Hi Emery - apologies for my hyperbole ... I just feel like I've been reading the same thread with Ben and Judah for... really... I'm not exaggerating... 20 years now?
(I first came to UMD in 1995 and I think I joined UMLUG a year later?) Hopefully my code made folks smile as intended :-) Cheers, - Rob . On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 12:31 PM Emery Rudolph <erudo...@umd.edu> wrote: > 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.
