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munchhausen
16y ago
I didn't know that vSphere used a SuSE kernel - that's interesting. I assumed they roll their own for sure. There must be more to it though - a couple of hundred million dollars for a Linux kernel which you can have for free anyway would be
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16y ago
So what could be VMware's plans for SuSE Linux? I am not familiar enough with their strategy to be able to speculate on this question, but I am curious - it certainly does not look like an "obvious" acquisition to me. Keep in mind that SuSE
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16y ago
I've been here for more than a year, so I hope the general public will not mind me voicing a concern. In my opinion, something unwelcome is happening in the last couple of days. I think there even was a pun thread the other day... with upvo
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16y ago
> Ya know what helps a lot? Reinstalling the OS. I know that you went on to talk about OSX and Windows, but you did say OS, so I thought I'll drop by and mention that reinstalling Linux will not give you a performance improvement.
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16y ago
> Same reason why tcsh and ksh didn't get traction, and they even have merit to them. In the world of enterprise Unix, ksh is king. It is used even for "serious" applications, not only as the sysadmin's glue of choice (the company where
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16y ago
> I wonder if this contributes to the higher rates of hepatitis and related illnesses in Asia -- and that in turn to the custom of removing shoes before entering households. Removing shoes before entering households is standard practice
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17y ago
You can also get it here: http://common-lisp.net/project/movies/movies/slime.mov
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17y ago
There is indeed a significant difference between the two - people paying for RHEL get support in return for their money. BSD benefactors get a good feeling and a word of thanks for their contribution. The difference in the amounts of money