I code now... I don't deal with clients.
On 10/19/07, Andrew Baudouin <andrewmb at gmail.com> wrote: > > How is that not IT? > > On 10/19/07, mat branyon <mat.branyon at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > mobile software development. I am working for bluedotsolutions out in > > Denver Colorado building workorder and asset management apps for mobile > > devices ( from which I have learned that 'JDE SUCKS!!') > > > > On 10/19/07, Dustin Puryear <dustin at puryear-it.com> wrote: > > > > > > YaST is still slow. > > > > > > What are you doing now if not IT? > > > > > > -- > > > Puryear Information Technology, LLC > > > Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 > > > http://www.puryear-it.com > > > > > > Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" > > > http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices > > > > > > Identity Management, LDAP, and Linux Integration > > > > > > > > > mat branyon wrote: > > > > SuSe is a great distro, but I have always had just one problem with > > > > it... it runs so very slow on every machine I have ever installed it > > > on, > > > > especially YaST. I have played around with kernel configurations > > > and > > > > everything, and it's just never been quick enough. Does it still > > > take a > > > > while for YaST to respond, or was that just me? > > > > > > > > Every few years though, I pick it up and give it another try. Right > > > now > > > > I am in the middle of a dist-upgrade on my laptop, which will > > > probably > > > > break things more. Hibernate already stopped working in Ubuntu on > > > that > > > > machine (out of nowhere really... no new packages installed or > > > anything; > > > > I think the machine is dying on me... stupid Dell). > > > > > > > > I should also disclose that give enough time, I will break all > > > > installations, of every operating system, ever, and unintentionally > > > > even, which is why I stay away from IT work now. > > > > > > > > --mat > > > > > > > > On 10/19/07, *Andrew Baudouin* <andrewmb at gmail.com > > > > <mailto: andrewmb at gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > > > > I've broken many a system with dist-upgrade (and emerge -U > > > world), > > > > especially if non-standard packages are installed, I'm talking > > > > kernel panic broken. This sounds like the Holy Grail of > > > > distribution upgrades. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 10/18/07, *willhill* <williamhill2 at cox.net > > > > <mailto: williamhill2 at cox.net>> wrote: > > > > > > > > Cool. It sounds almost as easy as apt-get, and is certainly > > > faster. > > > > > > > > On Thursday 18 October 2007 4:46 pm, Ronnie Gilkey wrote: > > > > > [Suse was] smart enough to resolve all the package > > > > > dependencies, add a few more, remove some stale / > > > non-existent > > > > packages > > > > > in the new version. An hour and a half later, I rebooted > > > to > > > > find an > > > > > OpenSuSE 10.2 system with the latest software, and all my > > > user / > > > > > configuration data in place. No skips, bumps, nothing, it > > > just > > > > worked > > > > > -- and properly at that. I had to re-compile one > > > > non-distributed Apache > > > > > module and I was running again. > > > > > ... > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > General mailing list > > > > General at brlug.net <mailto: General at brlug.net> > > > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > General mailing list > > > > General at brlug.net <mailto:General at brlug.net> > > > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > General mailing list > > > > General at brlug.net > > > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > General at brlug.net > > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General at brlug.net > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.brlug.net/pipermail/general_brlug.net/attachments/20071019/7feb1bf3/attachment-0001.html
