# www.linuxpackages.net FAQ

<redtricycle> Well, I know people are against LP
<redtricycle> I was wondering if the same was for slacky
<mindbendr> why's that

<nullboy> redtricycle: i think any package site that shows you the build scripts can be trusted since it allows you to audit it
<BP{k}> mindbendr: for the following reasons:
<jkwood> Although, nullboy has a good point.
<BP{k}> 1) linuxpackages has no known QA or its fairly obsure
<BP{k}> 2) they allow packages to be build on nonclean systems that will introduce dependencies on your system that you dont need
<jokie51> Gee, complain complain :P
<BP{k}> 3) lp.net will also put out their own versions of programs that appear in slackware. Which might make trouble shooting for us a whole kinda hard
<mindbendr> do they, thought they've got nice policies and rating system
<BP{k}> 4) and on top of everything else: http://slackadelic.com/2007/04/11/linuxpackagesnet-intentionally-malicious/

< BubbleWrap> sec, i just typed make and im getting spammed :o

< Alan_Hicks> Hmmm......
< rworkman> Careful, don't hurt yourself.
< Alan_Hicks> rworkman: blow me
< rworkman> Alan_Hicks: you first.
< lanmower> ...
< Alan_Hicks> rworkman: Sure thing. Just let me call in a favor from straterra.
< rworkman> Alan_Hicks: that was wrong. :D

<hhos> is it possible to alias a command in bash that has a command line arg? like alias 'ls -l' to 'ls -l | grep foo' ?

< NyteOwl> looks abit like me, but I'm not that big, my hair is shorter, I don't have a full beard ... and MY tutu is white!

<harfg> wtf!!
<harfg> I just saw a program called '3' running in top
<daniel> omfg!
<harfg> yea exactly
<harfg> couldnt get any more criptic if you tryed ... let me guess there is a 1 script and 2 script as well
<harfg> what ever fricking master peice of a package that comes from
<juice> a rootkit :)
<harfg> argh !!
<harfg> It must be a poor one .. the ones I rember from back in the day installed mad modules
<harfg> and could circumvent ps
<harfg> how do I purge!!
<harfg> i am using cooky old ubuntu
<juice> i'd look at running ossec, rootkit hunter, or chkrootkit
<juice> just to find out
<harfg> if they did bust in it must of either been through ssh or tightvnc
<juice> have any of the patches been applied to that?
<harfg> nope.. I would of thought if any critical vulns were discovered that ubuntu would of patched it for the package and presented in the update manager the and the machine updated last night 7:00pm GMT .. so now your going to tell me Ive been over reliant

<Trengo> whats the channel where you can talk to opers?

<Captain-Murphy_> Linux is totally sucking hard
<Captain-Murphy_> First XFree86 doesn't work, then Grub messes everything up, can anyone help me fix this?
<Hodapp> what distro are you using that still uses XFree86?
<savetheWorld> nope, too busy sucking.
<Captain-Murphy_> beatrix
<Captain-Murphy_> I'm trying to fix up an old pentium II so its useable

<ron> hey snacky, we should only ban male foreigners, that way we potentially have a lot of attractive foreign girls here, eh?
<ron> UP FOR DISCUSSION!
<ron> no wait, what good are they if they live in another country? never mind

<toasterb0y> CPU1: Temperature above threshold
<toasterb0y> does that sound serious?