Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 10/29/18 10:30 PM, Tim via users wrote: We have a prime example in this country of Telstra (a phone company). They bugger everyone up, customers and systems, with the you'll have to put up with it, or go to one of the small number of highly similar competitors. So, no, market forces don't kee

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 10/29/18 10:19 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 10/29/2018 09:14 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 10/29/18 8:31 PM, Richard England wrote: On 10/29/18 6:30 PM, Fred Smith wrote: On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 04:26:46PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 10/29/18 11:41 AM, Ranjan Maitra

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 10/29/18 6:30 PM, Fred Smith wrote: Some of us (many businesses) don't want a new version of Linux every six months, they want systems that will be stable and will run for years with nothing more than the occasional yum update and more occasional reboot. People with many computers can't spend

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread j.halifax2
You are right if seen through the glasses of capitalistic mass propaganda excluding substantial facts. ;)   The fact that MS has cheated customers for ~30 years happily is a nice proof that "something is wrong" in the capitalism. ;) -- Původní e-mail -- Od: ToddAndMargo via

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Tim via users
On Mon, 2018-10-29 at 22:20 -0300, George N. White III wrote: > One of Fedora's business values is the free testing users perform  > for RH. This value has eroded over time.  More testing is being > automated and is often incorported into build systems.  These tests > often originated with end use

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Tim via users
Tim: >> And you can say it about anything.  e.g. The commercial phone >> companies don't exist for people to be able to communicate (what >> their customers consider their primary purpose to be).  They're >> there to make money and it really doesn't care how well the >> communications aspect of it

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Paul Allen Newell
On 10/29/2018 09:14 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 10/29/18 8:31 PM, Richard England wrote: On 10/29/18 6:30 PM, Fred Smith wrote: On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 04:26:46PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 10/29/18 11:41 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:02:32 -0700 ToddA

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 10/29/18 6:30 PM, Fred Smith wrote: On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 04:26:46PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: The big question is how will IBM look at it. RHEL is pretty much unusable for newer software as RHEL is so bug riddled and out of date. Don't know why you think RHEL is bug riddl

Re: Bulk preparation of LiveUSBs or installed to a USB drive

2018-10-29 Thread Danishka Navin
Hi Rick, Thanks for your quick response. On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 1:26 AM Rick Stevens wrote: > On 10/29/18 11:31 AM, Danishka Navin wrote: > > Hi, > > I have to prepare hundreds of USB sticks which need to either papre as a > > liveUSB or make it as a installed system (using the USB as the stor

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 10/29/18 8:31 PM, Richard England wrote: On 10/29/18 6:30 PM, Fred Smith wrote: On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 04:26:46PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 10/29/18 11:41 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:02:32 -0700 ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 10/29/18 8:12 AM, Eddie

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Richard England
On 10/29/18 6:30 PM, Fred Smith wrote: On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 04:26:46PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 10/29/18 11:41 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:02:32 -0700 ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 10/29/18 8:12 AM, Eddie O'Connor wrote: I feel as though I've been k

Re: Networkmanager Wait Online Failing at Boot Time

2018-10-29 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/30/18 6:57 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > This test may not be valid in your environment.  What O/S is running on the > server side? FWIW, I have a Windows 10 VM that I've resurrected.  I shared a folder and used the same format entry in the fstab. It mounts just fine on reboot.   Having a bit o

Re: Starting network services from emergency mode command prompt ?

2018-10-29 Thread kevin martin
Ifconfig up an interface with an address on your network and then set a default route so you can get dns resolution and internet access. That's what I do. On Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 6:07 PM linux guy wrote: > Hi all. > > I accidentally interrupted a dnf update and messed up the boot process on > my

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Fred Smith
On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 04:26:46PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > On 10/29/18 11:41 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > >On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:02:32 -0700 ToddAndMargo via users > > wrote: > > > >>On 10/29/18 8:12 AM, Eddie O'Connor wrote: > >>>I feel as though I've been kicked in the back of the

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread George N. White III
On Sun, 28 Oct 2018 at 20:40, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > I know this is strictly OT, but I suggest it's of some interest to this > list: > > > https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/28/ibm-to-acquire-red-hat-in-deal-valued-at-34-billion.html > O Fedora users have to be concerned with changes at RH that

Re: How to turn on networking from rescue boot

2018-10-29 Thread linux guy
I'm experiencing the exact same issue. Anyone know why ? On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 9:12 AM William Oliver wrote: > On Sun, 2017-07-30 at 09:37 -0400, fred roller wrote: > > > However, I've forgotten how to turn on wifi networking from rescue mode. > > > > Can anybody point me to a tutorial? > > Y

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Eugene Poole
Could this be why IBM is looking at RHEL: Who was around 1980 and followed what happened to the IBM PC when M$ was supposed to be writing PCDOS and then OS/2 all with IBM's money. Now that M$ is starting to look at Linux, IBM is afraid that M$ will own every server and desktop that isn't runn

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 10/29/18 2:33 PM, Tom H wrote: As incompetent as IBM's management has been for the last 15 years or so (and we can safely add paying a 63% premium for RH as its latest epic fail; desperation...), I find it difficult to believe that IBM'll kill the successful RH business model. They sure ruin

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Linux3D
yep i hope so, fingerscrossed ;) On 10/29/18 11:26 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Maybe IBM will come up with its own version of an enterprise distribution and keep using Fedora for its testing ground as well. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 10/29/18 12:32 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: Fedora is the "bleeding edge" Not all that "Bleeding Edge" Fedora 28 does not even support the latest Libre Office in is repos. (LO's RPM do work though.) ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraprojec

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 10/29/18 11:41 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:02:32 -0700 ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 10/29/18 8:12 AM, Eddie O'Connor wrote: I feel as though I've been kicked in the back of the neck.by Bruce Lee! I don't presume to know the first thing about corporations, merge

Re: Networkmanager Wait Online Failing at Boot Time

2018-10-29 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/30/18 5:02 AM, Stephen Morris wrote: > Sorry Ed, just one more question around this. You mentioned in an earlier > thread that > you had the auto-mount process working on a CIFS partition. How did you get > it to work, > I can't get it to. Both 'LS /MNT/NAS' and 'SUDO LS /MNT/NAS' fail to m

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 7:59 PM Samuel Sieb wrote: > > Spun off by who? "By whom" please :) ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfe

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 19:32:37 + Rick Stevens wrote: > On 10/29/18 11:52 AM, Walter H. wrote: > > On 28.10.2018 23:49, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >> I know this is strictly OT, but I suggest it's of some interest to this > >> list: > >> > >> https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/28/ibm-to-acquire-red-

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread RLM
does IBM want RedHat because it is competition for Unix? On 30/10/18 5:52 am, Walter H. wrote: On 28.10.2018 23:49, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: I know this is strictly OT, but I suggest it's of some interest to this list: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/28/ibm-to-acquire-red-hat-in-deal-valued-a

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 3:55 AM ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > > RHEL is defunct, out-of-date garbage. Garbage? I wonder how many S&P 500 use RHEL and how many use Fedora :) And if you look at all companies, how many use CentOS and how may use Fedora? ___

Starting network services from emergency mode command prompt ?

2018-10-29 Thread linux guy
Hi all. I accidentally interrupted a dnf update and messed up the boot process on my server. I got the machine booting to an emergency mode command prompt via grub2 commands. (Painful !) I need to run dnf with a network connection to finish fixing things. I tried grub2-mkconfig, but it needs m

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/30/18 4:48 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: > I'd rather think the "suits" know > about everything that's RedHat-ish. I was involved when British Telecom was doing their due diligence of a US based company which had offices worldwide.  They sent a team of about 20 people to each office to go over e

Re: FSTRIM Service Failing at Boot Time

2018-10-29 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/30/18 4:46 AM, Stephen Morris wrote: > On 29/10/18 9:15 am, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 10/29/18 5:23 AM, Stephen Morris wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I've just noticed that at boot time that the FSTRIM service is >>> registering a >>> failure. The failure seems to be because it is trying to trim

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 2:27 AM Dave Stevens wrote: > On Sun, 28 Oct 2018 18:20:05 -0600 Joe Zeff wrote: >> On 10/28/2018 04:49 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >>> >>> I know this is strictly OT, but I suggest it's of some interest to >>> this list: >>> >>> https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/28/ibm-to-a

Re: Networkmanager Wait Online Failing at Boot Time

2018-10-29 Thread Stephen Morris
On 27/10/18 6:15 pm, Ed Greshko wrote: On 10/27/18 2:46 PM, Stephen Morris wrote: My main concern with this is not the mounts failing at boot, I can understand why they failed, but more why the networkmanager wait online process is failing. I tried a boot with the ethernet cable disconnected f

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Joshua D Doll
On October 29, 2018 8:48:29 PM UTC, Rick Stevens wrote: >On 10/29/18 12:56 PM, Richard England wrote: >> On 10/29/18 10:47 AM, Joshua D Doll wrote: >>> On October 28, 2018 10:49:46 PM UTC, Patrick O'Callaghan >>> wrote: >>> >>> I know this is strictly OT, but I suggest it's of some interest >

Re: FSTRIM Service Failing at Boot Time

2018-10-29 Thread Stephen Morris
On 29/10/18 11:20 am, Chris Murphy wrote: On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 3:23 PM, Stephen Morris wrote: Hi, I've just noticed that at boot time that the FSTRIM service is registering a failure. The failure seems to be because it is trying to trim two windows mount points which are on the SSD, th

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Rick Stevens
On 10/29/18 12:56 PM, Richard England wrote: > On 10/29/18 10:47 AM, Joshua D Doll wrote: >> On October 28, 2018 10:49:46 PM UTC, Patrick O'Callaghan >> wrote: >> >> I know this is strictly OT, but I suggest it's of some interest to this >> list: >> >> >> https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/

Re: FSTRIM Service Failing at Boot Time

2018-10-29 Thread Stephen Morris
On 29/10/18 9:15 am, Ed Greshko wrote: On 10/29/18 5:23 AM, Stephen Morris wrote: Hi,     I've just noticed that at boot time that the FSTRIM service is registering a failure. The failure seems to be because it is trying to trim two windows mount points which are on the SSD, that are mounted

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 12:53:16PM -0700, stan wrote: On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 19:32:37 + Rick Stevens wrote: Fedora is the "bleeding edge" development arm of RHEL. Eventually, once enough changes have been made and stabilized in Fedora, it becomes the next release of RHEL. We Fedora users are

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Ted Roche
On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 4:23 PM Rick Stevens wrote: > > Do big IBM (or any) mainframes still exist? > > Here are the requirements for running RedHat on s/390 mainframes, so, yes to both: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_network_satellite/5.4/html/installation_guide/sect-inst

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Richard England
On 10/29/18 10:47 AM, Joshua D Doll wrote: On October 28, 2018 10:49:46 PM UTC, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: I know this is strictly OT, but I suggest it's of some interest to this list: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/28/ibm-to-acquire-red-hat-in-deal-valued-at-34-billion.html p

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread stan
On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 19:32:37 + Rick Stevens wrote: > Fedora is the "bleeding edge" development arm of RHEL. Eventually, > once enough changes have been made and stabilized in Fedora, it > becomes the next release of RHEL. We Fedora users are just the lab > rats and a giant, very vocal and fai

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Rick Stevens
On 10/29/18 11:52 AM, Walter H. wrote: > On 28.10.2018 23:49, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> I know this is strictly OT, but I suggest it's of some interest to this >> list: >> >> https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/28/ibm-to-acquire-red-hat-in-deal-valued-at-34-billion.html >> >> >> poc >> > I guess this

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Linux3D
I just hope that Fedora does not become one of those garage distributions. On 10/29/18 6:41 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:02:32 -0700 ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 10/29/18 8:12 AM, Eddie O'Connor wrote: I feel as though I've been kicked in the back of the neck.by B

Re: Bulk preparation of LiveUSBs or installed to a USB drive

2018-10-29 Thread Rick Stevens
On 10/29/18 11:31 AM, Danishka Navin wrote: > Hi, > I have to prepare hundreds of USB sticks which need to either papre as a > liveUSB or make it as a installed system (using the USB as the storage > when installing fedora). You can install to a USB stick if you want. Generally, Linux running on a

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Walter H.
On 28.10.2018 23:49, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: I know this is strictly OT, but I suggest it's of some interest to this list: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/28/ibm-to-acquire-red-hat-in-deal-valued-at-34-billion.html poc I guess this won't affect anything on the development of Fedora, RHEL, Cen

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2018-10-29 at 10:00 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > On 10/29/18 4:17 AM, j.halif...@seznam.cz wrote: > > Capitalism is not a good system because of a sum of locally optimal > > behaviors > > doesn't need to result in an optimum. Behavior of companies oriented for > > their > > maxi

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:02:32 -0700 ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > On 10/29/18 8:12 AM, Eddie O'Connor wrote: > > I feel as though I've been kicked in the back of the neck.by Bruce > > Lee! I don't presume to know the first thing about corporations, > > mergers, and long term financials,..

Bulk preparation of LiveUSBs or installed to a USB drive

2018-10-29 Thread Danishka Navin
Hi, I have to prepare hundreds of USB sticks which need to either papre as a liveUSB or make it as a installed system (using the USB as the storage when installing fedora). Regards, -- Danishka Navin http://danishkanavin.blogspot.com http://twitter.com/danishkanavin __

Re: nedit and utf8

2018-10-29 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 01:21:20AM +0100, Patrick Dupre wrote: Hello, How can I get the right display of the character Σ with nedit? I doubt it has much to do with your "nedit" - but probably much more with your keyboard settings. Provided you have xmodmap installed: I'd nearly bet this comm

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/29/18 10:02 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Wonderfully stated.  The announcement took my breath away.  I hope Fedora gets spun off. Spun off by who? Do you have any idea how much support RedHat provides to Fedora? ___ users mailing list --

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Joshua D Doll
On October 29, 2018 5:16:33 PM UTC, Dave Stevens wrote: >On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:02:32 -0700 >ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > >> I hope >> Fedora gets spun off. > > >forked? >___ >users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org >To unsubscribe send a

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Joshua D Doll
On October 28, 2018 10:49:46 PM UTC, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >I know this is strictly OT, but I suggest it's of some interest to this >list: > >https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/28/ibm-to-acquire-red-hat-in-deal-valued-at-34-billion.html > >poc >___ >user

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Dave Stevens
On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:02:32 -0700 ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > I hope > Fedora gets spun off. forked? ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduc

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 10/29/18 8:12 AM, Eddie O'Connor wrote: I feel as though I've been kicked in the back of the neck.by Bruce Lee! I don't presume to know the first thing about corporations, mergers, and long term financials, And while Red Hat was a corporation per se.I've always loved Fedora for b

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 10/29/18 4:17 AM, j.halif...@seznam.cz wrote: Capitalism is not a good system because of a sum of locally optimal behaviors doesn't need to result in an optimum. Behavior of companies oriented for their maximal profit causes negative devastating nature, social tensions, devastating democrac

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Eddie O'Connor
I feel as though I've been kicked in the back of the neck.by Bruce Lee! I don't presume to know the first thing about corporations, mergers, and long term financials, And while Red Hat was a corporation per se.I've always loved Fedora for being different, for being the odd distro that w

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 11:56:45PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 10/28/18 10:18 PM, Tim via users wrote: On Sun, 2018-10-28 at 22:01 -0600, Chris Murphy wrote: The reality is, Red Hat is a publicly traded company and there was always a very good chance a big fish was going to come eat

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat Comment on IBM Side

2018-10-29 Thread Michael D. Setzer II
Can put a personnel opinion on IBM side of this. My College became a part of the IBM academic initiative program 5+ years ago. They provided the service we used free of charge. My College has a 12 year old mini system that had 256M of Ram and 24G of disk with a single CPU and was two major versi

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread j.halifax2
Capitalism is not a good system because of a sum of locally optimal behaviors doesn't need to result in an optimum. Behavior of companies oriented for their maximal profit causes negative devastating nature, social tensions, devastating  democracy, even criminal overthrowing legally elected gove

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

2018-10-29 Thread Erik P. Olsen
On 2018-10-28 at 23:56:45 ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > On 10/28/18 10:18 PM, Tim via users wrote: > > On Sun, 2018-10-28 at 22:01 -0600, Chris Murphy wrote: > >> The reality is, Red Hat is a publicly traded company and there was > >> always a very good chance a big fish was going to come eat