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nikolam

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Oct 20, 2006, 7:13:02 AM10/20/06
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http://www.gobolinux.org/

http://www.gobolinux.org/?page=at_a_glance

What is GoboLinux?

GoboLinux is an alternative Linux distribution which redefines the
entire filesystem hierarchy.

GoboLinux is a modular Linux distribution: it organizes the programs in
your system in a new, logical way. Instead of having parts of a program
thrown at /usr/bin, other parts at /etc and yet more parts thrown at
/usr/share/something/or/another, each program gets its own directory
tree, keeping them all neatly separated and allowing you to see
everything that's installed in the system and which files belong to
which programs in a simple and obvious way.

This is what you see in the root of a GoboLinux system:

~] cd /
/] ls
Programs
Users
System
Files
Mount
Depot
...
But what about Unix compatibility?

The GoboLinux system layout seems to be a major departure from the Unix
tradition. Does this mean all programs need to adjusted so that they
work with the new layout? Fortunately, the answer is no. Through a
mapping of traditional paths into their GoboLinux counterparts, we
transparently retain compatibility with the Unix legacy.

~] ls -l /dev/null | cut -b 45-
/dev/null

~] ls -l /bin/sh | cut -b 45-
sh -> /Programs/Bash/3.0/bin/bash

~] ls -l /usr/include/stdio.h | cut -b 45-
stdio.h -> /Programs/Glibc/2.3.6/include/stdio.h

There is no rocket science to this: /bin is a link to
/System/Links/Executables. And as a matter of fact, so is /usr/bin. And
/usr/sbin... all "binaries" directories map to the same place.
Amusingly, this makes us even more compatible than some more
standard-looking distributions. In GoboLinux, all standard paths work
for all files, while other distros may struggle with incompatibilites
such as scripts breaking when they refer to /usr/bin/foo when the file
is actually in /usr/local/bin/foo.

You may have noticed that the Unix paths did not show up in the system
root listing in the very first example. They are actually there, but
they are concealed from view using the GoboHide kernel extension. This
is for aesthetic purposes only and purely optional, though: GoboLinux
does not require modifications in the kernel or any other system
components. But our users seem to like it a lot. :-)

Sale

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Oct 20, 2006, 12:27:33 PM10/20/06
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Sine moj *nikolam*, ja sam prestar za te stvari, ali ti, na dan
20.10.2006 13:13, otkuca ovako:

> GoboLinux is a modular Linux distribution: it organizes the programs in
> your system in a new, logical way. Instead of having parts of a program
> thrown at /usr/bin, other parts at /etc and yet more parts thrown at
> /usr/share/something/or/another, each program gets its own directory
> tree, keeping them all neatly separated and allowing you to see
> everything that's installed in the system and which files belong to
> which programs in a simple and obvious way.

Da li mi se čini ili čujem reč "Jeres!" iz mnogih grla/tastatura? :)

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Sale

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Oct 21, 2006, 7:12:51 AM10/21/06
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On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 09:23:33 +0200
Shadow <vuka...@g.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

> Spalite ih na lomaci! :)))
>

...oni će nama da diraju u organizaciju direktorijuma... ;)

Shadow

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Oct 21, 2006, 3:23:33 AM10/21/06
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:27:33 +0200, Sale wrote:

Spalite ih na lomaci! :)))

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Y'all better just wise up
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The sky gon' light up!


Mixitron M. Storm

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Oct 23, 2006, 5:08:47 AM10/23/06
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Sale? Da li je to bio ELEKTRICITET?


> ...oni će nama da diraju u organizaciju direktorijuma... ;)


Beeeee!
Hoćemo registry!
Beee!

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Shadow

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Oct 23, 2006, 9:27:15 AM10/23/06
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On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:08:47 +0200, Mixitron M. Storm wrote:

> Sale? Da li je to bio ELEKTRICITET?
>
>
>> ...oni će nama da diraju u organizaciju direktorijuma... ;)
>
>
> Beeeee!
> Hoćemo registry!
> Beee!

I ti na lomachu zajedno sa njima!

Mixitron M. Storm

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Oct 23, 2006, 11:09:17 AM10/23/06
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Shadow? Da li je to bio ELEKTRICITET?

>> Beeeee!
>> Hoćemo registry!
>> Beee!
------
sarkazam?

> I ti na lomachu zajedno sa njima!

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Shadow

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Oct 23, 2006, 12:13:40 PM10/23/06
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On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:09:17 +0200, Mixitron M. Storm wrote:

> Shadow? Da li je to bio ELEKTRICITET?
>
>>> Beeeee!
>>> Hoćemo registry!
>>> Beee!
> ------
> sarkazam?

Sledeci put napisi to malo bolje...

LYb

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Oct 23, 2006, 1:57:06 PM10/23/06
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On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:13:40 +0200
Shadow <vuka...@g.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:09:17 +0200, Mixitron M. Storm wrote:
>
> > Shadow? Da li je to bio ELEKTRICITET?
> >
> >>> Beeeee!
> >>> Hoćemo registry!
> >>> Beee!
> > ------
> > sarkazam?
>
> Sledeci put napisi to malo bolje...

Ma bre... registry je neiscrpan izvor zanimacije, kad god ti je
dosadno, a ti u registry
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Sale

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Oct 23, 2006, 3:49:39 PM10/23/06
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Sine moj *LYb*, ja sam prestar za te stvari, ali ti, na dan 23.10.2006
19:57, otkuca ovako:

>> Sledeci put napisi to malo bolje...
>
> Ma bre... registry je neiscrpan izvor zanimacije, kad god ti je
> dosadno, a ti u registry

Istina...uvek ima šta da se čačne... :) Mislim da zbog toga ljudi
stavljaju po 2-3 instalacije Win-a na mašine :-D

Shadow

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Oct 23, 2006, 5:33:42 PM10/23/06
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On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:57:06 +0200, LYb wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:13:40 +0200
> Shadow <vuka...@g.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:09:17 +0200, Mixitron M. Storm wrote:
>>
>> > Shadow? Da li je to bio ELEKTRICITET?
>> >
>> >>> Beeeee!
>> >>> Hoćemo registry!
>> >>> Beee!
>> > ------
>> > sarkazam?
>>
>> Sledeci put napisi to malo bolje...
>
> Ma bre... registry je neiscrpan izvor zanimacije, kad god ti je
> dosadno, a ti u registry

Jel se i ti dobrovoljno javljas za lomachu? :)

Mixitron M. Storm

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Oct 23, 2006, 7:02:20 PM10/23/06
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LYb? Da li je to bio ELEKTRICITET?

> Ma bre... registry je neiscrpan izvor zanimacije, kad god ti je
> dosadno, a ti u registry

Popodne, posle 14 dana uptime-a, svratim u windozu da skinem taze slike sa
digitalca. Dok sam to postigao, trebalo mi je dva reseta (jedan na dugme)
i prateće scandiskovanje + desetak minuta sistema neupotrebljivog za rad
između.
Registry je stvarno poslednja linija odbrane od besposlice...

BTW primećuem da se filozofije dizanja win i lin naveliko razlikuju:
linuksu treba dve godine da prođe kroz učitavanje kernela i pokretanje
demona (posle čega korisnik može da mrda mišem), i još neko kratko vreme
za dizanje Xa i okruženja, posle čega je (korisnički) sistem stvarno
spreman za upotrebu.

Winodws za 20 sekundi uđe u GUI i naredne četiri godine provede
učitavajući sve što mu treba, zajedno sa programima koje je učitao,
koji takođe učitavaju sve što im treba, dok korisnik za to vreme može
samo da mrda mišem, pod uslovom da sistem nije toliko preopterećen da
ne bi imao kad da misli na kursor.

ambra

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Oct 23, 2006, 8:39:01 PM10/23/06
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nikolam wrote:
> GoboLinux is an alternative Linux distribution which redefines the
> entire filesystem hierarchy.

http://www.pathname.com/fhs/

;)

LYb

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Oct 23, 2006, 9:32:05 PM10/23/06
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On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:33:42 +0200
Shadow <vuka...@g.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

> >> Sledeci put napisi to malo bolje...
> >
> > Ma bre... registry je neiscrpan izvor zanimacije, kad god ti je
> > dosadno, a ti u registry
>
> Jel se i ti dobrovoljno javljas za lomachu? :)

Ja pre mislim da je za lomacu onaj koji je ovo pokrenuo kao crosspost
na tri grupe.

Shadow

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Oct 24, 2006, 3:35:54 AM10/24/06
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On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 01:02:20 +0200, Mixitron M. Storm wrote:
> BTW primećuem da se filozofije dizanja win i lin naveliko razlikuju:
> linuksu treba dve godine da prođe kroz učitavanje kernela i pokretanje
> demona (posle čega korisnik može da mrda mišem), i još neko kratko
> vreme za dizanje Xa i okruženja, posle čega je (korisnički) sistem
> stvarno spreman za upotrebu.
>
> Winodws za 20 sekundi uđe u GUI i naredne četiri godine provede
> učitavajući sve što mu treba, zajedno sa programima koje je učitao,
> koji takođe učitavaju sve što im treba, dok korisnik za to vreme
> može samo da mrda mišem, pod uslovom da sistem nije toliko
> preopterećen da ne bi imao kad da misli na kursor.

Zavisi kako je podesen...moj od momenta kad krene boot, do momenta kad je
usao u graficko okruzenje i pita me za password treba 10s...toliko mu je
trebalo pre 3 godine, toliko mu treba i danas...da nije mustek skenera i
da mu iskljucim josh neke stvari koje mi ne trebaju, mislim da bih mu
doveo vreme na 6s...ali sam primetio da kod windows-a se to vreme povecava
sa vremenom...

Vojislav MIHAILOVIC

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Oct 24, 2006, 6:54:37 AM10/24/06
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LYb wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:33:42 +0200
> Shadow <vuka...@g.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>
>>>> Sledeci put napisi to malo bolje...
>>> Ma bre... registry je neiscrpan izvor zanimacije, kad god ti je
>>> dosadno, a ti u registry
>> Jel se i ti dobrovoljno javljas za lomachu? :)
>
> Ja pre mislim da je za lomacu onaj koji je ovo pokrenuo kao crosspost
> na tri grupe.

Ne, za lomaču je onaj ko gundja zbog crossposta crosspostujući i dalje
na sve 3 grupe :>>>


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Chaki

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Oct 24, 2006, 3:29:24 PM10/24/06
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Dana 24 Oct 2006 01:02:20 +0200, Mixitron M. Storm napisa:

> LYb? Da li je to bio ELEKTRICITET?
>
>> Ma bre... registry je neiscrpan izvor zanimacije, kad god ti je
>> dosadno, a ti u registry
>
> Popodne, posle 14 dana uptime-a, svratim u windozu da skinem taze slike sa
> digitalca. Dok sam to postigao, trebalo mi je dva reseta (jedan na dugme)
> i prateće scandiskovanje + desetak minuta sistema neupotrebljivog za rad
> između.
> Registry je stvarno poslednja linija odbrane od besposlice...

Ja instalirah winXP SP2 13.09.2005.god. u 09:37:50 chasova i nemam nikakvih
problema. Instaliran je jedan Hotfix ;)

Mozhda je za to zasluzhno shto ne instaliram razne gluposti svaki dan ;)

Mixitron M. Storm

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Oct 25, 2006, 4:55:53 AM10/25/06
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Chaki? Da li je to bio ELEKTRICITET?

> Mozhda je za to zasluzhno shto ne instaliram razne gluposti svaki dan ;)

Neko ko jednom u dve nedelje od nužde svrati u windows na 5 minuta
sigurno ima gomilu raznih gluposti u instalaciji :)

Chaki

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Oct 26, 2006, 1:28:04 AM10/26/06
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Dana 25 Oct 2006 10:55:53 +0200, Mixitron M. Storm napisa:

>> Mozhda je za to zasluzhno shto ne instaliram razne gluposti svaki dan ;)
>
> Neko ko jednom u dve nedelje od nužde svrati u windows na 5 minuta
> sigurno ima gomilu raznih gluposti u instalaciji :)

Nikad se ne zna... ;)

Vojislav MIHAILOVIC

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Oct 26, 2006, 9:56:27 AM10/26/06
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Mixitron M. Storm wrote:
> Chaki? Da li je to bio ELEKTRICITET?
>
>> Mozhda je za to zasluzhno shto ne instaliram razne gluposti svaki dan ;)
>
> Neko ko jednom u dve nedelje od nužde svrati u windows na 5 minuta
> sigurno ima gomilu raznih gluposti u instalaciji :)

Aj' kao ne krospostujte ovo na 50 mesta, jel važi?

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Milan Babuskov

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Oct 27, 2006, 5:24:11 AM10/27/06
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Mixitron M. Storm wrote:
> Popodne, posle 14 dana uptime-a, svratim u windozu da skinem taze slike sa
> digitalca.

Zasto Linusa ti? Zar Linux ne moze?

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Vladimir Kanazir

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Oct 27, 2006, 6:59:31 AM10/27/06
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Milan Babuskov escribió:

>> Popodne, posle 14 dana uptime-a, svratim u windozu da skinem taze
>> slike sa digitalca.
>
> Zasto Linusa ti? Zar Linux ne moze?

On koristi Slack :)
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library?"
-- Lily Tomlin

Vladimir Kanazir

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Oct 27, 2006, 10:11:20 AM10/27/06
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Shadow escribió:

>> On koristi Slack :)
>
> Sto je to problem? :)

Skoro je neko kukao kako ne može da namesti PTP pod Slackom...
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As dead as can be.
First it killed the Romans,
And now it's killing me.

Shadow

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Oct 27, 2006, 10:07:48 AM10/27/06
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On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:59:31 +0200, Vladimir Kanazir wrote:

> Milan Babuskov escribió:
>
>>> Popodne, posle 14 dana uptime-a, svratim u windozu da skinem taze
>>> slike sa digitalca.
>>
>> Zasto Linusa ti? Zar Linux ne moze?
>
> On koristi Slack :)

Sto je to problem? :)

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Mixitron M. Storm

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Oct 27, 2006, 3:10:14 PM10/27/06
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Vladimir Kanazir? Da li je to bio ELEKTRICITET?

>> Zasto Linusa ti? Zar Linux ne moze?
>
> On koristi Slack :)

Na kome libgphoto2 ne da radi, zato :)

/još nisam stigao da se zezam sa onim što mi IR napomenu/

A i valja se kad pomisliš da bi mogao da kupiš bržu mašinu - odeš
malo tamo, pa se vratiš 'vamo, a ono sve LETI ;)

LYb

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Oct 30, 2006, 6:51:46 PM10/30/06
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On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:59:31 +0200
Vladimir Kanazir <vlad...@spamujte.hotmail.com> wrote:

> Milan Babuskov escribió:
>
> >> Popodne, posle 14 dana uptime-a, svratim u windozu da skinem taze
> >> slike sa digitalca.
> >
> > Zasto Linusa ti? Zar Linux ne moze?
>
> On koristi Slack :)

Moze svaki, zavisi kako utegnes stvari :)

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