Praise the Lord & pass the penguins around...another of the lost souls ha been saved! Can I get an Amen!!! ;-)
Seriously though Juan...I know I personally appreciate the apology as I am sure others do as well. Being one of the people who challnged you & thought very mean & nasty things to do to you...I appreciate the gesture. The challenges you presented at the time are very similar to a majority of the people out there, and for the most part they would rather walow in their misery then try and change the problem. In other words...They would rather complain about how unhealthy a Big Mac is then order a salad. I can speak to how much the Xandros distro on the eeepc's does suck. After looking at a couple distros (easy peasy & eeebuntu) I went with the later. I skipped UNR as I have a first gen eeepc (4gb) & feared it would not support it. I can't recall whihc version of eeebuntu I am using but I have been happy with it when using it (mostly on vacation). I plugged in the external drive & played music... the ipod connected up fine, email browsing & everything was all as simple as ever. Wireless just worked! I am glad you tried out something new & that you learned from it & that you have seen the light (LOL). I wish more people would get past their prejudices about things and be willing to try something new. If you want to go back great... that is your choice...but at least be willing to try. On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Juan Alberto Cirez <[email protected]> wrote: > My Friends, > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 3:20 PM I made some STUPID remarks to the effect that > GNU/Linux does not cut the mustard. I now know these statements were the > result of my own stupidity and short-sightedness. Please allow me to > explain: > > Last September I decided to buy my kids a couple of computers for Christmas. > Me being the cheapscape I am began looking for the cheapest netbooks (kids = > tiny fingers. works great with tiny keyboards) I could find. I ended up on > the Ncix.com site where they had the venerable eee pc for CND $199.00. > Needless to say I bought two. Fastforward to last week, when while slightly > bored, I decided to upgrade the OS on the netbooks to anything other than > the stock Xandros bloatware the eee pc comes with. After some reading, I > settled on the Ubuntu Netbook Remix--that's when I saw the light!!! > > Not only is GNU/Linux (Specifically Ubuntu) matured enough to turn a crappy > netbook into an honest-to-good system; but it can transform a full blown, > vanilla laptop into a mobile computing powerhouse. Things like Boot-up time > (fast), memory management (awesome), OS stability, input response, > peripherals detection, onboard component recognition, etc, etc. are all thru > the roof. Even sharing a printer connected to a box running windows vista > was a breeze. > > I don't know what Ubuntu has done on the UNR; but whatever it was, I am > buying. Hell, even running aircrack-ng on an eee-pc (with packet injection) > on several routers on the neighborhood provided me with enough IVs to crack > WEP in no time. The same experiment took several days to accomplish on > another system running another GNU/Linux distro. > > Although my faith in GNU/Linux running a server was never in question; I, > however need to publicly apologize to the Linux User Community for opening > my mouth about GNU/Linux on the desktop (or netbook). I am sorry for > speaking out of turn. I WAS WRONG. > > -- > =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= > Juan Alberto Cirez, Sr. Field Service Technician/Project Manager > Certified Fire Protection Technologist (CFAA/AFSA) > -Fire Alarm > -Pre-Engineered Fire Suppression Systems > -Fire Extinguishers > -Fire Pumps & Pump Systems (MTAA) > -Electrical Troubleshooting & Preventive Maintenance (MTAA) > Information System Professional (CIPS) > -Computer Information Systems > PLC - Technician Programming Certificate (e) > Home & Property Inspector - National Certification Program (e) > J. A. Cirez Integrated Technologies, Inc > Fire Protection | IT Services | Security > | Home Inspections | Consulting > Tel. : (780)972-4739 > Fax : (780)747-6078 > Email: [email protected] > Web : http://www.jacintech.com > =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
