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curtis119 Bodhisattva
Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 2160 Location: Toledo, Ohio,USA, North America, Earth, SOL System, Milky Way, The Universe, The Cosmos, and Beyond.
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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ian! wrote: | mark_alec wrote: | You should contact the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter people about it. |
The GWN folks already know about it. |
_________________ Gentoo: it's like wiping your ass with silk. |
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airstreamliving n00b
Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Posts: 25 Location: Abbeville, Louisiana
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:41 pm Post subject: |
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Q-collective wrote: | airstreamliving wrote: | But mis-pronouncing Gentoo is no big deal. I still have many people tell me I mis-pronounce Linux because I insist on using a long strong I, as in Lie-nuks. I do so because of the obvious - Linus Torvalds. His name is Linus (with a strong i), not Lenus. Thus, combining his first name with Unix, we would have LIE-nuks. Seems simple, no? I find the argument at every turn, but I insist on saying LIE-nuks because it is the only pronounciation that makes any sense, given it's a derivative of LIE-nuses name.
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Hmm, seems that Linus Torvalds disagrees with you |
That's only because he is a foreigner. He pronounces his name Leenis, like penis. Not sure if I'd want to pronounce it Leenix. Darn foreigners...
(EDIT: I heard that audio file several years ago and is exactly why I came to the conclusion of pronouncing it LIE-nuks. He pronounces his name LEEnus and thus LEEnuks. And since Linus is LIEnus to normal people (again tongue in cheek), then it is LIEnuks.)
_________________ http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/airstreamliving/ |
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amne Bodhisattva
Joined: 17 Nov 2002 Posts: 6378 Location: Graz / EU
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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curtis119 wrote: | ian! wrote: | mark_alec wrote: | You should contact the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter people about it. |
The GWN folks already know about it. |
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They know everything. I heard a rumor they wiretapped the forums and even sneaked one of their men in as moderators. _________________ Dinosaur week! (Ok, this thread is so last week) |
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playfool l33t
Joined: 01 Jun 2004 Posts: 688 Location: Ã
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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ian! wrote: | mark_alec wrote: | You should contact the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter people about it. |
The GWN folks already know about it. |
I can already hear my webhost calling... |
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tecknojunky Veteran
Joined: 19 Oct 2002 Posts: 1937 Location: Montréal
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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GU-entoo?!? yuk!
I thought it was pronounced DJ-entoo. ...as in "generation", not as in "get outta here". _________________ (7 of 9) Installing star-trek/species-8.4.7.2::talax. |
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codergeek42 Bodhisattva
Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 5142 Location: Anaheim, CA (USA)
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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amne wrote: |
They know everything. I heard a rumor they wiretapped the forums and even sneaked one of their men in as moderators. | cokehabit's a moderator now?! Oh dear... _________________ ~~ Peter: Programmer, Mathematician, STEM & Free Software Advocate, Enlightened Agent, Transhumanist, Fedora contributor
Who am I? :: EFF & FSF |
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Q-collective Advocate
Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 2071
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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airstreamliving wrote: | That's only because he is a foreigner. He pronounces his name Leenis, like penis. Not sure if I'd want to pronounce it Leenix. Darn foreigners...
(EDIT: I heard that audio file several years ago and is exactly why I came to the conclusion of pronouncing it LIE-nuks. He pronounces his name LEEnus and thus LEEnuks. And since Linus is LIEnus to normal people (again tongue in cheek), then it is LIEnuks.)
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Yeah, stupid foreigners, all those weird Americans think they are right.
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Fanatic Apprentice
Joined: 02 May 2004 Posts: 173 Location: Stocktown
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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Q-collective wrote: | airstreamliving wrote: | That's only because he is a foreigner. He pronounces his name Leenis, like penis. Not sure if I'd want to pronounce it Leenix. Darn foreigners...
(EDIT: I heard that audio file several years ago and is exactly why I came to the conclusion of pronouncing it LIE-nuks. He pronounces his name LEEnus and thus LEEnuks. And since Linus is LIEnus to normal people (again tongue in cheek), then it is LIEnuks.)
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Yeah, stupid foreigners, all those weird Americans think they are right.
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Damn those bloody foreigners who can't even pronounce their own names correctly. |
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airstreamliving n00b
Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Posts: 25 Location: Abbeville, Louisiana
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 1:25 am Post subject: |
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Fanatic wrote: | Q-collective wrote: | airstreamliving wrote: | That's only because he is a foreigner. He pronounces his name Leenis, like penis. Not sure if I'd want to pronounce it Leenix. Darn foreigners...
(EDIT: I heard that audio file several years ago and is exactly why I came to the conclusion of pronouncing it LIE-nuks. He pronounces his name LEEnus and thus LEEnuks. And since Linus is LIEnus to normal people (again tongue in cheek), then it is LIEnuks.)
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Yeah, stupid foreigners, all those weird Americans think they are right.
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Damn those bloody foreigners who can't even pronounce their own names correctly. |
I know. 'Tis a shame, aint tit. _________________ http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/airstreamliving/ |
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Dlareh Advocate
Joined: 06 Aug 2005 Posts: 2102
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 1:28 am Post subject: |
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tecknojunky wrote: | GU-entoo?!? yuk!
I thought it was pronounced DJ-entoo. ...as in "generation", not as in "get outta here". |
get in line _________________ "Mr Thomas Edison has been up on the two previous nights discovering 'a bug' in his phonograph." --Pall Mall Gazette (1889)
Are we THERE yet? |
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reub2000 Guru
Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 364
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:23 am Post subject: |
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It's nice that you got a computer lab running open source software. But it was said that the gentoo systems are constantly updated. Somehow I think that wasn't the best idea in a school, since sometimes new packages in portage are broken. |
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Q-collective Advocate
Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 2071
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:26 am Post subject: |
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reub2000 wrote: | It's nice that you got a computer lab running open source software. But it was said that the gentoo systems are constantly updated. Somehow I think that wasn't the best idea in a school, since sometimes new packages in portage are broken. |
Somehow I don't think he runs a plain "emerge sync && emerge world -uDN" every day...
Gotta love Gentoo, in which it is childsplay to have your own package tree overlay |
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SubAtomic Apprentice
Joined: 20 Dec 2003 Posts: 255 Location: Hobart, TAS, Australia
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:02 am Post subject: |
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allucid wrote: | Dlareh wrote: | You "developed a system"? Perhaps you have, but all that was covered were emerge, kde, and distccmon, which is more properly termed "are using some tools" |
here's one that applies:
Quote: | a procedure or process for obtaining an objective |
Quote: | Ugh... gaentu? It's pronounced jentu, with a soft g like the word gentle (see the faq). |
he's not the one who pronounced it like that.
Quote: | So basically they filmed a few emerge and distccmon screenshots, with you talking in simple terms but offering no discussion about the relative merits of other more popular non-vendor Linux distributions, or how you keep the 20 machines in sync. |
That type of discussion would have been completely lost on 99% of the audience.
Quote: | You sort of explained the benefits of USE flags, that's about all I can give you credit for. |
He wasn't asking for any 'credit'.
Trolls. |
Dlareh
Joined: 07 Aug 2005
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ah, the fine art of trolling (where's your last tv interview Dlareh?). Well, I suppose you dont get to 1432 posts in two months by being sensible
... and by the way: His name is Linus Torvalds and he pronounces "linuchs" as "linuchs". _________________ "The real romance is out ahead and yet to come. The computer revolution hasn't started yet. Don't be misled by the enormous flow of money into bad defacto standards for unsophisticated buyers using poor adaptations of incomplete ideas." -- Alan Kay |
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Dlareh Advocate
Joined: 06 Aug 2005 Posts: 2102
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:31 am Post subject: |
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SubAtomic wrote: | I suppose you dont get to 1432 posts in two months by being sensible |
Don't make foolish assumptions.
Quote: | (where's your last tv interview Dlareh?) |
I have no desire to be on local television, especially for a piece as useless as this one obviously was. _________________ "Mr Thomas Edison has been up on the two previous nights discovering 'a bug' in his phonograph." --Pall Mall Gazette (1889)
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allucid Veteran
Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 1314 Location: atlanta
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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reub2000 wrote: | It's nice that you got a computer lab running open source software. But it was said that the gentoo systems are constantly updated. Somehow I think that wasn't the best idea in a school, since sometimes new packages in portage are broken. |
I don't think this is really an issue. I've run updates weekly for years now and I can't remember the last time I have had any broken packages from the stable branch. Even if you do get something that doesn't compile, you can just mask that specific version and be on your way. |
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Q-collective Advocate
Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 2071
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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Dlareh wrote: | SubAtomic wrote: | I suppose you dont get to 1432 posts in two months by being sensible |
Don't make foolish assumptions. |
Well, he's right however. |
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nixnut Bodhisattva
Joined: 09 Apr 2004 Posts: 10974 Location: the dutch mountains
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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Q-collective wrote: | Dlareh wrote: | SubAtomic wrote: | I suppose you dont get to 1432 posts in two months by being sensible |
Don't make foolish assumptions. |
Well, he's right however. |
That's enough gentlemen. Behave and stay on topic. _________________ Please add [solved] to the initial post's subject line if you feel your problem is resolved. Help answer the unanswered
talk is cheap. supply exceeds demand |
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derfian n00b
Joined: 30 Sep 2004 Posts: 48 Location: Linköping, Sweden
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Q-collective Advocate
Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 2071
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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nixnut wrote: | Q-collective wrote: | Dlareh wrote: | SubAtomic wrote: | I suppose you dont get to 1432 posts in two months by being sensible |
Don't make foolish assumptions. |
Well, he's right however. |
That's enough gentlemen. Behave and stay on topic. |
Oh right, this isn't OTW
Ontopic:
derfian: thank you for the mirror.
Here is my mirror:
http://q-collective.org/funstuff/news-high.ogg
http://q-collective.org/funstuff/news-low.ogg |
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reub2000 Guru
Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 364
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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allucid wrote: | reub2000 wrote: | It's nice that you got a computer lab running open source software. But it was said that the gentoo systems are constantly updated. Somehow I think that wasn't the best idea in a school, since sometimes new packages in portage are broken. |
I don't think this is really an issue. I've run updates weekly for years now and I can't remember the last time I have had any broken packages from the stable branch. Even if you do get something that doesn't compile, you can just mask that specific version and be on your way. | But it is an issue. I've had problems that stem from an update to gentoo. And not being careful with etc-update can also have disastrous results. Yeah, it's not often, but I wouldn't want to risk it in a school. Update things over the weekend when kids aren't doing their work. |
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playfool l33t
Joined: 01 Jun 2004 Posts: 688 Location: Ã
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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wow.. gwn caused a gig of additional transfer, that's amazing. My access log is quite entertaining - everybody went straight for the high quailty OGg Theora file, might I extend my thanks to all who supported the open and free formats. |
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pablo_supertux Advocate
Joined: 25 Jan 2004 Posts: 2937 Location: Somewhere between reality and Middle-Earth and in Freiburg (Germany)
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:27 am Post subject: Re: Gentoo makes local news |
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extraketchup wrote: | Howdy folks,
This may seem like a "shameless plug", but I thought you might be interested in seeing a piece our local CBS news affiliate did on our school's recent switch to Gentoo Linux (I'm the network administrator they interviewed). Forgive my awkwardness in front of the camera . You can download the video clip by going to http://www.ghca.com, currently the news story is our top "headline" on our homepage.
If anyone would like to provide a mirror (the video is a small 5MB mpeg 4), feel free (less stress on our server), just list the link below.
Let me know what you think!
Mike
ps - knowing I'd be representing Gentoo to the general populous, I stayed away from a lot of "technical jargon" - keep that in mind as you watch the interview. |
great interview, good job! _________________ A! Elbereth Gilthoniel!
silivren penna míriel
o menel aglar elenath,
Gilthoniel, A! Elbereth! |
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papal_authority Veteran
Joined: 31 Mar 2004 Posts: 1823 Location: Canada
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 3:02 am Post subject: |
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Just watched it. Very nice _________________ The free market gave me gonorrhea. |
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daryl n00b
Joined: 28 Nov 2003 Posts: 16 Location: UK
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:27 pm Post subject: labexec script |
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any chance of a copy of the featured "labexec" script for the rest of us? |
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extraketchup n00b
Joined: 21 Jun 2004 Posts: 29 Location: Maine
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 11:33 pm Post subject: labexec code |
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The labexec script (which I created long before I switched to Gentoo) is a very simple script that allows me to run a command on all the workstations in the lab. Here it is:
Oh, since I'm posting it, let's just go ahead and release it under GPL
Code: |
# This script allows a command / program to be run on every computer in the lab
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# Written by Michael Surran
# Feb 12, 2004
function send_command() {
# This function checks to see if a particular station responds to a ping
# if so, the command is sent via secure shell to that station
# For this to work, each station should have public key of this computer
if ping -q -c 1 -w 1 station$2 | grep -q "1 received" ; then
ssh -x station$2 "$1" && echo "$1 command sent to station $2" ||\
echo "$1 command failed on station $2"
else
echo "Station $2 not responding.. Most likely off."
fi
}
# loop through each station number in the lab
for L in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
do
# Run send_command function in background to allow for parallel processing and
# thus much greater speed
send_command "$1" $L &
done
# wait until all processes are complete before releasing this script
# (This may be an ugly way of doing this.. I'll check more into it later)
while ps -fC ssh | grep "$1" > /dev/null
do
sleep 1
done
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However, odds are you are interested in the genstall script, which for reasons specified earlier in this thread, I'm not ready to release at this time. |
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