BookwormPup64 10.0.13 with chrooted VLC3-portable64. Learning about chrooting applications and this is my first success. This has great utility and will add to the versatility of using Puppy running 'older versions' of applications enjoying the security of a recent OS release.
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Hm. Of course, that change is primarily being pushed through by the Red Hat dev team, who contribute more to the kernel than anyone else. This gives them a fair bit of 'clout'.
FWIW, don't forget.....Red Hat is now owned by IBM, the "stodgiest" of the old-school manufacturers from the early days. And IBM DO love "conformity" above all else (everybody singing from the same hymn-sheet.....with them dictating what songs are going to be allowed).
Mike.
Without the slightest wish at all to "get you going",Based on certain experiences of mine, I wouldn't touch anything IBM® with anything less than a light-year stick.
Please don't get me going.
, IBM is already deeply involved in the linux kernel. The code linux machines use includes contributions from IBM engineers. See here for a brief overview: https://www.ibm.com/careers/blog/linux-kernel-development-at-ibm. The acquisition of Red Hat by IBM just corralled thousands more linux engineers into the IBM sphere of influence, though how that plays out isn't clear yet I think. Linux is supported by big business because it's so useful to them, commercially advantageous I guess. It's past the time when large players could disdainfully dismiss linux. The protection of its free and open source nature is ultimately, that GPL licence. As long as large interests honour that, they are free to contribute.
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NAME=Slackware
VERSION="15.0"
ID=slackware
VERSION_ID=15.0
PRETTY_NAME="Slackware 15.0 x86_64"
ANSI_COLOR="0;34"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:15.0"
Custom Besgnulinux Rainbow Icon Theme 'bes-rainbow' mv to: /usr/share/icons/
Yip... Something lik 90% of the kernel's code comes from people being paid to work on it. The remainder is mostly contributions from students at various educational facilities, as far as I know. Linux hasn't been a 'grassroots movement' for a long time. Even Microsoft has its hands in the pie.
