Yea you whinners!! Shut the Heck up already about the problems with the linux version!!!!! Flayra knows about them. I'm sure he's seen the 9 dozen posts since 1.0. He will fix it. I have faith.. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
(and a linux server dying to have betas slapped on it) (I know, I know, I'll do anything to get into the beta tester group)
<!--QuoteBegin--Flayra+Jan 3 2003, 02:40 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Flayra @ Jan 3 2003, 02:40 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I could've sworn I had said this a few times already:
"Yes we know there is some problems with the linux server. And we are addressing them."<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> It's not just the linux version that needs some tweaking. Please make a note to work on the Windows version too. PLZ
<!--QuoteBegin--greydmiyu+Jan 2 2003, 09:45 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (greydmiyu @ Jan 2 2003, 09:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Ya know, I laugh every time I hear about dependency-hell from a Slacker. In the 4-5 years of running Debian I have never... <b>never</b> had 'dependancy-hell.' In fact, I've had the exact opposite. "Oh, you need this library to run, it isn't installed, we'll install it."<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Debian seems to be a pleasant exception to most things "bad." 'Dependancy-hell' is more of a back-handed swipe at past RedHats; I hear they're slowly getting better, although their directory layout is still cracked-up beyond belief. Mandrake, Ygg, and a few others burned with library fire for awhile too, but I haven't touched any of those for quite some time.
I have no problems with my Slack workstation. However, I also know it inside and out. This makes installing complex software packages that insist on broken autoconf scripts much simpler. "Oh, configure, you can't find libfoo? I know where that is. It's installed in a very standard location. Why are you having troubles finding it? Please hold while I override your brain-deadness."
<!--QuoteBegin--verbose+Jan 4 2003, 02:08 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (verbose @ Jan 4 2003, 02:08 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--greydmiyu+Jan 2 2003, 09:45 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (greydmiyu @ Jan 2 2003, 09:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Ya know, I laugh every time I hear about dependency-hell from a Slacker. In the 4-5 years of running Debian I have never... <b>never</b> had 'dependancy-hell.' In fact, I've had the exact opposite. "Oh, you need this library to run, it isn't installed, we'll install it."<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Debian seems to be a pleasant exception to most things "bad." 'Dependancy-hell' is more of a back-handed swipe at past RedHats; I hear they're slowly getting better, although their directory layout is still cracked-up beyond belief. Mandrake, Ygg, and a few others burned with library fire for awhile too, but I haven't touched any of those for quite some time.
I have no problems with my Slack workstation. However, I also know it inside and out. This makes installing complex software packages that insist on broken autoconf scripts much simpler. "Oh, configure, you can't find libfoo? I know where that is. It's installed in a very standard location. Why are you having troubles finding it? Please hold while I override your brain-deadness."<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> LMAO!!
doesn't <b>whereis</b> <i>command</i> work usually? I'm just asking...
<!--QuoteBegin--cracker jackmac+Jan 4 2003, 02:03 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (cracker jackmac @ Jan 4 2003, 02:03 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->doesn't <b>whereis</b> <i>command</i> work usually? I'm just asking...<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> For most things, <b>whereis</b> and <b>which</b> are adequate. <b>whereis</b> behaves differently on several platforms, sometimes even consulting <b>locate</b>. On platforms where it doesn't, it can miss important things due to its hard-coded list of search directories (overridable on command line, but you're searching for something that you <i>don't</i> know the location of <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> ), such as a MySQL binary-installation in /usr/local/mysql.
Wow, we're now way offtopic. Suggest moving discussion to another forum such as 'general' for continuation, if necessary.
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"Yes we know there is some problems with the linux server. And we are addressing them."
(and a linux server dying to have betas slapped on it)
(I know, I know, I'll do anything to get into the beta tester group)
"Yes we know there is some problems with the linux server. And we are addressing them."<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It's not just the linux version that needs some tweaking. Please make a note to work on the Windows version too. PLZ
Debian seems to be a pleasant exception to most things "bad." 'Dependancy-hell' is more of a back-handed swipe at past RedHats; I hear they're slowly getting better, although their directory layout is still cracked-up beyond belief. Mandrake, Ygg, and a few others burned with library fire for awhile too, but I haven't touched any of those for quite some time.
I have no problems with my Slack workstation. However, I also know it inside and out. This makes installing complex software packages that insist on broken autoconf scripts much simpler. "Oh, configure, you can't find libfoo? I know where that is. It's installed in a very standard location. Why are you having troubles finding it? Please hold while I override your brain-deadness."
Debian seems to be a pleasant exception to most things "bad." 'Dependancy-hell' is more of a back-handed swipe at past RedHats; I hear they're slowly getting better, although their directory layout is still cracked-up beyond belief. Mandrake, Ygg, and a few others burned with library fire for awhile too, but I haven't touched any of those for quite some time.
I have no problems with my Slack workstation. However, I also know it inside and out. This makes installing complex software packages that insist on broken autoconf scripts much simpler. "Oh, configure, you can't find libfoo? I know where that is. It's installed in a very standard location. Why are you having troubles finding it? Please hold while I override your brain-deadness."<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
LMAO!!
doesn't <b>whereis</b> <i>command</i> work usually? I'm just asking...
For most things, <b>whereis</b> and <b>which</b> are adequate. <b>whereis</b> behaves differently on several platforms, sometimes even consulting <b>locate</b>. On platforms where it doesn't, it can miss important things due to its hard-coded list of search directories (overridable on command line, but you're searching for something that you <i>don't</i> know the location of <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> ), such as a MySQL binary-installation in /usr/local/mysql.
Wow, we're now way offtopic. Suggest moving discussion to another forum such as 'general' for continuation, if necessary.