My 500th post

Forum: User Feedback
Topic: My 500th post
started by: SaidinUnleashed

Posted by SaidinUnleashed on Dec. 17 2004,02:39

Instead of dedicating this to anyone in particular, I would like to dedicate this, my 500th post to everyone who I have helped and who has helped me out here in the forums and on irc. Thanks to EVERYONE.

I would also like to make a bit of a list of what DSL does now since when I first picked it up. Just a little perspective. Compared to when I first picked it up, DSL now has...

Scroll mouse support
NTFS read capability
CD burning capability
Samba
Updated kernel x2
Busybox - waaaaay better than the hacked down bash of old
FRUGAL INSTALL - I don't know how many times i've used this. It's a LOT.
an FTP server
telnet client
the DSL Control panel
the MyDSL system <-----BIG
comperssed iso extensions (.uci)
vim (It's the new Scite!!!)
Boots straight to X <--- way better for point and clicker's
USB install <-- use this a lot too
NDISwrapper
Ability to add users in Live-cd mode (great for temporary FTP servers)
Nice gui's for stuff like PPP setup, Xvesa, Prism 2 config, and more
Siag Office
Firefox
Mplayer

This is just what I could come up with off the top of my head and the stuff that influenced me a lot. Not to mention the endless bugfixes, updates, tweaks, and just plain amazing stuff that is packed ito the little 50mb cd so tightly that it seems like it should come apart at the seams.

I should also make a list of all the mistakes that have happened along the way, but I'm not going to. I'm not a complete pain in the butt.

Just mostly. ^_^

You think the stuff that was cut out to make room for Firefox has been controversial? I have one word for you.

Beaver.

And that was before the MyDSL system was widely used.

Maybe we should get a Beaver.dsl to spread around that little bit of pain. X_X

-J.P.

Posted by adraker on Dec. 17 2004,05:25

Wow, congratulations J.P.!
You put a smile on my dial recalling all the developments,
painfull and nice alike....'till you said the "B" word.
And thanks for the help you've given me and I'm sure
many others.

Posted by ico2 on Dec. 17 2004,11:22

whoooot

Posted by SaidinUnleashed on Dec. 17 2004,13:47

Heh, Beaver wasn't really that bad.

Might be better than MP...

Posted by roberts on Dec. 17 2004,14:01

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Heh, Beaver wasn't really that bad.

Might be better than MP...

I am glad you said that. :;):

Posted by Alisdair Kelly on Dec. 17 2004,18:00

"my 500th post to everyone who I have helped and who has helped me out here in the forums and on irc. Thanks to EVERYONE."

YW and thanks for your help.

Posted by cbagger01 on Dec. 17 2004,22:17

Even if that version of Beaver WAS worse than MP, I expect that improvements have been made to Beaver that may resolve some of the complaints.

It will probably never be a Scite or even an Nedit but the latest version of Beaver might be the best bang-for-the-buck as far as syntax highlighing text editors go.

Posted by green on Dec. 18 2004,00:00

SU, thanks for the help you have given me and the help you have given others, as I have learned from that as well.

Oh, yeah, <ahem> Thanks for promoting the Revolution.

Posted by Del on Dec. 18 2004,22:18

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vim (It's the new Scite!!!)

Watch out, you might find some old school Unix geeks that'll kick your ass for that one!

Seriously, though I'm not an old school geek, vi (vim) is probably the best damn text editor there is (not to start a flame war with the emacs whackos

Posted by SaidinUnleashed on Dec. 20 2004,02:35

Quote (cbagger01 @ Dec. 17 2004,16:17)

I expect that improvements have been made to Beaver that may resolve some of the complaints.

Actually, Beaver is no longer in active development. Which is really too bad. A few minor bugfixes, like in bash script syntax recognition, and it would be a REALLY nice editor. And tabbed editing rocked.

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(del) (not to start a flame war with the emacs whackos

Emacs really isnt an editor anymore. It's an operating system that runs INSIDE Linux. O_o

Didi you know that you can browse the 'net with it?

And it does better than several text-based browsers!! *glares at rettawq*

Anyways, thanks for all the kind words!

-J.P.

Posted by ico2 on Dec. 20 2004,13:40

cool, never did like emacs though.