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The Linux desktop 050310 1706
mlw I actually agree with you here. I don't want a Linux system that looks and feels like Windows. Sure you do. It's a different kind of flexibility. I can't change the Windows source...
The Linux desktop 050310 1707
If the mbutt market is indeed under the thumb of Microsoft, and I do not accept that it is, they are willing victims...
The Linux desktop 050310 1708
Mark Kent November 22, 2004 - We've made an important update to the German language version of Firefox 1.0. The eBay search plug-in previously incorporated into the German language version of Firefox...
The Linux desktop 050310 1709
snips On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 08:46:29 -0800, Reynolds Birthday To borrow a bit of Terry Porter idiocy, it doesn't lock up, it just freezes. :) That said, I've seen many systems - not just...
Suse 9.3 : The person Distro
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, in wrote on Thu, 10 Mar 2005 13:35:12 -0800 to be a bit premature. Even DOS is...
The compulsiveobsessive nature of a cola nut
Jeremy Whiteley, chief executive officer at Promarketing Gear, said: "We were pretty surprised this morning to find that all...
SCO was the 'best thing that ever happened' to Linux
SCO's litigation over Linux was hugely unpopular but there was a big upside, says the chief executive of Open Source Development Labs The mulbreastude of...
Name 1 M$ Product That Adds Value
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:42:35 +0000, billwg True, but then this is what the poster is asking us to do, and in terms of Linux users they...
MS makes yet another smart move 1714
As web-based and collaborative apps start becoming more common, yeah I can see Office monopoly going away. Adding more features isn't the answer - hardly anyone uses more than 20% of the core...
MS makes yet another smart move 1715
Ray Ingles You can see it, but it's not going to happen. What company in its right mind is going to...
MS makes yet another smart move 1716
People moved from, e.g., Wordperfect to MS Word. Why *can't* they move to another platform yet? Linux is not an office suite. The vast majority of OSS programs are...
MS makes yet another smart move 1717
Ray Ingles Not that they can't, they won't. Unless, maybe just maybe, it offers close to 100% interoperability. OO.o isn't there yet. It's...
MS makes yet another smart move 1718
Getting closer all the time. And even Word of the day didn't offer 100% Wordperfect support. People do switch...
MS makes yet another smart move 1719
Ray Ingles They are unlikely to abandon the old data, but even so, many companies...
MS makes yet another smart move 1720
Nothing's forever, especially in the computer business. IBM had a pretty solid lock for a long time. Until it starts offering advantages you...
MS makes yet another smart move 1721
Ray Ingles A lot of baloney, Ray. Windows is easy to use to run programs...
MS makes yet another smart move 1722
Speaking of FUD, see below. Running programs on Linux is just as easy. No advantage there at all. Now that's just FUD. Period...
MS makes yet another smart move 1723
Ray Ingles You say, Ray, but automatic install and run without asking is done because many people actually want to do that. They want to click on a link and have...
MS makes yet another smart move 1724
People open up a conventional oven and reach in to check on food (e.g. sticking a toothpick in a cake to see...
MS makes yet another smart move 1725
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, DFS wrote on Fri, 11 Mar 2005 23:27:25 -0500 No doubt the top horse-and-buggy...
MS makes yet another smart move 1726
I don't see why anyone would expect any mainstream OS to die off any time soon. Speaking...
a few linux problems
thanks everyone for replying to my previous post. well, this is what i did. like a smartbutt, i installed debian linux over my windows installation... n...
a few linux problems
begin Error log for Fri, 11 Mar 2005 04:35:02 -0800 - swagat.dasgupta caused a page fault at address .vbs Pure Debian is not the most newbie-friendly distro out there IMO. Certain things...
Mandrake disappointment
First, thanks to all the people who suggested I look at Mandrake. Decided to download it today...
Mandrake disappointment 1730
begin Error log for Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:22:35 -0700 - Snit caused a page follows .vbs First of all, you CAN download Mandrake at no charge. More importantly, why should...
Mandrake disappointment 1731
begin Error log for Fri, 11 Mar 2005 21:49:09 -0700 - Snit caused a page follows .vbs buttuming you were referring...
Mandrake disappointment 1732
begin Error log for Sat, 12 Mar 2005 06:13:13 +0000 - Tim Smith caused a page fault at address as follows .vbs Yes...
Mandrake disappointment 1733
begin Error log for Fri, 11 Mar 2005 23:34:15 -0700 - Snit caused a page follows .vbs How many does one need? Honestly, make up your mind...
Mandrake disappointment 1734
Hmmm... if I understand you correctly the reason the low end does not have both is not to cripple it, being that both media players do much...
Mandrake disappointment 1735
snips On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 12:01:28 -0500, DFS Been doing some googling. Let's see... September 2002, I was advocating...
Mandrake disappointment 1736
Kelsey Bjarnason OK. Good guess. Question: why couldn't you just check your system uptime and know to the...
Mandrake disappointment 1737
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:14:27 -0700, Snit They're all the same. It's not the media players you actually pay for, but the proprietary add...
Mandrake disappointment 1738
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:22:35 -0700, Snit Of course it is, if you get a download edition. Or a covermount. 10.1 Official is out on one of the magazines, and the community editon...
Mandrake disappointment 1739
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:26:26 -0700, Snit Is consistency such an absolute necessity? IMO, most apps these...
Mandrake disappointment 1740
Consistency is not a must, but it is a huge advantage. XP does not offer this, and it seems in general Linux does not either - though the new GNOME...
Mandrake disappointment 1741
Questionable. If nothing else you have many decisions as to what distro you want when...
Mandrake disappointment 1742
I agree - but it seems to be hard to find a good version (distro) that I can be confident to point my students...
Mandrake disappointment 1743
Talking about "older", "average" users, and what you seem to think they are wanting from a computer system, I think you underestimate your...
Mandrake disappointment 1744
How long have you been working with computers? You sound like you would be a joy to have in one of my clbuttes, though you likely are well past the novice stage...
Mandrake disappointment 1745
I would bet he has pretty good tech support. :) Some people in that age range seem to catch on...
Mandrake disappointment 1746
What makes you think I do not? I do... if you check out the source to my posts you will see that (though I suppose those could be forged...
Mandrake disappointment 1747
They hated them both... but I do not think they really understood the idea that it was running from the CD and that was the slow down. They were quickly frustrated that they...
Mandrake disappointment 1748
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 17:28:48 -0700, Snit The greatest drawback with Live CDs is that they...
Mandrake disappointment 1749
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:11:45 -0700, Snit Not needed all that often really. He's not really computer literate at all, but he can write his letters, do his email, manage pictures, surf...
Mandrake disappointment 1750
But available when needed... In what way is he not computer literate? Sounds like he gets...
Mandrake disappointment 1751
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 23:42:59 -0700, Snit Sure. The man does not know the difference between Google, and his web browser. He just knows "if I want to do this, I click on...
Mandrake disappointment 1752
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:09:33 -0700, Snit That's true. I've noticed it in myself, when trying to teach my Mum to use her laptop. I...
Mandrake disappointment 1753
Don't feel bad - I know professional programmers who get stumped by their VCR's. :) It takes...
Mandrake disappointment 1754
I find that many people who work with their hands find computers challenging. I think they are natively good at...
Mandrake disappointment 1755
My sympathies... Something others seem to have a challenge with. :) Yeah... I had a customer...
Mandrake disappointment 1756
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:31:44 -0700, Snit That's likely because it's a page comparing paid versions. Download editions are available elsewhere. And, like i said, most of the software is available...
Mandrake disappointment 1757
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:58:27 -0700, Snit I'm not as down on XP as some posters here. It's okay, or has been for me, but it's...
Mandrake disappointment 1758
For many users XP is just impossible to use - if nothing else the malware and the fear of malware cripples the...
Mandrake disappointment 1759
Ok, let's grant you that you knew that there were more than four distros... it is questionable, but let's drop that and just grant it to you. Your next lesson - one can not take screen...
Mandrake disappointment 1760
As I said, I will grant that to you. Let's look at the conversation, shall we? You tell me: Then why are...
Mandrake disappointment 1761
begin KillFileMe.vbs Your detector is out of whack again. Most of us hold no resentment for people who do not know linux well. I dare say most of us...
Mandrake disappointment 1762
From what I have experienced, though, when someone asks a question they are ridiculed and flamed. People who do not know something do not...
Mandrake disappointment 1763
begin KillFileMe.vbs What you have experienced has been, at least in part, invited upon yourself by your own actions. Contempt breeds contempt...
Mandrake disappointment 1764
If the person was fully informed about what they were asking about, they would not have to...
Mandrake disappointment 1765
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:40:23 -0700, Snit How To Ask Questions The Smart Way Read it. Know it. Live it. You asking technical questions in a non-technical group. At the...
Mandrake disappointment 1766
Why? Do you really believe someone has to read your mind to be able to read your posts? I think not... and...
Mandrake disappointment 1767
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 15:33:38 -0700, Snit ... because I do. There you go again. I keep trying to tell you you cannot read my mind. You can think what you want...
Mandrake disappointment 1768
Forget Kier... he has essentially stated that, as he sees it, the people who have followed Snit from csma are on equal footing with Snit at the present time... though, he does leave...
Mandrake disappointment 1768 plus 1
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:32:25 +0000, Sinister Midget You know what? This whole 'newtard' thing, this idea that a newbie or...
Mandrake disappointment 1770
begin doom.scr I don't find that argument particularly convincing. The problem is illustrated by your own paragraph, which swings across ideas a little too rapidly for my...
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