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2000/5/24-27 [Computer/SW/OS/Linux] UID:18335 Activity:moderate
5/24    Two Linux questions:
        1) what is the ncheck equivalence on Linux?
                \_ fsck
        2) how come .rhosts (rcp/rsh/rlogin) doesn't work on my RH5.2?
                \_ upgrade to ssh
                \_ 5.2?!  You freak!  You complete and utter LOSER!  You
                   must immediately upgrade to 6.2 before asking any more
                   LINUX questions!  Fucking idiot.
        \_ Thus we see the problem is running linux.  It isn't standard.  They
           had to go and rename and break everything that works just fine
           before but didn't actually improve 99% of the things they renamed
           or broke in some new way.  Get a real unix.
           \_ MacOS X!!!
           \_ The problem with Linux is it's not an OS, just a kernel, and
              the various OS distributions that have sprung up are far more
              varied & fragmented than Unix ever was.  There's no overall
              design, no one making sure that changes to one part of the OS
              don't break another, no coherence.
                \_ You're mincing words.  Linux *is* an operating system, no
                   matter what your ultra geek friends tell you.  The packaging
                   that surrounds it is part of the deal.  The kernel with no
                   GNU isn't functional, obviously.  The rest of what you say
                   I agree with 100%.
                   \_ You're an idiot.  Go buy a copy of "Linux" in the store.
                      You can't.  You can buy a product called RedHat Linux.
                      You can buy Debian GNU/Linux.  You can buy Slackware.
                      You can buy TurboLinux.  These are Operating Systems.
                      Linux is their kernel.  Don't assume people are stupid
                      and encourage them to be.
                      \_ Both of you are idiots.
                      \_ It's all the same shit.  It's Linux.  RH is Linux.
                         Debian is Linux.  You're stupid.  Dumb geeks.
                \_ See http://www.linuxbase.com  Note all the members.  It
                   says something that so much software works across ALL of
                   them. -mogul
                   \_ It says something that they need to think about
                      cross distribution interoperability.
                        \_ Exactly my point earlier.  Same kernel, yet same
                           code won't run on all of them?  Why?  No real
                           reason.  Just market droids taking over.  The
                           differences are a sham.  That a different distro
                           won't run the same software *intentionally* is
                           really the thing that'll keep Linux a hacker toy
                           and server-only geek box.  MS has nothing to fear.
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