Tom. I have an off topic question for you.
Is there ANY software development efforts in the Corpus Christy area.
I'm interested in moving there.
Thanks in advance.
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From: "Tom Brinkman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE 3.0.5
> On Monday December 2 2002 09:21 am, Joe Braddock wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure about from official Mandrake RPMs, but you get use
> > Texstar's. Go to www.pclinuxonline.com and on the left side of the
> > page should be some links to Texstar's rpms. They work great (you
> > might get an error about an invalid signature when trying to install
> > them, you can ignore the error message - Texstar's stuff is valid).
> >
> > Joeb
>
> Texstar works hard to provide working 'updates' to 9.0 and 8.x. For
> that he should be applauded as he often is. If'n I was still usin 9.0,
> I'd probly prefer his rpms over what you'll find on Mandrake
> /unsupported/ mirrors. I'm usin cooker with kde 3.0.99, so I haven't
> tried Tex's stuff. I'm basing this opinion on past and current
> experiences with all his rpms. ('Sides, he's a fellow Texan ;)
>
> BUT, y'all, realize that as soon as you 'upgrade' a release version
> of Mandrake, whether with proprietary drivers/applications, or newer
> 'updates' (other than those released by Mandrake) ... you're on your
> own, no longer can or will you be supported. I'm tickled sometimes by
> the perception that beta (which is what 3.0.5 is) software should be
> avoided, but tainting the system with proprietary closed source apps
> and drivers is 'A Good Thing (tm)'.
>
> In any event, the release of KDE 3.1 final is eminent and will soon
> be out, 3.2 development has already begun. IME, there's a big jump
> between 3.0.5 and the RC candidates. So wait just a bit more. IMO,
> y'all would be better off runnin full current cooker 9.1, than doctorin
> 9.0 and 8.x with 'updates' and proprietary junk.
> --
> Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas
>
>
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