Re: [Discuss] Slackware

2012-02-27 Thread Tom Metro
Glenn Becker wrote: >> What is the claimed advantage...? > > Slackware is great if you like your system clean, no-frills, very > 'UNIX-y' and you don't mind configuring things by editing text files > (and you also don't mind reading and following documentation and > occasionally figuring things ou

Re: [Discuss] XBMC

2012-02-27 Thread Richard McCluskey
perfect answer, and I agree on most points, as I consider (likely incorrectly) my desktop as a work-in-progress (hacked ubuntu-pre-unity+gnome2+compiz+cairo+hacks) though it shouldn't be that hard. In fact I wont upgrade to the latest ubuntu as Unity is the worst thing I've seen in ages. Worse than

Re: [Discuss] XBMC

2012-02-27 Thread Richard Pieri
I could have sworn I recently ranted about this. Well. There are several points: The failure to address egregious bugs and misfeatures. Example: Metacity window placement. Even when fixes are provided the developers refuse to incorporate them into the code base. Open Source projects shou

Re: [Discuss] XBMC

2012-02-27 Thread Richard McCluskey
Rich, just out of curiosity, what requirements do you have that causes you to say "Windows 7 because I still have yet to see a Linux desktop that I would choose to use over it". Is it an app/program requirement? Interface requirement? familiarity? This is not an attempt to start any flame war or a

[Discuss] LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice

2012-02-27 Thread Tom Metro
The latest Debian Project News newsletter points out that Debian was the top pick for "Server Distribution of the Year" in the 2011 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Results: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/2011mca.php Debian was closely followed by Slackware, both getting over 25%. Then C

[Discuss] [Position-available] LAMP Website Seeks Developer and Sysadmin in Boston Area

2012-02-27 Thread Valerio Romano
I am a former Unix admin who runs a LAMP based website: ExampleMotion.com, a file sharing website for legal professionals. I recently moved from California, where I started the site, to the South Shore of Massachusetts. 1.Job Description: Website Developer for LAMP based website with extens

[Discuss] Raspberry Pi launch imminent

2012-02-27 Thread Kurt Keville
if you want to DL your distro of choice before the R.Pi store goes live, you can find most of them at http://elinux.org/R-Pi_Hub ... it appears Fedora F14 remix will ship with it if you buy the pre-loaded SD card with it... They are printing 10,000 of these in the first batch, and if I was a

Re: [Discuss] XBMC

2012-02-27 Thread Richard Pieri
On 2/26/2012 10:50 PM, Tom Metro wrote: You need to do some more research, then. :-) But that's a separate thread. What's to research? I don't have need of a dedicated set top because this one works just fine. -- Rich P. ___ Discuss mailing list D

Re: [Discuss] Is this bad?

2012-02-27 Thread Derek Atkins
Dan Ritter writes: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:56:49AM -0500, Derek Atkins wrote: >> >> Maybe I should move my MySQL database to another machine? >> > >> > Is it on a disk separate from your recordings? >> >> No, it's not. And it's been fine this way for the past 6-8 years. It's >> only start

Re: [Discuss] Is this bad?

2012-02-27 Thread Derek Atkins
Dan Ritter writes: >> Okay, perhaps it is the Ethernet driver that's causing the ksoftirq/1 >> thread to spin at 100% cpu usage. I really need to track this down, >> because I'm losing bits in my TV records when this happens, and it's >> also causing other bits to be delayed. > > ksoftirqd is ru

Re: [Discuss] Is this bad?

2012-02-27 Thread Derek Atkins
David Miller writes: > I agree with Ed here smart data, at least if you're just looking at a > snapshot, is pretty meaningless.  It becomes more meaningful if you're looking > at these counters over time and tracking the tends.  But even then they are > hard to interpret and the data reported var