On Tuesday 06 June 2006 07:33, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
It sounds like you might want to try downloading the full set of Debian
CDs. There are dozens, though. One of the reasons why Ubuntu leaves so
much out is because if you wanted to fit it all on a single disk you
would need a CD drive the
Hi,
I too first install Linux using Mandrake 10.0 from a free CD in a
Linux magazine. I was impressed with all the included packages. When
Ubuntu was release I thought I would give it a try. Big mistake! Too
few packages. Problems with dialup and wireless. All the online
documentation assumes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 05/06/2006 10:51:53:
I cannot understand why Ubuntu is so popular. It seems to be a
repackaging of Debian. It is a step backwords for Linux.
I am considering migrating to MEPIS. Does anyone have a MEPIS CD they
can give me? Thanks.
MEPIS is just a repackaging
Hi
Good to see that linux is gaining a bit more exposure from the press, (even if
it is ubuntu, j/k). You never know what kind of interest this may spark, if
any. I, for example, was first introduced to Mandrake/Mandriva (and Linux)
after a short article in the D/R around the release of
Real Scots _won't_ read the Record
Most tims boycott the Record and I believe those of the nasally blue
persuasion aren't that keen on it either.
As a Zoroastrian Partick Thistle supporter I could get
offended by your dichotomy.
I'm more of a Private Eye reader myself but the Record was
the
Subhi S Hashwa wrote:
interesting how it's under sex health headline:) or at least title
Quite. I was wondering what on earth Ubuntu had to do with sex or health :-)
Cheers.
Russell.
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On Friday 02 June 2006 16:46, donothing successfully wrote:
Hi
Ubuntu 6.06 gets a positive write-up in today's Daily Record:
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sexandhealth/features/tm_objectid=17164816%26m
ethod=full%26siteid=66633-name_page.html does that mean Linux is ready for
the desktop?
If
On Friday 02 June 2006 17:11, willie wrote:
If its in the Record its a lie :-)
clicking on that link increases the Records advertising revenues btw
Real Scots _won't_ read the Record
Most tims boycott the Record and I believe those of the nasally blue
persuasion aren't that keen on it
