wow, it's been a long time.
i'm down in the bay area for the first time in a year and a half, and it sure brings back memories.
wow, it's been a long time.
i'm down in the bay area for the first time in a year and a half, and it sure brings back memories.
wow, it's been a long time since i've posted an article here.
embedded linux
i used to think the linux distro arena was crowded... but
after taking a gander at the embedded linux arena, i feel
smothered. redmond linux is looking for funding, and for
that we are focusing on [high level] embedded stuff... but
what a crowded space!
talking open source to VC's
...VC's who see open source, specifically publishing your IP
on the 'net, as a "major hole" in a business
plan. what does it take to convince people with checkbooks
that open source doesn't conflict with money making? i'm
looking to use lots of good arguments from esr's the
magic cauldron.
reusable projects
what we [i?] need is a clearing house for orphaned
projects. i've got a linux kb i've been trying
to dump off on someone else for a year and a half, and i
can't find anyone to pick it up. i think it's got too much
potential to orphan. how many other projects are in the same
state? wouldn't it be great if there was a site where we
could dump our old projects off, and troll for new cool
things? methinks sourceforge is halfway
there. or does it exist already? please let me know.
good day, bad day.
good day
Fixed the last remaining Redmond Linux Beta 1 bug
and shoved it out the door. i announced it on freshmeat and
already the flame mail's comin' in... but still a good day.
bad day
went in to work and found my HD crashed, gone gone gone.
yes, it contained the only piece of RL work i haven't backed
up. for five days. i suppose that'll teach me, but it
still really sux.
family
family is begging me to come see them on vacation in a few
weeks. trip will be rather expensive and liza says if we
see my family we've got to see her family too. so more
expense. plus for the past three years almost all our
vacations have been family vacations: we fly together, we
sit, we chat, we get bored, we leave. when do we get
vacations to do what we want to do?
seriously considering not showing up this time.
smb authentication
so it's my turn to decide how to store netbios credentials
in userland. in windows when you surf to a \\server\share
your default credentials don't allow you to access, a gui
dialog pops up asking you for a username/password [and
perhaps domain]. how to do that in linux? email me if you have
ideas pls. it's gotta be user and program agnostic but live
in userland. welllll, i *guess* it could live in kernel
land, but i don't think i want it there.
advogato
kudos on the salon piece. my wife reminds me that
advogato means 'lawyer' in portuguese.
MS breakup
*yawn*. 'nuff said.
Car Shopping
we have a two-door '92 plymouth sundance and hauling two
kids around in it is getting old. we're looking for a nice
used vehicle with leg room and four doors for $13K. anyone
have some ideas? please let
me know.
Living in Seattle
I love Seattle but i am starting to feel a little removed
from the other hackers in the free software community.
especially all the code warriors at linuxcare, they all live
somewhere else. If anyone gets to Seattle and wants to meet
a particular free software coder [ie, me], drop me a line.
Redmond Linux
just got the bugzilla page up and
have already entered some bugs. i've decided to call the
first version Amethyst for no particular reason.
LinuxKB.org
well we've announced a major shift
in our strategy. basically we're rewriting the back end
again. expect something tangible from us
someday...
sourceforge
just found out about va linux's sourceforge compile farm.
what a cool idea. hopefully they'll put caldera 2.4 on it
soon, that way i can build redmond linux on it. right now
i'm building it on my home PII-350/128M/15G IDE system; the
kernel RPM's take an hour to compile.
my computer, my girlfriend
my wife has started calling my computer my girlfriend cuz i
spend so much time on it. gotta start paying attention to
her more...
linuxkb.org
top-secret meeting tomorrow about the new direction of
linuxkb.org. hopefully some good stuff comes out of it.
my daughters
my wife put up some new pictures of our daughters online.
rachel is 15 months and susan is 2 months. take a gander.
advogato
thanks for the certs folks. btw, i notice that editing my
notes entries for my id adds extra spaces in the text.
after a while i get gargantuan amounts of spaces in between
words. ok, actually i'm only up to four, but that's three
more than i wanted.
seattle weather
highs in the 50's/low 60's [F] today. what's up with that?
isn't it almost june? i wore my coat today.
life
life is good. i'm healthy, happy, and in love, and that's a
wonderful way to be.
heh wow, i've been keeping a journal in my .project file on cheek.com [finger joseph@cheek.com], now that this is here i can take the "finger me" out of my .sig 8-).
made build 2 of redmond linux today. build 1 was the first proof of concept, to see if i could reverse engineer caldera's installer's rpm config files and get an installable product. success! build 2, today, is the second proof of concept; can i get an installable product with the lizard source from their cvs server? i've got build 2 on cd now, will install tomorrow and see.
assuming all goes well, the final POC [in build 3] will be whether i can get my own RPM's to install instead of caldera's. if so then redmond linux will be in full swing!
afaik no-one has made a distro based on caldera, it's about time someone does. fyi caldera keeps their build process proprietary, as in it's a trade secret, i emailed and even talked with them on the phone. so that's why the reverse engineering. just don't tell the feds on me.
as soon as i finish the POC's and get situated with a new domain i will officially announce redmond linux. fun fun fun.
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