KCLUG June 2006

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Polls re: new linux distribution
by Rich Edelman 24 Sep '06

24 Sep '06

Since the list has been slow lately, I figured I'd try to stir up some conversation/debate by asking a few questions. :) First a quick note. I'm an LFSer (Linux From Scratch) when I'm not using OpenSUSE. I've often thought of making some of my LFS packages available to the community, but haven't because of the nature of LFS. Anyway, I was thinking more about that tonight and decided to ask the list some questions. If you were to start a new linux distribution, what would you use for package management? rpm? dpkg? none (tar.bz2s)? portage? roll your own? What about managing dependencies and fetching packages from remote repositories? yast? apt? smart? yum? urpmi? portage? What architectures / hardware would you support? ppc? alpha? x86 / x86_64? On multilib capable arches (such as x86_64), would you support both 32 and 64 bit, or go 64 bit only? Would you go the way of Ubuntu, and work around Gnome mainly? Or the way SuSE traditionally was, and be mostly KDE oriented? There we go, I think that might get the ball rolling. :) Rich

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OT: kcrug
by Josh Charles 30 Jun '06

30 Jun '06

Does anyone know if the KC Ruby Users Group has a mailing list still up? It looks like their website is basically just the announcement of a workshop I'm guessing happened last week, and the links go to other websites. I went through all the links google returned and found an old link to the mailing list. It seems their rails application is not running properly, however.\ Thanks Josh

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Re: Polls re: new linux distribution
by djgoku 27 Jun '06

27 Jun '06

On 6/27/06, Luke-Jr <luke(a)dashjr.org> wrote: > > One goal of Utopios's new package manager is to more or less always build from > source, but if it's already been done, use those binaries. Think Portage, but > if someone has compatible CHOST/CFLAGS and the same USE flags, it will use > their binaries or distcc if they're not done yet. Plus a bit of security > measures, of course. That is one of the reason I got away from Gentoo is compile from source all the time take hours on end to update the system and something always breaking or possibility of breaking was much higher than OpenBSD. I don't care about all the "speed" gained if any at all with CHOST/CFLAGS I just want it to install and go that is why I use packages and rest is compiled ports. (though if you want Java installed it took like 14 hours to compile from ports which kinda suck) Not saying OpenBSD is perfect in there pkg manager, but it works for me. And pkg management has been much more stable with OpenBSD over Gentoo. Also not everything is the lastest and greatest version of a software, usually newest as of release and updates for security. I know a lot of this wouldn't matter (compiling from source) as much if I had a faster desktop machine (currently use a Dual 700Mhz/1GB RAM as my desktop).

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central rsync servers or something like that
by David Nicol 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2006/tc20060621_255365.htm -- David L Nicol "if life were like Opera, this would probably have poison in it" -- Lyric Opera promotional coffee cup sleeve from Latte Land

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webhosting companies vs colo and bandwidth/transfer volume
by hanasaki 19 Jun '06

19 Jun '06

webhosting companies vs colo and bandwidth/transfer volume After looking at the high cost of bandwidth and monthly transfer volume I have got to know... How do the hosting providers provide so much monthly transfer (400gig+ / month) for accounts that are under $10/mo? Any ideas?

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Server for sale: specs inside
by Joe Brouhard 19 Jun '06

19 Jun '06

Since i've been hit with some financial hard times, I'm finding myself having to sell a machine I HONESTLY don't want to get rid of, but i'm running out of options. Here's the specs Dell Poweredge 6400 Dual XEON 550Mhz 1GB DDR RAM 8 18GB SCSI Drives (Currently RAID'd to 100GB) CD-ROM Floppy drive Onboard Video, NIC I can install the two NIC's i took out some time ago for anyone. Currently It will only load Gentoo, FreeBSD or Debian (RedHat and others have a problem with the PERC/2 RAID card inside). starting offer is $250.. if anyone wants this, lemme know. Also if you have questions, please let me know and I'll do my best to answer them. Joe Brouhard jbrouhard(a)chansata.com

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Fw: Sr. Software Development Opportunity in Chicago/C++/UNIX
by Leland Riffel 18 Jun '06

18 Jun '06

fyi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Quirk" <jquirk(a)htassociates.com> To: "Leland Riffel" <lrriffel(a)worldnet.att.net> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 9:57 AM Subject: Sr. Software Development Opportunity in Chicago/C++/UNIX > I would like to speak with you regarding a full time opportunity here in > Chicago. My client has easily the most sophisticated technical environment > in the midwest. I am looking for talented developers with C++ Unix/Linux > experience to work on financial trading applications. My client employs over > 80 PHD's engaged in developing new trading application algorithms for > development. They will offer full relocation to the right individual and are > looking to fill this job right away. Please contact me if interested. > > jq > > James Quirk > HT Associates > 847.577.0300 > 3030 Salt Creek Lane > Arlington Height, IL. 60005 > jquirk(a)htassociates.com > > > >

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Unix System Administrator
by lrriffel＠worldnet.att.net 18 Jun '06

18 Jun '06

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UNIX Systems Administrator
by lrriffel＠worldnet.att.net 18 Jun '06

18 Jun '06

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UNIX System Administrator
by lrriffel＠worldnet.att.net 18 Jun '06

18 Jun '06

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