Hey, someone asked. We answered. As for your code, it would have been easier in Python.
(he said, ducking :) On 2/28/22 4:43 PM, Rob Sherwood wrote: > Hi Emery - apologies for my hyperbole ... I just feel like I've been > reading the same thread with Ben and Judah for... really... I'm not > exaggerating... 20 years now? > > (I first came to UMD in 1995 and I think I joined UMLUG a year later?) > > Hopefully my code made folks smile as intended :-) > > Cheers, > > - Rob > . > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 12:31 PM Emery Rudolph <erudo...@umd.edu > <mailto:erudo...@umd.edu>> wrote: > > LOL! > > I surely hope that my honest, simple inquiry does not rise to the > level of a "Distro Flame War"! > > I was sincerely just curious. Makes no difference what anyone uses - > I promise - (even if it's ...cough ... Windows!) > > ---------------- > Very Best Regards, > > Emery Rudolph, MS > > Director > > Division of Information Technology > > > > erudo...@umd.edu <mailto:erudo...@umd.edu> > > (301) 405-9379 > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 3:21 PM Rob Sherwood <cap...@cs.umd.edu > <mailto:cap...@cs.umd.edu>> wrote: > > > > cat > umlug_replacement.sh > #!/bin/sh > > while `true` ; do > secs_per_year=31536000 > # https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/randomvar.html > # Map $RANDOM (0..2^15-1) into 0-3 years, randomly > delay=$$(expr $RANDOM \* 3 \* $secs_per_year \/ 32000) > sleep $delay > sendmail -bt << EOF > To: um-li...@umd.edu <mailto:um-li...@umd.edu> > From: anon <a...@nowhere.com <mailto:a...@nowhere.com>> > Subject: multi-annual "My Linux Distro is better than yours" > flame war^W discussion > > $DISTRO1 >> $DISTRO2 --- 'cuz I said so > > 'nuff said -- see y'all in another few years... > > peace out... > > EOF > done > > Tell me I'm wrong... I've got 20+ years of mail stored... I dare > you :-P > > .... sigh... but I miss y'all anyway :-) > > - Rob > . > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 11:06 PM Ben Stern > <bst...@electromagnetic.net <mailto:bst...@electromagnetic.net>> > wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 08:22:49AM -0500, Emery Rudolph wrote: > > For those who are using Slackware, just wondering if > you've considered > > using other distros? > > I use a variety of distros at work, and all of them get in > my way more than > Slackware does. > > With Slackware, if something isn't working, you can edit > config files and > mess with things until it works. > > With Red Hat and derivatives, something else often manages > configuration > files and stomps on your changes. > > Ubuntu is better about that, but a lot of stuff happens > behind the scenes > and it takes more troubleshooting to figure out what's going > wrong. When it > works, it's great, but when it doesn't work, troubleshooting > is harder. > > Also, I find I often need to install something from source > in any > distribution, and I'm not willing to repackage the source > into a .deb or an > RPM just to satisfy the package manager. Once you step > outside the package > management systems of the more complex distros, you're very > much on your > own, and the wheels are more likely to come off. In > Slackware, you're on > your own to begin with. :-) > > All in all, I like the dependency management of Ubuntu but I > like the > no-frills package management of Slackware more. > > Ben > -- > Ben Stern > This space intentionally left blank. > > You received this email because you are subscribed to the UM > Linux User's Group (UM-LINUX) mailing list. If you would > like to unsubscribe from this list, simply send an email to > lists...@listserv.umd.edu <mailto:lists...@listserv.umd.edu> > with the message signoff UM-LINUX in the body. > -- Judah Milgram milg...@cgpp.com 301-257-7069 You received this email because you are subscribed to the UM Linux User's Group (UM-LINUX) mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe from this list, simply send an email to lists...@listserv.umd.edu with the message signoff UM-LINUX in the body.
