What happened to linux...

soks · Post by **soks** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 5:50 pm

Don't know where else to ask... anyone else having hell trying to connect to kernel.org?

I need the newest mm branch for my dev box... AH!

What's going on...

Post by **pixel** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:20 pm

Please try one of the numerous mirrors, such as http://www.fr.kernel.org/

And if you are only seeking packages, you may connect to the ftp directly: ftp://ftp.fr.kernel.org (please change [fr] to your country code)

soks · Post by **soks** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:27 pm

Oh, wow, didn't know they had mirrors, I'll try the FTP seeing as how browsing through all that with links isn't fun.

soks · Post by **soks** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:32 pm

Oh crap, any idea where the -mm's are on the ftp? I can't quite find it... whole things no good if I can't find my darn mm. =(

soks · Post by **soks** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 7:07 pm

So mm (andrew morton) is under /pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm

AKPM! WTF IS THAT! How the hell is that an abbreviation of Andrew Morton! AH!

Sometimes I just hate Linux...

...othertimes it's just me.

MrHTFord · Post by **MrHTFord** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 1:59 am

As a guess, K & P are probably the initials for Mr Morton's middle names.

Just a guess mind.

soks · Post by **soks** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 8:25 am

Yeah I realize that, but this was the longest kernel update I ever had, hell by the time I pulled up the config menu I just dropped the thing, maybe after a day or two I'll be sane enough to move on.