KDE in a Zone 14
James Dickens writes "Mini-Howto Getting KDE 3.4 to run in a zone is posted at http://uadmin.blogspot.com/ Running KDE 3.4 in a zone
Not only does zones make a great play area to test software. You can erase it all with two commands. If you want to keep the software you can continue to run it in a zone, or you can install in the global zone for permanent use."
Bad story icon (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Bad story icon (Score:2, Flamebait)
# mkdir kde
# cdebootstrap sarge kde
# jstar(vi/emacs for heretics) kde/etc/apt/sources.list
# chroot kde
# apt-get update
# apt-get install <whatever dependencies kde needs>
# install the thing itself
For Gentoo/RedHat/Indy's hat/etc and AFAIK BSDs as well, replace apt with the relevant equivalent.
It's only Solaris that decided to name good old chroots differently.
Re:Bad story icon (Score:1)
Or better yet have an entirely virtual environment - and install a distribution in an isolated manner using Qemu [debian-adm...ration.org].
It's a great way of testing upgrading from Woody -> Sarge [debian-adm...ration.org], or other things.
Re:Bad story icon (Score:2)
On the other hand, a rewording of the submission (something like "how can I do this in linux/bsd") would have been better to provoke discussion - for instance, installing kde in a jail is
Zone != chroot (Score:2, Informative)
Bad leader, period (Score:2)
(I still get tired of seeing people whine about the
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I feel fully enlightened (Score:3)
um....
something!
Something very exciting!
If only this was connected to Vinge's Zones - then we'd have something to be excited about, rather than complete confusion...
Re:I feel fully enlightened (Score:3, Insightful)
Admitting ignorance means admitting weakness. You are inviting the moderators to thin the herd.
What you are supposed to do is do a quick Google search on "Solaris Zones", spend five minutes getting a superficial idea of what they are. Then you are supposed to write a post that dismisses them as useless because your favorite operating system doesn't have them, but instead has some other capability (e.g. xen). Your argument need only stand up to a level of scrutiny that similar to
Re:I feel fully enlightened (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I feel fully enlightened (Score:2)
That might have been what I would do if the article posting actually contained the word "Solaris" anywhere in it. Which one doesn't usually expect for articles posted in the Linux section of Slashdot.
I don't know why I get so personally offended by the shoddy quality of slashdot journalism. I think it's because I feel insulted, or perhaps it's shadenfreude, based on the fact that I personally could do better if I were editing
MiniHowTo missing step 1 (Score:1)
For those of you like me on a Debian (Mepis). Or DownLoad, Install & Configure Kanotix.
I still haven't quite figured out a better way other than Waiting.
Damn your Consistency DEBIAN!!!!!
In case you editors are watching "WE" hate the confirm script! Especially those blind trolls.
You can erase most any computer with two commands (Score:2)
To find your command, run:
echo "dd if=/dev/random of=`df -k