Hi,
Can one please let me know about the difference between the two torrents
written at:
http://torrents.gentoo.org/
Since in both the torrents, 'amd 64' is written...?
Thanks.
On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Vishnupradeep intermedia.vis...@gmail.com
wrote:
http://torrents.gentoo.org/
From this link, which one I should use to download for 64 bit processor for
my PC?
Thanks.
On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 5:44 PM, walt w41...@gmail.com wrote:
Both will run 64-bit software, but only the 'multilib' will also
run 32-bit software. You may not care about running older 32-bit
software on your 64-bit machine.
Oh I see. thanks
Reagrds,
LinuxIsOne
Hello,
Does one have the experience for the following:
gentoo vs openSUSE
for ease of use, better navigation, applications working perfectly
without any crash(es), better up gradations, smooth working,
etc..etc...
Best Regards.
2011/12/2 Andrew Tchernoivanov:
Hi!
Hello.
I use gentoo on my desktop (P4, 2 Gb RAM) and openSuSe on laptop (Lenovo
x200s). They both work perfectly well, especially when you precisely know
what you are expecting from OS )) Regarding your questions:
Ok well.
About DE:
I've tried to use
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Indi thebeelzebubtrig...@gmail.com wrote:
In fact, I like gentoo and FreeBSD best for low-spoec hardware.
What does low-spec hardware mean?
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote:
I no longer run Gentoo on my Pentium IBM laptop - let's face it with 72M RAM
even fluxbox was a bit sluggish! Ha!
;)-
I do however run it on my 1998 vintage Pentium 3 laptop and before that on a
Pentium 3 Coppermine.
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote:
I do however run it on my 1998 vintage Pentium 3 laptop and before that on a
Pentium 3 Coppermine. KDE is sluggish and rebuilding KDE takes a day or so.
That's why I don't run a full KDE ... ;p Only some KDE apps on e17.
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Claudio Roberto França Pereira
spide...@gmail.com wrote:
Going back to Ubuntu bashing, I think that the multiple versions,
multiple repositories, multiple software choices (gnome 2, then unity,
for example, hal then no hal) get in the way of the newbie user.
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
One thing I have learned about this list, even if you ask a question about
M$, you get a answer and sometimes more than one. I think about all the
people here are geeks, nerds or some such thing.
And what response you got when
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:32 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote:
But we still are the ones who come up with answers.
Nice to know! Cool!
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:20 AM, Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk wrote:
I tried Ubuntu, hated this *so* much.
I'm sure all the respondents were just trying to be helpful, but they made
Ubuntu look like the distro of idiots.
How do you say like this? Can you give me an example please?
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 5:58 AM, James Broadhead
jamesbroadh...@gmail.com wrote:
The next time you have a problem with anything related to linux,
follow a link to an Ubuntu user forum. Unfortunately, the quality of
advice on them tends to be pretty low. :-(
Really?
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote:
Don't take our word for it, go look for yourself.
I could give you examples of how that forum works, I could give you
links that show what we are saying, but NOTHING can prepare you for
what you really find on the
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:18 AM, James Broadhead
jamesbroadh...@gmail.com wrote:
That's debatable; it generally means that the amount of time that
passes before they realise that Linux is not Windows is increased. It
definitely gets them booted into a desktop environment quicker, but it
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:35 AM, LinuxIsOne linuxis...@gmail.com wrote:
That's debatable; it generally means that the amount of time that
passes before they realise that Linux is not Windows is increased. It
definitely gets them booted into a desktop environment quicker, but it
doesn't really
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote:
As long as we're talking about *you*, and not about someone you're
setting things up for, here's what I'd suggest:
1) Keep your existing Ubuntu setup operational, at least for a while.
Gentoo isn't something you should
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Lorenzo Bandieri
lorenzo.bandi...@gmail.com wrote:
Well, maybe my experience will be useful to you. Ubuntu was my
introduction to linux. First, I'll start by saying that before linux I
didn't know absolutely nothing about computers and the like. I had my
first
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Frank Steinmetzger war...@gmx.de wrote:
I did this in the past. But recently I’m reassessing this, with Ubuntu
changing
the default look and the way it works with every other release (remember
the
hassle about window buttons to the left by default?). I can’t
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Sebastian Beßler
sebast...@darkmetatron.de wrote:
Virtualbox is mostly self-explaining so that should not be so much of a
problem.
VB works from within another OS or needs memory of HDD?
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Paul Hartman
paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote:
I just want to say that I love Gentoo Linux, have used it as my
primary OS for years on multiple computers and can't stand to use
anything else. I like having total control over everything. I truly
enjoy it,
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote:
I don't mean to scare you, but most Linux distros work differently.
First, there might be differences in how they install a package. There's
RPM, apt, pacman, portage, and others.
Second, there are differences in the
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote:
A very small selection of all possible Unixes work the same.
Ubuntu and Debian are quite similar as they have common roots.
RedHat works rather like an old Fedora (and to some degree that's almost
exactly what it
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote:
VirtualBox is a program that runs on a working system with a
functioning OS. Like all programs it needs resources like memory and
hard disk space. Unlike most programs it usually uses a LOT of memory
and hard disk
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 7:22 AM, Frank Steinmetzger war...@gmx.de wrote:
The Computer is the logical advancement of humankind:
intelligence without morality.
+1
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 9:13 PM, Frank Steinmetzger war...@gmx.de wrote:
Being such a highly flexible system, Linux made this very easy. Though I
barely
use custom scripts for daily tasks (yet) like many more advanced Linux users
do, it was still very easy to set up.
Yes Linux is better.
Hi,
From where the word gentoo came into existence?
Thanks.
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:04 PM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote:
Gentoo is a species of penguin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo_Penguin
Oh I see.
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:13 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de wrote:
troll_mode
No. Gentoo is an anagram for net goo. Furthermore, Gentoo Linux is an
anagram for Tux, go online. This why Gentoo was chosen.
/troll_mode
;)--
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:29 PM, Dan Johansson dan.johans...@dmj.nu wrote:
Stupid me, I thought that is was because of this They (Gentoo penguin) are
the fastest underwater swimming penguins, reaching speeds of 36 km/h. Gentoo
are adapted to very harsh cold climates.
I liked the word
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:36 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote:
onomatopoeia
gentoo linux in named after gentoo penguins.
Those are small and fast.
They are named after the sound they make if you bring one to Tour d'Argent
and put it into the duck press.
Nice to
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Daniel Troeder dan...@admin-box.com wrote:
Also (ir)relevant: bug report concerning the mascot Larry the cow:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27727
But your links shows untrusted connection in my browser!
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 8:29 PM, Joshua Murphy poiso...@gmail.com wrote:
That would likely be because cacert.org isn't a trusted' authority by
default and that is the issuer for B.G.O., making the certificate
throw up a red flag if you choose not to add cacert.org to your
trusted authorities.
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 8:29 PM, Joshua Murphy poiso...@gmail.com wrote:
That would likely be because cacert.org isn't a trusted' authority by
default and that is the issuer for B.G.O., making the certificate
throw up a red flag if you choose not to add cacert.org to your
trusted authorities.
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Joshua Murphy poiso...@gmail.com wrote:
Well, that's up to whether you trust that issuer not to give out
certificates to people using falsified credentials, setting up
phishing sites, etc. Any time you choose to allow a person outside of
yourself to decide who
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote:
An alternative to adding new trust certificates to your machine,
consider simply changing the URL when you run into this problem::
Secure: https://
Unsecure but fine for just viewing: http://
Making http from https
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 10:15 PM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote:
I am relatively new, so have not fully understood what you say. What's
b.g.o, by the way? And how do I add it in trusted ones?
bugs.gentoo.org
http://wiki.cacert.org/FAQ/BrowserClients
Okay, thanks.
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Alan E. Davis lngn...@gmail.com wrote:
For what it's worth (possibly nothing), from Wikipedia:
The application of Gentoo to the penguin is unclear, according to the OED,
which reports that Gentoo was an Anglo-Indian term, used as early as 1638 to
distinguish
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de wrote:
So it's either add cacert.org to your trusted authorities, or live in hell
when browsing b.g.o. IMO that's just stupid. I want to trust just b.g.o,
not every site out there that has a cacert certificate.
Okay so how
On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 1:44 AM, Alan E. Davis lngn...@gmail.com wrote:
[ I'm not sure what is the subject of the thread anymore. ]
I bet you saw the subject line of this thread.
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