I am trying to find a source to help me get Linux on a Sun Blade 2500 I have.
I am new to the Linux world, but as far as I can tell it is the only software
that I can load on a Sun system to use as for things like web browsing and so
on like on an Intel based PC with Windows on it. I tried
At 11:31:30pm UTC on Feb 13, 2009, Unix time will reach 1,234,567,890.
Where will you be at this momentous second? - from Bell Labs
This will be Friday, February 13th at 1831 and 30 seconds EST (1531 and
30 seconds PST).
Now if there was any reason to fear Friday the 13th, I think this is it.
On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Jon 'maddog' Hall mad...@li.org wrote:
At 11:31:30pm UTC on Feb 13, 2009, Unix time will reach 1,234,567,890.
Where will you be at this momentous second? - from Bell Labs
This will be Friday, February 13th at 1831 and 30 seconds EST (1531 and
30 seconds PST).
Greg,
Martha's has WiFi, so we can hook up to a time server.
...this will be useful for the 13th!
Thanks,
md
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Y2K in the Unix Erawhere will your computer be?
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From: Jon 'maddog' Hall mad...@li.org
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:15:18 -0500
Cc: Henry Hall h...@att.net
At 11:31:30pm UTC on Feb 13, 2009, Unix time will reach 1,234,567,890.
Where will you be at this momentous second? - from Bell Labs
This will be Friday, February 13th at 1831 and 30
On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Jon 'maddog' Hall mad...@li.org wrote:
... note that I spelled UNIX in all capital letters, as it should be ...
Oh, boy. Time for a lame name flame game! :)
Dennis Ritchie says that the 'UNIX' spelling originally happened in
CACM's 1974 paper _The UNIX
On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Jon 'maddog' Hall mad...@li.org wrote:
This will be Friday, February 13th at 1831 and 30 seconds EST (1531 and
30 seconds PST).
That's 6:31 PM EST, for the 24-hour challenged. :)
=Martha's Exchange Restaurant in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA=
Who will join
On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Thomas Coughlin
tcoughlin1...@comcast.net wrote:
I am trying to find a source to help me get Linux on a Sun Blade 2500 I
have.
I haven't touched Linux on Sun/SPARC in several years, but I will
give it a shot.
I am new to the Linux world, but as far as I can
Offered is an IBM CDPD Cellular Modem (P/N 04H7387) PCMCIA adapter
with two anntenna+cable assemblies with mounting brackets.
Believed to be working when put into storage back in 2004 but
the batteries (four AA in each antenna module) leaked a bit so
the condition of the two anntenna modules
On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Ben Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote:
Later, dmr tried to get the
spelling changed to 'Unix' in a couple of Bell Labs papers, on the
grounds that the word is not acronymic. He failed,
which likely would be due to Bell Trademark lawyers - you have to use
it
Jon Maddog Hall wrote:
facebook
Jon Maddog Hall
4:03am Feb 1st
Stop! Unix Time
To gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org
Y2K in the Unix Erawhere will your computer be?
Jon has shared an event with you. To view the event or to reply to the
message, follow this link:
My experience over the years has been that, although there existing Linux
for Sparc, there is not that great of a developer or support community
around it.
If you just want to reinstall and have a usable Sun system, I would highly
recommend just reinstalling it with a new Solaris install. Solaris
What - time_t party
when - 1234567890
ET Fri Feb 13 18:31:30 2009
UT Fri Feb 13 23:31:30 2009
Where - Westin Boston
Waterfronthttp://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/property/area/directions.html?propertyID=1528Lobby
Bar
Why there - Boskone http://http//www.boskone.org SF Convention
Why am i
I have a number of blade 2000 and 2500s runnining Solaris 10 just
fine. The java desktop is actually a recent gnome with evolution,
pidgen, acrobat, firefox, etc
You're not going to find a sparc linux that's as up to date. Solaris
10 10/08 is your best bet. OpenSolaris is also good if it's
Bill,
Thanks for the pointer to the Boston event and the updates to the Perl
clock. Your link to the Boskone SF Convention was broken, it should
have been:
http://www.nesfa.org/Boskone/
for those interested in going to that.
I prefer a smaller group, perhaps a bit quieter, with less travel
Facebook tells me I need to sign up to use their service. I'm not
really thrilled with the idea
Me, neither - Facebook would seem to be a poor choice as a venue for
conducting GNHLUG business as (it seems to me that) Facebook is not
really in keeping with much of what the GNHLUG is about:
*You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change
something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. -
Buckminster Fuller
*
I'm tired of hearing people in the free software community whine about
Facebook. There are a lot of programmers on this list. If you
Facebook would seem to be a poor choice as a venue for
conducting GNHLUG business
Who was advocating the use of Facebook for GNHLUG business?
It just so happens that Facebook was where I first noticed the issue
of the UNIX time event coming up, and I forwarded that link in case
others might be
On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Michael ODonnell
michael.odonn...@comcast.net wrote:
Facebook tells me I need to sign up to use their service. I'm not
really thrilled with the idea
Me, neither - Facebook would seem to be a poor choice as a venue for
conducting GNHLUG business as (it
Me, neither - Facebook would seem to be a poor choice as a venue for
conducting GNHLUG business as (it seems to me that) Facebook is not
really in keeping with much of what the GNHLUG is about:
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 21:46:31 -0500
From: Arc Riley arcri...@gmail.com
I'm tired of hearing people in the free software community whine about
Facebook. There are a lot of programmers on this list. If you feel
passionately enough about this to complain then let's build an alternative.
I
That's hilarious! But jokes about PHP scripts and internet appliances
aside, there *is* a real solution to this that's already accepted by the
community at large.
It's called XMPP - eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol.
Thanks to Google and Livejournal there's already a huge userbase.
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