Linux Mint

[gugi]

yes ma, look at me!

[gugi]

Hey, that was 3,998.

And this, ladies and gents is post 4,000 of the Linux Mint Saga.

This post has been brought to you by the letters Y, M, M and V.

And the fine folks at Austin, Nichols.
Tricked ya, didn't I :001_smile, well, next time

[Jac]

yes ma, look at me!

Hey, congratulations!:thumbup:

A night for records...

[Jac]

Tricked ya, didn't I :001_smile, well, next time

Yeah, I had to do a bit of a double take. :lol:

[homebrewer]

I think Dennis may have to step up to the plate tomorrow.... That was a rather boring post considering it was number 4000. Let's hope I have something interesting to wake up to:tongue:

[gugi]

Yeah, I had to do a bit of a double take. :lol:
nothing, like stealing a base... well, I let you have the palindrome :)



I think Dennis may have to step up to the plate tomorrow.... That was a rather boring post considering it was number 4000. Let's hope I have something interesting to wake up to:tongue:
It's all in the hands of Dennis now... Here it is for the brighter tomorrow, Cheers!

[soapbox]

I think Dennis may have to step up to the plate tomorrow.... That was a rather boring post considering it was number 4000. Let's hope I have something interesting to wake up to:tongue:

Are any of us that interesting though? Well, maybe Tom is...

oh, and congrats on Linux 4000!

[OldSaw]

Well congratulations guys, we beat TAT to 4000. :thumbsup::a50: Take that TAT. :a45::a7::a11::gun_bandana: Now that behemoth can lumber on by and we can all wave as it goes past.

Congratulations to Gugi on 1000 posts. Way to go, keep em coming. :thumbsup:

Sorry I missed 4000, but yesterday was my birthday and I couldn't expect my wife to wait all night to give me the second half of my birthday present. :devil: The other present she had for me was a Pre De Provence shave soap.

I'm running out of new flair. I'll have to send Gugi something special. In the mean time we'll have to settle for this.
:a22::a5::a21::clap::a50::jump::a5::punk::a29:

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: :thumbsup::thumbsup:

All thanks to this little guy.
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And of course we can't forget the guy who started this little thread.
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[Lynchmeister]

Hahahahahaha!

Erm... I mean, good luck.

:tongue_sm


Seriously, and nearly on topic, I remember the first time I tried to get a wireless card working with Linux. I was in a restaurant with some people (normally I don't break out the electronics in restaurants, but it's a casual place, and it was the last time we had a chance to work on my friend's computer; he was leaving that night and lives 1200 miles away). Anyway, we're working on his computer, and the waitress (cute little thing) asks "what are you doing, anyway?". My friend says: "oh, trying to get my wireless working so we can get our porn in here."

I was like: :redface::scared: Last time I do him a favor.

True story.

:lol:

4K!!! They said it couldn't be done! They said...no, that's not right...They said only those fools could do it!

Well done guys! I think we've awakened the beast again...and in a little less than 11 hours (who's counting?), I'm a free man for the next 5 days! We may be able to put this baby into overdrive if I start putzing around with a new release or distro. Hmmm...Maybe I'll give Red Hat (Fedora?...the free one, at any rate, :rolleyes:) a try. My wife's gonna love this. :devil:

[OldSaw]

:lol:

4K!!! They said it couldn't be done! They said...no, that's not right...They said only those fools could do it!

Well done guys! I think we've awakened the beast again...and in a little less than 11 hours (who's counting?), I'm a free man for the next 5 days! We may be able to put this baby into overdrive if I start putzing around with a new release or distro. Hmmm...Maybe I'll give Red Hat (Fedora?...the free one, at any rate, :rolleyes:) a try. My wife's gonna love this. :devil:

Do it, Cory. Just do it!

[Lynchmeister]

Do it, Cory. Just do it!

...now that the scapegoat is in place, it's all systems go. Exxxxcellllllennnnt.

[OldSaw]

...now that the scapegoat is in place, it's all systems go. Exxxxcellllllennnnt.

So what are we doing today?

[Lynchmeister]

So what are we doing today?

At work for the next...10 1/2 hours. :frown:

[OldSaw]

At work for the next...10 1/2 hours. :frown:

So we're not planning to take over the world, or even the world of Linux yet?

[soapbox]

:lol:

Well done guys! I think we've awakened the beast again...and in a little less than 11 hours (who's counting?), I'm a free man for the next 5 days! We may be able to put this baby into overdrive if I start putzing around with a new release or distro. Hmmm...Maybe I'll give Red Hat (Fedora?...the free one, at any rate, :rolleyes:) a try. My wife's gonna love this. :devil:

Fedora and CentOS are the free versions of RedHat.

In all honesty, I prefer Debian and Gentoo (note that Ubuntu is based on Debian). Ubuntu is great because you can let the OS handle everything, or you can get under the hood and get your hands dirty.

Gentoo is great because the only option is to get your hands dirty, and I don't recommend this for most folks. I'm a masochist when it comes to the command line.

[Lynchmeister]

So we're not planning to take over the world, or even the world of Linux yet?

Right...not for another 10 hours. :whistling:

[RichGem]

Congrats to us all on 4K!


@Cory... just in case it matters... I think Fedora (=Red Hat's "community" edition) "ships" with Gnome as the default desktop still.. If you want KDE, Fedora 8, was the last one to give you the pre-install option of KDE 3.x. The newer Fedoras all install 4.x if you select KDE then you have to retro fit 3.x if that's what you want.

I don't know what Centos (=3rd party, recomplied Red Hat Enterprise) comes with.

[chickpea]

Well, back off/on topic, I'll probably have some serious linux fodder for you all in the next few days. Two days ago, my 13 month old laptop decided to cook itself. Both the motherboard and video card had traces of melted solder on them, and needless to say the laptop is now a $1,100 brick.

So I went out and bought a new desktop today, and I'm still in the process of setting up the Vista partition. I'm planning on having a 200 gig Ubuntu partion as well.

Let's see, AMD Phenom Quad core, 2.8 GHz with 4MB of cache on 2 different levels, a total of 1343MB of video memory, and 7 Gb of RAM (yeah, that's not a typo... seven). I'm guessing with ubuntu this thing will FLY....

So here's the question. I've got the RAM to justify using the 64 bit version of Ubuntu... will I have that much trouble dealing with drivers and programs in the 64 bit version? More so than the standard 32 bit?

64 Bit Linux is hit or miss, I don't have much trouble with it, but I run SabayonLinux (gentoo derivative) which IMHO handles multilib support better than other distros. Give it a shot, you'll only be out the cost of a DVD.

[chickpea]

Fedora and CentOS are the free versions of RedHat.

In all honesty, I prefer Debian and Gentoo (note that Ubuntu is based on Debian). Ubuntu is great because you can let the OS handle everything, or you can get under the hood and get your hands dirty.

Gentoo is great because the only option is to get your hands dirty, and I don't recommend this for most folks. I'm a masochist when it comes to the command line.

Yeah, if you want to cheat us SabayonLinux and you have a functional Gentoo install (with helpful tweaks) in 30 minutes, instead of a few days.

I agree, though Debian/Gentoo based distros FTW!

[Jac]

I think Dennis may have to step up to the plate tomorrow.... That was a rather boring post considering it was number 4000. Let's hope I have something interesting to wake up to:tongue:

It was late, and I was brain-fried from dealing with web design crap. I'll try harder next time.

Debian's probably my favorite distro, though I keep a partition set aside to play with the geekier ones, like Slack and Gentoo (haven't had much time with Gentoo yet, though; need to remedy that).

As far as WMs/Desktops go, I usually dump KDE and Gnome and go with something more streamlined; Fluxbox is my favorite.

[homebrewer]

64 Bit Linux is hit or miss, I don't have much trouble with it, but I run SabayonLinux (gentoo derivative) which IMHO handles multilib support better than other distros. Give it a shot, you'll only be out the cost of a DVD.

Ohh, I forgot all about Sabayon... I had tried it when I was on my old laptop, but couldn't get the wireless to function, so I ditched it. But I do remember liking it quite a bit.

I may end up sticking with Mandriva, but I would like to get ubuntu running since that seems to be the front runner today. The good news is that this new desktop's built in wireless card was instantly recognized in the live CD enviroment of both Mandriva and Ubuntu! So I should have free roam of all the distros now to play with as I feel like:biggrin::biggrin:

[soapbox]

It was late, and I was brain-fried from dealing with web design crap. I'll try harder next time.

Debian's probably my favorite distro, though I keep a partition set aside to play with the geekier ones, like Slack and Gentoo (haven't had much time with Gentoo yet, though; need to remedy that).

As far as WMs/Desktops go, I usually dump KDE and Gnome and go with something more streamlined; Fluxbox is my favorite.

Fluxbox -- now here's a man who wants only performance!

The best thing about Gentoo is the documentation. Second best thing is the forums. I'm unlikely to provide information outside of what's available in the forums, but I'm happy to help with Gentoo -- I run Gentoo at home as a MythBox, lvm backup server, and number-cruncher (GRASS GIS). The rest of my machines are Macs or an old P3 FreeNAS.

I don't know if, as advertised, Gentoo is faster than other distros on identical hardware. But I like it.

[Lynchmeister]

Question.

Do I go to Chipotle and eat my favorite meal ever for lunch today or do I pocket the milk money and buy beer for tonight.

Some may say there is no question on this issue, but in my world, food rivals beer. I'm truly torn. :frown:

Edit: Both can and will be considered "Fuel for Linux." The beer will probably generate a few more posts, though. :lol:

[Mr. Gillette]

Tom --

Me and the immediate family will be in Chicago for Christmas. Not long, but if you and that hernia feel like coming to town for a meetup, burnwood and I are already on it.

Rest well, heal quickly. Oh, and Linux.

I'll be around. Note to self-- one week post surgery-- probably not a good idea to fire up the big heavy "Giant Vac" and suck the leaves off the lawn like I did yesterday...but DAMN that thing really does a good job.

SO...SOAPBOX and FAMILY...I think we could do better than Superdawg. Maybe we could even pull Zeni out of retirement...:lol::lol::lol:

[Mr. Gillette]

I got some rare footage from Mr. G's deer camp. I hope he doesn't mind me sharing it with you all. See if you can guess which one is Tom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb9yhhflmvY

Dennis...you took a walk through my deer hunting cabin...not far from Da Yooper's version.

I think it was around 1990 when we were listening to the "Big Buck Report" and my Dad heard "Second Week of Deer Camp" for the first time. He laughed and laughed. So I put him in the car and drove to the big town of Newberry, MI...walked into the radio station and there was the on-air "talent" smoking a cigarette and talking on the phone. He sold us a Yoopers tape then and there, and gave us a list of live performances.

Here I am, a professional musician, a high-brow classical artist, making sure I can get my Dad to a live concert. "Hey Dad, I'm playing a big gig in Chicago...playing for ____ would you like to hop on the train and come in to hear it at the Schubert?" "Naw...but when can we go see Da Yoopers?"

So we did. Let's just say a little of Da Yoopers goes a LONG way!

But...this is very VERY much like my deer camp. Tomorrow is opening day. I hope they all get skunked!:lol::lol::lol::lol:

[RichGem]

Question.

Do I go to Chipotle and eat my favorite meal ever for lunch today or do I pocket the milk money and buy beer for tonight.

Some may say there is no question on this issue, but in my world, food rivals beer. I'm truly torn. :frown:

Edit: Both can and will be considered "Fuel for Linux." The beer will probably generate a few more posts, though. :lol:

No question. Food. You can always drink the mothwash or aqua velva if you need linux help later (tho it's strongly not recommended).

These should inspire you:

[Jac]

Question.

Do I go to Chipotle and eat my favorite meal ever for lunch today or do I pocket the milk money and buy beer for tonight.

Some may say there is no question on this issue, but in my world, food rivals beer. I'm truly torn. :frown:

Edit: Both can and will be considered "Fuel for Linux." The beer will probably generate a few more posts, though. :lol:

If you need fuel for Linux, go with the beer (or, better, some bourbon).:001_smile

[RichGem]

Congrats to Gugi on 1K!

[sol92258]

...

Edit: Both can and will be considered "Fuel for Linux." The beer will probably generate a few more posts, though. :lol:

true, but gin can generate custom titles...:biggrin:

[Mr. Gillette]

Maybe Tom could run the statistics on his Commodore 64.

I'm doing a Timex Sinclair right now...but I don't know whether to use a C-90 or C-120 cassette. They're much cheaper and easier to find than 5" diskettes...:001_smile

[Mr. Gillette]

And much/most of it on topic. :thumbsup:




Contrary to most Wisonsonian women, the Czarina does not wear combat boots. :w00t: But, still, you'd think as Czar one wouldn't have to worry about the threat of grievous bodily harm and all... I guess they just don't make guards like they used to.

I'll tell you one thing...if the Czarina doesn't have a pair of Sorels, she's simply NOT a Wisconsin woman!

And a Carhartt coat...

[RichGem]

I'll tell you one thing...if the Czarina doesn't have a pair of Sorels, she's simply NOT a Wisconsin woman!

And a Carhartt coat...

Made of ermine, of course, in true royal fashion.

[Mr. Gillette]

Question.

Do I go to Chipotle and eat my favorite meal ever for lunch today or do I pocket the milk money and buy beer for tonight.

Some may say there is no question on this issue, but in my world, food rivals beer. I'm truly torn. :frown:

Edit: Both can and will be considered "Fuel for Linux." The beer will probably generate a few more posts, though. :lol:

You do it this way: You buy the food, AND the milk AND the beer..then you go home, kick open the door and say "I'm HOME, DAMMIT...where the hell is my dinner?" And if she says anything, you whip out Ozzie and Harriet videos, explain that you're the "F-in' CZAR!" that you're a man who works hard for his money, and this is "F-in' Wisconsin, Dammit!" and that a man in Wisconsin comes home and drinks beer..."GOT IT?!!"

(Those dogs look like nice sleeping companions for you...GO FOR IT!):lol::lol::lol:

[Lynchmeister]

No question. Food. You can always drink the mothwash or aqua velva if you need linux help later (tho it's strongly not recommended).

These should inspire you:

I'd go with the second one. The first one is a little too reminiscent of Rollsshaver. :tongue_sm:tongue_sm:tongue_sm

Oh, and inspired, I am. :biggrin:

[Mr. Gillette]

Made of ermine, of course, in true royal fashion.

OK...you got me on that one...thinking of going to Farm and Fleet and looking for an Ermine Carhartt coat, with hood.

LMAO!!!! Thank you!!!!


Oh....Linux.:lol::lol::lol:

Good news...Dr. last night, the outstandingly gorgeous Indian woman with the long long legs, beautiful eyes and supple beautiful figure and perfect skin, who I'm supposed to share my deepest secrets with (AKA..."I'd like to see you naked right now but...") Has prescribed some additional medications for me. When I told her about my month long absence from B&B and missing deer season, she got postively scared! She said "You meen you have over one month you not speek or write to Burnwood, Old Saw or Lynchmeister? Theese is not right for you. I geeve more pills for you...what are you staring at?"

[sol92258]

OK...you got me on that one...thinking of going to Farm and Fleet and looking for an Ermine Carhartt coat, with hood.

LMAO!!!! Thank you!!!!


Oh....Linux.:lol::lol::lol:

Good news...Dr. last night, the outstandingly gorgeous Indian woman with the long long legs, beautiful eyes and supple beautiful figure and perfect skin, who I'm supposed to share my deepest secrets with (AKA..."I'd like to see you naked right now but...") Has prescribed some additional medications for me. When I told her about my month long absence from B&B and missing deer season, she got postively scared! She said "You meen you have over one month you not speek or write to Burnwood, Old Saw or Lynchmeister? Theese is not right for you. I geeve more pills for you...what are you staring at?"

http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=12274

[Mr. Gillette]

http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=12274

Okay...next Thursday, when I go to my appointment, I'll just ask her if I can get a picture for my friends on B&B...."Lean back a little...great...now let the hair fall over your shoulder...move the hemline up a bit...YOU'RE LOCKING YOUR KNEES...relax...now look just over there, eyes up a bit...a bit more pouty..that's good...now lean back a bit more...thanks!":lol::lol::lol:

[sol92258]

Okay...next Thursday, when I go to my appointment, I'll just ask her if I can get a picture for my friends on B&B...."Lean back a little...great...now let the hair fall over your shoulder...move the hemline up a bit...YOU'RE LOCKING YOUR KNEES...relax...now look just over there, eyes up a bit...a bit more pouty..that's good...now lean back a bit more...thanks!":lol::lol::lol:

Should this mission be accomplished, you sir, will have single handedly overthrown the czar, vice czar, and the king!

[Lynchmeister]

Should this mission be accomplished, you sir, will have single handedly overthrown the czar, vice czar, and the king!

For this, I would willingly concede the throne. :biggrin:

[soapbox]

For this, I would willingly concede the throne. :biggrin:

Indeed. For this, I'd put aside that assassination pl--er, I'd concede too!

[RichGem]

You do it this way: You buy the food, AND the milk AND the beer..then you go home, kick open the door and say "I'm HOME, DAMMIT...where the hell is my dinner?" And if she says anything, you whip out Ozzie and Harriet videos, explain that you're the "F-in' CZAR!" that you're a man who works hard for his money, and this is "F-in' Wisconsin, Dammit!" and that a man in Wisconsin comes home and drinks beer..."GOT IT?!!"

(Those dogs look like nice sleeping companions for you...GO FOR IT!):lol::lol::lol:

So, *that's* how that work boot ended up whizzing past Cory's ear at close range. :eek: Don't mess with the Czarina!

[OldSaw]

Question.

Do I go to Chipotle and eat my favorite meal ever for lunch today or do I pocket the milk money and buy beer for tonight.

Some may say there is no question on this issue, but in my world, food rivals beer. I'm truly torn. :frown:

Edit: Both can and will be considered "Fuel for Linux." The beer will probably generate a few more posts, though. :lol:

I would ordinarily suggest food over beer. However, in this case, which ever one produces the most AND most quotable posts, is where your money should go.

[OldSaw]

Dennis...you took a walk through my deer hunting cabin...not far from Da Yooper's version.

I think it was around 1990 when we were listening to the "Big Buck Report" and my Dad heard "Second Week of Deer Camp" for the first time. He laughed and laughed. So I put him in the car and drove to the big town of Newberry, MI...walked into the radio station and there was the on-air "talent" smoking a cigarette and talking on the phone. He sold us a Yoopers tape then and there, and gave us a list of live performances.

Here I am, a professional musician, a high-brow classical artist, making sure I can get my Dad to a live concert. "Hey Dad, I'm playing a big gig in Chicago...playing for ____ would you like to hop on the train and come in to hear it at the Schubert?" "Naw...but when can we go see Da Yoopers?"

So we did. Let's just say a little of Da Yoopers goes a LONG way!

But...this is very VERY much like my deer camp. Tomorrow is opening day. I hope they all get skunked!:lol::lol::lol::lol:

That's for sure.

Too bad you have to miss this year. But think of all the poker money you'll save for next year.

The Red Bull girls are here. Gotta go!

[OldSaw]

OK...you got me on that one...thinking of going to Farm and Fleet and looking for an Ermine Carhartt coat, with hood.

LMAO!!!! Thank you!!!!


Oh....Linux.:lol::lol::lol:

Good news...Dr. last night, the outstandingly gorgeous Indian woman with the long long legs, beautiful eyes and supple beautiful figure and perfect skin, who I'm supposed to share my deepest secrets with (AKA..."I'd like to see you naked right now but...") Has prescribed some additional medications for me. When I told her about my month long absence from B&B and missing deer season, she got postively scared! She said "You meen you have over one month you not speek or write to Burnwood, Old Saw or Lynchmeister? Theese is not right for you. I geeve more pills for you...what are you staring at?"

Wow! Good looking AND smart.

[OldSaw]

Okay...next Thursday, when I go to my appointment, I'll just ask her if I can get a picture for my friends on B&B...."Lean back a little...great...now let the hair fall over your shoulder...move the hemline up a bit...YOU'RE LOCKING YOUR KNEES...relax...now look just over there, eyes up a bit...a bit more pouty..that's good...now lean back a bit more...thanks!":lol::lol::lol:


Should this mission be accomplished, you sir, will have single handedly overthrown the czar, vice czar, and the king!


For this, I would willingly concede the throne. :biggrin:

AND I think he could get top billing for flair as well.

[OldSaw]

That's for sure.

Too bad you have to miss this year. But think of all the poker money you'll save for next year.

The Red Bull girls are here. Gotta go!

Two blonds carrying backpacks of Red Bull just came through the student union, handing out free Red Bull drinks. It's good to be in college.

[OldSaw]

OK, that's it guys, I just quoted myself without anyone else's posts in between. I'm outta here until after class.

[chickpea]

Fluxbox -- now here's a man who wants only performance!

The best thing about Gentoo is the documentation. Second best thing is the forums. I'm unlikely to provide information outside of what's available in the forums, but I'm happy to help with Gentoo -- I run Gentoo at home as a MythBox, lvm backup server, and number-cruncher (GRASS GIS). The rest of my machines are Macs or an old P3 FreeNAS.

I don't know if, as advertised, Gentoo is faster than other distros on identical hardware. But I like it.


Until recently I ran a l33t ricer SL source-based build. I got fed up with blocks and portage and week-long world compiles, and maintaining /etc/portage/pacakge.* files, and switched to Sabayon's binary package manager entropy. So I am in a very unique position to be able to tell you if a l33t ricer gentoo box is as fast as a similar, untweaked, n00b binary box. I can tell you that it is NOT noticeably slower as a "bloated" binary distro vs a source-based box. I think much of the "speed" of gentoo is only if you run a legacy system (like PIII, 512M RAM, etc). So dual core 1GB + folks will NOT notice any real difference between a binary distro and a source-based (ala Gentoo/Slackware) distro. Binary is just so much faster and less work to maintain.

[ASIDE] As a cheap plug for Sabayon, it's binary package manager entropy is awesome. And you can have portage (source-based package manager) and entropy living happily together. So if something is not in entropy repos, then you can get it off of portage (which has nearly every known package in the universe).

[chickpea]

Crap, why do I even bother posting, how can I compete with Jennifer Anniston, Indian Doctor goddesses and perky coeds with Redbull:ladysman::ihih:

[RichGem]

Crap, why do I even bother posting, how can I compete with Jennifer Anniston, Indian Doctor goddesses and perky coeds with Redbull:ladysman::ihih:

And then, there's Maude! :eek:


http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/brainiac/maude_l.jpg

[Lynchmeister]

You do it this way: You buy the food, AND the milk AND the beer..then you go home, kick open the door and say "I'm HOME, DAMMIT...where the hell is my dinner?" And if she says anything, you whip out Ozzie and Harriet videos, explain that you're the "F-in' CZAR!" that you're a man who works hard for his money, and this is "F-in' Wisconsin, Dammit!" and that a man in Wisconsin comes home and drinks beer..."GOT IT?!!"

(Those dogs look like nice sleeping companions for you...GO FOR IT!):lol::lol::lol:

I don't know how I missed this earlier. :lol:


So, *that's* how that work boot ended up whizzing past Cory's ear at close range. :eek: Don't mess with the Czarina!

No, that's how I got the shotgun pulled on me. :eek:

[burnwood]

okay you bastiches hit 4000 without me. I stayed up as late as I could.
Oh well.
Mr.G.
better than Superdawg??????

Chickpea,
Why do you bother posting against Jen etc.?
Cause you are stricken with Linux

Rich,
Leave me, er I mean Maude alone

Cory,
Wassup?
and you better have gone with Chipotle.

Dennis,
Excellent use of flair good sir.

Gugi,
dont know you but congrats on 1K

Jac,
Animaniacs 4 life.

[Jac]

Animaniacs 4 life. Word.

[Lynchmeister]

Ray, I caved into the instant gratification and went with the crispy barbacoa tacos. :drool: Aside from the instant gratification, which is justification for anything, I reasoned that I do have some bottles of various booze atop the fridge, so if I'm looking for something to drink tonight, I'm sure a cocktail or sip of Don Julio will do in a pinch.

[burnwood]

Ray, I caved into the instant gratification and went with the crispy barbacoa tacos. :drool: Aside from the instant gratification, which is justification for anything, I reasoned that I do have some bottles of various booze atop the fridge, so if I'm looking for something to drink tonight, I'm sure a cocktail or sip of Don Julio will do in a pinch.

Good choice. I like the burrito bowl with barbacoa or whatever I want at the time.




Linux on tortillas 4 life

[Lynchmeister]

Good choice. I like the burrito bowl with barbacoa or whatever I want at the time.




Linux on tortillas 4 life

Good call. When I get home, I'm stripping Linux of all its "mint-ness" and promptly replacing it with cilantro.

Mods? Can we rename this thread Linux Cilantro? Thanks. Check's in the mail.

[OldSaw]

Crap, why do I even bother posting, how can I compete with Jennifer Anniston, Indian Doctor goddesses and perky coeds with Redbull:ladysman::ihih:

Because without you we would have a hard time staying on topic.

[OldSaw]

Ray, I caved into the instant gratification and went with the crispy barbacoa tacos. :drool: Aside from the instant gratification, which is justification for anything, I reasoned that I do have some bottles of various booze atop the fridge, so if I'm looking for something to drink tonight, I'm sure a cocktail or sip of Don Julio will do in a pinch.

Since you didn't spend the MILK money on beer, just throw a shot or two of that "Top O The Fridge Booze" in the milk. We'll be watching for those booze induced posts.

[RichGem]

Yeah, so what's the word, Cory? Do we need to fire up the chat room or are ya gonna refuse to break things?

[burnwood]

Where's Chip?

[OldSaw]

Where's Chip?

I thought it was with you.

[burnwood]

I thought it was with you.

Now now. Where is the lime wearing cat we all know?

[RichGem]

Where's Chip?

who?

[OldSaw]

Now now. Where is the lime wearing cat we all know?

What did you do with him? I hope he's not in the trunk of your car for that trip to Florida.

[OldSaw]

who?

I think there's another thread about them. I liked Tommy better than Quadraphenia.

[burnwood]

who?


I think there's another thread about them. I liked Tommy better than Quadraphenia.

rim shot.
Heyyyyyyy Ohhhhhh




linux

[OldSaw]

rim shot.
Heyyyyyyy Ohhhhhh




linux

Careful you don't bust a gut. I'd hate to see your vacation ruined because I made you laugh so hard.



I amuse myself.

[JEBennett]

*looks around. Reads thread backchatter. Is utterly not surprised.* :D

Hello there, fellow nerds, from a deliciously fast Slackware 12.1 system, because dang if the longer I use this stuff the less I want between me and my system.

[OldSaw]

*looks around. Reads thread backchatter. Is utterly not surprised.* :D

Hello there, fellow nerds, from a deliciously fast Slackware 12.1 system, because dang if the longer I use this stuff the less I want between me and my system.

Wow! Just joined and already into the Linux thread. Glad to have you. I was ready to concede 5000 to The anything Thread (TAT), but with new blood we could easily steam roll this thing along for another 1000 and maybe even give them a run for their money.

Thanks for chiming in. Maybe you can compare notes with some of the guys in this thread who know what you are talking about.

[RichGem]

Wow! Just joined and already into the Linux thread. Glad to have you. I was ready to concede 5000 to The anything Thread (TAT), but with new blood we could easily steam roll this thing along for another 1000 and maybe even give them a run for their money.

Thanks for chiming in. Maybe you can compare notes with some of the guys in this thread who know what you are talking about.

HERETIC! Burn the witch!

And besides, Cory's futzing with his machine tonight... should be tons of posts tomorrow. 5k... piece o' cake.

And welcome to the N00b!

[Lynchmeister]

Wow! Just joined and already into the Linux thread. Glad to have you. I was ready to concede 5000 to The anything Thread (TAT), but with new blood we could easily steam roll this thing along for another 1000 and maybe even give them a run for their money.

Thanks for chiming in. Maybe you can compare notes with some of the guys in this thread who know what you are talking about.

:lol: Brutally honest. Gotta love that!


HERETIC! Burn the witch!

And besides, Cory's futzing with his machine tonight... should be tons of posts tomorrow. 5k... piece o' cake.

And welcome to the N00b!

Umm...yeah. About that. Kinda got tied up...but, there's always tomorrow.

[burnwood]

and who sent the Noob to the Linux Cilantro?

Well lookie here.
burnWood said to Noob
Welcome to the site.
A linux nerd?????? Oh crap, head over to the Barber shop forum and go to the Linux Mint thread.
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=65226

you are welcome family

[OldSaw]

and who sent the Noob to the Linux Cilantro?

Well lookie here.
burnWood said to Noob
Welcome to the site.
A linux nerd?????? Oh crap, head over to the Barber shop forum and go to the Linux Mint thread.
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=65226

you are welcome family

Good job Woody. Aren't you supposed to be on vacation? If you see Chip in your travels, tell him his presence is requested.

[RichGem]

Umm...yeah. About that. Kinda got tied up...but, there's always tomorrow.

:sad: :a35:

I guess it's a good thing you spent your milk money on food then.

[OldSaw]

Umm...yeah. About that. Kinda got tied up...but, there's always tomorrow.


:sad: :a35:

I guess it's a good thing you spent your milk money on food then.

Tied up? Possible milk money embezzling scheme? Czarina will be out? Hmmm... me thinks there is more to this story.

Did she come home and finally throw the other boot at him? Perhaps she discovered the plans to divert milk funds, which is actually a kingdom offense in the land of Cheddar and carries pretty heavy penalties, even for the Czar. Or was he just reckless and careless while walking those two dogs and they wrapped their two 30' long leashes around him and a small tree, leaving him at the mercy of the local pigeons and seagulls, while waiting for the Czarina to come home and rescue him. Hmmm... I wonder.

[RichGem]

Tied up? Possible milk money embezzling scheme? Czarina will be out? Hmmm... me thinks there is more to this story.

Did she come home and finally throw the other boot at him? Perhaps she discovered the plans to divert milk funds, which is actually a kingdom offense in the land of Cheddar and carries pretty heavy penalties, even for the Czar. Or was he just reckless and careless while walking those two dogs and they wrapped their two 30' long leashes around him and a small tree, leaving him at the mercy of the local pigeons and seagulls, while waiting for the Czarina to come home and rescue him. Hmmm... I wonder.

:lol:

It wouldn't have been quite so bad had it not been a late night walk in his linux-powered penguin feety pajamas with matching head gear. (:redface:) It has been a total nightmare trying to keep the photo out of the press, but there are some advantages to a Czardom at least, like near total control of the media. (damn free press!)

(Thank God, Cory has a good sense of humor... I can just see the Gulag man pulling up to Dennis's and my doors one day soon.)

[OldSaw]

:lol:

It wouldn't have been quite so bad had it not been a late night walk in his linux-powered penguin feety pajamas with matching head gear. (:redface:) It has been a total nightmare trying to keep the photo out of the press, but there are some advantages to a Czardom at least, like near total control of the media. (damn free press!)

(Thank God, Cory has a good sense of humor... I can just see the Gulag man pulling up to Dennis's and my doors one day soon.)

Crap! We have one of those? :eek:

[chickpea]

*looks around. Reads thread backchatter. Is utterly not surprised.* :D

Hello there, fellow nerds, from a deliciously fast Slackware 12.1 system, because dang if the longer I use this stuff the less I want between me and my system.

REAL nerds don't need an OS they just write assembly code to get everything to work.

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/real_programmers.png

[Lynchmeister]

Crap! We have one of those? :eek:

Richard!!!

[RichGem]

Richard!!!




Hey! New Cat!

[RichGem]

Crap! We have one of those? :eek:


So, I've "heard'... but notice how teh Czar hasn't denied the penguin jammie dog leash tree tying incident yet. :idea:

[Lynchmeister]

Hey! New Cat!

...well, you let the other one out one too many times, so...I had to improvise. :biggrin:


So, I've "heard'... but notice how teh Czar hasn't denied the penguin jammie dog leash tree tying incident yet. :idea:

:whistling:

[Jac]

*looks around. Reads thread backchatter. Is utterly not surprised.* :D

Hello there, fellow nerds, from a deliciously fast Slackware 12.1 system, because dang if the longer I use this stuff the less I want between me and my system.

A Slacker... Right on! What WM do you use?

Or is it strictly CLI? :lol:

[JEBennett]

A Slacker... Right on! What WM do you use?

Or is it strictly CLI? :lol:

Right now its KDE 3.5, as a slalom back from the Fluxbox I'd been using under Wolvix. I'm enjoying the more feature-rich side of things, and the way all the K applications play nicely together. :redface:

If it helps, I do boot to the command line, (whose Runlevel escapes me at the moment) and use Mutt to grab my Gmail, so I deal with things as I boot up and shut down instead of obsessively checking my email all day long.

I'm slowly building a library of good CLI applications. If I could get the hang of Finch I'd probably do my IMing from a terminal. There's just something...warm and fuzzy about ASCI on a black screen, you know?

And if you surf the web with a text-browser, you don't get assaulted by flash ads. :biggrin:


REAL nerds don't need an OS they just write assembly code to get everything to work.

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/real_programmers.png

Well...I'm not really a nerd. Not enough, yet.

*has a BA in English* :D

[soapbox]

Right now its KDE 3.5, as a slalom back from the Fluxbox I'd been using under Wolvix. I'm enjoying the more feature-rich side of things, and the way all the K applications play nicely together. :redface:

If it helps, I do boot to the command line, (whose Runlevel escapes me at the moment) and use Mutt to grab my Gmail, so I deal with things as I boot up and shut down instead of obsessively checking my email all day long.

I'm slowly building a library of good CLI applications. If I could get the hang of Finch I'd probably do my IMing from a terminal. There's just something...warm and fuzzy about ASCI on a black screen, you know?

And if you surf the web with a text-browser, you don't get assaulted by flash ads. :biggrin:



Well...I'm not really a nerd. Not enough, yet.

*has a BA in English* :D

Welcome! I have (among other degrees) a BA in English, so hold your head up,son. I currently run Gentoo whenever possible but have used Ubuntu and at work (a Novell shop) we're more or less "encouraged" to use SuSE if we want to play with Linux (man, do I miss portage when I'm stuck with YaST)

Flash ads -- FlashBlock for Firefox.
Text IM : Warm fuzzies indeed. XChat++ (and before that, just around the time the Earth cooled, there was TLK on the DEC PDP-11 series...)!
Email: I miss PINE. On the other hand, I do not miss ELM.

BUT, in reality, while some linux discussion occasionally leaks into this thread, mostly, it's a Seinfeld thread -- it's about nothing, funny, and with lots of guest stars and memes.

[JEBennett]

Flash ads -- FlashBlock for Firefox.
Text IM : Warm fuzzies indeed. XChat++ (and before that, just around the time the Earth cooled, there was TLK on the DEC PDP-11 series...)!
Email: I miss PINE. On the other hand, I do not miss ELM.

BUT, in reality, while some linux discussion occasionally leaks into this thread, mostly, it's a Seinfeld thread -- it's about nothing, funny, and with lots of guest stars and memes.

Hehhe..."suggested."

I've been using Opera again, since it looks not-horrible on KDE, so there were a few days of right click > block! but things are pretty clean now.

As for email, I don't use Mutt for everything, but man is it good to just have text and email and text and get the bloody things done. :)

As for the Seinfelding? I'd noticed. Let me see what I can do...

http://lolthulhu.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/thecubist-i_see_what_you.gif

[chickpea]

(man, do I miss portage when I'm stuck with YaST)


AMEN!!!

[RichGem]

We've lost to the TAT thread, guys. Start that posting! Cory! Break something now! Aaaarrrghh.

:scared:

[Eagle]

How's that line go?

Resistance is Futile or something?

:biggrin:

[burningdarkness]

Prepare to be assimilated, Linux Mint Thread.

[chickpea]

What the hell? who are all these weird people posting on our thread. :eek:

[RichGem]

What the hell? who are all these weird people posting on our thread. :eek:

at least they added 2 to the post count. :redface:

[Lynchmeister]

BUT, in reality, while some linux discussion occasionally leaks into this thread, mostly, it's a Seinfeld thread -- it's about nothing, funny, and with lots of guest stars and memes.

Nice!


We've lost to the TAT thread, guys. Start that posting! Cory! Break something now! Aaaarrrghh.

:scared:

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: :eek::eek::eek:

:lol:


What the hell? who are all these weird people posting on our thread. :eek:

:lol::lol::lol:


at least they added 2 to the post count. :redface:

Woo hoo! :tongue_sm

[RichGem]

Nice!



:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: :eek::eek::eek:

:lol:



:lol::lol::lol:



Woo hoo! :tongue_sm

Cory, Cory, Cory... tsk tsk tsk... have you learned nothing? What's with the multiquote? You coulda upped our post count by at least four, but no... you just had to multiquote, didnt' you?!

:wink:

[RichGem]

Behold! Linux Cilantro.....

[chickpea]

Linux Thread demise = advent of multiquote.

It's like watching the emergence of the goths and visigoths, you can just see Rome start to crumble from the inside out!:a35::a19:

[soapbox]

I guess now we'll have to be the plucky comic relief to the TAT jabberfest.

Oh well, it was nice while it lasted. At least I can go back to also posting on the "guess that movie" thread... :rolleyes:

[Mr. Gillette]

Wow! Just joined and already into the Linux thread. Glad to have you. I was ready to concede 5000 to The anything Thread (TAT), but with new blood we could easily steam roll this thing along for another 1000 and maybe even give them a run for their money.

Thanks for chiming in. Maybe you can compare notes with some of the guys in this thread who know what you are talking about.

The Anything Thread blows. Linux.

[Mr. Gillette]

We can't let them win

[Mr. Gillette]

I think

[Mr. Gillette]

we can dope a little post.:lol::lol:

[RichGem]

Well, if Cory would just lay off the multiquote and hurry up and break something, we'd be all set.

So... full steam ahead! We're not that far behind. We will not quit!

[sol92258]

say, what kind of shenanigans ya'll tryin' to pull here, anyway? :biggrin:

question...I have an oooooollld laptop in my office right now, no cd drive, no usb ports, still has win95 on it, not sure the rest of the specs, need to find the best distro to load on it........and how to do so? :001_huh:
really leaning towards puppy or dsl, but I don't have a 2.5 to 3.5 inch HD adapter...any thoughts?

[Lynchmeister]

Cory, Cory, Cory... tsk tsk tsk... have you learned nothing? What's with the multiquote? You coulda upped our post count by at least four, but no... you just had to multiquote, didnt' you?!

:wink:

I'm sorry, Richard...I have a sickness.



Behold! Linux Cilantro.....






Oh sh*t, that's awesome! Do ya think we could juxtapose it against a burrito and some salsa?


The Anything Thread blows. Linux.

:lol::lol:


Well, if Cory would just lay off the multiquote and hurry up and break something, we'd be all set.

So... full steam ahead! We're not that far behind. We will not quit!

You see? I don't even realize I'm doing it half the time...:tongue_sm

[RichGem]

say, what kind of shenanigans ya'll tryin' to pull here, anyway? :biggrin:

question...I have an oooooollld laptop in my office right now, no cd drive, no usb ports, still has win95 on it, not sure the rest of the specs, need to find the best distro to load on it........and how to do so? :001_huh:
really leaning towards puppy or dsl, but I don't have a 2.5 to 3.5 inch HD adapter...any thoughts?

You can definitely find a distro to run... question is, how to load it. Can you hook up an external drive? As far as I know, there's no way to run an installer from the drive that's being installed to. It'd be a pain, but I guess you could load/install a very simple (CLI only) linux from floppy and then proceed to d/l the GUI stuff once that's up and running. Probably not for the faint of heart, however. Easiest is going to be to figure out some way to jury rig a CD drive to the laptop.

Anyone else have an idea that I'm missing?

[RichGem]

just had a thought....

It' isn't perfect, but ya could d/l wubi (a ubuntu installer of sorts) and run that from win. I didn't like the wubi set up, but you could give it a shot.

(wubi, IIRC, runs linux from within windows or from a virtual drive in win... can't remember exactly, but you end up with basically, a dual boot set up)

[Eagle]

We in TAT decided you boys need to get your faces out of those laptops and engage in some athletics.

Watch it all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeuEMeg8eQE&eurl=http://www.rickrollcall.com/index_main.htm

[chickpea]

We in TAT decided you boys need to get your faces out of those laptops and engage in some athletics.

Watch it all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeuEMeg8eQE&eurl=http://www.rickrollcall.com/index_main.htm

DID WE JUST GET RICKROLLED BY TAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS AGGRESSION CANNOT STAND. WE MUST DEFEND THE HOMELAND!!!!!!!!!!

DID WE JUST QUIT WHEN THE NAZIS BOMBED PEARL HARBOR! NO!

:a41::a11::a31::a7::tank::gun_bandana::gunsmilie:: 2guns:

LET'S DO IIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[chickpea]

Who's

[chickpea]

Coming

[chickpea]

With

[chickpea]

ME!:biggrin:

[chickpea]

we can dope a little post.:lol::lol:

http://cornerstork.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/marijuana-leaf.jpg

[RichGem]

DID WE JUST GET RICKROLLED BY TAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS AGGRESSION CANNOT STAND. WE MUST DEFEND THE HOMELAND!!!!!!!!!!

DID WE JUST QUIT WHEN THE NAZIS BOMBED PEARL HARBOR! NO!

:a41::a11::a31::a7::tank::gun_bandana::gunsmilie:: 2guns:

LET'S DO IIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Uh, (cough), it was the Japanese, not the Nazis, but the battle cry still stands.

[Duckster]

DID WE JUST GET RICKROLLED BY TAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS AGGRESSION CANNOT STAND. WE MUST DEFEND THE HOMELAND!!!!!!!!!!

DID WE JUST QUIT WHEN THE NAZIS BOMBED PEARL HARBOR! NO!

:a41::a11::a31::a7::tank::gun_bandana::gunsmilie:: 2guns:

LET'S DO IIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's war...


34514


Take that!

[chickpea]

Uh, (cough), it was the Japanese, not the Nazis, but the battle cry still stands.

You my friend have not seen Animal House enough times.

[RichGem]

It's war...


34514


Take that!

awesome... now can you have Darth cut his cute little furry head off (ref to cutting of luke's hand.. best I could do).

[chickpea]

It's war...


34514


Take that!

Weird, before that picture, I never noticed that Vader has a codpiece. I wish I never had either.:mad3:

[RichGem]

You my friend have not seen Animal House enough times.

or ever. :ohmy:

[chickpea]

or ever. :ohmy:

The agents will be at your door shortly, your male card has been revoked. Please do no resist and make this difficult, this is hard on all of us.

[RichGem]

The agents will be at your door shortly, your male card has been revoked. Please do no resist and make this difficult, this is hard on all of us.

:prrr:

:biggrin:

[sol92258]

da da da da da da da da....

[OldSaw]

or ever. :ohmy:


The agents will be at your door shortly, your male card has been revoked. Please do no resist and make this difficult, this is hard on all of us.

Sorry Rich, you had that one coming.

Now that he has been revoked, how many times does he have to watch it to get re-instated?

[OldSaw]

da da da da da da da da....

That poor shark is about to get womped by Tux. You would think they'd learn to stay away from the Super Penguin.

[OldSaw]

Nice!



:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: :eek::eek::eek:

:lol:



:lol::lol::lol:



Woo hoo! :tongue_sm


I'm sorry, Richard...I have a sickness.



Oh sh*t, that's awesome! Do ya think we could juxtapose it against a burrito and some salsa?



:lol::lol:



You see? I don't even realize I'm doing it half the time...:tongue_sm

Cory, about that multiquote sickness, see Mr. G about getting some good drugs to help you with that. Multiquote should only be used when a single reply only makes sense to the additional quotes. All other times use the Mr. G post doping method of starting a new post every time you have a new thought, even if it is on the same topic.

OK, got it?

[OldSaw]

...and another thing Cory, (see how I just did that?), go break something.

[OldSaw]

This post brought to you by the Mr. G Institute of Postology.

[OldSaw]

Crap! I forgot to say Linux in the last few posts. Sooo... aaah, Linux. :biggrin:

[OldSaw]

That poor shark is about to get womped by Tux. You would think they'd learn to stay away from the Super Penguin.

When I say they I mean the sharks. TAT members are always welcome, of course. :001_smile

[OldSaw]

Cory,

Here's another trick you can use, (it's part of the master program, but you could give it a try), when you run out of other posts to quote, start quoting your own.


This post brought to you by the Mr. G Institute of Postology.

[Eagle]

Your futile attempts at post doping are...well...futile.

TAT now includes in it's membership a bad ass chick skilled in the arts of sorcery, tactics, battle and war. Gentlemen. Kneel before her. I give you.........



..........GATTO!

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/ffximage/warcraft_narrowweb__300x411,2.jpg

[OldSaw]

we can dope a little post.:lol::lol:

Tom,

Can you recommend some good drugs for Cory to help him with his multiquote sickness?

[OldSaw]

Your futile attempts at post doping are...well...futile.

TAT now includes in it's membership a bad ass chick skilled in the arts of sorcery, tactics, battle and war. Gentlemen. Kneel before her. I give you.........



..........GATTO!

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/ffximage/warcraft_narrowweb__300x411,2.jpg

Well, she does have a fancier costume than Tux, but her eyes are just plain evil looking. Tux is for everyone. Nothing evil about Tux. In fact Tux is anti evil.

[gatto]

hey I don't play a night elf. Although my blood elves could definitely rip this thread in half.

[Eagle]

Whatever.

Go get 'em kid. :wink:

[OldSaw]

hey I don't play a night elf. Although my blood elves could definitely rip this thread in half.

What's a night elf?

[OldSaw]

Whatever.

Go get 'em kid. :wink:

What are we getting?

[gatto]

What's a night elf?

:lol:

[soapbox]

You can definitely find a distro to run... question is, how to load it. Can you hook up an external drive? As far as I know, there's no way to run an installer from the drive that's being installed to. It'd be a pain, but I guess you could load/install a very simple (CLI only) linux from floppy and then proceed to d/l the GUI stuff once that's up and running. Probably not for the faint of heart, however. Easiest is going to be to figure out some way to jury rig a CD drive to the laptop.

Anyone else have an idea that I'm missing?

Yeah, what he's missing is a "backpack" CD-ROM drive that runs from a parallel port. Get one of those, and you'll probably be in business. I can't tell you where to find one, but I'm sure there are some around. Actually, if things look bleak, and if no one else can help...I can consult the A-Team (actually, his name is Tim). But I don't like asking favors of the Godfather.

[soapbox]

Yeah, what he's missing is a "backpack" CD-ROM drive that runs from a parallel port. Get one of those, and you'll probably be in business. I can't tell you where to find one, but I'm sure there are some around.

Alternately, you could (a) use a PCMCIA host bus adapter for a USB CDROM drive, or (b) get all geek-hackery and temporarily install a two-port ATA cable, but then you'd have to install the distro with the case open and parts hanging out. (which would be worth several pics, for sure)

[soapbox]

Alternately, you could (a) use a PCMCIA host bus adapter for a USB CDROM drive, or (b) get all geek-hackery and temporarily install a two-port ATA cable, but then you'd have to install the distro with the case open and parts hanging out. (which would be worth several pics, for sure)

Notice how I've been quoting myself?

[soapbox]

Sorry Rich, you had that one coming.

Now that he has been revoked, how many times does he have to watch it to get re-instated?

Until (a) he can recite the "Pearl Harbor" speech word for word, and (b) he knows why the "Twisted Sister" video for "I wanna rock" is funny.

//My mom's father was at Pearl Harbor and survived four years in the Pacific, including the invasion of New Caledonia and about 24 hours in the water after catching a spread of torpedoes.

///not worthy to carry his water.

[Duckster]

34525

[soapbox]

What are we getting?

How about a hottie who thinks that armor is for protection, not sex appeal?

http://www.goingpostalt-shirts.com/propagandat-shirts/big/joanofarc2.jpg

[OldSaw]

Notice how I've been quoting myself?

:thumbsup: One of Cory's favorites.

[soapbox]

say, what kind of shenanigans ya'll tryin' to pull here, anyway? :biggrin:

question...I have an oooooollld laptop in my office right now, no cd drive, no usb ports, still has win95 on it, not sure the rest of the specs, need to find the best distro to load on it........and how to do so? :001_huh:
really leaning towards puppy or dsl, but I don't have a 2.5 to 3.5 inch HD adapter...any thoughts?

Oh, in answer to your actual question:

If it was capable of running Win95, I wouldn't put more on it than DSL or Puppy. I like DSL but there's nothing wrong with Puppy.

What's the laptop? And how many PCMCIA ports does it have?

2.5 to 3.5 inch adapters are cheap, and surprisingly useful. Also remember that you can't "just convert" 3.5 inch SATA to 2.5 inch IDE drives!

Lastly -- just how geeky are you willing to get?

[soapbox]

Furthermore, if Mr. Gillette wasn't on injured reserve and Limecat was SOMEWHERE to be found and Ray wasn't on vacation and we didn't have like forty freaking people posting all day on our thread that could be about anything instead of clearly focusing on Linux, well, we'd still have the lead.

[soapbox]

Oh, and if that clown soapbox didn't take like two months off, or three months off, or whatever it was, to finish his dissertation, help care for his newborn daughter who's now five gorgeous months old, find a new job in Maryland, move, and then get settled, his extra posts would clearly keep TAT in the weeds where they belong.

...as he's proving tonight.

[soapbox]

Your futile attempts at post doping are...well...futile.

TAT now includes in it's membership a bad ass chick skilled in the arts of sorcery, tactics, battle and war. Gentlemen. Kneel before her. I give you.........



..........GATTO!

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/ffximage/warcraft_narrowweb__300x411,2.jpg

Actually that looks a little like one of B R A N D X 's photos. :lol:

[OldSaw]

Furthermore, if Mr. Gillette wasn't on injured reserve and Limecat was SOMEWHERE to be found and Ray wasn't on vacation and we didn't have like forty freaking people posting all day on our thread that could be about anything instead of clearly focusing on Linux, well, we'd still have the lead.

Yeah! What he said.

[soapbox]

And frankly, it's not going to be easy to catch those yobs over on TAT, since they've already got a two hundred post lead on us, but I figure they'll get weak and lazy sometime, and then the wolves will pick off their weak and injured. And then we'll catch them.

Or, you know, we could actively recruit members to our thread 'cause, you know, they've got a lot of posters.

[OldSaw]

Oh, and if that clown soapbox didn't take like two months off, or three months off, or whatever it was, to finish his dissertation, help care for his newborn daughter who's now five gorgeous months old, find a new job in Maryland, move, and then get settled, his extra posts would clearly keep TAT in the weeds where they belong.

...as he's proving tonight.

Yeah! Keep going.

[OldSaw]

And frankly, it's not going to be easy to catch those yobs over on TAT, since they've already got a two hundred post lead on us, but I figure they'll get weak and lazy sometime, and then the wolves will pick off their weak and injured. And then we'll catch them.

Or, you know, we could actively recruit members to our thread 'cause, you know, they've got a lot of posters.

What you say is very true. Most of the posters in this thread aren't just passing by. We have some long time members in here. This thread is like a vortex, once it sucks you in it doesn't let go.

So I don't think we should be challenging the TAT posters, but rather inviting them to share in the glory of the truly great, (and mostly on topic), Linux thread.

[OldSaw]

Oh, and if that clown soapbox didn't take like two months off, or three months off, or whatever it was, to finish his dissertation, help care for his newborn daughter who's now five gorgeous months old, find a new job in Maryland, move, and then get settled, his extra posts would clearly keep TAT in the weeds where they belong.

...as he's proving tonight.

So what was that dissertation on again? And was that for your masters or doctorate?

[soapbox]

Lastly -- just how geeky are you willing to get?

That's not a challenge, by the way, Sol, but rather a statement that many, many things are possible with the application of old-hardware-hunting and forum-posting. I personally would love to help you get Linux running on that old POS laptop if you would promise it would get used, even lightly.

I have an old Mac Color Classic that I actually used for honest work at my old job in 2004-2005. It certainly wasn't my primary machine, but it could perform two functions inaccessible to modern machines, and therefore it had a place in my stable.

Now I've purchased an upgrade board for it and have fiendish plans to put it to work for some other purpose like NetBSD or something, but I also have limited amounts of time so it hasn't happened yet. But oh yes, there'll be a full Motorola 68040 CPU with the math coprocessor inside my Color Classic one day. System 7.6.1 will never look sweeter <rubs hands together>.

Anyway, my point is this: there's a lot of brainpower on the net and on this board that would be happy to help you get the thing running. If you have a PCMCIA slot or two, virtually anything is possible. I'd just like to know that it would be useful for someone.

[soapbox]

So what was that dissertation on again? And was that for your masters or doctorate?

The general convention is that thesis is for Masters' degree, and dissertation is for doctorate, though some refer to a "doctoral thesis" instead of "dissertation."

The one sentence explanation is this:

I look at the effect that drought has on international cooperation and conflict.

It takes me 279 pages to deal with the question (and I'm adding a chapter on civil war and drought for the book version), over 5000 lines of code (some of the code actually writes more code!), mountains of really neat/complex statistics, and 3 years just to assemble and create the data for the statistics. But the question can be neatly summed up in that one sentence.

[OldSaw]

I'm picking my classes for next semester. My registration time is at 9 AM tomorrow. :eek:

[OldSaw]

The general convention is that thesis is for Masters' degree, and dissertation is for doctorate, though some refer to a "doctoral thesis" instead of "dissertation."

The one sentence explanation is this:

I look at the effect that drought has on international cooperation and conflict.

It takes me 279 pages to deal with the question (and I'm adding a chapter on civil war and drought for the book version), over 5000 lines of code (some of the code actually writes more code!), mountains of really neat/complex statistics, and 3 years just to assemble and create the data for the statistics. But the question can be neatly summed up in that one sentence.

Well you have enlightened my undergraduate in waiting brain. Actually, that is what I thought it was but like you said, some refer to "doctoral thesis" which is what I remember a former teacher explaining to me.

[soapbox]

It takes me 279 pages to deal with the question (and I'm adding a chapter on civil war and drought for the book version), over 5000 lines of code (some of the code actually writes more code!), mountains of really neat/complex statistics, and 3 years just to assemble and create the data for the statistics. But the question can be neatly summed up in that one sentence.

Oh, and the most important part (well, besides that I finished it) is that I used Linux to create the data. When finished, my relatively speedy Linux machine ran for 30 days straight to make the final data. With some pragmatic coding I was later able to reduce that to about 4 days straight (there's no need to have monthly drought data when the rest of your data are annual).

But yeah, in relation to the Linux thread, not only did I use linux and all open-source software to make my dissertation, the work would not have been possible on Windows, because ArcGIS, the Geographic Information Systems (electronic mapping) software for Windows isn't really scriptable. They claim that it's Python Scriptable, but that's sort of like putting 5% biodiesel in your truck and claiming you're carbon neutral. It ain't a 100% lie, but it's not the truth either.

So, I owe a great debt to Linux. I contributed a patch to the Free-open-source GIS software (GRASS GIS (http://grass.osgeo.org)) but that's hardly contributing in relation to the benefit I've received.

There's my linux testimonial. I wouldn't be Dr. Soapbox without it.

[soapbox]

Well you have enlightened my undergraduate in waiting brain. Actually, that is what I thought it was but like you said, some refer to "doctoral thesis" which is what I remember a former teacher explaining to me.

Man I wish I had discovered DE shaving when I was an undergraduate. I spent 22 years hating shaving. You're a lucky fellow, Dennis.

[soapbox]

Man I wish I had discovered DE shaving when I was an undergraduate. I spent 22 years hating shaving. You're a lucky fellow, Dennis.

Oh, and "Linux." :001_smile

[soapbox]

From "That Annoying Thread":


Eagle put me there! I wouldn't actually stay in that thread. I'd rather use windows 3.1 then linux

SRSLY, U use Lnx L th time d00d. U jst dont know it. KTHXBYE.

[RichGem]

Well, she does have a fancier costume than Tux, but her eyes are just plain evil looking. Tux is for everyone. Nothing evil about Tux. In fact Tux is anti evil.

And you don't have to pay for Tux... her on the other hand... :whistling:

[RichGem]

Alternately, you could (a) use a PCMCIA host bus adapter for a USB CDROM drive, or (b) get all geek-hackery and temporarily install a two-port ATA cable, but then you'd have to install the distro with the case open and parts hanging out. (which would be worth several pics, for sure)

Jesse, you just won the Thread Geek award (oh, and I learned a whole bunch too). :thumbsup:

[soapbox]

And you don't have to pay for Tux... her on the other hand... :whistling:

Yeah Gatto, how many gold pieces for an outfit like that...? :lol:

[OldSaw]

Man I wish I had discovered DE shaving when I was an undergraduate. I spent 22 years hating shaving. You're a lucky fellow, Dennis.

I might be an undergrad, but remember, I am a returning, non-traditional student. My son is an upperclassman at the same university. I decided to raise a family first, now I am finishing and completely changing careers.

I was just accepted into the education program to be a teacher. If that had not happened I was looking at computer science or information science as my alternative major. As it stands I am an education major with a math minor. I could be teaching your new born someday.

[OldSaw]

Oh, and "Linux." :001_smile

Another excellent job of quoting yourself. :thumbsup:

[soapbox]

Jesse, you just won the Thread Geek award (oh, and I learned a whole bunch too). :thumbsup:

I'm not the undisputed champ. I'm sure Chickpea will challenge me to "soldering irons at twenty paces" or something similar.

But I'm glad it was at least semi-interesting and not just 1337speak ("elitespeak" to the uninitiated). In junior high and high school (er, back in the 1980s), being the Thread Geek would not have been a Good Thing. As things are now, it's not bad at all!

[soapbox]

I might be an undergrad, but remember, I am a returning, non-traditional student. My son is an upperclassman at the same university. I decided to raise a family first, now I am finishing and completely changing careers.

I was just accepted into the education program to be a teacher. If that had not happened I was looking at computer science or information science as my alternative major. As it stands I am an education major with a math minor. I could be teaching your new born someday.

OK, I thought you were older, but I didn't want to assume.

And my little Hadley could do worse than to be taught by someone with enough guts and determination to return to an undergraduate degree years later. I salute OldSaw for that!

[OldSaw]

I'm not the undisputed champ. I'm sure Chickpea will challenge me to "soldering irons at twenty paces" or something similar.

But I'm glad it was at least semi-interesting and not just 1337speak ("elitespeak" to the uninitiated). In junior high and high school (er, back in the 1980s), being the Thread Geek would not have been a Good Thing. As things are now, it's not bad at all!

My first computer class back in the pre-80s, we all shared a single terminal that used a green bar printer as the sole interface with a 300 baud (I think, may have been slower) modem which the phone handset rested in to communicate with the mainframe at the university.

Then one day we got an Apple computer with a green monochrome monitor and we all thought it was the coolest thing. However, it was a bit awkward looking back at the previous command lines that had scrolled off when you are used to just picking up the sheets and reading them. :lol:

[chickpea]

I'm not the undisputed champ. I'm sure Chickpea will challenge me to "soldering irons at twenty paces" or something similar.

But I'm glad it was at least semi-interesting and not just 1337speak ("elitespeak" to the uninitiated). In junior high and high school (er, back in the 1980s), being the Thread Geek would not have been a Good Thing. As things are now, it's not bad at all!

http://www.tonyleroy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/gauntlet.jpg

I challenge thee to a nerduel! :a45:

Who can spell Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis in carbon nanotubes the fastest.

Ready go!

[soapbox]

I'm not the undisputed champ. I'm sure Chickpea will challenge me to "soldering irons at twenty paces" or something similar.


On the other hand, the first language I learned after AppleSoft BASIC was the macro language of the PDP-11 DEC ("Digital Equipment Corporation") mainframe. Then I learned Fortran 77 on the DEC. Then, almost 25 years later, I put Fortran to good use in my dissertation.

Vague nerd-celebrity trivia: Brian Reynolds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Reynolds) and I occasionally crossed swords playing Multi-Trek on that mainframe. I, of course, lost. He's a gaming god. I, on the other hand, am not and was not then either.

:blushing:

[soapbox]

Who can spell Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis in carbon nanotubes the fastest.


A wonderful test. What scale? And do I have to use "grey goo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_goo)" for my assemblers?

[soapbox]

A wonderful test. What scale? And do I have to use "grey goo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_goo)" for my assemblers?

In truth, I'm not a nano-scale engineer, so it's an empty threat. :001_smile

[OldSaw]

We haven't had this thread rockin this hard in a while. Cory is going to have a hard time catching up tomorrow. I'm afraid he will have one majorly loooong multiquote post.

[chickpea]

I remember the heady days of the Apple IIe. The soft green, the 5 1/4" disks, the lack of MOUSE!!! :eek:

It was almost like counting with a freaking abacus, only with 'lectricty so cooler and more dangerous.

That was in the days before linux, windows 3.1, the dosshell. Remember dot matrix printers? The little holes on the side of the page you tore off and never seemed to feed right?

Those were heady days my friend.
Also in other news . . .
Here's to Dennis who had the courage to go back to school!! Three cheers for non-traditional students.:thumbup:

[chickpea]

In truth, I'm not a nano-scale engineer, so it's an empty threat. :001_smile


whew, cause my scanning electron microscope is in the shop and I'm plum out of grey-goo

[soapbox]

I remember the heady days of the Apple IIe. The soft green, the 5 1/4" disks, the lack of MOUSE!!! :eek:

That was in the days before linux, windows 3.1, the dosshell. Remember dot matrix printers? The little holes on the side of the page you tore off and never seemed to feed right?

Those were heady days my friend.

Indeed. If you remember when the biggest computer rivalry was Apple ][ versus TRS-80, yeah, that's reaching back.




Here's to Dennis who had the courage to go back to school!! Three cheers for non-traditional students.:thumbup:

:a14:

[chickpea]

In other news, did you guys see what I did over there on That Assinine Thread?

I shook up there monkey tree, what with the senseless rickroll provocation.

Many a bunny has met an untimely end tonight at the end of my cold steel.:cool:

[OldSaw]

Nice!



:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: :eek::eek::eek:

:lol:



:lol::lol::lol:



Woo hoo! :tongue_sm


Cory, Cory, Cory... tsk tsk tsk... have you learned nothing? What's with the multiquote? You coulda upped our post count by at least four, but no... you just had to multiquote, didnt' you?!

:wink:

And another thing about these mega multiquotes, they are like premature e##########. Rushing off to the finish in complete reckless abandon, completely forgetting that there is someone else involved. :lol: I'm starting to see why you are getting boots thrown at you by the Czarina.

Remember Cory, the journey is just as much fun as the destination.

[OldSaw]

I remember the heady days of the Apple IIe. The soft green, the 5 1/4" disks, the lack of MOUSE!!! :eek:

It was almost like counting with a freaking abacus, only with 'lectricty so cooler and more dangerous.

That was in the days before linux, windows 3.1, the dosshell. Remember dot matrix printers? The little holes on the side of the page you tore off and never seemed to feed right?

Those were heady days my friend.
Also in other news . . .
Here's to Dennis who had the courage to go back to school!! Three cheers for non-traditional students.:thumbup:

I almost forgot that the Apple had a disk drive. That was another neat thing, no more cassette tapes. I don't want to give my wife's age away, (she's slightly older), but when she took an intro to computer class they used punch cards.

[chickpea]

In other news, did you guys see what I did over there on That Assinine Thread?

I shook up there monkey tree, what with the senseless rickroll provocation.

Many a bunny has met an untimely end tonight at the end of my cold steel.:cool:

Why after reading that again, do I feel like this guy

http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/original/comic%20book%20guy.jpg

[RichGem]

http://www.tonyleroy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/gauntlet.jpg

I challenge thee to a nerduel! :a45:

Who can spell Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis in carbon nanotubes the fastest.

Ready go!

OH NO! Not the nerd gauntlet! :scared: :scared: :scared:
*running and hiding*

[RichGem]

wow... leave for less than an hour and it's a whole new world around here.

ok... my first computing was a Comodore Pet running basic, followed by a sinclare, then apple II w/ basic, followed by a ti994a, then apple IIe w/ basic and uscd pascal (massively cool at the time). commodore 64 then a DEC running (I think) VMS in college. Then we get into modern computing history.

dot matrix printer paper sucked. ugh.

etc etc etc

[RichGem]

oh and we're still way behind tat. :sad:

[OldSaw]

whew, cause my scanning electron microscope is in the shop and I'm plum out of grey-goo

"Couldn't get to my grenades, the Howitzer was in the shop..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Utt_XgcWv8

[OldSaw]

oh and we're still way behind tat. :sad:

I think we have too many key players on injured reserve or vacation, and Cory isn't breaking anything. We need a bigger flame for Cory to fly into.

[OldSaw]

Time to get outta here.

Later

[RichGem]

I think we have too many key players on injured reserve or vacation, and Cory isn't breaking anything. We need a bigger flame for Cory to fly into.



Maybe a good point. OK time to pull out the big guns...


CORY!!!! I bet you cant' set up a triple boot!
(gauntlet thrown)

bonus points if one of them is a BSD

[homebrewer]

Wow, some serious posting action happening today... especially for a monday.

I've just spent the last 12 hours beating my head against a wall staring dumbfounded at MATLAB code. Took me an hour just to find one colon buried in the code that should have been a semi-colon.

[sol92258]

it was actually less of a "how to do it" as much as "what suggestions for an old laptop that might barely run calculator..."
okay, not that bad
it's an old IBM laptop, the kind with the keyboard that folds out to the sides as you open it, still has 95 on it (then the battery died), didn't bother plugging it up, it's an old one that was brought to me by a new teacher cleaning out her new classroom. Being a school computer I don't want to do to much to it, just looking for a simple way to make it usable for small tasks like hyperterminal into switches/access points so I don't have to lug around my bigger laptop, but really more of a fun project to see what it's still capable of.
I'm still intending on calling it a dead machine and "removing it from inventory", but looking for thoughts. I don't remember what all ports it has, the problem would be me having the equipment. I may of just thought of something I'll have to look at tomorrow...



Oh, in answer to your actual question:

If it was capable of running Win95, I wouldn't put more on it than DSL or Puppy. I like DSL but there's nothing wrong with Puppy.

What's the laptop? And how many PCMCIA ports does it have?

2.5 to 3.5 inch adapters are cheap, and surprisingly useful. Also remember that you can't "just convert" 3.5 inch SATA to 2.5 inch IDE drives!

Lastly -- just how geeky are you willing to get?


That's not a challenge, by the way, Sol, but rather a statement that many, many things are possible with the application of old-hardware-hunting and forum-posting. I personally would love to help you get Linux running on that old POS laptop if you would promise it would get used, even lightly.

I have an old Mac Color Classic that I actually used for honest work at my old job in 2004-2005. It certainly wasn't my primary machine, but it could perform two functions inaccessible to modern machines, and therefore it had a place in my stable.

Now I've purchased an upgrade board for it and have fiendish plans to put it to work for some other purpose like NetBSD or something, but I also have limited amounts of time so it hasn't happened yet. But oh yes, there'll be a full Motorola 68040 CPU with the math coprocessor inside my Color Classic one day. System 7.6.1 will never look sweeter <rubs hands together>.

Anyway, my point is this: there's a lot of brainpower on the net and on this board that would be happy to help you get the thing running. If you have a PCMCIA slot or two, virtually anything is possible. I'd just like to know that it would be useful for someone.

[soapbox]

Maybe a good point. OK time to pull out the big guns...


CORY!!!! I bet you cant' set up a triple boot!
(gauntlet thrown)

bonus points if one of them is a BSD

Triple word score if it's OpenBSD, Cory. C'mon, the puffer fish awaits you.

http://openbsd.org/images/tshirt-28_front.gif

[soapbox]

it was actually less of a "how to do it" as much as "what suggestions for an old laptop that might barely run calculator..."
okay, not that bad
it's an old IBM laptop, the kind with the keyboard that folds out to the sides as you open it, still has 95 on it (then the battery died), didn't bother plugging it up, it's an old one that was brought to me by a new teacher cleaning out her new classroom. Being a school computer I don't want to do to much to it, just looking for a simple way to make it usable for small tasks like hyperterminal into switches/access points so I don't have to lug around my bigger laptop, but really more of a fun project to see what it's still capable of.
I'm still intending on calling it a dead machine and "removing it from inventory", but looking for thoughts. I don't remember what all ports it has, the problem would be me having the equipment. I may of just thought of something I'll have to look at tomorrow...

Oh sweet, you have one of the "butterfly keyboard" Thinkpads? Those were beautiful. Yeah man, get a new battery for that model and give it a new life.

Now we're totally gonna help you, TAT cross poster or not! Too bad you're in Texas. I think we're moving out there next year, but we're waiting on word from UK (Lexington) first. And you shouldn't have to wait that long to use that laptop :001_smile

First up: post model numbers and what ports you do have. Please include how many PCMCIA ("PC Card") slots you have. And how much RAM is on board if you know. Win95 could run with 16 or 32 MB or RAM, and thus...well, you're gonna need more RAM, Puppy or DSL or not. The only thing you could realistically use with 32 MB of RAM is a command-line-only distro, and it sounds like you want a GUI...

[soapbox]

Time to get outta here.

Later

It was fun throttling up the thread with you last night. Enjoy the math this semester, <snide>FRESHMAN</snide>.

[soapbox]

Wow, some serious posting action happening today... especially for a monday.

I've just spent the last 12 hours beating my head against a wall staring dumbfounded at MATLAB code. Took me an hour just to find one colon buried in the code that should have been a semi-colon.

Ah, bug fixing. I still find that sometimes it helps to print out the code, grab a red pen and run the code through your wetware (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetware) interpreter. But congrats on finding the syntax error.

[chickpea]

Triple word score if it's OpenBSD, Cory. C'mon, the puffer fish awaits you.

http://openbsd.org/images/tshirt-28_front.gif

Ok Cory, you need to quadruple boot the following distros without using GRUB:

Windows Vista Ultimate with Bitlocker enabled
OpenBSD
OpenSolaris (with ZFS as root partition)
LFS

Now remember no GRUB, no cheating and we'll be here when all hell breaks loose. Good Luck partitioning, it will be a lot of fun with OpenSolaris thrown in.:lol::lol:

[soapbox]

oh and we're still way behind tat. :sad:

Oh there's an attitude that will help...


oh wait, you were saying that just to get another post. Nice.

[soapbox]

OH NO! Not the nerd gauntlet! :scared: :scared: :scared:
*running and hiding*

We're not nerds! (I'm a level 12 thief and chickpea is a level 13 necromancer) :lol:

[soapbox]

Okay, I'm lousy with flair, so someone else at least post a placeholder for some flair for #4200.

[chickpea]

We're not nerds! (I'm a level 12 thief and chickpea is a level 13 necromancer) :lol:

Hey, I'm not a nerd

http://marydang.com/uploaded_images/IMG_1630-724493.jpg


Just because I like cosplay and

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5Yxm0XUD0sg/R-1LRebQHHI/AAAAAAAAAKA/PGB4cErUyT0/s1600/WOW&#37;2BPicture.bmp


oh crap, I give up. Put the nerd helmet on me. :a36:

AND NOW FOR SOME FLAIR

:em2300::a50::a50::a50::a51::a51::a5::a42::a21::ba dger::badger::badger::badger::a34::a29::a29:


and here's some more

http://freebsd-image-gallery.netcode.pl/_daemonette/daemonbabettes.jpg

http://loft306.org/walpaper/linux-tux-born-2-frag.jpg

*NIX is for hot chicks!!


http://wigen.net/data/bsdmascots/daemonettes/daemonbabettes.jpg

[chickpea]

Okay, I'm lousy with flair, so someone else at least post a placeholder for some flair for #4200.

Crap, sorry I totally hosed 4200, I'll flair it up some more.

[homebrewer]

Ah, bug fixing. I still find that sometimes it helps to print out the code, grab a red pen and run the code through your wetware (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetware) interpreter. But congrats on finding the syntax error.

Wetware:lol:.... that's awesome, I'm going to have to remember that one.

[soapbox]

Hey, I'm not a nerd

http://marydang.com/uploaded_images/IMG_1630-724493.jpg


Just because I like cosplay and

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5Yxm0XUD0sg/R-1LRebQHHI/AAAAAAAAAKA/PGB4cErUyT0/s1600/WOW%2BPicture.bmp


oh crap, I give up. Put the nerd helmet on me. :a36:

My self control is making alarming creaking noises right now.


*NIX is for hot chicks!!


http://wigen.net/data/bsdmascots/daemonettes/daemonbabettes.jpg

Did I say OpenBSD? No no no, I mean to say FreeBSD, yeah, that's what I slobbered SAID, that's what I said.

[chickpea]

My self control is making alarming creaking noises right now.



Did I say OpenBSD? No no no, I mean to say FreeBSD, yeah, that's what I slobbered SAID, that's what I said.

Yeah, you can keep your blowfish, I'll stick with my daemons. :biggrin:

[soapbox]

Wetware:lol:.... that's awesome, I'm going to have to remember that one.

Yeah, the language of geekery is really funny some of the time. If you haven't read through The Jargon File (http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/index.html), it's worth the two weeks it'll take you to absorb it. For instance, here's the entry for wetware (http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/W/wetware.html).

I'm a Perl user, so the Perl entry (http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/P/Perl.html) (and its corollary (http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/S/Swiss-Army-chainsaw.html)) are good examples to use, too.

[soapbox]

Ok Cory, you need to quadruple boot the following distros without using GRUB:

Windows Vista Ultimate with Bitlocker enabled
OpenBSD
OpenSolaris (with ZFS as root partition)
LFS

Now remember no GRUB, no cheating and we'll be here when all hell breaks loose. Good Luck partitioning, it will be a lot of fun with OpenSolaris thrown in.:lol::lol:

No GRUB? Sheesh, why not chop off his arm while you're at it, damn.

[soapbox]

Ah, bug fixing. I still find that sometimes it helps to print out the code, grab a red pen and run the code through your wetware (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetware) interpreter. But congrats on finding the syntax error.

Oh, and having a rotary debugger (http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/R/rotary-debugger.html) also helps while you're looking for those errors.

[OldSaw]

Good morning.

[OldSaw]

About a half hour until I register for next semester and at least one of my classes on my wish list is already full. :mad:

[OldSaw]

Talk to you all later. I have a fairly busy day planned. I might not be able to log in at lunch. See you this evening.

[chickpea]

man, soapbox, it looks like it's just you and me for all of today. What the hell are we gonna talk about?

[strums fingers on desk . . .]

:dots:

So, linux, I linuxed the linux.


I had to "go binary" on my Sabayon install. Portage was just getting too much of a PITA to maintain. I was sick of maintaining /etc/portage/package.* files.

I had all these blocks and I was always running into instability (of course I run a ueberl33t ~amd64) so that was likely the issue... Nevertheless, I am happy with my decision to use SL's binary PM, Entropy. It's just a hell of a lot less to worry about when world updating. And world updates take SUBSTANTIALLY less than 1 week to do (like less than 30 minutes).

P.S. I recently installed Dropbox (http://www.getdropbox.com) which is a fantastic offsite backup daemon. Runs awesome even with the bugzilla ebuild (not in portage yet), even in KDE3.5 (it's really written for gnome).

[chickpea]

No GRUB? Sheesh, why not chop off his arm while you're at it, damn.

Desperate times call for desperate measures my friend. This will give us at least another 10,000 posts worth of material. Just getting LFS installed and compiled should give us around 5,000 posts alone.

I don't f*ck around when it comes to screwing up someone's machine. :biggrin:

I am the headache king!

[Confuzius]

Lilo?

[soapbox]

I had to "go binary" on my Sabayon install. Portage was just getting too much of a PITA to maintain. I was sick of maintaining /etc/portage/package.* files.

Meh, it never bothered me that much. Of course, even though I've got GNOME installed on my Mythbox, it's not my primary desktop so I don't worry about too much (though why subversion keeps crashing is a mystery to me and it is pissing me off, so I suppose you might have a point).


P.S. I recently installed Dropbox (http://www.getdropbox.com) which is a fantastic offsite backup daemon. Runs awesome even with the bugzilla ebuild (not in portage yet), even in KDE3.5 (it's really written for gnome).

Looks neat. Wish there weren't strings attached. I'd love to have that level of sync on my machines (I have several), but I'll stick to rsync (with unison coming soon, I swear). I've currently got a SATA issue with my FreeNAS, but it's a chipset issue and I'm not sure what to do about it. The FreeNAS is great because it supports rsync,unison, and a (ahem) host of other protocols.

[soapbox]

Lilo?

<shudder> I mean, "yes, it does work." Actually, I think you have to use both LILO and GRUB together for some dual/multi-boot configs. Yuck.

[chickpea]

Meh, it never bothered me that much. Of course, even though I've got GNOME installed on my Mythbox, it's not my primary desktop so I don't worry about too much (though why subversion keeps crashing is a mystery to me and it is pissing me off, so I suppose you might have a point).


yeah, Gentoo was my primary desktop and it was just getting in the way rather than making things easier.



Looks neat. Wish there weren't strings attached. I'd love to have that level of sync on my machines (I have several), but I'll stick to rsync (with unison coming soon, I swear). I've currently got a SATA issue with my FreeNAS, but it's a chipset issue and I'm not sure what to do about it. The FreeNAS is great because it supports rsync,unison, and a (ahem) host of other protocols.

What strings?

Well, if I had a NAS at home, then I wouldn't run dropbox either, I would just rdiff-backup and pipe over ssh to my FreeNAS, but again, don't got one. So backup consisted of an external HDD with a cron of flexbackup each Sunday night. With dropbox I get remote secure offsite and mirroring with my work computer. Makes keeping my keepass database synced easy.

[Confuzius]

I havn't actually used LILO since fooling around with Mandrake 8.0 or so.

I remember seeing somewhere a guy was multibooting 50 or so OS's
I can't even begin to imagine the headaches involved.

[Rollsshaver]

I used to give all you guys wedgies in high school.........................................

[soapbox]

I used to give all you guys wedgies in high school.........................................

That's almost certainly true. Buck? is that you? :lol:

[soapbox]

I havn't actually used LILO since fooling around with Mandrake 8.0 or so.

I remember seeing somewhere a guy was multibooting 50 or so OS's
I can't even begin to imagine the headaches involved.

Well, a bunch of those OSes are "friendly" and don't overwrite the MBR every time you update the system *cough*WINDOWS*cough*. I'm sure the biggest headaches were (a) running Windows of various flavors, and (b) formatting the drive for all of the OSes. I wonder if the guy had virtual machines -- say, running Windows 3.x, Win95, Win98, and WinME UNDER Windows XP? And would that really count?

[soapbox]

I used to give all you guys wedgies in high school.........................................

But it's worth noting that if you tried it now, your credit score would mysteriously tank soon thereafter. :whistling:

[chickpea]

I used to give all you guys wedgies in high school.........................................

Sorry, but nothing like that happened at my highschool. It was an all boys catholic school and playing around with another man's underwear would have been taboo (too much scatology and homophobia involved).

And it just so happened that cumputer nerdz were popular at my school because they made the best fake IDs.

[chickpea]

Well, a bunch of those OSes are "friendly" and don't overwrite the MBR every time you update the system *cough*WINDOWS*cough*. I'm sure the biggest headaches were (a) running Windows of various flavors, and (b) formatting the drive for all of the OSes. I wonder if the guy had virtual machines -- say, running Windows 3.x, Win95, Win98, and WinME UNDER Windows XP? And would that really count?

No it was straightup written as boot options in LILO. The guy was nuts or something.

[biomesh]

Those looking to customize their installs or looking to create appliances should look at http://susestudio.com/

There is a screencast on the main page to demo some of the features and the process of creating an image.

[soapbox]

No it was straightup written as boot options in LILO. The guy was nuts or something.

Woof. Oh well, "because it's there" is a good reason for lots of projects, maybe even testing the limits of LILO.

[soapbox]

Those looking to customize their installs or looking to create appliances should look at http://susestudio.com/

There is a screencast on the main page to demo some of the features and the process of creating an image.

That looks very cool, though part of me wonders if this project is taking off because SuSE's package manager sucks.:rolleyes: Still, this idea has lots of merit and I'll definitely give it a whirl.

[Mr. Gillette]

http://cornerstork.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/marijuana-leaf.jpg

I can't believe you posted that, you dope.
:lol::lol:

[Mr. Gillette]

This post brought to you by the Mr. G Institute of Postology.

I'm Mr. Gillette, and I approve this message.

[Mr. Gillette]

Tom,

Can you recommend some good drugs for Cory to help him with his multiquote sickness?

OBVIOUSLY the ones I take don't work worth a damn...but there are some groups where people just come, sit in a room and text each other. It would go like this (Avoiding eye contact)

"Hi...my name is Cory, and I'm a czar. I am a compulsive Multiquoter."

(No speaking, just the sound of 20-30 keyboards clicking, all saying "Hi, Cory!")

He continues to type, then hits the send button:

"It started in school when I was 7. The teacher gave me the choice of cleaning erasers or writing 100 sentences. I wrote it 10 times, put the thing in a xerox machine and selected "20"...doubling the assignment for good measure. I was onto something."

(A muffled gasp from the group, and one of the women in the group slides a little closer to him, obviously flushed...)

Suddenly his screen is covered with "Hi, Cory" approaching from all sides, all angles, up, down...some with little pictures of penguins, others with little pictures of Jennifer Anniston. Cory puts his head down to type. The woman moves away, obviously frightened now.

"Dennis? Rich? Is that you?"

:lol:

[Mr. Gillette]

Well, she does have a fancier costume than Tux, but her eyes are just plain evil looking. Tux is for everyone. Nothing evil about Tux. In fact Tux is anti evil.

Judging from that picture, the TAT name should be changed to TIT.:blushing:

[Mr. Gillette]

Notice how I've been quoting myself?

Say, fellas...that reminds me. Linux.

[Mr. Gillette]

34525

PURE SACRILEGE! HOW DARE YOU DIRTY THE CZAR'S IMAGE WITH TAT!:mad3:

[Mr. Gillette]

Furthermore, if Mr. Gillette wasn't on injured reserve and Limecat was SOMEWHERE to be found and Ray wasn't on vacation and we didn't have like forty freaking people posting all day on our thread that could be about anything instead of clearly focusing on Linux, well, we'd still have the lead.

LMAO!!! YEP...IT'S CLEAR FROM THIS SITE THAT EACH AND EVERY POSTER CONCENTRATES MANY HOURS EACH DAY ON...UH...WHAT WAS IT...LINUX OR SOMETHING? IS THAT SOME COMPUTER THING?:lol::lol:

[Mr. Gillette]

I might be an undergrad, but remember, I am a returning, non-traditional student. My son is an upperclassman at the same university. I decided to raise a family first, now I am finishing and completely changing careers.

I was just accepted into the education program to be a teacher. If that had not happened I was looking at computer science or information science as my alternative major. As it stands I am an education major with a math minor. I could be teaching your new born someday.

I just thought I'd post here. I was a teacher once. Licensened in WI...where's the fish fry, Lynch?

[Mr. Gillette]

:thumbup1:
Another excellent job of quoting yourself. :thumbsup:

[Mr. Gillette]

We haven't had this thread rockin this hard in a while. Cory is going to have a hard time catching up tomorrow. I'm afraid he will have one majorly loooong multiquote post.

I'm back in the game, gents...full speed. :lol:

[Mr. Gillette]

I think we have too many key players on injured reserve or vacation, and Cory isn't breaking anything. We need a bigger flame for Cory to fly into.


I can start asking newbie shave questions:

"I'm not sure if I should use feathers or not...I never shaved with a DE before, but someone told me they were sharp. Is it normal to cut off my earlobes and the bottom of my nose with these things? I did 19 passes with Barbasol just to get a smooth shave, and finished with Thayer's and Clubman. The good news is that I didn't have to shave until the skin grew back."

[Mr. Gillette]

Maybe a good point. OK time to pull out the big guns...


CORY!!!! I bet you cant' set up a triple boot!
(gauntlet thrown)

bonus points if one of them is a BSD

Oh now THAT is sweet! DO it Cory...you don't have a hair on your skinny white butt if you don't...

WORK? NO WORK!!! THERE IS A CAUSE!!!!!! I'm doing this from corporate America, using up their bandwidth!

RALLY!:lol::lol:

[Mr. Gillette]

VERY nice flair!

[Mr. Gillette]

Happy to help, after lunch

[Mr. Gillette]

Chuck Norris called...wished us luck and said "Linux".

[chickpea]

I can't believe you posted that, you dope.
:lol::lol:

I thought we were dope posting


. . .


OOOOOOOHHH DAMN DYSLEXIA YOU MEAN POST DOPING

Sorry, I got cornfused.

[Eagle]

Hey little penguin. What a waffle?



http://blog.craftzine.com/bunny%20waffle.jpg

[RichGem]

Ok Cory, you need to quadruple boot the following distros without using GRUB:

Windows Vista Ultimate with Bitlocker enabled
OpenBSD
OpenSolaris (with ZFS as root partition)
LFS

Now remember no GRUB, no cheating and we'll be here when all hell breaks loose. Good Luck partitioning, it will be a lot of fun with OpenSolaris thrown in.:lol::lol:

LFS? Linux For Sissies? :lol: :biggrin:

[RichGem]

Hey little penguin. What a waffle?



http://blog.craftzine.com/bunny%20waffle.jpg


Took care of that critter a long time ago with the Holy Hand Grenade.

[Eagle]

It should have read WANT a waffle.

Youse guys get the jist. You all's is smart n stuff.


btw don't think that TIT comment went unnoticed either.

[chickpea]

LFS? Linux For Sissies? :lol: :biggrin:

Linux For Surrealists or

Linux For Suckers

Linux For Sadomasochists

Linux For Sycophants

Linux For Shavers :w00t:

Linux For Separatists

Linux For Salutatorians

Linux for Sallops

Linux For Superheros

[chickpea]

Took care of that critter a long time ago with the Holy Hand Grenade.

http://xs133.xs.to/xs133/08471/00ra1921.jpg

Cocaine squirrel sees what you did there and doesn't like it.

[soapbox]

I can start asking newbie shave questions:

"I'm not sure if I should use feathers or not...I never shaved with a DE before, but someone told me they were sharp. Is it normal to cut off my earlobes and the bottom of my nose with these things? I did 19 passes with Barbasol just to get a smooth shave, and finished with Thayer's and Clubman. The good news is that I didn't have to shave until the skin grew back."

BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!:lol::lol::lol:

I love it.

[soapbox]

It should have read WANT a waffle.

Youse guys get the jist. You all's is smart n stuff.


btw don't think that TIT comment went unnoticed either.

The Insane Thread

The Inane Thread

The Ignorant Thread

The Idle Thread

The Iago Thread (Well, if they talked about Shakespeare)

...

:w00t: