[gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread walt
FWIW, I recently tried Windows 8 beta (on virtualbox, of course) and I found it unusable. Why? Because they are rushing to catch up with gnome3. Their new desktop looks very much like a smartphone. I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon and their customer base will van

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 1:27 PM, walt wrote: > FWIW, I recently tried Windows 8 beta (on virtualbox, of course) > and I found it unusable.  Why?  Because they are rushing to > catch up with gnome3.  Their new desktop looks very much like > a smartphone. > > I guess they figure the desktop will be

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread walt
On 06/16/2012 12:01 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > BTW, using GNOME 3 for more than one year in my laptop and desktop, > and I love it. I also want a tablet with it. Are you using any of the extensions Linus was discussing? I'm using gnome3 in fallback mode because most of my machines are too o

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon and their customer base will vanish unless they capture the smartphone market. Ah yes, the death of the desktop PC, which is happening for 15 years now. Are we dead yet?

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: >> >> I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon >> and their customer base will vanish unless they capture the >> smartphone market. > > > Ah yes, the death of the desktop PC, which is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Matthew Finkel
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: > >> I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon >> and their customer base will vanish unless they capture the >> smartphone market. >> > > Ah yes, the death of the desktop PC, which is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:00:04 +0300 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: > > I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon > > and their customer base will vanish unless they capture the > > smartphone market. > > Ah yes, the death of the desktop PC, which i

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Michael Mol
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Matthew Finkel wrote: > On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >> >> On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: >>> >>> I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon >>> and their customer base will vanish unless they capture the >>> smart

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread walt
On 06/16/2012 02:12 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:00:04 +0300 > Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: >>> I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon >>> and their customer base will vanish unless they capture the >>> smartphone marke

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Matthew Finkel
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Michael Mol wrote: > On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Matthew Finkel > wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Nikos Chantziaras > wrote: > >> > >> On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: > >>> > >>> I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Samstag, 16. Juni 2012, 23:12:48 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:00:04 +0300 > > Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: > > > I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon > > > and their customer base will vanish unless they capture the >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Michael Mol
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Matthew Finkel wrote: > On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Michael Mol wrote: >> >> On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Matthew Finkel >> wrote: >> > On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Nikos Chantziaras >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: >> >>> >> >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Michael Mol
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am Samstag, 16. Juni 2012, 23:12:48 schrieb Alan McKinnon: >> On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:00:04 +0300 >> >> Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >> > On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: >> > > I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Matthew Finkel
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Michael Mol wrote: > On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Matthew Finkel > wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Michael Mol wrote: > >> > >> On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Matthew Finkel > >> wrote: > >> > On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Nikos Chantziaras

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Michael Mol
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Matthew Finkel wrote: > On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Michael Mol wrote: >> >> On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Matthew Finkel >> wrote: >> > On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Michael Mol wrote: [snip] >> >> >> > True, and they've been working "hard" to get

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Samstag, 16. Juni 2012, 19:06:30 schrieb Michael Mol: > On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann > > wrote: > > Am Samstag, 16. Juni 2012, 23:12:48 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > >> On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:00:04 +0300 > >> > >> Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> > On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wr

[gentoo-user] the xen-source on gentoo

2012-06-16 Thread 赵佳晖
I want to install the xen on gentoo . But i find the xen-source version is 2.6.38 . So i don't want to use it. Can i use my gentoo-source 3.2.12 with a patch? -- 好好学习,天天向上!!!

Re: [gentoo-user] the xen-source on gentoo

2012-06-16 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 06/16/12 21:35, 赵佳晖 wrote: > I want to install the xen on gentoo . But i find the xen-source > version is 2.6.38 . So i don't want to use it. Can i use my > gentoo-source 3.2.12 with a patch? > "Linux 3.0 (and later) can run as guest (domU) and as host (dom0). All necessary backends (and fron

Re: [gentoo-user] the xen-source on gentoo

2012-06-16 Thread Michael Mol
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 9:35 PM, 赵佳晖 wrote: > I want to install the xen on gentoo . But i find the xen-source version is > 2.6.38 . So i don't want to use it. Can i use my gentoo-source 3.2.12 with a > patch? Most of the Xen found its way into mainline by the 3.0.x series. AFAIK, most of the bugs

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread William Kenworthy
On Sun, 2012-06-17 at 00:00 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: > > I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon > > and their customer base will vanish unless they capture the > > smartphone market. > > Ah yes, the death of the desktop PC, which is

Re: [gentoo-user] the xen-source on gentoo

2012-06-16 Thread 赵佳晖
I search the xen in the "make menuconfig" .And the result is below Symbol: XEN_DOM0 [=n] │ │ Type : boolean │ │ │ │

Re: [gentoo-user] the xen-source on gentoo

2012-06-16 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Jun 17, 2012 10:30 AM, "赵佳晖" wrote: > > I search the xen in the "make menuconfig" .And the result is below > Symbol: XEN_DOM0 [=n] │ > │ Type : boolean │ > │

Re: [gentoo-user] the xen-source on gentoo

2012-06-16 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Jun 17, 2012 10:59 AM, "Pandu Poluan" wrote: > > > On Jun 17, 2012 10:30 AM, "赵佳晖" wrote: > > [--snip--] > > The "Xen" config will not be visible until you configure other settings in the "Processor" page. > > There are several; rather than listing them all here, please see the following pag

Re: [gentoo-user] the xen-source on gentoo

2012-06-16 Thread 赵佳晖
In my "Processor" page, i just find the "kvm support".. --- Paravirtualized guest support │ │ │ │ [ ] Paravirtual steal time accounting (NEW) │ │ │ │ [ ] KVM paravirtu

Re: [gentoo-user] the xen-source on gentoo

2012-06-16 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Jun 17, 2012 12:29 PM, "赵佳晖" wrote: > > In my "Processor" page, i just find the "kvm support".. > --- Paravirtualized guest support │ │ > │ │ [ ] Paravirtual steal time accounting (NEW) │ │