Re: [ilugd] Debian Wheezy coming on 05.05.2013

2013-05-01 Thread Arun Khan
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa@gmail.com wrote: Debian will not need Ubuntu to survive but Ubuntu will always need Debian. +1 Hear ye ye. -- Arun Khan Sent from my non-iphone/non-android device (অরুণ খান্/अरुण खान)

Re: [ilugd] Debian Wheezy coming on 05.05.2013

2013-05-01 Thread Arun Khan
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 2:28 AM, Rohan Garg rohang...@ubuntu.com wrote: I strongly disagree with the statement that Ubuntu is merely `a Canonical thing now`. There are various flavors of Ubuntu like Kubuntu Can *buntu carry on if Canonical were to pull the plug and close shop today? -- Arun

Re: [ilugd] [Ilugc] Off-topic: Bitcoin's Potential for Social Change

2013-05-01 Thread Anupam Jain
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Supreet Sethi supreet.se...@gmail.comwrote: Bitcoin is evil. Comparison to FOSS movement is ill thought out. Although there is political channelling of thought which is common between the two, the actual implementation is bitcoin is marred by several questions.

Re: [ilugd] Debian Wheezy coming on 05.05.2013

2013-05-01 Thread Vivek Puri
Can *buntu carry on if Canonical were to pull the plug and close shop today? possible but unlikely. Most probably people will switch to other distro like Mint. -- http://www.twitter.com/vivpuri | http://www.machint.com ___ Ilugd mailing list

Re: [ilugd] [Ilugc] Off-topic: Bitcoin's Potential for Social Change

2013-05-01 Thread Tavish Naruka
Hi Replying now since the thread has been revived. On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Supreet Sethi supreet.se...@gmail.comwrote: Secondly: When bitcoin infrastructure was started Satoshi or some (one/people) pretending to be Satoshi, he started mining coins himself. At the time, the yield was

Re: [ilugd] [Ilugc] Off-topic: Bitcoin's Potential for Social Change

2013-05-01 Thread Supreet Sethi
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Anupam Jain ajn...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Supreet Sethi supreet.se...@gmail.comwrote: Bitcoin is evil. Comparison to FOSS movement is ill thought out. Although there is political channelling of thought which is common between the two,