Re: Distirbuitions

2003-01-04 Thread Matthew Carpenter
On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 10:06:22 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Feigning erudition, Net Llama! wrote: % On Tue, 31 Dec 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: % Feigning erudition, Net Llama! wrote: % % [distribution and window manager preferences] % % % I can post screenshots of both XFCE-3.8.18

Re: Distirbuitions

2003-01-02 Thread David A. Bandel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 11:31:19 -0700 begin Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] spewed forth: On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 08:37:36 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Feigning erudition, Net Llama! wrote: % On 12/31/02 20:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: % Feigning

Re: Distirbuitions

2003-01-02 Thread kwall
Feigning erudition, David A. Bandel wrote: % % And I _hate_ session managers -- that's why I dumped XFCE for Blackbox. % Every XFCE upgrade was a nightmare because session manglement was default % ON regardless of my previous setting for it. I have a couple of apps % (xconsole and xdaliclock)

Re: Distirbuitions

2003-01-02 Thread Net Llama!
On Tue, 31 Dec 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Feigning erudition, Net Llama! wrote: [distribution and window manager preferences] % I can post screenshots of both XFCE-3.8.18 XFCE-4.x (from yesterday's % cvs checkout) if anyone is interested. I'd be interested in the XFCE version 4 stuff.

Re: Distirbuitions

2003-01-02 Thread Net Llama!
On Wed, 1 Jan 2003, David A. Bandel wrote: And I _hate_ session managers -- that's why I dumped XFCE for Blackbox. Every XFCE upgrade was a nightmare because session manglement was default ON regardless of my previous setting for it. I have a couple of apps (xconsole and xdaliclock) that run

Re: Distirbuitions

2003-01-02 Thread Federico Voges
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 10:06:22 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Feigning erudition, Net Llama! wrote: % On Tue, 31 Dec 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: % Feigning erudition, Net Llama! wrote: % % [distribution and window manager preferences] % % %

Re: Distirbuitions

2003-01-02 Thread Net Llama!
On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Feigning erudition, Net Llama! wrote: % On Tue, 31 Dec 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: % Feigning erudition, Net Llama! wrote: % % [distribution and window manager preferences] % % % I can post screenshots of both XFCE-3.8.18 XFCE-4.x (from

Re: Distirbuitions

2003-01-02 Thread kwall
Feigning erudition, Net Llama! wrote: % On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] % Hmm. It just stalls while loading. % % Works now. *shrug* Go figger. Kurt -- I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me. --

Re: Distirbuitions

2003-01-02 Thread Collins
On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 13:21:33 -0500 David A. Bandel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 09:35:40 -0500 (EST) begin Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] spewed forth: On Wed, 1 Jan 2003, David A. Bandel wrote: And I _hate_ session managers

Re: Distirbuitions

2003-01-01 Thread kwall
Feigning erudition, Net Llama! wrote: % On 12/31/02 20:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: % Feigning erudition, Net Llama! wrote: % % [distribution and window manager preferences] % % % I can post screenshots of both XFCE-3.8.18 XFCE-4.x (from yesterday's % % cvs checkout) if anyone is interested. %

Re: Distirbuitions

2003-01-01 Thread Collins
On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 08:37:36 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Feigning erudition, Net Llama! wrote: % On 12/31/02 20:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: % Feigning erudition, Net Llama! wrote: % % [distribution and window manager preferences] % % % I can post screenshots of both XFCE-3.8.18

Re: Distirbuitions

2003-01-01 Thread Matthew Carpenter
begin Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tue, 31 Dec 2002 21:53:30 -0800) On 12/31/02 21:33, Matthew Carpenter wrote: begin Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tue, 31 Dec 2002 13:58:06 -0500 (EST)) snip What kinda redhat quirks? I've always felt that SuSE had the quirks (like the rather unusual

Re: Distirbuitions

2003-01-01 Thread Net Llama!
On 01/01/03 12:56, Matthew Carpenter wrote: begin Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tue, 31 Dec 2002 21:53:30 -0800) the machine name that I typed in was maintained after install... The biggest annoyance was just how difficult it was to configure printing. I had a very difficult time encouraging

Re: Distirbuitions

2003-01-01 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
Net Llama! wrote: On 01/01/03 12:56, Matthew Carpenter wrote: begin Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tue, 31 Dec 2002 21:53:30 -0800) the machine name that I typed in was maintained after install... The biggest annoyance was just how difficult it was to configure printing. I had a very

Re: Distirbuitions

2002-12-31 Thread Matthew Carpenter
begin Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wed, 25 Dec 2002 15:31:27 -0800) For servers, Redhat-7.3(XFS). I have no favorite for desktops, since i use XFCE which is distro agnostic. No offense, but that sounds more like you don't understand why people would use something other than RedHat... :)

Re: Distirbuitions

2002-12-31 Thread Net Llama!
On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, Matthew Carpenter wrote: begin Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wed, 25 Dec 2002 15:31:27 -0800) For servers, Redhat-7.3(XFS). I have no favorite for desktops, since i use XFCE which is distro agnostic. No offense, but that sounds more like you don't understand why

Re: Distirbuitions

2002-12-31 Thread John Voigt
On 12/31/2002 10:56 AM, Matthew Carpenter wrote: snippage I'm not proposing marriage yet, but in the wake of the bitter divorce that SCO forced upon me by discontinuing OpenLinux, it looks hop! eful. [sic] Yup. I hadn't intended to switch either, but the kinda forced me to. Most

Re: Distirbuitions

2002-12-31 Thread Matthew Carpenter
begin Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tue, 31 Dec 2002 11:31:53 -0500 (EST)) On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, Matthew Carpenter wrote: SNIP No offense, but that sounds more like you don't understand why people would use something other than RedHat... :) How so? Just that when comparing the different

Re: Distirbuitions

2002-12-31 Thread Net Llama!
On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, Matthew Carpenter wrote: begin Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tue, 31 Dec 2002 11:31:53 -0500 (EST)) On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, Matthew Carpenter wrote: SNIP No offense, but that sounds more like you don't understand why people would use something other than RedHat...

Re: Distirbuitions

2002-12-31 Thread Bill Campbell
On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 11:46:37AM -0500, John Voigt wrote: On 12/31/2002 10:56 AM, Matthew Carpenter wrote: .. and a little disappointed that I had to install a couple packages that I'm used to in a standard install (like KDE Graphics Extras package for ksnapshot) IFUP and IFDOWN are

Re: Distirbuitions

2002-12-31 Thread kwall
Feigning erudition, Net Llama! wrote: [distribution and window manager preferences] % I can post screenshots of both XFCE-3.8.18 XFCE-4.x (from yesterday's % cvs checkout) if anyone is interested. I'd be interested in the XFCE version 4 stuff. Kurt -- Politicians are the same all over. They

Re: Distirbuitions

2002-12-31 Thread Net Llama!
On 12/31/02 20:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Feigning erudition, Net Llama! wrote: [distribution and window manager preferences] % I can post screenshots of both XFCE-3.8.18 XFCE-4.x (from yesterday's % cvs checkout) if anyone is interested. I'd be interested in the XFCE version 4 stuff.

Re: Distirbuitions

2002-12-31 Thread Matthew Carpenter
begin Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tue, 31 Dec 2002 13:58:06 -0500 (EST)) That's because i don't care about 90% of the precompiled packages that come with a distro. I build my own version of most things, and rarely use any of the extras that come preinstalled. What I want is a distro that

Re: Distirbuitions

2002-12-31 Thread Net Llama!
On 12/31/02 21:33, Matthew Carpenter wrote: begin Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tue, 31 Dec 2002 13:58:06 -0500 (EST)) That's because i don't care about 90% of the precompiled packages that come with a distro. I build my own version of most things, and rarely use any of the extras that come

Re: Distirbuitions

2002-12-24 Thread kwall
Feigning erudition, Marvin Dickens wrote: % I would like to see a form on the steps that counted what distributions % are in use by the users of this list. You can't trust what the marketing % guys say or the claims of the pollster morons. It would be % interesting What do the editors

Re: Distirbuitions

2002-12-24 Thread kwall
Feigning erudition, Marvin Dickens wrote: % I would like to see a form on the steps that counted what distributions % are in use by the users of this list. You can't trust what the marketing % guys say or the claims of the pollster morons. It would be % interesting What do the editors

Re: Distirbuitions

2002-12-24 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
You might look at what http://stats.gentoo.org has. They have a gentoo-stats that you can install and it sends the info to the gentoo stats site. Feigning erudition, Marvin Dickens wrote: % I would like to see a form on the steps that counted what distributions % are in use by the users

Distirbuitions

2002-12-23 Thread Marvin Dickens
I would like to see a form on the steps that counted what distributions are in use by the users of this list. You can't trust what the marketing guys say or the claims of the pollster morons. It would be interesting What do the editors think? Best Peck

Re: Distirbuitions

2002-12-23 Thread Net Llama!
On 12/23/02 19:55, Marvin Dickens wrote: I would like to see a form on the steps that counted what distributions are in use by the users of this list. You can't trust what the marketing guys say or the claims of the pollster morons. It would be interesting What do the editors think?

Re: Distirbuitions

2002-12-23 Thread Collins
On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 20:26:03 -0800 Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ snipped ] But for what its worth, here's my data for the boxes where i have root: 1 RH-7.2 3 RH-7.2 (XFS) 2 RH-6.2 1 RHAS-2.1 4 RH-7.3 (XFS) 1 COL-3.11 1 COL-2.4 2 RH-7.1 Wow, the COL-2.4 box must be almost as

Re: Distirbuitions

2002-12-23 Thread Bill Campbell
On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 09:33:51PM -0700, Collins wrote: On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 20:26:03 -0800 Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ snipped ] But for what its worth, here's my data for the boxes where i have root: 1 RH-7.2 3 RH-7.2 (XFS) 2 RH-6.2 1 RHAS-2.1 4 RH-7.3 (XFS) 1 COL-3.11 1

Re: Distirbuitions

2002-12-23 Thread Net Llama!
On 12/23/02 20:33, Collins wrote: On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 20:26:03 -0800 Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ snipped ] But for what its worth, here's my data for the boxes where i have root: 1 RH-7.2 3 RH-7.2 (XFS) 2 RH-6.2 1 RHAS-2.1 4 RH-7.3 (XFS) 1 COL-3.11 1 COL-2.4 2 RH-7.1 Wow, the