... Hash: SHA1 ... "Different" is probably a better description than "better". I'm still waiting for ringzero to gain momentum, and I do appreciate that it's ...
... In my experience, it takes years to build an e-list that has a good balance between number of members, and quality of postings. When I first joined this...
On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 09:41:47 -0000 ... If that's all you want then you might want to take a look at DFS (Debian From Scratch). However, Debian is closer to...
... Hash: SHA1 Folks, I'm looking to figure out a methodology that is fairly Linux distro agnostic to check a system, determine what disk drives are connected...
On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 12:41:27 -0400 ... This is portable across all linux kernels that support /proc and have the /proc file system, which is just about all....
... Hash: SHA1 ... It looks to me like /proc/partitions would be the more useful of the two, since at least on my system (2.6.17), /proc/diskstats lists ...
... Hash: SHA1 ... Oops! That's what I get for editing in-place. This should be: grep -E '^[ 0-9].*[a-z]$' /proc/partitions | awk '{print $4 " " $3}' - -- ...
Hello Everyone, I am thinking of installing a couple of distributions on my laptop and sharing my home directory (on its own partition) between them. Is there ...
... Doug It should be easy enough. 1) Put your home directory in a seperate partition and use that partition for your mount point of home directory in all...
... yeah I still lurk. Linux is still the ONLY system I use. I play alot of World of Warcraft and it plays very nice with Cedega. I still run private game ...
... Hi John! Another proud unibooter, cool! :) -- --{-@ Alanna @-}-- "By the grace of God, that which does not kill me only makes me stronger" "God is dead -...
Before I invest $80.00 into a TurtleBeach Montego DDL soundcard, I am curious to know if any one has had any success using it on Linux, and if so, which driver...
... Turtlebeach report there are no drivers for this card. I guess they don't release their specs. http://support.turtlebeach.com/site/kb_ftp/588517936.asp ...
... I like to experiment with soundcards from different manufacturers every now and then. If we don't experiment, how is the Linux kernel going to grow? By...
... Linux is not the be-all-and-end-all of operating system drivers. Just because it does not support a specific closed specification sound card does not mean...
Hello. I just joined, hoping to get help in deciding on a distro. But first - about me. Frankly, I don't have a linux machine yet. I'm an Amiga fanatic, and...
... this is an open invitation for another distro war.. so, it would be best if you just went to www.distrowatch.com, and looked at the different available ...
... Have a good look at Slackware. In my opinion it is the best. I have tried many others and keep coming back to Slackware. For me the only close competitor...
I agree, I'm a slacker too! :) ... My Car has never lost a race!!!! However, that may have something to do with the fact that I've never raced it! :) ...
... my views maybe biased towards Madriva I will try list difference between fc and mdv, w.r.t debian i only have used ubuntu for about an hour. ... I find fc...
On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 15:59:55 -0700 ... * Forward: This is not a my distro vs your distro, this is aimed at the OP's hardware * Anything you do on slackware can...
... Since when was Slackware a source-based distro? ... That's an irrelevant comparison. compiling from source is done in the background or when the computer...
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:27:47 +0100 ... Last time I used it, not much was in pkg, that was 97? I've heard there's less now. There's just so much more available...
... He must be thinking of Gentoo. -- Leo (Bing) Whiteway in Kelowna, BC, Canada: Ham calls: VE7UW and VE7OKV A computer without Microsoft is like a chocolate...
... hmm... you must be confusing it with another distro.. you can check the slackware mirrors for the older versions and see for yourself.. it isn't a source...
Hello Friends, I have just joined this group. I want help. I have created some folders and files through my application.. so system autometically assigns these...