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
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