Re: [SLUG] Why RedHat sucks

2001-05-06 Thread Van Ly
On 6 May 2001, Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Van Ly In this information age, we ordinary people have everything to lose to the few powerful people who would prefer us to be ignorant. Those powerful people come in all shades of blue (capitalists) and red (commies). Which begs the

Re: [SLUG] Why RedHat sucks

2001-05-05 Thread Dean Hamstead
At this point i would like to mention turbolinux. If your a redhat fan and are sick of the amount of rubbish you get, and youd also like to have more provided binary packages that are better-than-rh integrated, then turbo could be for you. Go get the iso now. There is a workstation and a server,

Re: [SLUG] Why RedHat sucks

2001-05-05 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 06:07:30PM +1000, Del uttered: I strongly suggest, in the interest of the entire world wide Linux community, that you take it down and replace it with something a little more user friendly. No. With a little open criticism, Red Hat might actually fix these problems.

Re: [SLUG] Why RedHat sucks

2001-05-05 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Rev Simon Rumble If I can't dance, this isn't my revolution. I think Del was saying something kinda like this: It takes less mental effort to condemn than to think. [ Another Emma Goldman. ] :) - Jeff -- You know, the crunchy, folk-singer part of me wants to believe

Re: [SLUG] Why RedHat sucks

2001-05-05 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 01:21:33AM +1000, Jeff Waugh uttered: I think Del was saying something kinda like this: It takes less mental effort to condemn than to think. If you read the actual piece, I say that Red Hat sucks is probably a bit harsh. Mabye I'm just infected by the appalling

Re: [SLUG] Why RedHat sucks

2001-05-05 Thread Howard Lowndes
hear, hear. -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates http://lannetlinux.com ...well, it worked before _you_ touched it! On Sat, 5 May 2001, Del wrote: [big snip] Simon, sure, a How to use Debian for RedHat users might be somewhat

Re: [SLUG] Why RedHat sucks

2001-05-05 Thread Terry Collins
Rev Simon Rumble wrote: On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 06:07:30PM +1000, Del uttered: I strongly suggest, in the interest of the entire world wide Linux community, that you take it down and replace it with something a little more user friendly. No. With a little open criticism, Red Hat

Re: [SLUG] Why RedHat sucks

2001-05-05 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Terry Collins Concept Totally lost. This isn't a medical condition in case anyone is wondering, but a micro-faction of leftist politics and a lesson in how not to co-operate - if there is one thing a leftist splinter party hates more that the right wing pollies, it is other leftist

Re: [SLUG] Why RedHat sucks

2001-05-05 Thread Del
I would just like to make it known that I am neither Trotskyite, Stalinist, Right Wing, or any other -ism you want to maintain I am. I'm a Linux dude, OK? I don't give a hoot about politics and as far as I know I'm not even on the electoral roll at the moment. I still think that Why RedHat

Re: [SLUG] Why RedHat sucks

2001-05-05 Thread Craige McWhirter
Damn. I wish I'd read this thread now, it sounds interesting. (off to read the archives) Thus spake Del ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I would just like to make it known that I am neither Trotskyite, Stalinist, Right Wing, or any other -ism you want to maintain I am. I'm a Linux dude, OK? I don't

Re: [SLUG] Why RedHat sucks

2001-05-05 Thread Van Ly
On 6 May 2001, Del wrote: I would just like to make it known that I am neither Trotskyite, Stalinist, Right Wing, or any other -ism you want to maintain I am. I'm a Linux dude, OK? I don't give a hoot about politics and as far as I know I'm not even on the electoral roll at the moment.

Re: [SLUG] Why RedHat sucks

2001-05-05 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Van Ly In this information age, we ordinary people have everything to lose to the few powerful people who would prefer us to be ignorant. Those powerful people come in all shades of blue (capitalists) and red (commies). Which begs the question: Capitalists and Communists can't be

[SLUG] Why RedHat sucks

2001-05-04 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
Okay you've probably heard me ranting and raving about RedHat recently. The problem is I've been forced to admin some RH systems and it's really been getting up my nose. I've just grown used to Debian quality. The reason for RedHat's continued success, I think, has more to do with history than

Re: [SLUG] Why RedHat sucks

2001-05-04 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Rev Simon Rumble http://www.rumble.net/redhatsucks.html * Fix the reference to DHCP; you're talking about dhcpd, and it's confused a number of readers thus far (it's right later on, but the header is confusing). The reason for this is by-design; Red Hat's non-interactive setup

Re: [SLUG] Why RedHat sucks

2001-05-04 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 02:08:08AM +1000, Jeff Waugh uttered: * Fix the reference to DHCP; Done. confusing). The reason for this is by-design; Red Hat's non-interactive setup hasn't really fit this in well (it could certainly be fixed to operate more like... the Debian packages