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#26 2006-05-24 02:50:08
- Snowman
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Re: Gimmick
So what defines what release you have.
For practical purpose (archstats), I guess the file /etc/arch-release contains the release. It's owned by filesystem but the initscripts also contains reference to the release number. But for a rolling release distro, there is no clear cut definition.
If it's only a set of packages, then anyone who runs 'pacman -Syu' will have Gimmick?
Yes. For a rolling release distro like Arch, the iso are mainly meant for people who want to install Arch on a new system. If you already have Arch installed, you'll always have the most uptodate packages as long as you run 'pacman -Syu'.
I was looking at the stats for archstats and the lowest release is 0.4. Has that computer just never been updated?
Maybe. Or the owner stopped running archstat because he either decided to no longer submit stats or has switched to another distro. For this reason, archstats probably contains deprecated data.
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#27 2006-05-24 15:38:30
- lessthanjake
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Re: Gimmick
Is there any gimmick logo?
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#28 2006-05-24 15:45:45
- murffatksig
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Re: Gimmick
Is there any gimmick logo?
Was there a Noodle logo?
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#29 2006-05-24 15:51:36
- lessthanjake
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Re: Gimmick
lessthanjake wrote:Is there any gimmick logo?
Was there a Noodle logo?
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#30 2006-05-24 16:55:53
- Marco`
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#31 2006-05-24 17:48:12
- murffatksig
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Re: Gimmick
Iso's out!
Woo Hoo, let the 0.8 naming contests begin.
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#32 2006-05-24 18:11:52
- MaikelG
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Re: Gimmick
It´s great to get a new release after this opensuse10.1 and the upcommin' ubuntu "release-hype"!!!
Our LUG organised an "Ubuntu-Installparty" and I gonna place some Gimmick-CDs at the right place 
Cheers, Maikel
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#33 2006-05-24 19:37:15
- Marco`
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Re: Gimmick
and I gonna place some Gimmick-CDs at the right place
In the CD drive I hope :twisted:
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#34 2006-05-25 08:08:31
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Re: Gimmick
MaikelG wrote:and I gonna place some Gimmick-CDs at the right place
In the CD drive I hope :twisted:
SURE!!! 
I gonna get some of the LUG-members or visitors into Arch instead of any other distro...
Cheers, Maikel
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#35 2006-05-25 13:14:01
- Snarkout
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Re: Gimmick
Marco` wrote:Iso's out!
Woo Hoo, let the 0.8 naming contests begin.
I take it you don't subscribe to the mailing list.
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#36 2006-05-25 14:15:16
- murffatksig
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Re: Gimmick
No, I used to, but i found myself not reading it all the time. Instead i just hang around the forums.
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#37 2006-05-26 03:36:13
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Re: Gimmick
No, I used to, but i found myself not reading it all the time. Instead i just hang around the forums.
Ah. Well you missed out on a 3+ day blitzkrieg of silly names.
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