Posts by jrl1357

^ It isn't binary compatible, nor is fedora or even ubuntu and debian (although those two are pretty close). Gentoo is a GNU/Linux distro, BSD is, BSD. (although I think there have been GNU/K*BSD efforts with Gentoo) Also apple ll was in...

Quote:Originally Posted by Shrak Nothing wrong with bluetooth Without it my HTPC wouldn't have a remote or keyboard or controller.... and I'd be grumpy I know, but I would put it into the same category as scanning software-...

decided to toss F18 onto a spare partition. The installer was a huge pain, but overall I like it so far. Xfce 4.10 is nice. As usual not usable until after installing rpmfusion. I haven't really striped it down, just disabled selinux,...

I wasn't really scared of moving away from x, but now with mir, I get the feeling it's going to be very splintered and uncompatible for at least a year or so (after getting underway). Still, I am of the opinion that *overall* the *nix...

Quote:Originally Posted by cdoublejj Quote:Originally Posted by jrl1357 Just Debian with LXDE-ish desktop. Someone needs to try something other ubuntu. I use Lubuntu. it does come with codecs and Chorme whihc already has flash...

Quote:Originally Posted by mushroomboy Quote:Originally Posted by Plan9 I really don't think he does. There's a lot of work that needs to be done before GNU userland will run on other kernels - it's not a copy and paste job....

Quote:Originally Posted by Plan9 Quote:Originally Posted by jrl1357 ^ The userland. Mushroom seems to think half of x lies in the kernel space. I really don't think he does. There's a lot of work that needs to be done before...

^ The userland. Mushroom seems to think half of x lies in the kernel space.

Quote:Originally Posted by mushroomboy Quote:Originally Posted by jrl1357 sure, but all but the most completely obsolete or single task kernels from the mid 90s onwards support some display server. As for things compiling,...

Quote:Originally Posted by mushroomboy Quote:Originally Posted by jrl1357 Its just a kernel... Which has little too do with shells or display system. You can run x on windows even to a limited amount. The kernel really doesn't...