Re: [newbie] Original .conf files?

2003-06-07 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 10:49, rikona wrote: Hello, As a complete newbie, I didn't realize the value of the comments in the original conf files, and didn't know that the various setup programs would overwrite so many of the comments. It would be nice to see all the originals. Is there a place

Re: [newbie] Where should I go first?

2003-06-07 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, attached are the output from the troubleshooting suggestions. mcc descibes the card as SB Live! (audio). -Jim. On Friday 06 June 2003 03:06 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 06 Jun 2003 8:03 am, James Henry Maiewski wrote: Hello, I really, really, wish you hadn't said

Re: [newbie] Reasons for Linux

2003-06-07 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 10:56, Cody Harris wrote: I think that's where someone should step in and make it usable to the average non-computer literate person. It took my awhile to learn how to do things. I think that could be solved with a little more automation and not painstakingly doing

Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: UK councils dump Windows for Linux

2003-06-07 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 14:56, Miark wrote: I love Earl Grey, but I hate sea food. What class am I? Miark (running for cover) Wait, ain't you a yank? That's the lowest class possible, mate. (g) -- Sun Jun 8 15:25:00 EST 2003 15:25:00 up 1 day, 1:16, 3 users, load average: 0.32, 0.17,

Re: [newbie] Reasons for Linux

2003-06-07 Thread Michael Viron
Just a thought, but keep in mind how much easier things have become. I'm not sure how many old-timers are on the list, but it used to be that in order to do just about anything, you had to compile it yourself. My first experience was with Slackware 3.x, and believe me, it was many times more

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