Kevin Monceaux writes:
> On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 06:42:21PM -0500, Alan Grimes wrote:
>
>> -> Updating weekly, as I used to do is a Good Idea, Agreed.
>
> Sounds like a good idea. I update anywhere from daily to a few times a
> week. Every once in a while I loose track of the time and go a we
Grant Edwards writes:
> On 2016-12-08, Kevin Monceaux wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 06:42:21PM -0500, Alan Grimes wrote:
>>
>>> --> X11 would probably need to be shut down two which is equivalent to a
>>> reboot on a desktop system anyway.
>>
>> Shutting down X11 doesn't appear to be equival
On Fri, Dec 09, 2016 at 10:42:51PM -0600, Kevin Monceaux wrote
>
> I'm old fashioned. I use text based apps as much as possible.
> I'm using mutt and vim to compose this e-mail, for example. They're
> running under screen, which is running in an rxvt-unicode terminal
> under dwm. I could detach
On 2016-12-10, Kevin Monceaux wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 09, 2016 at 07:41:51PM +, Grant Edwards wrote:
>
>> I think he meant that from a "desktop productivity" standpoint, the
>> two are the same: you have to close every single program you are using
>> and then start over.
>
> I'm old fashioned.
On Fri, Dec 09, 2016 at 07:41:51PM +, Grant Edwards wrote:
> I think he meant that from a "desktop productivity" standpoint, the
> two are the same: you have to close every single program you are using
> and then start over.
I'm old fashioned. I use text based apps as much as possible. I'm
On 2016-12-08, Kevin Monceaux wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 06:42:21PM -0500, Alan Grimes wrote:
>
>> --> X11 would probably need to be shut down two which is equivalent to a
>> reboot on a desktop system anyway.
>
> Shutting down X11 doesn't appear to be equivalent to a reboot on my desktop.
>
Kevin Monceaux wrote:
> Shutting down X11 doesn't appear to be equivalent to a reboot on my
> desktop.
> If I shut down X11, my uptime still keeps accumulating.
>
> I'm way overdue for a reboot to switch to a newer kernel. It's been 83 days
> since my last reboot. I've built a couple of new ker
On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 06:42:21PM -0500, Alan Grimes wrote:
> -> Updating weekly, as I used to do is a Good Idea, Agreed.
Sounds like a good idea. I update anywhere from daily to a few times a
week. Every once in a while I loose track of the time and go a week or so
between updates. A "long
On 08/12/2016 01:59, Alan Grimes wrote:
> Mick wrote:
>> 2. If problems show up, forget the script and use 'emerge -avuND world' as
>> Mr.
>> McKinnon suggested. In most cases this will resolve any conflicts on its
>> own.
>> You could add '--backtrack=90' if there are unresolved conflicts to
Mick wrote:
> 2. If problems show up, forget the script and use 'emerge -avuND world' as
> Mr.
> McKinnon suggested. In most cases this will resolve any conflicts on its
> own.
> You could add '--backtrack=90' if there are unresolved conflicts to get
> portage
> to try harder.
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I do rea
Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2016-12-07, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>
>> Your problem is that the box seems to have not been updated in a
>> long while. That is always tricky.
> That's putting it mildly. Gentoo works far, far better if you update
> frequently. On most systems I update a couple times a we
Hey there,
>
> IMO, if you only want to update a system once or twice a year, Gentoo
> is not a good choice
What really helps is not to pollute your world file with crap you
installed just for fun or you are not using anymore. A while ago I
started organizing my configuration in various sets in
On Wednesday 07 Dec 2016 21:20:27 Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2016-12-07, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> > Your problem is that the box seems to have not been updated in a
> > long while. That is always tricky.
>
> That's putting it mildly. Gentoo works far, far better if you update
> frequently. On most
On 2016-12-07, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> Your problem is that the box seems to have not been updated in a
> long while. That is always tricky.
That's putting it mildly. Gentoo works far, far better if you update
frequently. On most systems I update a couple times a week. Those
systems have been m
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