On Friday 15 October 2004 10:26, Ken Johanson wrote: >Lew Bloch wrote: >> Gene Heskett wrote: >>> The original poster needed a wakeup call, ... >> >> Unfortunately the OP all but promised to ignore anything anyone >> replied, so undoubtedly missed the very simple answer that was >> provided early on. >> >> It's a shame if true, because they posted their plaint implying a >> desire for enlightenment, but if they ignore the replies they >> shall remain benighted. > >Wrong-oh. The responses here have shown protectionist, possibly juts >zealtotous reponses merely for *defending* a distro that doesn't > provide the source to the kernel that it has running. This is akin > to moving to a country where you're told you'll have rights by > their constituion - but gess what -- you cant have the > constitution. The constitution, like the kernel source, is the > heart -- the foundation of everything. Foundation. Linus himself > has tore into redhat for this very krop. > >So from the responses I've seen, its quite clear that they've never >compiled or customized one -- one young zealot even claimed I should > "go back to windows", which is *exactly* the level he's on, having > no idea why the kernel source is providied in the first place. > Clearly a genric kernel and modules fits him just dandy, just like > windows. > >Again, no kernel source, no constitution - and that means something > to hide, just as the kernels authors have asserted. > >Again, zealots need not apply. Wow! I've lost track of the miss-spelled words. Let me repeat from a previous post you apparently ignored, go install the development stuff, and yee shall have your sources. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.27% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
