LOL! I surely hope that my honest, simple inquiry does not rise to the level of a "Distro Flame War"!
I was sincerely just curious. Makes no difference what anyone uses - I promise - (even if it's ...cough ... Windows!) ---------------- Very Best Regards, Emery Rudolph, MS Director Division of Information Technology erudo...@umd.edu (301) 405-9379 On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 3:21 PM Rob Sherwood <cap...@cs.umd.edu> wrote: > > > cat > umlug_replacement.sh > #!/bin/sh > > while `true` ; do > secs_per_year=31536000 > # https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/randomvar.html > # Map $RANDOM (0..2^15-1) into 0-3 years, randomly > delay=$$(expr $RANDOM \* 3 \* $secs_per_year \/ 32000) > sleep $delay > sendmail -bt << EOF > To: um-li...@umd.edu > From: anon <a...@nowhere.com> > Subject: multi-annual "My Linux Distro is better than yours" flame war^W > discussion > > $DISTRO1 >> $DISTRO2 --- 'cuz I said so > > 'nuff said -- see y'all in another few years... > > peace out... > > EOF > done > > Tell me I'm wrong... I've got 20+ years of mail stored... I dare you :-P > > .... sigh... but I miss y'all anyway :-) > > - Rob > . > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 11:06 PM Ben Stern <bst...@electromagnetic.net> > wrote: > >> On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 08:22:49AM -0500, Emery Rudolph wrote: >> > For those who are using Slackware, just wondering if you've considered >> > using other distros? >> >> I use a variety of distros at work, and all of them get in my way more >> than >> Slackware does. >> >> With Slackware, if something isn't working, you can edit config files and >> mess with things until it works. >> >> With Red Hat and derivatives, something else often manages configuration >> files and stomps on your changes. >> >> Ubuntu is better about that, but a lot of stuff happens behind the scenes >> and it takes more troubleshooting to figure out what's going wrong. When >> it >> works, it's great, but when it doesn't work, troubleshooting is harder. >> >> Also, I find I often need to install something from source in any >> distribution, and I'm not willing to repackage the source into a .deb or >> an >> RPM just to satisfy the package manager. Once you step outside the >> package >> management systems of the more complex distros, you're very much on your >> own, and the wheels are more likely to come off. In Slackware, you're on >> your own to begin with. :-) >> >> All in all, I like the dependency management of Ubuntu but I like the >> no-frills package management of Slackware more. >> >> Ben >> -- >> Ben Stern >> This space intentionally left blank. >> >> You received this email because you are subscribed to the UM Linux User's >> Group (UM-LINUX) mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe from this >> list, simply send an email to lists...@listserv.umd.edu with the message >> signoff UM-LINUX in the body. >> > You received this email because you are subscribed to the UM Linux User's Group (UM-LINUX) mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe from this list, simply send an email to lists...@listserv.umd.edu with the message signoff UM-LINUX in the body.
