Hi,
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:35:48AM +0200, Sergiu Ivanov wrote:
> Is it possible to run only *parts* of the Hurd on separate computers,
> that is, make the Hurd a kind of a network operating system. It most
> probably sounds crazy, but I know that only a microkernel OS can do
> something like
Hi,
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 04:27:24PM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Mittwoch 29 Oktober 2008 12:16:58 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> > A precondition is that the same translators are available. This
> > could be incovenient, but shouldn't be a serious problem, as the
> > user can always
Hello!
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 11:28:01AM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Is it possible to only show a shortened version of the news on the start
> page,
> so that we can write longer news entries, or should the news entries rather
> be
> like changelog entries which link to full-length
Hello!
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 11:09:19AM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Montag 10 November 2008 13:56:40 schrieb Thomas Schwinge:
> > I pushed my `homepage' branch into the flubber, Savannah and
> github repositories. Feel free to work on it and even install changes.
> > However, be p
Am Mittwoch 12 November 2008 15:38:56 schrieb Thomas Schwinge:
> Ah, right! However, I solved this differently to what you suggested,
> using CSS' `clear' magic. See the git log for that change and a few
> other CSS improvements. By now I know more about CSS than I ever wanted.
> But still not e
Saturday 08 of November 2008 07:28:17 Sergiu Ivanov napisał(a):
> Please pardon me my question: why won't you contribute to Hurd
> directly now? Especially that you have some experience with it ;-) I'm
> just curious, please don't think I meant something offensive with the
> inquiry.
>
Hi, unfortun
Hi,
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 04:46:14PM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Mittwoch 29 Oktober 2008 12:16:58 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> > I mentioned the desktop thing as one possible showcase. The problem
> > here is that it is a task for many years... Would be nice to have
> > some hurdi
Hi,
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 04:57:11PM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Mittwoch 29 Oktober 2008 12:16:58 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> > However, I dwelt on an interesting variation above: For *virtual*
> > appliances the Hurd might be interesting -- using hurdish
> > subenvironments inst
Hi,
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 05:43:48PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Arne Babenhauserheide, le Wed 29 Oct 2008 17:35:16 +0100, a écrit :
> > Transparent ftp out of the box would be a cool feature, too.
>
> Err, well we can already setup that automatically, it's just a matter of
>
> touch /ft
Hi,
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:01:52PM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Somehow remounting readonly was also possible without hassle, but I no
> longer remember how...
You mean "fsysopts /foo -r" ?
Not sure though how this is better than "mount -o remount,ro /foo"...
(Except of course th
Am Samstag 08 November 2008 03:05:39 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> > - You have 1.000.000 files to store, which makes a simple "ls" damn
> > slow. - So you develop a simple container format with reduced metadata
> > and specialized access characteristics. - Now you want to make that
> > cotainer acc
Hi,
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 05:01:41PM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Mittwoch 29 Oktober 2008 12:16:58 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> > I fear though that such radical things have little chance in Debian --
> > so perhaps we actually need a custom distribution for that :-(
>
> They coul
Hi,
On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 11:42:45AM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Mittwoch 29 Oktober 2008 12:16:58 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> > About the only really unique feature I'm personally aware of besides of
> > the ones already mentioned, is the ability to give a user's processes
> > ne
Hi,
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 05:35:16PM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Mittwoch 29 Oktober 2008 12:16:58 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> > Well, regarding the specific examples, such things aren't very
> > interesting anymore: With FUSE, this can all be done on Linux as
> > well nowadays...
Hi,
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:46:08AM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> @all: Why are YOU working on the Hurd?
>
> What is the niche the Hurd fills for you?
I already said it more or less, but maybe it helps if I restate it more
explicitely:
The main reason I'm interested in the Hurd, i
Am Mittwoch 12 November 2008 15:49:11 schrieb Thomas Schwinge:
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 11:09:19AM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Typically, you'd simply ``git fetch'' (or ``git clone'' a new
> repository), notice the new `origin/homepage' branch, create a new
> working branch: ``git checko
Hi,
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 05:05:54PM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Mittwoch 29 Oktober 2008 12:16:58 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> > And when the development is done, the really hard part will begin:
> > Pushing it to the "masses".
>
> Careful with that thought!
I put it in quotat
Hi,
On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 03:05:07PM +, Matthew Ayres wrote:
> No doubt this shows my naivety, but why has GNU never built its own
> replacement for Mach?
Well, I'm not sure what you are asking exactly here. This question can
be answered in several ways...
First of all, you may not be awa
Hi,
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 04:00:49PM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Mittwoch 29 Oktober 2008 12:16:58 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> I'll digest it in little pieces and answer directly...
I actually already considered splitting it up myself :-)
> > > Give back power to users:
>
Am Mittwoch 12 November 2008 04:48:07 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> Anyways, just claiming that it can be done, doesn't help us. If we had a
> bunch of applications actually following these ideas, so people can see
> for themselfs, I'm sure it would be much more convincing...
Can you think of a sim
Am Samstag 08 November 2008 12:20:33 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> > It's definitely far out, though.
>
> Not as far out as some of the other ideas discussed here... The
> necessary stuff should be quite possible to implement in a couple of
> months or even weeks I think. It requires a proxy for the
Am Dienstag 11 November 2008 02:46:23 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> I put it in quotation marks for a reason: It's not to be taken
> literally! :-)
>
> I only meant making it easily available to the "masses" of people toying
> with the Hurd...
Ah, OK.
I didn't get that - too zealous irony filter
Am Mittwoch 12 November 2008 05:14:02 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:35:48AM +0200, Sergiu Ivanov wrote:
> > Is it possible to run only *parts* of the Hurd on separate computers,
> > that is, make the Hurd a kind of a network operating system. It most
> > probably s
Am Samstag 08 November 2008 17:10:31 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> Well, I wouldn't really consider that an issue. qemu is totally
> unrelated to what we actually trying to show, and I don't think it's a
> problem if it needs a complicated command line, as long as it is
> presented in a form that ca
Am Samstag 08 November 2008 17:34:08 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> A virtual appliance is similar, only that the operating system+software
> is preinstalled in an image, and comes along with a virtualization
> solution to run it -- you can use it inside an existing host system, and
> don't have to i
Am Dienstag 11 November 2008 04:03:14 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> You mean "fsysopts /foo -r" ?
>
> Not sure though how this is better than "mount -o remount,ro /foo"...
>
> (Except of course that only root can do this, like any other mount
> operation on Linux -- but we already discussed that :-)
Am Dienstag 11 November 2008 03:58:39 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>settrans -c /ftp: /hurd/hostmux /hurd/ftpfs /
I rewrote my short intro to that.
It looks nicer than first using touch :)
Thanks!
> Technically, it's not a big deal to set it up. But it's an enormous
> psychological differe
Am Mittwoch 12 November 2008 21:22:38 schrieb Arne Babenhauserheide:
> Am Dienstag 11 November 2008 04:03:14 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> > You mean "fsysopts /foo -r" ?
- snip -
> $ addauth -p bashPID -g mail
I should get some time away from my computer _right now_... brain's going
muddy...
Hello
Since the brainstorming non-critique period is over I would like to
point out where the Hurd failed to fulfill some expectations for me.
The first and most important part is reliability.
While I can understand that on a system used by next to nobody not
everything works well there was a s
Hello!
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 06:50:05PM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Mittwoch 12 November 2008 15:49:11 schrieb Thomas Schwinge:
> > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 11:09:19AM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> > Typically, you'd simply ``git fetch'' (or ``git clone'' a new
> > repository
Hello!
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 04:17:34PM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Mittwoch 12 November 2008 15:38:56 schrieb Thomas Schwinge:
> > Ah, right! However, I solved this differently to what you suggested,
> > using CSS' `clear' magic. See the git log for that change and a few
> > othe
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