[ale] Linux Foundation quietly drops community representation

Fri Jan 22 13:35:40 EST 2016

Puerto Rico rum mixes well with dark carbonated drinks (e.g. Dr. Pepper,
Wild Cherry Pepsi or Coke) for my two cents.

I would recommend finding a craft rum. A craft rum taste the best to me but
DonQ is not bad. Also, Barcardi is not Puerto Rican rum, it is a Cuban rum
that is now made in Puerto Rico. Most Puerto Ricans don't consider it a
native rum, some even get offended. (Not to far off from the systemd stuff)

I have yet to try rum with my coffee because well...that's a good question.
So sounds like I have an after work experiment to conduct.

I don't understand the hype behind Captain Morgan's. I have never been able
to stomach it. Just tastes bad to me.

Jonathan

On Fri, Jan 22, 2016, 12:01 PM Lightner, Jeff <JLightner at dsservices.com>
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> The best rum is Meyer’s dark from Jamaica.   There’s also a couple of good
> ones from India of all places.
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> I was surprised when I lived in Grenada that I couldn’t get decent rum
> there.   My theory was they ship all the good stuff to the U.S. because
> that’s where the money is.   The Indian rums were a nice surprise when I
> was in Mumbai several years back and I found a liquor store in Chattanooga
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> It truly aggravates me when I go to a bar and ask for Meyer’s that they
> invariable suggest the swill known as Captain Morgan’s.   That is a spiced
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> However, to get me to wear latex I’d have to have been doing shots of
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> *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of *Jim
> Kinney
> *Sent:* Friday, January 22, 2016 11:06 AM
> *To:* Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> *Subject:* Re: [ale] Linux Foundation quietly drops community
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> On Fri, 2016-01-22 at 10:55 -0500, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
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> Coffee?  Sorry, but when I think of Puerto Rico, I don't think coffee. I think
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> RUM!  Hummmm.  Good to mix?
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> Rum and latex wearing systemd protesters and/or supporters? Coffee would
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> On 01/22/2016 08:32 AM, Jonathan Meek wrote:
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> And now there's Puerto Rican coffee all over my phone. Thanks Jim for the
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> On Thu, Jan 21, 2016, 5:02 PM Jim Kinney <jkinney at jimkinney.us> wrote:
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> So attendees at the next systemd talk need to wear bondage garb.
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> Eww. The expected visual of that is unpleasant. IT attracts a crowd
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> On Thu, 2016-01-21 at 21:50 +0000, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
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> Uh-oh – Now the tin foil hat paranoids are going to remind us Systemd is a
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> plot for world domination.   Silly people think the d at the end of Systemd
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> is for “daemon” but **they** KNOW it is for “domination”.
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> *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org <ale-bounces at ale.org>] *On Behalf Of *Jim
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> Kinney
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> *Sent:* Thursday, January 21, 2016 4:38 PM
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> *To:* Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
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> *Subject:* Re: [ale] Linux Foundation quietly drops community
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> While the original gummiboot sources are gone, the code still exists but
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> was merged into everyone's favorite tool: systemd
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> https://phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Gummiboot-Is-Dead
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> So Linux systems still have a EUFI boot tool but it's part of systemd as
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> SD-boot. Looks like the entire code base was dumped in and renamed SD-boot.
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> The original author worked on both projects.
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> I have not used it nor have I poked at it.
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> ArchLinux has more info on  using it
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> Sort of like when serial mice were dropped from the kernel.
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> On Thu, 2016-01-21 at 16:23 -0500, Steve Litt wrote:
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> Preston <preston.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
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> "Up until recently, the Linux Foundation allowed the individual
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> This surprises me not one bit. Linux Foundation is organized for big
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> Its funding comes primarily from its Platinum Members: Fujitsu, HP,
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> What I find quite scary about this is that the Linux Foundation
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> In May 2015, gummiboot was fully integrated into systemd to form its
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> Makes it just a little harder to fork, doesn't it?
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> From where I stand, corporate Linux will foreclose user choice if such
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> January 2016 featured book: Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting
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> Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you
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