Comments on: 3 Operating Systems I’m Watching http://pthree.org/2007/12/20/3-operating-systems-im-watching/ Linux. GNU. Freedom. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:35:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-hemorrhage hourly 1 By: vontrapp http://pthree.org/2007/12/20/3-operating-systems-im-watching/#comment-85508 vontrapp Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:41:42 +0000 http://www.pthree.org/2007/12/20/3-operating-systems-im-watching/#comment-85508 About your unstable woes... I have the same situation as you. I often times want a package from unstable, but I do _not_ want to run unstable. Here's how I do it. Include unstable in your sources (I even do this with ubuntu, btw) and then edit your /etc/apt/preferences. Put in that file the following <code> Package: * Pin: release a=unstable, o=Debian Pin-Priority: 301 </code> That will keep automatic installs or upgrades from _ever_ coming from unstable. The only way to get an unstable package is to explicitly ask for it. About your unstable woes… I have the same situation as you. I often times want a package from unstable, but I do _not_ want to run unstable. Here’s how I do it. Include unstable in your sources (I even do this with ubuntu, btw) and then edit your /etc/apt/preferences. Put in that file the following
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable, o=Debian
Pin-Priority: 301

That will keep automatic installs or upgrades from _ever_ coming from unstable. The only way to get an unstable package is to explicitly ask for it.

]]> By: nixternal http://pthree.org/2007/12/20/3-operating-systems-im-watching/#comment-85279 nixternal Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:16:29 +0000 http://www.pthree.org/2007/12/20/3-operating-systems-im-watching/#comment-85279 Well Kevin beat me to it, but yes Foresight is no longer just a Gnome distribution, we also have a KDE 3.5, KDE 4.0, and an Xfce rollout for the fl:2-devel release due out in the next few months. Well Kevin beat me to it, but yes Foresight is no longer just a Gnome distribution, we also have a KDE 3.5, KDE 4.0, and an Xfce rollout for the fl:2-devel release due out in the next few months.

]]> By: specialKevin http://pthree.org/2007/12/20/3-operating-systems-im-watching/#comment-85268 specialKevin Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:25:43 +0000 http://www.pthree.org/2007/12/20/3-operating-systems-im-watching/#comment-85268 aaron: I hope you try out foresight and really like it. I again want to thank you for all the kind words about foresight. If you run into any problems or just want to find out about the community join us in #foresight on irc.freenode.net wolfger: I think that conary is better than portage but I might be a little biased. I used to run Gentoo and then I found out about foresight and haven't looked back since. In regards to kde we are currently working on FL2 which will include KDE and XFCE. It is currently in its alpha state but that is something to keep an eye out for. aaron: I hope you try out foresight and really like it. I again want to thank you for all the kind words about foresight. If you run into any problems or just want to find out about the community join us in #foresight on irc.freenode.net

wolfger: I think that conary is better than portage but I might be a little biased. I used to run Gentoo and then I found out about foresight and haven’t looked back since. In regards to kde we are currently working on FL2 which will include KDE and XFCE. It is currently in its alpha state but that is something to keep an eye out for.

]]> By: Wolfger http://pthree.org/2007/12/20/3-operating-systems-im-watching/#comment-85263 Wolfger Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:01:24 +0000 http://www.pthree.org/2007/12/20/3-operating-systems-im-watching/#comment-85263 Interesting. Conary sounds like it might be as good as Gentoo's Portage. That would be a nifty thing indeed. I'd try Foresight out tonight, if only it used KDE... :-P Interesting. Conary sounds like it might be as good as Gentoo’s Portage. That would be a nifty thing indeed. I’d try Foresight out tonight, if only it used KDE… :-P

]]> By: Paul Cutler http://pthree.org/2007/12/20/3-operating-systems-im-watching/#comment-85261 Paul Cutler Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:53:18 +0000 http://www.pthree.org/2007/12/20/3-operating-systems-im-watching/#comment-85261 Thanks for the comments on Foresight! Once you try it, if you have any questions stop by #foresight on Freenode IRC and let us know. Gabriel: You could say we're the first desktop distro with Conary. ;) Thanks for the comments on Foresight! Once you try it, if you have any questions stop by #foresight on Freenode IRC and let us know.

Gabriel: You could say we’re the first desktop distro with Conary. ;)

]]> By: maks http://pthree.org/2007/12/20/3-operating-systems-im-watching/#comment-85259 maks Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:48:23 +0000 http://www.pthree.org/2007/12/20/3-operating-systems-im-watching/#comment-85259 there is an old saying don't run Debian unstable if you can't fix it. I agree that this Intel driver xorg bug is pretty bad. use aptitude to downgrade a bunch of packages from unstable to testing. Even if officially not supported it works out pretty good. You can choose which installed version you want. there is an old saying don’t run Debian unstable if you can’t fix it. I agree that this Intel driver xorg bug is pretty bad.

use aptitude to downgrade a bunch of packages from unstable to testing. Even if officially not supported it works out pretty good. You can choose which installed version you want.

]]> By: Gabriel Gunderson http://pthree.org/2007/12/20/3-operating-systems-im-watching/#comment-85254 Gabriel Gunderson Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:32:11 +0000 http://www.pthree.org/2007/12/20/3-operating-systems-im-watching/#comment-85254 "Foresight is the first distribution to introduce the superior Conary package manager." It can't be the first if it's based on rPath :) Anyway, conary is cool stuff and I hope that it takes off. “Foresight is the first distribution to introduce the superior Conary package manager.”

It can’t be the first if it’s based on rPath :) Anyway, conary is cool stuff and I hope that it takes off.

]]> By: phoenyx http://pthree.org/2007/12/20/3-operating-systems-im-watching/#comment-85249 phoenyx Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:58:08 +0000 http://www.pthree.org/2007/12/20/3-operating-systems-im-watching/#comment-85249 Interesting. I've looked at opensolaris and haiku, but foresight is new to me. I think I'll try it out. Aside: could you increase the line height of your paragraphs to make them easier to read? Interesting. I’ve looked at opensolaris and haiku, but foresight is new to me. I think I’ll try it out.

Aside: could you increase the line height of your paragraphs to make them easier to read?

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