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<h3>unix 2 unix</h3> |
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<h4>the "bring unices together" technical and social project</h4> |
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<h2>Motivation</h2> |
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There are many different Unix versions ("Unices") out there today. |
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As a |
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<a href="http://nico.schottelius.org/documentations/foss/the-term-foss/">FOSS</a> |
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developer I interact with many different developers, who, like me, use many |
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different versions of Unix. |
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Many parts of each Unix are beeing reinvented over and over again, which is not |
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bad in general (things are beeing improved). |
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The question is: |
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<b>Why should one Unix not use the advantages another Unix has?</b> |
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The other motivation is to reduce the gap between different Unices: So |
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a Unix admin can easily use and hack for Unix B, if she only knows Unix A. |
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Thus, if she creates a cool feature for Unix A to speedup the boot process |
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to last only 0.5 seconds, she can submit it to developers of Unix C to Z. |
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<h2>Ideas and status</h2> |
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There are already many ongoing efforts in this direction (see below |
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for examples), but this is a different idea: It's a platform for Unixers |
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<li>to exchange their ideas and code, |
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<li>to improve their Unix, |
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<li>to share cool ideas, |
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<li>to propose standards to be used among Unices, |
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</ul> |
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<i>independently of the Unix (they|you) are using!</i> |
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<p>As most Unixers like easy to use interfaces, I chose to create |
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a new <a href="http://l.schottelius.org/mailman/listinfo/u2u">mailing list</a> |
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(just because I think that newsreaders suck more than MUAs). |
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The difference to existing projects is, that it is <b>not</b> focussed |
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<ul> |
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<li>on a specific feature, |
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<li>a specific version |
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<li>or a specific area. |
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</ul> |
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Nor is the idea of this project to create a |
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<ul> |
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<li>feature rich, fast development (<b>Linux</b>), |
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<li>everywhere running (<b>NetBSD</b>), |
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<li>fast (<b>FreeBSD</b>), |
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<li>secure (<b>OpenBSD</b>) |
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<li>and commercially supported (<b>Solaris</b>) |
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</ul> |
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<i>Unix</i>. |
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What this project may possibly be able to do is |
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<ul> |
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<li>to bring people together, |
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<li>to create a spring board into the Unix scene, |
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<li>to prevent you from making the same mistakes others did before |
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<li>and to let people create real projects somewhere else. |
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</ul> |
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So, written enough for now: |
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<ul> |
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<li><a href="http://l.schottelius.org/mailman/listinfo/u2u">Subscribe |
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to the mailing list</a>, |
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<li>blame me for this website, |
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<li>tell me that it is |
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(unecessary|has already been done|<<i>insert flame|praise here</i>>) |
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<li>and then let others know, what cool ideas you've in your mind. |
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</ul> |
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<h2>Examples</h2> |
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<P>Some projects I'm aware of, which bring together Unices: |
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<ul> |
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<li><a href="http://wiki.x.org/">Xorg</a> - Which Unix does not have it? |
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<li><a href="http://www.gnu.org">GNU</a> - Although they are not Unix |
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<li><a href="http://www.bsd.org/">The BSDs</a> The fast, secure and portable operating systems |
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<li><a href="http://nico.schottelius.org/documentations/specifications/efsh/">EFSH</a> - |
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Nico Schottelius' proposal of a generic easy filesystem hierarchy |
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(this is <b>not</b> related to LSB |
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<li><a href="http://nico.schotteli.us/papers/linux/cconfig/">cconfig</a> - |
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Nico Schottelius' proposal of a configuration format |
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</ul> |
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Do you know about more projects? Add them to this website! See below, how to do it. |
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<h2>About this website</h2> |
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<P>This website is managed with git. If you've corrections or improvements, |
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I would be happy to receive them: |
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<h3>View sources</h3> |
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Have a look at |
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<a href="http://git.schottelius.org/?p=netzseiten/unix.schottelius.org;a=summary">gitweb</a>. |
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<h3>Get a local copy</h3> |
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<pre> |
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git clone git://git.schottelius.org/netzseiten/unix.schottelius.org |
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or |
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git clone http://git.schottelius.org/netzseiten/unix.schottelius.org |
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</pre> |
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<h3>Submit changes</h3> |
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<pre> |
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server% cd ~/public_html |
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server% git clone --bare git://git.schottelius.org/netzseiten/unix.schottelius.org |
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server% echo 'exec git-update-server-info' > unix.schottelius.org/hooks/post-update |
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server% chmod 0755 djbdns/hooks/post-update |
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client% git remote add <i>myserver</i> <i>myserver:/home/$USER/public_html/unix.schottelius.org</i> |
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client% git push <i>myserver</i> master |
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client% export first=nico-u2u-git; export last=schottelius.org; export nico="${first}@${last}" |
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client% echo "Get updates at http://<i>myserver/~$USER/unix.schottelius.org</i>" | \ |
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mail -s "Update for unix.schottelius.org" $nico |
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</pre> |
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You can also use git-send-email(1) directly. |
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