ross549 Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 (edited) This was mentioned in another thread by teacher, but I don't think any more discussion has come of it.Who has a specific New Year's Resolution related to linux?Mine is to get Gentoo. Edited January 1, 2005 by ross549 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quint Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 hmmm mines is rather simple considering i would never want to change vector or slackware or mandrake guess i am boring so my new years resolution if to get them all working as sweet as they are now before i lose my mind, oops to late mind is gone ok i settle for them running as good as they are now besides i think LFS and Gentoo would be harder to run, from what i read so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxdude32 Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Start writing graphical programs in Linux. I took up C Programming in Linux a while back and put it back down again. Maybe this year I'll actually make something cool! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havnblast Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 To stick with Gentoo and Slackware - no more changing out distros - have had Gentoo now for a couple months - love it and Slackware is a recent install on the other machine and it seems to like the computer so I am not going to touch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dard Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Keep using linux so I can spend more time doing other things in life, like gain 10 pounds, drink more beer, sleep in late, lounge around the computer room, things like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Getting a 5th PC only for backup ( data and music ) . . . . :DB) Bruno. . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 (edited) Ahh. That is what I was thinking Quint. I am waiting for a new release. I have been watching for a while now so if you see a new release, let me know. :)Others:Spend either more or less time on the forum.Keep distros down to half a dozen.Learn more about how Linux works.Not make any resolutions I can not keep. Edited January 1, 2005 by teacher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonicDragon Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Just to play with it more and more :)I also want to help out here and at other open source projects more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peachy Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 That, and to master Slackware. It seems the faculty teaching and using Linux in their courses have decided to dump Red Hat and really don't like Fedora Core. Novell Linux and SUSE doesn't fit what they're doing (security, computer forensics, network architecture.) That leaves the guy who has to teach basic Linux miffed. He had all his course notes based on Red Hat. Now he has to redo them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 What are they using? Daughter's college switched from Red Hat to Gentoo. That one surprised me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonicDragon Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 That, and to master Slackware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peachy Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 They want to use Slackware 10.0 in the Networking/Security Lab. It will replace Red Hat 8.0. For the main Computer Commons I will be offering a multiboot of Windows XP, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows Server 2003, Windows 98 SE, Slackware 10.0, Fedora Core 3, and Red Hat 9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nlinecomputers Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Novell Linux and SUSE doesn't fit what they're doing (security, computer forensics, network architecture.)It doesn't? How did RH fit that bill any better? Both distros are not very different except that Suse is KDE based and RH is gnome based. And that is changing now that Novell has Ximian under is belt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peachy Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 One acronym: RPM. They have been dependent on the academic preference for all things Red Hat. But they think their students should be able to install from tarballs by now and they should do it in the distro they believe to be the closest to pure GNU filesystem layouts and conventions. That's the official line. The real line is that the instructor in the security program was turned on to Slackware after attending a security conference this autumn. Meaning that all the tools he wants to use will have been tested in a Slack environment first, because that was the developer's distro of choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nlinecomputers Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Oh so you can't run a tarball in an RPM distro? And Suse, a LSB distro doesn't have standard directories? Sounds like the typical Slacker FUD to me. Actually Slack is a good choice. They are very security based from what I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 . Meaning that all the tools he wants to use will have been tested in a Slack environment first, because that was the developer's distro of choice. Isn't that how it always goes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 (edited) Hi PeachyI remember you told us that you installed a very early Slackware from floppies . . . . . there is a world of difference with the recent versions . . . .I am sure you will absolutely love it !And if you keep it "current" there are no new versions you have to install anymore, plus you always are cutting edge ( they were the very first to have the new Gimp 2.2 ) Bruno Edited January 1, 2005 by Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havnblast Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 And if you keep it "current" there are no new versions you have to install anymore, plus you always are cutting edge ( they were the very first to have the new Gimp 2.2 ) BrunoThat is what I want from a Distro - one that I can keep current and not have to keep doing reinstalls - that was the biggest thing when I was deciding on a distro to use. Gentoo does that also and main reason it is on the main machine is cause the portage system is superior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin.p Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 Well, it's been a long time since I've posted in this forum. I had been using RH 8.0, 9.0 and MDK 9.1, but could never get linux running the "way I thought it should". Now, thanks to a "boot in the rear" from Specmon in sending me MDK 10.1, I will once again venture into the world of linux.This time I will take the time and energy to stick with it. Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 ...... New Years Resolutions .... find a couple 3 or 4 Linux distros that I really like .. learn how to d/l software to all of them of all types of software .. reduce the size of XP partition to the minimum needed plus 10% ... get two machines back up and running, sell both , maybe get a super laptop (very maybe) , pester all in the hardware forum about twin processor vs. 64bit processor ,, that is a start ,, (hope I last that long) ... :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 Oh so you can't run a tarball in an RPM distro? And Suse, a LSB distro doesn't have standard directories? Sounds like the typical Slacker FUD to me.  actually tarballs in rpm distro will give you an error message saying try slack or something of that nature hmmm i forgot the exact command , as far as files init style over SystemV cos Systemv to darn hard so no wonder schools would be learning to be slackers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryB Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 (edited) Mine is to1.learn the command line better in linux (This is yearly )2. To hold the line on getting computers I have more than enough(unless an orphaned computer needs a good home and a great OS ))3.Spend more time with my family4.to take an actual vacation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Edited January 2, 2005 by BarryB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozgeek Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 I am determined to install Gentoo and learn all I can about it.So far, I can't even get past the root password bit But, I will persevere. Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nlinecomputers Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 My resolutions will be to try and dump XP once and for all. Or at least reduce my use of it. I'm going to try and ditch Quickbooks this year and move to a SQL based accounting package called SQLledger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxdude32 Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 Slackware is a nice distro, but I'd think they'd want to be teaching an LSB-certified distro like Mandrake or SUSE. Slackware's whole point is to be as close to Unix (not Linux) as possible. And I, for one, find the System V Init style much easier than Slack's. I plan on basing my introduction to Linux course on SUSE but also plan on showing distro-neutral methods so no matter what distro they use, they'll be at home. I don't think Slack is any more security concious than any other distro. I used to hear the same thing from Debian diehards. Security lies more with the administrator of the distribution than the distribution itself. Despite how every distro-maker tries to paint itself as being "special", Linux distros are 95% the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havnblast Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 Come to think of it tho - one doesn't see as many Security Advisories with Slackware like you do with Mandrake, Debian, Suse.........Not sure why that is - maybe they are not posted or something I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 hi everyone i know this is somwhat off topic but i noticed that a few wanted to try LFS i came across this site LFS docs hope that i might help a few Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 I think you will find that Bruno has done a LFS install. I started on it a while back and ended up installing Gentoo instead. I am just waiting for a new version because it has been some time since they came out with one and there have been a lot of major changes in Linux so I figured I don't want to do it and then find a new version out the next week. Thanks for pointing the site outt.[back on subject]Any other resolutions out there? How many have you broken already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveydoom Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 Who has a specific New Year's Resolution related to linux?To actually use it a little bit more! . I've had SuSE installed for almost 2 months now and I've hardly ever used it. Plus I want to finally get Samba working (once I get around to picking up another NIC) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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