[OpenIndiana-discuss] How to expand the live usb to use all of the space on the device? v2

[Hung Nguyen Gia]

Sorry. I mean 'don't have', not 'don't know'.

I really don't know how to turn off auto suggestion/completion on my mail client. It's real annoying.




---- On Wed, 27 Jan 2021 19:08:16 +0700 Hung Nguyen Gia via openindiana-discuss <openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org> wrote ----

 > I will adjust my attitude and expectation.
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 > BTW, I don't agree with you about Linux is junk.
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 > I don't know the authority of a SE like you, but I tell from my own experience.
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 > Linux rocks and superior to any alternatives.
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 > ---- On Tue, 26 Jan 2021 23:16:47 +0700 Jedi Tek'Unum <jedi at jeditekunum.com> wrote ----
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 >  > Perhaps I can say some things here that others can’t. I’m a totally neutral party in all of this. I don’t use Illumos or any derivatives. I simply observe this forum as a passive interest from my past. 
 >  > 
 >  > I’m a retired Software Engineer/Architect that used to work in the industry in major computer vendors and ISVs on systems-level software. Amongst a multitude of operating systems and many many *nixes, I started with the Solaris precursor SunOS in the mid-80’s. Throughout my career I always felt that Solaris was FAR superior to any other alternative and so did most of my employers. That includes the broader free/open software community of much of the last 40 years. 10 years ago you couldn’t have found a bigger fan of Solaris and the Solaris community. But even then I had departed the world of Solaris on the desktop/notebook in favor of MacOS. 
 >  > 
 >  > From my perspective, the tragic end of Sun has all but destroyed Solaris. The efforts of a few to continue on with Illumos and derivatives has been commendable. For some the results have been adequate for their own use and warrants their further involvement. Regrettably, I am not one of them. 
 >  > 
 >  > I would suggest that people that are not coming from a previous Solaris background are far beyond reasonable expectations if they think Illumos or derivative is something that will broadly compete with other modern alternatives. 
 >  > 
 >  > I personally think Linux is junk and I avoid it unless there is absolutely no other choice - and that is always in deeply embedded small-scale situations. I use FreeBSD a bit for some things (cloud server and pfSense firewall for examples). I have a single home server still running Solaris that I only use for our family storage (which will likely transition to TrueNAS/FreeBSD at some point). Mac Pro and MacBook Pro round out the rest of my daily environments. 
 >  > 
 >  > You’ve got to understand that Linux is successful because of inertia - the mass of so many people and companies behind it. The reason most things work ok is because of the many people who have a stake in it. Even the most obscure embedded board gets Linux support first. That doesn’t make the foundational technology any better - and in fact it is crap in many cases - but it fulfills the “good enough” mantra of modern times. Despite its apparent good looks to many, there is a pretty obvious cesspool in the dozens and dozens of distributions each with their own strengths and weaknesses and incompatibilities. FreeBSD is more organized and elegant in many ways and there is a certain quality over quantity focus. It isn’t as broad because it doesn’t have the same scale of community. 
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 >  > Illumos and derivatives just don’t have the scale of community to support the breadth of features (and support) that many people expect - which includes you (and me). It’s not the fault of any in the community and there are no bad intentions on the part of any of them. You can’t expect a few people to give you the functionality and support of 10’s of thousands. I wish the ecosystem was usable by myself but I recognize the realty. 
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 >  > You’re never going to be happy with this situation (and it’s never going to change) so I suggest it would be best to abandon it and move on. 
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