On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 14:10, Cecil wrote: > I am a new debian user. I was using slack, and some stuff(small things, > i freely admit), were upsetting to the point where i was gonna just go > back to windows... I was just burning time in my dorm room, and decided, > "Well, I do have some cd rewritable discs next to the coffee(lol). Why > not give it a whirl?" I am confused as to why people seem to be afraid > of debian. Makes no sense. I love everything so far. Deb got big points > from me for making my mouse wheel work out of the box. Small, but it > meant a lot to me. The sound all worked out of the box. Its everything > I ever wanted. And I would like to thank the developers who made it > happen. All I need now is to know what laptop to buy to make sure > everything is supported. Ah well. I tried to upgrade kde on my slack box > before I wiped it and made a deb box. What a pain! It was missing this. > It was missing that. Off I go looking for this that or the other. And > when I did get it all installed(or so I thought) lots of stuff was > broken. I cant believe how cool apt-get works. Slack is trying to copy > it, but nothing beats the original. I am spoiled for life now, and will > never accept anything less than apt-get! I know, it may seem silly to > write this and I'm sure y'all have better things to do, but as I can't > afford to donate money(tuition fees are getting stupid), I can only say > thanks for making linux work with no more "Dependency Drama". And I will > be taking C++ this semester. I'm a rank beginner, but maybe one day I > can contribute to the project. Have a good day, all, and thanks for > reading.
Well said Cecil and welcome to Debian. I've been using Debian for about 2 years and I haven't looked back. I haven't got my mouse wheel working though it's not a big issue for me. Cheers! Glenn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
