Re: [Discuss] Oracle Linux, going after CentOs

2012-07-27 Thread Richard Pieri
On 7/27/2012 2:28 PM, Chuck Anderson wrote: The only way it should cause conflicts is if you installed "extra" SL packages that didn't come from the original vendor (RHEL). Such as the Graphviz libraries that ROOT and GNU Octave require? RHEL does not include Graphviz; SL does. The versions

Re: [Discuss] Cutting the phone line

2012-07-27 Thread Tom Metro
Doug wrote: > A few of the video tutorials looked workable ("Look dear, a regular > phone can plug into it", a line for my technology skeptical wife). > Has anyone "cut the phone cord" by using this or similar devices? I have a couple of OBi110's. One is lightly used and the other not deployed yet

Re: [Discuss] Oracle Linux, going after CentOs

2012-07-27 Thread Chuck Anderson
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 11:19:59AM -0400, Richard Pieri wrote: > On 7/27/2012 10:17 AM, Chuck Anderson wrote: > >"The base SL distribution is basically Enterprise Linux, recompiled > >from source. > > I am aware of what Scientific Linux is. I been running an SL shop > for the last two and a half

[Discuss] Cutting the phone line

2012-07-27 Thread Doug
Tom wrote in a different thread: > They provide a link on their support page to a replicated interactive UI > for the product: > http://obihai.com/OBi110/index.html A few of the video tutorials looked workable ("Look dear, a regular phone can plug into it", a line for my technology skeptical wife

Re: [Discuss] Oracle Linux, going after CentOs

2012-07-27 Thread Richard Pieri
On 7/27/2012 10:17 AM, Chuck Anderson wrote: "The base SL distribution is basically Enterprise Linux, recompiled from source. I am aware of what Scientific Linux is. I been running an SL shop for the last two and a half years with nodes spanning SL 3 through SL 6 inclusive. I'm not sure

Re: [Discuss] Oracle Linux, going after CentOs

2012-07-27 Thread Chuck Anderson
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 01:47:23PM -0400, Richard Pieri wrote: > On 7/23/2012 1:07 PM, Guy Gold wrote: > >They don't really leave much room for questions :) > > Just two. For now. > > 1. Do you want to give Oracle the market share? :) > > 2. How badly does it break Scientific Linux? CentOS and

[Discuss] OT: Google fiber in Kansas City

2012-07-27 Thread Stephen Ronan
Google fiber in Kansas City includes a 5-megabit option that's free if one pays a one-time $300 construction fee (can be paid at $25/month) http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/26/google-unveils-superfast-internet-in-kansas-city-mo/ GigaOm on the economics of the rollout http://gigaom.com/2012/

Re: [Discuss] Oracle Linux, going after CentOs

2012-07-27 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 07/26/2012 05:12 PM, Richard Pieri wrote: > On 7/26/2012 2:34 PM, Tom Metro wrote: >> I doubt it. Why bother setting up a situation where you have backhanded >> leverage over a competitor when it is a much clearer path to simply >> transition customers from your own free product to your own paid

Re: [Discuss] "The Manchurian Computer"?

2012-07-27 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 07/26/2012 02:44 PM, Kent Borg wrote: > Jerry Feldman wrote: >> Why not install Ubuntu 12.04 as the primary OS, with Windows 7 >> Professional in a Virtual Machine, The X230 is a 64-bit processor with >> the Virtualization assist available on the CPU, and the setting can be >> done through the B