Question for you long time users, "darkstar" ; where does that name come from ?
 

Hello all, I was wondering, where if any is the reasoning behind the default hostname of "darkstar" ? Is it a movie, planet, etc. ? Does anyone know why Mr. V chose that name? - Fogie.

There was a movie call Dark Star years back. Very good film. Maybe that's it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069945/

hahah funny signature dive!

reading the 'tagline' from imdb, yeah that may might be :)

Well, I don't know the origin of the name, but it has been around for a while. At least in Slackware 1.01 the name "darkstar" was already present. Check out my post about this version here. There were also some funny user names at the time :)

Does anyone know if this came from SLS or was this an idea from Pat V.?

Since Patrick is a big Deadhead (as I am myself), I am pretty sure it refers to the well-known Grateful Dead song "Dark star".

Chess,

I heard / read about this reference. Never heard the song though.
As a long-time slacker, I guess this is a shame, so I'll try to find it somewhere :)

Do NOT try to find it SOMEWHERE! http://connie.slackware.com/~volkerdi/
Edit: Ups! This is another song. Sorry.

http://www.slackbook.org/html/glossary.html

It appears chess is correct.

P.S. is this thread a sign that it's time for some activity in the changelogs?

Pat's a big Deadhead? I KNEW I chose the right distro! <grin>

@niels, wow great howto guide for old Slackware version ! :)

So darkstar is after a song, ok great thanks guys.

Check it out - Dark Star - not a bad song.

Yep, I'm pretty sure that's it.

There is a lot of activity... but it is all going on behind the scenes. Some of the updates are pretty invasive and those need testing (and a lot of package recompilation) before it is all released to the masses in working condition.

And in case you wanted to ask: no PAM.

Eric

Thanks for the heads-up, Eric. :)

Wow, that's sure to infuriate, erm, um...no one.

cheers,