YDL 4.0 - Super Off Topic

[Derick Centeno]

Hey Arch:
Way COOL!! A Spacecraft Operations Engineer...! WOW!

Unfortunately, Linux progression does not quite follow the "Step
Function" process either.  It just "appears" to, the same way molecular
conformations "appear" to obey Quantum Theory when examining them from a
perspective of electron promotion across various energy states; some
states not being discreet but rather progressive and inclusive again
across several variants!

I really like Quantum analysis as it can address not only biological and
chemical systems, but stellar systems as well.  And all of that is very
messy, mind blowing stuff any day of the week.  Quantum realities make
human languages nonsensible -- literally.  One interesting and gallant
effort to bring Quantum Theory into common discussion was the text,
"Star Wave"... And it is in that sense that Linux as a human activity
matches that messy and somehow surprisingly ordered effort.  

In my estimation when Psychohistory (a new and real field) reaches the
point to approach the dynamics of Futurehistory then MAYBE Linux will
have a chance to become as ordered and structured as a MacDonald's
hamburger.  With or without Linus' help...

That however, may not be for some time, but IN some time THAT WILL YET
occur!  But certainly given how long it took Psychohistory to develop,
not for a long while into perhaps just prior into the next century.

In short, we have, what we have, as we have it...and that is just
something we each have to deal with as best we may... from one patch to
another!  One Hip and sometimes a Hop!  And sometimes even... as Monty
Python used to say,"And Now for Something Completely Different...!"
Whoosh!

Enjoy
On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 11:02, Arch and Cath wrote:
> >From several decades working in Spacecraft Operations, I am much more
> comfortable with evolutionary rather than step function changes --
> particularly where software is concerned.   I would guess that the changes
> in 4.0 could be yummed in a piece at a time and have a much more graceful
> transition.   I also get to choose my bells and whistles.
> 
> I guess my attitude is tempered by my experience with YDL where both 2.3 and
> 3.0.1 as received out of the box had mol versions that were not compatible
> with the kernel versions.
> 
> Arch
> 
> on 8/23/04 8:40 PM, Clinton MacDonald at clint.macdonald@sbcglobal.net
> wrote:
> 
> > Arch:
> > 
> > Arch and Cath wrote:
> >> This forum has had several discussions over the last months
> >> about the impending (and evidently much anticipated) YDL 4.0
> >> release. I am a little confused -- why do we care?
> > 
> > An excellent question! I look forward to reading our collective answers.
> > 
> > Some of us will not care; anyone running Yellow Dog Linux on Old World
> > hardware that does not meet Terra Soft's minimum standards (Beige G3s
> > and older are not supported), will be unable to upgrade (or, at least,
> > unsupported). Also, anyone who does not like Red Hat's new directions
> > for their Fedora branch of Red Hat Linux might not be interested.
> > 
> > I know that, as a Mac OS X junkie, I eagerly anticipate new releases of
> > that operating system by Apple. Generally, annoying bugs are fixed and
> > irresistible new features are added in Mac OS X updates. What are the
> > bugs fixed and new features in YDL 4.0?
> > 
> > As always, I look forward to reading the discussion.
> > 
> > Best wishes,
> > Clint
> > 
> > Note: the Yellow Dog Newbie mailing list is not currently being archived
> > (we don't know why). Therefore, for significant questions whose answers
> > might help other Yellow Dog Linux users, we recommend you sign up for
> > the Yellow Dog General list:
> > 
> > <http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general>
> 
> _______________________________________________
> yellowdog-newbie mailing list
> yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie