On 08/05/2014 11:09 am, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
On Thu 08 May 2014 09:34:34 NZST +1200, C. Falconer wrote:
I used to use Debian and I was glad Ubuntu came along. I use Kubuntu -
but I have never had major problems with any of the upgrades or installs
I have done. Well - apart from making mistakes backing up.
I should have another go with Debian I suppose - it can't be as bad as
it used to be.
Define "it works". Spending half a day studying the 'net, then half an
hour editing a text file just to make X work which should "just work"
is
a form of "works".
And in that file, a paragraph, useful things like "Set the vertical and
horizontal refresh rates for your monitor. Warning - if you get these
wrong, you could fry your monitor"
Encouraging. I also like the way it installed a mail server by default -
but not a window system.
In other linux-related issues, my Nana still runs XP. Her sole use
of
the computer is email via a web browser.
I switched my mother (80 odd) from her Mac to Kubuntu a couple of years
ago. It was pretty painless - she uses mostly Thunderbird and Firefox,
so not that different from what she used to use which was - er -
Thunderbird and Firefox.
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Don Robertson
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