Comments | rfunk: Namespace clashes

rfunk

Namespace clashes

Oct 02, 2004 14:50

I'm sitting here at the Hyatt Regency Columbus at the second Ohio LinuxFest, and so far the most interesting talk was about Security-Enhanced Linux. But it wasn't interesting only for the obvious reasons; it was also interesting because it reminded me of some mildly annoying namespace clashes in technology ( Read more... )

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Comments 8

stega October 2 2004, 20:06:38 UTC

come away from the dark side--FreeBSD is so sexy

rfunk October 2 2004, 22:29:06 UTC

oh, but debian has apt-get dist-upgrade.

Best part of the conference was the irc heckling during talks.

stega October 2 2004, 23:04:21 UTC

FreeBSD has the ports collection and cvsup.

FreeBSD rfunk October 4 2004, 02:59:14 UTC

I have mixed feelings about compiling everything from source to do upgrades. On a server it requires having the compile toolchain available rather than deleted for safety, and on a desktop it requires some really long compiles, such as for KDE. (I assume cvsup speeds the update of the actual code; "cvs update" can take forever on a huge tree.)

On the other hand, it does make custom code changes a little more straightforward.

I'm still not clear on how ports are upgraded. My OpenBSD experience with them was that they're great on first installation, but a pain when anything needs to be upgraded.

Anyway, I've been meaning to ask you about FreeBSD anyway (for servers), since I know you're a fan and I trust your opinion.

Thread 7

braider October 3 2004, 01:06:27 UTC

Hey, I'll not be at Ren Faire tomorrow (Sunday) after all. If you're still in town, want to get together sometime before you head home?

Sunday rfunk October 3 2004, 15:51:16 UTC

We're planning to head to the south oval of OSU (just north of W 12th Ave, just west of the Ohio Union and College Rd) for the Columbus Pagan Pride Day event. Wanna meet us there? We can't stick around in Columbus past 4ish.