Linux, Inc.

BusinessWeek online ^ | 21 January 2005 | Steve Hamm

[ShadowAce]

Linus Torvalds once led a ragtag band of software geeks. Not anymore. Here's an inside look at how the unusual Linux business model increasingly threatens Microsoft

Five years ago, Linus Torvalds faced a mutiny. The reclusive Finn had taken the lead in creating the Linux computer operating system, with help from thousands of volunteer programmers, and the open-source software had become wildly popular for running Web sites during the dot-com boom. But just as Linux was taking off, some programmers rebelled. Torvalds' insistence on manually reviewing everything that went into the software was creating a logjam, they warned. Unless he changed his ways, they might concoct a rival software package -- a threat that could have crippled Linux. "Everybody knew things were falling apart," recalls Larry McVoy, a programmer who played peacemaker. "Something had to be done."

[TechJunkYard]

communism.org:

You certainly do have some interesting web sites in your favorites list, don't ya?

[SpaceBar]

I'm not interested in downloading a 650 MB file on a dialup connection.

Then you are smarter than you look.

I routinely download 600-700+ Mb files over dialup. I have a cron job that checks a list of file URL's and protocols I save while surfing, and when I'm sleeping it wget's the file list with the continuation flag so that downloads can span several evenings and dynamic IP sessions. When I have what I want and the MD5 sums check out, I burn. Works like a charm.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Cool.

I knew about wget, but I didn't know about the continuation flag. That is extremely useful.

Thanks for telling me.

[Cboldt]

if youre looking for a perminate os look at Suse it has some lightweight GUI's.. I think Fedora comes with some as well. You want to look for FVWM.

Or XFCE. XFCE is easier to set up. I use both and prefer FVWM, but XFCE is smaller, faster, and simpler.