Re: Howdy PLUG

2011-01-14 Thread Eric Wald
On Wed, Jan 12, Mike Lovell wrote: > On 01/12/2011 06:47 PM, Nicholas Leippe wrote: >> IMO everyone should try LFS at least once. Doesn't get any more >> bare-bones than that. (Makes you appreciate package management >> instantly too) > > +1 > > i wouldn't recommend doing LFS for regular use system

Re: Howdy PLUG

2011-01-12 Thread Nicholas Leippe
That's what drove me to it. I got tired of having to learn both a package's native configuration plus the distribution's configuration system when hitting problems. I wanted to strip that extra layer away and be able to learn just the one thing first. Having been through that exercise, it's now muc

Re: Howdy PLUG

2011-01-12 Thread Mike Lovell
On 01/12/2011 06:47 PM, Nicholas Leippe wrote: > IMO everyone should try LFS at least once. Doesn't get any more > bare-bones than that. (Makes you appreciate package management > instantly too) +1 i wouldn't recommend doing LFS for regular use systems. but it was very enlightening for me and it

Re: Howdy PLUG

2011-01-12 Thread Nicholas Leippe
IMO everyone should try LFS at least once. Doesn't get any more bare-bones than that. (Makes you appreciate package management instantly too) /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */

Re: Howdy PLUG

2011-01-12 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 12 Jan 2011, at 07:47, John D Jones III wrote: > On 01/11/2011 10:40 AM, Jonathan Duncan wrote: >> >> On 10 Jan 2011, at 23:57, Eric Jacobs wrote: >> >>> I first got acquainted with Linux when I was about 13 years old. I was >>> using Knoppix STD (Security Tools Distribution) to crack WEP k

Re: Howdy PLUG

2011-01-12 Thread John D Jones III
On 01/11/2011 10:40 AM, Jonathan Duncan wrote: > > On 10 Jan 2011, at 23:57, Eric Jacobs wrote: > >> I'm Eric, I'm new to plug and wanted to say hello. I have been looking for a >> lug for quite a while, and I finally decided to join this one. >> >> I use Linux a lot at work and at home. I have a

Re: Howdy PLUG

2011-01-11 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 10 Jan 2011, at 23:57, Eric Jacobs wrote: > I'm Eric, I'm new to plug and wanted to say hello. I have been looking for a > lug for quite a while, and I finally decided to join this one. > > I use Linux a lot at work and at home. I have a home server running Slackware > which mainly handles

Re: Howdy PLUG

2011-01-11 Thread Joel Finlinson
Welcome! On Jan 10, 2011 11:58 PM, "Eric Jacobs" wrote: > Hello Provo Linux Users, > > I'm Eric, I'm new to plug and wanted to say hello. I have been looking for a lug for quite a while, and I finally decided to join this one. > > I use Linux a lot at work and at home. I have a home server running

Howdy PLUG

2011-01-10 Thread Eric Jacobs
Hello Provo Linux Users, I'm Eric, I'm new to plug and wanted to say hello. I have been looking for a lug for quite a while, and I finally decided to join this one. I use Linux a lot at work and at home. I have a home server running Slackware which mainly handles my host server backups and acts