From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 2785 invoked from network); 17 Jul 2020 21:20:19 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 17 Jul 2020 21:20:19 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D3C139C8FB; Sat, 18 Jul 2020 07:20:00 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFA8E94EB8; Sat, 18 Jul 2020 07:12:41 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 18B4394EDF; Sat, 18 Jul 2020 06:04:23 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mcvoy.com (mcvoy.com [192.169.23.250]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9BD7694EB8; Sat, 18 Jul 2020 06:04:22 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mcvoy.com (Postfix, from userid 3546) id 5389335E136; Fri, 17 Jul 2020 13:04:22 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 13:04:22 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: Adam Thornton Message-ID: <20200717200422.GN18565@mcvoy.com> References: <20200717180831.5D4AB43F88@lignose.oclsc.org> <20200717195358.GA14847@minnie.tuhs.org> <20200717195718.GM18565@mcvoy.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Subject: Re: [TUHS] Linux is on-topic X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Oh yeah, I wasn't talking about your post, your post was fine. I was thinking more like "Does anyone know how to get $DEVICE to work in ubuntu 5.13?". I think that is what Grant meant as well. Historical is great. On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 01:00:27PM -0700, Adam Thornton wrote: > I think that "Where can I find a clean copy of an HJ Lu boot/root set?" is > an acceptable-for-here Linux tech support question, to be honest. > > On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 12:58 PM Larry McVoy wrote: > > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 05:53:58AM +1000, Warren Toomey wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 02:08:31PM -0400, Norman Wilson wrote: > > > > In my humble-but-correct opinion*, Linux and its > > > > origins fit into the general topic of UNIX history.. > > > > Warren gets final say, of course, but to encourage > > > > him I will say: Ploooogie! > > > > > > I'm happy with it, you silly twisted boy, you. > > > > But +1 to Grant's point not to turn TUHS into a Linux support forum. > > Quite frankly, I'm old dude who relies on his kids to fix his phone > > and I can google and find answers to just about any Linux problem. > > So no need for that here. > > -- --- Larry McVoy lm at mcvoy.com http://www.mcvoy.com/lm