Re: [Dng] [philosophy] KISS, roots linux and the logo WAS Re: Dng Digest, Vol 5, Issue 11

2015-02-24 Thread Jude Nelson
> vdev is available and from what I understand should be able to provide > what udev provides, but (a) I'm not sure what the status of > libudev-compat is; (b) vdev doesn't have an init script or mkinitramfs > integration yet; and (c) not all the compatability links are provided. > As far as I know

[Dng] FreeBSD, etc

2015-02-24 Thread Robert Storey
> What I found was that PC-BSD would do the job. OpenBSD is the best OS > I've ever seen, and I would have moved to that a year ago, except that > its VM ability is disfunctional, meaning I can't run those few apps > that don't run on OpenBSD. Also, OpenBSD's file system's performance on > file cre

Re: [Dng] [philosophy] KISS, roots linux and the logo WAS Re: Dng Digest, Vol 5, Issue 11

2015-02-24 Thread Isaac Dunham
On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 07:10:59PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 10:27:23 -0500 > Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 09:57:29AM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > > > If you're talking about Devuan, yes, it is! I got on the Devuan > > > mailing list just to escape s

Re: [Dng] Xfce response

2015-02-24 Thread Jaromil
hi David, On Tue, 24 Feb 2015, David Harrison wrote: > After a long chat with a couple of developers on the #xfce channel, thanks! > it seems they have no plans to introduce hard systemd dependencies. good news :^) > Consolekit2 is a fork maintained independently of Xfce by one of > their te

Re: [Dng] three important UI features

2015-02-24 Thread Jaromil
On Tue, 24 Feb 2015, Steve Litt wrote: > As far as I know, wicd depends on dbus, which is why I'm thinking of > making a substitute. As mentioned in a previous thread, we are leaning towards connman these days one VUA is active patching some details in it and keeping contact with its upstream de

Re: [Dng] three important UI features

2015-02-24 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 17:06:47 +0100 Didier Kryn wrote: > I discovered the name of wicd on this list recently. I didn't > try it, therefore I can't compare, but it looks that it has more > diverse interfaces than wpasupplicant, CLI, GUI and even Curses. I > will probably try it the first time

Re: [Dng] [philosophy] KISS, roots linux and the logo WAS Re: Dng Digest, Vol 5, Issue 11

2015-02-24 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 10:27:23 -0500 Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 09:57:29AM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > If you're talking about Devuan, yes, it is! I got on the Devuan > > mailing list just to escape systemd, and have been pleasantly > > surprised by how Devuan is re-archite

Re: [Dng] KDE systemd lock-in

2015-02-24 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2015 24 Feb 09:16 -0600, Rob Owens wrote: > After some debate, that last dependency was changed to > systemd-shim | systemd-sysv. That it required any debate at all > makes me wonder where some of the Debian devs' heads are at. It makes me wonder if the idea of installing anew rather than

[Dng] Dng] Xfce response

2015-02-24 Thread T.J. Duchene
> [ > From: David Harrison > To: dng@lists.dyne.org > > Last week I volunteered (was volunteered?) to contact the Xfce team and > ask them whether systemd loomed on their horizon. Here is the report > that was promised. > David, you are awesome! =) Thanks so much for taking the time

[Dng] without-systemd

2015-02-24 Thread Steven W. Scott
Greets to all, Other obligations have consumed me, though I'm still lurking and reading when I can With regards to the general discussions surrounding systemd, its agenda and future, I find the most analogous situation would be what Microsoft attempted to accomplish with its version of Java, na

Re: [Dng] KDE systemd lock-in

2015-02-24 Thread T.J. Duchene
> From: Rob Owens > To: dng@lists.dyne.org > > - Original Message - > > > From: "T.J. Duchene" > > > > > > > > Gnome already depends on systemd, but the apps do not. > > Not exactly true. My eyes were open to the systemd problem when I > installed brasero on Jessie and it wanted

[Dng] Logind alternative (spoiler: Consolekit fork)

2015-02-24 Thread Oz Tiram
Hi Everyone, I was getting desparate thinking there will be no alternative to systemd's logind. I also saw the consolekit was depreciated for quite a while. Alas! I was happy to find this just now: https://github.com/ConsoleKit2/ConsoleKit2 I would be happy to see this packaged for devuan. Che

Re: [Dng] Dng Digest, Vol 5, Issue 11

2015-02-24 Thread Vernon Geiszler
>> > I think this question goes together with the badge or logo question. It >>> must go beyond "sans-systemd"; > >> it is more about principles. Let's list some: > >> >> > - freedom of choice, >> > - interchangealility of solutions to a given need, >> > - reduce inter-dependencies to the st

Re: [Dng] wicd & wpasupplicant (WAS: Re: three important UI features

2015-02-24 Thread Isaac Dunham
On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 12:31:54PM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 05:06:47PM +0100, Didier Kryn wrote: > > > > > > I discovered the name of wicd on this list recently. I didn't > > try it, therefore I can't compare, but it looks that it has more > > diverse interfaces th

[Dng] Xfce response

2015-02-24 Thread David Harrison
Hi all, Last week I volunteered (was volunteered?) to contact the Xfce team and ask them whether systemd loomed on their horizon. Here is the report that was promised. After a long chat with a couple of developers on the #xfce channel, it seems they have no plans to introduce hard systemd de

Re: [Dng] Important changes in Linux 3.20 (4.0?)

2015-02-24 Thread T.J. Duchene
On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 10:26:49 AM dng-requ...@lists.dyne.org wrote: > Re: [Dng] Important changes in Linux 3.20 (4.0?) > From: Isaac Dunham > To: Hendrik Boom > CC: dng@lists.dyne.org > > On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 11:40:06AM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 1

Re: [Dng] Init Freedom badges

2015-02-24 Thread Go Linux
On Mon, 2/23/15, Noel Torres wrote: Subject: Re: [Dng] Init Freedom badges To: dng@lists.dyne.org Date: Monday, February 23, 2015, 3:28 PM [cut] > > I'd prefer any logo that does not use english initials or play on words. > > er Envite ___

[Dng] wicd & wpasupplicant (WAS: Re: three important UI features

2015-02-24 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 05:06:47PM +0100, Didier Kryn wrote: > > > I discovered the name of wicd on this list recently. I didn't > try it, therefore I can't compare, but it looks that it has more > diverse interfaces than wpasupplicant, CLI, GUI and even Curses. I > will probably try it the f

Re: [Dng] Important changes in Linux 3.20 (4.0?)

2015-02-24 Thread Gravis
oh good. glad to read that our linux kernel friends are more sane than our distro friends. --Gravis On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 12:47 AM, Isaac Dunham wrote: > On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 11:40:06AM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 10:26:01AM -0500, Gravis wrote: > > > > Kernel l

Re: [Dng] logo again.

2015-02-24 Thread Go Linux
On Tue, 2/24/15, Go Linux wrote: Subject: Re: [Dng] logo again. To: dng@lists.dyne.org, "Hendrik Boom" Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 10:33 AM On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 12:04:43AM +, Noel Torres wrote: > > Spiral galaxies always have at least TWO arms. Which is why I thought a two-ar

Re: [Dng] OT - It may be only one file, but it does point to the bigger problem!

2015-02-24 Thread Nuno Magalhães
On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 12:57 AM, Noel Torres wrote: > We have RAID tools like mdadm for RAID, and filesystems like ext4 or Reiserfs > for file storage. > > Why would I want a tool combining both? You'd want one so you can, for isntance, avoid a RAID5 write hole. ZFS seems pretty cool, the only d

Re: [Dng] Dng Digest, Vol 5, Issue 115

2015-02-24 Thread David Harrison
On 24/02/2015 16:33, dng-requ...@lists.dyne.org wrote: Inevitably, the idea of a badge leads to a foundation entitled to stamp distros with the badge. I am wondering if only a clear phrasing of the principles would be enough, without the impediments and the sectarism of a foundation. You

Re: [Dng] logo again.

2015-02-24 Thread Go Linux
On Tue, 2/24/15, Hendrik Boom wrote: Subject: [Dng] logo again. To: dng@lists.dyne.org Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 6:28 AM On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 12:04:43AM +, Noel Torres wrote: > > Spiral galaxies always have at least TWO arms. Which is why I thought a two-armed spiral,

Re: [Dng] Looking for advices in preparation to switch from Debian to Devuan

2015-02-24 Thread Anto
On 24/02/15 11:26, Didier Kryn wrote: Hello Anto. I have used Nginx on Squeeze and I am pretty sure it was missing extras. I had to compile and install all Nginx and php-fpm packages from a third party repository to have it - I wanted to use the PAM module as intermediate to Kerberos auth

Re: [Dng] Looking for advices in preparation to switch from Debian to Devuan

2015-02-24 Thread Anto
On 24/02/15 00:32, Nuno Magalhães wrote: On wheezy i don't see nginx-extras depending on udev or any systemd*. I don't have jessie but i couldn't trace any dependencies on packages.debian.org either. Where did you see these dependencies? Can you apt-rdepend them? The closest i could find was ngin

Re: [Dng] three important UI features

2015-02-24 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 22/02/2015 21:11, Jonathan Wilkes a écrit : 1) In the default desktop environment for Devuan, will there be an icon or other discoverable item the user can click to see a list of available wifi network connections? 2) When the DE's main menu pops up, will the user be able to _immediately_

Re: [Dng] [philosophy] KISS, roots linux and the logo WAS Re: Dng Digest, Vol 5, Issue 11

2015-02-24 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 09:57:29AM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > > If you're talking about Devuan, yes, it is! I got on the Devuan mailing > list just to escape systemd, and have been pleasantly surprised by how > Devuan is re-architecting everything. Does that meerly reflect how systemd is dearchit

Re: [Dng] logo again.

2015-02-24 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 01:51:21AM +1100, Tzu-Pei Chen wrote: > At 24/02/2015 11:28 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: > >On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 12:04:43AM +, Noel Torres wrote: > >> > >> Spiral galaxies always have at least TWO arms. > > Except when they don't ;) as in the case of NGC 4725. ( > http://

Re: [Dng] [philosophy] KISS, roots linux and the logo WAS Re: Dng Digest, Vol 5, Issue 11

2015-02-24 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 24/02/2015 10:49, Jaromil a écrit : dear Neo Futur, On Tue, 24 Feb 2015, Neo Futur wrote: >its a general philosophy of design and openness FYI, I'm busy on such a topic for my Ph.D dissertation and will be happy to share the results once finished. > >it is more about principles. Let's l

Re: [Dng] KDE systemd lock-in

2015-02-24 Thread Rob Owens
- Original Message - > From: "T.J. Duchene" > > Gnome already depends on systemd, but the apps do not. Not exactly true. My eyes were open to the systemd problem when I installed brasero on Jessie and it wanted to change my init system. Brasero depends on gvfs to detect removable med

Re: [Dng] [philosophy] KISS, roots linux and the logo WAS Re: Dng Digest, Vol 5, Issue 11

2015-02-24 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 03:44:56 -0500 Neo Futur wrote: > ( renaming the thread ) > > > I think this question goes together with the badge or logo > > question. > It does ! > > > It must go beyond "sans-systemd"; > exactly its much more than just "sans systemd", its a general > philosophy of

Re: [Dng] FreeBSD experiment

2015-02-24 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 11:12:51 +0800 Robert Storey wrote: > Although I'm very hopeful that Devuan will be my future distro of > choice, we're still not there yet. I thought it might be prudent for > me to survey the other possibilities that do not depend on systemd. > So yesterday, I decided to giv

Re: [Dng] logo again.

2015-02-24 Thread Tzu-Pei Chen
At 24/02/2015 11:28 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 12:04:43AM +, Noel Torres wrote: > > Spiral galaxies always have at least TWO arms. Except when they don't ;) as in the case of NGC 4725. ( http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130530.html ) :) Tzup -.___.("\-``'-/") Tzu-Pei

Re: [Dng] logo again.

2015-02-24 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 07:28:39AM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 12:04:43AM +, Noel Torres wrote: > > There is a public-domain drawing of the Milky Way, but it presents > the Milky Way as a barred galaxy, and the par seems to have been kind > of air-brushed onto the im

Re: [Dng] KDE systemd lock-in

2015-02-24 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 22:33:28 + Noel Torres wrote: > On Saturday, 21 de February de 2015 18:52:22 Nate Bargmann escribió: > > * On 2015 20 Feb 11:56 -0600, Steve Litt wrote: > > > On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 08:59:33 -0800 > > > > > > Go Linux wrote: > > > > We all knew this was coming . . . > > > >

Re: [Dng] OT - It may be only one file, but it does point to the bigger problem

2015-02-24 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 16:46:34 -0600 "T.J. Duchene" wrote: > > > > My philosopher as a free software author is this: The buck stops > > with me. If my software screws up, it's my fault and my > > responsibility to fix, regardless of the actual root cause is in > > code I wrote or a tool I use. >

Re: [Dng] three important UI features

2015-02-24 Thread Wolfgang Pirker
On 2015-02-22 20:11, Jonathan Wilkes wrote: > [...] > 2) When the DE's main menu pops > up, will the user be able to _immediately_ start typing characters > and see a list of applications filtered to match what is being > typed? > [...] Hello there, I am aware of two ways to achieve this, wh

Re: [Dng] Important changes in Linux 3.20 (4.0?)

2015-02-24 Thread Adam Borowski
On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 05:47:04AM +, Isaac Dunham wrote: > > > > Kernel live patching makes KDBUS and systemD support mandatory! > > Erm...I'm reading that kdbus was *not* merged. > > FWIW, kdbus was specifically mentioned when Linus blacklisted Kay Sievers. > V3 seems to have gotten a lot o

[Dng] logo again.

2015-02-24 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 12:04:43AM +, Noel Torres wrote: > > Spiral galaxies always have at least TWO arms. Which is why I thought a two-armed spiral, based on a real galaxy, would be appropriate. Clearly different from Debian's spiral, anyway. The Milky Way indeed seems to have two main a

Re: [Dng] About separate mailing lists

2015-02-24 Thread Ron
On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 13:33:01 +0700 Ста Деюс wrote: > > > FUCK YOU > > Qu'en termes gracieux ces choses là sont dites... > Just filter out the non-human! Will do. Идите с Богом Ron. -- Silent enim leges inter arma. -- Marcus Tullius

Re: [Dng] About separate mailing lists

2015-02-24 Thread Ста Деюс
Доброго времени суток, Renaud. Спасибо за ответ, Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:07:23 -0300, вы писали: > "Usspookes Lovesystemd" wrote: > > > FUCK YOU > > Qu'en termes gracieux ces choses là sont dites... Just filter out the non-human! С уважением, Ста. _

Re: [Dng] Looking for advices in preparation to switch from Debian to Devuan

2015-02-24 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 23/02/2015 20:15, Anto a écrit : What is not clear to me is that, what will happen to udev or all systemd related packages that are currently required by nginx-extras and php5-fpm for instance? Will I need to do certain tweak or will switching the repository to Devuan and do dist-upgrade be

Re: [Dng] [philosophy] KISS, roots linux and the logo WAS Re: Dng Digest, Vol 5, Issue 11

2015-02-24 Thread Jaromil
dear Neo Futur, On Tue, 24 Feb 2015, Neo Futur wrote: > its a general philosophy of design and openness FYI, I'm busy on such a topic for my Ph.D dissertation and will be happy to share the results once finished. > > it is more about principles. Let's list some: > > > > - freedom of choice, >

[Dng] [philosophy] KISS, roots linux and the logo WAS Re: Dng Digest, Vol 5, Issue 11

2015-02-24 Thread Neo Futur
( renaming the thread ) > I think this question goes together with the badge or logo question. It does ! > It must go beyond "sans-systemd"; exactly its much more than just "sans systemd", its a general philosophy of design and openness > it is more about principles. Let's list some: > >

Re: [Dng] FreeBSD experiment

2015-02-24 Thread Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
Am Dienstag, 24. Februar 2015 schrieb Robert Storey: > Although I'm very hopeful that Devuan will be my future distro of choice, > we're still not there yet. I thought it might be prudent for me to survey > the other possibilities that do not depend on systemd. So yesterday, I > decided to give Fre