A recent cnet article suggests that Ubuntu is eating other distribution’s lunch . In particular, one distribution is reported to be falling apart: Gentoo . Gentoo was very popular among my friends at the time I adopted Linux, but from what I’ve seen, the project fell apart as developers were unable to come to consensus or resolve conflicts.
From what little I know of Gentoo users and the project, it’s closer to say that Gentoo is becoming an unofficial set of distributed overlays than a centralized approved project with trusted developers and so on. Gentoo’s core appeal isn’t under attack by Ubuntu -- building from source and customization for performance are central and remain relatively unique. If Ubuntu’s focus on desktop usability or six month release cycle are appealing enough to Gentoo users that they leave the project, then build from source and customization were simply means to an end and Ubuntu has improved the Linux landscape for the ...
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Corey Burger: 5 Mar 2008From: advogato.org
Post Date: 2008-03-04 17:34:38
Ask (the web) and ye shall receive
Jonathan ,
I agree that I should have filed the 1st bug. But why work
when you can get the lazyweb to do it for you? In this case,
Ryan Prior with LP
bug 193578 .
The 2nd point, about the freezing, I simply didn’t have
enough foo to determine where (and if) the bug existed.
Lazyweb to the rescue again. Although I haven’t tested it,
Jeff Schroeder has told me it is likely due to a scheduler
bug. Explanation ,
more ,
and y...
more Jacob Peddicord: SSH loves rDNSFrom: jacob.peddicord.net
Post Date: 2008-03-04 17:34:39
Since a few weeks ago, every time I would run SSH to sign into my server I would have to wait about a minute before I could even get a key/password prompt. The problem never really went away, so I contacted my ISP.
After a few email exchanges with some SSH debug logs and traceroutes, they added a reverse DNS record to see if it helped. Strangely enough, it did. I’ve never had a reverse DNS entry associated with my IP, and I’ve never had any trouble with it in the past. Only rece...
more Craig A. Eddy: tycheentFrom: tycheent.wordpress.com
Post Date: 2008-03-05 04:40:10
In my last blog post I talked about why I volunteered. This time I’m going to talk about how you can volunteer. No, I’m not going to twist your arm or anything like that. Nobody HAS to volunteer. But for those who are interested and have the time, there are many ways to do so.
There’s always need for developers. Programmers interested in various packages or willing to help find and fix bugs in code. But there are other categories that also need help. People to trans...
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