Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo announces total website makeover :-)
On Wed, 2015-04-01 at 01:37 +0200, waben...@gmail.com wrote: This really made my day. :-) https://www.gentoo.org/news/2015/03/31/website-update.html Eeh, it is no longer available, I mean the first version. Do anyone think we can ask for permanent link to old version? Thanks, Ivan
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Dale wrote: Gevisz wrote: It did not load from the first try for me. Than it take some time to load from the second attempt. A really awful blue background. The quote from the site: “We accept that members in more fortunate circumstances may feel that a site with a 16-colour palette and an optimal screen resolution of 640 x 200 pixels is not the best fit for their needs but we urge such members to keep the greater good in mind. The vast majority of potential new Gentoo Linux users are still using IBM XT computers, storing their information on 5.25-inch floppy disks and communicating via dial-up BBS,” said Roy Bamford (neddyseagoon), a Foundation trustee. Oh, my God! I really hope that it is the 1 April joke. Best regards, Andrew Savchenko It worked the first time but it is quite a bit slower for me. I got DSL now and other pages, even those with pics, load faster. Sort of odd. Glad it isn't just me. Dale :-) :-) It seems the quoting got messed up on this one. Odd. Sorry. Dale :-) :-)
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Gevisz wrote: It did not load from the first try for me. Than it take some time to load from the second attempt. A really awful blue background. The quote from the site: “We accept that members in more fortunate circumstances may feel that a site with a 16-colour palette and an optimal screen resolution of 640 x 200 pixels is not the best fit for their needs but we urge such members to keep the greater good in mind. The vast majority of potential new Gentoo Linux users are still using IBM XT computers, storing their information on 5.25-inch floppy disks and communicating via dial-up BBS,” said Roy Bamford (neddyseagoon), a Foundation trustee. Oh, my God! I really hope that it is the 1 April joke. Best regards, Andrew Savchenko It worked the first time but it is quite a bit slower for me. I got DSL now and other pages, even those with pics, load faster. Sort of odd. Glad it isn't just me. Dale :-) :-)
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On Apr 1, 2015, at 2:46, Andrew Savchenko birc...@gentoo.org wrote: On Wed, 1 Apr 2015 01:37:06 +0200 waben...@gmail.com wrote: This really made my day. :-) https://www.gentoo.org/news/2015/03/31/website-update.html The best design ever! So nice and readable font, so yummy background, very fast page load. Many thanks for Web project team for hard work! Nice. The load time is really fast :) Send the floppies to me. Can't wait to get installing ;) -- -Matti
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On Wed, 01 Apr 2015 11:34:04 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: Nice. The load time is really fast :) Send the floppies to me. Can't wait to get installing ;) I'd prefer tape... Magnetic or punched? -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 25: New York culture pgpIEfFKuLC5C.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
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On Wednesday 01 April 2015 20:10:44 Adam Carter wrote: I love the serial console style cursor sweep across the screen. Ahh that takes me back. Me too. I was just trying to remember the type number of the serial consoles we used. No joy so far, but then it was 30 years ago. -- Rgds Peter.
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Peter Humphrey wrote: On Wednesday 01 April 2015 20:10:44 Adam Carter wrote: I love the serial console style cursor sweep across the screen. Ahh that takes me back. Me too. I was just trying to remember the type number of the serial consoles we used. No joy so far, but then it was 30 years ago. I like it but it was slow to load. Maybe it will settle out soon. I think I started on a Wyse 50 terminal. Heck, at one point, the main server had a 25MHz CPU even. Dang I'm getting old. o_O Dale :-) :-)
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I love the serial console style cursor sweep across the screen. Ahh that takes me back.
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On Wednesday 01 April 2015 10:36:59 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 01 Apr 2015 11:34:04 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: Nice. The load time is really fast :) Send the floppies to me. Can't wait to get installing ;) I'd prefer tape... Magnetic or punched? Ooh, the temptation! -- Rgds Peter.
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On Wednesday 01 April 2015 10:51:25 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 01 Apr 2015 10:40:29 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: Magnetic or punched? Ooh, the temptation! What's the best way of cleaning tea from a monitor? :) Actually, I've just been looking at the spoof site again. Someone has put an awful lot of work into it (I suspect Nighthawk). It'd be a pity if were all thrown away after today. An absolutely magnificent effort - well done, team! -- Rgds Peter.
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On Wednesday 01 April 2015 10:58:58 I wrote: On Wednesday 01 April 2015 10:51:25 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 01 Apr 2015 10:40:29 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: Magnetic or punched? Ooh, the temptation! What's the best way of cleaning tea from a monitor? : :) Actually, I've just been looking at the spoof site again. Someone has put an awful lot of work into it (I suspect Nighthawk). It'd be a pity if were all thrown away after today. s/if were/if it were/ # Even Homer nods ;) An absolutely magnificent effort - well done, team! -- Rgds Peter.
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On Wed, 01 Apr 2015 01:31:12 -0500, Dale wrote: It worked the first time but it is quite a bit slower for me. I got DSL now and other pages, even those with pics, load faster. Sort of odd. Slow drawing speed (not loading) is part of the CGA spec. -- Neil Bothwick Pepperami. Its a bit of an animal. What animal what bit? pgp8PUfR_fnrE.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
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Am 01.04.2015 um 09:18 schrieb Matti Nykyri: On Apr 1, 2015, at 2:46, Andrew Savchenko birc...@gentoo.org wrote: On Wed, 1 Apr 2015 01:37:06 +0200 waben...@gmail.com wrote: This really made my day. :-) https://www.gentoo.org/news/2015/03/31/website-update.html The best design ever! So nice and readable font, so yummy background, very fast page load. Many thanks for Web project team for hard work! Nice. The load time is really fast :) Send the floppies to me. Can't wait to get installing ;) I'd prefer tape...
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Am 01.04.2015 um 11:36 schrieb Neil Bothwick: On Wed, 01 Apr 2015 11:34:04 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: Nice. The load time is really fast :) Send the floppies to me. Can't wait to get installing ;) I'd prefer tape... Magnetic or punched? magnetic. My guinea pigs tend to eat punch cardstape.
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On Wed, 01 Apr 2015 10:40:29 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: Magnetic or punched? Ooh, the temptation! What's the best way of cleaning tea from a monitor? -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 29: Soft rock pgp9s5_Y2bsRR.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
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On Wed, 01 Apr 2015 11:39:23 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: I'd prefer tape... Magnetic or punched? magnetic. My guinea pigs tend to eat punch cardstape. But punched can survive an EMP, which is more likely here as I don't anticipate an invasion of domesticated rodents (I'd have typed guinea pigs but I can't spell it). -- Neil Bothwick C:\DOS\SYSTEM\OS2\UTILITIES\DOCS\HELP\WHERE\THE\F$#%\AM\I??? pgpeA02YvWp_X.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
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On 01/04/15 18:15, Dale wrote: Peter Humphrey wrote: On Wednesday 01 April 2015 20:10:44 Adam Carter wrote: I love the serial console style cursor sweep across the screen. Ahh that takes me back. Me too. I was just trying to remember the type number of the serial consoles we used. No joy so far, but then it was 30 years ago. I like it but it was slow to load. Maybe it will settle out soon. I think I started on a Wyse 50 terminal. Heck, at one point, the main server had a 25MHz CPU even. Dang I'm getting old. o_O Dale :-) :-) Dang it ... I see another get off the grass thread... wyse terminals, vt100's, lovely green or amber screens - those were the days! What was I saying about grass? BillK
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On Wednesday 01 April 2015 05:15:53 Dale wrote: Peter Humphrey wrote: On Wednesday 01 April 2015 20:10:44 Adam Carter wrote: I love the serial console style cursor sweep across the screen. Ahh that takes me back. Me too. I was just trying to remember the type number of the serial consoles we used. No joy so far, but then it was 30 years ago. I like it but it was slow to load. Maybe it will settle out soon. That's the idea - to resemble those old serial terminals. Bill reminds me that we used vt100 terminals, and later vt220. We thought the gold phosphor was the latest thing in chic at the time. -- Rgds Peter.
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On 04/01/2015 12:18 AM, Matti Nykyri wrote: Nice. The load time is really fast :) Send the floppies to me. Can't wait to get installing ;) Ditto! I can finally dust off my 5.25 drive and use it for something! ;-) Dan
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On Apr 1, 2015, at 12:58, Peter Humphrey pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk wrote: On Wednesday 01 April 2015 10:51:25 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 01 Apr 2015 10:40:29 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: Magnetic or punched? Ooh, the temptation! What's the best way of cleaning tea from a monitor? :) Actually, I've just been looking at the spoof site again. Someone has put an awful lot of work into it (I suspect Nighthawk). It'd be a pity if were all thrown away after today. An absolutely magnificent effort - well done, team! How can I play the great new game on the site? Firefox just tries to search the page when I press A or Q? Am I using an unsupported browser? Should I try WorldWideWeb-browser? Is it in portage? -- -Matti
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Am 01.04.2015 um 17:19 schrieb Matti Nykyri: How can I play the great new game on the site? Firefox just tries to search the page when I press A or Q? Am I using an unsupported browser? Should I try WorldWideWeb-browser? Is it in portage? In Firefox go to Settings - Advanced and turn off Start searching while typing. (Translated from the German version by a non-native speaker, so it can actually be named differently in the English version.)
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On Apr 1, 2015, at 18:29, Heiko Baums li...@baums-on-web.de wrote: Am 01.04.2015 um 17:19 schrieb Matti Nykyri: How can I play the great new game on the site? Firefox just tries to search the page when I press A or Q? Am I using an unsupported browser? Should I try WorldWideWeb-browser? Is it in portage? In Firefox go to Settings - Advanced and turn off Start searching while typing. (Translated from the German version by a non-native speaker, so it can actually be named differently in the English version.) Thanks. -- -Matti
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On Wed, 1 Apr 2015 18:19:57 +0300, Matti Nykyri wrote: How can I play the great new game on the site? Firefox just tries to search the page when I press A or Q? Am I using an unsupported browser? Should I try WorldWideWeb-browser? Is it in portage? I think it only runs on Mosaic and IE1. More seriously, Firefox may be eating your key presses. I found it works well on Chromium, but now Google know how crap I am at Pong. -- Neil Bothwick We are upping our standards - so up yours. pgpljy5Gv3ppd.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
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Bill Kenworthy wrote: On 01/04/15 18:15, Dale wrote: Peter Humphrey wrote: On Wednesday 01 April 2015 20:10:44 Adam Carter wrote: I love the serial console style cursor sweep across the screen. Ahh that takes me back. Me too. I was just trying to remember the type number of the serial consoles we used. No joy so far, but then it was 30 years ago. I like it but it was slow to load. Maybe it will settle out soon. I think I started on a Wyse 50 terminal. Heck, at one point, the main server had a 25MHz CPU even. Dang I'm getting old. o_O Dale :-) :-) Dang it ... I see another get off the grass thread... wyse terminals, vt100's, lovely green or amber screens - those were the days! What was I saying about grass? BillK Well, let's not forget about having the word login: burned into the screen too. Me, I always turned mine off when I left for the day. Everyone else tho, they could see their login prompt all the time, just in a slightly different color. o_- Oh, I usually fixed the keyboards after someone spilled Dr Pepper on them too. Start off with water, hot if possible, then move up to 99% alcohol. Once that is done, place the keyboard on the A/C condenser outside and let the heat and fans dry it. Since they regularly were blowing 150F air, it doesn't take long. I'm getting to old. :-( Dale :-) :-)
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Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 01 Apr 2015 01:31:12 -0500, Dale wrote: It worked the first time but it is quite a bit slower for me. I got DSL now and other pages, even those with pics, load faster. Sort of odd. Slow drawing speed (not loading) is part of the CGA spec. Maybe it was mimicking the dial-up days? Or maybe a slow server doing its best on a bad day? ;-) Dale :-) :-)
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On Wed, 1 Apr 2015 17:28:03 +0100 Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Wed, 1 Apr 2015 18:19:57 +0300, Matti Nykyri wrote: How can I play the great new game on the site? Firefox just tries to search the page when I press A or Q? Am I using an unsupported browser? Should I try WorldWideWeb-browser? Is it in portage? I think it only runs on Mosaic and IE1. More seriously, Firefox may be eating your key presses. I found it works well on Chromium, but now Google know how crap I am at Pong. Built by this awesome team:- http://gentooexperimental.org/nt/ JDM
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On Wed, 1 Apr 2015 02:46:39 +0300 Andrew Savchenko birc...@gentoo.org wrote: On Wed, 1 Apr 2015 01:37:06 +0200 waben...@gmail.com wrote: This really made my day. :-) https://www.gentoo.org/news/2015/03/31/website-update.html The best design ever! So nice and readable font, so yummy background, very fast page load. It did not load from the first try for me. Than it take some time to load from the second attempt. A really awful blue background. The quote from the site: “We accept that members in more fortunate circumstances may feel that a site with a 16-colour palette and an optimal screen resolution of 640 x 200 pixels is not the best fit for their needs but we urge such members to keep the greater good in mind. The vast majority of potential new Gentoo Linux users are still using IBM XT computers, storing their information on 5.25-inch floppy disks and communicating via dial-up BBS,” said Roy Bamford (neddyseagoon), a Foundation trustee. Oh, my God! I really hope that it is the 1 April joke. Many thanks for Web project team for hard work! As for the Phase II, are there any plans for 8 floppy support or only 5.25 devices are targeted? The second phase of the project to get Gentoo Linux to a wider user base will involve the creation of floppy disk sets containing a compact version of the operating system and a selection of software essentials. It is estimated that sets could be created using less than 700 disks each and sponsorship is currently being sought. Well, probably, it is. Best regards, Andrew Savchenko
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On 03/31/2015 09:39 PM, Gevisz wrote: On Wed, 1 Apr 2015 02:46:39 +0300 Andrew Savchenko birc...@gentoo.org wrote: On Wed, 1 Apr 2015 01:37:06 +0200 waben...@gmail.com wrote: This really made my day. :-) https://www.gentoo.org/news/2015/03/31/website-update.html The best design ever! So nice and readable font, so yummy background, very fast page load. It did not load from the first try for me. Than it take some time to load from the second attempt. A really awful blue background. The quote from the site: “We accept that members in more fortunate circumstances may feel that a site with a 16-colour palette and an optimal screen resolution of 640 x 200 pixels is not the best fit for their needs but we urge such members to keep the greater good in mind. The vast majority of potential new Gentoo Linux users are still using IBM XT computers, storing their information on 5.25-inch floppy disks and communicating via dial-up BBS,” said Roy Bamford (neddyseagoon), a Foundation trustee. Oh, my God! I really hope that it is the 1 April joke. Did you notice The new site is also available via Gopher.? With Gentoo on board they're probably looking at a doubling of the available gopher servers.
[gentoo-user] gentoo announces total website makeover :-)
This really made my day. :-) https://www.gentoo.org/news/2015/03/31/website-update.html -- Regards wabe
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On Wed, 1 Apr 2015 01:37:06 +0200 waben...@gmail.com wrote: This really made my day. :-) https://www.gentoo.org/news/2015/03/31/website-update.html The best design ever! So nice and readable font, so yummy background, very fast page load. Many thanks for Web project team for hard work! As for the Phase II, are there any plans for 8 floppy support or only 5.25 devices are targeted? Best regards, Andrew Savchenko pgpEw4sFgcSlu.pgp Description: PGP signature
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Am 01.04.2015 um 01:37 schrieb waben...@gmail.com: This really made my day. :-) https://www.gentoo.org/news/2015/03/31/website-update.html I hope you followed the links there to the new team websites. :-) Really cool the new website. Finally a modern website that's technologically up-to-date. And it's so much faster now. I can hardly see it loading anymore. :-D
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Heiko Baums li...@baums-on-web.de wrote: Am 01.04.2015 um 01:37 schrieb waben...@gmail.com: This really made my day. :-) https://www.gentoo.org/news/2015/03/31/website-update.html I hope you followed the links there to the new team websites. :-) Of course I did. It's a long time ago that I played pong. :-) -- Regards wabe
