SuSE and Mandrake, IIRC, brand their kernels, as does (did, once, I saw it, honest) Red Hat.
And if they've STOPPED doing it, then, why, I shall have to start a campaign to get them to START doing it.
Firefox installation
- (tuberculosis)
- (72)
- Aug. 21, 2007, 06:06:36 AM EDT
Er, no...
- (admin)
- (24)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 02:55:08 PM EST
No, his point is well taken.
- (jake123)
- (10)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 02:57:36 PM EST
Missed mine.
- (admin)
- (2)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 03:00:25 PM EST
That may very well be
- (jake123)
- (1)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 03:21:23 PM EST
But like I said
- (admin)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 03:40:14 PM EST
There should be a standard desktop place to get new apps.
- (Another Scott)
- (6)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 03:06:51 PM EST
Very odd.
- (admin)
- (3)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 03:16:54 PM EST
I'll try again and report back. Thanks.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 03:17:45 PM EST
Results of trying apt-get for Privoxy on ProMEPIS.
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 07:32:52 PM EST
apt-get update doesn't do much.
- (admin)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 09:33:08 PM EST
Check out...
- (folkert)
- (1)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 10:58:13 PM EST
Thanks. I always appreciate your help.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 11:14:50 PM EST
zsh: command not found: apt-get
- (tuberculosis)
- (12)
- Aug. 21, 2007, 06:06:52 AM EDT
apt-get is a Debian thinger.
- (Another Scott)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 03:52:32 PM EST
That still isn't the point.
- (admin)
- (9)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 04:07:56 PM EST
Does not compute
- (tuberculosis)
- (8)
- Aug. 21, 2007, 06:06:59 AM EDT
Hand waving.
- (admin)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 04:25:45 PM EST
You don't manage the machine.
- (folkert)
- (6)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 05:25:13 PM EST
You guys are all confused
- (tuberculosis)
- (5)
- Aug. 21, 2007, 06:08:01 AM EDT
Now, come on Todd.
- (folkert)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 08:07:43 PM EST
Here's how to get Firefox on RedHat 7.2.
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 08:25:19 PM EST
Wha???
- (Yendor)
- (1)
- Nov. 30, 2004, 09:30:46 AM EST
Danke. I looked a bit, but not enough I guess. :-/
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Nov. 30, 2004, 09:48:22 AM EST
fink runs fine on my mac?
- (daemon)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 08:44:27 PM EST
I wondered when the change would happen.
-NT
- (folkert)
- Dec. 16, 2004, 03:40:03 PM EST
Odd.
- (imric)
- (43)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 03:06:01 PM EST
False analogy
- (tuberculosis)
- (42)
- Aug. 21, 2007, 06:06:57 AM EDT
On *which* distribution?
- (admin)
- (21)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 04:09:43 PM EST
I don't know
- (tuberculosis)
- (20)
- Aug. 21, 2007, 06:07:01 AM EDT
Dunno.
- (admin)
- (3)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 04:29:36 PM EST
Only clue I have is original install uses "disco"
- (tuberculosis)
- (2)
- Aug. 21, 2007, 06:07:18 AM EDT
Google says it's RedHat
- (admin)
- (1)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 04:41:55 PM EST
Ha! :-)
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 04:45:07 PM EST
To finger out your release and distro...
- (folkert)
- (5)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 04:59:03 PM EST
RH 7.2 (Enigma). Enigma? You're telling me.
- (tuberculosis)
- (4)
- Aug. 21, 2007, 06:08:03 AM EDT
Now you have to wonder.
- (folkert)
- (3)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 07:47:21 PM EST
Yes, now I wonder what we are running
- (tuberculosis)
- Aug. 21, 2007, 06:08:09 AM EDT
Windows XP was released over 3 years ago :P
- (altmann)
- (1)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 08:28:53 PM EST
Indeed, indeed.
- (folkert)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 08:35:01 PM EST
Doesn't tell you at the login prompt?
- (pwhysall)
- (9)
- Dec. 2, 2004, 11:45:02 AM EST
Really?
- (folkert)
- (8)
- Dec. 2, 2004, 04:50:49 PM EST
You're a primadonna
- (pwhysall)
- (6)
- Dec. 2, 2004, 05:25:40 PM EST
Disagree
- (broomberg)
- Dec. 2, 2004, 08:05:08 PM EST
Take a CLOSER look.
- (folkert)
- (4)
- Dec. 2, 2004, 11:27:08 PM EST
...which has a custom kernel...
- (pwhysall)
- (3)
- Dec. 2, 2004, 11:34:49 PM EST
Shhhhush. You'll wake the UnixMonster.
- (Another Scott)
- Dec. 2, 2004, 11:57:24 PM EST
But NONE of mine are
-NT
- (broomberg)
- (1)
- Dec. 3, 2004, 06:54:55 AM EST
Fairynuff.
- (pwhysall)
- Dec. 3, 2004, 07:09:59 AM EST
Debian?
- (imric)
- Dec. 2, 2004, 06:20:39 PM EST
It is an apt analogy.
- (imric)
- (19)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 04:17:18 PM EST
You're citing 10 year old software
- (tuberculosis)
- (18)
- Aug. 21, 2007, 06:07:03 AM EDT
My sister has a non-working install of Quicktime. On OSX.
- (imric)
- (17)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 05:44:49 PM EST
That would be the exceptional case
- (tuberculosis)
- (6)
- Aug. 21, 2007, 06:07:13 AM EDT
*grin* see edited post above
-NT
- (imric)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 04:36:10 PM EST
I would like to offer you the same evidence.
- (folkert)
- (4)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 05:39:57 PM EST
Then tell me how to install firefox
- (tuberculosis)
- (3)
- Aug. 21, 2007, 06:07:58 AM EDT
Holy Crap.
- (folkert)
- (2)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 08:32:13 PM EST
Looks pretty grim
- (tuberculosis)
- (1)
- Aug. 21, 2007, 06:08:16 AM EDT
If they say...
- (folkert)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 09:59:28 PM EST
Drag & Drop installation
- (SpiceWare)
- (3)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 05:04:04 PM EST
Glad
- (imric)
- (2)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 05:36:55 PM EST
Disk images are easiest
- (tuberculosis)
- (1)
- Aug. 21, 2007, 06:08:08 AM EDT
*shrug*
-NT
- (imric)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 10:21:11 PM EST
Answers
- (tuberculosis)
- (5)
- Aug. 21, 2007, 06:07:41 AM EDT
Re: Answers
- (admin)
- (4)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 06:40:37 PM EST
Yabut
- (tuberculosis)
- (3)
- Aug. 21, 2007, 06:07:54 AM EDT
OLD, OLD, OLD
- (folkert)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 08:14:39 PM EST
Gah.
- (admin)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 09:19:12 PM EST
But...
- (imric)
- Nov. 29, 2004, 10:26:37 PM EST
Uninformed tosh, I'm afraid.
- (pwhysall)
- (2)
- Dec. 2, 2004, 11:42:15 AM EST
I've now read the whole thread.
- (pwhysall)
- (1)
- Dec. 2, 2004, 11:49:44 AM EST
OT: "HEADCRABS!"
-NT
- (inthane-chan)
- Dec. 2, 2004, 07:31:30 PM EST