I just love my linux machine (Fedora Core 4). I finally had to reboot this evening after 21 days of uptime. And that was due to something funky done by VMWare (running Win2k as a guest OS) to the x-server. I have my own web server, database server, ssh server, and subversion (version control) server running and accessible (if I choose to open up the firewall) from anywhere there's an internet connection. That's the power of the internet. Is anyone here using linux at home too? -- % Randy Yates % "Remember the good old 1980's, when %% Fuquay-Varina, NC % things were so uncomplicated?" %%% 919-577-9882 % 'Ticket To The Moon' %%%% <yates@ieee.org> % *Time*, Electric Light Orchestra http://home.earthlink.net/~yatescr
OT: Linux
Started by ●December 16, 2006
Reply by ●December 16, 20062006-12-16
On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 19:26:26 -0500, Randy Yates wrote:> Is anyone here using linux at home too?Not linux, myself, but FreeBSD. It's essentially the same user experience as Linux these days, I believe: I'm running GNOME-2.16.2, probably the same as you. Simply historical accident: I was running BSD (SunOS4 and Ultrix) at Uni, and never felt the need to change (other than gradually, as BSD itself has changed). I have files in my home directory date-stamped in the 80s... I'm pretty certain that you'll get a lot of straight "yes!" responses, though. I often wish that some of the DSP tools manufacturers would get their acts together and provide even basic linux support. It's not as though they need to provide anything more than a command-line compiler/assembler/linker and a gdb stub for the JTAG twiddler: all of the common dev environments (whether that be vim+command-line (my preference), emacs, eclipse, or whatever else suits you) typically beat the socks off any of the proprietary IDEs. (IMO YMMV etc...) Cheers, -- Andrew
Reply by ●December 16, 20062006-12-16
Andrew Reilly <andrew-newspost@areilly.bpc-users.org> writes:> On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 19:26:26 -0500, Randy Yates wrote: > >> Is anyone here using linux at home too? > > Not linux, myself, but FreeBSD. It's essentially the same user experience > as Linux these days, I believe: I'm running GNOME-2.16.2, probably the > same as you. Simply historical accident: I was running BSD (SunOS4 and > Ultrix) at Uni, and never felt the need to change (other than gradually, > as BSD itself has changed). I have files in my home directory > date-stamped in the 80s... > > I'm pretty certain that you'll get a lot of straight "yes!" responses, > though. > > I often wish that some of the DSP tools manufacturers would get their acts > together and provide even basic linux support.That would be wonderful. A couple of consulting jobs ago, the only reason I ran WinXP (as a VMWare host OS) was to run Code Composer Studio.> It's not as though they need to provide anything more than a > command-line compiler/assembler/linker and a gdb stub for the JTAG > twiddler: all of the common dev environments (whether that be > vim+command-line (my preference), emacs, eclipse, or whatever else > suits you) typically beat the socks off any of the proprietary IDEs. > (IMO YMMV etc...)I'm an XEmacs/gnumake man, myself. I could code the universe with those tools. I think the reality is that, when the number of developers who use unices gets to some critical mass, the big guys (AD, TI, etc.) will start providing the linux(ish) tools again. You do know, up until about the time the 55x was announced (circa 1999), TI provided linux versions of their tools? It was painful to see them drop that. -- % Randy Yates % "The dreamer, the unwoken fool - %% Fuquay-Varina, NC % in dreams, no pain will kiss the brow..." %%% 919-577-9882 % %%%% <yates@ieee.org> % 'Eldorado Overture', *Eldorado*, ELO http://home.earthlink.net/~yatescr
Reply by ●December 16, 20062006-12-16
Randy Yates <yates@ieee.org> writes:> (as a VMWare host OS)I meant a "VMWare guest OS". -- % Randy Yates % "Bird, on the wing, %% Fuquay-Varina, NC % goes floating by %%% 919-577-9882 % but there's a teardrop in his eye..." %%%% <yates@ieee.org> % 'One Summer Dream', *Face The Music*, ELO http://home.earthlink.net/~yatescr
Reply by ●December 16, 20062006-12-16
Randy Yates wrote:> I just love my linux machine (Fedora Core 4). > > I finally had to reboot this evening after 21 days of uptime. And that > was due to something funky done by VMWare (running Win2k as a guest > OS) to the x-server. > > I have my own web server, database server, ssh server, and subversion > (version control) server running and accessible (if I choose to open > up the firewall) from anywhere there's an internet connection. That's > the power of the internet. > > Is anyone here using linux at home too? > -- > % Randy Yates % "Remember the good old 1980's, when > %% Fuquay-Varina, NC % things were so uncomplicated?" > %%% 919-577-9882 % 'Ticket To The Moon' > %%%% <yates@ieee.org> % *Time*, Electric Light Orchestra > http://home.earthlink.net/~yatescrI have a laptop with dual boot FC4 and Windows. At one time I ran Debian under Windows using Parallels, but I had some big problems with that so went back to dual boot. The big problems were that the Linux filesystem sometimes got irrecoverably hosed when the machine shut down uncleanly. I use some Linux servers at work and shell in from my Mac at home. Apple has a free X windows program that works nicely for that. John
Reply by ●December 17, 20062006-12-17
sampson164@gmail.com writes:> I use some Linux servers at work and shell in from my Mac at home. > Apple has a free X windows program that works nicely for that.Isn't OS X essentially a version of unix? -- % Randy Yates % "Bird, on the wing, %% Fuquay-Varina, NC % goes floating by %%% 919-577-9882 % but there's a teardrop in his eye..." %%%% <yates@ieee.org> % 'One Summer Dream', *Face The Music*, ELO http://home.earthlink.net/~yatescr
Reply by ●December 17, 20062006-12-17
Randy Yates wrote:> sampson164@gmail.com writes: > >> I use some Linux servers at work and shell in from my Mac at home. >> Apple has a free X windows program that works nicely for that. > > Isn't OS X essentially a version of unix?I believe OS X is based on BSD, which is why they can (legally) close it. That said, the various BSDs started life as versions of unix - it's been mooted that unix may have more BSD than the other way around ;) Cheers PeteS
Reply by ●December 17, 20062006-12-17
Andrew Reilly wrote:> On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 19:26:26 -0500, Randy Yates wrote: > >> Is anyone here using linux at home too? > > Not linux, myself, but FreeBSD. It's essentially the same user experience > as Linux these days, I believe: I'm running GNOME-2.16.2, probably the > same as you. Simply historical accident: I was running BSD (SunOS4 and > Ultrix) at Uni, and never felt the need to change (other than gradually, > as BSD itself has changed). I have files in my home directory > date-stamped in the 80s... > > I'm pretty certain that you'll get a lot of straight "yes!" responses, > though. > > I often wish that some of the DSP tools manufacturers would get their acts > together and provide even basic linux support. It's not as though they > need to provide anything more than a command-line compiler/assembler/linker > and a gdb stub for the JTAG twiddler: all of the common dev environments > (whether that be vim+command-line (my preference), emacs, eclipse, or > whatever else suits you) typically beat the socks off any of the > proprietary IDEs. (IMO YMMV etc...) > > Cheers, >I dual boot on this machine (W2K / Suse 10), and I particularly like the fact that Xilinx tools run under Linux, as do my Cadence hardware design tools. When I happen to be in W2K and I need to run them, I do it under Cygwin anyway. I've a preference for running those tools under Linux as they are simply more stable, (once you get them configured, anyway) which could well be the OS, of course. Cheers PeteS
Reply by ●December 17, 20062006-12-17
Randy Yates wrote:> I just love my linux machine (Fedora Core 4). > > I finally had to reboot this evening after 21 days of uptime. And that > was due to something funky done by VMWare (running Win2k as a guest > OS) to the x-server. > > I have my own web server, database server, ssh server, and subversion > (version control) server running and accessible (if I choose to open > up the firewall) from anywhere there's an internet connection. That's > the power of the internet. > > Is anyone here using linux at home too?I have been running ONLY Debian GNU/Linux for 2 years now. It is the perfect OS, for me at least ;-) I don't miss any of the MS crap, however it would please me if TI would support Linux again. At work I'm forced into Winslow XP :-( Regards Anders -- -=[ Fjern _nej_til_spam i min e-mail ]=-
Reply by ●December 18, 20062006-12-18
Randy Yates wrote:> I just love my linux machine (Fedora Core 4). > > I finally had to reboot this evening after 21 days of uptime. And that > was due to something funky done by VMWare (running Win2k as a guest > OS) to the x-server.21 days is nothing ;-)> I have my own web server, database server, ssh server, and subversion > (version control) server running and accessible (if I choose to open > up the firewall) from anywhere there's an internet connection. That's > the power of the internet. > > Is anyone here using linux at home too?I use a linux system at home, but it's not running 24 hours a day. But in the office I have several linux systems running: - The CVS server runs under SuSE 7.0 since October 2000 and had only 13 reboots ever; the longest uptime was 496 days. Reboots were initiated by power failures or hardware defects but never by software. Occasionally (once per year) I have to restart the name server cache daemon if two systems use the same TCP/IP number in the network (yes, this happens). And I have two scripts running every 5 minutes which check the mountd daemon and the default route and fix them if necessary. - The backup server runs under RedHat EL3 and had one reboot after 345 days, because the hardware had to be moved to another location. - my workstation runs under RedHat EL4 and has an average uptime of 3 months. bye Andreas -- Andreas H�nnebeck | email: acmh@gmx.de ----- privat ---- | www : http://www.huennebeck-online.de Fax/Anrufbeantworter: 0721/151-284301 GPG-Key: http://www.huennebeck-online.de/public_keys/andreas.asc PGP-Key: http://www.huennebeck-online.de/public_keys/pgp_andreas.asc
