My dilemma with Yum

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Last night I needed to install some packages. So thought, why not update the system first, as either way or other it will update the cache first (because my last update was 2 days ago).

I did yum update, it downloaded about 22 MB of data. That´s ok. Nothing new. Then the Transaction Summary came up.

Install       1 Package
Upgrade      31 Packages

Total download size: 29 M
Download delta size: 5.0 M
Presto reduced the update size by 81% (from 26 M to 5.0 M).
Package(s) data still to download: 3.9 M

So from my calculation, yum downloaded 22 MB of data just to update the cache, to download 8.9 MB of updates! Seriously Yum, I really expect a bit smarter behave from you! People who has a high speed internet connection, this is no big deal, but this is really pain for us, where we have a very poor connection. I know Delta RPM always reduces the update data sigficantly. That´s really very helpful for me! But anything better for reduce the updating cache?

I dont like Debian´s aptitude/apt-get much. But aptitude/apt-get has one good feature, which I like so much, that it separated the cache update and package update command. To update the cache, it uses aptitude update and to update the package it uses aptitude upgrade command. And its totally users choice whether he will update the cache to download a simple package or not. But in case of Yum, even if I need to download a few kilobytes of package, it still may update the cache first (it will depend on your last update time). Which is really sux.

SpaceFun Fedora Plymouth Theme

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Debian 6.0 Squeeze SpaceFun is one of my most favourite Linux Artwork. And honestly the Plymouth theme of SpaceFun is just awesome. However, I have made a Remix of this theme for Fedora!

The idea of the theme is pretty simple. At start up, the SpaceFun rocket start its journey from Earth to Saturn. And before shutting down, the rocket return back from Saturn to Earth.

 

Main Author of the SpaceFun Artwork is Valessio Brito. For my remix I used the “Fedora-Spectrum logo” made by Supratim Nayak from DeviantART.

To install the theme, download it from Gnome-Look, copy the downloaded plymouth-theme-spacefun-fedora.tar.gz file to your home directory, then open a terminal and type the following:

$ su
# yum -y install plymouth-plugin-script
# tar --directory=/ --exclude=README -zxvf plymouth-theme-spacefun-fedora.tar.gz
# plymouth-set-default-theme spacefun-fedora --rebuild-initrd
# /usr/libexec/plymouth/plymouth-update-initrd

HapPy Birthday Linux

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Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
Date: 25 Aug 91 20:57:08 GMT
Local: Mon, Aug 26 1991 2:57 am
Subject: What would you like to see most in minix?

Hello everybody out there using minix -

I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones.  This has been brewing since april, and is starting to get ready.  I’d like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons) among other things).

I’ve currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work. This implies that I’ll get something practical within a few months, and I’d like to know what features most people would want.  Any suggestions are welcome, but I won’t promise I’ll implement them :-)

Linus (torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi)

PS.  Yes – it’s free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs. It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that’s all I have :-( .

Looks like Linus was wrong, it’s now support almost everything! HapPy Birthday my dear Linux!

Fedora Bangladesh and my frustration

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I know, the Title is very frustrated. And even though, Fedora is always my first Love, but this is the truth.

It was last week of February 2008, when I first applied for Fedora Ambassador. I got approval from Thomas Chung within few days on 25/2/2008. It took about a week to explore the full Fedora Project. And I found ¨Zero¨ activity of Fedora in Bangladesh section (L10N and I18N). Then I thought, Fedora L10N Bengali team will be a good idea to join. It was Feb 26, I joined Bengali L10N team. I mailed them. I got a quick reply, “what kind of help do you need….”. Wow, that was a cool welcome, from my “Big Brother”. Anyway, later I got a helpful reply from my another “Big Brother”, thanks for that. Then I start translated some system files. Runa B helped me with this a lot, thanx to her. But, it did not take long before I started to loose interest in this. I was alone and soon got bored.

It was only me, who was translating. I am sure, there has no one who is actively working on Fedora Bengali L10N team, right now. The translation they are submitting, those are all old. If you use Fedora in BN_BD language, you will see, all translation are outdated. So, it was like, I am in a deep ocean, all alone. I was young that time, so patience was a problem as well.
People who works with L10N team, they know, how boring this work is. I had no one to help, with whom I can translate in a group. Group work is always helpful here.

I was in Fedora users list, also in Ubuntu-bd list. And I found, there has many people from Bangladesh who uses Fedora. Even sometimes, they mail in Ubuntu-bd list, seeking answer about Fedora. So, I thought, it’s important to get a separate mailing list for Fedora.

Anyway, I had no idea how to create an official Fedora mailing list. I asked in Fedora Ambassadors list. My first mail in Ambassadors list, here. Within 2 hours, I got a very quick reply from one of my “Big Brother”. Seriously, “Big Brother”, what did you think about me? An idiot, who don’t know the difference between a mailing list and a Google Group? And what happened to u suddenly? I searched full archive of all Fedora mailing list, I did not found any mail from you AT ALL, and all of a sudden, you replied me within 2 hours of duration, with a newly created Google group? Hmm, quite impressive. I am glad, I made u attentive in Fedora Project. Anyway, I replied him very politely, and no words from him. Then, Rahul Sundaram replied me, what I have to do.

And my that “Big Brother” again replied, that he proposed Rahul Sundaram to make someone else the mailing list owner, who is long active Ambassador of Bangladesh. Long active? Do you even know, the meaning of these words?

I replied him. Anyway, Rahul Sundaram did not care to reply him. However, I got supported from, Francesco Ugolini and Fabian Affolter about this. They were happy, as Fedora newbie like me, opening a mailing list.

Then, I sent a notification mail to Fedora L10N mailing list to join the mailing list. This time, nobody care to reply me.

For a long time, everything was normal. I was also the coordinator of Fedora Free Media Program in Bangladesh. Later at the early of 2009, there had a successful Event as well. My fellow “Big Brothers”, did not help me in this as well. Anyway, people who helped me in this, I must have to tell about specially, Bangladesh Linux Users Alliance, Ubuntu Bd and Amader Projukti, also Presidency University, Without their help, it was impossible. You can read about this event, here. Anyway, so over all, I was too busy. Then later on, everyone decided  from Fedora to cleaning up Fedora Ambassador Country List (its just a list with people that could be contacted, in order to not have people, from the outer world and ambassadors complaining they don’t receive any answer from their country ambassadors). And I had to mail everyone. Everyone replied, but except my that “Big Brother”.  They replied, they still consider them-self as active Fedora Ambassador.  But they didn’t explain what they are doing actually, how they are active.

Because of my this mail, my all three “Big Brothers” was pissed at me as well, they were keep telling me, “I don’t respect seniors”. Seriously, I don’t respect senior, who don’t know, how to behave as a senior. Please grow up.

One of my “Big Brother” even used “F” word in mailing list. So Sabrul Jamil, wanted to put him in a moderation flag, but mistakenly, he unsubscribed him. However, he subscribed him immediately, when he saw it.

After that incident, they start mailing Susmit, Francesco Ugolini and CC’d at least 10 persons about this issue. Seriously, was that a circus? To read the language of the mail, I was¨Laughing Out Loud¨. After explaining them everything, finally, I found out, ultimately, what really they want. They want co moderator access on Fedora Bangladesh mailing list. At first, they did not know, a mailing list moderator has not much control over the mailing list. So, after I gave them moderator access, they checked Fedora Bangladesh mailing list, and saw there has not their name in it, and they complained me again, that why they don’t see their name. I replied them the reason. They replied “Sorry, my mistake. I intend to say co-admin. Please, make him co-admin with you”. Dear “Big Brothers”, you don’t even know anything about Administrating a mailing list, what will you do with it? Just to show off your name? Ok, you got it.

Just to test, I changed the mailing list Admin password for about 6 months or more. And still no words from them. That’s mean, they never even tried to login. Often I get spam and advertise in pending moderator requests. To test, even I waited for weeks, but at last, I had to login, to check the pending moderator request.

After releasing Fedora 12, all of a sudden, I got a mail in mailing list, subject “Event Report: Asian University, Bangladesh”. Without notifying official Fedora Bangladesh Mailing List, how could you arrange a release party? At least, we have right to know, about this event, right? Same case about report on BASIS SoftExpo 2010. By the way, we also missed the photos of event audience in the event report. Where they gone?

I know, what I am writing, it’s totally from my negative point of view, and I am not happy for it. I am not lying a word. And it’s a shame, I am criticizing badly my own people. But, I think, I am right. People should know everything. When you are expecting support from others and you are not getting them rather the struggle for power raises from nowhere what is there to hope for? It is easy to criticize but not to volunteer effectively. In a community you expect cooperation and coexistence not fighting and division.

Everyone asking me, why I am not active as Fedora  Ambassador anymore. I tried my best to explain the reason. Mark my word, if these “Big Brothers” are always around like now, Fedora Bangladesh never gonna grow up.

I think, I explained very well, the reason of my frustration. People who know me, they know, how dedicated I am with Fedora.

At last, I want to thanks the whole Fedora Community, specially Susmit, Francesco Ugolini, Fabian Affolter, Max Spevack and Paul W. Frields. They helped me a lot. I am a big fan of them. They are the reason, why I am still here, with Fedora Project. As I am no longer active in Fedora Ambassador, I will soon, start my Fedora life as a Fedora Package Maintainer.

Addicted to IRC

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Well, not any more, but I was addicted to IRC. I think it was end of 2008, when this all started. At first, my only regular channel was #bangladesh on DALnet Network. And then I also joined #BDPunks and some other Bangladeshi channel.

By the way, it was December 2006, when I first join IRC on Freenode Network. Mostly I was in #fedora or #linux, looking for answers. But I was not addicted.

However that time, in DALnet, I was online most of the time. Even from my Mobile, when I was outside. Yes, I was pretty fucked up! Within 2 or 3 months I was in top of the channel stats. And yes, I was quite popular there. My friends from there, I must have to say the nick alex- aka Sarah, NeEL^ aka Rahat Vaia, chokh aka Akhi, Ornita, also meghbalika, Godhuli and Rumjhum. They are still my good friends.

However this was all going well, except I got ban from #bangladesh in October 2009. For the sake of my friendship with someone, I am not going to explain, why I am banned. But honestly, I was innocent. I was banned from other bangladeshi channels as well (because founder was the aop of #bangladesh). Except #BDPunks.

Anyway, after getting ban, I was so pissed. So I start joining other channels on DALnet. First I should mention about #midnight, an IRC radio channel. And there I met Minerva and Morticia`. I used to share musics with Minerva. And Morticia` we used to slap each others, that´s how we become friends, lOl, right? :P

And then, #cafechat. There I met Ayomi, SubZer0w, Sugah`, racks0r, goddess_phel. Later they all become my very good friends. SubZer0w invited me to his channel #hackerz. #hackerz was not too big channel. But it was cool, no doubt. In #hackerz I met two new good friends, Evilbaby and abc-. I can´t remember well, where I met Meita first, neither she can. I meet Sandra in #busy, and at first meeting, we had a fight. But later we become friends. I also have to mention my friends Amber, Sadita, Angelie, Toxicated, Gina, Anarchy, Luvi.

In mean time I discover one of my very old friend of IRC, Researcher. I know him from Freenode, #ubuntu-bd channel. He shared with me his own reseller shell. And thats the start, I was addictd to Eggdrop, still I am. my first bot Mystiques was born. Well I made Mystiques from scratch from my own edited Eggdrop source. I will talk about her in details some other day. Mystiques was popular in many channels.

After some months later Researcher´s shell server got down. Then GShock (owner of the Researcher´s shell server) offered me to work with her. And that was how, Mystiques was again online.

My own channel ##god, I registered it in October 6, 2009. Only my close friends used to join there. And later it become my personal labratory for bots and bncs. ##god is still online. Not active like before, but my friends are there.

#717 is abc-´s channel, similar like ##god. Bots and bncs.

In that time, I was also regular in Freenode, EFnet, Undernet, QuakeNet and IRCBox.

I was AOP and SOP in more than 50 channels. And I had to join at least 30 channels online always. People (I ddn´t say my Friends) was keep bothering me to join their channel. Only problem is I am very bad in ¨saying No¨.

I don´t know, why I suddenly stop joining on DALnet. But, hey, I still love you all. And I really miss you guys! :)