yeah, been there, done that-they usually are no help at all :) D On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Roy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Debian is not for everybody. It is not newbie friendly and the community > does not embrace change nor new users. They want to keep things the way > they > always were and even turn back the clock. They do not like it that Ubuntu > has taken their work and made it accessible to others. That does not make > Debian a great distribution. It just means that Debian is what it is and it > isn't going to change anytime soon because of its ideology and its user > base. If someone insists on using Debian then they should be encouraged to > do so, but it isn't what I would recommend because I know the community > well > and know that they are on a crusade and to them all outsiders are regarded > as infidels. If you can accept the "our way or the highway" approach then > you will probably fit right in. > > When someone writes that they are having problems configuring Debian then I > smile inwardly because it is not made to work out of the box, nor to work > like Ubuntu with advanced features. It is for advanced users who like a > basic setup. It will likely never work as well because of their insistence > that anything proprietary is bad and if you ask for help doing something > that they regard as verboten the you will get a lecture at best and a > tongue > lashing at worst. > > Roy > > Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit > Location: Canada > > > On 5 February 2011 17:01, Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 05, 2011 at 07:27:37PM -0000, Paul wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Mint is apt based, but it's not Debian! Would be a funny way to troll > > #debian though on irc.freenode.net ha ha! Something tells me the regs > and > > opers wouldn't be quite as amused though ... I'm having problems with my > > Debian Mint can anyone help me? On a good day I could see that one > earning a > > user an instant kick ban! > > > > > > > There is now a version of Mint based on Debian. While the vast majority > > of Mint users are probably inexperienced folks who should stay away from > > Debian irc, no doubt there are some, as I've seen with Ubuntu, highly > > experienced folks who have simply gotten tired of going through various > > configurations and like something that just works out of the box. > > > > > Although possibly you meant it as an extraneous diagnostic technique in > > which case my apologies. I have to use that Debian Mint one on the boys > > though. Too funny! > > > > > > > Debian people seem to have little to no sense of humor, however, so > > probably a waste of electrons. As my mom once said, It's easy to be > > funny at someone else's expense, and going Hah Hah, look as those l4m3 > > n3bi3$ isn't really considered a sense of humor. > > > > As for Joan, quite possibly she simply misread, or was offering an > > alternative solution. I haven't been following this particular thread. > > > > -- > > Scott Robbins > > PGP keyID EB3467D6 > > ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) > > gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 > > > > Spike: If every vampire who said he was at the Crucifixion was > > actually there it would've been like Woodstock. I was at > > Woodstock. I fed off a flower person and I spent six hours > > watching my hand move. > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from this list, please email > [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! > Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
