We owe these people our thanks....
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| Author | Content |
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| helios Oct 15, 2011 6:21 PM EDT |
Matthew brings to mind the master set engineer for a blockbuster movie. While all the action and glamor goes on in front of the cameras, he is working behind the scenes to make sure everything looks and works right to make the movie a success. Sure the Linux Movie has it's stars like LT and RMS etc, but what of the folks that tend to each tedious detail? These guys are the ones that make my (bought second hand) Sony slimline usb DVD writer/player work in any distro I've chained it to. It has to be frustrating to say the least and propagates the abuse of pharmaceutical drugs at best. This is why I get so irritated at people who bemoan and get runny noses over the "bloated" kernel, or "bloated" anything for that matter. What you might consider "bloated", I might consider feature-rich. My 2.8 gig quad core with 8 gigs of RAM likes all the bloat you can throw at it. Much of that "bloat" I count on for a good computing experience. On the other hand, someone with an old IBM T30 appreciates the fact that the function keys work when called upon. Matthew and others see to it. Is that "bloat"? So Matthew, I don't know what they pay you and others like you, but I doubt if it's enough. Thank you for removing the lip-bitting and hand wringing when we put a live CD in to show it to a new user. I know you must often have the words "Louisville Slugger" and "knees" in your private thoughts when dealing with the slugs at Sony. Just know that if nothing else, people out here appreciate, I mean really appreciate your work. |
| techiem2 Oct 15, 2011 6:26 PM EDT |
Well said. I've often wondered as well about all the whining about the "bloated" kernel. If you are really that concerned about all the unneeded drivers built in, recompile it! Any more I rarely bother to thin down my kernel. More often I recompile to enable drivers I need that aren't enabled by default, and usually don't bother to disable anything when doing so. |
| jdixon Oct 15, 2011 8:58 PM EDT |
Since most drivers are compiled as modules which only get loaded into memory as needed, the only drawback to having them is their taking up disk space. With modern disks, that's hardly a problem. |
| helios Oct 16, 2011 12:46 AM EDT |
With modern disks, that's hardly a problem. 'Xactly. Geez, some of the comments I read about "bloat" make it sound like their hard drives are 1 gig museum pieces and every byte has to be evaluated for a place on said drive. |
| techiem2 Oct 16, 2011 9:10 AM EDT |
But..but..I need MORE SPACE! Every bit counts! /me looks innocently at his 6TB fileserver |
| jdixon Oct 16, 2011 10:32 AM EDT |
> ...make it sound like their hard drives are 1 gig museum pieces... I believe I have our original 40MB hard drive from my wife's first Gateway desktop around here someplace. It still worked when we disconnected it. :) |
| helios Oct 16, 2011 10:46 AM EDT |
640 megs should be enough for any one..... |
| Koriel Oct 16, 2011 1:01 PM EDT |
640 megs, thats luxury mate, i used to live in a shoe box in the middle of a road, work 27 hours a day with just 512 megs. |
| tuxchick Oct 16, 2011 1:26 PM EDT |
I remember my old Win 3.1 box with a 107-mb hard drive, and using some kind of winderz compression program to cram more stuff into it. It ended its days as a dedicated swap drive for Red Hat. |
| gus3 Oct 16, 2011 1:57 PM EDT |
My first computer had 2K of RAM. Now get off my lawn! |
| Koriel Oct 16, 2011 5:10 PM EDT |
That beats me this was my first computer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX81 plus the rampack with added wobble as a bonus. |
| ComputerBob Oct 16, 2011 5:16 PM EDT |
"Welcome to another round of MINE'S OLDER AND LESS POWERFUL THAN YOURS!" Excuse me -- I think I'll sit this one out. |
| techiem2 Oct 16, 2011 5:21 PM EDT |
lol.
My first personal machine was a Leading Edge 486slc 25 with 4MB? of RAM and a 120MB hdd they said would "last forever" (hah! I proved that wrong quickly). We had an Atari 800 before if that counts...and a Tandy Color Computer 2, though I don't recall it getting used much (just that it used tapes..one of which ended up getting used as an audio tape iirc). I have an ADAM in the basement now that someone gave me...I've never hauled it out to play with though. |
| JaseP Oct 17, 2011 8:57 AM EDT |
Timex-Sinclair 2000 w/ Ram pack then: Commodore 64, Ram expansion, 1541 disk drive, & Geos OS ... none of the above in 1 step. |
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