IMHO
As a distro I don't give much thought to Slackware despite it being a simple
and quality distro. I've always needed dependencies resolved right from the
installer.
But I think it's in our interest to help since they do maintain a popular
systemd free distro there. If nothing else then
On Wed, 01 Aug 2018, goli...@dyne.org wrote:
> I understand that. I didn't say not to discuss the Slackware
> situation. It's just that Devuan communications, except for the
> forum, have gone to less than a trickle. Would be nice to have some
> energy going into Beowulf etc. Yes, I know many
On Thu, Aug 02, 2018 at 03:19:23PM -0500, goli...@dyne.org wrote:
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>
> All of that is true and I'm not suggesting otherwise. I just wish that
> there was as much urgency to move Beowulf forward as there is to support
> Slackware. Currently, things have ground to a halt. I want Devuan
On Wed, 01 Aug 2018 13:58:54 -0500
goli...@dyne.org wrote:
> With all due respects to Slackware, can't we find anything about
> Devuan to discuss?
I agree there are more topical things to discuss, but there's also
nothing wrong with setting an uninteresting thread to ignore if it's
bothersome.
I'm really disturbed by Pat's problems, especially because they've been
ongoing. I'm so jaded that half of me thinks this is a fund raising
con.
On Wed, 1 Aug 2018 09:03:24 +0200
Jaromil wrote:
> I am in favor of facilitating the strong passion of people who like to
> "just do it" ...
On 2018-08-02 13:23, Steve Litt wrote:
On Wed, 01 Aug 2018 13:58:54 -0500
goli...@dyne.org wrote:
With all due respects to Slackware, can't we find anything about
Devuan to discuss?
I think the Slackware discussion revolves around recognition that the
evolution of Linux went right through
On Wed, 01 Aug 2018 13:58:54 -0500
goli...@dyne.org wrote:
> With all due respects to Slackware, can't we find anything about
> Devuan to discuss?
I think the Slackware discussion revolves around recognition that the
evolution of Linux went right through Slackware. The following
according to
Hi,
El 01/08/18 a las 23:10, goli...@dyne.org escribió:
Would be nice to have some energy going into Beowulf etc. Yes, I know
many are on holiday in August but not that much has happened since the
stable release. Hoping things might pickup a bit.
I'm still working on simple-netaid this
On 2018-08-01 15:38, Dave Turner wrote:
On 01/08/18 19:58, goli...@dyne.org wrote:
With all due respects to Slackware, can't we find anything about
Devuan to discuss?
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With all due respects to Slackware, can't we find anything about
Devuan to discuss?
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On 01/08/18 14:17, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
On Tue, 31 Jul 2018 16:36:57 -0700, Bruce wrote in message
:
Pretty funny. He just can't step away from hacking the distribution
long enough to do anything else, but I guess be with his family. I
don't see how he's going to resolve his own issues this
On Tue, 31 Jul 2018 16:36:57 -0700, Bruce wrote in message
:
> Pretty funny. He just can't step away from hacking the distribution
> long enough to do anything else, but I guess be with his family. I
> don't see how he's going to resolve his own issues this way.
..does he _have_ a lawyer? Find
For those not wanting to use PayPal, Pat posted his mailing address:
PO BOX 172, Sebeka, MN 56477
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/donating-to-slackware-4175634729/page31.html#post5886096
About which he says it's not a secret as it has been in the
slackware.com whois domain
On Wed, 01 Aug 2018, KatolaZ wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 04:36:57PM -0700, Bruce Perens wrote:
> > Pretty funny. He just can't step away from hacking the
> > distribution long enough to do anything else, but I guess be with
> > his family. I don't see how he's going to resolve his own issues
On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 04:36:57PM -0700, Bruce Perens wrote:
> Pretty funny. He just can't step away from hacking the distribution long
> enough to do anything else, but I guess be with his family. I don't see how
> he's going to resolve his own issues this way.
>
It's plain incredible, not
Pretty funny. He just can't step away from hacking the distribution long
enough to do anything else, but I guess be with his family. I don't see how
he's going to resolve his own issues this way.
On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 2:39 PM, Steve Litt
wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Jul 2018 08:59:44 -0500
> Nate
On Tue, 31 Jul 2018 08:59:44 -0500
Nate Bargmann wrote:
> For now you'll have to accept that the latest communication the
> Slackware forum has from Pat is via his 27 July entry in the
> ChangeLog.txt file:
>
> http://slackware.oregonstate.edu/slackware-current/ChangeLog.txt
The preceding is
Has there been any further communication from Patrick? He didn't answer my
email.
Thanks
Bruce
On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 9:58 PM, KatolaZ wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 08:39:45AM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
> > On 07/29/2018 08:33 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
> > > On Sat, 28 Jul 2018
* On 2018 31 Jul 01:46 -0500, aitor_czr wrote:
> I couldn't find the new explaining what happened to Patrick. Here is the
> link containing the letter:
>
> https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/%5Bslackware%5D-patrick-needs-help-255700/
>
> He also gives his phone number (only
Hi,
El 26/07/18 a las 22:46, Jaromil escribió:
dear fellow dng'ers
let me bring your attention to this recent and sad message by Patrick
Volkerding, founder and maker of Slackware, a distribution we all owe
much in many different ways: knowledge, spirit, honesty and minimalism
On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 08:39:45AM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
> On 07/29/2018 08:33 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
> > On Sat, 28 Jul 2018 17:48:12 -0700
> > Bruce Perens wrote:
> >
> > > He hasn't answered. I did send $100. Hopefully he'll get out of his
> > > situation.
> >
> > How and to what email
On 07/29/2018 08:33 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
On Sat, 28 Jul 2018 17:48:12 -0700
Bruce Perens wrote:
He hasn't answered. I did send $100. Hopefully he'll get out of his
situation.
How and to what email or domain did you make the contribution? How
comfortable are you that your $100 will actually
On Sat, 28 Jul 2018 17:48:12 -0700
Bruce Perens wrote:
> He hasn't answered. I did send $100. Hopefully he'll get out of his
> situation.
How and to what email or domain did you make the contribution? How
comfortable are you that your $100 will actually get to him?
I've been holding off until
He hasn't answered. I did send $100. Hopefully he'll get out of his
situation.
On Sat, Jul 28, 2018, 5:46 PM Alessandro Selli
wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Jul 2018 at 14:11:32 -0700
> Bruce Perens wrote:
>
> > I offered to introduce him to some lawyers. I've certainly made good use
> of
> > them over
On Thu, 26 Jul 2018 at 14:11:32 -0700
Bruce Perens wrote:
> I offered to introduce him to some lawyers. I've certainly made good use of
> them over the past year. Were it not for good lawyers willing to work cheap
> or free, I'd be in some hot water right now.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bruce
On Thu, 26 Jul 2018 22:46:17 +0200
Jaromil wrote:
> https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/donating-to-slackware-4175634729/#post5882751
Thanks for sharing. Six more pages were added while I was reading the
thread.. people really care.
My roots are from Slackware, and I've
* On 2018 26 Jul 18:14 -0500, Steve Litt wrote:
> Bruce,
>
> It sounds like you have personal contact with him. Do you have for sure
> knowledge as to whether the https://www.paypal.me/volkerdi is Patrick's
> and funds I put in it would actually go to Patrick?
I'm reasonably certain that it is
Not a Bruce, but... Source reference for that address is on page 11 on the
LinuxQuestions.org thread quoted by Jaromil below. Here's a direct link.
Decide for yourself, or wait for http://www.slackware.com/ to post.
Bruce,
It sounds like you have personal contact with him. Do you have for sure
knowledge as to whether the https://www.paypal.me/volkerdi is Patrick's
and funds I put in it would actually go to Patrick?
Thanks,
SteveT
On Thu, 26 Jul 2018 14:11:32 -0700
Bruce Perens wrote:
> I offered to
I offered to introduce him to some lawyers. I've certainly made good use of
them over the past year. Were it not for good lawyers willing to work cheap
or free, I'd be in some hot water right now.
Thanks
Bruce
On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 1:46 PM, Jaromil wrote:
>
> dear fellow dng'ers
>
>
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