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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 01:14:29 +0800
From: Engels Antonio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: FWD: [plug] first filipino linux distro
>===== Original Message From Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =====
>heh, here's some more "righteous indignation" :)
Thanks again! Man, I just came here to code. I never thought people would
react this way :-(
I've stopped lurking at PLUG. Can you please forward this reply to their list?
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>Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 21:38:50 +0800 (PHT)
>From: Horatio B. Bogbindero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [plug] first filipino linux distro
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>> >
>> > check out this article:
>> >
http://www.itnetcentral.com/computerworld/article.asp?id=2102&leveli=0&info=
>> > Computer+World#1
>> >
>> > it says there:
>> >
>> > "THE first Filipino Linux distribution is now in gamma stage at the labs
of
>> > the Bluepoint Institute of Higher Technology Foundation..."
>> >
>> > uh, i was under the impression that admulinux has been around for quite
some
>> > time now... so how can they claim the article call their feature "the
first
>> > filipino linux distro..."?
>>
>> from what i understand from the article, the "distro" is a single floppy
>> based one, or am i wrong? this is a far cry from being a real distribution
>> like admulinux is. heck, if a single floppy distribution were all there
>> were to it, then we've had that kind of thing for a long while now.
>>
>yup. i remember making chicken linux floppy distribution when i was new to
>linux. heck. i even remember other people who i compared notes with to get
>the dang thing running. admulinux is wonderful distribution for the
>hacker. admulinuxGO is the best teaching tool idea i have encountered in
>along time. it makes me wonder if TROLLS existing only in the m$ world. i
>guess they also do in the linux world.
This just proves that Filipinos are exceptionally intelligent. Again, there's
no issue regarding AdMULinux. I, for one, agree that it was a good teaching
tool (I'm from UP Diliman but I sure have a lot of Blue-blooded friends). For
the record, we *never* claimed that Buhawi is the first local Linux distro.
For the record again, Buhawi can be compiled to run on a single floppy or as a
full Linux installation on regular IDE and SCSI drives. There are no TROLLS
here, Mister. We just came here to code. It's not our fault that Computerworld
published an article about Buhawi in the way they did. Please remember that no
one has a monopoly on Linux or Open Source. I'm sure there's room for
different distros, God knows we need more of these especially now that M$ has
taken to directly throwing dirt at our community.
>
>maybe they have their own Philippine Linux Users Group and they have a doc
>mana clone!!! not as good as the real one though.
Nope. We have no intention of replicating PLUG. You guys are good at what you
do.
>
>> aside from them claiming to be the first filipino linux distro... they
>> also claim to have run the first Linux-based BBS in the Philippines! i've
>> run Alien's Alcove on Linux since the mid-1990's but closed-doors to the
>> public when i had to move homes. ;) so i figure that i'd have to say
>> alien's was the first. oh... for the patient and close-to-demented as i
>> am, you can try "ssh -l bbs gra.ph" or "telnet -l bbs gra.ph" for some old
>> time fun. if it breaks, email me. :) hey ian, remember our first ytalks
>> over the modem? is robbie still an IBMer?
I think I settled this issue earlier. Anyway, it's a non-issue. Again, if
Alien's Alcove was the first Linux BBS, no problem here!
>>
>
>i even remember reading them post about the first permanent beowulf
>installation in the country??? da heck!
>
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And we respect AGILA too, thank you. I've read your whitepaper and am quite
impressed with your work. However, Lalainya was simply realized before AGILA
was. But hey, if being first is an issue, you can have it. IMHO, it's better
to have two clusters in one country anytime - whatever the achievements of
AGILA or Lalainya, Pinoys win, right? Also, we are not concerned with titles.
As long as Lalainya performs the way we designed her to (using our own
parallel processing software aside from those downloadable from the Internet),
we are content.
Last time I checked, the Philippine Linux community was a welcome place for
people who would like to contribute to it. So what's with all these "righteous
indignation?"
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