Cool. I just wish there was a SMP brain upgrade available.
Kev. ----- Original Message ----- From: "S�bastien Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 2:57 PM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Linux Work I've gotten lots of work done today, I can preemptivelly multi-task ;-) Le 2 D�cembre 2002 14:42, vous avez �crit : > Yeah, I was meaning that with like a hundred messages in the last 8 working > hours, largely on this thread, I'm doing no work at all right now... And > neither is anyone else on the CLUG list. > > I think we had more messages on this thread than we've had in like the last > month total... Well...almost. > > Kev. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Trevor Lauder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 2:38 PM > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Linux Work > > > Ironic thread name indeed. I started this thread asking for any Linux > > admin work leads since I need to find a new job. Aside from the email I > > sent to start this tread, there may have been 1 or 2 others that stayed > > on the topic of the thread and the rest went off on their own lol. Oh > > well, that's life and this discussion is rather amusing to say the least > > :) You would never have this much fun on a Windows mailing list that's > > for sure > > > > :) > > > > Trevor > > > > > I have to say, this is an ironic thread name. > > > > > > Here's what would be nice. > > > > > > RH8 install begins, then it prompts me with the last screen where I > > > install the packages. It has chosen a ton of defaults, such as Samba > > > 2.2.5 HOWEVER, it has also checked, and it sees that there is an > > > updated package, 2.2.6 available, so I can select that instead. Some > > > packages might have several options. Continuing with Samba, we might > > > also offer Samba 2.2, and Samba 2.2 (Save version as older RH > > > installs.) etc. The default is X, but newer and older are still > > > available at install time. This would allow then to have a single CD > > > install, since everything would be a DL. It addresses my desire for > > > current versions, Aaron's desire for Binaries, and 90% of users would > > > just go with the defaults, so it wouldn't be much more difficult for RH > > > support either.) An added advantage is that major security > > > requirements could be forced. Meaning the older SSL stuff would no > > > longer be able to install. > > > > > > Kev. > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Mark Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 2:09 PM > > > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Linux Work > > > > > >> At 01:17 PM 12/2/02, you wrote: > > >> >But the installer does not. > > >> > > >> In our case we wouldn't want it to unless we could define the source > > >> of those updates. With Up2date you can't do that. Why would I want my > > >> newly installed box downloading from the internet what I already have > > > > > > downloaded? > > > > > >> Even on RH 7.2 which has about half a CD of updates, I can install > > >> updates from a NFS share in a couple of minutes. > > >> > > >> regards, > > >> -- > > >> Mark Lane > > >> Hard Data Ltd. > > >> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> > > >> Telephone: 01-780-456-9771 > > >> FAX: 01-780-456-9772 > > >> > > >> 11060 - 166 Avenue > > >> Edmonton, AB, Canada > > >> T5X 1Y3 > > >> > > >> http://www.harddata.com/ > > >> --> Ask me about our Affordable Alpha Systems! <--
