Re: Linux (YDL) vs. Linux (Intel flavours)


Subject: Re: Linux (YDL) vs. Linux (Intel flavours)
From: Rich Dolinsky (r.e.dolinsky@verizon.net)
Date: Thu Mar 14 2002 - 11:43:13 MST


You have a virtual desktop on. Your highest resolution is set higher than
your current resolution. For some reason YDL automatically makes this vd
when doing so. Turn off your higher resolutions to get rid of it.
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on 3/14/02 12:31 PM, Romain Kang at romain@kzsu.stanford.edu wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 07:15:33AM -0800, Paul J. Lucas wrote:
>> The only things distros do is repackage what other people have
>> written, write their own installers, and maybe mess around with
>> files in /etc. That's pretty much it. They do not make
>> kernels or UIs.
>
> Last I checked, the RedHat 2.x.y kernel sources were slightly
> different from Linus's 2.x.y. Same with SuSE. Why? I think it's
> because some of the distro houses actually employ some of the
> principal Linux developers, and their pet fixes/enhancements
> sometimes get into distro before than Linus can approve them
> for his reference sources.
>
> SMP ain't SMP if you have to deal with a giant lock...
>
> Romain Kang Disclaimer: I speak for myself alone,
> romain@kzsu.stanford.edu except when indicated otherwise.



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