On 2008-11-28, Terry Porter <linux-2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:39:07 +0000, Gregory Shearman wrote:
>
>> On 2008-11-28, Terry Porter <linux-2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:26:29 -0500, Sandeep Kumar wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I don't disagree with you on your statements, but I wouldn't go as far
>>>> as to say an expert.
>>>> That would be Gentoo or Linux from scratch.
>>>
>>> I don't know about LFS, but this is a Gentoo quad core workstation:-
>>> tp@gronk1 ~ $ uname -a
>>> Linux gronk1 2.6.23-gentoo-r8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jun 7 01:24:52 EST
>>> 2008 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel
>>> GNU/Linux
>>
>> You are running an old kernel on that workhorse.
>
> Yeah, but it's a production box, I'll upgrade the kernel when there is a
> feature I can't live without.
>
> This Linux box processes WiFi orders every day, designs networks and
> draws them, it is used to write crappy Perl code and do 100 other tasks.
Hmmm. That's what I thought. What ain't broke don't need fixin'.
> I'ts bloody good, and improving all the time.
It's great how during an update, when portage itself is updated, the
whole portage update is stopped and reloaded using the new portage.
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Regards,
Gregory.
Gentoo Linux - Penguin Power
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