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   Message 6,367 of 8,232   
   Benny Pedersen to Maurice Kinal   
   be careful what you wish for   
   03 Apr 20 10:40:02   
   
   MSGID: 2:230/0 5e87155c   
   TZUTC: 0000   
   REPLY: 2:280/464.113 5e86b034   
   CHRS: LATIN-1 2   
   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 17-02-17   
   Hello Maurice!   
      
   03 Apr 2020 03:40, Maurice Kinal wrote to Benny Pedersen:   
      
    BP>> systemd is default disabled on gentoo, so its completly optional   
    MK> I didn't know that.  I might have to check that out someday.   
      
      ----- proc_config begins -----   
   CONFIG_GENTOO_LINUX=y   
   CONFIG_GENTOO_LINUX_UDEV=y   
   CONFIG_GENTOO_LINUX_PORTAGE=y   
   CONFIG_GENTOO_LINUX_INIT_SCRIPT=y   
   # CONFIG_GENTOO_LINUX_INIT_SYSTEMD is not set   
      ----- proc_config ends -----   
      
   its in kernel .config even    
      
    BP>> friend showing 5.6 with som nice things with nvidia graphics   
    BP>> opensource support, it does not happend each day, i can give link   
    BP>> to it if i can find it again :)   
      
    MK> I've read about that.  However out of all my current machines only one    
    MK> has an x16 pcie slot and I don't much care for the power requirements    
    MK> for those particular graphics cards.   
      
   i think 5.6 was more or less maked to have all kinds of graphic card software   
   changed to the better, not just nvidia, atleast i hope   
      
    MK> Also if I were to populate that    
    MK> interface I would prefer a 4 slot nvme adapter over a graphics card.   
      
   4 slot usb would not help ?   
      
    BP>> i can not get 8 penguins on my huawei p30 pro, does that mean its   
    BP>> a bad phone ? :)   
      
    MK> Yes.  :::evil grin:::   
      
   na i begin to see less needs for preinstalled google now even on p30 pro   
      
   hopefully this preinstalls will be banned soon   
      
    MK> Would 8 penguins fit on the display?   
      
   what display ?   
      
   i have hdmi on the phone that activate AFTER boot screen framebuffering, if   
   its even enabled   
      
    BP>> but pkg upgrade works in a shell and openssh works aswell, and   
    BP>> lastly mc do nice colors aswell, hehe   
      
    MK> I'd like to see that, not that it would interest me enough to actually    
    MK> buy one.   
      
   it means you could compile with gcc on it, its imho a pkg :)   
      
   its just a shame all is loosed if one uninstall the android app :<   
      
    MK> I have a neighbour who might given he cannot live without mc    
      
   how old is ?, kids could learn more with it :)   
      
    MK> and owns and uses a smartphone.   
      
   we all do, and ones that say never intrested them is lying :)   
      
    MK> I've heard the camera on there is    
    MK> reported to be the best there is.   
      
   p40 have better camara, even without google :)   
      
    MK>>> Mind you I haven't tried 5.6 yet.  Probably tomorrow.   
    BP>> good plan   
      
    MK> -={ cut n' paste from remote machine starts }=-   
    MK> # cat /proc/version   
    MK> Linux version 5.6.1 (root@bitskii) (gcc version 9.3.0 (GCC)) #1 SMP    
    MK> Fri Apr 3 01:48:35 UTC 2020   
    MK> -={ cut n' paste from remote machine ends }=-   
      
   added gentoo proc .config ? :)   
      
   gcc 9.3 is still holding as unstable here   
      
    MK> It is worth noting that the above kernel is booting from an nvme disk    
    MK> mounted in a usb 3.1 external case.  No penguins yet but I am still    
    MK> working on it.  As is it is absolutely fantastic.  :-)   
      
   you have to make usb mounted before starting framebufffering imho   
      
    MK> Het leven is goed,   
    MK> Maurice   
      
   keep the spirit   
      
      
    Regards Benny   
      
   ... there can only be one way of life, and it works :)   
      
   --- Msged/LNX 6.1.2 (Linux/5.6.0-gentoo-x86_64 (x86_64))   
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