[Cialug] Back to Linux Basics Series

[kristau]

Thanks, Jim! I'm thinking this can turn in to an annual thing which we can
promote.

Nicolai: I've added a "Getting Things Done" topic under the Potential
Topics List which includes an overview of office, browser, and other
applications. I've added a "Graphical Desktop Options" topic there as well.

Barry: I've added "A Brief History of *NIX Operating Systems" to the main
topics list.

All: I've added a Meeting: designation to each of the main topics so we can
get these scheduled.


On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 8:41 AM, jim kraai <jimgkraai at gmail.com> wrote:

> so ... back on topic
>
>
> Ken, I like this.  It's a good start.
>
>
> --jim
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>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 8:03 AM, Barry Von Ahsen <vonahsen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > or init 1 then exit - as close to a reboot as possible while maintaining
> > uptime
> >
> > ken, mark me down for a history of *nix presentation
> >
> >
> > -barry
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sep 26, 2013, at 10:14 PM, "Daniel A. Ramaley" <
> > daniel.ramaley at drake.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > On 2013-09-26 at 21:15:08 Aaron wrote:
> > >>> Reboots are for hardware upgrades.
> > >>
> > >> Unless this is sarcasm or somehow a wishful statement, I disagree with
> > >> it. Many a time I've had to reboot to some how get a piece of
> > >> software to work. This is of course mostly having to do with a X
> > >> server or other X related change. But given what it is and does, can
> > >> we avoid it?
> > >
> > > To avoid a reboot, switch to a text-mode terminal and restart X. If the
> > > video driver is having issues so that switching to a terminal is not
> > > possible, then SSH in from another machine, kill X, unload the video
> > > driver, reload the video driver, and start X.
> > >
> > > The only times you should *have* to reboot are for hardware upgrades
> and
> > > kernel updates. Sometimes it is easier just to reboot, but if you have
> > > the time to figure out how to avoid rebooting you might learn something
> > > useful. Half of what i know about the init system is probably from
> > > digging around trying to figure out what things to restart so as to
> > > avoid a reboot.
> > >
> > > __
> > > Daniel A. Ramaley
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> > >
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