On Sunday 14 December 2003 07:18 pm, Guy Rouillier wrote:
Bryan, please keep in mind this is a newbie list. I realized when I
composed my initial message that I ran the risk of offending those who
might perceive me as attacking their child, and I tried the best I could
to keep subjective
On Monday 15 Dec 2003 5:25 pm, Bryan Phinney wrote:
On Sunday 14 December 2003 07:18 pm, Guy Rouillier wrote:
Bryan, please keep in mind this is a newbie list. I realized
when I composed my initial message that I ran the risk of
offending those who might perceive me as attacking their
On Monday 15 December 2003 01:02 pm, Anne Wilson wrote:
Bryan, I always respect your views, but I'm not entirely happy with
parts of your reply. It seems to me that his line was generally that
there are still many things that make linux newbie-unfriendly, and I
have to agree.
Well, I have a
On Monday 15 Dec 2003 6:21 pm, Bryan Phinney wrote:
I can be disagreeable when I think that someone
is suggesting that Linux should conform to the expectation of
Window's users especially because I feel that those expectations
are impossible to meet, having been corrupted under the marketing
On Monday 15 December 2003 01:56 pm, Anne Wilson wrote:
M$ marketing apart, it is a fact of life that most programmers have
put their effort into M$ compatible apps, because that's where the
sales and the money is. Simple economics. Let's hope that before
long the message will get through
On Monday 15 Dec 2003 7:45 pm, Bryan Phinney wrote:
I may well talk to you later on that one, Bryan. I do miss my
Lotus Approach databases. I used them for so many things. For
the main part I'm living without them, but just occasionally I
have to dip into windows to use one. It may
On Monday 15 Dec 2003 7:45 pm, Bryan Phinney wrote:
Kind of interesting you mention this. I recently printed out Xmas
mailing labels to stock label media using OpenOffice with an
interface into a Gnome Card address database using mail merge
features that pull name, street address, city,
On Monday 15 December 2003 02:54 pm, Anne Wilson wrote:
BTW, an Irish friend of ours used to recite a longish poem, in which
the punch lines were
for the knife was made of Sheffield steel
but the cloth was Irish linen or words to that effect. Do you know
it? I'd love to see it if you do.
On Monday 15 December 2003 03:42 pm, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Monday 15 Dec 2003 7:45 pm, Bryan Phinney wrote:
Kind of interesting you mention this. I recently printed out Xmas
mailing labels to stock label media using OpenOffice with an
interface into a Gnome Card address database using mail
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Hi Guy,
On Saturday, December 13, 2003, at 10:33:09 PM PST, you wrote:
Last night I spent an exasperating 6 hrs struggling with numerous
issues. I'll submit them as bugs if appropriate. I feel these issues
(and many more like them) are
Guy Rouillier wrote:
smbumount from a command line. BTW, why can any user do smbmount, but
only root do mount? Doesn't seem to make sense.
Perhaps because smbmount is a virtual mount - all it does is give access
to another machine.
Sir Robin
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Certitude is possible for those who only own
On Sunday 14 December 2003 12:33 am, Guy Rouillier wrote:
Before I begin, let me start by saying I am a fan of Linux, so the
points I raise below are from the converted. Last night I spent an
exasperating 6 hrs struggling with numerous issues. I'll submit them as
bugs if appropriate. I feel
On Sunday 14 December 2003 01:33 am, Guy Rouillier wrote:
Before I begin, let me start by saying I am a fan of Linux, so the
points I raise below are from the converted. Last night I spent an
exasperating 6 hrs struggling with numerous issues. I'll submit them as
bugs if appropriate. I feel
Dennis Myers wrote:
(7) Open Office works okay, looks like the Windows version, but is
glacial at loading. The Windows version loads much faster on the same
hardware (dual boot.)
Open Office loads the whole package when you call it. MS Office generally
loads most of itself when you boot up
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Sunday 14 December 2003 2:50 am, Melissa Reese wrote:
ALERT! I feel another of those damned Charlie's writing another book
moments approaching.
Hi Guy,
On Saturday, December 13, 2003, at 10:33:09 PM PST, you wrote:
Last night I spent an
I'll just add to two very good posts, that, in my experience (which is fairly
balanced in this respect,) administrating Mandrake is no harder or easier
than administrating Windows 2000 Professional.
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Richard Urwin
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Go to
Richard Urwin wrote:
I'll just add to two very good posts, that, in my experience (which is fairly
balanced in this respect,) administrating Mandrake is no harder or easier
than administrating Windows 2000 Professional.
Never having used Win2k, I don't know. But it's certainly easier than
Bryan Phinney wrote:
Well, based on the rest of what you say, you don't sound very converted to me.
Bryan, please keep in mind this is a newbie list. I realized when I
composed my initial message that I ran the risk of offending those who
might perceive me as attacking their child, and I
Before I begin, let me start by saying I am a fan of Linux, so the
points I raise below are from the converted. Last night I spent an
exasperating 6 hrs struggling with numerous issues. I'll submit them as
bugs if appropriate. I feel these issues (and many more like them) are
impediments to
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