consider yourself nominated  :)

Jamie

Sometime just before Tuesday 11 June 2002 12:56 am Jacob Meuser Wrote
about:[EUG-LUG:2894] Re: Suspend Linux from the command line?
: On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 10:35:51PM -0700, Jacob Meuser wrote:
: > How do I suspend my laptop from the commandline?  I have some GUIs
: > that'll do it, but I'd rather not have to run GUI as root just to
: > suspend ... 'zzz' as a member of the 'operator' group on OpenBSD is
: > nice.  I'm looking for something similar.
:
: Well, a quick google search turns up 'apm -s', but lo
:
: exp:~% which apm
: apm not found
:
: Grrrr!!!!
:
: Why can't there be a Linux distro that's:
: a) complete but not bloated
: b) secure by default
: c) well documented
: d) easy to install
: e) easy to use
: f) easy to modify
: g) up to date
: h) stable
:
: Why can't some GNU freak just bite the bullet and distribute a real,
: complete GNU/Linux system, document it, and keep it up to date?
: IMO, the answer is that GNU folk like to hide behind the guise of
: "flexibility" or "customization".  BS.  There is no GNU/Linux system,
: there are a bunch of packages that may or may not work together on any
: given day.  Why do you think Debian only has stable releases every
: 20 months?
:
: I honestly believe that if RMS and Linus would have settled their
: differences and decided to make one true system, M$ would have
: been out of business long ago.

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