Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Wayland Makes Progress Date: 12 May 2026 22:15:17 GMT Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <10sv1kk$gjtg$1@dont-email.me> <20260505081230.00005ae5@gmail.com> <10tdork$oc5h$3@dont-email.me> <20260505152642.000071fd@gmail.com> <10tef2c$u1ph$1@dont-email.me> <20260506084347.000049fe@gmail.com> <18ad06ee0d21bf57$37606$2332849$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <68u6dmx6t3.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <8rbbdmx0hj.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net d/iUNP6Et3jeRYgtZtAEngZTdmMhl6yenj0XWA5MmaibZhJWzJ Cancel-Lock: sha1:9o6FBvbMEB+qxNcJDa3h+8vuo7o= sha256:fF8v20WjuRX8l9UB8uB6xcbFfMsQBtkkTHQUvo1yC7w= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:86532 On Tue, 12 May 2026 12:26:16 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote: > Pff. That page is non functional since Leap got some packages directly > from SUSE. Not just source inherited and compatible, but binary the > same. I think. So the search page has to locate some packages at > openSUSE repos, > and some at SUSE repos. Hopefully if SUSE gets sold (again) it won't affect the link to openSUSE. > Oh, the ncurses interface has been there since ever. It is very useful > when doing remote installs or maintenance over ssh. I never had occasion to use it. However smitty on AIX... https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/faq5-how-use-smitty-add-2nd-ip-address- network SMIT was the X GUI version, sort of. All you gained was the famous running man. It's not clear how many hours some IBM nerd spent on that 'feature'. Personally I liked the Microsoft dog better. > cockpit, I still haven't managed to install/try it. It doesn't sound like it adds much for local machine administration. I'm fine with zypper or myrlyn on the rare occasion where I'm looking for something but I'm not sure what. Major disappointment: KPatience's default deck design sucks. You have to install kde-carddecks-other and then, apparently, copy them from /usr/ share/carddecks to .local/share/cardecks. What sort of Linux distro doesn't have penguins installed by default?