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Comment on Getting colors to work for ls and vim on Solaris 11 by Brian Masinick

Brian Masinick — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 17:48:30 +0000

Good thing that Vim is now available on Solaris! I can still remember the first time I used minicomputer systems in the early eighties running UNIX software. Only the best systems at the time could handle Vi well. I often resorted to using Ed, believe it or not, and it got the job done. Emacs? In the early eighties, forget it!

The first implementation of SunOS on Motorola 68000 tower systems was promising, but for the first few years, it was underpowered too. It did not take long, however, for most systems, Sun certainly included, to take up the Slack… oh wait, we’re not talking about Slackware, or ARE WE?

In 1998 I bought my first home PC, a 100 MHz Micron P100 with 16 MB of memory (I believe I added another stick to bring it up to an amazing 32 MB! I had a 2.1 GB hard drive. By then, Elvis could fly on it, and GNU Emacs also worked great. Sun had Sparc, and soon thereafter, UltraSPARC, and we had plenty of system resources. By the change of the millennium, there really was no good reason NOT to have every editing capability you could ask for. If Emacs could come up in 2-3 seconds, ANY Vi provided virtually instantaneous access to files.

I’ve heard of people editing files a few GB in size, though these DO still stretch the capabilities, not only of the editors, but of virtual memory components. The best ones can actually do it, believe it or not.

Anyway, thanks for the tips; I often do the same thing; I frequently post my favorite scripts and configuration files in public places, both to benefit others and to have a place where I can grab them, so if I access some other computer, as long as it has Internet access (and the freedom to use it), I can get the tools that I want anywhere.

Nice simple configuration, Dave, thanks!

Comment on Bash – some .bashrc functions by jaffar

jaffar — Sat, 14 May 2011 18:17:06 +0000

nice collection , i like the extract function most, saves time and efficient , thanx for sharing

Comment on screenhelp – show notes about screen. by drcouzelis

drcouzelis — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 02:31:59 +0000

Thanks for sharing. I use screen every day, but I pretty much only know the most basic commands. This’ll help me become a master of screen and attract hot women.

Comment on Creating a stable Arch server. by Jim Karsten

Jim Karsten — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:04:25 +0000

I am interested in using a similar setup. Is it possible to get a few
more details.

In step 1, how do mirror the current repo? Do you create a local mirror?
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Local_Mirror

In step 3, what exactly do you do to push the local repo to the stable
repo?

Do you use any of the following tools? yaourt, abs, powerpill,
bauerbill, pkgd, network shared pacman cache.

Thanks,
jim

Comment on Archlinux.me running on kernel26 2.6.32.8-1 by crouse

crouse — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:54:38 +0000

2.6.32.6-1 now.

core/kernel26 2.6.32.6-1 (base)
The Linux Kernel and modules
core/kernel26-firmware 2.6.32.6-1 (base)
The included firmware files of the Linux Kernel
core/kernel26-headers 2.6.32.6-1
Header files and scripts for building modules for kernel26

Comment on Would I recommend Arch to someone new to Linux ? by crouse

crouse — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:16:03 +0000

OpenSuse Mandriva Slackware CentOS Debian , these give you a good cross section of the major distros, if I had to choose one, probably slackware would be the closest to Arch, and give you the most command line experience.

When I say servers, I mean using one computer, install a web server, an ftp server, a mail server etc…. that gives you lots of experience installing and configuring things from the command line. Good luck and have fun :)

Comment on Archlinux.me running on kernel26 2.6.32.8-1 by crouse

crouse — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:13:05 +0000

2.6.32.3-1 now ;)

Comment on Would I recommend Arch to someone new to Linux ? by magma

magma — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:14:42 +0000

thanks for the ready response, i wonder if there is any other distro you recommend so i can at the same time experience some troubles but be able to solve them by myself with the available resources?
Also when you say install a few servers are you suggestion to put some old computers to function as server for files at home?

Comment on Would I recommend Arch to someone new to Linux ? by crouse

crouse — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:17:57 +0000

Hello magma,

The best thing you can do to learn more about Linux is probably to get comfortable at the command line.
Learn bash, learn command line commands (not bash, but can be used in bash scripts). Install a few “servers” from scratch, not with a package manager, get the hang of manipulating things from the command line instead of a gui. If you don’t know how to use vi and emacs … learn the basics of both. That will get you a long ways towards being the master of your system vs just getting by. ;) If you want more help, and aren’t ready for Arch, feel free to stop by http://usalug.org ,lots of people willing to help with anything they can.

Comment on Would I recommend Arch to someone new to Linux ? by magma

magma — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:57:58 +0000

Hi, pretty much honest opinion.
I must say after a post like this not having a comment is quite offensive, ill try to do one.
Iam a linux newbie, i just use it almost for a year, im not a programmer or a computer student, i study engineer and i do some programming in Matlab, but thats another story. The common point is this conversation is Arch i find pretty amazing the principles and the philosophy behind it. Well i am a Ubuntu, no shame on saying it, i think they are doing a fabulous job in their mission. I dont pretty much understand about Linux, but i am a curious person and i like to always learn a little more. Yes i tryed to install arch but, in some way i failed the initial fire proof, i couldnt get the installed base system to connect to internet and proceed with the installation, even so i have learned a few more things. Like you say i think there is right tool for the right job and i agree, again, when you say arch needs some kind of “preparation” allow me to say it this way to full understand and enjoy it, i think im not ready. So what i would like to ask you is in your opinion how can i improve my linux knowledge in not such a hard way, for example is there any distribution you advise, any reading, any tutorial. I will be glad if you have some kind of advice for a newbie who wants to learn a few more things with some kind of a “help”.

thanks in advance