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| From | Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Ubuntu |
| Date | 2011-10-17 00:32 +0100 |
| Organization | Stack Usenet News Service |
| Message-ID | <alpine.DEB.2.00.1110170031150.27716@urchin.earth.li> (permalink) |
| References | (3 earlier) <j7a7tn$t21$1@speranza.aioe.org> <j7ack9$j96$1@localhost.localdomain> <j7b500$51f$1@speranza.aioe.org> <j7bts6$vgl$1@localhost.localdomain> <e7pj97pt57r2lgc7q9jc6mn5l1n2tse2sa@4ax.com> |
On Sat, 15 Oct 2011, Roedy Green wrote: > On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:21:27 +0000 (UTC), Martin Gregorie > <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted > someone who said : > >> On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 01:16:47 -0400, B1ll Gat3s wrote: >> >>> Just because it's no longer available at the same time as the OS with a >>> one-stop shop doesn't mean it's impossible to get and install it, >>> period, you know. >>> >> Maybe, maybe not. >> >> I've read, from more than one source, that G2 will no longer work on >> Ubuntu, hence its removal though admittedly this also has a lot to do >> with the Ubuntu folks deciding they hated G3 and going off down the Unify >> track: maybe they've decided that Unify is now stable enough that >> alternatives aren't needed. >> >> With F16 Fedora moves to Kernel 3.x and completes its transition from >> using System V init to control boot-up and services to using systemd. As >> a result systemctl replaces 'service'. This in turn means that the daemon >> scripts in /etc/init.d become toast and are replaced by systemd service >> unit definitions. With G2 no longer being maintained (not that gnome.org >> was doing much to support it for the last year or two) and the relatively >> large number of fundamental changes going into F16 I wouldn't be >> surprised if it stops working under F16 too. At a minimum, a lot of stuff >> in the 'System' menu won't work any more. > > I am a puzzled by the Unix folk having so many ways of handling the > GUI. I have heard of Gnome 1 2 3, KDE, X-Windows, Xfce, Unify Unix folk have so many ways of handling everything! Count the numbers of mail daemons, text editors, web servers, pagers, mail clients, package managers ... > When you write a C program do you have to pick one? or do they share a > common core API? Not on your nelly. tom -- So the moon is approximately 24 toasters from Scunthorpe.
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