Re: February Meeting on the 15th

I'm coming in a little late here, but did anyone else get the link to God's
Source Code to work?  :) wouldn't load for me...

On Wednesday, February 8, 2012, Paul Spicer wrote:

> Ashen's Tech Dump - God's Source Code<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j5bbi-OzFY>
>
> :D
>
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Jess Hires <[email protected]<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > Where do I find the source for the universe? :P
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Paul Spicer <[email protected]<javascript:;>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> "To install Linux from scratch, you must first create the universe."
> >> On Feb 8, 2012 8:21 AM, "Jess Hires" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Of course I was joking about Gentoo. I really think we should do Linux
> >> From
> >> > Scratch. :P
> >> >
> >> > Seriously, I think most people attending this session would benefit
> from
> >> > seeing a Debian or CentOS install, maybe Arch if people want to see
> >> > something a little different.
> >> >
> >> > Jess
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 12:44 AM, Steve Litt <
> [email protected]
> >> > >wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Or, you could do Saybayon, which is Gentoo with the basics already
> >> > > compiled. It doesn't take as long to compile as normal Gentoo, but
> you
> >> > > get a lot of the same advantages, and if you change your Ports
> source,
> >> > > you can actually convert Saybayon to Gentoo, on your own time
> >> schedule.
> >> > >
> >> > > SteveT
> >> > >
> >> > > On Tue, 7 Feb 2012 23:14:08 -0500
> >> > > Michael Potts <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > > Gentoo would likely be a great 'worst case senario' install but it
> >> > > > would take a huge amount of time.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > I have been toying with doing it off a remote VM with a nice beefy
> >> > > > system, but even then it would not be that fast. Something like a
> >> > > > Core i7 system locally may work better than my 4x3.0GHz Xeon
> server.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > With a compile taking 3+ hours, it may need to be done TV-chef
> >> style,
> >> > > > with a pre-done VM all ready after the compile stage. Just drop
> the
> >> > > > 'raw' compile task in, pause the VM and unpause the
> >> already-completed
> >> > > > VM.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Michael Potts
> >> > > > GV: (904) 638-2914 | Gtalk: [email protected]
> >> > > > @HMHackMaster | http://about.me/MichaelPotts
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Jess Hires <[email protected]>
> >> > > > wrote:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > > I'd like to see this with Gentoo. ;D
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:41 PM, Rob McKennon <
> >> [email protected]>
> >> > > > > wrote:
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > > Wow,
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > The next meeting is less than 2 weeks away!  Dan Bidleman
> and/or
> >> > > > > > myself will be presenting on "how to install Linux".
> >> > > > > > Demonstrating the basics
> >> > > > > of
> >> > > > > > setting up the partitions, sound and networking.  We hope to
> do
> >> > > > > > this simultaneously with different distributions.  We also
> have
> >> a
> >> > > > > > request to demonstrate how to load linux as a "Dual Boot"
> along
> >> > > > > > side Windows 7.
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > We'll see how it goes...
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > Rob.
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > p.s.  if you want to see a specific distro installed, let us
> >> know
> >> > > > > > soon!
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > >
> >> > >
> >>
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