Good morning. No worries at all. We're in the Brotherhood of the "CLI" and nothing can break those bonds - LOL.
---------------- Very Best Regards, Emery Rudolph, MS Director Division of Information Technology erudo...@umd.edu (301) 405-9379 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. 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.
