Damian Gatabria wrote:
On Thursday 03 April 2003 18:36, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
On Sat, 2003-04-12 at 06:12, Lanman wrote:
It would suck-start a Harley, from 2 miles away, on a windy day, in snow
this deep!
Are we done now?? Can we kill this thread and get back to the other cool
stuff?
Lanman
Uh -
On Friday 04 April 2003 08:54 am, J. Kelley Jernigan wrote:
It isn't about money for me. So for my foray in Linux has cost me more than
WinXP would have.
I've gone to Linux because I don't like the new M$ licensing scheme or the
direction M$ is going.
I also tend to monkey with the hardware
On Thursday 03 April 2003 23:00, Mark Weaver wrote:
The first few times she did that herself I swear I saw her straighten in
her chair with great pride and smile because SHE had power of the
computer and not the other way around.
Mine ask their M$ using friends: Don't you have xkill
It would suck-start a Harley, from 2 miles away, on a windy day, in snow
this deep!
Are we done now?? Can we kill this thread and get back to the other cool
stuff?
Lanman
On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 15:55, Mark Weaver wrote:
Ronald J. Hall wrote:
On Sunday 30 March 2003 04:31 pm, Lyvim Xaphir
Mark; That's embarrassing! A 6 year old knows that? Geesh! I didn't!
Didn't know you were a grandfather either, Mark! Must be getting pretty
old there, huh? LOL! Thanks for the tip about top! Or rather, thank your
grand-daughter!
Obviously the next generation of Guru's is getting started early
On Sat, 2003-04-12 at 06:12, Lanman wrote:
It would suck-start a Harley, from 2 miles away, on a windy day, in snow
this deep!
Are we done now?? Can we kill this thread and get back to the other cool
stuff?
Lanman
Uh - what cool stuff?
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On Thursday 03 April 2003 18:36, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
On Sat, 2003-04-12 at 06:12, Lanman wrote:
It would suck-start a Harley, from 2 miles away, on a windy day, in snow
this deep!
Are we done now?? Can we kill this thread and get back to the other cool
stuff?
Lanman
Uh - what cool
SHARKS WILL NOT ATTACK LAWYERS:
Professional Courtesy
On Monday 31 March 2003 01:20 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote:
On Monday 31 March 2003 05:19, Lanman wrote:
And this is a bad idea? Personally, I'm not all that fond of sharks!
Besides, we could toss in the laywers while we were at it, and do
On Sunday 30 March 2003 11:45 am, Zariyan Zephyr wrote:
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As a Linux newbie, I don't really understand why people in Europe and
North America has chosen Linux for daily use. I think people in Europe
and North America can afford Microsoft
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Subject: Re: [newbie] Why do you choose Linux ?
Well,
for personal use, it is partial money issue. But for in the corporate
environment, it is a big issue, because developing with Microsoft very
expensive. Microsoft charges per head for development softwares. With Linux,
you can
On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 03:54, Jim Dawson wrote:
Actually, the cost of development tools is not much of an issue. When you are paying
a programmer $50-100K/yr, another $1100 or so for MS Visual Dev Stuido isn't that
big of deal.
That's $1100 for my kids to make use of, or to further put
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Heck last time I checked students didn't get paid 50-100 k a year.
Steven
On Tuesday 01 April 2003 02:46 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 03:54, Jim Dawson wrote:
Actually, the cost of development tools is not much of an issue. When
This is what I was hoping for ... unfortunately it
ain't happening in my case yet, but I can tell you in
most cases I had to reboot my Win2k laptop just
because application client which I had to run daily is
causing memory leak and in 2-3 weeks laptop was
getting too sluggish.
Martin
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Hi Jason,
first off, thank you for your opinions and see my
answers inline ...
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Hi,
m wrote:
It's not too encouraging ... are you saying I
should
give up?
Perhaps.
Hmmm, I don't like to give up easy. Why don't
you rather suggest how
On Monday 31 March 2003 18:36, m wrote:
This is what I was hoping for ... unfortunately it
ain't happening in my case yet, but I can tell you in
most cases I had to reboot my Win2k laptop just
because application client which I had to run daily is
causing memory leak and in 2-3 weeks laptop
On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 21:20, H.J.Bathoorn wrote:
On Monday 31 March 2003 12:50, Lanman wrote:
You, Sir,...Are a mean, heartless and vindictive man! And don't think for
one minute that I don't respect you for it! I'll have to remember that one!
Lanman
Thank you very much for these kind
On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 21:26, Lanman wrote:
HM, You're Right! Where is he?
What time is it in the land of the eternal kangaroo?
Could it be that Stephen is down for his afternoon nap?
Probably in the kitchen waiting for the coffee to finish brewing!
Sigh! OH well, Guess we'll start
On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 21:43, H.J.Bathoorn wrote:
On Monday 31 March 2003 13:26, Lanman wrote:
HM, You're Right! Where is he?
What time is it in the land of the eternal kangaroo?
Tomorrow.we're yesterday's news overthere.
Could it be that Stephen is down for his afternoon nap?
It's IBM T20 P3 700MHz, 256M RAM, 12G HD, Mandrake9.0.
What I meant by 'hot swap' is replacing cdrom by
floppy drive in T20 bay on the fly (there is just one
bay so you can have either cdrom or floppy drive in).
I found on www.linux-laptom.net this ain't working but
you can first suspend it,
On Monday 31 March 2003 22:33, m wrote:
It's IBM T20 P3 700MHz, 256M RAM, 12G HD, Mandrake9.0.
What I meant by 'hot swap' is replacing cdrom by
floppy drive in T20 bay on the fly (there is just one
bay so you can have either cdrom or floppy drive in).
I found on www.linux-laptom.net this
On Sunday 30 March 2003 09:45 am, Zariyan Zephyr wrote:
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As a Linux newbie, I don't really understand why people in Europe and
North America has chosen Linux for daily use. I think people in Europe
and North America can afford Microsoft Windows
As a Linux newbie, I don't really understand why people in Europe and
North America has chosen Linux for daily use. I think people in Europe
and North America can afford Microsoft Windows and application
softwares under Windows. It isn't about money, is it ?.
Nope...well, some of it is...but
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Zariyan Zephyr wrote:
| As a Linux newbie, I don't really understand why people in Europe and
| North America has chosen Linux for daily use. I think people in Europe
| and North America can afford Microsoft Windows and application
| softwares under
On Sunday 30 March 2003 09:45 am, Zariyan Zephyr wrote:
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As a Linux newbie, I don't really understand why people in Europe and
North America has chosen Linux for daily use. I think people in Europe
and North America can afford Microsoft Windows
definately about money.. though that certainly doesn't hurt..
Its about:
1. freedom of choice.. The right to steer your own destiny as it were.
2. Security.. The list of major flaws in windows past and present is so long
that it would be easier to tell you what isn't broken in some way.. since
On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 10:45, Zariyan Zephyr wrote:
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As a Linux newbie, I don't really understand why people in Europe and
North America has chosen Linux for daily use. I think people in Europe
and North America can afford Microsoft Windows and
On Sunday 30 March 2003 09:45 am, Zariyan Zephyr wrote:
As a Linux newbie, I don't really understand why people in Europe and
North America has chosen Linux for daily use. I think people in Europe
and North America can afford Microsoft Windows and application
softwares under Windows. It isn't
Nope, it's not about money. I could drone on about all of the GREAT
things about Linux and OSS (Open Source Software) in general but that
has been covered by the list already. All I can say is try it, I mean
really try it. Try it for 6 months. Try to NOT use any MS products for
that 6 months.
On Sunday 30 March 2003 12:14 pm, you wrote:
On Sunday 30 March 2003 16:45, Zariyan Zephyr wrote:
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As a Linux newbie, I don't really understand why people in Europe and
North America has chosen Linux for daily use. I think people in Europe
On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 10:45, Zariyan Zephyr wrote:
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As a Linux newbie, I don't really understand why people in Europe and
North America has chosen Linux for daily use. I think people in Europe
and North America can afford Microsoft Windows and
Just another reason to use Linux - you are not buying pirated software. =)
robin.bcc wrote:
On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 10:45, Zariyan Zephyr wrote:
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As a Linux newbie, I don't really understand why people in Europe and
North America has chosen Linux
Hmmm,...I'll try to keep this under 10 pages! Reasons I like Linux;
1) I'm fed up with paying for something that doesn't work as advertised!
2) I'm fed up with buying products from companies that don't back up what they sell,
without charging for the service. Imagine if new cars were
I agree with all the above as well as this post
To all I say AMEN ! Hear Hear ! Bravo! could not have said it better!
Yeah ! and ME TOO !
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Mike McNeese Springdale, Arkansas USA
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Jason Greenwood wrote:
Just another reason to use Linux - you are not buying pirated
software. =)
I sometimes think it would be a good thing if MS finally succeeded in
bullying developing countries into enforcing anti-piracy laws - that
could really herald the end of Windows in most of the
On Sunday 30 March 2003 11:45, Zariyan Zephyr wrote:
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As a Linux newbie, I don't really understand why people in Europe and
North America has chosen Linux for daily use. I think people in Europe
and North America can afford Microsoft Windows and
Agree'd =) That's why their attepts at controlling it are primarily the
most active in 1st world countries. They don't even actively discourage
it elsewhere. They know it helps them maintain their monopoly and
locking elsewhere. To them it is just a necessary evil and they probably
use it as a
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While I can't truly speak for all the people in North America or the UK.
IMHO many Linux users are either hackers as in like to tinker with systems,
want something secure and reliable, or just really dislike Micro$oft. Many
are also students
On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 09:13, Damian Gatabria wrote:
On Sunday 30 March 2003 11:45, Zariyan Zephyr wrote:
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As a Linux newbie, I don't really understand why people in Europe and
North America has chosen Linux for daily use. I think people in
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On Sunday 30 Mar 2003 3:45 pm, Zariyan Zephyr wrote:
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As a Linux newbie, I don't really understand why people in Europe and
North America has chosen Linux for
I guess it is partially about money for me. A few years ago when I knew
almost nothing about computers I was more or less forced to buy a computer
with windoze 98 installed, to the best of my knowledge that was the only
thing available on any name brand computer and I sure did not know
Well,
for personal use, it is partial money issue. But for in the corporate
environment, it is a big issue, because developing with Microsoft very
expensive. Microsoft charges per head for development softwares. With Linux,
you can develop for free with Java, Perl, etc.
On Sunday 30 March
I've installed Mandrake9.0 on IBM T20. I've already
tried ask few questions here, have not gotten much
help so I had to go through a lot of searching and
reading as I don't like to give up easy :). Issues I
have faced so far:
1. T20 wouldn't boot from CD (may be my burner let me
down)
2. Sudden
Micro$oft sux.
Sorry, couldn't resist. ;)
That's too bad, because it drives people away. For everyone with a hate-on for MS
there are a dozen people who're potentially interested in UNIX but who are repelled by
the puerile behavior that comes with it. I was one of them for about a
On Sunday 30 March 2003 04:31 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
Micro$oft sux.
Sorry, couldn't resist. ;)
--LX
Hehehehehehe, you wouldn't be you if you could have resisted that Lyvim!
and I'll continue this very popular theme:
Micro$oft sux vacuum hard.
:-)
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On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 13:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Micro$oft sux.
Sorry, couldn't resist. ;)
That's too bad, because it drives people away. For everyone with a hate-on for MS
there are a dozen people who're potentially interested in UNIX but who are repelled
by the puerile
On Sunday 30 March 2003 09:45 am, Zariyan Zephyr wrote:
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As a Linux newbie, I don't really understand why people in Europe and
North America has chosen Linux for daily use. I think people in Europe
and North America can afford Microsoft Windows
Hi,
m wrote:
It's not too encouraging ... are you saying I should
give up?
Perhaps.
Hmmm, I don't like to give up easy. Why don't
you rather suggest how to fix some of the things ...
say make fonts in Mozilla look like in Windows.
Things in Linux look/act differently to Windows, if you prefer
9.) Redwings vs. Maple Leafs
OT: Sorry I had throw this one in but _everyone_ knows that the
Canucks rules anyway
*retreats to his corner*
/Anders
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 15:42, Anders Lind wrote:
9.) Redwings vs. Maple Leafs
OT: Sorry I had throw this one in but _everyone_ knows that the
Canucks rules anyway
*retreats to his corner*
/Anders
A-HEM; I might have been away from the US for four years, but you can't
possibly tell
On Monday 31 March 2003 05:19, Lanman wrote:
And this is a bad idea? Personally, I'm not all that fond of sharks!
Besides, we could toss in the laywers while we were at it, and do
the world a favor! LOL!
Hey Bill! You get to jump in first, you lucky guy!
Lanman
hey watch it!
That's
On Monday 31 March 2003 04:39, m wrote:
Hope I didn't upset anybody, just like to hear your
opinion.
Martin
Here's an extra nice one for the laptop:
Once it's configured well you never have to switch the notebook off.
I've got 9.0 running on a fuyitsu lifebook with 8 months uptime. I just
On Sunday 30 March 2003 08:05 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
Either which, ignore those that M$ bash - just remember that most of
them ain't been laid in a month of Sundays...
(high-fives Herr Kuhn)
what the man said.
I've wasted my last 3am energy getting worked up over something like Windows
When I buy a PC it comes with Windows and I dont have
to pay anything extra, right? So ... what's the point
to do format c: and go for Linux?
Of course you are paying for Windows and all the software they push through
your throat and they do not ask you if you want it. It is included in the
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