On 06/04/17 21:17, Konstantin Olchanski wrote:
>> ... until ZFS is native in Linux ...
>> ... My meaning of "native" is that it is included in the upstream Linux
>> kernel, not a side-loaded product/project/kernel module.
>
> At least for BTRFS, "native" seems to be a bad thing. The BTRFS version
Hi,
I'd like topoint out an often overlooked tool, graphviz (dot):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphviz
It's included in SL:
graphviz.x86_64
It is specifically for generating figures from graphs (lattices) specified
in a very simple language (dot).
It's not a general
On 06/04/17 10:54, Tom H wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 5:50 AM, David Sommerseth
> wrote:
>>
>> ZFS looks great, so does btrfs - on the paper. But until ZFS is native
>> in Linux or btrfs stabilizes on the same level as ext4 and XFS, I'm
>> not going that path
On Sun, 2 Apr 2017, Dan wrote:
Yesterday, I accidentally (as part of a more general yum install
invocation with some wildcards in it) ran:
yum install fermilab-conf_doe-banner-console
This wrote a passage of text to /etc/motd, causing a vaguely
threatening message, purporting to constitute a
On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 5:50 AM, David Sommerseth
wrote:
>
> ZFS looks great, so does btrfs - on the paper. But until ZFS is native
> in Linux or btrfs stabilizes on the same level as ext4 and XFS, I'm
> not going that path for production environments.
What do you
On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 6:19 PM, Konstantin Olchanski wrote:
> Hi, you may find it easier to do the work using the SYSLINUX/EXTLINUX
> boot loader.
>
> In my experience, it takes less time to learn how to use syslinux from
> zero, compared to doing anything at all
On Wed, 5 Apr 2017, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
I am considering Inkscape as a technical illustration
tool for latex documents (papers and book chapters).
Suggestions for better tools?
Inkscape would be my first choice, but I'd also consider
xfig(included in SL6; for SL7 you may need to get it