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On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 4:57 PM Yehuda Katz <yakatz@terrapin.email> wrote: > Made me smile. Admittedly I am writing this on a Windows computer... > The only super large floppy installs I ever did were Windows 95 or 98 and > whatever version of Office was out then. I think Windows 98 was more than > 80 3.5" floppies. > > I don't remember if we have stats on the mirror broken down by > distribution, but we certainly handle a lot of traffic - 5 to 10 TB a day: > [image: image.png] > > It isn't all Linux distributions - particularly we are the first listed > top-tier mirror for MSYS2 (and I think the first one in the USA, although > there are more now), and we also serve a huge number of downloads of > Eclipse at the beginning of each semester. > I don't think we have ever been asked to mirror Slackware. > > - Y > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 4:43 PM Rob Sherwood <cap...@cs.umd.edu> wrote: > >> 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. 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