On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 17:45:15 -0600
Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Sat, 2003-12-27 at 15:43, Gavin Henry wrote:
> --snip--
> > What is Fedora then?
> --snip--
> 
> Fedora is for people who don't know any better. Those who do know
> better, of course, use Debian. :)
> 
> And not to imply that some frequenters of other GNU/Linux distro lists
> are arrogant assholes of course (though they are :), anyone who flames
> you for asking about "this is not a GNU/Linux list" should be shot. I
> honestly don't believe that you'd ever get that sort of a response on
> this list. In my 2 years on this list, I've seen some of the nicest,
> kindest, and most helpful people anywhere. Unfortunately, in the world
> of GNU/Linux, this seems to be the exception, and not the rule. (And
> I'm sure RMS would be grinning ear-to-ear if he saw all these
> references to GNU/Linux instead of just plain old Linux. :)
> 
> > Again, sorry to waste everyones time, but you have all helped me
> > out.
> 
> No need to apologize to us. I don't want to speak for the whole list,
> but I found the thread quite useful actually. :)
> 
So did I.
After Python or/and Ruby, and then maybe lisp for something different,
I'm looking at C++ myself.
I've now got a 'Programming'mail folder full of book references, with
the odd ISBN even.
Thanks for asking the question.
Regards,

David. 


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