On 05/26/2018 10:29 AM, Paul Flint wrote: > Greetings Truth (sp? :^), > > Forgive my inability to spell.
[warning: next paragraph might render funny to some readers] The name derives from olde English, "trowþ " (my favorite, love that Icelandic thorn) or "trēowþ" or "trēowth" or "trɒθ", meaning commit, engage, pledge. (Look it up in Webster's.) I pronounce it with a short "o" like broth, moth, sloth. On the other side of the pond they'd use the long "o" like both, oath, betroth (hah!). Many will have heard a certain phrase spoken in weddings ... plight thee? Truth itself was spelled "trīewþ" in the 14th century. Nuttin wrong with your spelling, sir. > Are you suggesting that HPE may be the next purveyor of a distro with > magic sauce? Not at all. Many institutions have their own in-house Linux (or other systems). HPE has ample need for embedded software, reference systems, and such as justify a home-grown OS. They do not publish it. It runs on hardware HPE cares ab out, thus it does not run on z, even though Debian runs on z. HP/HPE have been Linux fans for a long time. Bdale Garbee (a pillar in the Debian world) was a fixture there until a few months after the split. So HPE Linux (or "hLinux") is a Debian spin. Reference system ... I use hLinux for exactly that. Might lose access to it since I do not work for HPE. (Better upgrade while I still have access, eh?) I'm intrigued that it's a 64-bit system without the /lib64 and /usr/lib64 clutter. I DON'T KNOW if it magically supports 32-bit apps from those 64-bit archives. (They would have to be mixed bitness. Long story. Deep water.) > Most insightful and fascinating... To you and to me, yes. I wish we could infect others with our fascination. Some of it simply makes for good weekend conversation. But some of it matters in business matters because it supports a foundation of knowing what the [expletive deleted] is going on under the fluff and hype of marketing and packaging. > Sincerely, > > Flint -- R; <>< ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
