Re: [newbie] Ten Things Wrong with Linux

2002-07-15 Thread Michael Adams
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 00:38, Randy Kramer wrote: Michael Adams wrote: On Sun, 14 Jul 2002 05:40, Randy Kramer wrote: Absolutely, and I'm rather annoyed that he doesn't provide an email address to allow feedback. I guess I could search on the web, but why should I have to. Top left

Re: [newbie] Ten Things Wrong with Linux

2002-07-15 Thread Randy Kramer
Michael Adams wrote: Only a big blue link at the bottom of the left column called Contact me. MAILTO:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wow, I am blind! ;-) Thanks! Randy Kramer Now, what was I going to tell him -- ahh, yes -- try nedit! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Ten Things Wrong with Linux

2002-07-14 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 13 July 2002 08:08 am, robin did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: Ideally we would have an OS that would be comprehensible to a person of average intelligence with no RTFM, but would not hinder the advanced user by dumbing

Re: [newbie] Ten Things Wrong with Linux

2002-07-14 Thread Randy Kramer
shane wrote: On Saturday 13 July 2002 08:08 am, robin did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: Ideally we would have an OS that would be comprehensible to a person of average intelligence with no RTFM, but would not hinder the advanced user by dumbing things down. This is an

Re: [newbie] Ten Things Wrong with Linux

2002-07-14 Thread robin
Randy Kramer wrote: shane wrote: On Saturday 13 July 2002 08:08 am, robin did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: Ideally we would have an OS that would be comprehensible to a person of average intelligence with no RTFM, but would not hinder the advanced user by dumbing things

a way to help mandrake? Was: [newbie] Ten Things Wrong with Linux

2002-07-14 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 14 July 2002 02:47 pm, John Wilson did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: Sadly the responders don't seem to have read the linked article he refers to about the N Things Fixed in Linux which shows that he is anything but a Linux

Re: [newbie] Ten Things Wrong with Linux

2002-07-13 Thread robin
I think Tom and Adam (the author of the article) come from different computing cultures, and I can appreciate both of them. Tom's culture places the onus on the user; Adam's places it on the developer. Personally, I wouldn't want Open Source development to go too far in either direction.

Re: [newbie] Ten Things Wrong with Linux

2002-07-13 Thread iceburgh69
Sad part is, they'll likely be all OS issues. SeaWolvn1 week he'll publish a 1 Things Wrong with Windows article ?? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Ten Things Wrong with Linux

2002-07-13 Thread Randy Kramer
Alastair Scott wrote: iv. 9 is resolved by nedit, which he evidently isn't aware of. Absolutely, and I'm rather annoyed that he doesn't provide an email address to allow feedback. I guess I could search on the web, but why should I have to. Randy Kramer (Guess I'm cranky today. ;-) Want

Re: [newbie] Ten Things Wrong with Linux

2002-07-13 Thread Randy Kramer
tom brinkman wrote: The article takes most things from a 'the situation is an OS fault, then hardware, then user' approach. Unfortunately most users (any OS) do also. I've found when situations are approached just the opposite as most likely a user, then maybe hardware, and lastly

Re: [newbie] Ten Things Wrong with Linux

2002-07-13 Thread Michael Adams
On Sun, 14 Jul 2002 05:40, Randy Kramer wrote: Alastair Scott wrote: iv. 9 is resolved by nedit, which he evidently isn't aware of. Absolutely, and I'm rather annoyed that he doesn't provide an email address to allow feedback. I guess I could search on the web, but why should I have to.

[newbie] Ten Things Wrong with Linux

2002-07-12 Thread Alastair Scott
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Doubtless this will provoke some discussion! http://people.trustcommerce.com/~adam/top10/wrong.html Unfortunately, there are several things wrong with the article: i. I don't agree with the argument in 1, which carries the danger of falling into

RE: [newbie] Ten Things Wrong with Linux

2002-07-12 Thread Hughes, Michael
, 2002 1:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Ten Things Wrong with Linux -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Doubtless this will provoke some discussion! http://people.trustcommerce.com/~adam/top10/wrong.html Unfortunately, there are several things wrong with the article: i. I

Re: [newbie] Ten Things Wrong with Linux

2002-07-12 Thread tom brinkman
On Friday 12 July 2002 12:52 pm, Alastair Scott wrote: Doubtless this will provoke some discussion! http://people.trustcommerce.com/~adam/top10/wrong.html Unfortunately, there are several things wrong with the article: The article takes most things from a 'the situation is an OS

Re: [newbie] Ten Things Wrong with Linux

2002-07-12 Thread dfox
i. I don't agree with the argument in 1, which carries the danger of=20 falling into the the 'designed for Internet Explorer' trap; the more=20 Neither do I. konwqueror is pretty good, and so is mozilla. Basically I use either one, depending on what I need to do. And IE can't browse cvs like