I think the main reason I stick around is this list. Its just too
entertaining and interesting! So much so its addictive! ROTFLMAO!
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Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 10:14 PM
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Subject: Re: [newbie] somebody disliking mandrake
I think the main reason I
On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 16:23:39 -0700
Brandon Vanderberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
(No flames please 1999-today and no blue screens or major issues)
Must...resist...urge...to flame...summon...all...strength...
Aaarr! You fsckin' traitor!! I'll kill you! I'll
(pops a coupla
On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 04:56, HaywireMac wrote:
On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 16:23:39 -0700
Brandon Vanderberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
(No flames please 1999-today and no blue screens or major issues)
Must...resist...urge...to flame...summon...all...strength...
Aaarr! You
On 04 Sep 2003 02:48:34 -0700
Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
Takes HUGE hit from bong :-)))
Oh don't man, I'm so poor right now...
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On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 06:13, Inhabitant of Zion wrote:
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ROTFLMAO!
I'm very thick, and I haven't been able to find it in the jargon bible.
What is ROTFLMAO?
DougB
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Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off!
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On Thursday 04 Sep 2003 9:13 pm, Douglas Bainbridge wrote:
What is ROTFLMAO?
Rolling On The Floor, Laughing My Arse Off.
Sometimes seen with an added F. The meaning of that should be obvious.
A slightly less strong form is ROTFL, and less strong again LOL -
Laughing Out Loud. You also
I (of course?) am quite excited about Mandrake ... told somebody
about it .. and that person gave me this stuff ... I was wondering what
people think about it:
(from here on it's not my stuff anymore)
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I like Mandrake a
urpmi works just as well as apt for package management. To configure it, go to
http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/urpmiweb.php and follow the steps.
Mandrake's automated security system is called msec. If you don't like it you
can turn it off. More info at
On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 17:31:54 +0300
Anarky [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
I (of course?) am quite excited about Mandrake ... told somebody
about it .. and that person gave me this stuff ... I was wondering
what people think about it:
I once made the same bitchy comments about Mandrake and
Gentoo is about 4 light-years
ahead of the stable Debian.
I agree with that. Emerge and Portage is a way better system than apt and
.deb because it uses source in a simple, uncomplicated and efficient way.
Personally I hate debian with a passion.. yes, sorry to say it, I _don't_
like it at
On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 11:04:31 -0400, HaywireMac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is the RPM model getting dated? Sure.
How's that?
Miark
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On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 23:33:50 +0800
Anguo [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
Either that or this person pulled someone else's comments
because he didn't have any opinion of his own?
Pretty safe bet...
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On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 17:33:01 +0200
Ralph Slooten [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
No but seriously, to get back to the question, what is the so-called
link between these two distros? I'm interested / confused.
Well, from what I understand, which obviously is much less than you (no
sarcasm intended),
On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 11:58:04 -0400
Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
How's that?
Dated, not broken. As I say, it works and works well, but as has been
pointed out below, the emerge/portage system is quite a bit more
advanced, allowing more flexibility and customisation, no?
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On Wednesday 03 Sep 2003 3:31 pm, Anarky wrote:
(from here on it's not my stuff anymore)
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Not to repeat comments from other on rpm etc.,
2. Too much crap! Literally, Mandrake has TOO MUCH crap these days.
So who makes
On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 17:23:13 +0100
Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
Yup - you've had longer to find out. All the Debian systems I've seen
are still using versions of desktop and programs that are way behind
Mandrake's.
If I wanted Mandrake to do one thing (short of switching to
On Wednesday 03 Sep 2003 6:03 pm, HaywireMac wrote:
On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 17:23:13 +0100
Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
Yup - you've had longer to find out. All the Debian systems I've
seen
are still using versions of desktop and programs that are way
behind Mandrake's.
If
Having installed Mandrake (v7-9.1) about 30-40 times on various boxes in
both personal roles and for professional use - including high security
roles, I would offer that my initial reactions to these issues were
similar to those of your friend.
I'd run into one or another of the issues mentioned
Brandon Vanderberg wrote:
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woow ... I really appreciate your experience oppinion ... you've
obviously done lots of installs ... I've done a couple too .. but mostly
advertising linux to friends or stuff ... and none for companies or
stuff ... I'm wondering ... what features made you stick
On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 00:31, Anarky wrote:
I (of course?) am quite excited about Mandrake ... told somebody
about it .. and that person gave me this stuff ... I was wondering what
people think about it:
(from here on it's not my stuff anymore)
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Brandon Vanderberg wrote:
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woow ... I really appreciate your experience oppinion ... you've
obviously done lots of installs ... I've done
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