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Rich Freeman <rich0 <at> gentoo.org> writes: |
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> > Linux is a desktop OS. I hope it remains that way. |
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Wow. I think of linux first as a bloated (but good) minimal OS. |
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It's only when yhou add stuff that you get a server or a desktop. |
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Folks have forgotten about 'kernel tuning'. I have deglected the linux |
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kernel quite a bit of late, mostly do to the rabid frequency and |
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non-sense (useless) chances being advanced. I have decided to only |
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update to 'long term support' kernels. So ideas on how to set up |
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masks and portage ? I guess just mask off all kernel updates and |
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manually unmask those long term kernel updates? Other ideas? |
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> Uh, Linux is a kernel, and even GNU is really a collection of |
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> shell-oriented tools, which can be run from Android just fine. |
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> So Android IS Linux, at least as much as Gentoo is, or your DVR, or |
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> your car radio, etc. I think we have to get over the whole "Linux was |
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> figured out in 1996 and anything different from then is bad" thing. |
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I think I just heard a news report that Google lost a long term |
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legal/financial battle with Oracle over java. It seems now that google |
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(android and any thing that uses java) is going to have to pay |
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Oracle some 'pal_a_monies' ? Or did I here that wrong? |
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If so, I'm sure google and lots of folks are scrambling to replace |
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java.....? |
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On cell phones SeLinux is probably the best thing going for a cool phone. |
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At least it will be reasonably secure by the user's ability to admin the |
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phone? [1] |
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James |
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[1] http://blogs.csc.com/2015/04/06/google-slashes-android-malware-in-half/ |
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