On Thursday 14 March 2002 00:40, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > Being the guy who initiated the "Minimizing the cult-factor"-thread, > I've learned a few things : > > 1. Never raise a general question unless you are prepared to get carried > away big-time.
True, but that's what makes it fun! > 2. Dvorak was wrong : Nobody (well, almost) here wants to keep linux for > themselves (the Ferrari versus the Ford - syndrome). True - we want the whole world to be geekified ;-) > 3. Very, very few geeks here (geeks drink Coke, not beer). Nah. Real geeks dring Jolt. > 4. Femme Fatale is english, not french. > 5. One question answered, ten more raised. > 6. You CAN have it all : Mandrake ! (The pure-at-heart can just rpm -e > all the eye-candy i.e. KDE, Gnome, XFCe, Blackbox, Enlightenment etc.. > Then XFree86 itself and thus enjoy the command-line in all its beauty. > The rest of us can do as we please). Exactly. People who call for a stripped down, newbie-friendly Mandrake (or a no bloated apps, serious geeky Mandrake) are ignoring the fact that, as with most distros, you, the user, choose how much or how little you install. Anyway, the lost-beyond-all-hope geeks use Debian. > 7. I can create an alias for myself and join the "Mandrake Club" once > more. And I will. > 8. My english needs improvement. Very little, I would say (speaking as an English teacher). > 9. It's a small world. > > Probably more than that, but I don't care right now, 'cause I've just > opened my fridge and poured myself a big foamy glass of Carlsberg. I'm jealous. I'm drinking Efes Dark, which is the closest Turks get to an English beer. That's why I usually stick to raki. > Raised it to my big mouth and pronounced : > > Cheers, all - I love you more than somewhat ! Me too. It's good to find a computer-related list that is both friendly _and_ informative. Robin
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