Re: KDE 4 and Kubuntu?

2008-08-26 Thread Stephen P Rufle
I met the people behind zareason at lindependence in CA, and they are quality people for Linux. Ubuntu is their preferred distro and they seem to feed back into the community. I originally heard about them when I was looking for a someone to sell me a MythTV turnkey setup. Not sure if they still

[Updated Invitation] Installfest @ Sat Sep 6 10am – 4pm (plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us)

2008-08-26 Thread Alexander Henry
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Tentative: [Updated Invitation] Installfest @ Sat Sep 6 10am - 4pm (plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us)

2008-08-26 Thread Bryan O'Neal
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Re: KDE 4 and Kubuntu?

2008-08-26 Thread Dan Lund
Interesting, it's good to hear someone who's dealt with them. I just thought it was an interesting advertisement. My thing is, if it runs Ubuntu then there's a pretty good chance I could blast the drive and toss Slackware/Debian/Gentoo/CentOS/insert other distribution on to suit my tastes...

Re: KDE 4 and Kubuntu?

2008-08-26 Thread Joshua Zeidner
Stephen, Im not knocking them personally. I find it commendable that they plainly state their return policy, which unfortunately many vendors like them do not. There are some 'macro' problems with these kind of vendors which makes it very hard for them to compete against the likes of

Re: KDE 4 and Kubuntu?

2008-08-26 Thread Dan Lund
I honestly don't think a $299 straight-up system is ever competing with Dell since they are geared towards people who don't want to touch the insides of the their computer. Thanks, Dan Lund It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil

Re: Tentative: [Updated Invitation] Installfest @ Sat Sep 6 10am - 4pm (plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us)

2008-08-26 Thread eculbert
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Re: KDE 4 and Kubuntu?

2008-08-26 Thread Craig White
On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 14:09 -0700, Joshua Zeidner wrote: Stephen, Im not knocking them personally. I find it commendable that they plainly state their return policy, which unfortunately many vendors like them do not. I didn't think 15% restock fee was out of line at all.

Re: KDE 4 and Kubuntu?

2008-08-26 Thread Joshua Zeidner
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Craig White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 14:09 -0700, Joshua Zeidner wrote: Stephen, Im not knocking them personally. I find it commendable that they plainly state their return policy, which unfortunately many vendors like them

Re: KDE 4 and Kubuntu?

2008-08-26 Thread Dan Lund
It boils down to being unfamiliar with Linux in this position, which means you should buy a Windows machine with those questions. Thanks, Dan Lund It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act

RE: Members Map on PLUG site.

2008-08-26 Thread Bryan O'Neal
For what it is worth it does not work for me either From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jamie Shackles Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:37 PM To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Subject: Members Map on PLUG site. I have

Re: KDE 4 and Kubuntu?

2008-08-26 Thread Trent Shipley
I thought the goal was free software for the masses. On Tuesday 2008-08-26, Dan Lund wrote: It boils down to being unfamiliar with Linux in this position, which means you should buy a Windows machine with those questions. Thanks, Dan Lund It is necessary for him who lays out a state and

Re: KDE 4 and Kubuntu?

2008-08-26 Thread Craig White
On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 14:53 -0700, Joshua Zeidner wrote: On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Craig White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 14:09 -0700, Joshua Zeidner wrote: Stephen, Im not knocking them personally. I find it

Re: KDE 4 and Kubuntu?

2008-08-26 Thread Trent Shipley
On Monday 2008-08-25, Craig White wrote: On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 16:58 -0700, Trent Shipley wrote: I too prefer KDE over Gnome. I've done fine with Kubuntu with some caveats. --I have to alter the GRUB instruction file to get the @#$% kernel to load on the Dell motherboard. This is

Re: ****Re: KDE 4 and Kubuntu?

2008-08-26 Thread Craig White
On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 18:07 -0700, Trent Shipley wrote: On Monday 2008-08-25, Craig White wrote: On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 16:58 -0700, Trent Shipley wrote: I too prefer KDE over Gnome. I've done fine with Kubuntu with some caveats. --I have to alter the GRUB instruction file to get

PLUG West Side Meeting: AUG. 27, 2008, 19:00 - 22:00

2008-08-26 Thread Mike Schwartz
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 10:54 AM, der.hans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am 27. Feb, 2008 schwätzte Mike Schwartz so: The presentation (if any) is TBD but I for one plan to attend: http://[...snip...] For Aug 27, 2008, see: http://plug.phoenix.az.us/node/364 [...] I used to appreciate

RE: Programming Humor

2008-08-26 Thread Bryan O'Neal
I was scoring ~ 70% up to around question 200. Then my dinner brake ended. Logically, if I kept going I would have hit something just shy of wizard :) But seriously, I would love to meet the person who could whistle a phone number :) I could make my commodore 64 whistle a quarter sound that

Re: Programming Humor

2008-08-26 Thread Craig White
On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 18:37 -0700, Joseph Sinclair wrote: In fact, the whistle-a-phone-number question is based on the real-life case of Joe Engressia - a.k.a The Whistler. Born blind, he had perfect pitch, and developed the ability to dial by whistling the number tones as a kid. A quick

RE: Programming Humor

2008-08-26 Thread Bryan O'Neal
No legend, and auto dialers were not the only thing either. Jobs and Woz have openly and reputedly admitted to their early phreaking days. Including blue and black boxes and I remember seeing one speech where he regaled a tale of prank calling the pope. I think I once heard they did stuff with

RE: Programming Humor

2008-08-26 Thread Bryan O'Neal
I just read his Wikipedia page; it is pretty darn amazing. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph Sinclair Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 6:38 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: Programming Humor In fact, the

ABLEconf discuss list

2008-08-26 Thread der.hans
moin moin, please join the ABLEconf discuss mailing list if you'd like to help us put on the conference. http://www.ABLEconf.com/node/7 The Arizona Business and Liberty Experience ( ABLE conf ) is a Free Software conference organized by a coalition of many Arizona Free Software groups. ABLE