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  1. cabal cabal

    The Cabal has arrived.

    Monday, 04-Apr-11 23:23:56 UTC from web
    1. Stumperman Stumperman

      @widget Break all the rules in one post. I'm gonna be banned, so do it with a bang.

      Wednesday, 18-Jul-12 00:20:23 UTC from web
    2. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

      @widget Delete the account threatening to ban me. Problem solved.

      Wednesday, 18-Jul-12 00:20:29 UTC from web
    3. Bit Shift Bit Shift

      @widget >get lamp

      Wednesday, 18-Jul-12 00:21:22 UTC from web
    4. Bit Shift Bit Shift

      @widget No, I was deliberately misinterpreting it as a prompt in a text adventure (due to the 2nd-person narration and the "What now?"), and entering an instruction for that to parse. (Also, LAMP < FEPP :P)

      Wednesday, 18-Jul-12 00:25:26 UTC from web
      1. Toksyuryel Toksyuryel

        @bitshift Federal Excess Personal Property?

        Wednesday, 18-Jul-12 00:27:00 UTC from web
        1. Bit Shift Bit Shift

          @toksyuryel FreeBSD+Nginx+Postgres+Python (and before you ask, yes, E is generally used in acronyms for Nginx to avoid the awkward X, since it's pronounced "Engine X" anyway).

          Wednesday, 18-Jul-12 00:28:57 UTC from web
          1. Toksyuryel Toksyuryel

            @bitshift Ah. I do approve of this configuration!

            Wednesday, 18-Jul-12 00:29:35 UTC from web
            1. Bit Shift Bit Shift

              @toksyuryel While I don't have any live ones in that configuration thus far, I am really liking FreeBSD for its combination of stability with the flexibility of ports. (Also pf is the best thing.)

              Wednesday, 18-Jul-12 00:30:53 UTC from web
              1. Toksyuryel Toksyuryel

                @bitshift For a production server I would definitely choose FreeBSD over any form of Linux. It is rock solid.

                Wednesday, 18-Jul-12 00:31:42 UTC from web
            2. Bit Shift Bit Shift

              @toksyuryel As a server OS, that is. I still prefer the bleeding edge of Arch (or possibly Gentoo, if I like it once I have it running) for personal machines.

              Wednesday, 18-Jul-12 00:32:11 UTC from web
              1. Toksyuryel Toksyuryel

                @bitshift Again, agreed ☺ FreeBSD for servers, some flavor of linux for personal systems. I also give the edge to linux for combination servers and personal systems (like what I am running).

                Wednesday, 18-Jul-12 00:33:36 UTC from web
            3. Bit Shift Bit Shift

              @toksyuryel Not that I can run anything but the shipped copy of Windows on this laptop so far - UEFI is a new experience for me, and I have yet to even get it to boot a live image. :/

              Wednesday, 18-Jul-12 00:35:00 UTC from web
              1. Toksyuryel Toksyuryel

                @bitshift Yeah, when I built this system I specifically made sure I selected a motherboard that did not require any form of EFI (U or otherwise) for exactly that reason.

                Wednesday, 18-Jul-12 00:36:05 UTC from web
                1. lyrica lyrica

                  @toksyuryel EFI?

                  Wednesday, 18-Jul-12 00:36:30 UTC from web
                  1. Toksyuryel Toksyuryel

                    @lyrica It's a replacement for BIOS.

                    Wednesday, 18-Jul-12 00:36:50 UTC from web
                2. Bit Shift Bit Shift

                  @toksyuryel I'm pretty sure I can get something to boot from a CD once I get my old portable DVD drive hooked up again. But then I have a second problem in that this machine never came with a Windows install disc, so I have to hope it's already GPT-partitioned - no current distro I know of works correctly with both a DOS-style partition table and a UEFI bootloader (whereas Windows does, so it's entirely possible that's the out-of-box configuration of this system); I'm not yet willing to totally blow away the copy of Windows on here without some way of reinstalling it once the disk's reformatted.

                  Wednesday, 18-Jul-12 00:40:14 UTC from web
                  1. Toksyuryel Toksyuryel

                    @bitshift Good luck *hug*

                    Wednesday, 18-Jul-12 00:41:34 UTC from web
                    1. Bit Shift Bit Shift

                      @toksyuryel It'll be worthwhile if I can get it done, because UEFI and GPT are far superior to BIOS and DOS/MBR-style partitioning, respectively. Just a shame it's such a minefield right now.

                      Wednesday, 18-Jul-12 00:42:57 UTC from web
                      1. Toksyuryel Toksyuryel

                        @bitshift The main issue right now is that Microsoft has their teeth in it and won't let go.

                        Wednesday, 18-Jul-12 00:45:40 UTC from web
                      2. Toksyuryel Toksyuryel

                        @bitshift I keep wanting to read GPT as "Great and Powerful Trixie". #

                        Wednesday, 18-Jul-12 01:03:12 UTC from web
                        1. Bit Shift Bit Shift

                          @toksyuryel Well, a Trixie-powered computer _would_ be pretty neat. :P

                          Wednesday, 18-Jul-12 01:04:23 UTC from web
                          1. Toksyuryel Toksyuryel

                            @bitshift Isn't that what Windows is? A boastful showoff that can't actually back up its claims?

                            Wednesday, 18-Jul-12 01:07:06 UTC from web
                            1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                              @toksyuryel ~HeRe It GoEs AgAiN~

                              Wednesday, 18-Jul-12 01:07:38 UTC from web
                            2. Bit Shift Bit Shift

                              @toksyuryel Windows is... passable. There are plenty of things it'll do well enough (and the vast majority of computer users only want those things), but it's foolish to expect it to do things that fall outside of that scope. (That and it doesn't lend itself too well to the level of customization I'd like. I've got it just about how I want it with bbLean, but there's no way to go beyond that and replace lower-level stuff.)

                              Wednesday, 18-Jul-12 01:12:08 UTC from web
    5. Bit Shift Bit Shift

      @widget I have no idea if it's even the right acronym, but here's my explanation from earlier: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/1700199

      Wednesday, 18-Jul-12 02:51:09 UTC from web