Charles Kroeger wrote:
On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:40:02 +0100
Mark Filipak wrote:
Linux scares the crap out of me.
I tell you, the thing that scares the crap out of me is a woman with a bow and
arrow.
Oh God no... let's not go down this rathole :-)
--
In theory, there is no difference betwee
On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:40:02 +0100
Mark Filipak wrote:
> Linux scares the crap out of me.
I tell you, the thing that scares the crap out of me is a woman with a bow and
arrow.
--
CK
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? C
* On 2013 27 Feb 02:55 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> The Xubuntu desktop GUI is XFCE and XFCE is available in Debian too. :-)
I know, as my main desktop and this laptop both run Sid with XFCE.
> It isn't heresy. But Ubuntu and Debian have different goals and
> priorities. Debian as an organiza
Bob writes:
> It is a political philosophy thing.
Debian's policy that everything in Main must be freely redistributable
and modifiable is one of the things that makes derivative distributions
such as Ubuntu possible.
--
John Hasler
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.
Nate Bargmann wrote:
> I would heartily recommend Xubuntu. Why? The GUI is fairly easy to
> understand coming from Windows land even if the task bar is along the
> top by default. The GUI does what it is supposed to do and it does it
> quite well.
The Xubuntu desktop GUI is XFCE and XFCE is ava
(I deleted the OP so replying here)
* On 2013 26 Feb 16:26 -0600, Soare Catalin wrote:
> So, believe me when I say NO! For the sake of technology's future, I hope
> you at least try to take some time to discover something that you will be
> able to tame and control. Be it Debian, Ubuntu (if you d
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 06:35:05PM -0500, Mark Filipak wrote:
>
> I'm an electronics engineer technoweenie with over 3 decades of experience
> with such a wide range of mainframes/minicomputers/microcomputers it would
> make your head spin. If ever there was a customer for Linux, I would be it.
On Feb 26, 2013 7:16 PM, "T Elcor" wrote:
>
> > From: Mark Filipak
>
> >> P.S. Please don't top post. Thanks.
> >
> > Funny... I belonged to many lists 15 or 20 years ago. All wanted folks
to top
> > post and bitched about bottom-posts. Why? Bottom posts require
scrolling to see
> > that latest
> From: Mark Filipak
>> P.S. Please don't top post. Thanks.
>
> Funny... I belonged to many lists 15 or 20 years ago. All wanted folks to top
> post and bitched about bottom-posts. Why? Bottom posts require scrolling to
> see
> that latest reply. Oh well.
No, bottom posting does not necess
On 2/26/2013 3:17 AM, Mark Filipak wrote:
On 2013/2/25 8:30 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
P.S. Please don't top post. Thanks.
Funny... I belonged to many lists 15 or 20 years ago. All wanted folks
to top post and bitched about bottom-posts. Why? Bottom posts require
scrolling to see that latest r
On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:35:05 -0500
Mark Filipak wrote:
>
that, and the
> knowledge that, because it's free, people who could help, won't (or
> bail out at the first sign of trouble)... and because it's free,
> complaints and/or suggestions seem like bitching and no one likes to
> listen to someon
Le Mar 26 février 2013 0:35, Mark Filipak a écrit :
> Are you a fan of Shakespeare tragedies? I think Linux is a good subject.
> It's so hard to comment constructively without seeming to bitch. It's a
> tragedy.
I would more say that everything humankind do is a good subject ;)
> I'm an electroni
Mark Filipak wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> >P.S. Please don't top post. Thanks.
>
> Funny... I belonged to many lists 15 or 20 years ago. All wanted
> folks to top post and bitched about bottom-posts. Why? Bottom posts
> require scrolling to see that latest reply. Oh well.
Not top-posting does
On 2013/2/25 8:30 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
P.S. Please don't top post. Thanks.
Funny... I belonged to many lists 15 or 20 years ago. All wanted folks to top
post and bitched about bottom-posts. Why? Bottom posts require scrolling to see
that latest reply. Oh well.
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email
On 2/25/2013 6:35 PM, Mark Filipak wrote:
Hi Chris,
Are you a fan of Shakespeare tragedies? I think Linux is a good subject.
It's so hard to comment constructively without seeming to bitch. It's a
tragedy.
I'm an electronics engineer technoweenie with over 3 decades of
experience with such a wi
--- On Mon, 2/25/13, Mark Filipak wrote:
> From: Mark Filipak
> Subject: Re: Thinking about using Debian
> To: "Chris Bannister"
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Date: Monday, February 25, 2013, 5:35 PM
>
> Do you know of any very-experienced Debian folks
On 02/25/2013 06:35 PM, Mark Filipak wrote:
Hi Chris,
Are you a fan of Shakespeare tragedies? I think Linux is a good
subject. It's so hard to comment constructively without seeming to
bitch. It's a tragedy.
I'm an electronics engineer technoweenie with over 3 decades of
experience with suc
Hi Chris,
Are you a fan of Shakespeare tragedies? I think Linux is a good subject. It's
so hard to comment constructively without seeming to bitch. It's a tragedy.
I'm an electronics engineer technoweenie with over 3 decades of experience with
such a wide range of mainframes/minicomputers/micr
On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 07:48:10PM -0500, Mark Filipak wrote:
> Thanks for the encouragement, Hugo, but I'm not real keen on freeware.
> Open source is great, but free generally means not good and not
> supported - and a user forum is not support.
I don't like forums either. Yes, this is a mailing
19 matches
Mail list logo
