Re: [e-users] New E17/linux website

2005-11-18 Thread J. Erik Heinz
Hi, Morten Nilsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] words on 18.11.2005 - 03:01 (+0100 Zulu-Time): Paul Stejskal wrote: One more suggestion I have, how about some forums? Here's my suggestion; how about not? :P I hate forums.. mailinglists are the way to go ;) Wiki's ? To use a community can

Re: [e-users] New E17/linux website

2005-11-18 Thread Morten Nilsen
J. Erik Heinz wrote: I hate forums.. mailinglists are the way to go ;) Wiki's ? To use a community can have some advantages. wikis are nice for documentation, but discussion is best done on a mailinglist. Just like we are doing now :) -- Morten :wq

RE: [e-users] New E17/linux website

2005-11-18 Thread Ronald Lau
Oooo! I think I just heard someone say 'Weeaboo'. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Jennings Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 9:05 PM To: enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [e-users] New E17/linux

[e-users] New E17/linux website

2005-11-17 Thread Liliegren Daniel
Hi all, I have just started up a new website promoting E17 and linux as an alternative to MS Windows for people who are interested and want to expand they're horizon. I come from the Windows world myself and work primarily with MS products at my clients. I took the linux step just 2 months ago

Re: [e-users] New E17/linux website

2005-11-17 Thread Paul Stejskal
It's a nice idea, but the one thing I would suggest is that you probably suggest a distro that is pretty much set up out of the box. Most Windows users will not be familiar with programming or compiling, but will want things to work right away. Paul On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 21:55 +0100, Liliegren

Re: [e-users] New E17/linux website

2005-11-17 Thread Andy Lee
I really like how you identify all the parts of the screenshot. I often wonder what a certain application is and also what font is being used when I see some screenshots. Andy On 11/17/05, Paul Stejskal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's a nice idea, but the one thing I would suggest is that you

Re: [e-users] New E17/linux website

2005-11-17 Thread Doug McEachern
I agree. Though my experiences with Gentoo have been great following the first week of installing, compiling and configuring, I would have never made it past the first few failed attempts to get X started without being really stubborn and determined. Gentoo will not win many new converts. I had

Re: [e-users] New E17/linux website

2005-11-17 Thread Paul Stejskal
One more suggestion I have, how about some forums? Paul On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 17:13 -0600, Paul Stejskal wrote: It's a nice idea, but the one thing I would suggest is that you probably suggest a distro that is pretty much set up out of the box. Most Windows users will not be familiar with

Re: [e-users] New E17/linux website

2005-11-17 Thread Daniel Kasak
Doug McEachern wrote: I agree. Though my experiences with Gentoo have been great following the first week of installing, compiling and configuring, I would have never made it past the first few failed attempts to get X started without being really stubborn and determined. Gentoo will not win

Re: [e-users] New E17/linux website

2005-11-17 Thread Michael Jennings
On Friday, 18 November 2005, at 12:33:57 (+1100), Daniel Kasak wrote: The installation could use some friendlying-up, I admit, but once Gentoo is installed, it's certainly the way to go. That is most definitely a matter of opinion, and those opinions are off-topic for this list. All

Re: [e-users] New E17/linux website

2005-11-17 Thread Morten Nilsen
Paul Stejskal wrote: One more suggestion I have, how about some forums? Here's my suggestion; how about not? :P I hate forums.. mailinglists are the way to go ;) -- Morten --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get

Re: [e-users] New E17/linux website

2005-11-17 Thread Daniel Kasak
Michael Jennings wrote: That is most definitely a matter of opinion, and those opinions are off-topic for this list. All this-distro-is-better-than-that-one comments should be sent directly to /dev/null. Here's the way to go: if you do the work, you pick the distro. That's why ELive uses

Re: [e-users] New E17/linux website

2005-11-17 Thread Michael Jennings
On Friday, 18 November 2005, at 14:03:46 (+1100), Daniel Kasak wrote: Calmly dude. Calmly. Uh...what? Michael -- Michael Jennings (a.k.a. KainX) http://www.kainx.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] n + 1, Inc., http://www.nplus1.net/ Author, Eterm (www.eterm.org)