On Monday 11 May 2009 06:25 pm, Peter Manis wrote: > I wouldn't make the assumption that we have unlimited time
Some members of the group make the assumption I do. If anyone doesn't want to answer, that's fine. Turning it into a personal argument, imho, isn't. > As > for taking the time to figure out the problem loading Synaptic, > searching for KDE, and quickly looking through the list of packages > probably would have taken less time than reading all the replies to > this email. As I noted in my reply, I said I would. > There is a difference between the list becoming unhelpful and you not > liking the responses people give. I think a number of us have given > you information that should help with what you are trying to > accomplish. Remember, we are giving you some of our time to fix your > problem so it probably isn't beneficial to act like your time is more > valuable than anyone elses. And I'm sorry if I gave you that impression. This thread has turned into a flame war, but I don't see that as my fault. If it is, then I apologize for that. > Did you try Randall's suggestion of "apt-get install kde"? Did it > give you want you want? I'll try it when I have time to do so. I've got an appointment to meet with Randall tomorrow. I'm going to try to make it work myself before then. Jeff -- Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services P.O. Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only voice: +1 951 643-5345, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"
