Richard Owlett wrote: > You are closer than you thought. Think a commuter > vehicle for a roving inspector on who is on call 24/7. The *nix > world issues the tractor portion of a tractor trailer. Yet the roads are wide and the tractor is easy to drive where it needs to g

Re: [PLUG] Such a thing as a "single user" Linux?

2014-09-24 Thread Richard Owlett
Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 23 Sep 2014, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> In a way what I'm looking for is CPM-80 for a i386/486/... with apt-get >> (Synaptic a plus). > > Richard, > > All unices, including linux, are inherently multi-user/multi-tasking from > the inside out. A single-user linux is

Re: [PLUG] Such a thing as a "single user" Linux?

2014-09-24 Thread Neal
Minix? If you want to run on an actual 386/486 you'll have to avoid the new hotness of Minix 3, which the system requirements page at http://wiki.minix3.org/UsersGuide/HardwareRequirements states is 586 and up. NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdx

Re: [PLUG] Such a thing as a "single user" Linux?

2014-09-24 Thread wes
On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 24 Sep 2014, wes wrote: > > > My long-term memory cells are vaguely jingling at me with words like > "QNX" > > and "Knoppix" > > Wes, > >Wasn't (isn't?) QNX a real-time UNIX variant in the late 1980s? It > rings a > bell with me t

Re: [PLUG] Such a thing as a "single user" Linux?

2014-09-24 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 24 Sep 2014, wes wrote: > My long-term memory cells are vaguely jingling at me with words like "QNX" > and "Knoppix" Wes, Wasn't (isn't?) QNX a real-time UNIX variant in the late 1980s? It rings a bell with me that the St. Johns River Water Management District used QNX for real-time,

Re: [PLUG] Such a thing as a "single user" Linux?

2014-09-24 Thread wes
My long-term memory cells are vaguely jingling at me with words like "QNX" and "Knoppix" Maybe worth a look? -wes On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 7:15 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > When I decided to abandon Windows(tm), besides asking for > suggestions I acquired a collection of live-CDs. > > One reason

Re: [PLUG] Such a thing as a "single user" Linux?

2014-09-24 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 09:15:58PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > When I decided to abandon Windows(tm), besides asking for > suggestions I acquired a collection of live-CDs. > In a way what I'm looking for is CPM-80 for a i386/486/... with > apt-get (Synaptic a plus). Tough request. Do yo

Re: [PLUG] Such a thing as a "single user" Linux?

2014-09-24 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 23 Sep 2014, Richard Owlett wrote: > In a way what I'm looking for is CPM-80 for a i386/486/... with apt-get > (Synaptic a plus). Richard, All unices, including linux, are inherently multi-user/multi-tasking from the inside out. A single-user linux is analogous to a single-person vehi