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Re: Help!

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  Re: Help! zsmith@gmail.com - 2013-02-05 13:59 -0800
    Re: Help! The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-02-05 22:31 +0000
      Re: Help! Matthew of Boswell <mordervomubel+usenet@lockmail.us> - 2013-02-05 20:18 -0500
        Re: Help! The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-02-06 01:39 +0000
        Re: Help! irscott@gmail.com - 2013-02-06 11:27 -0800
          Re: Help! J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-02-06 20:56 +0000
          Re: Help! "Aaron W.  Hsu" <arcfide@sacrideo.us> - 2013-02-06 22:23 -0500
          Re: Help! Matthew of Boswell <mordervomubel+usenet@lockmail.us> - 2013-02-08 17:58 -0500
    Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help! J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-02-06 00:18 +0000
      Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help! Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2013-02-06 18:58 +0000
        Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help! J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-02-06 20:54 +0000
          Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help! Matthew of Boswell <mordervomubel+usenet@lockmail.us> - 2013-02-08 17:35 -0500
          Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help! Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2013-02-08 17:46 -0500
            Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help! J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-02-09 02:01 +0000
            Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help! Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2013-02-09 03:05 +0100
              Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help! Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2013-02-09 03:41 +0000
                Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help! Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2013-02-09 04:47 +0100
                  Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help! Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2013-02-09 13:29 +0200
                    PS1 Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com> - 2013-02-09 19:11 +0000
                      Re: PS1 Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2013-02-10 03:12 +0100
                    Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help! Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2013-02-10 03:08 +0100
                      Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help! Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2013-02-10 12:49 +0200

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#7210 — Re: Help!

From	zsmith@gmail.com
Date	2013-02-05 13:59 -0800
Subject	Re: Help!
Message-ID	<1f80d1f3-3202-441e-ab99-4840bc344c87@googlegroups.com>

Ian, you shouldn't need to FTP it or download it from a BBS at this point.  There are many distros available on the web!  Try Ubuntu, for example:

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop

Let me know if you need any help!

-Lord Pegasus



On Thursday, July 28, 1994 9:20:17 AM UTC-4, Ian Scott wrote:
> I really want to get Linux, but when I go into FTP or the area it is in on this
> local board, I am totally confused about WHAT to download and WHAT to do with
> it. All I really want now is just the base program, no applications yet.. I'll
> see if I like it or not...
> 
> Ian
> 
> +-----------------------------------------------/
> |  ------=-----=== Ian Scott ===-----=------   /
> |  (INTERNET) sempco!iscott@wupost.wustl.edu  /
> |  (U U C P)  wupost.wustl.edu!sempco!iscott /
> |    Double your HD space! Delete Windows!  /
> +------------------------------------------/

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#7211

From	The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date	2013-02-05 22:31 +0000
Message-ID	<kes17n$fha$1@news.albasani.net>
In reply to	#7210

On 05/02/13 21:59, zsmith@gmail.com wrote:
> Ian, you shouldn't need to FTP it or download it from a BBS at this point.  There are many distros available on the web!  Try Ubuntu, for example:
>
> http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
>
> Let me know if you need any help!
>
> -Lord Pegasus
>
>
>
> On Thursday, July 28, 1994 9:20:17 AM UTC-4, Ian Scott wrote:
>> I really want to get Linux, but when I go into FTP or the area it is in on this
>> local board, I am totally confused about WHAT to download and WHAT to do with
>> it. All I really want now is just the base program, no applications yet.. I'll
>> see if I like it or not...
>>
>> Ian
>>
>> +-----------------------------------------------/
>> |  ------=-----=== Ian Scott ===-----=------   /
>> |  (INTERNET) sempco!iscott@wupost.wustl.edu  /
>> |  (U U C P)  wupost.wustl.edu!sempco!iscott /
>> |    Double your HD space! Delete Windows!  /
>> +------------------------------------------/
>
try burning a MINT DVD. you get quite a lot with that..

http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2216

and a little icon that helps you install more.
Once that lot is up and running..


-- 
Ineptocracy

(in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) – a system of government where the least capable to 
lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the 
members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are 
rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a 
diminishing number of producers.

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#7216

From	Matthew of Boswell <mordervomubel+usenet@lockmail.us>
Date	2013-02-05 20:18 -0500
Message-ID	<20130205201831.6025e6e9@lockmail.us>
In reply to	#7211

On Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:31:21 +0000
The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> On 05/02/13 21:59, zsmith@gmail.com wrote:
> > Ian, you shouldn't need to FTP it or download it from a BBS at this point.  There are many distros available on the web!  Try Ubuntu, for example:
> >
> > http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
> >
> > Let me know if you need any help!
> >
> > -Lord Pegasus

Props to you, sir, for the ultimate troll of the year :D

> > On Thursday, July 28, 1994 9:20:17 AM UTC-4, Ian Scott wrote:
> >> I really want to get Linux, but when I go into FTP or the area it is in on this
> >> local board, I am totally confused about WHAT to download and WHAT to do with
> >> it. All I really want now is just the base program, no applications yet.. I'll
> >> see if I like it or not...
> >>
> >> Ian
> >>
> >> +-----------------------------------------------/
> >> |  ------=-----=== Ian Scott ===-----=------   /
> >> |  (INTERNET) sempco!iscott@wupost.wustl.edu  /
> >> |  (U U C P)  wupost.wustl.edu!sempco!iscott /
> >> |    Double your HD space! Delete Windows!  /
> >> +------------------------------------------/

Mr. 1994 BBS dialup, give a shout if you're still on this newsgroup :)

> try burning a MINT DVD. you get quite a lot with that..
> 
> http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2216
> 
> and a little icon that helps you install more.
> Once that lot is up and running..

Is that really you, Natural Philosopher? Are you really joining a
response to a post that was made in 1994?


-- 
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#7218

From	The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date	2013-02-06 01:39 +0000
Message-ID	<kesc92$4i2$1@news.albasani.net>
In reply to	#7216

On 06/02/13 01:18, Matthew of Boswell wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:31:21 +0000
> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 05/02/13 21:59, zsmith@gmail.com wrote:
>>> Ian, you shouldn't need to FTP it or download it from a BBS at this point.  There are many distros available on the web!  Try Ubuntu, for example:
>>>
>>> http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
>>>
>>> Let me know if you need any help!
>>>
>>> -Lord Pegasus
>
> Props to you, sir, for the ultimate troll of the year :D
>
>>> On Thursday, July 28, 1994 9:20:17 AM UTC-4, Ian Scott wrote:
>>>> I really want to get Linux, but when I go into FTP or the area it is in on this
>>>> local board, I am totally confused about WHAT to download and WHAT to do with
>>>> it. All I really want now is just the base program, no applications yet.. I'll
>>>> see if I like it or not...
>>>>
>>>> Ian
>>>>
>>>> +-----------------------------------------------/
>>>> |  ------=-----=== Ian Scott ===-----=------   /
>>>> |  (INTERNET) sempco!iscott@wupost.wustl.edu  /
>>>> |  (U U C P)  wupost.wustl.edu!sempco!iscott /
>>>> |    Double your HD space! Delete Windows!  /
>>>> +------------------------------------------/
>
> Mr. 1994 BBS dialup, give a shout if you're still on this newsgroup :)
>
>> try burning a MINT DVD. you get quite a lot with that..
>>
>> http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2216
>>
>> and a little icon that helps you install more.
>> Once that lot is up and running..
>
> Is that really you, Natural Philosopher? Are you really joining a
> response to a post that was made in 1994?
>
>
since it just showed up, I didn't bother to check the dates.

Could be that someone simply has their clock set wrong :-)



-- 
Ineptocracy

(in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) – a system of government where the least capable to 
lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the 
members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are 
rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a 
diminishing number of producers.

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#7231

From	irscott@gmail.com
Date	2013-02-06 11:27 -0800
Message-ID	<9a40e2e7-18ea-42e8-adcb-8402ffa861b9@googlegroups.com>
In reply to	#7216

On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 5:18:31 PM UTC-8, Matthew of Boswell wrote:
> Mr. 1994 BBS dialup, give a shout if you're still on this newsgroup :)

That's me! I posted the original in 1994 when I was just 14 years old. Almost 19 years later, I make my living doing development on Linux. So even clueless newbies like my 14 year old self have hope.

I think after my original post, I did find the Slackware boot/root floppies, but didn't get much further.

I put a link to my original post on Facebook yesterday and Mr. Smith decided to have a little fun. I'm an Ubuntu user already, but thanks for the suggestion!

- Ian Scott

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#7233

From	J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG>
Date	2013-02-06 20:56 +0000
Message-ID	<keug2k$m5l$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to	#7231

On Wednesday, February 6th, 2013, at 11:27:24h -0800, I R Scott declared:

> I'm an Ubuntu user already

Do you not know that the standard Ubuntu installation contains spyware,
or have you succeeded in disabling that, as well as the zeitgeist
user surveillance software?

   <http://www.fsf.ORG/blogs/rms/ubuntu-spyware-what-to-do>

   <http://arstechnica.COM/information-technology/2012/12/richard-stallman-calls-ubuntu-spyware-because-it-tracks-searches/>

   <http://www.zdnet.COM/free-software-father-declared-ubuntu-linux-to-contain-spyware-7000008516/>

-- 

   "If you ever recommend or redistribute GNU/Linux, please remove Ubuntu
    from the distros you recommend or redistribute."

    -- Richard Matthew Stallman on December 7th, 2012

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#7244

From	"Aaron W. Hsu" <arcfide@sacrideo.us>
Date	2013-02-06 22:23 -0500
Message-ID	<2OGdnX8qj-LMg47MnZ2dnUVZ5g-dnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to	#7231

irscott@gmail.com wrote:

> I think after my original post, I did find the Slackware boot/root
> floppies, but didn't get much further.

I am still a mostly happy Slackware Linux user today! Just installed KDE 
4.10 and things are looking good.

Back in the day when I was 13 or so and trying to get Linux installed, 
OpenBSD was the only thing that I could work on my Laptop.

-- 
Aaron W. Hsu | arcfide@sacrideo.us | http://www.sacrideo.us
לֵ֤ב חֲכָמִים֙ בְּבֵ֣ית אֵ֔בֶל וְלֵ֥ב כְּסִילִ֖ים בְּבֵ֥ית שִׂמְחָֽה׃

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#7262

From	Matthew of Boswell <mordervomubel+usenet@lockmail.us>
Date	2013-02-08 17:58 -0500
Message-ID	<20130208175802.0f7ed48e@lockmail.us>
In reply to	#7231

On Wed, 6 Feb 2013 11:27:24 -0800 (PST)
irscott@gmail.com wrote:

> On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 5:18:31 PM UTC-8, Matthew of Boswell wrote:
> > Mr. 1994 BBS dialup, give a shout if you're still on this newsgroup :)
> 
> That's me! I posted the original in 1994 when I was just 14 years old. Almost 19 years later, I make my living doing development on Linux. So even clueless newbies like my 14 year old self have hope.

Very nice :D. My first usenet post is probably only a few months ago.

> I think after my original post, I did find the Slackware boot/root floppies, but didn't get much further.
> 
> I put a link to my original post on Facebook yesterday and Mr. Smith decided to have a little fun. I'm an Ubuntu user already, but thanks for the suggestion!

I was an ubuntu fan at one point. Can't beat free cd's and free
shipping when you have slow internet :)

-- 
Matt Boswell

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#7214 — Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help!

From	J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG>
Date	2013-02-06 00:18 +0000
Subject	Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help!
Message-ID	<kes7fo$fmi$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to	#7210

===========================================================================================================

PLEASE NOTE

Either zsmith posing as Lord Pegasus is lacking in intelligence or is a spam bot.

Why else would somebody followup to a posting from 1994?

===========================================================================================================


On Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:59:30 -0800, zsmith wrote:

> Ian, you shouldn't need to FTP it or download it from a BBS at this point. 
> There are many distros available on the web!  Try Ubuntu, for example:
> 
> http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
> 
> Let me know if you need any help!
> 
> -Lord Pegasus
> 
> 
> 
> On Thursday, July 28, 1994 9:20:17 AM UTC-4, Ian Scott wrote:
>> I really want to get Linux, but when I go into FTP or the area it is in on this
>> local board, I am totally confused about WHAT to download and WHAT to do with
>> it. All I really want now is just the base program, no applications yet.. I'll
>> see if I like it or not...
>> 
>> Ian
>> 
>> +-----------------------------------------------/
>> |  ------=-----=== Ian Scott ===-----=------   /
>> |  (INTERNET) sempco!iscott@wupost.wustl.edu  /
>> |  (U U C P)  wupost.wustl.edu!sempco!iscott /
>> |    Double your HD space! Delete Windows!  /
>> +------------------------------------------/

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#7230 — Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help!

From	Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com>
Date	2013-02-06 18:58 +0000
Subject	Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help!
Message-ID	<keu953$gdm$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to	#7214

On 2013-02-06, J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> wrote:
> Either zsmith posing as Lord Pegasus is lacking in intelligence or is a 
> spam bot.
>
> On Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:59:30 -0800, zsmith wrote:
>
>> Ian, you shouldn't need to FTP it or download it from a BBS at this point. 
>> There are many distros available on the web!  Try Ubuntu, for example:
>> 
>> http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
>> 
>> Let me know if you need any help!
>> 
>> -Lord Pegasus

So SPAM is how Ubuntu got so many users!  Those clever devils!
-- 
                                 Chick Tower

For e-mail:  colm DOT sent DOT towerboy AT xoxy DOT net

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#7232 — Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help!

From	J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG>
Date	2013-02-06 20:54 +0000
Subject	Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help!
Message-ID	<keufu4$m5s$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to	#7230

On Wednesday, February 6th, 2013, at 18:58:43h +0000, Chick Tower extolled:
 
> So SPAM is how Ubuntu got so many users!  Those clever devils!

No, free CDs just like AOL  ;)

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#7260 — Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help!

From	Matthew of Boswell <mordervomubel+usenet@lockmail.us>
Date	2013-02-08 17:35 -0500
Subject	Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help!
Message-ID	<20130208173521.52d2f7f6@lockmail.us>
In reply to	#7232

On Wed, 6 Feb 2013 20:54:29 +0000 (UTC)
J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> wrote:

> On Wednesday, February 6th, 2013, at 18:58:43h +0000, Chick Tower extolled:
>  
> > So SPAM is how Ubuntu got so many users!  Those clever devils!
> 
> No, free CDs just like AOL  ;)

Touché

> Why else would somebody followup to a posting from 1994?

Probably to troll you.

At first, I was :/ "Not another necro-post..."

Then, I thought ;D "Ah, he's trolling. Nice one."

I haven't been on newsgroups that long, so 1994 is the best I've seen
for on-topic necro-posting. And a nice trolling it was :)

-- 
Matt Boswell

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#7261 — Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help!

From	Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>
Date	2013-02-08 17:46 -0500
Subject	Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help!
Message-ID	<alpine.LNX.2.02.1302081746130.4076@darkstar.example.org>
In reply to	#7232

On Wed, 6 Feb 2013, J G Miller wrote:

> On Wednesday, February 6th, 2013, at 18:58:43h +0000, Chick Tower extolled:
>
>> So SPAM is how Ubuntu got so many users!  Those clever devils!
>
> No, free CDs just like AOL  ;)
>
>
I think in 1994, AOL was still sending out the software on floppy disk.

And of course, any decent distribution back then was likely still on 
floppy disk.

   Michael

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#7264 — Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help!

From	J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG>
Date	2013-02-09 02:01 +0000
Subject	Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help!
Message-ID	<kf4am3$7q2$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to	#7261

On Friday, February 8th, 2013, at 17:46:57h -0500, Michael Black wrote:

> I think in 1994, AOL was still sending out the software on floppy disk.

Yes I am pretty sure that was the case.
 
> And of course, any decent distribution back then was likely still on 
> floppy disk.

Well from Linux Journal Issue #2 April 1994

QUOTE
  
     Slackware -- Some distributors (such as Trans-Ameritech) are distributing Slackware on CD-ROM.

     Yggdrasil -- Available only on CD-ROM

UNQUOTE

Later in the year, October 31 1994 , Red Hat Linux arrived and, as far as I am aware
[corrections invited], was available only on CD-ROM.

GNU/Linux has been on floppies, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, but looks like never will be on BluRay.



And one should not forget the famout UseNet posting of 2 years earlier

      From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
      Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
      Subject: LINUX is obsolete
      Date: 30 Jan 92 13:44:34 GMT

      ...

      I still maintain the point that designing a monolithic kernel in 1991 is
      a fundamental error. 

      ...



BUT 21 years later and the HURD is still not ready.

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#7265 — Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help!

From	Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid>
Date	2013-02-09 03:05 +0100
Subject	Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help!
Message-ID	<kf4as3$kkv$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to	#7261

On Friday 08 February 2013 23:46, Michael Black conveyed the following 
to comp.os.linux.misc...

> On Wed, 6 Feb 2013, J G Miller wrote:
> 
>> On Wednesday, February 6th, 2013, at 18:58:43h +0000, Chick Tower
>> extolled:
>>
>>> So SPAM is how Ubuntu got so many users!  Those clever devils!
>>
>> No, free CDs just like AOL  ;)
>>
>>
> I think in 1994, AOL was still sending out the software on floppy
> disk.

There never was a 1994.  You have been lied to.  It is still September 
1993. :-D

-- 
= Aragorn =
(registered GNU/Linux user #223157)

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#7266 — Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help!

From	Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid>
Date	2013-02-09 03:41 +0000
Subject	Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help!
Message-ID	<slrnkhbhcq.88s.ibuprofin@fermi.phx.az.us>
In reply to	#7265

On Sat, 09 Feb 2013, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.misc, in article
<kf4as3$kkv$1@dont-email.me>, Aragorn wrote:

>J G Miller wrote:

>> I think in 1994, AOL was still sending out the software on floppy
>> disk.

I saw the floppies still being offered in the freebies rack at my
local grocery as late as September 1450, 1993 when we moved here.

>There never was a 1994.  You have been lied to.  It is still
>September 1993. :-D

[fermi ~]$ sdate
Today is Sat September 7102, 1993 (UTC)
[fermi ~]$

Yup - sure looks that way

        Old guy

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#7267 — Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help!

From	Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid>
Date	2013-02-09 04:47 +0100
Subject	Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help!
Message-ID	<kf4gqt$9bu$3@dont-email.me>
In reply to	#7266

On Saturday 09 February 2013 04:41, Moe Trin conveyed the following to 
comp.os.linux.misc...

> On Sat, 09 Feb 2013, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.misc, in
> article <kf4as3$kkv$1@dont-email.me>, Aragorn wrote:
> 
>> There never was a 1994.  You have been lied to.  It is still
>> September 1993. :-D
> 
> [fermi ~]$ sdate
> Today is Sat September 7102, 1993 (UTC)
> [fermi ~]$
> 
> Yup - sure looks that way

Hmmm...

   [04:45:51][localhost:/home/aragorn]
   [0][aragorn][$] > sdate
   bash: sdate: command not found

   [04:45:59][localhost:/home/aragorn]
   [0][aragorn][$] > ddate
   Today is Setting Orange, the 40th day of Chaos in the YOLD 3179

   [04:46:03][localhost:/home/aragorn]
   [0][aragorn][$] >

:p

-- 
= Aragorn =
(registered GNU/Linux user #223157)

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#7280 — Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help!

From	Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name>
Date	2013-02-09 13:29 +0200
Subject	Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help!
Message-ID	<slrnkhccns.t58.whynot@orphan.zombinet>
In reply to	#7267

with <kf4gqt$9bu$3@dont-email.me> Aragorn wrote:
*SKIP*

>    [04:46:03][localhost:/home/aragorn]
>    [0][aragorn][$] >

What an evil PS1 you have!  What mean those '[0]' and '[$]' in second
line?

p.s.  I have PS1 like this too.  But it's for logins with no $DISPLAY.

-- 
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#7281 — PS1

From	Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com>
Date	2013-02-09 19:11 +0000
Subject	PS1
Message-ID	<87txpl7161.fsf_-_@violet.siamics.net>
In reply to	#7280

>>>>> Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> writes:
>>>>> with <kf4gqt$9bu$3@dont-email.me> Aragorn wrote:

	[Cross-posting to news:alt.comp.lang.shell.unix.bourne-bash.]

 >> [04:46:03][localhost:/home/aragorn] [0][aragorn][$] >

 > What an evil PS1 you have!  What mean those '[0]' and '[$]' in second
 > line?

	The last command's exit code and \$, I guess?

 > p. s.  I have PS1 like this too.  But it's for logins with no
 > $DISPLAY.

	FWIW, I'm using a simpler prompt:

PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot) }[\u@\h] \W\$ '

	Or, should I need timestamps:

PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot) }[\u@\h] $(printf x%08x "$(date +%s)") \W\$ ' 

	\W is quite apt for me, given that I may occasionally have to
	visit something like /home/public/users/ivan/download/svn-sync/,
	or /home/private/users/ivan/private/slides/debian-apt-2012/.

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#7285 — Re: PS1

From	Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid>
Date	2013-02-10 03:12 +0100
Subject	Re: PS1
Message-ID	<kf6vlo$73k$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to	#7281

On Saturday 09 February 2013 20:11, Ivan Shmakov conveyed the following 
to comp.os.linux.misc...

>>>>>> Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> writes:
>>>>>> with <kf4gqt$9bu$3@dont-email.me> Aragorn wrote:
> 
> [Cross-posting to news:alt.comp.lang.shell.unix.bourne-bash.]
> 
>  >> [04:46:03][localhost:/home/aragorn] [0][aragorn][$] >
> 
>  > What an evil PS1 you have!  What mean those '[0]' and '[$]' in
>  > second line?
> 
> The last command's exit code and \$, I guess?

Not the exit code but the number of the tty.  In an X11 terminal 
session, it's only a number, because those are pseudo-terminal slaves.  
In character mode sessions, it prints e.g. "tty1".

>  > p. s.  I have PS1 like this too.  But it's for logins with no
>  > $DISPLAY.
> 
> FWIW, I'm using a simpler prompt:
> 
> PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot) }[\u@\h] \W\$ '
> 
> Or, should I need timestamps:
> 
> PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot) }[\u@\h] $(printf x%08x "$(date
> +%s)") \W\$ '
> 
> \W is quite apt for me, given that I may occasionally have to
> visit something like /home/public/users/ivan/download/svn-sync/,
> or /home/private/users/ivan/private/slides/debian-apt-2012/.

That's why I have the $PS1 split out over two lines.  That way, I can 
always see the full path without that it consumes screen space I could 
use for typing commands. :-)

I also have a newline ("\") at the beginning of the $PS1, so that 
there's always a blank line between the output of the last command and 
the prompt, which makes it easier for me to read.

-- 
= Aragorn =
(registered GNU/Linux user #223157)

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