RH9 disks on the net.

[Thomas D. Ward]

Well, Mandrake and Red Hat use a one kernel fits all situations kernel which
is vary nice.
I think I dislike Slackware's kernel for the simple fact not enough stuff is
built in for support. Is it faster? Absolutely. Is it practical to take that
ikernel and generically stick it on any box? No.
One thing Mandrake has which blows everyone away in this one particilar
reguard is supermount support. With supermount you never have to use the
mount command to mount and unmount drives. I wish Patrick would add
something like supermount into Slack.


----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Holmes <steve at holmesgrown.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: RH9 disks on the net.


> I don't know where ghettos play into this but Slackware does have
> several kernels for unique configurations.  Case in point: separate
> kernels for SCSI, several less common hardware configurations and yes,
> speakup!.  At least one can then use a main stream distro to boot
> linux though he will probably eventually recompile a kernel for
> specific needs anyway and speakup would certainly be included at that
> time.  Slackware doesn't use a "on size fits all" kernel.  I don't
> know if other distros do it though.
>
> On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 12:14:14PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > So, Chuck, tell us how you really feel about ghettos. Do you support
having a special kernel for special people, as with that product from Walnut
Creek?
> >
> >
> > Chuck Hallenbeck writes:
> > > From: Chuck Hallenbeck <chuckh at novocon.net>
> > >
> > >
> > > Janina,
> > >
> > > I must have missed something, such as a major acquisition. Was it
> > > Redhat that acquired AFB or was it the other way around?
> > >
> > > Chuck
> > > On Mon, 7 Apr 2003, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > >
> > > > Luke Davis writes:
> > > > > From: Luke Davis <ldavis at shellworld.net>
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, 7 Apr 2003, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Luke Davis writes:
> > > >
> > > > False.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > There is no evidence of any deliberation, nor of any decision.
> > > >
> > > > There is certainly evidence that special accomodations were not
allowed.
> > > > I would certainly agree that they should haave been allowed. That
would
> > > > constitute a reasonable accomodation and thus be more likely to
equalize
> > > > the opportunity. But, that isn't the same as people sitting down to
say
> > > > "let's stick it to this person." That's what "deliberately deny"
means.
> > > >
> > > > Did they deny equal access? Arguably so, by virtue of not making
> > > > reasonable and appropriate accomodations. Was that a "deliberate
> > > > decision to deny?" Bull..
> > > >
> > > > Ignorance and lack of consideration? Yes. "Deliberate decision to
deny."
> > > > Hardly.
> > > >
> > > > Or, perhaps you're privvy to some smoking memo? Or the meeting
agenda
> > > > where this deliberate decision was reached?
> > > >
> > > > So, thaat's one supposed fact in question. You did say "facts," as
in
> > > > the plural. So, what else
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "I have not investigated, and do not intend to investigate, the
facts he
> > > > > >  listed."
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Facts? What facts? There were no "facts" in that post, just
allegations.
> > > > > > Rather outrageous ones, too.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regarding:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Some will recall that Red Hat recently decided to deliberately
deny
> > > > > > equal access to its training material as offered to those whom
decide to
> > > > > > take their week-long RHCE training classes.  Oh, well...
> > > > >
> > > > > Is this false?  Did they, or did they not, make these
inaccessible?
> > > > >
> > > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > > Speakup mailing list
> > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > The Moon is Waxing Crescent (35% of Full)
> > > So visit me sometime at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Speakup mailing list
> > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
> > --
> >
> > Janina Sajka, Director
> > Technology Research and Development
> > Governmental Relations Group
> > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> >
> > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
> --
> Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
>    See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup