Mageia
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Re: Mageia
We don't
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dedanna1029
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I know. We're just too damn good, that's all. 
But then, to their credit, we don't host mass downloads, either...
But then, to their credit, we don't host mass downloads, either...
I'd rather be a free person who fears terrorists, than be a "safe" person who fears the government.
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Re: Mageia
The only (unconfirmed) explanation that I've seen so far is this from Oliver Burger in the sysadmin mailing list:
Jim
Tonight we had a power outage at the marseille datacenter, so all
servers (mageia and zarb) went down.
As I see it, only about half of them came back up.
Jim
Re: Mageia
Ok that is unfortunate of course. I tried to log into the forum today and it is impossible. I cannot see how that is power related. I wanted to give my two cents about the politics discussion.
I agree that politics in a forum is poison and very rarely is positive. We have the experiment here and the only ones happy are those not contradicted. It sure is dangerous stuff for a forum. But maybe it is better to have a box to get it out and keep it locked and invisible to non members?
Is Wikileaks relevant in a Linux forum? Yes! Is Wikileaks unpolitical ? No! We have put it in the political section to avoid "pollution" in the other areas.
Is the EU data retention Linux rellevant? Yes! very much so since smart phones are mainly Linux driven. Is it Political? Yes! it is pure politics.
The definition of politics is the sum of how your societies are organized, including Linux - so good luck to the moderators when drawing the line.
(it is better to write it here - where I can edit once I have cooled off )
I agree that politics in a forum is poison and very rarely is positive. We have the experiment here and the only ones happy are those not contradicted. It sure is dangerous stuff for a forum. But maybe it is better to have a box to get it out and keep it locked and invisible to non members?
Is Wikileaks relevant in a Linux forum? Yes! Is Wikileaks unpolitical ? No! We have put it in the political section to avoid "pollution" in the other areas.
Is the EU data retention Linux rellevant? Yes! very much so since smart phones are mainly Linux driven. Is it Political? Yes! it is pure politics.
The definition of politics is the sum of how your societies are organized, including Linux - so good luck to the moderators when drawing the line.
(it is better to write it here - where I can edit once I have cooled off
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Re: Mageia
viking60 wrote:I tried to log into the forum today and it is impossible.
http://blog.mageia.org/en/2011/05/28/po ... a-servers/
Jim
Edited to replace lengthy quote with a link
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Thanks!
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viking60 wrote:I agree that politics in a forum is poison and very rarely is positive. We have the experiment here and the only ones happy are those not contradicted.
Actually, compared to a lot of forums, we've been pretty damn tame, viking. You wouldn't believe some I've seen, where literally everyone is not only flamed, but completely ridiculed for their views. Personal attacks that are really low-down, the works. At least the two of us who join in the most, R_Head and I, only attack the politicians and governments themselves, and agree to disagree on most of the points that we disagree on. It seems from my own viewpoint from here, that what we all really in all honesty are at this forum, is truth-seekers, and not true political debaters, yet are not afraid to speak our minds.
I'd rather be a free person who fears terrorists, than be a "safe" person who fears the government.
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
Re: Mageia
Yes but we need more Republicans though to balance the Communist propaganda. (don't answer or I'll be forced to move this to the politics section 
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Also the capacity for polite disagreement and tolerance reaches it's limits first in the politics section. Still it keeps the rest clean...
Anyway 3 days until the first Mageia release and counting....
)Also the capacity for polite disagreement and tolerance reaches it's limits first in the politics section. Still it keeps the rest clean...
Anyway 3 days until the first Mageia release and counting....
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Re: Mageia
One day before the big release they have removed the link to the Mageia forums on the start page. Let us hope this is a coincidence. Prophylactic reaction to the response of the release? Is it that bad?
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Well it is out and it looks good.
I would have loved to give you some impressions but it keeps on freezing on me. During update in MCC there was noting to update.
I went to the terminal and did a urpmi --auto-update and it found a lot to update. During this update it froze.
I would have loved to give you some impressions but it keeps on freezing on me. During update in MCC there was noting to update.
I went to the terminal and did a urpmi --auto-update and it found a lot to update. During this update it froze.
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dedanna1029
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Re: Mageia
Sounds like an nvidia driver issue. If you can get to another drive (unless this is in VM of course), see if you can get to the Mageia Xorg.0.log, also /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
I'd rather be a free person who fears terrorists, than be a "safe" person who fears the government.
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
Re: Mageia
It is VM and it worked on the second attempt. It makes me somewhat uncertain though.
Mageia is playing safe and has no Gnome3-shell this time. No superduper inventions just a distro that can take over for Mandriva. Tools for conversion are there so it should be easy.
It is good old Mandriva in a way, and that is not bad. Mandriva will scare away some with the new creative Rosalab KDE-menu and they will gain some new.
I know there has been done a lot of hard work with Mageia (I did some of it in the translation department). and for a first release it is good.
Also Mageia is delivering good old Gnome! That will be a hit, because Mandriva has given it up and is concentrating on KDE.
But I guess the creative guys at MiB will fix a solution for that on the Mandriva side too.
All in all Mageia is a good alternative. That cannot be wrong.
Mageia is playing safe and has no Gnome3-shell this time. No superduper inventions just a distro that can take over for Mandriva. Tools for conversion are there so it should be easy.
It is good old Mandriva in a way, and that is not bad. Mandriva will scare away some with the new creative Rosalab KDE-menu and they will gain some new.
I know there has been done a lot of hard work with Mageia (I did some of it in the translation department). and for a first release it is good.
Also Mageia is delivering good old Gnome! That will be a hit, because Mandriva has given it up and is concentrating on KDE.
But I guess the creative guys at MiB will fix a solution for that on the Mandriva side too.
All in all Mageia is a good alternative. That cannot be wrong.
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