On Friday, June 10, 2011 10:45:57 PM UTC+2, nero wrote:
Lol...Don't dump him. Make your life simple and go buy a windblows
operating system. The reality is that the windows and mac OSes are
much more user friendly which is why they are so much more
prevalent. Either ask him to spend the time to allow your machine to
function perfectly (which my ubuntu, fbsd, and other *nix function
great for my needs and requirements) or to help you install an OS
that you can adequately use without being crippled by your expertise.
Best off luck!
Henri wrote:
If I may be so bold, Bev hardly needs to choose between installing a
«windblows operating system» or dumping her partner of nearly half a
century ; a double-boot with Slackware and a more user-friendly
distro like, say, Ubuntu should suffice to resolve the problem....
Merci bien. For a while I was using slack with KDE on my laptop, which
definitely makes life a lot easier. And then it crashed... I use
fvwm95 and have spent a lot of time configuring it -- I could switch to
KDE, but I hate having to configure stuff from scratch, and KDE is just
plain ugly in its normal state.
If absolutely necessary I have an HP XP machine available. It has great
sentimental value, having belonged to my mom. I use it when I have
hardware that absolutely requires windows to function -- GPS, canon
scanner, tax stuff, maybe phone stuff (if I decide to switch to the
Nokia wifi-enabled phone). My linux machine knows about the windows
machine, but I keep the windows machine ignorant of the existence of the
other machines on the network. It's safer that way.
For the most part, if I can't solve a problem myself or through the
kindness of strangers, I give up; life is too short etc.
BTW, the 'movies' I was trying to view were not movies at all, just
stills FROM the movies. When I found the actual videos (in the 'photos'
part) they worked fine.
The Real Bev <[email protected]> wrote:
On 06/10/11 04:44, Stephen wrote:
Somebody who's not an expert *nix user shouldn't be using
slackware, that's why you have all these problems. I wish you'd
get a clue and fire your support, because obviously they're not
doing a good job of well ... supporting you, judging by all the
issues you have. Sorry to sound like a broken record, but well
... proof is in the pudding.
Yeah, tell me something I don't know! I've been married to him for
49.5 years and it's going to take more than his religious belief
in the sinfulness of GUIs and their evil spawn to make me dump
him!
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