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Look up. the very first post contrastd coreos' systemd as opposed to |
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openrc, bringing words like "evil"ution into the park. |
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later on we hear that coreos is "stealing" gentoo's ideas and hope that it |
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is CRUSHED. |
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but why? its its own frigging distro now. not gentoo by a long shot. |
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On Wednesday, December 03, 2014 02:39:53 AM Mark David Dumlao wrote: |
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> Why do I get the feeling that this is another episode of the "i hate |
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> LennartSoft(tm) too" circlejerk on the gentoo mailing list? |
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Why do I get the feeling you just want another flamewar? |
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I don't see any mention of systemd or anything else written by Lennart, |
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apart |
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from your comment. |
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> this mailing list used to be about gentoo. |
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It still is. |
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> On Dec 3, 2014 1:38 AM, "James" <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Rich Freeman <rich0 <at> gentoo.org> writes: |
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> > > > is integration of the best of the CoreOS ideas into "Gentoo proper". |
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> > > |
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> > > I'm not suggesting that "/usr types of systems" are going away. I'm |
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> > > just pointing out that they're not really the focus of CoreOS (hosting |
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> > > them inside containers is, but not running these kinds of applications |
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> > > in the host itself). |
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> > |
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> > I do not intend to follow the CoreOS commercial path. It intend to mod |
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> > gentoo to achieve those attractive attributes back into my "gentoo |
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> > proper". |
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> > tftp, pxe, dhcp, uefi and many other tools give us a path to |
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> > running the least (embedded) to the most (complex traditional server) |
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> > as an extension (compliment) to the cluster. So as was pointed out, |
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> > I'm merely "lifting" form CoreOS what they lifted from their |
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predicessors; |
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> > no more no less. I see the gentoo admins being able to move hardrware |
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> > in and out of the cluster, dynamically and being able to run many |
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> > sorts of gentoo systems (embedded to fulls server) on a myriad of |
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> > hardware they own and control. |
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> > |
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> > > You seem to be wanting a minimalist profile of Gentoo, not CoreOS. |
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> > |
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> > YES!, I want Gentoo to "CRUSH" CoreOS because we can and our goal is not |
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> > to deceptively move users to a "rent the binary" jail. OK? |
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> > |
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> > > < think many of us would love to see that, and I've been an advocate |
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of |
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> > > paring down <at> system for just this reason. I just wouldn't use |
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the |
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> > > term "CoreOS" with that as this is going to lead to confusion. CoreOS |
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> > > is a specialized distro intended to host containers, no more, no less. |
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> > |
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> > OK, we see CoreOS differently. For me it was an Epiphany moment of |
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> > where I'm been trying to end up, with the aforementioned Gentoo twists. |
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> > |
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> > > It isn't intended as a starting point for embedded projects or such. |
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> > > Sure, maybe you could make it work, but sooner or later CoreOS will |
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> > > make some change that will make you very unhappy because they aren't |
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> > > making it for you. |
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> > |
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> > CoreOS will never be in my critical path. Large corporations will turn |
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> > computer scientist and hackers into WalMart type-employees. |
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Conglomerates |
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> > are the enemy, imho. I fear Conglomerates much more than any group |
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> > of government idiots. ymmv. |
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> > |
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> > (warning digression) |
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> > |
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> > Just look at the entire "net neutrality" |
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> > |
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> > turf struggle. That sort of "corner the market" monopolistic behavior |
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> > would not be possible, if we had just maintained the "MAE" precedence |
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> > for network peering. Obama had little choice; but, putting networks |
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> > under SS7 style telecom regulations is a deceptive and horrible idea. |
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> > Conglomerates lobby congress and get very bad ideas written into law. |
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> > All we needed is regulation to allow (force) all networks to peer with |
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> > other networks. The entire concept of "private peering" is horseshit |
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> > and it should be ended immediately. CoreOS and the "Cloud" lobbyist can |
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> > easily get regulations passed to put an end to this linux experiment, |
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> > imho. |
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> > Differnt subject I know, but the tactics of conglomerates are always the |
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> > same. Roll up competition and eliminate it, oh all in the name of better |
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> > security and portecting our 1st amendment rights and our conglomerates. |
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> > (sorry of the digression). |
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> > |
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> > > But, again, I'm all for a more lightweight Gentoo profile that doesn't |
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> > > bundle stuff like openssh, or even an init implementation (since we |
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> > > have several to choose from now). |
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> > |
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> > Funny, ssh is one of a few things I would put into drastically reduce |
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> > @system. ymmv, unless you are going to add something like netconsole.c |
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> > back into the bundle. |
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> > |
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> > I do not see my vision of the cluster (CoreOS insprired) to be limiting |
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> > to anyone at Gentoo. Not the embedded folks, not the mimalist, not |
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> > any init-camp, not the devs, hackers, or wannabees. And certainly |
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> > not the users. Is this a large undertaking? Certainly. Are the pieces |
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> > mostly already in existence, just scattered about and transversing time? |
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> > (methinks YES). |
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> > |
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> > |
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> > It all depends on how your vision works. Being older, I see a return to |
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> > massive diskless nodes being what CoreOS and the entire "Cloud Vendor" |
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> > conglomerates want. Conversely, I see those cheap microP now accompanied |
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> > by |
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> > enormous amount of ram and SSD that is dirt cheap forming the building |
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> > blocks for the Gentoo cluster paradigm shift. I see Gentoo "smashing" |
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that |
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> > "Cloud-vendor CoreOS" paradigm by provide what they offer and so much |
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more |
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> > (full /usr systems) out of the same core codebase. I see Gentoo keeping |
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> > the |
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> > rank and file computer scientists and hackers, gamefully employed. I |
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see |
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> > the CoreOS folks migrating computer scientists and hackers to the |
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Walmart |
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> > model of underemployment at a few conglomerates. |
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> > |
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> > Gentoo provides an excellent set of choices and a very bright future |
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for |
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> > me |
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> > (cluster). Other can pick their own poison.... |
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> > |
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> > |
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> > peace, |
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> > && thanks |
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> > |
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> > James |