[rdb3]

Throwing out some old *nix mags and read this one again. Found it online and thought I'd share with my Fellow FReeping Penguins.

Interesting history I didn't know about Debian. And a good thought on integrating the Linux distros. I've been yelling about this for a long, long time.

[ShadowAce]

Please add me to your penguin list.

[Michael Barnes]

Thanks for the ping..Never got into deb..I do have an old PPro 200 laying in mothballs..Might load it up for the hell of it..BTW, can ya freepmail me with what you find out about building a new kernel under deb??

[tsomer]

Thanks for the link. The Linux idea is appealing, and a sure antidote to escalating software maintenance costs and increasingly invasive techniques by the big developers.

It's a quandary: though I believe property rights are the foundation of privacy rights, intellectual property rights seem to be metastasizing into something pernicious. I haven't thought this out systematically, but what better proof do you need than to here of some schnook getting hauled in by 40 government agents and getting 4 years?

I grew up around farms; my uncle fixed most of the problems around his place, tractors and trucks. That's another cornerstone, and the black box approach of most developers is undermining it. The linux user is the current analogy to the shade tree mechanic, and that embodies quintessential American ideal.

Even so, I confess that Linux scares the hell out of me. Do you think a total "end user" boob can ever get a handle on it, without it becoming his exclusive hobby?