Re: Pondering a switch to Debian

2021-02-04 Thread Fait, James F.
I am planning to move to Ubuntu LTS rather than even touch EL8. If I need a package that Ubuntu doesn't have but Debian does, I can just grab it and install, and it will work. The only reason that I used EL for as long as I did was the SystemV/Upstart management of startup. Now taht everythin

RHEL 8

2021-01-26 Thread Fait, James F.
I have been using RH and derivatives for over 20 years, and i have seen the evolution of system startup/process management systems over that time frame. I admit that I "prefer" the script-based methods of upstart and related animals, as it made it possible to predict when something would try to

Re: centOS 8

2019-10-07 Thread Fait, James F.
I tend to ignore ANY distribution with a .0 suffix. Wait a few versions for the dust to settle. I am only now starting to migrate from SL6 to SL7. Also, I have always found the CentOS version of a release much harder to get going than the SL release. I have not yet decided what to do with th

RE: development environment for "lowest common denominator"

2017-11-08 Thread Fait, James F.
WxWidgets (https://www.wxwidgets.org) does a wonderful job of this, with multiple platforms available and supported. There are also bindings for several of the scripted languages, and RAD tools available, as well. James Fait, Ph.D. Senior Beamline Scientist SER-CAT, Advanced Photon Source f...

RE: Subversion svnserve set up

2017-02-16 Thread Fait, James F.
Any particular reason that you are using the svnserve rather than the http/dav setup? I have found that it is much easier to use the apache webserver install to serve up subversion than to use the svnserve. Then it is just an apache module, which gets around most of the issues with systemd. (E

RE: Calender apps (was :how to add packages that are not in the repo?)

2015-05-31 Thread Fait, James F.
There are probably a dozen answers to this. If you have access to gmail/google Calender, it works extremely well, integrating with most smart-phones, etc. It is web based, which may or may not be an issue for you. Also, look at Zimbra Desktop, or for that matter, the open source Zimbra if you