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RoEn - Oct 20, 2007 - 05:13 PM
Post subject: Happy Birthday, sidux !
Wie wollen wir unser ERSTES Jubiläum feiern ?
Es ist ja bald so weit, und wir wollen doch nichts dem Zufall überlassen !!!
Code:
whois sidux.com | grep Creation
Creation Date: 24-nov-2006
slam - Oct 20, 2007 - 06:43 PM
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Bitte nicht feiern - an Geburtstagen fühle ich mich immer so alt ...
Greetings,
Chris
slam - Oct 20, 2007 - 06:45 PM
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Code:
whois sidux.com | grep Creation
Creation Date: 24-nov-2006
Diese dubiose Linux konsole weiss wirklich alles ...
Greetings,
Chris
mylo - Oct 20, 2007 - 10:34 PM
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slam wrote:
Bitte nicht feiern - an Geburtstagen fühle ich mich immer so alt ... ;-)
Greetings,
Chris
Hi slam,
man ist bekanntlich so alt wie man sich fühlt...oder?
Lynx_jsl - Oct 21, 2007 - 08:59 AM
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Wenn ich den Geburtstag anderer feiere, dann werden doch die älter, nicht ich...
Wo ist das Problem?
Cheers,
Stefan
RoEn - Oct 25, 2007 - 07:46 PM
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Hochschieber !
hehe, wo bleiben die Vorschläge
h2 - Nov 16, 2007 - 02:57 AM
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Well, actually the birthday wasn't exactly today, but it was pretty close.
The official day was I guess november 24, but if I remember right, behind the scenes it was pretty much a reality about by today 1 year ago, give or take a few days.
http://sidux.com/Article2.html
So how does the first year anniversary look? Steady progress, livecd functionality better than ever, slh and company managing, just barely, to keep sidux users on cutting edge kernels and software.
Nice going. The decision to split from kanotix was clearly the right one for sidux and the team members who decided to pursue this route.
What does the future hold? Who knows, with sid, every year running is a victory as far as I'm concerned, so count this as probably the most victory filled year since kanotix started. Closer to sid, cleaner code, faster boots, better debian compatibility, those pesky 'keep your version or use developer version' questions in dist-upgrade beaten back significantly, thus solving a long standing problem for users.
Most team members seem reasonably well motivated to this point, and the team is bigger than ever, with much more work being done independently, for example, the bluewater manual project comes to mind as a real success that is referred to a lot in the media and reviews, and that's basically all the manual team's doing.
The site has been solid, very few disruptions, so that side of thing is handled well.
Etorix did a nice bit of work setting up the mirrors globally, which also took off very quickly, and that's already becoming very useful, smxi for example recently switched to using the mirrors as primary download location for default kernels, and that saved my butt from some pretty major bandwidth costs, especially now that user base is expanding.
There's a lot more, kelmo's coding wizardry continues to convince me I should probably be doing something else for a living , slh of course continues to be churning out kernels demonically, always struggling to get that perfect blend cooked up in the testing labs.
A good year, all in all, more and more fixes handled by sidux repos now, fewer hacks to core system stuff that might cause long term decay.
So happy birthday.
OrangeRoot1k - Nov 16, 2007 - 03:40 AM
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Whoo hoooo..... happy bday to sidux.... happy bday to sidux....
Wildly throws out fishie pops, burnt grilled cheese sammies, m&ms and sidux cds to the screaming crowds.
kelmo - Nov 16, 2007 - 06:01 AM
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devil recently e-mailed me to say some words about our project we started a while back, so I'll add my 2c worth here to compliment what h2 has already said.
h2 wrote:
So how does the first year anniversary look? Steady progress, livecd functionality better than ever, slh and company managing, just barely, to keep sidux users on cutting edge kernels and software.
Nice going. The decision to split from kanotix was clearly the right one for sidux and the team members who decided to pursue this route.
By becoming a democratic-like project, we are able to follow our own heads, plot our own course and work freely. It was a great move, I agree.
We are still somewhat frowned upon by a few projects and people, I think. We are sometimes considered as being a little hostile, defensive and hackish; at least at no point we were considered boring or lazy. Fun still seems to be had by all involved.
h2 wrote:
What does the future hold? Who knows, with sid, every year running is a victory as far as I'm concerned, so count this as probably the most victory filled year since kanotix started. Closer to sid, cleaner code, faster boots, better debian compatibility, those pesky 'keep your version or use developer version' questions in dist-upgrade beaten back significantly, thus solving a long standing problem for users.
I honestly have no idea what may come next. For me personally, I've pretty much exhausted what I set out to do 9 or so months ago (overhaul/design the live-cd creation + boot process). Time to find new stuff to work on in the realm of sidux desktop usability maybe...
Interestingly, one of the debian honcho's have commented[0] recently that no "wow factor" developments are advertised by recent debian releases, or even persued as part of a particular release's goals. Most each release notes focus on technical advancements that may or may not be noticed by the average user.
I think this is even true for sidux at this point in time. While I don't think we can really actively develop and deploy really large and "beta" quality enhancements like compiz-fusion (nor should we, we should allow debian to sort out the big things, and help out with that where we can), we could spend more time focusing on the look'n'feel of some of our toolkit for performing certain system administration and maintenance tasks. Other ideas escape me atm...someone can help here? What are things that _you_ would like to see improve in the future?
[0] http://gonzo.dicp.de/~he/blog/archives/ ... r-DPL.html
h2 wrote:
Most team members seem reasonably well motivated to this point, and the team is bigger than ever, with much more work being done independently, for example, the bluewater manual project comes to mind as a real success that is referred to a lot in the media and reviews, and that's basically all the manual team's doing.
The manual is really something that surprised me when it took off, and continues to do so. I never thought such a band of random strangers could collaborate and create something so useful and valuable. Even more amazing is that the ring leader is a kiwi...didn't think he had it in him...
h2 wrote:
The site has been solid, very few disruptions, so that side of thing is handled well.
Etorix did a nice bit of work setting up the mirrors globally, which also took off very quickly, and that's already becoming very useful, smxi for example recently switched to using the mirrors as primary download location for default kernels, and that saved my butt from some pretty major bandwidth costs, especially now that user base is expanding.
There's a lot more, kelmo's coding wizardry continues to convince me I should probably be doing something else for a living
, slh of course continues to be churning out kernels demonically, always struggling to get that perfect blend cooked up in the testing labs.
A good year, all in all, more and more fixes handled by sidux repos now, fewer hacks to core system stuff that might cause long term decay.
So happy birthday.
"smxi", the maintenance program, is very much responsible for climbing popularity and the extra demands that come along with that. You have done a top job with it h2.
Happy birthday team and community.
Thanks, Kel.
saxxonian - Nov 16, 2007 - 06:26 AM
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H B sidux!
A BIG thank you to the team and the community behind, forum and IRC are great places to learn!
let's enjoy the journey.
saxxonian
mickhs - Nov 16, 2007 - 06:42 AM
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Yes, Happy Birthday to sidux and a great big thank you to all the team members who've worked on sidux to make it the truly great distro it is.
I haven't downloaded another distro since I've been using sidux. Great job! 
mig - Nov 16, 2007 - 07:14 AM
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h2 wrote:
So how does the first year anniversary look? Steady progress, livecd functionality better than ever, slh and company managing, just barely, to keep sidux users on cutting edge kernels and software.
not to forget the work of h2! Thanks to you! great job!
mikekgr - Nov 16, 2007 - 07:16 AM
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"Dear" sidux,
Happy Birthday... Happy Birthday... Happy Birthday to you !!!!
We thank you for this great O/S (distribution) and best user experience offer to us!
hubi - Nov 16, 2007 - 12:45 PM
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A year 
sidux makes me old rather quickly 
It is really time to say thank you to all developers and people in the sidux team for the best distribution around. And it is time to raise a glass or two.
kelmo,
the wow factor you talk about are just the shiny spin doctor's toys. If one wants those, there is Sabayon: wow and unmaintainable. But shiny, I must admit.
But what is sidux to me, and I could not dream of it by the time sidux started: it was a new start, but it was the logical continuation of what old Kanotix was, but sidux concentrated to the core values and is developed in an amazing speed:
- reliable Live CD
- rocksolid installations (every pre-release surpasses many other main releases)
- full support for daily upgraders of Sid (that is a WOW factor)
- maintainable and fully qualified for daily use at work and at home
- rolling upgrade path
This is not nothing, this is more or less not achieved by any other distribution. And thanks to the Debian/sidux way, the user is free to decide how he wants to maintain a box. Because of Debian and smxi you can fully upgrade your installation at any time, even after months, more or less without any hickups.
There might be no shiny marketing 3D desktop for shiny magazines and shiny reviews, but Gaia and Eros are long lasting beauties, still use default artwork on two of my boxes and I just do not get annoyed with it. Shiny beryl was wow for two days, but on the third it always started to interfere with my workflow. I still prefer 2D with virtual desktops.
Also I like the incremental development of sidux. Just what I saw with eros pre1:
- RandR & my new notebook: goes automatically 1366x768 ... WOW [1]
- "fromiso and persistant" ... I really have to test that one
[1] where are the times when I had to fight with the 855/910resolution patch?
What could I think of from an end user view? Maybe for newcomers an option "network-manager-kde yes/no" might be helpful. I definitely prefer wpa-roaming, but that's not a quickie to setup for network roaming. For a quick use (esp. in live modus) it's very convenient. Dunno ... maybe it's just me who uses notebooks in public places as well
That's all I can think about at the moment, and again:
Let's raise the glass to the sidux team for their meticulous and fabulous work!
hubi
kelmo - Nov 16, 2007 - 01:17 PM
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hubi wrote:
kelmo,
the wow factor you talk about are just the shiny spin doctor's toys. If one wants those, there is Sabayon: wow and unmaintainable. But shiny, I must admit.
True, I just chose a topical example (compiz and friends).
cleary and I recently discussed the overall appearance of the applications in our distro compared to others. One comment was that some of our tools looked "disparate" (ie, a bunch of not-alike looking tools).
We have consolidated on using ssft in places where Xdialog was used for some tools, but too often we are finding that GTK toolkit is providing better support for "working" tools than QT/KDE counterparts. Not a big issue, but an obvious visual issue in a KDE-centric environment.
Thankfully (and should be mentioned in this thread also), xadras began the sidux control centre. This unifies alot of tools into one nice central area of system information and control.
This is the kind of area I think we could provide extra "wow" factor.
However, one must be careful that this kind of thing doesn't go too far and try to do too much...
cleary - Nov 16, 2007 - 02:00 PM
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that's a great summary h2 - just a couple of further people in the background who I'd like to mention:
* devil, vedawalter and cobra for looking after the financials and corporate front to sidux with the sidux e.V.
* slam for keeping the forums humming
As kelmo mentioned, devil asked us to provide a personal view on the state of sidux, past present and future:
It was a year of surprises and proud moments for me, from doing a talk on this great distro with no release (at lca2007, january), to having my rudimentary art skills contribute the wallpaper on the debut sidux release, as well as managing a corporate rollout of ~80 sidux based desktops at my work (which has been a huge success ).
I've been doing a bit of distro hopping the last few days (something I haven't done for a good 18 months or more), checking out what other distros are doing and how their vision of the perfect desktop is looking. It's been very comforting to realise that this community driven, volunteer maintained distro has a rightfully deserved place amongst the big guns of the linux world (helped in no small part by our parent distro of course ) - with it's excellent blend of support, ease of installation and maintenance, and current software.
The future, well it's a modest outlook for me. From a personal perspective I'm happy as long as I can keep easily maintaining a suite of current software on my desktop 
From a professional perspective, I can see sidux gobbling desktop share up to about 70 or 80% of total desktops in my work environment over the next 12-24 months (currently running at about 45% sidux 55% win).
From a developer perspective, as kelmo discussed I'd like to work on consolidating the sidux toolset into a consistent "suite", as well as formalise more of the artistic requirements, processes and contributions for sidux and the e.V.
Lastly, I'm adamant the sense of community is the thing that sets sidux above all other distros, so thanks to everyone for making sidux good
DeepDayze - Nov 16, 2007 - 02:17 PM
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W00t!!!
Happy birthday to a fine distro that really does shine. It has set itself apart from the other "cookie-cutter" distros by doing what is technically feasible and making Debian Sid manageable thru tools such as smxi and netcard-config. sidux has indeed come a long way since splitting off from Kanotix a year ago. sidux's base is now pretty rock solid and the maintenance infrastructure has matured. As Kelmo and slam have mentioned above, perhaps some time can be spent improving the "fit and finish" some more to make sidux even more appealing to a wider audience.
Kudos to the sidux dev team and here's looking to another exciting year for sidux.
bfree - Nov 16, 2007 - 04:25 PM
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It's been a fun year! I stupidly lost my original reply for devil so here we go again!
For me everything started just over a year ago when I decided that I wanted to get some sort of iso builder into fullstory to make it complete. I didn't really expect anyone to use it, but I wanted it to exist freely for anyone who wanted something to work on. I had gotten as far as writing a very basic hackish outline when slh announced sidux and suddenly fll-builder was a real project.
Quickly my hack was let lose in fullstory and, thanks to the work of all the initial sidux team members, became usable if ugly. This hack helped bootstrap sidux while kelmo started the hard work of putting together a nice builder. It didn't take long before my hack was surpassed and deprecated by the real fll-builder and I could be happy that fullstory was complete. Not long after sidux proved that to the world with it's first release.
Since then the 3 releases have each improved on things both from a developers and a users perspective, with number 4 imminent with more niceties. It has shown that the initial rough release cycle plan has been realistic and achievable and that's no small feat for a community volunteer project. Congratulations to everyone who helped make this all happen, from coding to bug-reporting, documenting to helping support it, you have all helped make sidux what it is today.
Like others I have to mention the manual. Not only did it come into shape very quickly but it continues to keep up with the ever changing state of sidux, add more useful knowledge and to gather up more translations. Congratulations to everyone in the sidux docs team for this superb achievement and keep up the great work.
As to what the future holds, possibilities abound but as always it depends on who is willing to work on what. A group has started to form around creating a xfce release and the possibility of creating release images for different languages is there also. sidux will never run out of work though even just sticking with the current release images, not only adapting to the latest packages from debian such as the new xorgconfig but also improving the sidux tools both in terms of look and in some cases improved integration with the debian tools they interface with.
I can't stop without saying a big thank you to all the debian developers who provide most of the packages in sidux.
So Happy Birthday sidux and a big personal thank you to everyone who made the first year such a spectacular success at least in my eyes.
slam - Nov 16, 2007 - 04:52 PM
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... We Had This Dream ...
When asked where and when sidux started, I usually just point to http://sidux.com/Article2.html because it tells most of the story. However, as with every birth there was a period of pregnancy before. So, here is the "unplugged" truth about it:
I remember very well those days between 2005-12-31 (Kanotix 2005-04 release day) and 2006-04-16 (the "Easter Preview"). This was the time when we started to become really international over there, teams found together for translating News and FAQ in several different languages. Artists offered their ideas and worked for the planned next release, several people started contributing money, work, important code, support and motivation. This was really "Spring", as it should be, a very encouraging time this was.
And then the large eared penguin sitting on his easter eggs hit us all by surprise. What was that? Well, it was "just" a preview, so we went back to work without much thinking. The next stable release had to be prepared, and everyone did what he decided to be his job at the project. It should have been a warning sign for us, however.
Summer arrived, and people started to get nervous. The long awaited and necessary release was far from ready, people started leaving the project, more and more people got involved into dirty "re-masting" in order to solve their problems. Many users left to other distros. Even the media started to speculate about the insecure future of the project. While communicating these problems with the project leadership was impossible (we had no democratic structures at all), the most active people still insisted an continuing to support the project.
Summer left, and the last stable version was not seriously upgradeable and supportable any more. Nobody had a plan (some might have had "visions", though), and everything was stuck. Before we really recognized, November was here. And then, out of a sudden, we got informed by the leadership that everything we did this year would be thrown away, and Kanotix will not be based on Debian Sid any more. Instead, it was decided to start developing the project as an additional layer onto Debian Stable - or Ubuntu!. For me this was the my personal kick in my ass to do something. This very 24th of November I speculated about a possible name for a new project based on Debian Sid, and "sidux" was found very fast. I bought the domains, set up some server space and a CMS with forum, and invited everybody interested to join the new project. An IRC channel was created - and there we went.
It's not easy to describe what happened then. It was like a creative explosion. Developers, supporters, artists, linguists, "normal" users rushed the forums and the chat. While we had nothing more to offer than an idea of a real democratic open source project, people instantly contributed their time, code, support and money to help the project getting onto it's feet. Between 24th of November and 2nd of December alone (before the official initial press release) 187 people became forum members!
We strived hard to do it right from the very beginning. We knew people would trust us and relay on us, so we did it carefully. The initial press release was the first example: It was done in real team work, written and signed by all team members who where interested in the discussion about the sidux philosophy. And that's how we continued, we did (and still do) everything in teams, no boss/master/leader was ever needed to be elected. Everyone does what he enjoys to do, and what he knows best.
Our dream, the "new star in the Linux galaxy" has become a serious and respected open source project. It is a well known Linux distribution now, and a place where people from all around the world meet, have fun - and contribute a fine operating system to the world. I am a very proud and grateful member of this community. Thanks to everybody who helped to make it happen! And never forget our final goal: World domination.
Greetings,
Chris (slam) Hildebrandt
DeepDayze - Nov 16, 2007 - 06:13 PM
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Slam: great post and it sure is an enlightening one. sidux came a long way and the initial road was somewhat bumpy, but it only got easier when everyone helped smooth things out. Three releases came and went...only for things to get even better with the upcoming 4th release (Eros). Here's to an exciting 2008!
op4latino - Nov 16, 2007 - 06:58 PM
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slam wrote:
t's not easy to describe what happened then. It was like a creative explosion. Developers, supporters, artists, linguists, "normal" users rushed the forums and the chat. While we had nothing more to offer than an idea of a real democratic open source project, people instantly contributed their time, code, support and money to help the project getting onto it's feet. Between 24th of November and 2nd of December alone (before the official initial press release) 187 people became forum members!
Yes, I do remember that. It was crazy to see how people joined quickly. Many thanks for those that joined and trusted that idea that became reality in a few weeks later.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!
DeepDayze - Nov 16, 2007 - 07:59 PM
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Also many former Kanotixers have joined us too and I am sure many people who have used Ubuntu and Fedora have seen the power of sidux and jumped over as well.
paleoflatus - Nov 16, 2007 - 08:01 PM
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Happy Birthday, sidux from the Queensland (Australia) Gold Coast.
An excellent concept, expertly executed by a highly skilled, dedicated, friendly, helpful team.
My only complaint is that I had to suffer ten years of haunting Distrowatch, looking for the distro I wanted, downloading, installing and eventually rejecting them all.
It's a good time for us simple users to make another contribution - if we haven't already done so.
Bask in the glow...
diddy1234 - Nov 16, 2007 - 08:01 PM
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wow thats gone quick.
I remember using kanotix and thought this was good then everything stopped and i thought "well it was nice while it lasted"
then sidux started up and noticed it was the same guys so i thought "im having some of that" and have been hooked since.
great software, great work and just gets better every time.
keep up the great work. Thanks to everyone involved.
happy birthday sidux !
Crust - Nov 16, 2007 - 08:17 PM
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Happy Birthday!!!
wegface - Nov 16, 2007 - 10:27 PM
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I nearly spat my tea when i realised everyone had started a new distro, and didnt hesitate to smxi my kanotix to sidux! Well done to all the devs, and the wonderful community for creating what i believe to be the best linux distro there is. Fingers crossed for another year of surfing the sid wave safely with sidux.
locsmif - Nov 18, 2007 - 09:44 PM
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Hi. My ISP fucked me over on August 16, just when I was about to pick up speed with helping out with development here and there. Too bad. I'm still offline and in the middle of legal proceedings to get damages for that and get back online with a different provider. The price for resistance is high. Thank you Klaus Knopper for being the pioneer. Thanks Fabian Franz. Thanks Jörg Schirottke for Kanotix, too bad things worked out the way they did.
I used to hang out in the Knoppix channel in Freenode when etorix (as he always does) was maintaining his large network of connections all across the world He asked me to join #kanotix. I think this was early 2004 or so, right after the X-mas release. Many things have happened since then. Infobash was created when, I think it was kelmo, mentioned konversation lacked a good info script. I got the hang of Bash, then Sed, Awk, and Perl. Regular expressions were, and are my thing. One of the best memories I have is of the lot of us, Kano, slh, etc hacking on grub to create a workaround for buggy Acer bioses. But things have a habit of changing. Lilo fucked up freenode to the point it became undesirable to be there. And Kanotix bit the bullet when it became too undemocratic too bear for the developers. That should be a lesson, and we must not forget that lesson.
Debian however is almighty. Afterall, without Debian there is no Ubuntu, and they both rank in the top ten of Distrowatch. sidux is climbing. The work ethic of people like Stefan (slh) is something I'll never completely be able to understand. It's out of this world. And yet, while he's buried in livecd's, network cabling, and other miscellaneous computer equipment, working his butt off for sidux, he manages to surprise congratulate me every year on my birthday on irc. I tend to forget it myself. That's the kind of person slh is. And the kind of person I am
Kelmo came on board a little later (@ Kanotix). At first, I was a little put off by his typical rude ozzie humor. Now, I'm used to it, and actually I think it's the best kind. There's no stopping you Kel. You learn stuff as quickly as you are shown stuff. You guys keep up the good work. Thanks to the team, you know who you are. If I named names, I'd only leave out people who are just as important to sidux as everyone else. After all, sidux to me proves that 'peer directed projects' are possible, and even succesful. In fact, this whole free software collabo-thing might be one of the few joyful, hopeful things in the world today. Let's hope it never becomes practically illegal to do this thing we like to do. Happy Birthday sidux, and many years to come, as we say where I come from.
paleoflatus - Nov 19, 2007 - 01:17 AM
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locsmif,
I've just read your latest posting and enjoyed it greatly. I doubt I'm alone in being curious about the inner workings and history of the distro we love and the people who work(ed) so hard to make it possible.
Is there a chance that someone could find the time to tell us even more and put it all together as a history section in the sidux manual?
I've already done a couple of stupid posts in the forum, out of sheer ignorance.
Thanks from down under -
I'm going back to read your post again - it's good stuff!
piper - Nov 19, 2007 - 01:40 AM
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locsmif
That was a great post
"typical rude ozzie humor" - the best
paleoflatus - Nov 19, 2007 - 01:59 AM
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BTW, regarding aussie culture, I forgot to say "Have a good one, locsmif and all yer mates.".
craigevil - Nov 19, 2007 - 03:04 AM
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Woohoo, great year. Thanks to all the great devs, and individuals like h2, xadras, locsmif, shame that help to make sidux the best distro in the world. As well as all the cool people that hang out in #sidux.
I was one of the ones that jumped ship at kanotix and used h2's script to cross-upgrade to sidux as soon as it was available.
RazberrieTart - Nov 19, 2007 - 06:10 AM
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sidux is nifty, to be sure. And while it's true I don't know much, and really, I only tagged along because Cuddles made the jump and installed it on this PC, I came to love sidux muchly.
So hence self appointed Official Fangirl. And most everyone tolerated it
Master_of_Disaster - Nov 19, 2007 - 05:53 PM
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am besten in Wien...
Dann kann ich nämlich auch kommen
PS: mit Alter wird man auch weiser und im falle von sidux auch besser.
Oddball - Nov 24, 2007 - 12:40 AM
Post subject: Happy birthday sidux (again)
So we came to the one year celebration, I have read the Happy birthday sidux news and as a user who has been with you nearly the whole time I just have to thank you all for your great work. I also did a little distro-hopping the last months and as I see it sidux is outstanding. Also thanks everybody for all the help on the forum. All this have made me come to the point for some month ago that I can do everything I need on a computer on sidux, no need to dual boot anymore.
And there is one more thing that makes this so beautiful and locsmif put it right on the point
Quote:
After all, sidux to me proves that 'peer directed projects' are possible, and even succesful. In fact, this whole free software collabo-thing might be one of the few joyful, hopeful things in the world today.
Grattis på födelsedagen sidux, önskar
Ola
DeepDayze - Nov 24, 2007 - 01:00 AM
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good to see that coming from a Swede
roland - Nov 24, 2007 - 09:16 AM
Post subject: Hallo, Danke und Happy Birthday..
Ein Hallo an an Euch und alle Siduxer..
Zunächst einmal einen herzlichen Glückwunsch zum "1-jährigen" an die Entwickler von sidux. Jungs/Mädels, ihr leistet einen grossartigen Job.
Nachdem ich von der MS-Fraktion vor ca. 2 Jahren zur Linux gewechselt bin (jaja, Ubuntu sei Dank) und dann eine Zeit Distro-Hoppping gemacht habe läuft seit 3 Monaten sidux auf meinem PC. Und seitdem ist zum ersten Mal alles "rund". Und so habe ich jetzt beschlossen, mich bei sidux niederzulassen
Ich programmiere nicht, sondern bin nur Anwender, keine Ahnung, ob und was ich der "Gemeinde" zurückgeben könnte (ausser Geld per PayPal *lol*). Was ich aber bereits mache ist, im Freundes-und Bekanntenpreis sidux zu lobpreisen..
Ich freue mich auf eine nette Zeit hier und werde versuchen im Rahmen meiner Möglichkeiten Unterstützung zu geben.
Cheers aus Bremen
Roland
mylo - Nov 24, 2007 - 09:24 AM
Post subject: Happy Birthday team!
Hi an alle die sidux zu dem gemacht haben, was es heute ist.
Die Story vom Übergang von der alten Distro auf sidux ist ja eigentlich filmreif. Das habt ihr ja toll hinbekommen. Weiter so!
brummer - Nov 24, 2007 - 09:25 AM
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hallo
ich möchte mich dem anschliesen und auch alles Gute wünschen, eine super Distribution, die Spaß macht UND funktioniert. Vielen Dank
brummer
mylo - Nov 24, 2007 - 09:44 AM
Post subject: Happy Birthday team!
Hi an alle die sidux zu dem gemacht haben, was es heute ist.
Die Story vom Übergang von der alten Distro auf sidux ist ja eigentlich filmreif. Das habt ihr ja toll hinbekommen. Weiter so!
nUllSkillZ - Nov 24, 2007 - 10:42 AM
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Hi,
herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag.
Und vielen Dank für diese heisse Distribution.
maslot - Nov 24, 2007 - 11:21 AM
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"Sto lat, sto lat
Niech żyje, żyje nam"
(polish happy b-day song - to hear it, just type in youtube phrase "sto lat")
P.S.
What's wrong with you people? Can't you say just "Happy birthday"? Translators have a private live too
on behalf of the polish translators team
maslot
Roughnecks - Nov 24, 2007 - 11:25 AM
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Happy Birthday "little" sidux
absolut - Nov 24, 2007 - 11:48 AM
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Happy Birthday, sidux!
live long and prosper!
postkutscher_ - Nov 24, 2007 - 12:12 PM
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sidux,
auch von mir alles Gute zum Geburstag.
Den "Machern" von sidux herzlichen Dank für dieses hervorragendes Betriebssystem
"DAUMEN HOCH"
herzlichst
Detlef der postkutscher
anticapitalista - Nov 24, 2007 - 12:28 PM
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χρόνια πολλά sidux.
Best wishes to the team for a great distro that improves with every release, and all in one year. WOW
clubex - Nov 24, 2007 - 12:29 PM
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Happy Birthday sidux!
Let the sid be with you!
raneon - Nov 24, 2007 - 12:46 PM
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Happy birthday, sidux! Thank you for the last three months as a new sidux user! I know that the time of distro-hopping is over for me I like the philosophy of sidux, the pure open source concentration and the brilliant sidux tools, especially smxi! Thanks to all sidux developers and the community. The sidux manual offers quick help without a long search! My personal opinion is that sidux is the best distro I've ever seen. The rolling release is unique. I'm curios what the future will bring!
xouzouris - Nov 24, 2007 - 12:55 PM
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Χρόνια Πολλά from me too.
Thanks for a wonderful distro and all your help and support. I hope this project lives and prospers in the years to come, and I hope I can put in a tiny bit of help to make this happen.
Cheers!!!
surveyor79 - Nov 24, 2007 - 01:21 PM
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Happy Birthday!!!
sidux is the best!
toga - Nov 24, 2007 - 03:13 PM
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Happy Birthday sidux!!
My PC is M$ free, since im using sidux. Big thanks to the hard working men all over (the world)
sidux is the best OS i know.
Best wishes, keep on siduxing
Master_of_Disaster - Nov 24, 2007 - 04:08 PM
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happy burthday, sidux
thanks for replaceing microsoft on my PC
(i hope i didn't make to much mistakes)
Master of disaster
marlene-llc - Nov 24, 2007 - 05:04 PM
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From the buttom of my Heart " Happy Birthday sidux ", and may i says thank you for those anyone who make it happened for this wonderful community.
Now my saying was " sidux- the name you can Trust, the Team you can Crush "
Greetings from Philippines,
Marlene-llc
nepomux - Nov 24, 2007 - 05:24 PM
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Auch von mir die herzlichsten Glückwünsche zum Geburtstag und ein riesiges Dankeschön an die Entwickler.
Bin fast von Anfang an als user dabei (von Kanotix konvertiert) und will nichts anderes mehr auf meinen Rechnern haben - außer auf meinem Zaurus, da läufts noch nicht
Ein Prosit auf die nächsten erfolgreichen Jahre.
Claus
kamantschka - Nov 24, 2007 - 06:15 PM
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Dem kann ich mich nur anschliessen, herzlichen Glückwunsch und vielen Dank auch von mir!
Kann mich noch gut erinnern an die Tage der Ungewissheit, hatte schon die bunte Kuh aus dem Netz gezogen und war nicht wirklich glücklich damit... Und dann nach ein wenig Suche im www stand da etwas von einem slh, der nach neuen Herausforderungen suche. Und tatsächlich, es mußte sich um DEN slh handeln, das konnte nur genau das sein nachdem ich suchte ))
Leider war aber der Name "sidux" noch nirgends zu lesen, also weitersuchen...
Irgendwer hatte den Namen "sidux" dann im Forum von Kanotix erwähnt, und Tatsache, sidux.com existierte und Infos gab es auch schon.
Ja, so war das damals.
Vielen Dank und allerhöchste Anerkennung für SLH, SLAM, DEVIL, H2, KELMO und alle viele viele anderen ungenannten, die diese tolle Distro möglich machen!!!!
regards,
kamantschka
piper - Nov 24, 2007 - 06:17 PM
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Happy Birthday sidux
I want to thank slh, kelmo, x-un-i, cleary, devil (a pain in his side, and always has stupid questions on how to do something) who I have learned so much from, these, are the real hero's of sidux, I can't believe a whole year has gone by already, it seems like yesterday the "split" happened.
I remember etorix taking his time to help me (hold my hand) with my first build (before sidux had a release), later after some changes in the way building was done it was devil & kelmo who helped me not only build, but to understand what was being done, how it worked & why. I am forever grateful for their knowledge, patients and for "putting up with me". There is no other place I would want to be, but right here with sidux. A lot of things I didn't understand not just about sidux, but building sidux also, it was cleary that pushed me to keep building and testing. "piper your really getting into this building stuff aren't you", "cleary, yes, I don't just want to build and test, but to understand what is going on, changes,and how it's done". thanks cleary. h2, it was a pleasure testing back in the "day" when ati had a little something to work with, I learned a lot from you, rereading your amazing scripts to learn how they work (some of it still looks like a different language to me)
bluewater, what can I say amazing, fab, just fab, what you have done here. It is such an honor to be a part of sidux, I wish I could quit my job and spend more time here to help, learn, and bullshit more with the users on irc Lastly, I would like to thank the users of sidux, without you's, I have no idea where sidux would be. Thank You's.
Beers & shots for everyone, I am buying, enjoy !!!, and may their be many more birthdays for sidux. I will continue to help, support & spread the word of sidux to others for years to come.
Dutchy - Nov 24, 2007 - 07:10 PM
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And here I was, thinking this was the English forum
Since all the other ones are there; Gefeliceteerd sidux
nomos - Nov 24, 2007 - 07:35 PM
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Alles Gute zum 1 Jährigen und danke für die viele Mühe!
Nomos
jesseman - Nov 24, 2007 - 07:51 PM
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Cheers! Everyone involved in this project has made it what it is today: an example to all other distros for end user satisfaction and project cohesiveness. Rock on!
tami - Nov 24, 2007 - 08:14 PM
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Happy Birthday, tillykke med fødselsdagen, najlepsze zyczenia z okazji urodzin and Congratulations to the Creators of the best distro ever!
...and one more thank you from grateful and - faithful
tami
PS. As the birthday gift for myself I installed sidux-Eros on 8GB USB-stick today. From now on I can have it and use not only on all desktops at home but - everywhere!
DeepDayze - Nov 24, 2007 - 09:10 PM
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Now an official happy b-day for sidux
Here's for one great year and for another year too !
ixi - Nov 24, 2007 - 09:36 PM
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sidux- it's your Birthday... Happy Birthday sidux
doedel - Nov 24, 2007 - 11:16 PM
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Hallo sidux,
du bist zwar erst ein Jahr alt, aber du machst auf mich schon einen ziemlich erwachsenen Eindruck. Innerlich hoffe ich aber, dass du nie alt wirst
Dear sidux,
although you`re only one year old, you look quite adult to me. But actually I hope you get never grown old
doedel
ceti - Nov 25, 2007 - 01:08 AM
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Better late than never: happy birthday, sidux!!!
Cheers
UncleVom - Nov 25, 2007 - 03:39 AM
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Congratulations and many thanks to the sidux team.
Five of my eight boxes run sidux and riding the wave of Sid saves me from having to hack and likely break some stale distro to keep it up to date with current developments.
Thanks again,
Marcus
GoinEasy9 - Nov 25, 2007 - 04:19 AM
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A BIG Happy Birthday and Thank You to all those that made sidux such a great distro. I installed my first release (Tartaros) in July, upgraded regularly, and have had no stability problems at all. Now on 3 boxes in my home (soon to be 5), what can I say...It just works.
That's really amazing...I'm running Debian Sid, and, "It just works".
Congratulations
Tom
d2kx - Nov 25, 2007 - 09:28 AM
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Leading the distribution market for one year now, that's awesome.
RalfZocker - Nov 25, 2007 - 02:34 PM
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Herzlichen Glückwunsch sidux,
was das sidux-Team auf die Beine gestellt hat, sucht seinesgleichen weltweit!
Für mich war es das Ende der ewigen Sucherei nach einer passenden Distro und der Beginn einer aktiven Mitarbeit (zumindestens im sidux e.V.). Deswegen weiter so!
Ge0rgy - Nov 26, 2007 - 11:50 AM
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Happy Birthday sidux.
mig - Nov 26, 2007 - 01:19 PM
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RalfZocker wrote:
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was das sidux-Team auf die Beine gestellt hat, sucht seinesgleichen weltweit!
Für mich war es das Ende der ewigen Sucherei nach einer passenden Distro und der Beginn einer aktiven Mitarbeit (zumindestens im sidux e.V.). Deswegen weiter so!
Ganz deiner Meinung: bereits die Live-CD ist der Hammer, ganz zu schweigen von der Installation. Habe seit der Veröffentlichung vier PC's von Bekannten von Win auf sidux umgestellt, sämtliche Hardware mit Peripherie erkannt , läuft schnell und rund.
Mir erscheint diese Version die erste, die "Blockbuster"-Format hat. Schön, dass wir die genau zum Geburtstag erhalten haben!
Happy Birthday sidux!
knithx - Dec 10, 2007 - 04:22 PM
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As being the one who gives sidux the "colors", I want to thank everybody who develops and uses sidux, the best GNU/Linux distribution I've ever tried.
Congratulations to everybody, you are simply the best